Fighting a man is a fighting man, who really wants to care about steel production, Liu Xiang hurriedly asked again, "Once it is built, how many rifles and cannons can be produced every year."

According to his observation of the Hanyang Arsenal, it can produce nearly 100,000 rifles, more than 5,000 machine guns, more than 500 75mm cannons, 60 million rounds of bullets, and more than 50,000 shells every year, and there are also a series of supporting industries as the support of arsenals, such as steel factories, gunpowder factories, casting factories, and large and small mining fields, etc., as well as thousands of engineers, experts, employees and guards.

Liu Yun is thinking, if it is from scratch, the 10,000-ton steel plant is still easy to run, but if you want to keep up with the production capacity of the Hanyang Arsenal, don't think about it in a short time, if you wait until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, several major arsenals are all destroyed by the Japanese devils, a large number of experts and employees are displaced, most of them will be withdrawn to the rear of Sichuan, and at that time in Sichuan, there are several special steel mills of 10,000 tons, then overnight, the production capacity will exceed the Hanyang Arsenal.

Liu Yun waited for everything to be thought about before he smiled at Liu Xiang and said, "Chairman Liu, the little nephew has already calculated, the level of arms production mainly depends on how much investment our Sichuan army can have."

"Hanyang Arsenal, from its establishment to today, there are forty or fifty years, with today's scale, that is the accumulation of several generations, and there are no less than 50,000 or 60,000 employees related to it, in other words, the entire three towns of Wuhan rely on the factory to have today's situation."

Liu Xiang and a cadre of generals nodded their heads, yes, Wuhan's shipping is very developed, but in the final analysis, it is still due to the development of Hanyang industry, the development of Hankou, from a practical point of view, but also from the needs of Hanyang industry for foreigner technology, as for Wuchang, it sounds good to say that it is the governance of Hubei and Wuhan, and to say that it is difficult to hear, it is to do miscellaneous work for Hanyang industry.

Liu Yun then further explained, "The little nephew once worked in Hanyang, and according to the little nephew's understanding, the daily output of the Hanyang Arsenal is about 200 rifles, in other words, about 80,000 a year, 60 million bullets, about a few hundred cannons, tens of thousands of shells, and of course, a certain number of planes, tanks, machine guns, shell guns and grenades."

The generals and colonels of the Sichuan army were in an uproar, "so much, more than ten divisions can be equipped every year", Liu Xiang's face suddenly stiffened, he knew that the gap between Sichuan and Nanjing was big, but he didn't expect it to be so big, this is just the Hanyang Arsenal, if you add the Gongxian Arsenal in Henan, and the Jinling Arsenal in Nanjing, then it will be repaid, and sweat will rain for a while.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Liu Yun said modestly, "The raw materials of the Hanyang Arsenal are partly imported from overseas, and the main part is from the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant, which can produce 50,000 tons of qualified steel every year, so if we work together, the annual steel output of the Fucheng Iron and Steel Plant can reach 15,000 tons, and the output of guns and cannons can reach a quarter of that of Hanyang."

"A quarter", Liu Xiang and his subordinates, for this account will still be calculated, that is, a year of 20,000 rifles, more than 10 million rounds of ammunition, more than 100 cannons, nearly 10,000 shells, for the entire Sichuan army, barely enough, if you can save a little, you can equip a few more standard divisions every year, everyone's good impression of Liu Yun has increased for a while.

For so many steel and guns, Liu Xiang and the generals were enthusiastic, and after a period of bargaining, it was decided that Li Jiayu, who was stationed in Fucheng, would be in charge of the construction of the Fucheng Iron and Steel Plant and the preparation of the new arsenal.

Regarding the allocation of steelmaking equipment and related personnel, Liu Xiang did not make Liu Yun embarrassed, and directly said that he would personally contact Nanjing and Hanyang Arsenal, and the number would be called "No. 102 Factory of the Ordnance Industry Administration", and if it really didn't work, it would be called the second branch of No. 101 Factory.

Liu Yun naturally heard the strings and knew what he meant, and immediately made a statement, he could let some ordnance experts temporarily seconded to the Fucheng Iron and Steel Plant until the initial completion of the Fucheng Arsenal, and he himself would take a small number of personnel to Sichuan West County to continue to complete the 101 Factory of the Ordnance Industry Administration, prepare for the follow-up work of Sino-German joint research and development, and preempt the position of director of the Fucheng Arsenal before Liu Xiang spoke.

Liu Xiang was not angry, looked at Liu Yuan, smiled slightly, and asked very kindly, "Yicheng, you have done so many things for our Sichuan army, I don't know if you have any ideas."

Liu Yun's heart suddenly moved, he really had some ideas, so he said hesitantly, "Chairman Liu, my little nephew graduated from the University of California in the United States, majoring in railway engineering, and his biggest dream is to build thousands of miles of railways for us in Sichuan."

"Repair the railway", Liu Xiang is also stupid, he has been mentally prepared, thinking that Liu Yun wants a division commander, or the position of brigade commander, and actually wants to build the railway, since ancient times, it is said that "Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky", all Sichuan people, there is no one who does not want to build the railway, the problem is that from the beginning of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, until now, the whole Sichuan is only about ten kilometers of railway, or Lu Zuofu in order to facilitate mining, his own small railway, and the park's children's train is similar.

After half a ring, Liu Xiang came back to his senses, looked at the resolute and unrepentant Liu Yun, knew that this guy was iron-hearted, and remembered that he was a general of the Sichuan Army, from the Xinhai Revolution to today, in addition to knowing how to fight for power and profit, fighting a civil war, it seems that he has not done a few things that are beneficial to the fathers and elders in Sichuan.

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly, glanced at the generals, and said to Liu Yun very sincerely, "Virtuous nephew, I am here to make a statement, all the brothers of the Sichuan army, you can also testify, you Liu Yicheng, really build the railway, all my Sichuan army brothers will be fully supportive, to send people, to pay money, I Liu Xiang, personally serve as the nominal chief of the Sichuan Railway, you serve as the deputy chief, specifically responsible for the construction of the railway, and everything in its operation, you see it."

is so easy to speak, Liu Yun was also a little unexpected, and he was enthusiastic for a while, patting his chest to assure, "Okay, since Chairman Liu looks up to his humble post so much, he must swear to complete it, and the Sichuan Railway will be repaired by Sichuan people, so that the world can also see that my Sichuan people are not weaker than others."

Since Liu Xiang regarded him as his own, Liu Yun decided to say the ugly words in front, "Chairman Liu, throughout the ages, no factory and railway have been repaired overnight, and it will take at least a year and a half to see the effect, so when building the arsenal and railway, please don't listen to biased beliefs, if you have any questions, just ask directly, and Yicheng will never have high hopes."

Liu Xiang is a native of Sichuan, where do you not know that these words are a copy of Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table", and he also smiled, and said very seriously, "Okay, we will make a decision, I will definitely 'be close to the virtuous minister and far from the villain' in the future, and wait for the good news of Yicheng and the virtuous nephew."

It was getting late, and the generals and colonels of the Sichuan army said goodbye one by one, and Liu Yun planned to take advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet dark and returned to the transport fleet as soon as possible.

It didn't take long for Liu Yun to be left, Liu Xiang didn't say much, pulled him to the study, and asked as he walked, "Virtuous nephew, this is the first time to come to Chongqing, just right, I heard that your fleet is resting in Chongqing for three days this time, just staying here for a few days, as soon as I go out here, it is Fotu Pass, and then go up to the Night Rain Temple, which is when I lie down and listen to the night rain in Bashan."

Dr. Liu remembered that "Bashan Night Rain" was from the Tang Dynasty poet, Li Shangyin's "Night Rain Sent North", "When he cut the west window candles together, but when he talked about the night rain in Bashan", he understood it, but he didn't understand why Liu Xiang wanted to "cut the west window candles together", this poem was written by Li Shangyin when he went to Zizhou to take office and passed through the Night Rain Temple, which is neither reasonable nor unreasonable for the current situation.

As soon as he stepped into the study, Liu Yun was dumbfounded, there were two people sitting inside, one of them was the Jiang Committee of Nanjing, who was in a hurry to salute, and was about to shout, "Hello principal", but before he could speak, he was pulled down by Chairman Jiang.

Lao Jiang seemed very happy, looked Liu Yun up and down, and then said to the person next to him, "Brother Ziqian, your nephew is a talent, I have accepted a lot of students over the years, but unfortunately all of them are rough people, who don't know how to do construction at all.

"Brother Ziqian", Liu Yun's heart moved, Chairman Liu of Xikang, the word Ziqian, dizzy, hurriedly saluted another Chairman Liu, Liu Wenhui and Liu Xiang both laughed, making Colonel Liu muttered in his heart, didn't it say that the two Liu Zhengchuan battles, and you fight to the death.

Liu Wenhui didn't let Liu Yun salute, and pulled him jokingly and said, "You little skin monkey, it's only been a few years, so soon, you forgot about my uncle, you really deserve to fight."

Liu Yun touched his head, smirked, and secretly complained in his heart, whether he was a liberal arts student in the 21st century, and when he was in the city, he had never seen Liu Wenhui a few times, where was as this guy said, it seemed to be very familiar, and suddenly he had an idea, and he suddenly realized that others were just talking about the scene, if he was serious, he would be really stupid, so he quickly adjusted his mentality, and let Chairman Xikang Liu play freely, and he didn't say anything, which was the best speech.

As expected, Lao Jiang, Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui are just using Liu Yun as an almost excuse, and in the end, what they want to talk about is still a major matter related to themselves.

After a period of cold noise, the invisible sword light and sword shadow has begun, Liu Wenhui first said, the results of the conversation between Lao Jiang and him before, Lao Jiang meant, there must be a war between China and Japan, but considering that the Japanese devils have the advantage of the navy, the end of the war, from North China to the coast, from Nanjing and Shanghai, to the three towns of Wuhan, there is no danger to defend, so he had to pin his hope for victory in the Yunnan-Guichuan area, where transportation is difficult, and strive to establish an anti-Japanese rear within three years.

Liu Wenhui also affirmed his view, in principle, he agreed with the whole nation to resist Japan, and also agreed to establish a large rear in Sichuan, but his army and territory are all in Xikang Province, and the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan have nothing to do with him, so the specific matters have to depend on Chairman Liu Xiang.

At this time, Liu Yun knew that he didn't take the initiative to speak, it was really a wise move, even Liu Wenhui was currying favor on both sides, paddling as much as possible, he was a little ant with no soldiers and no power, in this kind of big scene, he was not even a small supporting role, at most it was just a supporting scene.

After Liu Xiang groaned slightly, he also agreed with Liu Wenhui and Lao Jiang's opinion, since ancient times, Sichuan has been the heart of China, as long as Sichuan is not lost, China will not be dead, and the Japanese devil's plan will be bankrupt in the short term, and it will become inevitable to enter the stage of stalemate.

But there is one point, Liu Xiang hopes that Lao Jiang can help build Sichuan, and build Sichuan's railways and arsenals as soon as possible, so that everyone will have a real rear in the future, and even if the whole country falls, it can still hold up a blue sky.