Because the goal was too big, Xiao Yimin did not continue to visit Hainan Province, which was under construction.

Hainan, which was announced as a province as early as 1 March, has so far not attracted much attention from various forces and powers in the country.

In addition to the series of grand goals of attracting investment and developing Hainan issued by Sun Baoqi, the first governor of Hainan Province, who was highly respected and respected, and Wang Zhanxu, the little-known overseer of Hainan, which aroused heated discussions in the national public opinion for several days, the Chinese and foreign forces were completely indifferent to Hainan, which was poor and white and far from the political center of China, and generally believed that the reason why Hainan was able to establish a province was entirely the result of the joint efforts of Yanjing and Nanjing to weaken the power and status of the two provinces. In the minds of Xiao Yimin and his group, it has an extremely important position.

The army paid close attention to it for a period of time, but when it saw that Xiao Yimin had spent a huge amount of money to buy back two 8,000-ton second-hand refurbished battle cruisers from Britain, and two 3,800-ton destroyers built by the United States for the world war but had not had time to play a role because of the end of the war, they were all given to Navy Commander Liu Guanxiong. And so far, there has not been any hostility to the merchants and expatriates in Hainan.

As early as five years ago, there was a proposal among the admirals of the navy to send troops to occupy Hainan Island and thoroughly blockade and oppress China's living space, but this proposal has been high and low in the past few years when the military budget has been tight, and not only has it not won the attention of the two cabinets, but it has also been opposed by the army of the other party, which also wants to strengthen itself.

In the past, there was general optimism in the political and military circles that the Chinese Revolutionary Party they supported would succeed and that they would be able to easily enter Hainan and achieve their ultimate goal through the long-term lend-lease plan proposed by the Chinese Revolutionary Party, and that this would not arouse strong opposition from the British and American powers.

However, it can be said that the political axe and the army have not had time to see clearly, the Chinese Revolutionary Party has been strangled by the two major forces in the north and south of China, and the army of the Nanjing camp has controlled the entire Hainan Island in the blink of an eye.

Under the chatter and complaints of the navy, the cabinet had no choice but to apply to the Yanjing Central Political Axe for the establishment of a consulate in Haikou City, the capital of Hainan Province.

"The Hainan Special Administrative Region is under the supervision of the Nanjing Xingying, and according to the resolution of the Supreme Central Committee meeting in February, the central political axe will not be able to interfere in the military and political affairs of Hainan Province for five years."

After reading the document, I realized that Hainan Province as a whole has become the only special economic development zone in China with a high degree of autonomy, and has become a large-scale testing ground for experimenting with various economic policies and development models under the banner of "exploring a modern agricultural, industrial, and commercial development path suited to China's national conditions."

Thinking of the fact that the Nanjing Xingying had repeatedly applied to the government to set up consulates in more than 30 important cities in the Yanjing Central Government, the government had no choice but to suspend the plan to set up a consulate in Hainan, otherwise the group of officials in the Nanjing camp who were gentle on the outside and despicable on the inside would definitely make the diplomatic officials sent to negotiate so angry that they vomited blood.

On the grounds that "in disregard of international laws and regulations, the Hainan Coast Guard Force secretly purchased and used from the German South Pacific and Indian Ocean fleets a "Dresden-class" light cruiser with a standard displacement of 5,700 tons, two 3,150-ton fast destroyers, and six other minesweepers, mine-laying, and oceanographic mapping auxiliary ships, on the grounds that "the Hainan Coast Guard Force secretly purchased and used from the German South Pacific and Indian Ocean fleets in 1906 and a standard displacement of 5,700 tons." ] team development means, and then achieve the purpose of increasing the investment of the navy.

In the past six months, the entire military and political circles have focused their energies on the "Paris Peace Conference," a huge meeting on the distribution of spoils, and after China's north-south political axe grasped China's military and political power through political alliance, it issued a series of unprecedented preferential policies for attracting investment that surprised the world but were red-eyed, and successfully won the favor and support of the United States, Britain, France, and Italy. It has brought unprecedented and powerful pressure and trouble to the political axe.

Because of this, the delegation sent by the Chinese political axe straightened its back and took advantage of the great power of the domestic top level to make a decisive decision and various new economic policies to go around Paris and carry out large-scale activities, which caused the delegation to have a headache and fell into disputes over the interests of China or other countries almost every day.

It is precisely because of Xiao Yimin's foresight and unremitting efforts that Hainan can finally obtain a relatively relaxed space for development, so in this sensitive period, Xiao Yimin can only let Hainan develop in a low-key manner, and will never add any trouble to Hainan, which has infinite hopes

On 1 April, Xiao Yimin, who was listening to a report from two major industrial groups in Nanjing, suddenly received a secret telegram from Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng, saying that the army that was about to leave for Kulun to quell the rebellion was basically ready, but because of the insistence of Ben and Italy, the countries of the world finally reached an agreement to impose an arms embargo on China, so that the army entering Mongolia lacked automatic weapons, and asked Xiao Yimin for support.

Xiao Yimin was annoyed, not because Xu Shuzheng's army had not started for a long time, but because half of the advanced equipment and 800,000 military aid allocated to Xu Shuzheng's two divisions for free had been removed by Duan Qirui for his other two descendants.

Annoyance is annoyance, and the problem still has to be solved.

Xiao Yimin, Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, and others knew very well that if they did not grasp this precious opportunity at present, and took advantage of the fact that Red Russia did not have the energy to set its sights on important strategic areas such as Kulen because European countries were behind the support of the Russian White Army in seizing power, and quickly dispatched troops to completely stabilize the vast Mongolian territory, it would inevitably endanger China's national reunification and territorial integrity in the future, and I am afraid that no matter how much military spending is 10 times and 100 times more, it will not be able to avoid the tremendous harm brought by Red Tsarist Russia.

So far, the combined forces of Ben, the United States, and Great Britain still firmly occupy Vladivostok and other Far East regions under the pretext of opposing the bloody massacres and plundering of Red Russia, which is firmly pinned down by the European countries to the west, and the eyes of the whole world are again turned to Paris.

Another even more favorable factor was that Lenin, the great leader of the Red Tsarist Russia, once again reaffirmed to the whole world at a grand rally to celebrate the victory of the October Revolution last year: The Red Soviet is a brand-new regime that pursues truth and equality, and not only will it not continue the policies of the Tsarist period, but will take the initiative to lift all the unequal treaties imposed by the decadent Tsarist political axe on other countries and nations, and Lenin specifically stated that the Red Soviets will return all the Chinese territories occupied by the Tsarist period to the Chinese political axe and the Chinese people.

It was precisely on the basis of the supreme interests of the country and the nation that Xiao Yimin overrode public opinion at the urgently convened military and political meeting and decided to meet the needs of Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng.

Seeing that everyone did not raise any more objections, Xiao Yimin turned to He Chengliang, the director of the Quartermaster Logistics Division: "How many light and heavy machine guns do we still have in combat stocks?" ”

He Chengliang, who was distressed, said with a wry smile: "The inventory of the Yichang base is basically allocated to the Hainan troops, General Deng Xihou and the Tenth Army sent troops to southern Shaanxi, and the rest is basically ammunition and food, plus the newly developed M1918 air-cooled heavy machine gun and M1919 air-guided light machine gun have been put into production, and the M1920 submachine gun you named is about to be put into production, and the three major factories have stopped the production of the original two light and heavy machine guns, only the Longquanyi strategic reserve base in the eastern suburbs of Chengdu has some some, But the total number is only 800. ”

Xiao Yimin waved his hand: "How many are there, all of them are transferred to the Pukou Military Station, and all the machine gun ammunition of the Yichang base will also be sent to Pukou, and they will be loaded into trucks and sent to Duan Qirui and General Xu Shuzheng at the fastest speed, at present, nothing can be greater than sending troops to stabilize Mongolia, which involves the fundamental interests of the country and the nation, and everyone must support it unconditionally!" ”

"Yes."

He Chengliang responded, thought about it and sighed unwillingly: "In this way, the inventory will be completely empty." ”

Everyone knew the surname of this great commander of the whole army, and they laughed and didn't say anything more.

Zeng Chaoran, chief of the General Staff, knew that Xiao Yimin's decision was very unreasonable and had a strong emotional color, but it was related to the general interests of the country and the nation, and he still supported it cheerfully, but Zeng Chaoran also took the opportunity to remind Xiao Yimin in his own way: "Commander, there is a factor that needs to be considered more, our army is being adjusted according to the establishment of the national defense force, and nearly one-third of the light and heavy weapons of various departments need to be updated due to wear and tear or excessive use. It is impossible to meet the requirements of the divisions within one year, and I hope that the commander will pay more attention to this. ”

Xiao Yimin rubbed his swollen eyes: "Well, this is a big problem, there are four divisions in Hunan and Guangdong that are being reorganized, requiring us to equip our light and heavy machine guns, and we can't make their money, the two sets of production lines that the Hanyang Factory got from the Ya'an Factory are being assembled and commissioned, and they can't be put into production in three or five months, it's difficult to do!" ”

"Commander, Chief of Staff, I have an idea." He Chengliang's voice attracted everyone's attention.

"Chengliang, you say." Xiao Yimin wished that He Chengliang would help him solve the problem.

He Chengliang stood up solemnly: "Simply, order the 36th and 37th Divisions stationed on the Sichuan-Guizhou border, and the two garrison divisions stationed in Chengdu and Yucheng to be reequipped, and sell all light and heavy machine guns and mortars to the 41st and 42nd Divisions in Hunan."

In addition, the commander could agree to General Chen Jiongming's plan to rebuild the Shijing Arsenal in Guangzhou, and sell them the design drawings and inspection molds of the two light and heavy machine guns that he had been equipped with before, as well as Lu Rongting in Guangxi and Tang Jiyao in Yunnan who also put forward a request, and they could all be sold to them...... Anyway, our three new light and heavy machine guns have already been put into production, and there will be no major battles in the next six months, and we can earn a little bit. ”

Zeng Chaoran was stunned: "Where is the chief's proposal, is it too bold?" ”

"I think it's doable." Yang Du was surprisingly supportive.

Zhang Qun, commander of the air force, and He Guoguang, chief of staff, who had just returned to Nanjing from supervising the construction of the airport in Hainan, also agreed: "There should not be much of a problem, the 36 th and 37 th divisions are located in a strategic depth area, and the two garrison divisions in Chengdu and Yucheng have no combat readiness tasks, and the newly formed garrison division of our air force can also patiently wait for the new equipment to be allocated without having to do it in one step." ”

Xiao Yimin thought about it for a long time, and finally made a decision that stunned everyone:

"Sell! In addition to the latest M1918 air-cooled heavy machine gun, M1919 air-guided light machine gun, M1920 submachine gun these three latest weapons, others can be sold, not only the M1915 rifle and all pistol production equipment and drawings can be sold, the production technology and drawings of the 60 mortar and the 80 mortar can also be sold, not only to Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Henan and Shanxi these new and old arsenals, but also to Zhang Zuolin in the northeast, Yang Zengxin in Xinjiang Province and Ma Jiajun in Ningxia. In any case, the vast majority of our light weapons have been successfully developed, and it is imperative to replace them, so why not exchange the things that are about to become obsolete for more benefits while they are still valuable? Don't worry, you have to be willing to give up, you have to be willing to give up, how can you get without giving up? ”

(To be continued)