Beiyang reactionaries

Duan Xun frowned.

The early development of these arsenals was all invested heavily by Duan Xun.However, after Duan Xun entered Beijing, there are too many places where he needs to spend money.Therefore, the first-line troops, equipment department, and logistics department were torn apart.

It means decentralization.

Playing is also to reduce unnecessary duplication of investment.Duan Xun's idea is to allocate funds to the frontline troops and give them military expenses.Then they give orders to the arsenal according to their needs.

And the arsenal lives temporarily by relying on their orders.

"Shouldn't be."

Duan Xun was a little confused.

Before the second Zhiwan War, Duan Xun's troops had nearly 50 troops.After the end of the war, more than a year of army reorganization was carried out. At present, Duan Xun's army has 70 people.

Cao Kun's army, Zhang Zuolin's Feng army, Li Chun's Jiangsu army, Chen Guangyuan's Jiangxi army, Li Houji's Fujian army, and the Hui armed forces in Gansu were all reorganized.

With so many troops reorganized and so many new troops coming out, why is there a lack of orders?

Duan Xun allocated all the military expenses.

And the same goes for the police force.

With the improvement of the police system, the police force should also need a lot of weapons.Duan Xun didn't care too much about these things during this time, but only cared about the reorganization of the troops and the arrangement of personnel.As for the specific work, the following people will naturally handle it.

"what happened?"

"Prime Minister, I have already talked with Minister Xiong (Xiong Kewu), Chief of Staff Xu (Xu Yongchang), and Secretary-General Yang (Yang Jie). At present, the army is reorganized. Although the number has increased a lot, the lack of weapons and equipment is not as imagined. In this war, our troops seized a total of 18 rifles, more than 6000 light and heavy machine guns, and a lot of cannons. What's more, some troops themselves have enough weapons and ammunition. Therefore, the newly reorganized 20 troops have no shortage Weapons. The important thing is that these weapons are mainly made in Japan and Hanyang, and the ammunition they need can keep up, so they only need ammunition, and there is no need to replace a batch of new weapons. The order from our arsenal naturally came down."

"There is also the police department. I have also talked with Director You (You Min). He said that the funds of the current police department are also very precious, and there is no extra money to buy new weapons. Therefore, their police system is currently equipped with all the weapons that have been used in the past few years. The bandit weapons seized after the troops suppressed the bandits. Although the weapons and equipment are outdated, Director You believes that their police department is not a regular force and does not need those new weapons. Those old weapons are enough."

Duan Xun smiled bitterly.

I understood what Han Linchun meant.

Because military expenditures and appropriations to the police system are limited.For them, this amount of money is not enough, so they can only choose to save money.

Duan Xun also heard the report.

At the last meeting of the Ministry of the Army, Xu Yongchang suggested to Duan Xun that the army should buy a batch of large trucks again to transport troops or transport materials.Want to improve the mobility of troops.At that time, Duan Xun also agreed with their ideas.Having a fleet of large trucks in the army is indeed very helpful for mobilizing troops.

It seems to be a matter of money.

So what now?

Neither the army nor the police system needed so many weapons. To allow the arsenal to continue to produce weapons would definitely require Duan Xun to invest in them.But even if they produce more weapons, they can only be placed in the warehouse.

This question also reminded Duan Xun of the current development of China's heavy industry.

It's all the same.

What is produced has no market.The weapons in the arsenal are at least provided to the army, as long as there is enough military expenditure, there is no big problem.But for some other factories, it is difficult to manage.Coal mines and steel mills, at least China needs to develop power plants, railways, etc., which can be consumed.Even if you can't consume it yourself, you can still sell it.

But what about some other large factories?

What if Duan Xun builds a tractor factory now?Really mass-produce tractors, who are those tractors sold to?If it is given to European, American and Japanese countries, they will definitely not want it.If it was given to the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union would not want it.

It can only be digested by oneself.

But in the current situation in China, where will tractors be needed.Farmers who don't know tractors are good, but where do they have money.Not to mention farmers, even those big landowners cannot buy tractors.

That is to say, it cannot be sold at all.

Including the production of large trucks, the production of other machinery and equipment has this problem.After you produce it, who do you sell it to?Why is it said that heavy industry is a project with large investment and slow return, or even a project that cannot make money at all in the early stage.

Because of that.

After these factories are established, they will not make any money in a short period of time, because there is no consumer market at all, and it is a money-losing project.If you want to maintain these projects, you can only keep investing money in them.Where does Duan Xun have money, and where does he have such a strong organizational force, he can continue to lose money and invest in those heavy industries.

Industry is a real headache.

"Fang Chen, what is the current output of the arsenal?"

"The simplest Sichuan-made rifle we used before was produced very quickly because of its simple structure. If we speed up, we can produce 20 rifles a year. And after these years of development, we can produce light and heavy machine guns and mortars , small-caliber infantry guns, and heavy guns with a caliber of up to 150mm. Prime Minister, we need money, as long as we have enough money, the output can increase quickly. And we can also carry out technological transformation to produce a batch of more powerful weapons. "

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

It is indeed a matter of money.

As long as there is enough money, the arsenal can produce enough weapons.And there is also money to upgrade and research more good weapons.But to put it bluntly, it is still a question of money.

Where does the money come from.

In the past, Duan Xun only needed to support the army.But since Duan Xun took over Beijing, Duan Xun has to support the navy and develop the air force.Whether it is the navy or the air force, they all cost far more than the army.

Gansu earthquake.

Duan Xun took advantage of the opportunity of the earthquake to control the power of the Beijing government in his own hands. By the way, he sorted out the army and the local government.But Duan Xun is not perfunctory about disaster relief.

For disaster relief, Duan Xun has invested more than 5000 million in it, and a lot of funds will be needed in the future.

This is not a small amount.

So much money is useful in the first place, especially when a lot of it is taken out of military expenditures.However, these military expenditures are invested in disaster relief, and the military expenditures are naturally insufficient.The money invested in the arsenal will definitely not be enough.

Looks like it will speed up the pace of loans from Japan.

Loans from Japan were used to build power plants, railways, and roads, which drove the development of surrounding industries and increased their own income.And the money from the loan can also be invested in military expenses.

"You continue to produce as usual. There will be orders soon."

"Prime Minister, do you want to expand the army?"

Han Linchun immediately understood what Duan Xun meant.

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

The arsenal cannot go out of business.Duan Xun thought for a while, and within two years, the army must be expanded to a million-strong army.As for the lack of military spending, we can only find a way from Japanese loans.

If you are not in charge of your family, you don't know how expensive firewood is.

The more this is the case, the more greedy Duan Xun is for the customs.If I had customs revenue in my hands, how could I be in such a mess.

"But, Prime Minister, where's the money?"