ps:Today's code word hand is very uncomfortable.,Deleted a lot.,So two chapters and one chapter were sent.。

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In February 1917, during the Lunar New Year, when thousands of families were reunited, the whole of China was shrouded in a snowstorm. God has been blessed for a few years, and after the wind and rain are smooth, it seems that he wants to use all his strength this winter, and even Nanjing is covered with snow for more than a month.

"A lot of people are really going to freeze to death on this day this year." As soon as the car stopped, Cai Jimin, who opened the door, frowned, muttered a sentence of tightening his collar and rushed into the new presidential palace that was completed this year.

"Xiangpu is back, how is the situation in the northeast?"

As soon as he entered the door, he bumped into Zhang Wenjing and Cai Gongshi, who were in a meeting, and the latter officially stepped into the core political circle of the Republic of China after becoming the secretary general of the Social and Economic Reform and Development Committee. Among the three, only Zhang Wenjing was the most anxious, especially after the continuous heavy snow in winter, which brought a hint of gloom to this year's economic prospects, so he hurriedly pulled him to ask about the situation in the Northeast.

Cai Jimin took off his coat and handed it to the secretary, and began to explain to the two of them the situation in the Northeast after the winter. In the General Staff, he was undoubtedly more like a firefighter, first during the Northern Expedition, he sat in the southwest and Guangdong and Fujian to ensure a smooth transition in the south, and after the Sino-Japanese War, he went north to Fengtian to assist Yue Peng in governing the northeast after the war. However, his military ability is insufficient, so he spends most of his time dealing with government affairs and construction, and he relies more on He Xi, who is transferred to the town, but He Xi has been in poor health because of Xiao Cangshan's injury back then, and Cai Yi's health is also very poor, and Feng Guozhang is also old, so he is supported by him alone throughout the winter.

Fortunately, with the accession of the Republic of China to the Entente, the external environment was indeed much better, and even Japan, which had the greatest influence, died down. As for North Korea's Zhang Zongchang, he also made a good deal, and started a trade with Jin Jiu in exchange for grain and weapons, and this winter alone, tens of thousands of tons of iron ore and copper ore were transported back by the Andong Bridge Railway. A large number of food and weapons have also made the DPRK's ** army several times stronger, and recently the Kokusha International has also opened an office in Sinuiju, North Korea, to officially announce the entry of the Kokusha into the DPRK, these measures have made the defense line of the Yalu River increasingly stable, so that the military and civilians in the northeast can concentrate on immigration, social and economic construction. In addition, under the military management model, labor resources can be maximized. In just two years, a number of projects such as the reconstruction and expansion of the South Manchurian Railway and the Sino-French steel mill have been in full swing, and the Northeast Industrial Base with Fengtian and Shenyang as the core has also been greatly developed after the centralized delivery of industrial equipment from Britain and France began. But when he began to hope that the Northeast would enter a period of rapid development, the heavy snow this winter was seriously damaged. So after introducing the general situation, he also sighed and said: "The big cities of Lushun, Fengtian and Shenyang are quite safe, but the countryside has been seriously affected, especially the immigrants in the past two years have a poor foundation, and there are even food rations in some places. ”

"Let's hope the snow stops soon." Cai Gongshi looked at Zhang Wenjing and said with some self-deprecation: "It's not easy for the finances to maintain double-digit growth every year. Seeing that a large number of processing orders have come over from the United States at the beginning of the spring, if it is delayed by the disaster relief, I am afraid that part of the loan from Britain and France will also be used for disaster relief. ”

The three of them walked towards the conference room as they spoke, and when they arrived, they found that Li Yuanhong and the others had not yet arrived, Cai Jimin handed two cigarettes to the two of them, and asked, "I heard that the commander-in-chief is going out again?" How did Yue Peng and Wu Peifu play? ”

"On the Western Front, Yue Peng and Zhang Xiaozhun were still using small battles to run in the troops, and the German army did not have the determination to break the cauldron in the winter, so the casualties were not serious. However, I heard Ziqing say that there has been news from the French side that there may be a major battle on the Western Front between April and May, and they estimate that the number of troops used may exceed one million! So the commander is also worried about this. I didn't go to Zhengzhou to check the progress of the new equipment, hoping to help. Although Zhang Wenjing took off his military uniform, because of his special identity, he knew more about the military situation on the front line, and said in a slow voice: "The east is a little troublesome. Two divisions, Shi Xiaolou and Wu Peifu, went to Ukraine. Can. He pointed outside and continued: "Just like our side, we have never encountered this kind of ghost weather once, and I heard that many soldiers have fallen ill and frozen to death. The 123rd Division is temporarily resting in the Urals, but when it will go in depends on the weather, and the worst is probably Li Liejun, who used a telegram to say that in the last month alone, more than 10,000 Chinese workers were frostbitten and sick, and as many as 1,000 died! The logistics department has already sent additional trains to transport sleeping bags and cotton clothes to support, so I don't know how long it will last. ”

Cai Gongshi was not as pessimistic as the two, and comforted: "Don't sigh, although there are some difficulties now, but we can see that spring will start in more than a month at most, and it just so happens that we can also use this winter to build the factory facilities provided by Britain and France first." When the spring comes, we will be able to train workers, and I may be able to start a batch of work by the end of the year. When the three of them were chatting, the sound of running suddenly sounded outside the corridor, and when they turned their heads, they saw Feng Guozhang, who was staying at the General Staff today. The old man didn't know what was important, he was actually out of breath at a trot all the way, Cai Jimin saw this and hurriedly helped him and asked, "Deputy Chief of General Staff, who are you?" ”

Feng Guozhang interrupted without waiting for him to finish asking: "What about the president and the prime minister?" ”

"Probably not there yet, what's wrong?"

I didn't see anyone found. Feng Guozhang slapped his thigh anxiously: "This Xu Shuzheng, he caused a lot of trouble and killed Zhebu!" "Jebu is dead." The three of them were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly got up and faced the pillars of faith of the Mongols.

"Give it to me, I'll contact the commander-in-chief!" Zhang Wenjing was the first to react, grabbed the telegram and rushed to the telegraph room.

When the water and electricity telegraph room of the presidential palace was busy, Yang Qiu's special car had also arrived at Zhengzhou Industrial Group. The low sound of steam motors began to sound from the hinterland of the Central Plains, billowing black smoke and goose feathers and heavy snow drifted over the Yellow River, and the charm of modern industry was gradually revealed. When the car drove into the factory, even Yang Du and Chen Guofu, who accompanied him, were a little surprised by the speed of construction here, although they knew that Yang Qiu had been using the earliest Hanyang and Chongqing to train workers, and also knew that there are now more than 500 large and small industrial technical schools in China, but when the scene of tens of thousands of people gathering to work hard appeared in front of them, they were still a little shocked.

Yang Du even sighed with emotion: "It's still the vice president who is far-sighted!" First suppressed the domestic situation and disputes, suppressed other parties and cultivated the national society, and now took the opportunity of the European war to develop industry, not only earning back the scale of the Westernization Movement dozens of times, but also greatly improving the external environment and status of our Republic of China. In just six years, such a good situation can be created, and I really admire it! With your strategic planning to lay such a good foundation, we can completely cultivate our national strength. If you don't do it in 10 years, you will be able to stand proudly in Asia and stand proudly on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean in 20 years! The goal that our generation has pursued for decades and worked hard for decades is finally hopeful! ”

Chen Guofu also nodded again and again. A few years of experience made this young party secretary. The executive committee of the YMCA and the second-in-command of the National Society International have completely washed away their youth, and the two faint mustaches have made him feel a little steady. Although Yang Qiu cared little about politics during this time, it did not mean that he would give up monitoring various forces in the country. Because of this kind of monitoring, he is not as optimistic as Yang Du. He said: "Although our national community has no opponents for the time being, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have not stopped. When the KMT congress was held in Hong Kong a year ago, Wu Tingfang and Cai Yuanpei both attended, and although the meeting was not open to the public, Wang Zhaoming took over the post of secretary general immediately after returning to Shanghai. ”

"Want to merge?" Yang Qiu smiled secretly. His previous impression of Wang Zhaoming was still stuck in the three words "big traitor", but after experiencing Xinhai, he understood this person's political ability. He was the one who brought about the North-South peace talks, and now the KMT bigwigs must be extremely optimistic about their future in handing over to him. As for the Kuomintang and the Republican Party finally coming together, in fact, Yang Qiu had already thought about it, after all, the influence of the Kuomintang still exists, but it is Zhang Jizhi and Liang Qichao who are conservative in their thinking, they want to keep a distance from the national society but also want to gain political benefits, but as time goes by, their conservative ideas are less and less replenished by fresh blood, so in the end they are annexed. It's just that he doesn't have time to think about it now, after all, the establishment of a two-party system is an idea he has had since the beginning. However, at present and even in the next 30 years, the KMT must be constantly suppressed! But the consequence of this is that the centralization of power will become more prominent. Therefore, the scale of this suppression must be well mastered, and the KMT cannot die, which is the most basic!

On the contrary, the approaching Russian Revolution made him worry that tangible things such as airplanes and cannons could stop him. But ideas know no borders. Even he found the theory of the poor party very attractive, not to mention that the people in those poor areas, especially the areas where the land problem has not yet been solved, are very marketable. It is not that he hates the poor party, but that the current Republic of China has gradually entered the track he envisioned, and then accepting this kind of foreign thinking will lead to chaos, so how to channel this thought, how to use the opportunity of the ideological explosion to disintegrate the current family-style self-government management model that is still continuing in the township areas of the country, and eliminate the dependence of the landlords and gentry on the land, is the problem he needs to solve in the next few years! Of course, after the revolution, the poor party will face the extremely difficult dilemma of being surrounded by the capitalist world, so they will definitely seek to break through. There is no possibility of breaking through Europe, and the only way is to take the eastern road to break through the blockade of the capitalist world, and only in this way can they realize their ideal of exporting revolution to the outside world and liberating the proletariat of the whole world.

Orient!

Thinking of this, Yang Qiu sighed in his heart, the East is destined to be the front line of ideological and geopolitical conflicts for a long time in the future, so Yang Du said that the stability of the Republic of China is actually far from being realized. Although after joining the First World War, you can obtain a good external environment, and when intervening in Russia, the European and American world needs to be on the front line, but you must also have enough capital in your hands! "We must pay close attention to the Zhigong Hall, they are now our largest offshore branch, and the National Society International must follow their path if it wants to spread out. In two years, you won't be so laid-back! ”

Yang Du asked puzzledly: "Why did the vice president say that?" Could anyone be a threat to the status of our national community? ”

"It's not a threat, it's a clash of ideas and a full-fledged challenge in all fields." Yang Qiu smiled and pushed the car door, the new director of the Zhengzhou factory and the head of the tank and armored vehicle research and development project Yuan Zhongquan had already brought dozens of engineers and technicians to the door, among which there were many foreign faces, and they were very excited to see him. After stepping into the test area, the three of them only felt that their eyes suddenly lit up, and the scene they saw last time at the Xinye Army Weapons Test Factory was different, at this moment the test training ground was noisy and lively, and hundreds of soldiers were braving the snow to operate the steel giant beast for tactical formation training and new car receiving experiments.

"Report, Major of the newly formed armored brigade of the 101st Division, Xue Yue has met the commander-in-chief." As soon as he walked towards the armored convoy, Xue Yue, who was leading the troops to train here, rushed out of nowhere with a face full of oil.

After Xue Yue was selected as the commander of the first armored brigade in China, he received special guidance from Yang Qiu many times, so the two were already very familiar. I saw him covered in oil and unkempt. Yang Qiu was also happy and smiled: "You kid, you can't drill into the engine, right?" How did it get like this? "Hehe, report to the commander-in-chief, when I ran two laps just now, I encountered a sudden flameout, and I didn't think that the oil sprayed out just after opening the lid to check it." Xue Yue said as he wiped his face with his sleeve. But the more he wiped his face, the darker it became, which made Yang Du and Chen Guofu laugh and hurriedly asked people to bring a clean rag. After he finished wiping his face, Yuan Zhongquan led the technical team and began to introduce the tank in his mouth to Yang Qiu. But in Yang Qiu's opinion, he is not actually a tank in front of him, but only an armored vehicle.

Since the external environment has improved a lot since joining the treaty, I can basically buy everything I want, except for some cutting-edge equipment and technology. Coupled with the priority guarantee of military supplies promised by Britain and France, Yang Qiu started the idea of starting armor in advance, and after careful thinking, he chose the Cardenloyd multi-purpose armored transport vehicle. First of all, it should be stated. The Carden-Loyd armored transporter and the famous Carden-Loyd ultralight tank, despite the same name, are not vehicles of the same series, and even though the chassis of both is very simple and easy to build, they are completely different things. The latter is the originator of the Japanese tank, while the former is the famous light armored transporter in World War II, and the United States has also produced 18,000 armored transporters under the patent and numbered T16. Because of its reliability and applicability, it is affectionately called the "multi-purpose universal transporter" by soldiers.

The reason why Yang Qiu chose this chassis is mainly because its structure is very simple, which is in line with the current industrial processing capacity of the Republic of China, and secondly, because it is very strong and durable, it can be seen in various battlefields from Europe to the desert of North Africa in World War II. Not to mention the fact that the production of up to 80,000 units in various countries around the world is enough to explain everything, so some people call it "crawler taxi". However, the design team led by Yuen Zhongquan still made appropriate improvements to it. The main reason is that the volume of water-cooled gasoline engines in various countries around the world is not as small as the original Ford eight-cylinder gasoline engine, so according to Yang Qiu's suggestion, a pair of load-bearing wheels were added to lengthen the body to 3.85 meters. The width has been increased by 40 cm, and the tracks have been widened by 5 cm. In this way, the engine compartment can be enlarged a lot, and it can be directly stuffed with a 150-horsepower eight-cylinder aviation water-cooled gasoline engine used by a Sparrow reconnaissance aircraft. However, considering the output stability, the power was reduced and the actual output was 120 horsepower.

Yuan Zhongquan stood in front of the car and said in detail: "The model is named T2 armored car, and T is the first letter abbreviation of the tank. It weighs 5.3 tons, the front armor is 23 mm, and the rest is 15 mm in an inclined arrangement. The fuel tank in the car can travel a range of 160 km, with a road speed of 55 km/h and an off-road speed of 25 km/h. Using our own Krupp armor steel, load-bearing wheels, tracks, engines, springs and gearboxes, although we have been able to produce them ourselves, they are small in scale, so for the time being, they are purchased from Europe and the United States in accordance with standard parts. The roof is open, and the cannon can also be mounted in the middle of the machine gun mount in front. This is the most basic type A transporter. Driven by two people, the front of the car is equipped with a Han 2 water-cooled heavy machine gun, which can carry up to 1 ton of ammunition and supplies at a time. Either with six heavily armed soldiers towing a 70 mm infantry gun, or by towing an ammunition truck or a 360 kg oil truck with 40 shells for a 70 mm infantry gun. ”

"Look, Commander." Yuan Zhongquan said this and excitedly pointed to a row of folding steel plates of unknown purpose on both sides of the car body, Xue Yue saw this and immediately put one of the steel plates on it and sat on it, and said: "This is our own invention, there are 3 chairs on each side that can be folded, so that after the inside is full, there can be 6 more people sitting outside, according to the test, it can be completely installed without affecting the speed and mobility." Looking at this unique "little invention", Yang Qiu also smiled dumbly. I didn't expect Yuan Zhongquan and Xue Yue to think of using this method to bring more soldiers, and steel pipes were installed on the top and bottom of the stool to put feet and act as armrests, which could be seen to have been tested in great detail. In fact, it was later learned that in actual combat, because soldiers wanted to travel, the number of vehicles far exceeded the rated maximum of 12.

After introducing the transport type, Yuan Zhongquan began to introduce the other two most important modifications. The first is the B infantry support type, which includes a 7.62 mm machine gun and a 12.7 mm fangs heavy machine gun, or the fangs are changed to the 25 mm Wild Bee 16-year rapid-fire machine gun that the Zhengzhou factory began to manufacture in batches according to Yang Qiu's drawings, which is modeled after the 20 mm Baker gun equipped with German equipment in 1917, which is the ancestor of the famous Erlikong. The difference is that the caliber has been changed to 25 mm, a 5-round magazine is used, the barrel is much longer and the weight is much larger, the accuracy is improved and the ability to hit armored targets is available. Of course, it also has the ability to carry a 37-gun gun. However, there are very few such artillery pieces in the Wehrmacht, so the current choice is fangs and wild bees.

The third and most important modification is the Type C fire support vehicle! This is Yang Qiu's idea of a self-propelled mortar based on later generations, a 160 mm heavy mortar is installed at the rear of the car, the gun body and base are fixed with a winch, the barrel is horizontal in the square compartment when marching, and the rear of the car is facing the enemy when shooting, and the soldiers use the crank handle to put down the mortar and the base to shoot. When carrying a 160-mm heavy mortar. It can also carry 2 artillery pieces, 10 shells and projectile packs at the same time, and if combined with a transport version, it can carry a full artillery squad and a 30-round ammunition trailer, while a standard Wehrmacht battalion of 12 heavy mortars can carry all the equipment and ammunition with only 24 vehicles.

Artillery motorization is the dream of countless generals at this moment! However, it is known that all vehicles that can move with the vehicle are 57 or 37 small guns, so let alone a fire support vehicle equipped with a 160mm heavy mortar with a range of 8 km, even if it is only equipped with a 120mm mortar, it can become a nightmare for the enemy. In order to understand intuitively, Xue Yue also asked the soldiers to operate the fire support type. The thick 160-mm barrel was laid across the compartment, the front was fastened with special brackets to prevent shock, and ammunition was reserved under the seats of the soldiers on either side. When in use, you can remove the shell by opening the lid, and when using it, you can use the crank to lower the mortar and the base for aiming, and it only takes three minutes from the start to the first shell. This efficiency is not remarkable in later generations, but now this year has pushed artillery technology by a big step!

Interestingly, compared with the boring T02 number, the soldiers also gave this series of armored vehicles the nickname "Rolling Dragon"!

"Mass production started in October last year, and if all the products are produced in-house, we can manufacture 40 vehicles per month in China. Deliveries of outsourced standard parts have been started in January, and now there are three factories participating in the assembly, and 100 units per month is not a problem. There are currently 252 vehicles here, and a batch of 300 vehicles can be delivered by the end of the month. It's the price. Yuan Zhongquan smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "The price of standard parts purchased in Europe and the United States is very expensive, and our self-production speed can't keep up, so each fire support type like this includes transportation costs and artillery at a minimum of 50,000 yuan." ”

This price made Chen Guofu take a breath of cold air. According to what Yuan Zhongquan said just now, if a total of 1,000 vehicles are to be manufactured, it will be a full 50 million yuan and a cost of 25 million US dollars! You can build a battleship! Yang Qiu also smiled bitterly, no wonder Japan, which is not too poor in history, can't afford to play armoring, and the Great Navy and the Continental Army will always be the biggest conflict!

"What about mortars? Is the optical sight solved? ”

"Our own lenses are still not up to par, but the chief of the General Staff began to order rangefinders and sights from France last September, and 1,000 were delivered last month. The remaining 3,000 artillery rangefinders and artillery sights will be delivered within five months. ”

After solving the most important sights for heavy artillery and artillery, the resumption of full-speed production of heavy artillery finally allowed the Wehrmacht to gradually resume the construction of self-produced heavy equipment after a two-year suspension, and the gradual increase in strength also made Yang Qiu, who was worried about the poor party, feel a lot more relieved, and looked at Xue Yue with a smile: "Are you ready?" At the end of the month, you will be on your way from Hankow. ”

Xue Yue was already waiting to go to Europe to show his skills, so he immediately blushed and saluted: "Report to the commander-in-chief, I've been waiting for a long time!" Yang Qiu smiled slightly and was about to continue talking, but Kuang Xukun suddenly walked over from behind and pulled the corner of his clothes and handed over a telegram.

Yang Du, who had been paying attention, only saw his eyebrows twisted fiercely, and it took a long time before he slowly let go...... (。 If you like this work, () vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )