Old Movies of the Republic of China II

The arrival of Yang Xingsi made Qinghe very worried. He handed the hangover tea to Zhang Zheng and asked worriedly: "Is that special commissioner really just here to buy armaments? I always feel uneasy."

Zhang Zheng said: "Soldiers come to block the water and cover them with soil, don't worry about him."

"Maybe we need to make some preparations in advance?" Qing He whispered: "At that time, people in other courtyards didn't know if their mouths were tight. I have to tell Wang Xianben to let him pay attention."

Be careful sailing for ten thousand years, he thought, and you have to be cautious all the time.

Zhang Zheng smiled lowly, put down the teacup and reached out to hug him on his lap, and wrote lightly: "Don't think so much, even if Yang Xingsi really finds out, what can happen to the surname Shen? The old man is not afraid of him, but because Save face with each other."

He doesn't care about Shen Shanhai's power, of course he also has this capital.Even in the whole of China, their Fengjun is the only one, not to mention Zhang Yishan has a solid foundation in the Feng Clan, he will take over his father's position in the future, nothing can make him timid.

Qinghe felt bitter in his mouth.

"Save face"?What he saw was not the so-called "face", he only saw two lives, the lives lost because they broke their promises.Although Zhang Zheng had a verbal argument with Zhang Yishan because of this, he didn't really take this matter to heart, he forgot it very quickly, probably because he had seen too many dirty things before, so he was able to do it ruthlessly The right, safe thing to do.

Qing He couldn't do it, he even had two nightmares, and once he cried out in terror, Zhang Zheng was woken up, hugged him to comfort him for a long time, and could still feel his body trembling.

While Zhang Zheng felt sorry for him, he also clearly realized that Qinghe's heart was not hard enough, and he was just making a gesture of indifference during the day.This made Zhang Zheng even more distressed.

Qing He reluctantly nodded, but decided to call Wang Xianben as soon as Zhang Zheng was out of sight after waking up tomorrow.

Zhang Zheng and Tao Wenle negotiated with Yang Xingsi and the others for several days in succession. Tao Wenle was not from a professional background. He was a scholar in his early years, but he was very familiar with ordnance, and he was in the top half of technicians.Unlike a technician, he has a higher status, is more trusted by Zhang Yishan and his son, and knows how to deal with people better.

And Yang Xingsi's tact made Zhang Zheng feel annoyed.

Sometimes it is a very simple matter, Yang Xingsi has to go around several detours, Zhang Zheng is very unwilling to deal with such a person, but he has no choice.If it weren't for Tao Wenle and the mud, he might have just left the person and left.

Tao Wenle said privately: "You have the right to think that you are practicing. There are many people like this in the world, and you will only meet more in the future. How can you not keep in touch?"

Zhang Zheng was even more irritable, he hated people talking intentionally or unintentionally about what he would do if he was in charge of the Feng Department, as if his father was dying.

Tao Wenle patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Press yourself, the entire Northeast will depend on you in the future. You can't just think of yourself as a soldier, you have to be a politician, a leader."

Only when Yang Xingsi and his party walked to the arsenal did they talk about eye-opening before entering the workshop.

Yang Xingsi clicked on the railway tracks in the factory, and sighed: "Your railway is well repaired. We go all the way north, but the train in the northeast is the cheapest. I heard that you have established a transportation committee in the past two years?"

Tao Wenle smiled: "Director Yang can recall so many things when he sees such a section of railroad track. He is indeed the right-hand man of Chief of Staff Shen."

In the initial stage of China’s railway development, the Northeast Railway had the largest main line, the longest line, and the earliest road network. However, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, most of the Northeast Railways were mainly controlled by Japan and Russia. The Middle East Railway controlled by the Russians and the South Manchuria Railway controlled by the Japanese The total length of the railway and its branch lines is 2874 kilometers, and the railway that really belongs to China is only the Shanhaiguan-Fengtian section of the Beijing-Fengfeng Railway. Together with the branch lines, the total length is 531 kilometers, accounting for about 15.00% of the total length of the Northeast Railway.At that time, on the land of Northeast China, all the railway lines were controlled by foreigners, and all the benefits of railways were obtained by foreigners.

After Zhang Yishan took control of the Northeast, he declared Northeast autonomy and began large-scale planning to build a railway in the Northeast that he could control.In disregard of Japan's opposition, he established the leading agency and executive agency for the self-operated and self-built railway two years ago, the Transportation Committee of the Three Northeast Provinces, and began to build the Northeast Railway Network.

What really made Zhang Yishan determined to increase the intensity of railway construction was still the war.

When the relationship with the Soviet Union turned bad, he wanted to send more troops to North Manchuria, but the South Manchuria Railway controlled by the Japanese imposed strict restrictions on Zhang Yishan's troop transport, and he was not allowed to take the train unless he was disarmed. Long cursed a bloody head.

What Zhang Yishan saw was more than that, he thought that if anyone came to attack my Lao Zhang's lair in the future, I would have to have bloody soldiers!How did the soldiers from Heilongjiang go south?He has to use the train!The railways from Manzhouli to Suifenhe, and from Harbin to Changchun are in the hands of the Soviet Union. Damn, isn’t this choking my old Zhang’s neck!

As a result, the authorities and businessmen of the three northeastern provinces began to invest in the construction of railways. Railways of various natures and forms were launched one after another to speed up the construction. Japan is circling on the land of Northeast China, vigorously advancing the construction of railways.

Zhang Yishan built Fenghai, Jihai, Datong and other railways successively by raising funds by himself, and planned to start building two major trunk lines in Northeast China: one is the western trunk line from Huludao via Tongliao, Qiqihar to Aihui; the other is to connect Jingfeng Road , via Hailong, the eastern trunk line from Jilin to Jiamusi.He also prepared to build Hulu Port, trying to connect Feng, Ji, Hei and Inner Mongolia through self-built railways, using Huludao as a port for handling goods, and at the same time setting up cards along the South Manchuria Railway to collect freight yard taxes, etc., to limit Japan's use of South Manchuria Railroads loot wealth in the Northeast.

This indeed played an important role in breaking Japan's long-term control of the Northeast Railway and its monopoly on railway transportation. Japan was deeply dissatisfied with this and believed that the railway built in the Northeast was parallel to the South Manchuria Railway.

Japan repeatedly warned and protested against Zhang Yishan, opposing China's construction of roads and ports.Zhang Yishan ignored him, and the relationship with Japan deteriorated further.

Zhang Zheng had always hated Japan, and he also played a big role in the construction of the Three-Province Railway. At this time, in Heishan, a 29-kilometer-long branch line from Dahushan to Badaohao built by the Jingfeng Railway Bureau was transporting coal.

Yang Xingsi just said it casually, Tao Wenle said a few words, and let it go.

Tao Wenle led everyone into a workshop and introduced the status quo of the arsenal to Yang Xingsi and others. He also half-jokingly said: "These are all the secrets of our factory. If Director Yang hadn't traveled all the way north, I wouldn't have put these Put it in front of others!"

The arsenal in the three northeastern provinces has been developing better and better in the past two years, and more and more types of guns can be manufactured. This year, they plan to build an additional steelmaking plant, install three three-ton electric furnaces, and self-refining gun tube steel, high-speed steel, and tools. Steel, etc., for our factory use.

The factory has the only precision testing equipment for military industry in China, with an annual output of more than 6 rifles of various types, more than 1000 light and heavy machine guns, 150 field guns, mountain guns, and heavy guns, and 20 to [-] million rounds of bullets. More than [-] rounds of artillery shells, and a large amount of explosives.

Among the various arsenals in old China, the arsenals in the three northeastern provinces had the most outstanding achievements in artillery factories.The large caliber, variety, and quality of the artillery it produced were unmatched by other arsenals of the same period.The factory imitated the Japanese "March 14" type and made the "Bong 160" 5900mm heavy howitzer with a range of [-] meters.

The father and son Zhang Yishan and Zhang Zheng also reached a consensus in private, deciding to establish a military engineering school and an artillery shooting test range within two years.

There are also several Japanese technicians in the arsenal. Today, he is a gentle and elegant middle-aged man wearing a pair of glasses. He is not married, has no children, opposes the war, and links his career with the arsenal.

This Japanese technician was very trusted by Tao Wenle. He introduced the various machines in the workshop in detail. The technicians under Yang Xingsi kept asking various questions, and the technicians answered them one by one.

Of course, Tao Wenle had instructed that no word from any technician would devise the true secrets of the arsenal.

After spending a day in the arsenal, Yang Xingsi sighed, "I'm ashamed of myself, I'm ashamed of myself!"

Several technicians who came with him also bowed their heads in shame, and one of the older ones said: "To achieve such a scale, the right time, the right location, and the harmony of people are all indispensable."

Tao Wenle laughed, and said, "Director Yang, don't say that, our place is poor and remote, and it's incomparable with yours."

Before Zhang Zheng got into the car, he looked back.

This arsenal is his pride, the pride of Fengtian as a whole.In troubled times, only by holding weapons in your hands can you have a foothold.

Qinghe once talked with him about Lin Zhiyuan's idea of ​​"hiding wealth from the people", and Zhang Zheng thought that some scholars were too naive.In the age of the jungle, what's the use of having more money?Everything is empty talk without guns, and nothing can be defended without force.

One day, if Japan withdraws from Northeast China and China, their policies may be changed, but as long as there are still many warlords in the country, and as long as foreign troops have not withdrawn from China, the importance of the army and arsenal is more important than anything else.

Yang Xingsi is also very interested in the famous "Young Marshal". Zhang Yishan only has this son, and it is said that he dotes on him very much.

Before Yang Xingsi came, he was worried. He didn't want this Zhang Zheng to be smart enough to compete with Shen Shanhai, but he also worried that he would be an idiot who couldn't support him, and would not be able to work together in the future.Seeing him now, Yang Xingsi knows that this young general with a prominent background is not easy. He looks a little impatient, but his words and deeds are calm, his thinking is sharp, and his eyes make Yang Xingsi, who has been in the center of power for many years, feel pressure.

He sighed in his heart, there is such an old man, this young man's starting point is too high.