After the division of troops, the 101st Regiment of the First Division of the Yunnan National Protector Army was uniformly equipped with the Mauser 1889 7.62 mm caliber rifle purchased before, and the 102nd Regiment, the 103rd Regiment, the Guard Company of the General Staff and the Guard Company of the First Division, and the Baggage Battalion were uniformly equipped with the captured Qing Army's imitation of the German 1888 7.9 mm caliber rifle.

After all, nearly 3,000 imitation German 1888 rifles were captured in the First Battle of Nanxi, which is fully sufficient to equip all the armed forces of the current Protector Army.

Light machine guns, plus the captured Qing army's Danish Madsen light machine guns, a total of 24, each battalion of the three main regiments and two guard companies equipped with one each, a total of 12, and the remaining regimental machine gun platoons were each equipped with 4 light machine guns and 2 heavy machine guns.

All newly purchased equipment has been incorporated into the 1st Division of the Yunnan Protector Army.

On June 28, three days had passed since the Battle of Nanxi.

In the past two days, Huang Zhongting was very busy, and he originally planned to let the General Staff supervise the division of troops, so that he could make it easier, but when it was really implemented, the three main regiments were all grabbing troops, and they all wanted some soldiers with high military quality, and in the end, no one would obey anyone, Cai Ye, the chief of staff who had just taken office in the General Staff, and the two deputy chiefs of staff, Gu Haiqiang and Chen Guosheng, were not birds, especially Xu Guichuan and Tang Jiyao, who were considered to be huo keg tempers, and almost fought hand-to-hand for a soldier with good marksmanship.

In the end, it was Huang Zhongting who came forward and supervised, you pick one, I pick one, and he picks one, so that nearly 4,000 soldiers can be divided.

After the division of troops, Xu Guichuan, as the commander of the 102nd regiment, immediately found Huang Zhongting and shouted for Huang Zhongting to give an order to attack Wenshan immediately, and the troops were coming to Kunming, and he was willing to fight the vanguard.

was scolded by Huang Zhongting, do you want Lao Tzu to die faster? If you want to attack Kunming now, if you make a big fuss and attract the attention of the Qing court, it will be over, but there are still millions of troops now, and when the time comes, several surrounding provinces will transfer more than 100,000 troops to encircle and suppress again, and I am afraid that I will have to roll up the cover and go up the mountain to be bandits.

What he didn't know was that the news was transmitted back to the Qing court in Beijing, Chaoti

G shook up and down, which has attracted attention, of course, the news has also spread all over the country, and some people with ideas around the country are also secretly planning something, but he doesn't know this.

In the morning, Huang Zhongting had a rare free time, thinking that his small arsenal had been operating for more than ten days, and he hadn't gone to see what was going on, so he called Chen Guosheng, deputy chief of staff of the General Staff, to take a look at his small arsenal.

The General Staff Department has been set up for some time, and several subordinate departments, namely, the General Office, the Logistics Office, the Military Recruitment Office, and the Factory Management Office, have also been set up below.

The General Office is responsible for the day-to-day work of the General Staff Department, the Logistics Office is responsible for the procurement and supply of logistical materials for the army, the Conscription Office is responsible for managing the new barracks and the management of soldiers' information, and the Factory Management Office is a management department specially set up on the basis of a small arsenal currently being built.

Huang Zhongting also made arrangements for the division of labor between the two deputy chiefs of staff, with Gu Haiqiang in charge of the recruit camp and the conscription office, and Chen Guosheng in charge of the general office, logistics office, and factory management office.

In the past two days, Chen Guosheng also slowly learned about his work as deputy chief of staff, and learned that Huang Zhongting was going to the small arsenal to have a look, so early in the morning he called two young directors of the logistics department and the factory management office to follow.

The site of the small arsenal is located in an uninhabited area of the city, backed by the ancient city wall of Hekou County, and there is a small river in front, where the staff sent two platoons of soldiers to guard it.

Looking at the small factory in front of him and listening to the roar of several machines running, Huang Zhongting felt in his heart, is he rewriting history?

When I arrived at the factory, Sidley also ushered in.

Huang Zhongting greeted a few words of positive color and said, "Mr. Sidley, how is the output now?" ”

Sidley responded with some pride: "At present, Nissan smokeless Huo medicine two pounds, Nissan Mauser 1889 7.62mm bullet 300 rounds, mainly because there are fewer raw materials at present, otherwise the output can be doubled." ”

Huang Zhongting calculated a little in his heart, 300 rounds of ammunition a day can be produced, and 9,000 rounds can be produced in a month, but it is still too little, since it can be doubled, it will be good.

I don't know how many battles will be fought in the future, and the weapons and ammunition consumed may be more, and there are no big battles for the time being, and the bullets will not consume too much, but what is produced now can be kept as stock.

He knew that it would not be long before he would fight again, and the Qing court would not give up, and when the bullets would not be supplied, it would be to let his soldiers go to hand-to-hand combat with burning sticks.

Turning to look at the director of the logistics office behind him, he said a little sternly: "The logistics department has stepped up the procurement of raw materials needed, and we must ensure that the output is increased a little more." ”

The director of the logistics department is called Yuan Yuxiang, in his twenties, graduated from the Wuhan Self-improvement School, and is definitely a high-achieving student in this era, but he is not a military student, and can only be a civilian official.

Yuan Yuxiang said with some grievances: "Young Commander, our logistics department has tried its best, but the money allocated by the General Staff for procurement is too small, and at present, we can only buy some from the local merchants in Hekou, these merchants are still raising prices, and there is a blockade in other places, and we can't go out to purchase." ”

Huang Zhongting suddenly responded a little helplessly: "Okay, I know, I'll think of a way later." ”

To put it bluntly, there is still a lack of money, at present, in addition to the military salary captured last time, the treasure dug from the Eagle King has also been spent, and there is basically no money, and the daily expenses of the army of several thousand people can be maintained for a period of time, but it is a little stretched to add other expenses.

Huang Zhongting thought silently for a while, if you want to flow for a long time, you still have to rely on taxes, and silently started the idea of the businessmen here in the estuary, doing business, yes, pay taxes first.

And he also thought that the estuary was at the junction with Vietnam, and that the border could be opened, that commerce could be allowed to interchange, that the road could be crossed, that it could be taxed first.

Then Huang Zhongting's mind was not here, he simply understood the basic situation of the small arsenal and withdrew, he also wanted to make his arsenal bigger and stronger, how can he just make bullets, and he will have to build guns and cannons in the future. But all of this needs to be built on money.

When I went back, it was close to noon, and seeing that it was time for dinner, Huang Zhongting simply took Chen Guosheng and a few people to the streets of the city to stroll, and then found a restaurant to have a meal at random.

Since Huang Zhongting captured the estuary, he basically hasn't managed the daily operation of the city, first, he doesn't have the energy to take care of it, and second, he doesn't have the manpower to do this, but now he has to take care of it, no matter how he gets the money!