I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Jiang Weiguo said seriously: "Father, I was worried that there might be errors in this information. Maybe there are no iron ore and coal mines there at all, and maybe the reserves of iron ore and coal mines there are not as high as the German side's exploration estimates back then, so I didn't tell You, worrying will make you happy for nothing!"

"If it is true, that would be great!" Chiang Kai-shek was very excited.

Jiang Weiguo hit the iron hot: "Father, the matter of merging the Ordnance Industry Department and the Resources Committee into the 'Military Industry Department'...I have helped the Navy establish several arsenals, and it is not appropriate to put them under the banner of the Overseas Department. factories and car companies…”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed: "Okay, okay, do as you say! Anyway, you are also thinking about the party and the country, so I will follow the good advice!"

"Thank you, Father!" Jiang Weiguo couldn't help but be overjoyed.

The normalized construction of the military industry is of course of no doubt of significance to the ensuing war of resistance against Japan.

Early the next morning, Jiang Weiguo was elated and eager to take the special warrant given to him by Chiang Kai-shek last night to the Military Industry Department of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, and found Lieutenant General Yu Dawei, the director of the Military Industry Department.

"Okay! It will be done within an hour!" After receiving the special approval from Jiang Weiguo, Yu Dawei was quick.

"Then I will trouble you, Director Yu!" Jiang Weiguo was very polite.

Yu Dawei said with a smile: "What is the responsibility, why bother!"

Although this Yu Dawei has the rank of lieutenant general, he is not a pure soldier, nor is he an administrative bureaucrat. He is the first Chinese (the second is Hua Luogeng) to publish a paper in an authoritative foreign mathematics journal, and he is a " A purely technical soldier", who was in charge of China's military industry at this time.

Yu Dawei is also very admirable for his handling of things. He lives a simple life, has a clean sleeve, is diligent and studious, is well-read, understands and loves his subordinates, is strict with himself, and has a noble personality.

During the Anti-Japanese War in history, Yu Dawei led China's military industry to persist in production, provided important equipment support for the national army, built a military industry system of a certain scale, and cultivated a large number of outstanding talents. He was known as the "father of China's military industry".

Yu Dawei has never been a member of the Kuomintang, nor was he from the Whampoa Military Academy, but in the end he became the Minister of National Defense in Taiwan, and was deeply trusted and reused by Chiang Kai-shek. There is no other reason than his outstanding ability.

At the same time, Yu Dawei was also very grateful to Chiang Kai-shek for his "kindness of knowledge and encounter". In history, after Chiang Kai-shek's death, Yu Dawei went to kneel and kowtow in front of Chiang Kai-shek's tomb every year on Chiang Kai-shek's birthday and death day. He said, "I only kowtow to my mother and Chiang Kai-shek, because My mother has the grace of nurturing me, Jiang Gong has the grace of knowing and encountering me."

Jiang Weiguo once heard Du Yuming say that if he wanted to enjoy himself in the national army, he had to be associated with four words, and the more the better, the four words were: "Huang, Zhejiang, Yi, Lu", It means: Born in Whampoa Military Academy (Chiang Kai-shek’s student), Zhejiang native (Chiang Kai-shek’s fellow countryman), served in the First Army of the Northern Expedition Army (Chiang Kai-shek’s old subordinate), and graduated from Army University.

Yu Dawei and Jiang Weiguo belonged to special circumstances. Neither of them came from the Whampoa Military Academy, nor were they from Zhejiang (Yu Dawei is from Hunan, as for Jiang Weiguo, he was born in Japan and grew up in Jiangsu and Zhejiang). They have studied in university, but the two are different. Yu Dawei gained Chiang Kai-shek's trust and reuse through his ability, while Jiang Weiguo relied purely on nepotism.

After completing the bullet delivery procedures with Yu Dawei, Jiang Weiguo said: "Director Yu, I want to entrust you with one more thing!"

"Second son, please speak!"

"I have designed a kind of artillery!" Jiang Weiguo said amazingly, "I hope you can allocate manpower for professional research and development!"

Yu Dawei looked at Jiang Weiguo in surprise: "You...you designed a kind of artillery?"

Jiang Weiguo smiled and handed over a piece of paper: "That's it!"

Yu Dawei looked at Jiang Weiguo, not knowing what to say.

The design drawings of a kind of artillery can at least be bound into a book. Jiang Weiguo claimed that "he designed a kind of artillery", and the design drawings he took out were just a thin piece of paper.

Yu Dawei can be sure that Jiang Weiguo is talking nonsense. First, he is not an artillery expert, so how can he design artillery; second, how can there be only one design drawing for artillery?Moreover, the scribbles and alterations look like graffiti. At first glance, they are shoddy and scribbled things.

Although he didn't believe it at all, Yu Dawei still took Jiang Weiguo's "artillery design drawing" and looked at it seriously. After a careful look, he couldn't help but feel his heart move.

"This thing is called Feilei Cannon!" Jiang Weiguo explained, "It is said to be a cannon, but it is actually an explosive package launcher.

Director Yu, you know that the national army lacks artillery, especially large-caliber heavy artillery. The development and production of heavy artillery has exceeded the current level of our country's military industry. Even if artillery can be purchased, the logistical supplement of artillery shells is very large The problem is that a cannon without shells is equivalent to scrap iron.

The process of producing shells is too complicated and the cost is too high, and the core of shells is the explosives inside the shells.

That being the case, why not just fire the explosive package as a shell?Therefore, I designed this explosive package launcher. Director Yu, you are an expert in this field, and I hope to get your advice.

Anyway, I think the feasibility and practicability of this thing is still very high, and it should be established as a research project, since it is a homemade weapon, research and research will not cost a lot of money!"

Jiang Weiguo is of course bragging, the so-called "Flying Thunder Cannon" was not designed or invented by him at all.

The Flying Thunder Cannon is a kind of homemade weapon created by the People's Liberation Army in the early days of the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The most primitive Flying Thunder Cannon is a solid gasoline barrel with propellant on the bottom, and then an explosive pack is stuffed in the barrel to detonate After the propellant at the bottom of the barrel, the explosive package is ignited and thrown out by the explosive force of the bottom propellant, thus completing the "flying thunder" process. Some "improvement" has been made in the later period, but it is still a kind of homemade weapons.

The reason why the People's Liberation Army created the Feilei Cannon was because of insufficient firepower at the time. Now, the national army is about to start a war with the Japanese army, and the firepower is also insufficient. Naturally, we can "learn from" the experience of the People's Liberation Army.

On the battlefield, if there is an enemy firepower point 200 meters away, how should it be destroyed?The most ideal is to use cannons, tanks or planes to blow them up, but the equipment of the national army is backward and there are not so many cannons, tanks, and planes. If they are blown up with grenades or explosives, the soldiers will have to risk the enemy's firepower. Going up, the price will be very high. At this time, the thunder cannon will play a role. It can throw the explosive package to a distance of 200 meters.

Yu Dawei is worthy of being a professional. Although he suspected that Jiang Weiguo was bragging at first, he immediately fell into thought after reading it carefully. After a few minutes, he looked at Jiang Weiguo and said with a smile: "Second son, your idea is very interesting. very creative.

If the national army had enough cannons and shells, there would be no need for such flying thunder cannons, but the national army does not have powerful artillery, nor the ability to produce large-caliber shells, so this thing can really save lives!It is naturally easier to produce explosives than cannonballs.

Second Young Master, this Thunder Cannon of yours probably has many shortcomings, the first is that the accuracy rate must be very low, and the second is that the range must not be far!"

Jiang Weiguo laughed, a professional is a professional, and he shrugged his shoulders: "There is no way!"

Yu Dawei nodded: "Okay, I will arrange personnel to conduct special research!"

Jiang Weiguo took out a check of 10 yuan in French currency: "This is research funds, and I will try my best to fund it when it is put into production later.

In addition, Director Yu, I want to buy some extra bullets from you, I wonder if I can accommodate it? "

Yu Dawei smiled: "Yes, it's just... the price..." He showed a malicious expression.

Yu Dawei has always enforced the law impartially and impartially, so he can't have friendship with him. It is impossible for him to give Jiang Weiguo the ammunition for free because he is the second son.

"Your sister!" Jiang Weiguo cursed secretly, he knew that he was about to bleed again.

After paying a large sum of money to buy ammunition from Yu Dawei, Jiang Weiguo held back his heartache and continued to talk about business: "Director Yu, there is one more thing to discuss with you!"

"Second son, please speak!"

"Congratulations, you are going to be a minister!"

"Huh?" Yu Dawei was puzzled.

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Jiang Weiguo said: "According to my father's order, the Ordnance Industry Administration was originally affiliated to the Military and Political Department, and the Resources Committee was originally affiliated to the Military Commission. These two departments must be independent and merged into the 'Military Industry Department', which is responsible for domestic resource exploration. , Research, development, construction and development of heavy industry, expansion of military industry and other affairs, all serve for the anti-Japanese war preparations.

Director Yu, my father intends to appoint you as the Minister of Military Industry to take full charge of our country's military affairs, and Mr. Zhu Jiahua, the former director of the Resources Committee, will serve as the Deputy Minister of Military Industry.

To put it bluntly, Director Yu, you are in charge of building the factory, and Mr. Zhu is in charge of opening the mine!"

Yu Dawei looked solemn: "I understand, I will obey the chairman's arrangement, live up to the entrustment, and serve the country!"

Jiang Weiguo then discussed with Yu Dawei for more than three hours, and "made important guidance" for the development direction of China's military industry.

China's modern military industry was born in the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty. It lasted for decades and entered the period of the Republic of China. Due to the long-term turmoil and chaos in the country, it has not developed into a real military industry system with complete structure, perfect mechanism and complete departments. Its current situation It can be said to be scattered and scattered.

In general, before the "September [-]th Incident", there were five relatively large arsenals in China, in order of size: Shenyang arsenal (created by Zhang Zuolin), Taiyuan arsenal (founded by Yan Xishan), Hanyang arsenal (founded by Yan Xishan) Created by Zhang Zhidong), Gongxian Arsenal (created by Yuan Shikai), Jinling Arsenal (created by Li Hongzhang, originally located in Shanghai, later moved to Nanjing).

Among the five major arsenals, the Shenyang arsenal ranks first in terms of factory scale and ordnance output, and not only in China, but also in Asia. Even Japan, the number one power in Asia, does not have such a powerful arsenal.

东北兵工厂在“九一八事变”前夕能够年产大口径火炮150门、炮弹20万发、步枪6万支、子弹1.8亿发、轻重机枪1000多挺，还能制造口径100毫米以上的火炮，甚至能制造口径达到240毫米的重型榴弹炮，并且该厂具备自主研制枪炮的能力，奉军和东北军普遍使用“辽13年式步枪”就是该厂自己研制出的，该厂还是当时中国国内唯一能制造加农炮的兵工厂，也是中国最早实现机枪和榴弹炮量产的兵工厂，“九一八事变”爆发后，光是在沈阳附近的东北军兵营里，日本人就得到了包括19.8吨黄金、2000多万银圆、35万支各型步枪、6万多支各型手枪、1万多挺轻机枪、4000多挺重机枪、400多门各型火炮和迫击炮、89辆坦克、1500多万发子弹、2万多发各型炮弹、85万枚手榴弹、80万套军装、可供30万人吃三年的粮食等巨量物资，这些物资里的武器装备都是沈阳兵工厂生产出来的。

Of course, the Shenyang arsenal was already in the hands of the Japanese at this time. Because of Zhang Xueliang, the largest arsenal in China was producing weapons and ammunition for the Japanese to kill the Chinese day and night (Jiang Weiguo greeted Zhang Xueliang's family in his heart for the nAA2 time).

Below the Shenyang Arsenal is the Taiyuan Arsenal.

因为阎锡山的苦心经营，太原兵工厂的工厂规模和军械产量也是非常庞大的，该厂能够年产火炮400多门、迫击炮1000多门、步枪3万多支、机枪150多挺、冲锋枪1万多支、炮弹15万多发、迫击炮弹10万多发、子弹5000多万发。

The Shenyang Arsenal used to be in the hands of Zhang Xueliang, but now it is in the hands of the Japanese. The Taiyuan Arsenal is still in the hands of Yan Xishan at this time. Chiang Kai-shek’s Central Army now controls the Hanyang Arsenal (located in Wuhan City, Hubei Province), Gongxian Arsenal (located in Henan Province) Gong County, Province), Jinling Arms Factory (located in Nanjing City), in addition, there are several new arsenals that Jiang Weiguo has just started to build.

"Director Yu, I think the current military industry needs to do two major things!" Jiang Weiguo spread out a map of the Republic of China, "The first is to do everything possible to develop and expand, and the second is to start relocation!"

Yu Dawei nodded: "What's the second son's opinion?"

Jiang Weiguo has thought about this problem in a simple way: "Director Yu, after the Sino-Japanese war, the Japanese army will inevitably capture the coastal areas of our country at the beginning of the war, so we have to move our arsenal and military industry to the inland. Naturally, the sooner this happens The better, so as not to be too hasty when the war breaks out, but also keep an arsenal in the coastal area. It is enough to produce ammunition and repair ordnance, and there is no need to produce guns.

Zhang Xueliang's Shenyang arsenal is already in the hands of the Japanese, and Yan Xishan's Taiyuan arsenal will not be handed over to us, let alone those two arsenals.

What I envision is a front-line arsenal in Nanjing, a large arsenal in Wuhan, a large arsenal in Chongqing, and a medium-to-large arsenal in Fuzhou.

In fact, the arsenals in Wuhan, Chongqing, and Fuzhou are our three major military industrial bases for the war of resistance in the future!" He was eloquent and eloquent, because he had already made detailed ideas on this aspect.

Yu Dawei asked: "Why do you want to build a military industrial base in Fuzhou?"

"Two reasons!" Jiang Weiguo replied, "First, Fuzhou is the location of the naval headquarters and needs a naval arsenal; second, if the Japanese army attacks southeast or southern China, the south also needs a front-line arsenal!" He added, "By the way, Director Yu, Yumen Oil Mine, Panzhihua Iron Mine, and Liupanshui Coal Mine will all give priority to serving the military industry, and the automobile factory also belongs to the Ministry of Military Industry!"

Yu Dawei began to feel admiration for Jiang Weiguo: "The second son has devoted so much effort to our country's military industry, and Dawei deeply admires him!" At first, he neither underestimated nor highly regarded Jiang Weiguo, but after having in-depth contact with Jiang Weiguo, he couldn't help but also admire him. With admiration.

Among Jiang Weiguo, Yu Dawei, Zhu Jiahua, Xu Peigen (director of the Machinery Department of the Ordnance Industry Administration, famous military scientist), Chen Xiuhe (military industry expert, cousin of Marshal Chen Yi), Li Daichen (military industry expert, weapons expert), Li Chengqian (military industry expert) experts, gun experts), Shen Zhenggong (mechanical expert), Zhong Yiwen (explosives expert) and other military industrial workers worked hard, after just half a year, this huge military industrial relocation work was completed, and followed Jiang Weiguo's idea was the same, and a total of three military industrial bases and a front-line arsenal were established.

There are more than a dozen arsenals across the country, large and small. Except for the Shenyang arsenal and Yan Xishan's Taiyuan arsenal that fell into the hands of the Japanese, the Ministry of Military Industry has carried out a comprehensive rectification of the rest, turning them into wholes and moving towards standardization and standardization.

The three major military industrial bases are: the Hanwu Arsenal in Wuhan (the name was taken by Jiang Weiguo, who reversed the word "Wuhan" to become a more meaningful "Hanwu"), and the Shancheng Arsenal in Chongqing ( The name was also taken by Jiang Weiguo), the Fuzhou Arsenal in Fuzhou; a former enemy armory is the Jinling Arsenal in Nanjing.

Among the four arsenals, the Shancheng arsenal has the largest scale, the most complete equipment, and the highest output, because Chongqing is the safest location, followed by the Hanwu arsenal and Fuzhou arsenal, and the Jinling arsenal is the smallest, because Jiang Weiguo knew that Nanjing fell shortly after the war started .

In the past, due to the hesitation of the top management, the relocation of China's military industry has been slow, resulting in great losses during the relocation process.

During the Anti-Japanese War, China's largest military industrial base was the "Chongqing Ordnance Industrial Base", which concentrated most of the country's arsenal factories, steel factories, all weapon research institutions and the country's only military engineering school. It had the most advanced machinery and equipment in China at that time. Mastered the most cutting-edge manufacturing technology in China at that time. In addition to the Chongqing Ordnance Industry Base, there were also arsenal factories in other parts of the country at that time, including 2 in Yunnan, 3 in Guizhou, 1 in Hunan, 1 in Zhejiang, 1 in Shanxi, 1 in Gansu, 1 in Xinjiang, but the output of weapons is very low (the arsenal in Shanxi is not the Taiyuan arsenal, but the Huangyadong arsenal of the Eighth Route Army. Most of the machinery and equipment in the original Taiyuan arsenal fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and only a small part of the machinery and equipment was relocated In Shaanxi, Sichuan, southern Shanxi and other places, it was basically disintegrated).

During the eight years of the National Army's Anti-Japanese War, most of the locally produced weapons came from the "Chongqing Ordnance Industry Base".

Jiang Weiguo's "foresight" and bloodletting capital investment have made China's military industry at this time much better than the same period in history, and it is twice as good.

When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the Shancheng Military Industrial Base was able to manufacture or produce aircraft, tanks, guns, ammunition (shells, bullets, grenades, mines, bombs), gas masks, steel helmets, gas bombs, explosives, gunpowder (black powder and smokeless gunpowder) ), automobiles, capable of repairing all kinds of ordnance; the Hanwu Military Industrial Base can manufacture or produce guns, ammunition, explosives, gunpowder, torpedo boats, torpedoes, and mines, and can repair various ordnance; the Fuzhou Military Industrial Base can manufacture or produce guns, ammunition , explosives, gunpowder, torpedo boats, torpedoes, mines, can repair all kinds of ordnance, and has a secret submarine base (submarine factory); Jinling Arsenal can produce all kinds of ammunition, explosives, gunpowder, and can repair all kinds of ordnance.

The Ministry of Military and Political Affairs originally had a "Ordnance Engineering School of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs", which is the only institution of higher learning in the country for training military technical personnel.

The school was also moved to Chongqing and renamed the "Military Industry School of the Ministry of Military Industry". It expanded its scale and hired a large number of foreign teachers to train more and better military personnel.

The Ministry of Military Industry and the Overseas Department became the two major government departments in Jiang Weiguo's hands.

The Ministry of Military Industry is responsible for mining, building factories, and producing weapons. The Overseas Department is responsible for the three major events of overseas Chinese aiding the motherland in the War of Resistance, Sino-German cooperation, and Sino-Jewish cooperation.

The Minister of Military Industry is Yu Dawei, the Deputy Minister is Zhu Jiahua, the Minister of Overseas Affairs is Jiang Baili, and the Deputy Minister is Zhu Jiahua, but the real master of the two departments is Jiang Weiguo.

With 1000 million rounds of ammunition filled with dozens of large trucks (500 million rounds were obtained by Chiang Kai-shek, and 500 million rounds were bought by Jiang Weiguo out of pocket), Jiang Weiguo excitedly prepared to return to the army camp.

When he left the Ordnance Industry Department, which was about to become the "Military Industry Department", Jiang Weiguo walked up to a burly, thick eyebrows, big eyes, dignified appearance, Chinese character face, and an army colonel in his early 30s.

Jiang Weiguo thought that the colonel was looking for Yu Dawei, so he stepped aside from the other party, but he didn't expect the other party to stop him.

Jiang Weiguo looked at the colonel in surprise.

The colonel smiled all over his face: "Second Young Master..."

Jiang Weiguo felt that the expression on the other side was very strange and very direct. It was completely like the sincerity mixed with helplessness of a strong man who would rather bend than bend when he was desperate and had to bow his head to beg for help: "You are..."

The colonel saluted Jiang Weiguo: "Second son, my name is Li Rentao!"

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Jiang Weiguo hurriedly replied: "Li...Colonel Li, what do you need from me?"