"It's normal to be dizzy, you must be dizzy if you lose too much blood, not to mention that you have been soaking in such cold river water for so long...... The brothers of the guard company brought back a dozen pheasants and two pangolins, and let the old Han head be locked in a wooden cage in the back kitchen. Yesterday, I went to a few mountains north of Jiangjunling to collect some herbs to replenish blood and qi, and asked Chunsheng to stew medicinal chicken in a casserole for you...... Don't move! Right away. ”

Xiao Langzhong finished medicine on An Yi's wound that had been dehisced on his left shoulder again, bandaged the fixed sling, and then carefully helped An Yi put on the cotton clothes.

An Yi took the lit cigarette handed by Dong Yanzi, and Meimei took a puff: "What about them?" What have they been busy with in the past two days, and the shadows are gone? ”

Dong Yanzi, who had been promoted to second lieutenant, said in a low voice: "You have been in a daze for the past two days, wake up for a while, drink some soup and sleep again, and several big brothers want you to recuperate." Brother Yin and Brother Hu went to the division headquarters in Gao'an City every day for meetings, Brother Hutou and Brother Xia took the guard company out on tasks every night, and Staff Officer Yang and several of them were busy with training, lectures and summaries. ”

The noon sun was warm and bright, An Yi glanced out of the door and wanted to stand up, Xiao Langzhong hurriedly stopped, shouted Five or six brothers came over immediately, carried An Yi and his people out of the General Temple with chairs, and happily placed them under the big tree on the high platform, and Dong Yanzi brought a pot of good tea and a few teacups that had just been brewed and placed them on the long table.

An Yi saw Shen Jianping and Tao Xun, the chief and deputy directors of his firearms station, leading eight of his subordinates to fiddle with weapons on a wide high platform, and hurriedly called the two to his side.

Shen Jianping, who was engrossed, was pleasantly surprised when he saw An Yi come out to bask in the sun, and trotted over to say hello while wiping his hands.

"How long have you been doing it? Where did you get all this stuff? ”

An Yi pointed to a few brothers who were assembling guns, and then to the piles of long and short guns placed in different categories next to him.

Shen Jianping replied with a smile: "You have been faint for two days and don't know, this is captured by Hu Ying's deputies, 1,259 long and short guns, and six light machine guns." After the maintenance of the light machine guns, they were equipped with five or six companies, and 300 almost brand-new German-made long guns and 100 or more than 70 percent new shell guns have been put into the old arsenal. ”

"Good, yes! With almost enough weapons to equip a battalion at once, it seems that the battle was not fought in vain. An Yi was very happy.

Tao Xun often studied firearms with An Yi when he was fine, and knew that his battalion commander did not have a little shelf, just like his own brothers, he and Shen Jianping had long been accustomed to the lifestyle and relationship between officers and soldiers of the model battalion, so he naturally took the teacup handed by Dong Yanzi, took a sip and reported in a low voice:

"Battalion commander, sixty-three imitation German-made rifles from the Taiyuan Arsenal, two imitation flower machine guns and twelve barge guns were found in this batch of guns, the craftsmanship and materials are good, especially the two flower machine guns, both workmanship and materials are better than those produced by the Gongxian Arsenal, I speculate that the Taiyuan factory has solved all the problems in the production of flower machine guns, which is very remarkable!"

An Yi was surprised, and immediately asked Tao Xun to take a few to take a look, and after reading the manufacturing process, inscription, and manufacturing year of a barge gun and a flower machine gun without a handle, he sighed loudly in great surprise:

"Lao Tzu has always thought that he Yan Lao Xi'er is a rich man, it seems that Lao Tzu is the frog at the bottom of the well! Judging from the manufacturing accuracy and batch number of these firearms, Yan Laoxi'er's industrial foundation is already quite thick, and he originally heard Deputy Division Commander Jiang say that the Taiyuan factory can produce American Thompson 1921 machine guns, but now he has to believe it! From the analysis of the manufacturing level of these guns, it can be seen that they are not only capable of producing, but have already begun to sell their own weapons in large quantities...... Tao Xun, do you think that compared with the Hanyang plant and the Taiyuan plant, which factory has better technology? ”

Tao Xun thought for a while and replied: "For a long time, the Hanyang factory has been much better than other factories in the manufacture of artillery and heavy weapons, rifles and pistols are almost the same, and Hanyang is still ahead in terms of imitation German-style weapons. However, since three years ago, the Jin army and the Feng army have begun to equip a large number of self-produced imitation artillery, especially the Fengtian factory, Zhang Dashuai, with the support of himself, has already manufactured the 38 big cover and the 75 cannon two years ago, and said that he has given them a lot of advanced technology, which is something that other factories in China can not think of.

The year before last, the Fengtian factory had successfully imitated the 150mm caliber artillery and produced it in large quantities, and it was heard that half of the soldiers killed by Marshal Wu in the Great War of Zhifeng were killed by the large and small artillery of the Feng army. However, in the manufacturing process of long and short guns and machine guns, the accuracy of the Taiyuan factory and our Hanyang factory is higher, but the Hanyang factory is always full of disasters and difficulties. ”

Shen Jianping also had the same opinion: "If this goes on, our Hanyang factory is difficult to compare with others, after seeing these firearms in the Taiyuan factory yesterday, we are all very uncomfortable, they have solved the problem of soft bolt locking and bolt protrusion rupture, and in many places they have surpassed us by a large margin." ”

An Yi finally understood his shallowness, originally thought that Yan Xishan was relying on Shanxi coal and agricultural and commercial taxes to dominate a corner, but now he knows how far-sighted and great Yan Xishan is, he can develop silently on such a backward industrial basis for so many years, until today he can achieve the mass production of advanced weapons and make profits from the arms trade, it is conceivable that this person's perseverance and talent are by no means under other warlords, let alone Zhang Zuolin, the largest force in the north today.

Compared with Yan Xishan's foresight and shrewdness, Zhang Zuolin is far inferior to Yan Xishan in terms of morality and wisdom, Zhang Zuolin did not hesitate to use the interests of the country and the nation, the rich resources of the three eastern provinces, the lease of land rights and interests, and the sale of countless lowly labor in exchange for his own support, so that the ill-intentioned and greedy Yue himself gradually became bigger, and he had to encroach on the Chinese land and various interests step by inch. Although the father and son of the Zhang family kept saying that they did not sell their homeland, and that the current situation in the Northeast was purely caused by the incompetence of the Qing political axe, but looking at the essence through the phenomenon, Zhang Zuolin and all the traitors are the same as the raccoon dog.

Thinking of this, An Yi's mood became irritable for no reason, the wounds on his shoulders and thighs were painful due to the rapid surge of blood, he could only suppress his heavy thoughts, and smiled at Shen Jianping and the others: "How about I send you two to study in Germany?" I first learned German for a year, then went to the vocational college of Krupp to study hard for three or four years, and then came back to work as an engineer for making guns and cannons. ”

Shen Jianping and Tao Xun were taken aback, seeing that An Yi didn't look like a joke, the two looked at each other, and didn't know how to answer, and finally Shen Jianping said what the two of them really thought:

"Everyone wants to stay in the ocean, originally we have two technicians in the Hanyang factory who came back from the foreign country for three years, everyone envies them, they do have the ability, have seen a lot of the world, although they are nothing in terms of manufacturing technology, but their brains are good, the workers encounter problems through them at one point, but also a lot of old equipment in the factory, the old technology to simplify and improve, but later they were poached by the Shanghai factory with high salaries.

Battalion commander, the brothers all know that you are magnanimous, but we dare not expect this thing to stay abroad, one is that the two of us are not highly educated, and we can only make others laugh at you if you go. The second is that it costs too much money to stay abroad, I heard that it takes at least 3,000 oceans a year to live, and it will take three or five years to go, who can stand it? ”

An Yi laughed: "As long as you are self-motivated, everything else is simple." You may have heard of my relationship with the German Lu Lin firm, to put it bluntly, the Lu Lin firm is the agent of the German Krupp in China. Before the Northern Expedition, I had a chat with Hans, the manager of Lulin Commercial Bank in South China, about studying abroad, and he was very welcoming and enthusiastic, assuring me that as long as it was my person, they would recommend me to enter the technical college run by Krupp for further study.

Don't underestimate this Krupp self-run technical college, Krupp is so big in a steel and military industrial complex, almost more than half of the technicians are graduated from this technical college, which belongs to the school that can learn the fastest and best skills while learning and doing, which is ten thousand times stronger than going to those Claydon universities in Europe. No!

Whether it is a public assignment or a self-funded study in Europe, all of us go to those so-called famous universities, study for a year or two and then go to some small and medium-sized arsenals for internships, and return to China after a few months. Even the two people you just said can't enter Lao Tzu's eyes, when it comes to machines and improvements, Lao Tzu is ten times stronger than them! It's just that Lao Tzu is leading troops to fight now, and he doesn't have time to get this thing, otherwise they wouldn't be worthy of carrying shoes for Lao Tzu, haha! ”

Shen Jianping and Tao Xun laughed, they all knew An Yi's ability and level, and they were extremely envious of the advanced technologies such as automation that An Yi said when they chatted, and An Yi's understanding of firearms was not below the two of them, a "plate stamping structure" could let them see the bright prospects of large-scale high-precision and mass production of streamlined firearm parts. Hearing An Yi say this at this moment, they all know that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that can even change their lives, and the young hearts of the two of them with vitality and dreams can't help but pound.

An Yi had already seen the thoughts of the two of them, and decided such a major event in a few words: "It's decided!" After you two go home to Nanchang, after coming out for so long, it is time to go back to see your family and the brothers in the original factory, Wuhan is now the world of our revolutionary army, safe.

Another one, both of you have now become sergeants of the revolutionary army, and when Nanchang Laozi is defeated, he will get you a lieutenant and let you return to your hometown, anyway, the two of you have also saved hundreds of oceans, which is enough to settle down. After settling down, you take a boat directly from Wuhan to Guangzhou, take my letter to find a few people, what documents and passports will be done for you in three days, and live in my home in Guangzhou, my old Taoist is a capable person, as long as you are willing to ask him for advice, he can teach you a lot of things, and when Lu Lin Commercial Bank completes all the formalities, he will let you go abroad. ”

Shen Jianping and Tao Xun were so excited that they didn't know what to do, Shen Jianping looked at An Yi blankly, his eyes were red, full of tears, Tao Xun had already lowered his head and kept sniffing, if it weren't for An Yi asking if he could get a few more people to stay in the ocean, it is estimated that both of them would cry into tears.

Shen Jianping took a deep breath and replied: "If the eldest brother is relieved, I would like to recommend my master's two grandsons, that is, my second senior brother and third senior brother's sons, although my master has not achieved fame in his life, but his family education is very strict, even my two senior brothers can dance and write, count and draw, but they are not as high as your eldest brother." Master's two grandsons, one nineteen years old and the other seventeen years old, both worked as apprentices in the gunpowder factory where the second brother was the little supervisor, both liked machinery, were honest and polite, wrote very beautiful calligraphy, and could fill in the words, if they could also let them go, it would be a great favor to the younger brother, and the younger brother would be able to repay the teacher and the senior brothers. ”

"Okay, I'm sure you can't be wrong with the person you recommend."

An Yi was very pleased to hear Shen Jianping change his words and say that his eldest brother said: "Tao Xun, don't you have a younger brother who is three years younger than you?" If you want, you take him to stay in the United States, and learn the skills back to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that we can't do anything to him Fengtian Factory, Taiyuan Factory, as long as our brothers work together, there is nothing difficult to live with us, we want people to have people, money and money, and wait for Lao Tzu to fight for a few more years, at least mixed with a general, when the time comes, you will come back from learning, let's make a big show and do a big job, haha! ”

Tao Xun nodded excitedly: "But big brother, what if...... In case of...... Aren't you afraid that we won't come back after we finish studying? ”

An Yi laughed: "Lao Tzu knows that your grandson has a lot of flowers and intestines, and he usually doesn't talk and fart, but you have more hearts than anyone else." Let's say this to you, even if Lao Tzu dies on the battlefield, there will be someone for you to finish studying, if God doesn't want Lao Tzu's life for a long time, you come back to help whoever you do, whatever you like, just remember what kind of blood flows in your blood. As for the question of whether you come back to help me after completing your studies, this is not a problem at all, if you feel happier in a foreign country and stay, I have no opinion, just treat it as my own brother and live a good life, one day I have the opportunity to go abroad to see you, at least you will invite Lao Tzu to have a drink, haha! If you come back and don't come to help Lao Tzu start a business, this matter will be troublesome, maybe I will order Gu Lao Er to find you, haha! ”

"Big brother, my little brother will follow you in this life!" Shen Jianping stood up excitedly.

Tao Xun's face turned red with excitement, and he stood up and whispered to An Yi: "Big brother, the little brother must work hard, after coming back, the big brother will let the little brother go anywhere, even if he returns to the model camp to repair the gun, it is the blessing of the little brother." ”

An Yi motioned for the two to sit down: "Haha!" Sit down, sit down, what's exciting? In the past few days, Lao Tzu is free, I have to tutor you some new things, so that each of you can study with a goal of being ten or twenty years ahead of others, and then work for a few more years after you come back, you will be the boss in a certain field, and I will ...... for you."

Report ......

The star officer Mu Recall interrupted An Yi's words.

"Get out of the way!"

An Yi is talking about Xingtou, where do you want others to disturb.

Mu Zhaiyi leaned down anxiously: "Boss, it's the master seat who is here!" ”

"Huh? Hurry up...... Bring me Lao Tzu's crutches! ”

An Yi was startled, and saw that Liu Zhi had already turned over and dismounted at the camp gate below, and hurriedly ordered Shen Jianping and Tao Xun to go and busy with themselves, and continue to talk in the evening.

An Yi took the crutches handed by Dong Lingzi, stood up with the help of Dong Lingzi and Xiao Langzhong, one left and one right, and limped towards the entrance of the high stone steps.

(To be continued)