Beiyang reactionaries

Whoever built the truly elite troops in Hanyang used German and Japanese weapons.

"With Liu Qingen gone, the Hanyang Armory will not work?"

"Mr. Cao, after the appointment of a new supervisor in the Hanyang Arsenal, they thought about doing business every day, and the output continued to decline. In addition, more and more skilled workers left, so the output of guns is of course like this. And now they think about it again. It is not so easy to increase the output, let alone a day or two."

"That is to say, the Hanyang Arsenal is also unreliable. It is impossible for them to have weapons there."

Cao Kun was in a hurry.

I have already started to recruit recruits, and I am going to train three mixed brigades. I need about 5000 rifles, as well as machine guns and artillery.But what to do if you don't have a weapon in your hand.

This arms ban came at a really bad time.

"Have you contacted domestic arms dealers? Maybe they will have stock in their hands."

"Mr. Cao, it's a coincidence. In the past few months, I don't know which side has suddenly purchased a large amount of weapons and ammunition in the domestic arms market. According to some people's calculations, it cost several million , so that there are not many goods in the domestic arms market. After the news of the arms ban spread to the country, the current price of weapons and ammunition in the arms market has tripled, and the price is still rising. It is estimated that it will not be a few days The price of time will be four times or five times that of the original. The money we prepared before can't buy the same weapons at all now."

"three times?"

"Yes, Cao Gong. Not to mention foreign weapons, the price of Hanyang-made rifles has reached two hundred silver dollars recently. And the current situation is that there is no market for the price. In some black markets, some people are even willing to pay three hundred silver dollars for Hanyang-made rifles."

Gao Lingxuan also smiled wryly.

Originally, many warlords were also related to foreign arms dealers and purchased arms from abroad, so everyone was not in a hurry.However, the European, American and Japanese countries suddenly announced an arms embargo, which immediately caused these domestic warlords to lose their balance.

They all want to quickly collect domestic arms before others, and then equip their own troops.But the arms market does not have enough arms at all.This time, domestic arms prices have risen in a straight line, and the price of weapons preparations has tripled in just half a month.

Amazing.

Even the current price of Hanyang made is two hundred silver dollars, and some people even bid three hundred silver dollars for the Hanyang made rifle in private.

Hearing Gao Lingyu's words, Cao Kun didn't even bother to get angry.

Why are all things rushing together? Could it be that God's will is blocking his military expansion plan.

Damn.

"It is impossible to have no weapons at all. You are sending people to contact domestic arms dealers, and also look for those international arms dealers. See how they can bypass this ban."

Cao Kun didn't believe it.

How could the big China have no weapons.Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, China has bought so many weapons from abroad.Over the past few years, the War to Protect the Country and the War to Protect the Law have even imported large quantities of arms from Japan. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of foreign rifles have entered China in these years.

Even if there are missing or damaged ones in the middle, it is impossible to have no guns.

"it is good."

"Also, send a telegram to Ziyu (Wu Peifu), telling him to withdraw his troops and return to Henan, and not to stay in Hunan any longer."

"Cao Gong, if you take this step, you will never be able to turn back."

Gao Lingxuan spoke to Cao Kun very solemnly.

At present, the third division of Cao Kun's main force, the first mixed brigade of Zhili, the second mixed brigade of Zhili, and the third mixed brigade of Zhili are all on the front line of Hunan, and are currently in the Hengyang area.If the troops were withdrawn back to Henan without the order of the Beijing government, it would be a direct confrontation with Duan Qirui.

Now the contradiction between Zhiwan and Anhui is already very fierce. If Wu Peifu leads his troops to retreat, it will definitely add fuel to the fire, and there is almost no room for turning around.

"Humph. If Duan Hefei (Duan Qirui) can do the first grade of junior high school, I can do the fifteenth grade. Duan Hefei appointed Wu Guangxin as the governor of Henan and asked him to mess around in Henan. It was obviously for me to see. Wu Guangxin was in the middle of this period. Henan is recruiting troops indiscriminately and constantly expanding the army. Everyone knows Sima Zhao's intentions, so how can I capture him without a fight."

Cao Kun sneered.

Duan Qirui is aggressive, so how can he sit still and wait for death.

Originally, Henan was obviously Zhao Ti's domain, but you, Duan Qirui, forced your brother-in-law Wu Guangxin to serve as the governor of Henan.After Wu Guangxin came to Henan, he began to expand his army and prepare for war.

Henan has nothing to fight.

Who Wu Guangxin was guarding against could be known at a glance.In addition to Zhao Ti's Henan army in Henan, there are Wang Zhanyuan in Hubei and Cao Kun in Zhili.Duan Qirui's eating is so ugly that he really regards himself as a persimmon.

But it is.

At present, Cao Kun's elite troops are all on the front line in Hunan. Although there are tens of thousands of troops in Zhili, their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of Hunan's troops.Therefore, Cao Kun could only bring back the frontline troops.Otherwise, once any war broke out in Henan and Zhili areas, Wu Peifu's troops would be far away in Hunan, and it would be beyond his reach.

The big deal is that the fish will die and the net will be broken.

"But it's still the same sentence. We must send people to find arms, and our ammunition reserves are not enough. Buy more as a reserve."

"Yes. The thing about the front line in Hunan..."

"Leave it all to Ziyu (Wu Peifu), let him figure it out."

"it is good."

207 Straight Anhui Conflict 2

"Zhi Lao (Duan Qirui), a telegram from Wu Ziyu (Wu Peifu)."

"how?"

1919 3 Month 4 Day.

Not long after the first lunar month, Duan Qirui is also relatively busy here, and there are many things to deal with.Duan Qirui is not a diligent person, or a person who is diligent in office work.But during this period of time, Duan Qirui didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, and he did many things by himself.Because since Jin Yunpeng and Duan Qirui started their diaphragms, they are now more and more inclined to Xu Shichang.I didn't think it before, but after Jin Yunpeng and Duan Qirui were inseparable, everyone realized that Jin Yunpeng was really a well-rounded figure in the Beiyang Army.

Jin Yunpeng is different from Xu Shuzheng.

Xu Shuzheng was single-handedly selected by Duan Qirui.Inside the Beiyang Army, although they are powerful and domineering, they don't have much strength, or they don't have any foundation.Xu Shuzheng doesn't have any direct line officers, let alone direct line troops.

What Xu Shuzheng relied on was Duan Qirui's momentum.

Because of Duan Qirui's love for Xu Shuzheng, Xu Shuzheng was able to have no scruples, and was able to make people fear Xu Shuzheng.

But Jin Yunpeng is not at all.

Although Jin Yunpeng has been Duan Qirui's number one general and the top of Duan Qirui's four King Kongs these years, Jin Yunpeng is not a person without foundation.On the contrary, Jin Yunpeng has deep qualifications in the Beiyang Army, and he has reached his current position step by step, and he has great strength in himself.Jin Yunpeng and Feng Guozhang are classmates, and Cao Kun are brothers, and Zhang Zuolin is a son and daughter.

As a cadre of the Anhui Clique, Jin Yunpeng handled the relationship with the direct and Feng cliques very well.

As the saying goes, there is no crime in all aspects.

At the just-concluded cabinet meeting, Jin Yunpeng and Gong Xinzhan fought on the spot.Jin Yunpeng is the chief of the Ministry of the Army, and it is not very smooth to ask the chief of finance Gong Xinzhan for military expenses, so the two quarreled in the cabinet meeting.During the quarrel, Jin Yunpeng angrily revealed the military expenses of the participating troops among the funds controlled by Gong Xinzhan.

Joining the army, this is a taboo at present.

Especially after the European War is over, Duan Qirui still retains the establishment of the participating army, which makes everyone criticize Duan Qirui.So Duan Qirui has always dealt with the issue of the participating troops coldly.However, at the cabinet meeting, Jin Yunpeng said it directly, and once again brought up the topic of participating in the war.

More importantly, Gong Xinzhan, the chief financial officer, is Duan Qirui's man, and he is also one of Duan Qirui's most trusted cabinet chiefs.Although Duan Qirui elected Xu Shichang as the president, the Anfu Department currently controls the Congress, and the cabinet is of course controlled by Duan Qirui.

So although the prime minister of the cabinet is Qian Nengxun, the heads of important departments in the cabinet are all from Duan Qirui.This Gong Xinzhan is Duan Qirui's man, who single-handedly controls the Beiyang government's finances.Originally, the military expenditures of the participating troops were kept secret, but Jin Yunpeng did not expect to speak out in court, which made Duan Qirui very embarrassed.