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After almost three years of intensive construction and a huge investment of more than 4000 million silver dollars, as well as the technical support of Soviet Russia, Krupp, and Rheinmetall, the first phase of the Shaoguan Iron and Steel Company is now nearing completion, and it will be fully completed by the end of the year. built.Gun steel for light howitzers can be produced. Although gun steel for heavy artillery and cannons still cannot be produced, it is not bad to have such results.

In another time and space, China would not be able to produce gun steel for light artillery until 1931, and it was still in the Northeast Arsenal... As a result, the 9.18 incident occurred within a few days.Of course, the steel requirements for gun barrels are not high now. For example, the Min-16 105mm light field howitzer weighs less than 1.5 tons, has 22 times the caliber, and has a range of about 9 kilometers. It is incomparable with the artillery after World War II.

Hearing that there will be hundreds of 105mm "heavy" guns in the next year, Lao Jiang is naturally overjoyed and full of emotions in his heart. The Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant and the Ishii Arsenal can also have his share of credit.At the beginning, he and Luo Yaoguo went to Soviet Russia to "aid" and lived together with Cheka's bugs for more than a month. He even slept with one eye open, afraid that he would miss something in his sleep.Lao Jiang smiled, and was about to boast a few words, when Luo Yaoguo took out another document from his briefcase, spread it on the table, and started to introduce it again.

"Jiegong, in addition to cannons, we should also pay enough attention to light weapons, such as light machine guns and grenade grenades." Luo Yaoguo smiled lightly, thinking that now the national army has changed from shotguns to guns, and machine guns are actually light weapons.

"What... tube?" Chiang Kai-shek shook his head in a daze, never heard of it, what is that?I don't know what it's for?

"The grenadier." Luo Yaoguo repeated it again. He opened the file, took out a sketch of the Taisho ten-year-style 50mm grenadier and handed it to Lao Jiang, and said with a smile, "This is the Taisho ten-year-style grenade. A 50mm caliber ultra-light mortar. The range is less than 200 meters, the weight is only 2.6 kilograms, and it fires small grenades of 0.45 kilograms. The cost is also very cheap. If it is energy-produced, it is only about a quarter of the rifle. And This kind of weapon poses a great threat to the enemy's machine guns, and we should equip the troops in large quantities. In addition, there are light machine guns, which are rare in our army, and we don't have them now. The Ministry of Staff believes that we should Considering the fielding of light machine guns, each infantry squad should have at least one."

Lao Jiang picked up the sketch of the grenadier on the table and looked at it for a long time.This thing seems to be very good, cheap and light, almost a cannon!It's just that the range is shorter, and the accuracy is probably worse.

"Your armament department will study the grenadier and see if it can be improved. The most important thing is to see if it can increase the range and accuracy. Light machine guns are now equipped in foreign countries. We also want to have them, but what model do we need? We have to think carefully, and it must be domestically produced. The caliber should be 7.62mm, which is the same as our rifle, so that the bullets can be used universally.”

Speaking of this, Lao Jiang glanced at Luo Yaoguo again, thinking that it's almost time to talk about his wife's work.He made a smiling face: "Brother Fuwen, it must have been very hard for you to take over the work of the Armament Department during this period, right? Shall I find some helpers for you?"

helper?Luo Yaoguo was slightly taken aback, glanced at Chen Lifu who was standing behind Lao Jiang, and thought that this "Li Lao" might not be able to be the head of the secret service in this life, and he would not be able to take care of party affairs, right?It is estimated that he wanted the Ministry of Armaments to manage the mine.Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo also smiled: "The staff department is really too busy right now. After all, the staff department is not a student of industry. Even though such an armament department is a bit tired, I just want to poach some people from Jie Gong. Please do me a favor. Don't hold on to it." Then he glanced at the suave Chen Lifu, no matter how you look at it, he is not a spy, but an engineer!

Lao Jiang waved his hands and smiled, "Brother Fuwen, if you fancy someone from me, just ask. The Armament Department is now the 'favorite' of our Military Commission. You can ask for anyone. But Brother Yu, there is also someone here who thinks of you." Go find an errand there, brother Fuwen, don't refuse."

"It would be great to have Jiegong's words." Luo Yaoguo cheekily pointed at Chen Lifu and said with a smile: "The Ministry of Labor urgently needs talents in industry, especially the mining industry. Now our Armament Department is in charge of South China The future transactions with the Germans will all rely on these treasures. How about letting brother Lifu become the director of the Mining Bureau?" Luo Yaoguo planned to wait for the future head of state to come to power, and exchange these treasures with him Good stuff, so now there is an urgent need for talents to grasp the work in this area.

Bureau of Mines?Both Lao Jiang and Chen Lifu were delighted at the same time. Lao Jiang was delighted because Luo Yaoguo took out a bureau chief to do it for his own people. This move should be a way of showing favor to him.Chen Lifu felt that he could use what he had learned, and he didn't have to bury his head in the paperwork of the Military Commission all day. To be honest, he was also a layman in those military matters, and he made jokes all day long.

"There is no problem. Lifu's major is to learn mining. It is perfect to be the director of the Mining Bureau. But Brother Yu still has someone to recommend to Brother Fuwen." Lao Jiang glanced at Luo Yaoguo and said with a smile: "Your Armament Department There is no secretary-general right now? Brother Yu wants Meiling to be your secretary-general?"

"What?" Luo Yaoguo almost suspected that Lao Jiang was making fun of himself and asked Sister Song Yu to be the secretary-general of the Armament Department?This joke is too big, right?But after thinking about it, it would be nice to have Sister Song Yu come to the Armament Department. This eldest sister has worked as the secretary-general of the Aviation Committee in history, and she seems to be doing well... okay?More importantly, if I agreed to let Song Meiling enter the Ministry of Defense as the secretary-general, wouldn't it be equivalent to affixing a label of Jiang's family?In the next few years, Lao Jiang's wariness of himself will be greatly reduced, which will help him develop his power secretly.

"Well then, it would be perfect to have a wife come over to be the Secretary-General of the Armament Department." Luo Yaoguo smiled and agreed wholeheartedly.Uh, well, I'm going to work with China's No. [-] Yujie in the [-]th century.

Chapter 0245 shuffling (four)

The banquet for Bai Chongxi was held in the most luxurious Xuangong Hotel in Wuhan.The banquet was very sumptuous, with a table full of delicacies and fine wines, without considering Lao Bai's special religious beliefs at all.But Bai Chongxi didn't seem to care much now, he still toasted frequently, exchanging glasses with Luo Yaoguo's uncle and nephew, it was really a joy for the host and guest.

But at this time, Luo Yaoguo's mind was not entirely on Bai Chongxi, more than half he was attracted by the think tank Liu Fei who followed Lao Bai to the banquet.This is a famous military high-ranking officer in history!Served as Chief of Staff eleven times in his life, he is Bai Chongxi's most important think tank, but... I don't know if he is a comrade of the CCP?Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo couldn't help but glance at this white-faced scholar-like think tank.

Luo Yiqun held his wine glass and sighed: "Jiansheng, just look at this... It was a good reorganization and layoff, but now it has all turned into a power struggle within the party. Those old brothers from the Sichuan Army and the Hunan Army have been fighting every day for the past few days. Run to the Prime Minister’s Mansion on Moshan and cry at the door. Chiang Kai-shek and Xu Ru will kill all these miscellaneous brands for right and wrong.”

This reorganization has really become a major reshuffle of power within the Kuomintang.Among them, the Sichuan Army of Xiong Kewu's line and the Hunan Army with no backing were the ones who lost the most.Xiong Kewu has now fallen, and his brothers naturally did not end well. Taking advantage of this reorganization, they all became high-ranking candidates.Then there were those Hunan army divisions, originally there were eight, and later in the Battle of Pingchuan, Chen Mingren was promoted because of his meritorious service and overthrew Wu Jianxue.Now the remaining seven teachers have also been stewed by a spoonful.Because they are not members of Cheng Qian's lineage, and Granny Tan is not a member of the Military Commission.

Bai Chongxi smiled, and said: "This time, it's thanks to Yi Gong and Brother Fu Wen. Otherwise, my old classmates would have to go to Moshan to cry, but... they have wronged Wang Zhongyi and Li Fengming." Knowing that Luo Yaoguo actually "sacrificed" his brother in order to free up two seats as teachers, Bai Chongxi felt that this kind of favor was really great.

Luo Yaoguo smiled, and waved his hands indifferently: "I am now in charge of the Armament Department, the Intelligence Bureau, and the Central Military Academy. How can my brother have no place to be an official? What's more, my second uncle is still the chief executive officer. If it doesn't work, it's okay Let them become civil servants instead!"

In fact, Luo Yaoguo had already made plans, the two brothers would definitely use them, and they would not suffer at all.The only thing that seems to be lacking is that Luo Yaoguo seems to have no direct troops.But in fact, this is the inertial thinking left over from the warlord era.Now the division commanders and brigade commanders of the national army are basically short-sighted, and the troops are not in their hands. The financial power, personnel power and logistics supply below are completely controlled by the staff department of the Military Commission and the Ministry of the Army.On the contrary, the regimental and battalion commanders have more real power, and most of these people are from the Whampoa faction.

"That being said, Bai still has the same words. Wherever Bai is needed in the future, brother Fuwen and Yi Gong can speak up." Bai Chongxi smiled and cupped his hands, repeating what he said in front of Luo Yaoguo during the day to Luo Yiqun Repeated in front of you.

Luo Yaoguo also smiled: "Since Brother Jiansheng said this, then I really have a merciless request. I want to become brothers with different surnames with my elder brother, so that we can share the blessings in the future, and share the difficulties?" In order to further win over Lao Bai , Luo Yaoguo resorted to the old method of worshiping the master again.

The matter of asking for a handle is very casual among the soldiers of the Republic of China, and in fact it does not have much binding force.Lao Jiang is now worshiping Li Zongren, Wang Bailing, Chen Zhaoying and others.Didn't Li Zongren be kicked aside in this reorganization and disarmament?

"Okay!" Bai Chongxi slapped his thigh, a hint of surprise flashed across his face, he laughed and said, "I also have the same intention. Why don't we take advantage of today and worship in front of Yi Gong!"

This worship is equivalent to a formal alliance between the Luo family and the Gui family, and the interests of the Gui family will be more secure in the future, so Bai Chongxi naturally wishes for it.So the two sides immediately wrote down the birthday horoscope and the alliance post, and in front of Luo Yiqun, they changed the post and vowed that "friendship belongs to comrades, love is better than compatriots, one heart and one heart, life and death are related." When Luo Yaoguo saw Bai Chongxi, he was about to call "Big Brother", er, "Brother Jiansheng" was fine too.Bai Chongxi wanted to call Luo Yaoguo "Fu Wendi", which was the same as Lao Jiang's.But Lao Jiang is from Luo Yaoguo's generation, so he can be called that.

……

In the living room of Beilu (Luo Yaoguo), there are several cups of tea and three or five snacks.Luo Yaoguo changed into another outfit, wearing a loose robe and mandarin jacket, and leaned on the sofa leisurely.Sitting opposite him were Wang Zhongyi (Wang Bao) and Li Shunen, who had just rushed back to Wuhan, and Wu Ziliang, the director of intelligence.

"Big Brother, Fourth Brother. You two brothers won't be offended if I took your teacher to win over the Gui Department this time?" Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly, looking at the two angry brothers, showing no sign of apologizing at all.

Seeing the embarrassing scene, the chubby Wu Ziliang, who always looked cheerful, hurried out to smooth things over: "As long as the third brother has a good seat and arranges for the two elder brothers, it will be settled? Now we have several fat people in our hands. Are you afraid that there will be no place to be an official?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled, did not answer, but looked at the two brothers with a smile on his face.

In fact, in his opinion, the two brothers are not suitable to serve as the commanders of the future army divisions.Li Shunen was better. Wang Bao was a military man who was born in the army. Although he had rich actual combat experience, he had no formal military education after all. The twenty heavy armored divisions in the future were simply not something they could play around with.The establishment of these divisions is similar to that of Japanese divisions. Their division leaders are all from the Lu school to the mainland, and they are usually the masters of the saber team, and they have to fight in the army for 20 years. In order to climb to the seat of division commander.

"Actually, we have already arranged a place for the two elder brothers this time." The little fat man Wu Ziliang still had a smile on his face. A deputy director was appointed, still with the rank of major general. But in fact, there is an important task. After thinking about it with my third brother, only the eldest brother can do it, so I asked the eldest brother to come back to help."

Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence.Although he is at the same level as the teacher, the power and benefits are definitely much greater, and there are other important responsibilities... Hearing this arrangement, Wang Bao's face improved a lot. He raised his head and looked at Wu Ziliang, waiting for his reply.

Wu Ziliang smiled slightly, but he didn't say what the important task was, but smiled at Li Shunen: "The third brother plans to arrange for the fourth brother to go to the Lu University to be gilded first, and when the Lu University comes out to arrange for the fourth brother to be the general staff, it may also be to go to the Lu Airlines to serve as the general staff." An important position. So the fourth brother must learn to fly as soon as possible, and I have already applied for the name of the aviation school for the fourth brother."

The commander of Army Aviation is now concurrently held by Yang Xianyi, who is also the director of the aircraft factory directly under the Ministry of Armaments.Luo Yaoguo intends to expand the aircraft factory at an appropriate time and let Yang Xianyi be in charge.Free up the Commander of Army Aviation, but who will be given it will be discussed later.Li Shunen is just one of the candidates.

"Brother, do you know Ye Xiyi?" Luo Yaoguo took a sip from his teacup, then asked himself and answered, "He was originally an officer in the Cantonese Army. , served as the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army. However, he was defeated in the Great Revolution in Beijing last year and was taken as a scapegoat by Zhang Guotao. Now he has left the CCP and returned to Wuhan. We asked him to serve as a special instructor at the Central Military Academy. He presides over a special training course, which teaches the combat experience and knowledge of the Red Army. I want you to participate, and I also want to select a group of reliable mid- and lower-level officers from the eighth division to go with them. Participate. This time I want you to go to the Northeast to launch an uprising in the name of the CCP, and set up a spot for me in the Northeast, which will be of great use in a few years.”

Chapter 0246 shuffling (five)

In March of the 15th year of the Republic of China, Wuhan.

A gust of north wind blows, and the sky seems to have returned to winter all of a sudden. Is this probably the "cold spring"?Pedestrians on the street took out cotton robes and leather jackets to wrap themselves up again, so as not to catch a cold in this era without "medical insurance", which would cost a lot of money to treat.

Probably because the weather was too cold, the prime minister's mansion on the top of Moshan was also much deserted in the past few days.Those Sichuan Army and Hunan Army veterans who lost their division commanders, deputy division commanders, and chief of staff no longer went there to cry.Apparently Prime Minister Sun's heart is hardened, and if he cries, it's in vain.

At this moment, Sun Yat-sen was sitting on the sofa in the lobby of the Moshan mansion, with a cup of green tea on the tea table in front of him, exuding the ever-changing aroma.The ten members of the Military Commission stood respectfully in a row in front of him, all with humility on their faces, as if they were listening to the hadith.

Sun Yat-sen picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and then waved his hands with a smile: "Don't be so tense, and you're not listening to the emperor's father, just sit down."

A few attendants appeared out of nowhere, holding Jindun in their hands, and placed them behind the ten members of the Military Commission.The committee members thought that this posture meant that the emperor Laozi was summoning his ministers?It's just short of the big gift of three bows and nine knocks.

Luo Yaoguo wasn't too polite, and sat down on the soft brocade pier, which was full.It seems that there is nothing wrong with him today. He is now the Minister of Armaments, and He Yingqin should report the reorganization.

Sun Yat-sen glanced at everyone, and finally stopped his eyes on He Yingqin: "Jingzhi, right? You are the deputy chief of the general staff now, so let's talk about it, how is the shuffling of the cards going?"

He Yingqin hurriedly stood up, gave a neat military salute to Sun Yat-sen, then took out the folder prepared in advance from the briefcase he was carrying, and began to report on the reorganization plan.

"...According to the plan drawn up by the Military Commission, the field troops of the National Revolutionary Army will be reorganized into 5000 divisions, 80 brigades, 16 infantry regiments, and 105 auxiliary arms regiments. In addition, a group of independent Artillery Regiment, Engineer Regiment, Supplies Regiment, and Aviation Regiment... After the reorganization is completed, the infantry division of the National Revolutionary Army will have 12 full-staffed soldiers, and will maintain a full-staff rate of 36% in peacetime. The reorganized infantry division There will be a regiment of artillery, workers, supplies and cavalry. Among them, the artillery regiment will be assigned to three artillery battalions, and each battalion will be equipped with 13 Min-75 40mm light field howitzers. There are 76 Min-[-] [-]mm mountain guns attached to the four regiment-level artillery companies. The whole division will be equipped with [-] cannons. The cavalry regiment is composed of a reconnaissance battalion, a reconnaissance cavalry battalion, and a secret service battalion, mainly responsible for reconnaissance and security tasks The establishment of the Corps of Engineers is...

……根据整编计划，今后国民革命军将逐步实行征兵制。由同一省份所征之兵员组成一个师，由各师之优秀兵员组成第一师。其中第二师、第三师将由广东籍兵员组成。第四师、第五师将由广西籍兵员组成。第六师、第七师将由湖南籍兵员组成。第八师由贵州籍兵员组成。第九师由云南籍兵员组成。第十师由福建籍兵员组成。No.11师由浙江籍兵员组成。No.12师由江苏籍兵员组成。No.13师由安徽籍兵员组成。No.14师由江西籍兵员组成。No.15师由湖北籍兵员组成。No.16师、No.17师由四川籍兵员组成。No.18师由甘肃宁夏镇之兵员组成。No.19师将由武汉、上海两个特别市，以及南洋华侨志愿兵所组成。No.20师将由北方各省志愿兵所组成。

...Lieutenant General Li Jishen, Commander of the First Division, Lieutenant General Xu Ji, Commander of the Second Division, Lieutenant General Zhang Minda, Commander of the Third Division, Lieutenant General Huang Xuchu, Commander of the Fourth Division, Lieutenant General Xia Wei, Commander of the Fifth Division, Lieutenant General Xue Yue, Commander of the Sixth Division , Lieutenant General Fang Dingying, Commander of the Seventh Division, Lieutenant General Zhu Shaoliang, Commander of the Eighth Division, Lieutenant General Wang Jun, Commander of the Ninth Division, Lieutenant General Wei Lihuang, Commander of the Tenth Division, Lieutenant General Chen Cheng, Commander of the No.11 Division, and Gu Zhutong, Commander of the No.12 Division General, Lieutenant General Jiang Dingwen, Commander of No.13 Division, Lieutenant General Li Mingyang, Commander of No.14 Division, Lieutenant General Liang Honglin, Commander of No.15 Division, Lieutenant General Sun Zhen, Commander of No.16 Division, Lieutenant General Chen Jitang, Commander of No.17 Division, No. Lieutenant General Sergeant, Commander of the 18th Division, Lieutenant General Zhang Fakui, Commander of the No.19 Division, and Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi, Commander of the No.20 Division.The arrangements of the brigade commanders are as follows..."

Sun Yat-sen sat on the sofa, squinted his eyes, and listened very carefully.To be honest, the personnel arrangement for this reorganization is quite in line with his wishes.The major mainstream factions in the Kuomintang basically divided up all the positions of division commanders, and the small factions and unreliable generals who took refuge in the warlords were basically all eliminated.Hu Hanmin, Xu Chongzhi, and Xie Chi won the first division, second division, third division, No.15 division, No.17 division and No.20 division, a total of six divisions.Chiang Kai-shek and Zhu Peide's faction won the Eighth Division, Ninth Division, Tenth Division, No.11 Division, No.12 Division, No.13 Division, and No.20 Division, a total of seven divisions.The uncles and nephews of the Luo family have now formed an alliance with the Guangxi people, which can be regarded as the third largest faction. They have obtained the fourth division, the fifth division, and the sixth division. Hehe, the tiger boy Xue Yue seems to have joined Luo Yiqun. In the No.16 division, Sun Zhen should be the subordinate that Luo Yaoguo recruited in Sichuan.Fang Dingying, the remaining 14th Division, seems to be on good terms with Cheng Qian. Li Mingyang of the No.18 Division is Li Liejun’s direct descendant. The commander of the No.[-] Division should have taken advantage of it and stationed far away in Ningxia, probably Is no one willing to go?

Sun Yat-sen stood up from the sofa with a smile, and walked slowly in front of everyone: "Well, you arranged the reorganization work very well this time, taking care of the interests of all factions, which is very good. As for the teachers who were laid off It must be arranged properly, Brother Jieshi, tell me, this is how it is arranged?"

Old Jiang stood up, with a serious face, full of sincerity and fear: "Some of these division commanders who have been laid off are because of their lack of qualifications, such as Wu Qiwei, the former commander of the 23th Division, Chen Mingren, the former commander of the 12rd Division, and Chen Mingren, the former commander of the No.[-] Division. Teacher Li Shunen, the three of them have now entered the Army University for advanced studies, and they will still be reused after graduation. Some of them are due to lack of professional knowledge, such as Tang Zimo, Yu Peili and Wang Bao. Among them, General Tang Zimo and Yu Peili General Li arranged for the Senior Councilor of the Major General of the Military Commission. General Wang Bao was transferred to the Military Intelligence Bureau as the deputy director. Others did not have a deep understanding of the Three People's Principles... These people have also made proper arrangements, such as General Tang Shengzhi The chairman of the Buddhist Council was arranged, and General Ye Kaixin arranged for representatives of the Luoyang office. Some division commanders served as brigade commanders, such as General Liao Lei, General Liu Zhi, General Wang Maogong, General Miao Peinan, General Zhang Gan, General Zhou Zhirou , General Sun Benrong, General Wang Mingzhang, General Li Jiajue and others have all assigned the post of brigade commander."

Sun Yat-sen nodded slightly again, walked up to Luo Yaoguo, looked at the young man with a smile, and said with a smile: "Fuwen, you are in charge of the Armament Department now, and it depends on your Armament Department whether we can reorganize this time." Can you come up with enough guns? Are there any difficulties? Are the factories in the Ministry of Armaments doing all right?"

Luo Yaoguo looked humble, and hurriedly stood up to answer: "Reporting to the Prime Minister, the Armament Department managed by the Staff Department is doing well now, but the Staff Department still has some new ideas... that is, the funding of the Armament Department is always insufficient. Moreover, the operation and management of the factory is also lacking, so the Ministry of Staff intends to let the arsenal and the steel factory also try to introduce commercial shares, and at the same time engage in employee shareholding, which can not only increase capital, but also improve management. After all, we are all soldiers, management Enterprises are always laymen..."

Sun Yat-sen frowned slightly and thought for a long time.His Three People's Principles absorbed a lot of socialist things, and in the past he always advocated the restriction of capital.However, when they really settled down to develop the economy, they encountered the climax of the great development of capitalism. On the contrary, the development of public enterprises was slow and capital was insufficient.Originally, the factories in the Ministry of Armaments looked okay, but I didn't expect that Minister Luo would take the road of capitalism as soon as he came to power?Could it be that the bearded man's theory is really wrong?

"Fu Wen, you stay, everyone else should leave." Sun Yat-sen glanced at the crowd again, smiled slightly, and waved his hand to announce the end of the meeting, leaving Luo Yaoguo alone.