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In the afternoon, at the beginning of the drizzle, Commander-in-Chief Chiang, surrounded by dozens of high-ranking civil and military officials, rode to the Jinling Arsenal to inspect the production situation.

After spending more than two hours inspecting the steamy and noisy factory floor, Commander-in-Chief Chiang, with a gloomy face, canceled the scheduled debriefing meeting, held back his anger, and hurried back to the headquarters in the city.

The accompanying civil and military forces were nervous.

The three chief officers of the Ordnance Industry Department were full of shame, followed the convoy back to the headquarters and immediately returned to their posts, waiting for the commander-in-chief's instructions with anxiety.

Commander-in-Chief Chiang was extremely disappointed.

If it weren't for the fateful war coming, he would never have suddenly inspected the Jinling Arsenal in his busy schedule, and he would not have seen the arsenal that cost him huge energy and financial resources, just like half a year ago:

The environment is dirty, people are overwhelmed, machinery and equipment, skilled workers and managers have tripled, and there are fewer than a hundred rifles per day.

There was silence in the spacious office.

The uneasy squire officer stood behind the door from afar, and no one dared to look at Principal Jiang, who was sulking behind the desk, until the quartermaster Yu Feipeng hurriedly arrived, and the three attendant officers quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Feipeng came to the desk, whispered a few words of comfort, and saw that there was no water in the crystal cup in front of Principal Jiang, so he immediately picked up the cup, walked to the low cabinet on the wall, and poured most of the cup of hot water for Principal Jiang.

Principal Jiang sighed faintly: "Sit down." ”

Yu Feipeng put away the water glass, pulled over the soft chair and sat down slowly: "Two 8,000-ton cargo ships loaded with American flour have arrived in Shanghai. ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is the flour on the ship from the Zheng family?" ”

"The ship and the flour were, thirteen thousand tons in all." Yu Feipeng replied.

Principal Jiang has regained his usual shrewdness: "Can you let those two ships not unload and sail directly to the Jiujiang Quartermaster Wharf?" ”

Yu Feipeng hesitated slightly: "My subordinates think that there should be no problem in contacting Zheng Yi and asking him to drive one of the cargo ships over, but if there are more, he will not dare to guarantee it, and it is estimated that he will not dare to offend several big families who have signed contracts." ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang sighed again: "Today's inspection made me very angry, but there is also a place of satisfaction, that is, the two workshops for the manufacture of M1929 submachine guns have an orderly environment, the workers and technicians are serious and responsible, and the mental outlook is much better than that of the personnel in other workshops, the quality of parts and components is very good, and the output has reached the original requirement of 3,000 units per month." ”

"It can be seen that this set of production management system learned from Hong Kong is very superior, but the bureaucrats of the Jinling factory who are still conformist and have not extended this advanced management system to the whole factory, it seems that the main responsible persons of the Ordnance Industry Department and the Jinling factory are all incompetent!"

Yu Feipeng also had a headache: "There are many problems here, and the relationship is also very complicated. The subordinates thought that it could not be solved by replacing a few people in charge. ”

"Yes! Everyone has their own backstage, and the personnel power of the arsenal is not yet under my control, as long as I dare to move, maybe someone on the side of the Government Council and the Supervision Yuan will jump out and accuse me of stretching my hand too long. Commander-in-Chief Chiang was annoyed.

Yu Feipeng was even more worried: "Our army's weapons and ammunition reserves are progressing slowly, and they have not yet reached 20 percent of the planned target. ”

So far, only two divisions have replaced their outdated equipment and are equipped with new-style steel helmets purchased from Hong Kong, and the new equipment of the other nine divisions has not yet been seen.

"Has the shipment of equipment purchased from Germany arrived?" Commander-in-Chief Chiang asked with concern.

Yu Feipeng shook his head in frustration: "Except for the 50,000 rifles that were shipped at the beginning of last month, none of the other weapons and equipment have arrived...... According to the report from the German consulate, it will take three months for a shipload of grenades and rifle ammunition, artillery, mortars and heavy machine guns to arrive by the end of this month. ”

"Mother, Xipi! None of the good things! ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang couldn't help but burst into foul language, and after scolding, he had to use his brains to solve the problem: "Do you have any solutions here?" ”

Yu Feipeng didn't hide it: "Steel helmets, M1929 submachine guns and officers use pistols to solve the problem, just place an order directly with Zheng Yi, and other weapons and equipment can only find another way." ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang recalled for a moment: "The Branson light machine gun manufactured by the arsenal under Zheng Yi is very good, and the guard regiment responded very well after trying it, and unanimously agreed that this light machine gun is better than the Czech light machine gun, with a better barrel quality and light weight......"

"I remember you once mentioned in the inspection report that Zheng Yi's Far East Machinery Manufacturing Company can produce a thousand of these light machine guns per month, so ask him to buy a batch of them."

Yu Feipeng smiled bitterly: "I contacted Zheng Yi, and he said that there are too many orders, and it will be difficult to meet our requirements in the near future, and it will be arranged in at least three months." ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang was angry: "Niang Xipi! What does he want to do? To whom have the five or six thousand light machine guns produced in the past six months been sold? Is it the Gui faction or the Communist Party? Send him a report at once, and ask him to come and see me, Niang Xipi! If he doesn't explain it to me, I'll clean him up right away! ”

Yu Feipeng couldn't help laughing: "He sent me a telegram yesterday, saying that he was about to board a ship to Shanghai, and it is estimated that it will be there in a few days, so I asked Zhou Junruo to go to Huhai and call him over." ”

Commander-in-Chief Chiang, who had a dry mouth, drank half a glass of water, thought for a while and asked again: "You seem to have mentioned to me last month that Zheng Yi can get British Enfield rifles and artillery from there?" ”

Yu Feipeng nodded: "There is such a thing, but the caliber of British Enfield rifles and artillery is different from what we commonly use in our army, and I am worried that the soldiers will not be used to it, so I didn't mention it to him again." ”

Commander-in-Chief Chiang pondered for a long time: "The weapons and equipment of our Huangpu series need to be solved as soon as possible, especially the reserve of weapons and ammunition, and the established plan must be completed within two months, otherwise there will be no guarantee of the upcoming large-scale war." ”

"In addition, the needs of the other armies must also be met, at least half, otherwise they will not be able to cooperate with our army in carrying out operations...... In this way, it really can't be done, let Zheng Yi buy 50,000 British rifles and 10 million matching bullets on his behalf. ”

Yu Feipeng, who has a steady personality, did not immediately agree: "Do you think you should wait for Zheng Yi to come and ask his opinion?" This kid started with me in munitions, and not only is he good at calculations, but no one is more familiar with weapons and equipment than him, so it may be better to listen to his opinion. ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang nodded slowly: "Then wait a few days, you and the eldest brother will discuss it again to see if you can persuade Zheng Yi to return to the army, it doesn't matter if he doesn't want to lead the troops, it's good to let him come back to you to help share some of the burden." ”