Wang Maoru attaches great importance to the No. 1 Military Factory in Northeast China, not only because it is the foundation of his own start, but also because it carries his great hope and dedication. The First Military Factory in Northeast China is like his eldest son, hard training and construction, from scratch from small to large, from Hulun City to Qiqihar, Wang Maoru has poured too much effort into it. It is precisely because of Wang Maoru's insistence on investment that the Northeast First Military Factory in Qiqihar has grown into China's largest arsenal, with 20,000 workers. At the same time, after the annexation of the Fengtian Arsenal, Wang Maoru also moved the light weapons workers and equipment workshops in the former Fengtian Arsenal here, so that the Northeast No. 2 Arsenal based on the former Fengtian Arsenal in Shenyang City could only produce ammunition and repair firearms at this time, and the only weapons it produced now were grenades.

Of course, objectively speaking, the biggest problem faced by the Northeast No. 2 Arsenal in Shenyang was that it was too close to the Japanese garrison Dalian Kwantung Prefecture and less than five kilometers near the Japanese South Manchurian Railway District. In the event of war, the Japanese could rely on the South Manchurian Railway to directly increase their troops to Shenyang, and with the assistance of train artillery, they could directly take over the Second Arsenal in Northeast China. Historically, the fall of the Fengtian Arsenal was precisely because the Japanese Kwantung Army relied on the railway to rapidly increase its troops, and relied on ironclad trains to directly swallow the arsenal, and the planes, tanks, guns and other arms worth tens of millions that stayed at the Fengtian Arsenal at that time became the pockets of the Japanese, and the Japanese also relied on the Fengtian Arsenal to quickly form nearly ten divisions.

Nowadays, this form is in the territory of the three eastern provinces. The Japanese side owns the southern section of the Far Eastern Railway. That is, the railway section from Port Arthur to Changchun City.

In the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese captured Lushun, Dalian, Shenyang, and drove the Russian army north of Changtu, and US President Roosevelt intervened to mediate, and Japan and Russia negotiated an armistice, and on August 10, representatives of the two sides held negotiations in Portsmouth. The Japanese side demanded that Harbin be the demarcation point of the railways between the two countries, while Russia insisted on taking Kuanchengzi (i.e., Changchun Station) as the demarcation point. On December 19, 1905, when the Japanese Ministry of Counselling completed the task of transporting its troops back to China, in the area under its jurisdiction, the retained and newly established stations were: Dalian, Nanguanling, Dafangshen, Jinzhou, Sanshilipu, Pulandian, Wafangdian, Deli Temple, Wanjialing, Xiongyuecheng, Gaiping, Dashiqiao, Haicheng, Tanggangzi, Anshan Station, Yantai, Sujiatun, Fengtian, Hushitai, Xintaizi, Tieling, Kaiyuan, Changtu, Shuangmiaozi, Siping Street, Guojiadian, Gongzhuling, Fanjiatun, and Kuanchengzi. April 1, 1907. When the Manchurian Railway began to operate, it had 695.2 kilometers of railway lines from Dalian to Mengjiatun (now Changchun South Railway Station), and in July of the same year, it received 8.5 kilometers north of Mengjiatun, totaling 703.7 kilometers.

Therefore, Wang Maoru placed the most important first and third arsenals in Qiqihar and Shuangcheng. It was far away from the Japanese-occupied railway line and the Japanese-occupied area.

As for the Third Northeast Arsenal, which will begin construction next summer (formerly the East Small Arms Corporation and East Machinery R&D in the United States), it will be responsible for the production of heavy machinery, the conversion of tractors into tanks and armored vehicles, the development of engines, the manufacture of aircraft, and so on. One of the greatest advantages of the future Third Arsenal is that it will have a large number of Russian skilled workers, thousands of Russian intellectuals have already been hired in the Third Arsenal, and now the infrastructure of the Arsenal has been completed and only awaits the arrival of American machinery. The first batch of machinery and equipment has arrived at the Third Arsenal, and it is gradually getting back on track under the leadership of former Russian, American, and Chinese workers and technicians.

After Wang Maoru returned to Harbin from Qiqihar, he inspected the No. 3 Arsenal in Northeast China and saw that there were more than 1,000 Russian workers, but there were more family members of the Russian workers, and they had no work and could only live in shacks. Wang Maoru specially approved. Allowing the families of workers to work in the factories together increased the number of workers and solved the problem of the families of Russian technicians. Of course, the most important thing is to popularize the Chinese language among the Russians, after all, they will live in China, learn Chinese as early as possible, and integrate into China as soon as possible.

Wang Maoru was very satisfied with the progress of the construction of the Third Arsenal, but what he was not satisfied with was that at this time, many underworld gang members came here to blackmail Russian workers and their families, especially the matter of deceiving Russian girls to go to brothels, which caused many Russian workers to be dissatisfied. The gang members relied on the advantages of the local snake to sell many Russian girls who were living in difficulty to brothels, and some Russian girls ran back to complain that their families had been severely beaten in the brothels, which made the Russian workers indignant. Wang Maoru learned about this situation from Russian military experts. It ordered a severe crackdown on the gang members in Binjiang Prefecture, and in particular, ordered that it was not allowed to discriminate, humiliate, or violate the Russian exiles, and that since they had become Chinese nationals, the police would give them the same treatment and protection as their own nationals.

By giving respect and protection to Russian workers, Wang Maoru won the support of hundreds of thousands of Russians in Northeast China. Even international newspapers praised Wang Maoru's internationalist spirit. Wang Maoru muttered in his heart what kind of internationalist spirit, if they didn't become Chinese nationals, how could I protect them.

Just returned to Changchun. Zhang Xiaozhun reported that the reserve plan has been prepared, and the reserve soldiers include adult males between the ages of 16 and 46 in the four northeastern provinces and five Mongolian provinces, and each person is required to have at least 20 days of military training each year. During this 20-day service period, reservists are required to complete platoon training, grenadier training, anti-shelling training, physical training, combat formation training, and cover retreat training. Of course, for the convenience of the disabled, some people with physical disabilities can apply for non-military service training or reduce the training subjects during the service training.

According to statistics, the four northeastern provinces and Mongolia now have a population of 26 million people, of which 11 million are adult males between the ages of 16 and 46, and if the national reserve system is implemented, there will be more than 11 million soldiers in the northeast. Of course, this is only theoretical, and practical operation is also not feasible, the main thing is that there are not so many officers and ordnance.

Switzerland has a small number of citizens and can implement a national reserve system, while China has a reserve system, which requires dozens of people to use one gun. Therefore, Zhang Xiaozhun Jianyì changed the training of 20 days per year to 20 days of training every two years, but the training should be carried out at one time for 20 days. After Wang Maoru and Zhang Xiaozhun studied it, they decided on the second plan and set out to let Zhang Xiaozhun first carry out the reserve system in Heilongjiang Province, because Heilongjiang Province was the territory where Wang Maoru started, and it was also the province in the middle of the population among the five provinces.

Among the five provinces, Liaoning Province has the largest population, followed by Jilin Province, followed by Heilongjiang Province, Rehe Province, and Mongolia Province. Taking Heilongjiang Province as an example, with a population of 5 million and 1.9 million adult males, one million soldiers will be trained every year after the implementation of the all-people reserve system, and 52,000 soldiers will be trained every month in separate trainings.

If it is divided into 52,000 people for training, the problem of overcrowding of trainees will be solved, the problem of insufficient soldiers stationed on the border will be solved, and the problem of resettlement of retired officers will be solved, and they can continue to do their good work as reserve instructors. When Wang Maoru saw that Zhang Xiaozhun had a proper plan, he immediately made a decision and asked Zhang Xiaozhun to rush to Heilongjiang to prepare for the implementation of the national reserve system in Heilongjiang Province next year.

At this time, appointed by the Chinese government, a delegation of Lu Zhengxiang, Gu Weijun, Wang Zhengting, Wei Chengu, and Shi Zhaoji rushed to Paris, France, to participate in the Paris Peace Conference to deal with the aftermath of the European War. Gu Weijun hurriedly buried his wife, and had to rush from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco to wait for the arrival of the Chinese peace talks delegation. He didn't dare to go back to that house in Washington now, because the house was full of Baoyue's heroic appearance.

Before the delegation led by Lu Zhengxiang left, President Feng Guozhang, Vice President Meng Enyuan, and Premier Qian Nengxun earnestly told Lu Zhengxiang, head of the delegation and chief foreign minister, to go all out to fight for China's interests, especially the Qingdao and Shandong issues, and to strive for the return of Shandong to China.

As one of the victorious countries, China had a very low social status in the international community at that time, but because of the results achieved by the Chinese army led by Wang Maoru in the later stage of the Italian battlefield in the European War, the Chinese people and the government were blindly optimistic, believing that the role of the squadron far exceeded that of Japan, and it was very likely that Qingdao would be brought back from Japan. Having become a member of the victorious country, the new president Xu Shichang was very satisfied. On November 16, he stated in the Official Gazette: "The soldiers and people of our consultative country, without fear of hardships and dangers, have won this final victory by the triumph of justice over power." Our country is difficult to overcome, and it is a blessing to join the war group and have a grand event. ”

The citizens of Beijing were also very excited. In particular, after US President Wilson issued the outline of the proposal that "the people of all countries have equal rights and no ambiguity in treatment," the Chinese intellectual circles were boiling. Chen Duxiu, who has always been enthusiastic and unrestrained, even praised Wilson as the world's number one good person.

If Wang Maoru knew the blind optimism that what he had done to the people, he would definitely sigh that he shouldn't have intervened so much.

The opening of the Paris Peace Conference is imminent, and China will naturally organize a delegation to attend it. However, the Paris Peace Conference has not issued a formal invitation, and Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang can only take a leave of absence to leave for Europe, and the Chinese people are unprecedentedly optimistic, and the strong contrast between the pragmatic foreign policy of the Beijing government has made Lu Zhengxiang bitter, so these diplomatic representatives immediately felt that the prospects were not good.

Lu Zhengxiang, as the chief foreign minister of the Beijing government, personally signed the humiliating "Twenty-one Articles" three years ago, and he himself knew that this was a traitorous treaty, but the government was faced with domestic turmoil, and also wanted reunification, and if it wanted to be unified, it needed money, and it also had the support of the great powers in the historical background at that time, so it made a deal with Japan. During the negotiation of the "21 Articles," Lu Zhengxiang also struggled hard with Japan and tried his best to safeguard national interests, but he could not change the overall situation, so Lu Zhengxiang was more eager than any other citizen to "truth triumphs over power" and hoped to complete the work in the post-war peace talks and abolish the privileges of the great powers in China, so as to wash away his sins in signing the "21 Articles." rs