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Chapter 8 Breaking the Cocoon and Flapping Wings to Dominate the Industry (9)

An Yi's remarks to Chinese and foreign reporters in southern Sichuan caused an uproar the next day, and as many reporters expected, the entire Chinese political and military circles were shaken, and aroused strong concern from all domestic forces and European and American institutions in China. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

People suddenly discovered that there was a huge contradiction and a huge conflict of interest between An Yi, who had made brilliant achievements in the war and was rich in the world, and the central government in Nanjing and Chairman Chiang, and that there was a huge conflict of interest.

In the reception hall outside the office of the chairman of the Nanchang camp, Yang Yongtai, director of the general office and secretary general of the camp, sat on a wide and comfortable sofa, his face that had always been calm and unfazed, and there was a rare look of severe worry.

Yang Yongtai was very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do, and at ten o'clock in the morning his assistant suddenly rushed into the office and handed him a stack of newspapers that had just been published today.

Yang Yongtai gave the young assistant a blank look at him at first, blaming him for being so flustered, which was really out of grace.

However, when Yang Yongtai saw the front page headline report of the first "Oriental News" above, he stood up suddenly, grabbed the newspaper quickly with both hands, knocked over the horn pen holder on the table, and even didn't care about all kinds of pen barrels spilling on the ground, shock, anger, worry, fear and other complicated expressions appeared alternately on his face that often looked very personable with a smile.

Yang Yongtai quickly finished reading the report and commentary of more than 3,000 words, frantically flipped through several other mainstream newspapers one by one, and slowly sat down in despair, falling into deep thought. His assistant frowned and whispered to the people in the Investigation Bureau of the Central Party Department and the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission, saying that such a big incident had happened at noon yesterday, but until now no report had been received from the above two confidential intelligence departments.

Yang Yongtai waved his hand anxiously and motioned for his assistant to step back, he knew very well why this was happening.

For two years, the Chen brothers' cousin, Xu Enzeng, was in charge of the Party Investigation Bureau, which was unable to gain a foothold in southern Sichuan, and half of the dozen or so staff members sent were sentenced by the southern Sichuan government on various charges, and the rest were either expelled or isolated.

In the face of the domineering An Yi and the good relationship between An Yi and the Chen brothers, Xu En had no choice but to give up his infiltration of southern Sichuan and turn all his energy to the whole of China, which was on fire everywhere, and to the key areas of Shanghai, Beiping, Guangzhou, and Tianjin, which were related to the security of the party and the state.

Moreover, Yang Yongtai also heard that on An Yi's territory, no institution or individual can own a radio station, otherwise the sentence will be severe, and he will need to send a telegram to make long-distance calls, and he can only go to the postal company under the jurisdiction of the Civil Affairs Bureau of the government to queue up.

As for Dai Li's Military Command Bureau, not to mention, it is simply wearing the same pants as An Yi's Fourth Department of the Staff Headquarters, and there is no need to set up a secret stronghold on An Yi's territory.

The heavy door of the chairman's office was still closed, and at this time Chairman Jiang was still holding secret meetings with Huang Yin, who had rushed back from Beiping, Ge Jingen, who had been transferred back from the position of acting president of the Central Aviation School to replace An Yi, Chen Guofu and Xu Enzeng, important party members who had arrived from Nanjing, and He Yaozu, director of the Second Department of the General Staff Headquarters.

Although Yang Yongtai was anxious, he could only wait patiently, and could only repeatedly analyze An Yi's intentions and purposes through every sentence of An Yi in the report, so that he could better report to Chiang Kai-shek and find out a defense in favor of himself. What worries Yang Yongtai is that he can't predict whether Chiang Kai-shek will break the cup again and be angry after learning these bad news, from following Chiang Kai-shek to the present, Yang Yongtai has only seen Chiang Kai-shek drop the cup three times, two of which are related to An Yi, and it is estimated that this time he will add another record.

The sound of hurried footsteps at the door came, and Yang Yongtai, who was in a state of confusion, looked up and found that Yu Dawei, a short and loyal lieutenant general of the Ordnance Industry Administration, had walked in accompanied by an attendant.

Yang Yongtai calmed down, stood up politely, smiled and signaled the attendant officer not to bother, personally walked to the low cabinet to make a cup of tea, and brought it to Yu Dawei kindly: "Seeing that Brother Yu is in a hurry, is there any urgent military affairs to report to the commission?" ”

Yu Dawei took the teacup, and he was not polite, put it down and pointed to the newspaper on the coffee table, and shook his head again and again: "Make such a thing...... Alas! Mr. Changqing, how urgent is the situation facing the younger brother? If we do not immediately solve the problem, in half a month, hundreds of thousands of officers and men of the whole army on the various battlefields of suppressing bandits will probably have to carry big swords to fight. ”

Yang Yongtai was taken aback, and immediately realized something: "Brother Yu, what is going on?" Could it be that something is wrong with a few of our arsenals? ”

Yu Dawei said with a wry smile: "Sir, I'm afraid I don't know, since September last year, the Xiangxi Arsenal developed and produced three kinds of high-quality gunpowder, gradually replacing the Hanyang Factory, Jinling Factory, Gongyi inferior gunpowder production, as of the beginning of February this year, the four factories under the Ordnance Industry Administration have stopped the production of gunpowder, the required raw materials including various types of copper plate and lead bars, are transferred from the Xiangxi Arsenal and its subordinate branches, more than half a year, the Xiangxi Factory is still very face-saving, every month in accordance with the unified procurement plan of our Ordnance Industry Administration, to supply relevant raw materials to the factories, There has never been a delay, that is, when the war against Japan in North China was the most fierce and the munitions were most urgent, the Xiangxi plant was able to ensure supply by increasing production.

However, an hour and a half ago, the Xiangxi factory suddenly sent an urgent telegram, saying that it was because the accumulated amount of arrears owed by the military factories to Xiangxi had reached more than 9 million yuan, and they could not make ends meet, and their capital turnover was difficult, and they could no longer guarantee the supply of raw materials. What is even more infuriating is that Brother Lu of the Hanyang Factory also sent a telegram, saying that the 1,500-ton cargo ship that sailed from Xiangxi late yesterday night suddenly left the Hanyang wharf in the early hours of this morning, and that the 800-plus tons of gunpowder, copper, and mortar pipes on board were not unloaded, and they quietly left without saying hello. The younger brother thought about it and felt that something was wrong, and he was just about to go out and rush here to report to the commission, when he saw the newspaper published today, alas...... Otherwise, let the decision of the commission be followed. ”

Yang Yongtai's head was suddenly as big as a fight, and in a hurry, he couldn't take care of Sven: "Brother Yu, wait, doesn't the Jiangnan Arsenal in old Nanchang have the most advanced technology and equipment?" I remember that they were the first to make several high-efficiency gunpowders, and all the technicians, including the factory director, were rewarded by the Military Commission for this! Why do you suddenly say no? ”

"Well, Sir still hasn't figured out the situation! General An was reluctant to sell the Jiangnan factory to the Ordnance Industry Administration, and several of the important technical materials were more valuable than the factory itself, but the central government and the Ministry of Finance repeatedly lowered the price and dragged it out, and as a result, the transfer price of a good large-scale arsenal was very low, and the people had no choice but to withdraw the gunpowder production workshop and equipment to Xiangxi. At that time, due to the rapid expansion of the old Nanchang urban area, the population had exceeded 1.8 million, and everyone from top to bottom thought that the gunpowder branch on the edge of the Ganjiang River in the southwest corner would be very dangerous if it was not relocated, and in addition, large mines had been discovered in Xiangxi and Guizhou, and it became a natural thing to move the gunpowder factory to Xiangxi for production.

"However, General An is still to give face, in addition to transferring his own training of technical backbones, but also left more than 100 experts from various departments to help for half a year, and after our people slowly got familiar with it, they all withdrew to the Xiangxi factory, until now, we have not been urged to settle the payment. In the past six months, due to financial shortages, it has become a problem for several of our factories to pay wages, and almost all raw materials are owed on credit to the Xiangxi plant and several smelters of the Jiangnan Group, with a total amount of more than 14 million yuan, and the majority of them are in the Xiangxi plant.

"At present, the Xiangxi factory has stopped supplying urgently needed raw materials to our factories on the grounds that funds are tight and unable to make ends meet, and the inventory of each factory is only enough for half a month's consumption at most, and if this problem is not solved as soon as possible, the production of most weapons and ammunition in each factory will have to be stopped."

Yu Dawei patiently explained in detail, and he felt that it would be more beneficial to tell the chairman of the committee that it would be better to let Yang Yongtai pay attention to it.

Yang Yongtai was stunned for a moment: "So...... Didn't each factory produce its own gunpowder? Wouldn't restarting production avoid being controlled by others? ”

Yu Dawei shook his head again and again, a pair of single eyelids in a hurry, constantly opening and closing, he really didn't know how to explain to this talented and scheming chairman of the chief military advisor, this military advisor from the three emperors and five emperors to Socrates, Nietzsche, Rousseau is familiar with the chest, and has also dabbled in economics and law, but the knowledge of science and engineering is extremely lacking, and he told him that ballistics, the influence of gunpowder quality on weapons, and the advantages and disadvantages of manufacturing process equipment are simply like playing the piano to a cow.

"What's wrong? Isn't that possible? ”

Yang Yongtai saw Yu Dawei's painful look and asked again.

Yu Dawei slowly turned to Yang Yongtai and said with a wry smile: "It's not that no, the original factory is still there, although the factory building is a little dilapidated, and some still need to be repaired and renovated...... However, the machinery and equipment has been abandoned for many days, and if it is re-repaired and put into production, it is necessary to come up with a large amount of money first, not only to carry out technical transformation of the original old and backward equipment, but also to supplement a series of new equipment, and to reorganize the procurement of raw materials. ”

Yang Yongtai was completely speechless, a breath of resentment in his chest and abdomen swelled rapidly, almost rushing to his throat, and when it reached his brain, he stood up suddenly, then took a deep breath, stood stunned for a moment, and sat down slowly, gritting his teeth and spitting out three words: "Vicious, ......"

Yu Dawei glanced at Yang Yongtai, whose eyes were red, and looked directly at the white wall opposite, took a big sip of the teacup, looked at the closed door of the chairman's office, lowered his head and tasted the tea, and stopped talking.

"It's a mess! It's all messed up! The idiots of the customs and tax police regiment, what are they doing to seize the cargo ships of the Jiangnan Group? Eating up? It's okay now, I don't want to care about it, the Ministry of Military Affairs can't complete the tasks assigned by the commission. ”

Wang Wenxuan, director of the Military Affairs Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, walked in angrily, threw the folder in his hand on the coffee table with a "snap", sat opposite Yu Dawei and Yang Yongtai, who was adjusting his mood, took out a cigarette and lit it, took a few puffs fiercely, and spit out a large puff of smoke.

Yu Dawei waved his hand, fanned away the thick smoke that came from the puff of air, frowned, and asked with concern: "Brother Wang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Wang Wenxuan's stomach was full of anger and he needed to vent it, and when he heard the words, he immediately poured out the situation like spitting out beans:

"Yesterday, the Ministry of Military Affairs just issued an order to Zhang Hongluan of the 44 th Army in Xiangxi, asking him to dispatch the 11 th Air Brigade under his command to Nanchang Airport within three days, under the joint command of the Headquarters of our Aviation Administration and the Suppression of Bandits Command, and to return it after the extermination of the communist army. It has also been decided to transfer all the aircraft of the 11th Air Brigade, and those who are interested are kindly requested to contact us by letter...... Two, what's going on? Are you all ......?"

Yu Dawei was stunned and sighed, this Harvard University doctoral student who only returned from Germany last year to inspect military production and advanced science and technology for two and a half years, and An Yi met when he went to Germany for inspection, and they both have the same ideas and hobbies, have always trusted each other, and have a very good relationship with each other.

Moreover, Yu Dawei and the first four batches of more than 380 people sent by An Yi to Germany to study military technology are very familiar with each other, and two of them have become Yu Dawei's right-hand men under An Yi's generous promise...... But now, An Yi, who was forced to be urgent, seems to no longer give face to anyone.

Yang Yongtai was more shocked and worried than Yu Dawei. The negative effects that he feared most and what he least wanted to see finally shattered his usual self-confidence that everything was under control, and presented it to the world one by one.