Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Great Wall War of Resistance Ends
As Li Han's position continues to improve, not only will he need more and more weapons, but he will also have the opportunity to contact more people in the military system, so that he will have the opportunity to greatly expand his business. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Although the Republic of China has been established for many years, it has always been in a state of warlord warfare, and various European countries have adopted arms embargo measures of varying degrees against the Republic of China.
Although during this period, there were still many arms dealers who were active in the sight of the warlords of the Republic of China, but not only was the price of arms much more expensive than before, but the number of weapons traded each time was just a drop in the bucket for the warlords everywhere.
Although the European powers had lifted the arms embargo on the Republic of China in 1930, their cooperation was mostly limited to the central government of the Republic of China, or large warlords such as the Northwest Army and the Gui family.
Ordinary small warlords don't look down on them at all, so these small warlords can only choose small arms dealers, that is, they cooperate with arms dealers like Will.
Of course, after Will and Li Han carried out two arms deals, they also brought nearly one million oceans of performance to the German Lihe Foreign Company.
Not only did he make a lot of money himself, but the headquarters of the foreign bank also promoted Will to the top management of the foreign bank in China, specializing in the arms sales of retail in China.
"I've been thinking about this matter for a long time, I don't know if Will you can help me buy a few bullet production lines and equipment from Germany, the price is easy to negotiate, and I can even pay in gold."
Li Han also had plans in this regard, so it was not a way to spend money to buy weapons and ammunition outside.
As the saying goes, "when the cannon goes off, there are 10,000 taels of gold", the arms trade is an out-and-out gold-swallowing beast, and even if there is a mountain of gold, it will be spent sooner or later.
Of course, with the current situation, it is not very realistic to want to build a functional arsenal in Chahar, but Li Han knows that after the Chahar Allied Army defeats the Japanese army in Chahar Province, Chahar will also usher in temporary stability.
It was not until 1935 that the Nationalist Government again signed the infamous "Qin-Tu Agreement", which allowed 80% of the area of Chahar Province to be occupied by the Japanese and the Mongol kings.
Li Han just wanted to take advantage of this gap to build a small arsenal, he didn't need this arsenal to be able to make aircraft cannons for himself, or even if he couldn't produce rifles.
His only requirement for the arsenal was to be able to produce bullets, shells, and some simple repairs to guns and cannons.
In terms of rifles, Li Han still planned to buy the retired rifles of the German army, and there were still a lot of rifles left in Germany during the First World War, and the Germans lost the battle during the First World War, and the army was limited to 100,000 by the Entente.
However, before the defeat and surrender, Germany's army was in the millions, and a large amount of ordnance and equipment were stored in the country. Germany's surrender was also due to a military coup d'état at home, and the new government issued a surrender statement to the Allies as soon as the coup came to power.
Although Germany would not have been defeated without a coup d'état, and according to the development of World War I, it would not have been defeated so badly, and it was forced to accept a huge indemnity that the entire German people could not bear.
In order to repay the huge debts left over from the First World War, Germany did not know how much it sold at home to lose money, machine guns, artillery, tanks, and aircraft with a little technical content were all sold.
However, the rifle with the largest number was sold the least, because several large European countries had already completed industrialization, and the Mauser 98 rifle was not as technical as their own domestic rifle for them, and they had to build a bullet production line specifically for it when they bought it, and of course they couldn't look at it.
Not only did the victorious countries look down on the Mauser 98 rifle, but even the Germans themselves did not look down on the Mauser 98 rifle. Due to the constraints of the Entente powers, the number of German troops on active duty could not exceed 100,000.
Although Mustache has made an attempt to break through in this area since he came to power, Germany's army is still far from that of its neighbor and empire.
Therefore, they can only work on the performance of weapons and equipment, and at present, German weapons are being upgraded, and the Mauser 98 rifle can be regarded as a relatively advanced weapon in our country.
But for Germany, where heavy industry was developed, the Mauser 98 rifle was outdated, and they were working on more advanced weapons to replace the Mauser 98 rifle.
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Li Han, what he really cares about is that the German army has not yet been equipped with the troops to retire the Mauser 98 rifle, although it is a weapon during the First World War, but the performance is slightly superior to the devil's 38 rifle.
However, it is too early to say this, and he will have to wait until he has captured some territory in Chahar before he can act on it.
Moreover, Will can't make the decision about the bullet production line, and the production line of bullets for rifles must be approved by the German government in order to succeed.
At present, even the Central Army has not fully begun to cooperate with Germany, let alone Li Han, and his small role cannot enter the eyes of the mustache.
Will is not sure whether this matter can succeed, the mustache's idea is wild, and no one can be sure, so Will just promised to help Li Han ask, as for whether it can be done, it depends on the will of God.
Fortunately, Li Han is not in a hurry now, after the Great Wall is over, the Japanese army will invade Chahar immediately, and there will be a tough battle to be fought after that time, and only after that battle can he really get some respite.
Before that, Li Han felt that he still had to do some preparations. The first is to move the people of Fengning and Weichang counties to the location of the Chahar Mongolian banners.
Rehe is not a place to defend for a long time, and the reason why he was able to conquer the two counties of Rehe was completely because the main force of the Japanese was dragged on the Great Wall. Once the war broke out in Chahar, he couldn't care about Fengning and Weichang counties at all.
Not only that, Li Han also established a stronghold within the Xilin Gol League, and planned to retreat to the grassland to fight guerrillas with the devils when the troops could not hold Chahar, in short, Li Han did not plan to retreat to Guannai until the War of Resistance officially broke out.
Because retreating into the customs at this time means that there will be no devils to fight for a few years, which is inconsistent with Li Han's original intention, he spent so much ocean, bought guns and guns, isn't it just to fight the Japanese!
Otherwise, there's something wrong with him! With this money to buy arms, it was enough for him to live a privileged life as an upper-class person. If it is used to improve the living standards of soldiers, buy people's hearts, etc., then it can also make the soldiers of the whole brigade grateful to him.
Li Han did not force the people of the two counties to be transferred, this kind of thing still has to pay attention to your will, it can't be that the Japanese haven't had time to do bad things to our people, Li Han himself has done it first, isn't that helping the Japanese to subdue the hearts of the people of Rehe.
For those who were able to avoid the war before the war, most of the people must have been willing to obey Li Han's orders and move into Chahar Province.
War means that people have to die, and it is often not the soldiers who suffer first, but the common people, because in the face of the invaders, ordinary people have no power to resist at all.
Just when Li Han was intensively preparing for the war, the Battle of the Great Wall came to an end, without any miracles, and in the end it still ended with the defeat of the Chinese army.
The National Revolutionary Army under the command of the Nationalist Government, including the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, and the Central Army, fought fiercely with the devils in Yiyuankou, Lengkou, Xifengkou, Gubeikou and other places on the Great Wall for more than two months.
Although the various units of our army resisted stubbornly and fought bloodily, the Japanese army was well-equipped and well-trained, and had the advantage of aircraft and artillery, and the Great Wall was lost one after another, and even the Beijing-Tianjin area could not be saved if it continued to fight.
Therefore, in the 22nd year of the Republic of China, that is, at the end of May 1933, He Yingqin, acting chairman of the Beiping Branch of the Military Commission of the Republic of China Government, appointed Lieutenant General Xiong Bin to strengthen the infamous "Tanggu Agreement" with Okamura Ningji in Tanggu
The treaty stipulated: The Chinese army should retreat to the area west and south of the line connected by Yanqing, Changping, Goryeoying, Shunyi, Xianghe, Baodi, Lintingkou, Ninghe, and Lutai, and must not advance in the slightest attempt to provoke or disturb the imperial army.
Not only that, but also the areas of Suidong, Chabei, and eastern Hebei will be free for Japanese troops to enter and exit the area. The 22 counties in eastern Hebei were designated as demilitarized zones, and troops were not allowed to enter, while the Japanese retreated north of the Great Wall.
After the signing of the Tanggu Entente, it was actually equivalent to the Republic of China and the puppet Manchukuo dividing China into two countries with the Great Wall as the boundary.
As a result, the door to North China was opened, and the Japanese army could invade North China anytime and anywhere, and penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains, opening the door for the Japanese army to fully invade China later.
For Li Han, what is even more urgent is that according to the provisions of the treaty, the Japanese army can send troops into Chahar openly, and the troops of the Nationalist Government must not stop it, which is a direct danger to the life and death of him and the 145th Brigade.
Li Han called a grievance in his heart, you said that if you lose the battle, you will lose the battle, anyway, in the past year or so, the national army has lost a lot of battles, and the people of the country are used to it. But what are you doing, Chairman Jiang, you lost the battle on the Great Wall, why did you sell Chahar?
Fortunately, while the treaty was still signed, Li Han gave up the enclosure of Rehe and Fengning County, and all the people in the two counties who were willing to move away had been transferred, leaving only some old people who did not want to leave.
At present, the troops of the 145th Brigade are stationed in Guyuan and Duolun counties, and at the same time, in order to be able to settle down and fight with the Japanese, Li Han began to clean up the Mongolian banners in the Chahar region and the Japanese in close contact.
The 14th and 15th regiments were each responsible for the defense of a county, and Li Han had already confessed to Shi Shi'an and Wang Dazhu that no matter whether they were King De or Japanese, as long as they dared to enter the Chabei area with weapons, they would all be shot on the spot. (To be continued.) )