Chapter 17 Leap forward and development

Chapter 17 Leap forward and development

Since August 20, the Jiangsu-Anhui military government has been preparing for war in northern Jiangsu, and the construction of trenches and fortresses on various defense lines has been stepped up. At the same time, a large amount of cement steel bars and barbed wire mesh were rented from Shanghai. The military factory in the rear has been working at full capacity to make bullets and helmets rifles. At the same time, it has received 100,000 rifles, 5 million rounds of bullets, 120 heavy machine guns, 20 small and medium-sized cannons, 50,000 rounds of shells, and urgently purchased 30,000 rifles from Shanghai, with three million rounds of bullets and more than 60 new and old cannons, totaling up to 10 million US dollars, and almost half of the funds used to plunder Japanese expatriates were used.

The Jiangsu and Anhui governments have now entered a tense period of large-scale production. Various temporary workshops have been supported by the Jiangsu and Anhui governments. Whether it is making clothes, making sabers, or gunpowder production, they are all supported by the government. In particular, the machines and workers of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, which were almost snatched by Deng Sen, were even formed into the first arsenal of Su-Anhui. They were just resettled and were immediately put into production. Various production materials were also purchased in large quantities. Merchants from various countries in Shanghai made a lot of money this time and were more fond of the Su-Anhui government.

The people in the northern Jiangsu war zone were urgently alienated and placed in northern Anhui or newly occupied areas in central Jiangsu. There was a shortage of grain at one time. However, this problem was solved with the assistance of Shanghai merchants. A grain worth 10 million US dollars was purchased from Shanghai and Guangzhou at one time. This is the largest grain import in the Far East and even the world, enough for tens of millions of people to survive the winter. At the same time, the Su-Anhui government also announced that it would continue to purchase military production materials, especially raw materials for making bullet rifles and gunpowder.

This made many foreign businessmen see business opportunities, and they generate electricity and return to their country, or return to their own country to arrange things in person, but when they come back, it is estimated that the war has ended.

Although the establishment of the Jiangsu-Anhui Autonomous Government made Yuan Shikai very angry, it was obvious that he wanted to be independent, but the Beiyang Army is now expanding its army and the army has not stabilized, so there is no way for it. What's more, Deng Sen kept sending telegrams to express his obedience to Yuan Shikai's command, bowing his head to Yuan Shikai, and giving Yuan Shikai a step. Therefore, although the Beiyang Government did not go to support the preparations for the Iron Blood Army, it also issued a notice with the Japanese government, prohibiting the Japanese army from landing from other places, which was also considered to have done something for the Iron Blood Army.

"Dig quickly, you must meet the standards, and work harder." The first line of defense, the trenches are being stepped up to construction, and the cement steel bars transported from Shanghai are poured bunkers according to Deng Sen's thoughts. The round-shaped inverted bowl-like bunkers are connected to the second trench less than ten meters above the back of the trench. Each section of the trench has three bunkers, which are evenly placed in the rear, and are used as permanent firepower points to assist the trench internal teams to block the enemy, and carry out firepower suppression when necessary.

Inside the fortress, there are four pillars with a waist-thickness connected to the ground by the top to increase defense ability. The fully rounded top can minimize the area of ​​force. When the shells hit the top, the impact force cannot be fully applied at one point. The internal cement columns are used to transmit the force underground. In order to effectively prevent heavy artillery shells from shaking or shaking the soldiers inside the fortress during bombardment, a shock-proof layer is added, that is, some wood chips are filled in.

Let’s talk about trenches. The trenches at the three locations in the first line of defense are not much different. They are all three-dimensional defense systems in depth, with five trenches and traffic trenches as links, each with ten meters away. The total length of the trenches is five miles and sixty meters wide. Each trenches are equipped with fifteen bunkers, and five trenches are set up in total. Five trenches have a total of seventy-five bunkers. Each bunker has a heavy machine gun for combat, a spare heavy machine gun, five people, three machine gunners, and two individual soldiers.

The trench is one hundred and eight meters wide and one hundred and seven meters deep. There are 50 centimeter-wide female wall sandbags on the edge, forming a heavy artillery defense wall. Five heavy machine gun shooting ports are set up in each mile, with 430 infantry shooting positions, and each defense line has a brigade defense. The soldiers' density is still quite high.

In this defensive battle against Japan, almost all the guns and ammunition were used. In addition to the 600 mortars manufactured urgently, there were also classic wooden grenades cast using molds. The output was not small and the gunpowder was sufficient, but the leads were insufficient, so only 20,000 were produced. In addition to purchasing leads, Dengsen is also asking the arsenal to quickly start research. Here, it has to be said that an American overseas Chinese opened a TNT gunpowder factory for $500,000, named China Gunpowder Factory. Although it has just been put into production, it can provide Dengsen with a lot of gunpowder supply. Dengsen almost immediately supported it and guaranteed to purchase the gunpowder he produced.

The China Gunpowder Factory expanded to three workshops in just one month. The rumbling of machines was endless. The workers kept transporting the newly made gunpowder back and forth, pushing out boxes of them from the workshop. Military trucks that had been waiting outside hurriedly transported the packaged gunpowder to the arsenal.

In addition to gunpowder factories, the three iron and steel mills are also carrying out smelting work day and night. Although there are no large iron ore in Jiangsu and Anhui areas, there are many small iron ore, especially Xuzhou, which has medium iron ore. For the current Su and Anhui government, the three smelting plants are far from full load. In particular, they use the Pinglu Steel Making Method, three large 500-ton flat furnaces, which are built by Dengsen's reactionary people. This is also a support from Dengsen. The three iron and smelting companies can bring nearly 300,000 tons of steel to Dengsen every year.

Production, but due to the quality of iron ore, the quality of the steel refined is slightly worse than that of the steel in Western countries. However, it is not much different. As soon as these three iron smelting plants were registered, Dengsen ordered Xuzhou iron ore to be able to mine the maximum capacity and absolutely provide its steelmaking resources. At the same time, he ordered all coal mines in Huaibei to step up construction. Except for the large mine owned and owned by the Americans, all other small and medium-sized coal mines belong to Dengsen. Dengsen was unwilling to wait for the Americans to explore, otherwise his losses would be no more than half a star.

In addition, Dunson commissioned Germans to find engines and automobile technicians in various parts of Europe, including the United Kingdom, and attracted a lot of money. He has recruited fifty people now. One of them, Dunson felt familiar with them, that is the German Rudolph Diesel. Dunson thought for a long time before he remembered that this was the founder of diesel engines? It turned out that this man became a millionaire after he made the first diesel engine, but he lost all his money in the stock market over the years due to improper investment. If Dunson had not commissioned the Germans to search, Diesel might have been buried in the English Channel. This famous engine inventor was buried at the bottom of the English Channel in 1913.

Dengson now has great hope that this person who can bring him engine production technology, but this person dares to speak out, demanding an annual salary of one million marks, which is nearly 300,000 pounds. Dengson can hardly imagine why this person dared to make such a high salary requirement. You must know that except for Dengson, who knew that the diesel engine would dominate the world later, would agree. No other company would agree.

Like Dunson, Rudolf Diesel, who was waiting for a price, was also shocked by Dunson's reply. The other party actually agreed to have a German government to guarantee that he would not believe it would be a lie. In other words, the party leader of the East attached great importance to diesel engines, and at the same time he held a telegram in his hand, a telegram written specifically by Dunson for him.

"Husband Rudolf Diesel, thank you very much for agreeing to my invitation. I sincerely admire you, the founder of diesel engines. We are an undeveloped pure land, with everything you need, status, money, and laboratory. At the same time, this is also a fair paradise. As long as you have the strength and technology, you will receive corresponding treatment. Husband Diesel, when you arrive, you will find that a huge factory will stand in front of you, and his name is the first launcher of China.

The factory has a large and independent laboratory in the factory. The Diesel Engine Laboratory will receive a test fee of one million pounds every year. We will equip you with a team of nearly a hundred people. The development of the entire Eastern civilization requires your leadership. In the future, you will become a generation of giants, a guide and an enlightener of technology in the East." This is a telegram that made Diesel a little excited, especially the words leading the Eastern civilization. The other party actually felt that he could lead the East and be remembered in the history of the world.

"What an exciting and passionate invitation letter. Maybe it will be my chance to be reborn again." Bankruptcy caused Diesel to be unable to continue his passionate research work. He originally thought he was going to live to death in a European company. Unexpectedly, God gave him a new opportunity on his fifty-fourth birthday and received a commission of 400,000 marks before he even went to work.

"Husband Diesel, the generous leader of China has given you a chance to rise again. I believe that as an excellent scientist in Germany, you can also get new developments in our allies. God Diesel's husband, your treatment is really jealous. Before you go to work, I received a salary of 400,000 marks. As long as you sign this contract, you are the first engineer in the Far East Jiangsu and Anhui region. Please believe in the wealth there, the rulers there have a territory equivalent to Germany, and have

Tens of millions of people." The staff on the side envied that this old man could be appreciated by the young military leader in the East. Anyone who was appreciated by him was not worth a million yuan now. Even the officer who was just a captain was recalled by Germany and even named Baron by His Majesty the Great German. It was because he had been helping the training of recruits in the Iron Blood Army and transmitting German style and German civilization to that army, so he received the Imperial Peace Medal.

"Oh yes, a generous husband, I am willing to work for him." There is no need to think about it. Under such a great temptation, Diesel signed without hesitation. He may not have thought that the armored legion behind the great power in the East was created by him.

Chapter 17 Leap forward and development
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