Two weeks later, the 1,000 rifles purchased by Huang Zhongting had been put in place, including 10 light machine guns, 2 heavy machine guns, 1 Krupp mountain gun, and several bullet-making machines.

Looking at so many new and advanced weapons and equipment in the warehouse, Huang Zhongting became more and more happy, and at the same time, he was very grateful to two people in his heart, one was Wu Ruolan's little rich woman who contributed to the arms procurement.

Another thank you is the Eagle King, who provided him with a lot of wealth but has been killed by himself, without his wealth, Firmman probably doesn't look at himself.

At this moment, Huang Zhongyuan, commander of the first battalion, Xu Guichuan, commander of the second battalion, Liao Zhongyi, commander of the third battalion, Li Desheng, commander of the guard company of the headquarters, and Li Kan, chief of staff of the General Staff, were around Huang Zhongting and others.

Especially Xu Guichuan, this guy doesn't hide himself, he is about to flow out of his mouth, and from time to time he makes a "sucking" sound, Huang Zhongting suspects that if he is not by his side, this guy can bring someone up to rob things.

Huang Zhongting didn't care what they thought, first hung their appetite, he noticed that there were several foreigners behind a few machines, this is the technician that Firmman promised himself, Huang Zhongting was thinking that he must keep them all, they are all talents, how good it is to work for himself.

"Do you speak Chinese?" Huang Zhongting looked at these Frenchmen and asked tentatively.

"Sir, I will do a little, none of my colleagues." A French technician immediately responded.

Huang Zhongting nodded with satisfaction, thinking that this Fillman is not bad, and his work is quite reliable. "What's your name?"

"Sir, my name is Sidley, and I'm in charge." The French technician replied earnestly.

Huang Zhongting smiled, "When will these machines be able to produce the bullets I need?" ”

"Sir, these machines still need to be commissioned, the operation is powered by electricity, and we have also brought a supporting generator, which can produce the 7.62 mm pointed warhead that the Mauser 1988 requires, as for the machine gun bullets, we need to buy some more equipment, and it will take a while to debug, and we also need to build a factory and workers. If it is fast, it will be possible to carry out trial production in about three weeks. Sidley replied earnestly.

Huang Zhongting was very satisfied, and looked at Li Kan, "Chief of Staff Li, this matter will be handed over to the General Staff to handle, any request made by Mr. Sidley must be met by me, first build the factory, recruit some workers, in addition, the logistics of these technicians must be done well, we must not neglect others, I will see the results that I am satisfied with in three weeks." ”

"Yes" Li Kan immediately replied, yes, another troublesome thing, his staff department has not been built yet, there is another headache, but the headache is a headache, and his power is getting bigger and bigger, which also shows that the importance of this staff department is also relatively important in Huang Zhongting's heart.

Huang Zhongting nodded slightly, looked at Sidley and said, "Mr. Sidley, please leave the production to you, and I will pay you wages and bonuses on a monthly basis after doing a good job." ”

"Sir, this is my job, I will do my best to do it well, and the manager of my company, Firmman, has already instructed me." Sidley was still serious.

Looking at Sidley's serious face, Huang Zhongting smiled, this is why people are technicians and not themselves, to engage in technology, you need a serious attitude.

After this matter was dealt with, Huang Zhongting squinted and secretly looked at the right-hand men around him, one by one they were a little impatient, their eyes were always aiming at those new equipment, even the honest and calm Huang Zhongyuan and Liao Zhongyi were a little out of shape, Huang Zhongting felt that it was almost over, and he couldn't tease them anymore.

"Order, the whole army except for the new barracks to replace all new equipment, each company with another light machine gun, one battalion with two light machine guns, two heavy machine guns and two mountain guns, in the first battalion to add a machine gun platoon, personnel 30 people, an additional mobile mountain artillery battalion, 100 personnel, 6 horses, for pulling mountain artillery, the mountain artillery battalion commander is concurrently served by Huang Zhongyuan, the follow-up three mountain artillery in place will continue to be incorporated into the mountain artillery battalion."

Huang Zhongting had already communicated with Huang Zhongyuan before purchasing mountain artillery, he would use the German-made Krupp mountain cannon, and he had systematically received training in the use of various artillery when he was in the German Army Military Academy, and Huang Zhongting planned to let him bring out a group of artillery soldiers who could shoot artillery, after all, there were basically few people on his side who could shoot artillery, and they had not received systematic training.

At this time, Xu Guichuan showed a complaining expression, and muttered in his heart: "Krupp mountain cannon, I want it too, why don't you give me one, look at the brand-new army green cannon body that looks extremely powerful, the thick cannon muzzle, give me one, I can take my command to bombard Beijing, alas, the young commander is eccentric." ”

Huang Zhongting saw Xu Guichuan's sad expression, give you mountain artillery, will you fight?

Originally, he also wanted to disperse the five mountain cannons into the battalions for use, but first, no one except Huang Zhongyuan could use them, and secondly, considering that the artillery could only play its role of great destructive power when they were concentrated together, and blowing up a pit in an instant would never be as shocking as blowing up a pit in an instant.

Huang Zhongting turned around and called a soldier: "Go, call Li Shaoyang, the commander of the recruit battalion." ”

After a while, looking at Li Shaoyang, who was still a little immature, ran over, Li Shaoyang was originally Huang Zhongyuan's subordinate, in his early twenties, because of his outstanding performance in the battle of Eagle's Beak Mountain, he walked into Huang Zhongting's sight and was reused, and was appointed as the commander and instructor of the recruit battalion, responsible for recruit training.

"Battalion Commander Li, briefly report on the training situation of the recruit camp during this time." Huang Zhongting said in a deep voice.

Li Shaoyang immediately replied: "Yes, young commander, there are currently 2,136 people in the recruit camp, of which 836 people have been recruited by the enlistment office during this period, 800 combatants have been trained, and the remaining 1,336 people still need to continue training." ”

Huang Zhongting nodded with satisfaction, "The recruit battalion will transfer combat personnel to supplement the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and headquarters guard companies, and each battalion and company will be fully staffed. The newly formed company and platoon officers are appointed by the commanders of each battalion and reported to the General Staff for the record; this time, the three battalions have a large number of supplementary personnel, and they must be trained and tempered as soon as possible, and there should be a big war in the near future. ”

At this point, Huang Zhongting is equivalent to having a complete regimental establishment, with three full-strength companies of 270 people, a machine gun platoon of 30 people, and a mountain artillery battalion of 100 people, a total of 400 people; The second battalion has three full-strength companies under its jurisdiction of 270 people; The third battalion has three full-fledged companies under its jurisdiction, with 270 people; The headquarters guard company has a full strength of 90 people. Excluding officers above the platoon level, there are a total of 1,030 people.

It has been half a month since he took Hekou, and the Qing court in Beijing and the Governor's Office in Yunnan should take action in the near future, and it should be impossible to occupy Hekou County for the development of his own stability, and the big war is not far away.