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After the [-]st Congress of the Kuomintang, there were some new ministries, and the Armaments Department was one of them, and Luo Yiqun, Luo Yaoguo's uncle, served as the minister.As the name suggests, the Ministry of Armaments is responsible for the production of armaments. The Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant, Shaoguan Iron Mine, Copper Mine, Sulfur Mine, a medium-sized hydropower station in the Beijiang River Basin under construction, and the Guangzhou Shijing Arsenal under expansion are all under the responsibility of the Armaments Department.

In addition to these heavy industry projects, there is also a Sino-German joint venture Hainan Iron and Steel Project. This project includes a series of projects such as ports, railways, mines, coking, ironmaking, steelmaking, and steel rolling. However, it has no special steel production capacity. The product is entirely for civilian use.The required iron ore is taken from Hainan Shilu Iron Mine. In addition to iron ore, Shilu also has rich copper ore and manganese ore. Therefore, the Hainan Iron and Steel Project also has the ability to smelt copper and manganese.According to the agreement with Krupp, the copper will be purchased by the Ministry of Armaments, and the manganese will be bought by Krupp and shipped back to Germany.The first phase of this iron and steel plant has a designed production capacity of 20 tons of iron and 15 tons of steel. The main products are rails, I-beams and other profiles, steel bars, steel wires and other wires.The total investment of the first phase of Hainan Iron and Steel Works is 3500 million silver dollars, of which the capital is 3000 million silver dollars. Krupp provided machinery and technology worth 1500 million yuan, and the Ministry of Armaments invested with Shilu Iron Mine, and a syndicated loan of 2000 million yuan Silver dollar, provided by HSBC, guaranteed by Krupp, Germany, with an annual interest rate of 3.5%.The Hainan Iron and Steel Plant was scheduled to start production in mid-1927, half a year earlier than the Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant.

Because Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant has special steel production capacity, the investment scale and construction time are longer. Fortunately, Krupp and Rheinmetall provided a 25-ton second-hand electric furnace and A 3000-ton second-hand extrusion machine and a sintering furnace for smelting tungsten steel have helped the Shaoguan factory save a lot of investment.However, the investment of the entire Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant is still as high as 4000 million silver dollars!The main reason for so much investment is to provide sufficient electricity for the special steel plant. The construction plan of the Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant includes a 3-kilowatt medium-sized hydropower station and a 1-kilowatt coal-fired power unit.Of course, the electricity produced by these power generation equipment will also be provided to the cities in the Beijiang area.At the same time, it is also convenient for further expansion of production capacity in the future.

The investment in Shaoguan Iron and Steel Works mainly comes from loans provided by the Soviet Union and some Guanyu provinces under the administration of the Generalissimo. The total production capacity of Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant is 15 tons of iron, 10 tons of steel, and 5 tons of special steel. Considerable amounts of copper and sulfur.The first phase of the Shaoguan project will take four years and will be fully operational by the end of 1927.By then, China will have the production capacity of military steel, especially gun steel.

The above two steel factories have brought more than just steel to China. If the two factories can be put into operation smoothly, they will generate an output value of 7000 million yuan per year, and the tax revenue is estimated to be close to 1000 million yuan. There are nearly 1000 million yuan.The income of the two steel mills actually exceeds that of a medium-sized province, and this is without the implementation of protective tariffs.

"Ziwen, your calculations can't be wrong, right?" It is said that the revolutionary who no longer cares about world affairs is sitting in a luxurious manor in Baiyun Mountain, listening to the report of Song Ziwen, Minister of Finance of the Nationalist Government.

Of course, Song Ziwen can't make mistakes in calculating the accounts, but the price of steel also fluctuates greatly: "Prime Minister, you can't be wrong. If we can implement protective tariffs, we should be able to charge twice as much every year. The current tariffs are too low. Our industry is at a disadvantage."

"Well, it makes sense." Mr. Zhongshan smiled and said: "5% is too low. If we can have 25%, our industrial construction will be much easier."

"25%? I'm afraid the big powers won't agree, right?" Song Ziwen shook his head with a smile. He is Mr. Zhongshan's brother-in-law, so he is relatively casual in front of Mr. Zhongshan. Now the two are sitting at a small coffee table, drinking afternoon Tea while chatting about business.

Mr. Zhongshan sneered: "I will agree, I bet you, they will come to us next year to beg us, then we will first take back the autonomy of tariffs, raise the tax rate to 10%, and then wait for the completion of the two steel plants I will mention it later, hehe, after our third and fourth steel plants are completed, even if the tariff is raised to 50%, those big powers will not have any objections.”

"Next year?" Song Ziwen was a little confused. Could something big happen next year?

"By the way, Ziwen, how is the current situation of private investment? How much does Rong Zongjing, who came to visit me two days ago, plan to invest? And how is Chen Jiageng's inspection in Hainan and Fujian?" Mr. Zhongshan used to rely on overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia. Support, now that there are five and a half provinces, it is natural to take care of those behind-the-scenes funders, so during this period of time, I have continuously written letters to overseas Chinese leaders in Nanyang and the United States, hoping that they will return to China to invest and start businesses.Although Rong Zongjing in Shanghai did not invest much in Mr. Sun Yat-sen's revolution, Premier Sun still hoped that he could come to Guangdong to open a textile factory.During this period, both Rong Zongjing and Tan Kah Kee visited Guangdong, Fujian and other places.

"Mr. Tan Kah Kee doesn't plan to open any more rubber gardens now. He wants to invest in railways. If we can package the Zhuzhou-Shaoguan section of the Guangdong-Han Railway and the Guangdong-Hong Kong Railway to him, he promises to complete it within three years. Rong Jingzong plans to open a cotton mill and a flour mill, and the investment will be around one million yuan." Song Ziwen was also quite surprised by Tan Kah Kee's idea of ​​investing in railways. Hearing that this man is worth millions (gold) seems to be true.

"Yes." Mr. Zhongshan nodded with a smile and said, "It seems that Tan Kah Kee's rubber plantation in Nanyang is going to be sold, but the Guangdong-Hong Kong Railway is guaranteed to make money without losing money. It's a solid profit."

These two railways, the Guangdong-Hong Kong line, which the British are clamoring to build every day, seem to be able to make a lot of money. The Zhushao line has been built for 20 years and has not started construction. If Tan Kah Kee does not plan to invest, Mr. Zhongshan also plans to build it.

"Since the past six months of Guangdong's political training, business activities and investment have increased significantly, and the government's tax revenue has also been better than expected."

In front of Mr. Zhongshan, Song Ziwen naturally wanted to report good news but not bad news. Who made Mr. Zhongshan a patient?In the past few months, Guangdong's business has indeed developed rapidly. There are indeed many businessmen investing in textile factories, flour mills, match factories, cement factories, brick and tile factories, fruit canning factories, biscuit factories, etc.However, the revolutionary situation in Guangdong was very serious. All trade unions and peasant associations were basically dead. The trade unions had not even stopped a strike, and the peasant associations had not even organized a rent resistance.In Guangdong, the so-called revolutionary center, there is no revolutionary atmosphere at all.

The current strange atmosphere in Guangdong is felt most deeply in Beiguan, where the Central Committee of the Communist Party is stationed. In the past few days, Tan Pingshan, the leader of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, has been pouring bitter water every day.

"Comrades, it's not that the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee doesn't work hard, but that the KMT's rule in Guangdong has been consolidated. Now strikes, school strikes, and city strikes must be approved by the government. Otherwise, it is an illegal assembly and undermines political training. If you are arrested, you will be imprisoned without discussion. We The comrades of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee have indeed tried their best. The current situation, in the final analysis, is that the party does not have a reliable revolutionary armed force in Guangdong!"

Now, Mao Zedong went to northern Shaanxi, Peng Pai studied revolution at the Oriental University in Moscow, and Zhang Tailei served in the Communist International.Therefore, the revolutionary work in Guangdong really couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while, so Tan Pingshan had to continue to be in charge.

"Empire, why can't you go and talk to Mr. Zhongshan?" Chen Duxiu complained, "You are a veteran of the Kuomintang, and they always want to show some face?"

"How much is my face worth?" Tan Pingshan frowned and continued to Kushui: "I asked to see Mr. Zhongshan several times, but he didn't see him. Someone told me to talk to the KMT presidium. Now only Wang Jingwei is willing to support us, and even Chiang Kai-shek has torn off his disguise."

"Where is Luo Yiqun? He is also a leftist." Chen Duxiu reminded.

"Luo Yichen is now the Minister of Armaments, and he is in charge of the construction of arsenals and several large enterprises. Does he want us to organize strikes in his factories and construction sites?" Tan Pingshan asked with a wry smile.This is indeed the case, the factories and mines outside the Armament Department are not under the management of Uncle Luo, and the factories of the Armament Department...

Chen Duxiu shook his head, thinking that these matters should be put on hold for a while, and he would like to share some exciting news: "Comrades, the Northwest New Army has initially formed an army, and our party has a 5000-strong army in northern Shaanxi." Armed! Next month, [-] students from Northwest military and political cadres will also go to northern Shaanxi to participate in the revolutionary work of the Northwest New Army. By October, we will have [-] troops! That is [-] real revolutionary troops, by no means Those warlord tofu troops, with these [-] revolutionary troops, we can sweep the Central Plains Dingding Beijing! The climax of the Chinese revolution is coming!"

Chapter 0073 Industrial Story ([-])

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" In the shooting range of the Whampoa Military Academy on Changzhou Island, the students of the artillery department of the Whampoa No. [-] Phase are skillfully operating several small mountain cannons.A round of shells fell on the target area as if they had eyes, kicked up patches of soil, and smashed craters one by one.

"Pa, pa, pa..." Several senior Kuomintang generals in the stands stood up and applauded, all looking very excited. Obviously, the shooting performance just now was satisfactory.

It is not the artillery department of the first phase of Whampoa that is being tested today. They are still 5 months away from graduation. Today is the Sanmen 13 75mm mountain gun that is testing the gun.This was part of the agreement reached between Luo Yaoguo and Yan Xishan. Yan Xishan sent a group of engineers and skilled workers to Guangdong, led by Yan Shusong, to help the Ishii Arsenal trial-produce mountain cannons, and at the same time to learn the construction experience of steel factories.After several months of trial production, the Ishii Armory Artillery Branch Factory finally succeeded in the trial production of the Min 1924 3mm mountain gun in March 13.

This mountain gun is a copy of the Japanese Meiji 41-year-old mountain gun. The Meiji 41 type is famous for its simple structure, easy production, operation and disassembly. It is said to be the most suitable mountain cannon for China.Even the Soviet consultant at Ishii Armory had to admit that this artillery was indeed more suitable for the National Revolutionary Army than the Soviet-made 1902-type 76.2mm field artillery. The latter weighed 1.7 tons and was difficult to pull with eight horses. There is no way to fight in the mountainous terrain.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled at Luo Yiqun beside him and praised: "Yichen, you have done a good job, why did you take out the cannon in such a short time. It is really a blessing for the revolution and the party and country to have you in charge of the Armament Department."

"It's an overrated appointment." Luo Yiqun's ears turned red, feeling a little embarrassed.In fact, the production of this cannon has nothing to do with him. He has only been in office for a few days?This is the credit of Yang Xianyi and Liu Shiyuan.

"Principal, the staff thinks that this mountain cannon can just replace the outdated cannons of the various regiments under the Artillery Command. If we had this kind of mountain cannon to help out in the Southwest Battle last time, our victory will definitely be more brilliant." Artillery Commander Qian Dajun I had enough of those "heavy artillery" in the Battle of the Southwest.Those old-fashioned artillery at the end of the 19th century were very heavy. For example, the French 1897 field rapid-fire gun weighed 1.5 tons. It could only crawl slowly on the mountain roads of Yunnan and Guizhou with six horses. After leaving the back, I didn't encounter any battles other than the hard work along the way, so I was really useless.

"Brother Mu Yin, these cannons are the standard cannons of our National Revolutionary Army." Luo Yaoguo interjected, "This time we imported 130 barrels from Japan, and we plan to assemble them into 130 cannons first and organize them into five artillery regiments." , Brother Mu Yin's artillery regiment will use new cannons in October."

Qian Dajun sighed and said, "This cannon was established in Japan in 1908. It is not a new type, and it is only 75mm in caliber. In Japan, it is assigned to the regiment, and each regiment is equipped with 4 guns."

After listening to Qian Dajun's words, Chiang Kai-shek comforted him and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. After the completion of the Shaoguan factory at the end of 27, we can theoretically produce heavy artillery of more than 100mm."

"Compared to Japan, we are far behind in heavy industry. Japan should produce nearly 27 million tons of steel by 200 years? Our two factories add up to only 25 tons. When will we catch up with others? "Qian Dajun is a "knowledge of the sun" who came back from studying in Japan, so he is somewhat afraid of Japan's power.

Catch up with Japan?It is also possible if we only look at steel production.Luo Yaoguo calculated in his mind, if compared with the output, 150 million of 37 tons of steel is enough to produce now, Japan should have 400 million tons in [-], and China needs about [-] million silver dollars to catch up with it. The investment in extruders, electric furnaces, forging machines, large rolling mills, etc. can be added up to [-] million, and one billion silver dollars should be able to be produced.It seems that it is not impossible, the key is to have a stable environment. Like the previous life, the military expenditure of the Central Plains War may be hundreds of millions, and the ten-year civil war with the Communist Party may cost hundreds of millions of dollars. I am afraid that the investment of millions of tons of steel is almost the same.

"Please take a look, this is the M1910 Maxine heavy machine gun that we imitated from the Soviet Union." Luo Yiqun ordered someone to drag over another heavy machine gun with a strange shape.

Compared with the cumbersome 1902 field gun, the mobility of this heavy machine gun is very good. This is a heavy machine gun with wheels and a baffle. It can be dragged when marching, which saves a lot of effort. The baffle is also very easy to use, and the opponent's snipers will not be able to kill the machine gunner so easily.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled and nodded when he saw this heavy machine gun that was very popular among machine gunners: "This Russian's brain is still easy to use. Such a simple design has greatly improved the mobility of the machine gun and the safety of the machine gunner. Yi Chen , It is best to replace the machine guns of all troops with this look before October."

"Commissioner, look at this again. This is a portable machine gun, a copy of the American Thomson 1921." Luo Yiqun brought a rough submachine gun from his entourage. Uh, I really don't see anything like the American Thomson. .

Originally, Luo Yaoguo did not support having such bullet-eating guys in the army, but later he considered that the students of Whampoa Phase I would inevitably take the lead in the future, and holding a submachine gun seemed to help improve their survival rate, so he supported the submachine gun. counterfeit.He suggested: "I think this gun can be allocated to officers and sergeants at the squad, platoon, and company level. It seems that the officers have a better chance of winning if they hold it and lead the soldiers to charge. There are nine officers and nine sergeants in a company. If there are 18 If it is a submachine gun, it must be quite powerful when charging."

"Well, the submachine gun is very appropriate and imposing, Yichen. This kind of gun will be named the Min 13 submachine gun in the future. It should be assigned to the company, platoon, and squad leaders of the infantry. Try to equip 10 divisions before October." Chiang Kai-shek estimates that one division may need 10 pieces, and 500 divisions will be 10 pieces. There are still 5000 months left, and it can almost be produced. Now the Ishii Arsenal has imported a lot of Russian machinery and equipment, and the production capacity and level have been greatly improved. But not that high yield.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..." A buzzing sound came from the distant sky.When everyone looked up, it turned out to be a small rickety plane.This is a Soviet R-1 reconnaissance plane. The Kuomintang has always had a strong interest in aircraft, so the aid agreement reached with the Soviet Union also has an aircraft factory.In the history of another time and space, Yang Xianyi would help Mr. Zhongshan build an aircraft factory in Guangzhou, but now this aircraft factory is built in Shaoguan, with a total investment of nearly 200 million. All the machinery and equipment are purchased from the Soviet Union. R-1 reconnaissance aircraft.

"Commissioner, this is an aircraft we assembled ourselves. According to the plan, we will produce fully localized aircraft in the future. Now the first phase of the project has begun." Luo Yiqun said here a little complacently, and the production of aircraft is always a piece of cake. Something with a long face.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded in satisfaction, and asked, "The first phase of the project? Where is it? Why haven't I seen it in the report?" All military construction must be approved by the Military Commission. Chiang Kai-shek naturally knows about it, but It seems that there is no first-phase project of localization of aircraft.

"Oh, the first phase of the project includes a glue factory and a wood processing factory, which are basically for civilian use, so it is not funded by the national government, but private investment by Fuwen and me." This aircraft manufacturing is actually made from glue and wood processing start!The formula of the glue was given by the Soviet Union, and most of the equipment in the wood processing factory was purchased from Japan, and some were made in China (axes, saws, etc. are all domestic products). The total investment of the two factories is only 30 silver dollars, and the main products are glue and plywood. And planks, but still very lucrative.

Airplanes in this era are mostly made of wood and cloth with a small amount of metal, which looks very unsafe, so Luo Yaoguo dare not fly it, and now the person driving this airplane is Li Wenhua from the first phase of Whampoa.There are currently three pilots in Whampoa Phase I, one is Li Wenhua, the other is Wang Shuming, and the third is Liu Yongyao.Wang Shuming was the commander of the Kuomintang Air Force in history, so Luo Yaoguo was the first to order him to participate in the first phase of Huangpu when the flight squad was established. Liu Yongyao was young but very smart and quick to learn everything, so he was also ordered to fly this dangerous thing. As for Li Wenhua, who had always wanted to install cannons on the plane, was naturally the first to sign up, and the instructor of the flight class was the Soviet pilot Kravtsov.

"Well, everything is difficult at the beginning. We now have an aircraft factory, a steel factory is under construction, cannons can be assembled, and machine rifles seem to be made well. It seems that China's self-improvement will start from us." Looking at the rickety plane flying overhead, Chiang Kai-shek seemed to be in a good mood and full of hope for the future.

"Uh, your army has everything, what about our navy? The navy is also very important." A little old man in a white military uniform murmured.He is the former Governor of Fujian Province, Navy Veteran Admiral Sa Zhenbing, who was "invited" to Guangdong to be the Minister of the Navy at the end of last year.

In history, the Kuomintang attached great importance to the air force, but ignored the navy to the extreme. The Kuomintang has tried every means to develop the air force since Guangdong. Although it could not defeat the Japanese in the end, it cannot be denied that they did their best.But for the Navy, these landlubbers are basically ignored.

"Uh, Mr. Sa, why don't you develop the naval aviation first?" Chiang Kai-shek is also a guy who completely ignores the navy, but Sa Zhenbing's qualifications are too old to refuse in person. Therefore, Lao Jiang came up with the navy in a hurry. To fool the elderly with the title of aviation soldier.

How could an old navy who was born in 1859, was admitted to the Fujian Shipping School at the age of 11, and began serving on warships in 1872 understand the significance of naval aviation?The old man glared and said: "Jieshi, you are fooling the old man again. The navy is at sea. Is it called the navy if it can fly? That is the flying army! No, you are now working in cannons and steel factories. The navy builds ships." The factory also needs to be built. Otherwise, I will resign!"

Resign?That's not okay, Sa Zhenbing has a lot of face, and he will not embarrass the Kuomintang's maritime transportation, whether it is the Beiyang Navy or the Anhui Navy.And as long as the time is right, as long as the old man recruits his little hands, the fleet or something will come to join him.Although the Kuomintang does not attach importance to the navy, it does not mean that it does not want the navy?Someone always has to act as a front at sea.

"Jiegong, why don't we build a shipyard in Guangzhou? The shipyard can not only build warships, but also civilian ships. Now the trade in Guangdong is developing very fast, I think it will be useful in the future." Luo Yaoguo had long thought The plan to develop the navy, but I mentioned it to Mr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek several times, but there was no response.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with great heartache. In order to retain the old man of the navy, Sa Zhenbing, he had to spend a little bit: "Why don't you build a smaller one first?" Lao Jiang still wanted to save some money. Although the Kuomintang is now richer than in history, But there are many places to spend money.

"Jiegong, I think it's a 2-ton berth?" Uh, 2 tons!In the memory of Luo Yaoguo's previous life, it was a very small boat.

"Okay, okay, that's it, 2 tons is enough, enough." When Sa Zhenbing heard the 2-ton slipway, he couldn't keep his mouth shut from laughing. With a slipway of 2 tons, a ship with an empty displacement of 2 tons can be built, which is almost like a battle cruiser or an aircraft carrier.

Chiang Kai-shek glared at Luo Yaoguo, and nodded helplessly: "Old Sa, the Military Commission's budget for this year has been used up, how about starting work next year?"