"The speed is good, but the workmanship seems to be a little rougher." Looking at a 60 mortar that had just been built, Yan Guang said to Yang Kai.

Yang Kai grimaced on the side. "Governor, it's not that you don't know the equipment we have here, some of them make guns, some of them make bullets, and some of them make gunpowder, but they don't make cannons. With those devices, it's good to be able to do this to this extent. ”

Yan Guang also understood his difficulty, so he just patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, I also know your difficulties, so in the future, the workmanship can be more fine."

"Thank you for your understanding..."Hearing that Yan Guang was so reasonable, Yang Kai hurriedly nodded and said gratefully.

Ignoring Yang Kai, Yan Guang continued to study the mortar in front of him, and after a while, he said to Wang Yaowu, who was idle next to him and was dragged over by him. "Yaowu, what do you think?"

"Me?" Wang Yaowu thought for a moment. "If this mortar could have a longer range, maybe it would be better..."

Yan Guang was stunned when he heard this, but he still nodded. Compared with the range of mountain artillery and field artillery, the 60 mortars with a range of only 1 km are indeed too close, and the 120 mortars with a larger caliber have a range of only 2 km. However, as an infantry support weapon, this range is sufficient.

At this time, 3 days have passed since the final test firing of the mortar, and when the first officially mass-produced 60 mortar rolled off the assembly line, Governor Yang Kai sent someone to the Governor's Mansion to inform Yan Guang of the good news. It happened that Yan Guang was also idle in the Governor's Mansion, so he asked Wang Yaowu, who was also very idle, to accompany him to the arsenal.

"Du Du, now these mortars don't have names yet, I don't know if I can ask Du Du to give them..."Yang Kai felt that Yan Guang's mood seemed to be quite good, so he said with a smile on the side. Although today's arsenal can't blatantly make oil and water like in the past, at least the supervisor's salary is still very generous, so Yang Kai is obsessed with things that can keep his position.

Hearing Yang Kai mention this, Yan Guangzhi was also a little interested.

Looking at the 60 mortars in front of him, and thinking about the 80 and 120 mortars that are now being produced and will be off the assembly line in two days, Yan Guang racked his brains to think about the names.

Originally, the Sichuan Type 11 60mm mortar was a good name, but Yan Guang's target was the whole of China, not just Sichuan...

"Let's call it the 1911 60mm mortar..."Well, although the name is quite vulgar, but at least it can still be used after you unify China.

"The 80mm and 120mm ones are also called 1911 Type 80 and 1911 Type 120?" Wang Yaowu on the side heard Yan Guang's name, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Hearing the smile in Wang Yaowu's tone, Yan Guang glanced at him. "What, do you have any comments?"

"Where and where, how dare I have an opinion about you, boss?!" Wang Yaowu said with a smile.

Glancing back at the muscles on Wang Yaowu's arm, he glanced at the flesh on his body, considering that he would definitely not be an opponent if he was alone, Yan Guang decided to swallow his anger for the time being and wait for revenge in the future.

The entourage who came with them knew the relationship between the two people, so they just laughed "hehe" on the side.

At this moment, a guard from the Governor's Mansion suddenly ran in from outside. "Governor, Minister Pu sent a telegram back..."

"Oh? What's wrong? ”

The guard shook his head. "I don't know, but Minister Song hopes you can go back immediately."

Nodding, Yan Guang turned to Yang Kai on the side. "The production of fast guns has stopped, right?"

"It's stopped." Yang Kai hurriedly replied.

"That's good, now it's mainly about getting to the production of bullets, artillery shells, grenades and mortar shells, understand?" Since the 60000 1888 commission has already been ordered from the Germans, then naturally there is no need for a fast gun of the inferior class.

"Understood, understood."

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After returning to the Governor's Mansion with Wang Yaowu in a carriage, he found that Song Dinghan had been waiting in the office for a while.

"What's wrong?" Yan Guang was a little curious.

"Something is indeed wrong." Saying that, Song Dinghan took out a telegram. "Bo Ying just sent back a telegram, saying that he is almost unable to hold off in Nanjing, let's see if we can decide which one to support?!"

"Can't hold it off?" Yan Guang was a little surprised.

"Looking at the telegram sent back by Bo Ying, it seems that it is really about to be delayed." Song Dinghan nodded.

Now there are three popular positions for the interim president, one is Li Yuanhong in Wuchang, one is Huang Xing in Nanjing, and the other is Yuan Shikai in Yanjing.

Originally, there were only two hot spots in the debate, one was Li Yuanhong, and the other was Huang Xing, but both of them had the support of other provinces behind them, so they had always been at a standstill, at this time, after learning that Yuan Shikai was also in favor of the republic, the provincial representatives decided to postpone the election of the interim president.

It's just that although the election has been suspended, it does not mean that "canvassing" has also been suspended. And if enough support can be obtained during the suspension period, then after the "suspension ends", there will be no problem with the election or something.

At this time, a neutral province like Sichuan was naturally remembered.

So both Li Yuanhong's people and Huang Xing's people ran to Pu Dianjun's residence, hoping that he could vote for himself during the election. However, after learning of this situation, Yan Guang's order was to let him drag it down as much as possible, because Yan Guang remembered that it would not be long before Sun Yat-sen would return to China.

Compared with Li Yuanhong and Huang Xing, Sun Yat-sen is not only very famous in China, but also has no conflict with any faction, in this case Sun Yat-sen is naturally the best candidate.

However, now it seems that the pressure on Pu Dianjun's side has become so great that he is about to be unable to hold it out.

"Which do you think we should support?"

"Li Yuanhong." Song Dinghan thought for a while. "Li Yuanhong's Hubei is the closest to us, and Wuhan is also a key point in the Yangtze River basin, so it will be very helpful for us to handle relations with him." There is another thing that Song Dinghan did not say, that is, the Shu military political axe that has become history.

You must know that the Shu military and political axe is the Alliance, and Zhang Peijue is the leader of the Alliance in Sichuan. Yan Guang forcibly demolished the political axe of the Shu army, who knows if the people of the alliance will hold grudges?

"Li Yuanhong?" This is a good choice, but considering Sun Yat-sen, who is about to return to China. "Let's choose Huang Xing..."

"Huang Xing?"

"Isn't Sun Yat-sen about to return to China? The current dispute is just that there is no one who is satisfactory to all parties, and when Sun Yat-sen returns, this problem will naturally be solved..."

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