Chapter Eighty-Six: The Railway

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Christian was brought in by Leo and he endured the heat and dressed in a sleek English. The officer's dress, which should also have been captured, was red all over, and with his not small belly, he looked like a big red rooster. He has no complaints about Leo, after all, Leo saved his life in the last war. He placed the whip on the table and began to look at the list.

"Oh, what a big plan!" He sighed after reading the first page, and quickly finished reading the next few pages, "Yang, it seems that you are going to build a lot of factories, do the output of these factories match each other?" What kind of rifles do you hope to produce, and what are they produced for? "As a professional quartermaster, Christian now has only the name of the equipment on this list, not the quantity.

This is really a problem, this era is completely the era of tethered rifles, Yang Rui doesn't know anything about it, of course, it is the future generations, except for knowing some fur about AK47, other firearms are not very good. There is also the scale of the factory, how big is the scale, for Yang Rui, of course, he hopes that the bigger the factory, the better, but the larger the factory, the more equipment, not only the huge investment and the greater the attention, and the need for more professional workers. I thought to myself, "I don't know much about rifles, and I don't know what kind of rifles to produce, but there will only be two kinds of rifles in the Northeast Battlefield, one is the Russian Mosin Nagant, and the other is the Japanese rifle ......, and I hope these factories can support 50,000 to 60,000 people to fight,......"

"Then your army will have at least four kinds of rifles by then, and you will need four caliber bullets from the Mauser 95/96 7mm, the Commission 7.92mm., the Russian 7.62mm, and the Japanese 6.5mm," Christian sighed and said, "That's a quartermaster's nightmare, and cannonballs, and I'm sure you'll have three kinds of shells by then, one Russian, one Japanese, and one of your own." ”

Yang Rui looked at him stunned, he hadn't thought about these questions before, yes, when the time comes, it will really be like what he said, the troops will have at least four kinds of rifles, four bullets of different calibers, this is still the batch of British guns, of course, his number is too small, not worth paying attention to. "Could it be, is it ......" Yang Rui cautiously asked a very white question, "Is it possible to change the caliber to a smaller caliber when making Mauser rifles, such as changing them to 7mm, or changing them to the Russian 7.62mm caliber?" Japanese guns and commission guns were simply sold, and the entire army had only two caliber bullets. ”

Don't want Christian to answer this time, Leo preemptively said: "It's impossible, Mauser won't sell the rifle manufacturing technology, although 7mm is not the mainstream caliber, but the technology of Mauser 96 is not much different from Mauser 98, and the rifles produced are all first-class products now." There is also the manufacture of any kind of rifle is determined after trial and error, if you rashly modify it then the performance cannot be guaranteed, and if you really want to modify, it is not something we can complete. Ludwig's drunkard couldn't do it at all. Leo was afraid that Ludwig would be drunk and say something crazy, so he broke Yang Rui's thoughts.

"Yang, the steel, gunpowder, bullets, shells, carpentry and other factory equipment on the plan are easy to solve," Speaking of this, Christian came to a twist, he and Leo have the same meaning, "However, if you want to make Mauser rifles and Krupp 75 guns, it is impossible, not to mention whether there are drawings and technology, even those machine tool suppliers will not sell us related machines, you know, Mauser and Krupp would not allow the machine manufacturers to sell the same equipment to a factory in another country and then produce the same rifles as themselves. ”

Christian's words are very simple, which makes Yang Rui think of the British American Tobacco's monopoly on the Saxy Gang cigarette machine, yes, as the country's active equipment, how can it be copied by other countries? "So what equipment can we buy, or what rifles can we produce?" Yang Rui felt that the question he was thinking about was too simple, and humbly asked for opinions.

"If it is licensed, then the production must be the previous generation of rifles," Christian replied, afraid that Yang Rui would not understand, he added, "For example, the Manlicia rifle or the Jewish rifle, of course, both of these rifles are very old, and all countries are retiring." I think it's better to ask the German side first, and I'll do my best to inform you if there's any news. ”

This concludes the conversation. Yang Rui simply stopped thinking about things related to the factory. It was only at this time that a domestic telegram came, informing him of the plans for the transportation of the guns.

Zhong Guanguan took the factory protection team and three German prospecting engineers borrowed from the Changxing Coal Mine from Shanghai to Lushun directly. Originally, he was going to take the train to Fengtian after arriving in Lushun, and then to Tonghua, but when he was about to leave Lushun, Wang Jitong forwarded Yang Rui's telegram to him in time, so the original plan had to be adjusted. He hired two masters who knew how to ship in Lushun, and assigned two people to arrange for them to take a boat from Andong along the Yalu River and Hunjiang River to Tonghua County, and by the way to see how many tonnage cargo ships could pass through this waterway. The results of the investigation are not optimistic, although the width of the water surface of the Hunjiang River, the depth of the water can be carried by large ships, but the whole channel is extremely tortuous, usually the small boat below 300 tons can barely pass, but the larger ship is easy to run aground, no way, the main thing is that the turn can not be turned, and the channel is tortuous, so that the whole voyage time is very long, the downward is fine, as long as about ten days, the upward from Andong to Tonghua takes thirty days. By the time the river exploration team arrived in Tonghua, Zhong Guandu had already arrived for more than ten days, and he had already established a foothold in the county seat.

The local county magistrate Qiu Tongfu is a native of Shanyin, Zhejiang, and I heard that Zhong Sightseeing is also a person from Zhejiang, and he has the fame of showing talent, plus seeing Zhong Sightseeing is a talent, gentle and elegant, and the old man Qiu is very fond of it, so he almost asked him if he was married. The purpose of Zhong Guan's visit is threefold: first, to find suitable smuggling routes and gun hiding places, second, to understand the local situation and lay the foundation for future recruitment, and third, to understand the situation of coal and iron mines here, so as to prepare for the establishment of an industrial base in the future. When waiting for the people to take the waterway, the master of Tongguò County had a thorough understanding of the situation in Tonghua, and he was going to set up an oil mill and a flour mill here, and then transport the guns from the waterway in the name of the transport plane. At present, the Changxing Coal Mine is basically operating normally, and the factory protection team has also been expanded, and the redundant reliable manpower can be transferred to Tonghua.

Zhong Guanguan's telegram was very brief: first, it was shipped as soon as it was ready, second, there were many troops in chaos, third, coal had been commercialized but could be discussed, but iron, gold and copper mines had not been run, and fourth, water transportation was not smooth, with a limit of 300 tons. After reading the telegram, Yang Rui immediately urged Christian to send a telegram to the Dutch, informing him to find a ship to send the goods to the Far East immediately, and it is now August 26, counting the fifteen days for the Dutch to prepare the ship, it is estimated that it should arrive in Shanghai in the first half of January. The goods were also more than expected, there were 3 million 7mm bullets, 300,000 7.92mm bullets, 200,000 Makqin bullets, 50,000 British gun bullets, and a number of explosives, adding up to more than 100 tons, plus firearms, more than 150 tons, Yang Rui also sent a telegram to Wang Jitong, informing him that the number had changed, and hoped that Zhong Guanguan could find a way to deal with it. The matter of guns and ammunition is finally finished, but it is just that 200,000 yuan is spent immediately, how many people are there, 10,000 guns are spent like this, and it is really like flowing water, this war is really the most expensive thing.

Since you have spent money, you have to find something to do to make money. Yang Rui opened the electronic map stored in the computer and looked at the Liaodong Peninsula. As far as coal and iron are concerned, Fushun and Anshan are the most abundant, but these two places are on the periphery of the base area, especially Anshan is directly on the railway line from Lushun to Dalian, no matter who occupies Liaodong, the minerals next to the railway are not something that Chinese can decide. Fushun is better, far from the railway, but I don't know if there is a mine in this place. As for the coal and iron mines in Tonghua, there is no need to worry, there will be a base area of influence in the future, yours is mine, mine is still mine. Even if it is more civilized, it can also weaken the other party's shares by increasing capital, and then get the right to control.

The key is the problem of transportation, if they occupy the Fushun coal mine, then the Japanese will not give up, and the railway will be in their hands at that time, and they will not be able to grasp it by hand, and they think that Tonghua's water transportation is not smooth, and an idea involuntarily pops up when they look at the map - simply build a railway from Fengtian to Tonghua and Tonghua to Andong, and connect it to the southwest with the Jingfeng Railway that has been built, and go straight to the Guannei, and go directly to Andong to the sea in the south, and connect to Jilin in the north, although it is not common with the Russian track over there. But at least the wheels can be changed, and the goods from Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces can go directly to Andong through Tonghua to the sea, and there is no need to transport them along the future South Manchurian Railway to Lushun Dalian and then board the ship.

The plan was very big, Yang Rui felt that he was too fanatical, and hurriedly drank a few sips of herbal tea to reduce the fire. It's already September, the coldest season is coming to an end, and the weather is starting to get hot. After half a ring, Yang Rui began to review his plan again, the railway is good, the base is selected in the mountains and forests close to the border between North Korea and Russia, but the biggest weakness is the inconvenience of transportation, according to the plan, even after the Xinhai Revolution, the Northeast base area can only be low-key, until the 1917 Russian October Revolution to recover the Russian-occupied areas and the northeast of the country, there are still 14 years from now, if the railway is repaired early, then the next 14 years should be of great benefit, there is an outlet to the sea and no access to the sea is very important. The railway should be repaired, at least the section from Tonghua to Andong must be repaired.

It costs money to build a railway, more than 300 kilometers from Tonghua to Andong, and more than 200 kilometers from Tonghua to Mukden, and it takes 12 million yuan to calculate that it takes 20,000 yuan per kilometer. Although 12 million is more, but if it is built year by year, then the financial pressure will not be so great, the railway is not built in a year, and if the steel mill is built, the cost can be reduced a lot with its own rails, as for sleepers, the Northeast is still worried about the lack of wood? The only worry is that in the mountains and forests, the amount of earthwork will be very large, and the number of tunnels will increase, but if in addition to providing food and lodging, stocks will be used instead of wages, labor costs will also be saved. Thinking of the railway, Yang Rui couldn't help but think of Zhan Tianyou, if the first person in China's railway was around, many questions would be answered.

Yang Rui does not intend to change history, the result of the Russo-Japanese War is still the same as in history, and the entire Northeast Russia and Japan are one and a half. The place where I am located was Japanese after the war, how can we keep the Japanese from sabotage -- Japan is simply the king of destruction for China, and later generations said that fire prevention, theft prevention, and Hexi should be used to prevent fire and theft in Japan today. As its post-war sphere of influence, the Japanese will definitely find a way to destroy this railway, which is not under their management. Although their main energy is still preparing for war, they will not interfere with the Qing court's approval of this railway -- in order to gain the support of the Qing court and the people of Northeast China, the Japanese still have to curry favor with the Qing court and the people of Northeast China before the results of the war are known, in an attempt to gain support from all sides. However, after the Russo-Japanese War, Japan, as the victor, would have found a way to control the railway, and would it really want to fight them for the railway? If this is the case, then this railway will also be abandoned, and even if it goes to sea, it will be driven back by Japanese warships. It seems that it is still possible to raze and raze and pull Lao Mei out.

According to the analysis of a book that traveled to the northeast in the late Qing Dynasty, the entire Russo-Japanese War was instigated by Britain and the United States behind the scenes, and the Japanese dared to fight hard against Russia, which was many times stronger than themselves. Britain was there to contain Russia's southward expansion, and the United States was to protect its commercial interests in the Northeast. Of course, after the war, the British had achieved their goal, and the American calculations were flopped - the pre-negotiated plan to acquire the South Manchurian Railway was rejected by the Japanese. If there is such a railway that can connect North Manchuria, then the United States will still be happy to provide protection, after all, in this era, Japan has not yet been so good as to completely ignore the feelings of the United States.

Unexpectedly, he would become Chang Kaishen, Yang Rui laughed at himself when drafting the telegram, maybe he would be described as a traitor by those in power after the failure of the revolution, and then the five cents on the Internet began to greet each other lively. Yang Rui began to understand a little where the headache of the political characters is, there is a thin red line between unscrupulous means and social morality, if you want to succeed, many times you have to touch the line and walk, but once you touch the line, then you are done. The public intellectuals who know the truth are indignant, and they will only say that what shameful means you have used, and the original intention of your actions will also turn into a purely self-interested behavior in malicious suspicion, and patriotism will become a traitor. Yang Rui thought about those people who touched the line and couldn't help but warn himself: This is the Chinese tradition under the morality of etiquette. If the revolution succeeds in the future, then the behavior of touching the line will be boasted as one's own endurance and humiliation, and if the revolution fails in the future, then he will forever be nailed to the signboard of losing power and humiliating the country, and every one will be a king and a loser!

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