Li Zhun Yazhou and his entourage can be regarded as completely dispelling their doubts and concerns. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info How can there be a revolutionary party or bandit like Chen Wenqiang, thinking about industrial security, and thinking about how to continue to expand in the field of industry and commerce? Aren't you afraid that the East Window incident will happen, and all the investment will be wasted? Moreover, in order to achieve this goal, it also took the initiative to ask the patrol battalion to be stationed, and also promised to pay for the purchase of warships.

This is definitely constitutional! And he is a constitutionalist who does not choose means, he is treacherous and slippery, Cen Chunxuan is not mistaken, he can indeed act as the rookie standard-bearer of the constitutionalists.

With such thoughts and judgments, Li Zhun returned satisfied, and went to select the patrol battalion that Chen Wenqiang demanded with strict military discipline and good fighting, and hoped that the communication between Chen Wenqiang and the bandit leader Xu Chunshan would be fruitful, so that the bandits would be divided without a fight.

Chen Wenqiang, who has already gained insight into Li Zhun's thinking, is also reaching his own goal. First of all, he made it possible to recruit An, although it still needed a certain amount of operation, and it was necessary to fight one or two more battles, but it was always the way to preserve the team and bring the Wanning uprising to an end; Second, the two-year tax exemption for immigrants and the takeover of the Huangpu Shipyard are basically very certain, not only because of the situation, but also because the opposing Guangzhou General Chengxun has returned to the west and is no longer an obstacle. In the end, the expansion of the merchant group and the militia group, and the large-scale purchase of weapons, have been tacitly approved by Zhang Renjun and Li Zhun, and in time, this will be another armed force that cannot be ignored.

As for the two patrol battalions stationed, there are only more than 600 people at full capacity, and they can't turn the sky here in Yazhou. There are also the warships that were promised to be purchased, according to Chen Wenqiang's thinking, whether they are temporarily lent to Li Zhun for use, or are they state assets, and sooner or later they will have to return to the hands of the revolutionary government. Even Li Zhun is a person, Chen Wenqiang also thinks that he can be won over or forced to join his camp by other means in the future, otherwise Chengxun will not only be assassinated.

Right now. Li Zhun returned satisfied, and Chen Wenqiang was in the same mood. Now that Li Zhun has seen the situation here, he can boldly bring in materials and machinery to speed up the operation for the construction of a large arsenal. Up to now, the arsenal in the base can only be regarded as a small workshop, and it is possible to repair some firearms. It will take a long time to build guns and cannons. But this workshop can realize the new ideas that Chen Wenqiang has obtained through practice.

Guns, bullets, bayonets, this was the standard equipment of a soldier at that time, but Chen Wenqiang found that there was a simple weapon that could better deter the enemy that was overlooked, and that was the grenade, or hand-thrown bomb as it was called by the people of the time. This was somewhat similar to the revolutionary party's preference for assassination with bombs at that time, but it was very different in its purpose.

In addition to being economical, easy to use and manufacture, a weapon is popular, but of course it depends on the effect. If we talk about the economy and the easiest to manufacture, of course, it is a big sword and a spear, but not to mention the vast majority of revolutionaries who are not from military backgrounds. Even for the military, at the beginning of the 20th century, the broadsword and spear were no longer the mainstream weapons. The revolutionaries used bombs as their weapon of choice, which was apparently quite good in their various assassinations and uprisings, probably due to the simplicity of manufacture and the unfamiliarity of the Qing army with this weapon.

First of all, the bomb technology content is very low, basically after a little training, I know the middle school chemistry. Just need to find some raw materials. Then just find a remote place to experiment and make. It is said that the revolutionaries were first tested for bombs in Yokohama, Japan, and that a Russian nihilist (propagandist anarchist) was invited as a teacher to teach how to make various types of bombs and how to use them. At that time, many revolutionaries admired bombs. and even became bomb fans, including not only soldiers like Yan Xishan, but also literati Cai Yuanpei and the like.

Secondly, for a long time in history, due to the low power of black powder and other reasons, hand-thrown bombs have not been valued by countries around the world, until the First World War, after a large number of street battles and close wars, hand bombs such as grenades began to attract attention and be used in large quantities. Until later generations, it was still one of the main weapons of individual soldiers.

And the Qing army, which lagged far behind and followed behind the Western military industry, was naturally no exception. Neither the new army nor the old army patrol battalions have been equipped or used, and they are very unfamiliar with bombs. The bomb not only has sound and light effects, but also belongs to the killing of the surface, and a large area is exploded. Naturally, it would be terrifying for the soldiers and even officers of the Qing army. Historically, the effect of the bomb was infinitely exaggerated by the Qing army, so much so that it was said that the revolutionaries' bombs could easily blow up the tall and sturdy city walls, and that the revolutionaries would swallow the bombs in their stomachs (so that you can't find them), and then find the target and detonate them to kill them.

In the actual combat he experienced, Chen Wenqiang realized that the Qing army was extremely afraid of explosions, far more than guns. It was just an ordinary tactic of blowing up the city gate with an explosive pack, which caused the Qing army to completely collapse and flee in embarrassment. Obviously, like machine guns and cannons, weapons that are unfamiliar to the enemy often have a great effect beyond the actual effect.

Of course, ordinary revolutionaries can make amateur bombs, but their safety, stability, and lethality are not satisfactory. What Chen Wenqiang wants to manufacture, on the other hand, is a standard grenade that can equip the troops in large quantities and is economical, practical, safe, and reliable.

According to Chen Wenqiang's thinking, as well as the experience of using it in his previous life, he naturally took the oval grenade as his first choice. However, he did not know the manufacturing capacity of the military workshop he had established now, so he drew the appearance of the wooden-handled grenades used by the German soldiers in the movies he had seen in his previous life, and added a general description of how to use them next to the drawings. Chen Wenqiang roughly analyzed from the fuse that the pulling structure of the wooden-handled grenade should be relatively simple, and the production cost and production process requirements are relatively low, even small workshops can produce it.

Whether it is handled, stalked, or sessile, as long as it can be manufactured, coupled with the continuous import of various machinery, mass production will not be a problem. Once used in large quantities on the battlefield, the sound, light and lethality of grenades are likely to cause confusion among the enemy, making them easier to defeat and defeat.

In fact, in many cases, it is not the technical conditions that affect the way people act, but the solidification and inertia of thinking. Hand-thrown bombs are not valued by people because of the disadvantages of black powder, but now how many years have high-power explosives been introduced, but they have not been taken seriously and used in large quantities, it can only be a problem of thinking.

Almost the same problem, about the poor quality of the steel produced by the Hanyang Iron Works and the poor sales. It suffered losses for a long time and ceased production in 1903. To the uninitiated, this may seem like a great difficulty, requiring a lot of time, effort, or trial and error. Or off-site investigation, it may not be able to solve the problem. But in Chen Wenqiang's view, it is relatively easy, because it involves his profession - chemistry.

The reason why the Yazhou ironmaking plant can be completed and put into operation in a short period of time is that Chen Wenqiang handed over the iron ore and coke to be used to the partner Krupp steelmaking enterprise for analysis and testing at the beginning of the operation, so as to select the correct and appropriate steelmaking equipment and refining methods.

As for the Hanyang Iron Works, there was no plan at all at the beginning of its establishment, and there was no analysis and testing, and what form of furnace machine was ordered. It is also based on Zhang Zhidong's sentence "China is a big country, with a large land and abundant resources, and it can be in any form." And this phenomenon of blind launch and hasty production was very common throughout the country at the beginning of the Westernization Movement. This is because there are few people who understand science, and the decision-makers are bureaucrats who know nothing but being officials.

Therefore, Chen Wenqiang is ready to wait for the will of the imperial court. He asked experts from the Krupp Steelmaking Company to conduct a chemical analysis of the ore, coke, pig iron, steel and other samples of the Hanyang Iron Works to determine which iron-making furnace to choose. What kind of ironmaking method is used. It's so simple that it doesn't take more than half a year to visit Japan, the United States, and European countries to draw conclusions, as is the case in history.

On the one hand, it is very important to find a solution to the problem in order to bring the Hanyang Iron Works back to life and to eliminate the various shortcomings of the government, supervision, and commercial management. According to the experience of Yazhou Ironworks. As well as appreciating the rigorous and serious work attitude of the Germans, Chen Wenqiang also envisioned the establishment of clear product quality requirements and a strict inspection system in the Hanyang Iron Works to ensure that the quality of products can be reliably guaranteed.

Knowledge, vision, thinking mode, action mode...... These Chen Wenqiang, who were very different from those at that time, although he had been integrated into the times for such a long time, still showed very different flashes when dealing with problems. Or rather, it seemed incredible to people at the time. And Chen Wenqiang's ability, let's call it that, is also becoming his most powerful weapon.

The work was arranged one by one, not only about the revolutionary army that was crisscrossing the central part of Qiongzhou, but also about various constructions that had nothing to do with the war; in Yazhou, Lingshui, Wanning, and Baoting, Chen Wenqiang took advantage of the power vacuum created by the withdrawal of the revolutionary army, and used the militia and business groups to enter and occupy them, maintain public order, appease the people, grab land to build factories and houses, and first form an established fact, and then send officials to admit the reality under the barrel of a gun.

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History is changing, but Chen Wenqiang is not quite sure about this, is it just a small local change, or is the whole trajectory deviating?

But what is certain is that he changed the trajectory of many people's lives and changed the fate of many people. In fact, this is difficult to say, and simple to say.

To put it simply, it is like a person going out and suddenly being interrupted by a small matter or another person, which will mess up his original plan, earlier and later, maybe today's experience and results will change; It's hard to say, but it's in people's hearts, such as ideals and beliefs, which have a thousand twists and turns, and it's hard to change because of small things or setbacks.

Although Yao Hongye, Qiu Jin, and Chen Jingqing came to Yazhou in the name of work through the Shanghai Chinese Association, they had a different kind of passion and longing in their hearts.

The development of Qiongzhou not only requires immigrants, but also needs all kinds of talents, especially young people with knowledge, who can enter the merchant group to become the reserve force of the revolutionary army, can develop into the revival association after investigation, can enter the factory to become a technical backbone, and can enter a primary school to become a teacher...... You must know that Chen Wenqiang has established a base in Qiongzhou, and the demand and training of talents are very comprehensive.

In the minds of the three of them, Yazhou must be in chaos, they can pretend to work first, after all, the revolution also has to make money and eat. Then, whether to wait for the revolutionary army to come or wait for the opportunity to defect depends on the development of the situation.

But when I came to Yazhou, the scene I saw was a little unexpected, not chaotic, but busy, the merchant groups and militia groups were expanding and arming, the factories were running as usual, the people were still living, and even the county town did not even have a curfew.

Wait, wait, wait. I heard that the revolutionary army was making a lot of trouble in the central part of Qiongzhou, killed Liu Yongdian, the supreme commander of Qiongya Bingbeidao, defeated three patrol battalions, took advantage of the situation to recover Tunchang County, and marched westward to attack Danzhou......

How? This is getting farther and farther away from Yazhou, look at how rich Yazhou is, why don't you come to fight? Not only were the three disappointed, but it was increasingly difficult to get in touch. Yao Hongye wanted to learn military skills, so he joined the merchant group; Chen Jingqing entered the oil refinery and was studying and working at the same time; Qiu Jin was assigned to Lingshui No. 2 Primary School to become a teacher.

"I said we weren't members of the Revival Society, and we weren't allowed to enter here, so that's true!" The three of them finally got together, and Qiu Jin frowned and vented her dissatisfaction, "What should I do now, go to my own things, work to make a living, and talk about revolution." ”

China, which has been oppressed for more than 100 years, has produced this group of young people, who have rushed out of the shackles of family and society, and they want to break the shackles of the nation-state and become citizens who can stand tall in the world. They may still be naïve, or they may be impulsive and hasty, but that patriotic enthusiasm cannot be denied. When the country was sinking and humiliating, there was no obstacle that could stop them from coming to the challenge and bravely going to the challenge.

"What then?" Yao Hongye felt that he had learned a lot in the training of the merchant group, and he was developing in the direction of becoming a warrior, "What can we do?" Now is the time for war, does the revolutionary army need us? ”

Chen Jingqing blinked, looked at Yao Hongye with some suspicion, and said, "What do you mean by this?" That's not what you said when you were in Shanghai. ”

"I-" Yao Hongye scratched his head and said: "I think I have to learn the skills first, just like I learned to shoot a gun in the merchant group, and I have a strong physique, as long as the time comes, I will join the revolutionary army, and I will definitely be a brave and skilled soldier." ”

"The merchant group and the militia group are all to maintain local law and order, are they considered lackeys of the government?" Qiu Jin said uncertainly: "What if you want to be transferred to fight the revolutionary army, what will you do?" ”

"That's easier, I'll join the revolutionary army when I find an opportunity, maybe I can still carry guns and bullets!" Yao Hongye touched his chin and thought beautifully.

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