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    Walking on the secluded path at the foot of Guishan Mountain, Shen Shukai felt as if seven or eight big drums were stuffed into his chest and they were beating wildly. Especially when he saw the soldier leading the way plunging into the rammed road, he was so frightened that his face turned blue.  When I walked into the rammed road, I realized that this was a secret arsenal. The first thing I saw was piles of long wooden boxes, and then the familiar figure in the center of the wooden box holding a rifle made in Hanyang.  Next to him, Xiao Anguo was laughing and chatting happily with another officer. He didn't know whether it was intentional or a coincidence. As soon as he stepped into the warehouse, his back suddenly turned and the muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at him.

    Seeing the gun suddenly pointed at him, Shen Shukai was so frightened that his knees softened and he almost fell to his knees. Big beads of sweat fell from his temples.  Yang Qiu had long been filled with anger. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have any financial talent at hand, he would have fired this shot. But now he could only hold back his impulse for the time being, pretending to quickly withdraw his gun and laugh.  He said: "Brother Shen? Didn't I scare you? Haha, I forgot you were coming in the moment." After saying that, he quickly pulled the bolt of the gun, threw it to Zhang Wenjing and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, this gun has no bullets."

    Zhang Wenjing took the gun and put it back in the wooden box and said with a smile: "I've heard about Manager Shen's name for a long time, and I'm really lucky to see you today. By the waythese soldiers didn't scare you, did they?"

    "No, they treated me very well." Shen Shukai was already trembling all over. Only when he faced the gunpoint just now did he finally understand that the troubled times were really coming, and all the words he had thought of were blocked by the gunshot.

    "I just heard from Shopkeeper Dong that the boat has arrived downstream of Chenjiaji?" Yang Qiu glanced at him and asked, "Do you want me to send someone to greet you?"

    "No, no need. I ordered them to come immediately before I came. They should be here soon." Shen Shukai waved his hands quickly and took out the Citibank deposit certificate that he had kept for a long time from his arms: "I have followed your instructions,  All the money was deposited in Citibank in the United States in your name. I saw that the German Ambassador was very satisfied with this transaction. They happened to have inventory on hand, so they purchased 18 Seven-Life and Five-Mountain Cannons. Unfortunately  No shells were purchased.¡±

    Yang Qiu took the passbook, glanced at it and asked deliberately: "Didn't we agree to divide it into 40 and 60 cents? How"

    "The success of this business is all thanks to adults, how can Shukai still be proud of the dividends" Shen Shukai lowered his head and trembled, obviously frightened, how could he dare to mention the dividends.  Xiao Anguo heard from the side that he actually bought 18 cannons in advance, and his face suddenly improved a lot.  But Zhang Wenjing secretly glanced at Yang Qiu, who had a calm face and clenched his fists tighter and tighter behind his back. This action had actually sealed the fate of this man who became famous all over the country for driving the semicolon to Japan and Southeast Asia.

    This Shen Shukai may be a figure in finance, but unfortunately he is an out-and-out idiot in politics.  He thought that by buying the cannon in advance he could take credit and escape disaster, and thought that he could get a chance to save his life?  As everyone knows, the more this happens, the more people feel that he has premeditated it. Even if he just says a few words and makes up a lie, it may be better than now.  Just by looking at his appearance, you can tell that the Shanxi merchant era is over!  These people who made their fortune in Shanxi in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and were accustomed to having both sides finally came to an end.  But the person in front of me hasn¡¯t understood yet. It should be said that so far, the business people in this country have not understood what is about to happen!  This is a turbulent era where you must not stand on the wrong team, just like the troubled times before the founding of the People's Republic of China in the past dynasties, either you take a gamble and cannot frown even if it is a sea of ??swords and fire, or you simply don't interfere!  Even if it is a huge wealth, it will never be left untouched.  But then again, which of these businessmen are not like this?  From Hu Xueyan to Sheng Xuanhuai, everyone thinks they are right, but what is the result?

    It¡¯s just that this person is still needed at the moment. After all, he can manage money but cannot make money make money. Once he gets a foothold on his side, he will need a huge amount of capital investment and a dedicated person to integrate every copper plate in the control area.  These are things you cannot do by yourself.  But one thing is for sureeven if Shen Shukai can build a huge financial system, he will definitely be doomed as long as his successor matures!  Because the Yang Qiu of yesterday and today are completely two people. Let alone him at this time, even he cannot make a second choice. No matter how difficult this road is, he must go on.

    Yang Qiu's fist opened and closed, as if he was repeatedly considering Shen Shukai's fate. After a while, he slowly loosened his fist. Zhang Wenjing breathed a sigh of relief and said immediately: "Manager Shen is still careful and knows that our army is in urgent need of artillery. In my opinion, Sir  He should be rewarded well."

    "That's right." The cold light in Yang Qiu's face flashed away. Even Zhang Wenjing didn't notice it and said with a smile: "We need someone who knows how to manage money now. I think it's better for Brother Shen to come and help."  Help me." Seeing a look of rejection on Shen Shukai's face, he continued: "Brother Shen, don't worry, I won't let you resign as the manager of Heshengyuan, and secondly I'll give you a guarantee.  , before the Manchu Qing was overthrown, our relationship was only known to a few people here, how about it?"

    Everything is saidOkay, Shen Shukai knew that if he refused again, he would fall out, but he was worried that he would suffer disaster after the imperial army came to attack, so he thought about it again and again before nodding his head and gritting his teeth: "Shen Shukai is of the same mind as your lord. As long as your lord orders you, he will go through fire and water."  No more excuses."

    Seeing the tragic look on his face, Yang Qiu smiled: "Brother Shen, you don't have to live or die. Things are not desperate yet. Fighting is a matter for our soldiers. If we are not sure, we will not  Death in vain.¡±

    "Sir, you are indeed a person who does great things. Shen Shukai admires me." Shen Shukai cupped his fists and said, "Sir, you'd better call me Cuizhuo. I can't bear the humble position of eldest brother."

    This guy is smarter now!  Yang Qiu sneered in his heart and changed the subject: "Pei Zhi, there are two things I need your help with. First, I will immediately stabilize the people of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce. Tell them that I will help them find the money they lost last night, but  There are too many chores to do at this time, so I need to wait! The second thing is how much do you know about Han Yeping Company?"

    Shen Shukai guessed that Yang Qiu would not be able to take out the money so easily, but as long as he was willing to pay it back, he could still do it by stabilizing those people.  But the second thing made him scratch his head. On the surface, Hanye Ping was Sheng Xuanhuai's chicken that laid golden eggs, but in fact most of the resources were squandered by the Japanese, so he quickly said: "Sir, with all due respect.  , I¡¯m afraid you¡¯re not qualified to touch Han Yeping right now.¡±

    Seeing him speak so directly, Zhang Wenjing and Xiao Anguo were somewhat impressed, and secretly thought that it was no wonder Yang Qiu chose him to cooperate. In fact, Yang Qiu also knew that he could not touch Han Yeping at the moment, but he had to move this big mountain, and the sooner the better.  .

    It¡¯s no longer a novice who just came back. After a period of understanding, he gradually understood that the reason why the Hanyang Arsenal was under-operated and losing money for consecutive years actually had a lot to do with the strangulation of raw materials!  There are two main reasons for this.

    First, Zhang Zhidong chose the wrong equipment at the time, causing the nearby steelmaking plant to only produce low-carbon steel, which could not be used in military industry.  Secondly, because of the existence of Han Yeping, most of the iron sand produced by Huangshi flowed into Japan. Su Hongsheng and the others had to rely on purchasing expensive raw materials from abroad. In addition, foreigners desperately suppressed the domestic military industry, resulting in the current predicament.  Therefore, if the problem of raw materials is not solved, even if the best equipment is bought back to rebuild the Hanyang Arsenal, it will eventually come to naught because the price is so high that the equipment cannot be afforded.

    ¡°If you have time, Peizhi, help me go to the U.S. Consulate in Hankou to inquire about the market and see if I can contact U.S. Steel. I want to purchase a set of steelmaking equipment.¡±

    "Your Excellency, you want to re-organize the gun factory?" Shen Shukai guessed Yang Qiu's intention at once, because Hanyang can't accommodate two steel mills, and the steelmaking equipment must be purchased for the gun factory, so as to get rid of steel.  Factory limitations, but the question is, where are the raw materials?

    "I'll have someone give you the detailed information and model number in a moment. In addition, you can also make preparations for opening a bank." Opening a bank?  !  Sir, are you thinking too fast?  Shen Shukai secretly smiled bitterly.

    "You will know when the time comes." Yang Qiu did not explain, but took out a list from his pocket: "How long will it take to raise these things?" The list is all raw materials, such as copper, tin and mild steel (spring steel).  Some of them can be purchased domestically, while others have to be purchased from outside.  Said: "Copper and tin are no problem, but mild steel is basically not in stock in the country."

    "Hankou Merchants Bureau is short of people. You should work hard to train you and do it as well. Then you can purchase it in the name of the Merchants Bureau. You can ship as much as you can to Hanyang. But for soft steel, you have to buy it from Sweden. As long as the quality is good, the price will be higher.  It's okay, but the quantity must be at least 5,000 tons." Spring steel is a necessity for manufacturing weapons. Not to mention many European and American countries in China these days, even many European and American countries rely on Sweden for this technology, so I would like to express a few words of caution.

    "It's a great blessing to be able to save my life. How dare Shen Shukai refuse to agree."  But after he left, Yang Qiu's face suddenly turned cold. He turned his fingertips and a bullet immediately appeared in his palm. He handed it to Zhang Wenjing and said, "Keep this bullet! We must have someone to take care of logistics and logistics."  Funding matters, so you have to take the initiative to take responsibility for many things now! In addition, Shen Shukai may not be able to return to Shanghai for a long time, so you should send someone to bring his family here. "

    How could Xiao Anguo not hear such an obvious hint, so he felt sympathy, but before he could speak, Yang Qiu had already walked out of the warehouse. He originally wanted to chase after him, but Zhang Wenjing stopped him and shook his head:  "Master Xiaothis is the best result!"

    The arms ship flying the American flag finally docked at Hanyang Pier, and the biggest haze in Yang Qiu's heart gradually dissipated. 18 Krupp Seven Lives and Five Mountain Cannons, 20 Maxim machine guns, 100 Madsen light machine guns and 300,000 rounds  Pointed bullets, with these things at least he had the confidence to protect himself. Of course, weapons alone were not enough. He also had to establish the status of this unit in the Shouyi as soon as possible.After the equipment was transported into the military camp, the prisoners were frightened by so many ordnances. They were secretly glad that they did not have to fight with others. If they had delayed for one more day, they would have been beaten into scum. Even Yue Peng hurriedly heard about it.  He hurried back from Hankou, but after a moment he grimaced: "Sirwhere do you want me to find so many machine gunners? We can't have one machine gunner and no infantry, right?"

    Yang Qiu also knew the difficulty, but now he had no choice. He said: "The 20 Maxim machine gun squads must be selected immediately. They must first learn how to use them. The light machine guns will first be allocated 48 equipment to each infantry company, and the machine gunners will first use Hanyang imitations.  Training with sharp-pointed bullets overnight. Maxim can use round-nosed bullets, and the requirements for bullets are not strict. However, when the light machine gun uses Hanyang's imitation pointed bullets, they may not fit the chamber. They must be screened one by one before they can be used.  You must be careful not to destroy all the machine guns before the Tatars arrive."

    Yang Qiu was worried and worried, and then continued to discuss the matter of army expansion. Even if he was not afraid of the threat from Wuchang, thinking about the continuous arrival of the army in a few days, he now wished he had a hundred hours a day for himself.

    According to the previous decision to establish the regiment, the title Biao Tong was naturally inappropriate, so he was immediately promoted to commander by officers such as Yue Peng.  Xiao Anguo, who had made the first contribution, was supported as deputy commander and director of the Military Training Department. Although Ma Kui joined the staff, he requested to continue to be in charge of the supply camp, considering that both regiments were now purely combat operations.  The army and the logistics camp really needed someone who could take on the responsibility, so Yang Qiu agreed to him.  He Xi and Yue Peng served as commanders of the first and second regiments respectively, Song Ziqing was elected as chief of staff, and Zhang Wenjing actually served as chief of military supplies and logistics.

    According to the establishment, each regiment is organized into three infantry battalions, one artillery battalion and one teaching company. Since the current troops are still relatively mixed and the soldiers' character has not been completely determined, the teaching company can only be composed of some more loyal veterans.  , mainly to build the current two regiments.  One of the regiments is dominated by the original 1st Battalion and Su Xiaohu¡¯s ** Battalion. Although the ** Battalion was not born in a major, the boys originally trained with the 42nd Biao, and after two months of training, they were still able to be entrusted with important tasks.  of.  Ji Fucheng served as the commander of the third battalion.  The second regiment was composed of the second and third battalions. The battalion commander was promoted from the original team officer. The third battalion was led by Hang Zhi.

    The two default infantry battalions were composed of soldiers from the original mixed engineering companies and regular soldiers. If insufficient, they were recruited from the surrendered troops. In order to ensure combat effectiveness, 100 veterans were transferred from the two regiments and incorporated into them.

    Each infantry battalion has a full strength of 550 people, all made in Hanyang. Each battalion is equipped with 3 Maxim heavy machine gun squads and 6 light machine guns. As for the German-made pointed bullets, Yang Qiu has not allowed it to be issued for the time being, because the German-made sharp-pointed bullets are  Head bullets with better craftsmanship are more suitable for light machine guns, and can only be used at critical moments.

    Fan Liangshan was not idle either. His supply company was merged into Ma Kui's supply camp, and he led selected soldiers and recruited 200 Jiangfang battalions to form the two-town ** garrison battalion, responsible for Guishan Fort and Hanyang and Hankou.  The river defense of the land.  Among the remaining prisoners, except for some who were heavy smokers or particularly bad, Yang Qiu basically kept them all and gave them to Ma Kui to train with the supply camp. After all, one more person would increase the chance of victory in the upcoming battle.

    Chu Yu and Chu Qian are both of the same model, with a displacement of 780 tons and a maximum speed of 13 knots. They have two British-made 120mm rapid-fire cannons, two 75mm rapid-fire cannons, Hotchkiss cannons and Swedish Feld aircraft.  Two cannons each.  The Jianghan ship was a bit inferior. It only had one 120mm naval gun, two 76mm rapid-fire cannons, and lacked machine guns, so Yang Qiu took out the captured Hotchkiss and hired a master from the gun factory to install them. After all, it was along the river.  Guns are still very useful during the blockade. Since the three gunboats are currently the strongest fire support force at his disposal, finding a reliable leader has always been a problem.

    Chu Qian's ship commander Wang Guangxiong is a bearded man in his forties. It seems that it is fashionable to have beards in the navy these days. From the initial contact, he is not a very talented person, but after all, he is the first person to spontaneously act after Chen Delong was arrested.  Since he surrendered and there was no one to replace him, he could only continue to lead. To be safe, Bingwen needed to continue serving on the ship for a period of time.

    In order to master the only mobile firepower, which was also the starting point of his naval dream, the three ships and several armed patrol boats were organized into a naval battalion, and Yang Qiu took him into his arms and commanded them directly.

    As for the artillery battalion, Yang Qiu and the officers were worried to death. Except for the artillerymen of the third ship and Jiangfang battalion, the entire army only had six gunners who knew how to operate artillery. Just when everyone was most anxious, Song Ziqing gave him a surprise.  , not only brought more than 40 young officers and more than 300 more neutral soldiers, but also brought over Jiang Tai and his entire right team of the 3rd Artillery Battalion.

    Yang Qiu immediately handed over the task of setting up the artillery battalion to Jiang Tai, and also selected some veterans to enrich it. Finally, the skeleton of the two main artillery battalions was put together. Each battalion had 18 guns, seven guns and five Krupps, and the firepower was equivalent to  In Beiyang, which is the same organization, the remaining Five Lives and Seven Mountain Cannons are based on the YueAll the ideas were piled on Guishan, and two temporary forts were being built with the main fort as the core to strengthen the fire coverage of the Yangtze River and the three towns.

    However, he is still worried about the issue of firepower. You must know that in the Battle of Yangxia in history, two artillery targets came from Beiyang, each with 3 battalions, and each battalion was equipped with 18 Krupp or Nissan 75mm field guns.  , not to mention the skill and ferocity of the artillery, plus the other artillery battalions, the firepower is nearly ten times that of our own!

    The same is true for machine guns. Compared with the 20 Maxim machine guns in one town in Beiyang, there are still too few heavy machine guns here. The number of Madsen light machine guns is sufficient, but the coverage of light machine guns is small, and magazines must be replaced frequently.  It's impossible to confront a heavy machine gun.  What's more, machine guns have a natural disadvantage in front of artillery, and the barrel of this kind of machine gun is very troublesome to change. There is almost no way to do it on the battlefield, so every time 200 rounds are fired, you have to rest, but he can't solve these problems at the moment.

    Considering the complicated situation at this moment, in order to protect Yang Qiu's safety, everyone proposed to change the original 150 elite soldiers of the law enforcement team into a guard company. Lei Meng, the new Dalian company commander, was so happy that he almost wanted to kowtow. With the final decision on the guard company, the troops  The scale has reached 6 infantry battalions, 2 artillery battalions, 1 garrison battalion, 1 supply battalion and 1 naval battalion. Not counting the prisoners who followed the training, the total number has reached 4627, reaching the previous 21  The standards of the Hybrid Association, firepower and equipment are also better.

    The skeleton has been built up and the number of people has increased, but the combat effectiveness has dropped a lot. This is because each battalion has incorporated many new soldiers. As for the military morale and thoughts, it is impossible to talk about it. Therefore, we must not stop at this moment, because if we stop, the military morale will be  It will fall into chaos, so we must use war and blood to gather the troops into an iron plate!

    In addition, Zhang Biao¡¯s entrenchment in Liujiamiao has become a serious problem. If it cannot be solved as soon as possible, then when the army from the north joins him along the railway, it will be even more passive!  More importantly, this unit has not yet been recognized by the people of Hankou and Hanyang, and is in urgent need of an impressive record.  After defeating Zhang Biao and taking the lead in removing the threat from Hankou, the momentum and cohesion of the troops naturally increased.  Therefore, he decisively ordered the Second Regiment and the Second Battalion of the First Regiment to immediately rush to set up an ambush around Liujiamiao. The rest of the troops immediately conducted high-intensity integration training at the Hanyang base. The naval battalion will also set off for Hankou tomorrow morning to assemble to encircle and annihilate Zhang Biao.  Department preparation.

    After finishing all this, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. When the busiest 24 hours were about to come to an end, Yue Peng and others all looked at him. Now is the time to give the other side a surprise and give this unit an accurate position.  Got it!

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