Chapter 9 "The Great Victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army"

Victor finally saw Fang Dashuai, it was already dark, and Fang Jianxiong went out for a day before coming back.

Seeing the boss, Victor was still as enthusiastic as ever, and Fang Dashuai was still as faceless as ever. Victor, who had worked hard to walk, was reprimanded when he met.

"Didn't you promise again and again that you would not cut off arms shipments because of the blockade of the Yangtze River waterway? Counting on you, I would have made the Beiyang Army unable to take care of itself a long time ago. This was not at all polite, and Victor bowed his head in shame. After striking at this complacent arrogance, Fang Jianxiong changed his mind.

"What are you sending this time?" In fact, Fang Jianxiong knew, and he just asked knowingly. I heard that this guy has been very moisturized in Shanghai recently, and it is necessary to let him sober up, so as not to forget how the glory and wealth came about.

Victor is indeed uneasy, but not because he secretly made a fortune, but because Fang Dashuai's recent market is bullish, and Victor is worried that he will lose the trust of his boss in the future and the benefits brought by this business will be damaged. In the face of huge interests, Victor will never be stingy with his grandson.

"Boss, I must review to you, it is my dereliction of duty to fail to play a role in your most difficult period." The attitude of admitting mistakes is very correct, and Fang Dashuai has no intention of cleaning up to death. His face gradually improved, and after snorting.

Only then did Victor dare to continue to report to work. In other words, if the handsome man wants to change a spokesperson, Germany's major foreign banks may be able to step on the threshold. If it weren't for the fact that Lihe and the foreign company were too bullish and had a strong background, the German counterparts would have come to dig the corners of the wall a long time ago, and the hoe was wielded to be diligent.

"According to your request, a total of equipment for two 75 artillery brigades, 96 mountain guns and corresponding spare barrels arrived from Germany this time. All of them are the new Rhine 07 75 mountain guns designed by your German brother Bierre. Taking into account the possible losses that may be caused to you during the blockade of the Yangtze River by the British, as well as the lump sum payment you make directly from Germany, the headquarters of the foreign bank has decided to give you a discount of 8.5. and a special rate of two spare barrels per gun. In addition, there is a batch of equipment and raw materials worth about 3 million yuan, and the consumption is huge. For this reason, I must regret to inform you that as the market for sulfonamides gradually becomes saturated, your annual sales profit in the European and American markets has declined, and the annual profit has been used for this purchase, which is still a little bit short. However, your brothers have already paid the difference on their behalf. Cautiously looked at the big boss's expression. Victor didn't dare to be careless. He was telling the truth. In recent years, countries have introduced patents for the production of sulfonamides, and it is no longer so easy to make money.

Seeing the uncertain face of the boss, Victor hurriedly reported: "But there is good news recently, Dr. Hansen has developed sulfathiazole after a long period of research, according to his requirements. You will automatically receive half of the proceeds of this patent. ”

Well, that's not too bad news. Fang Jianxiong finally turned cloudy and clear, and said with a smile: "Not bad." Hansen's research spirit is commendable. ”

The reason for the introduction of a large number of this new 75 guns was the result of several battles and the summary of the Wehrmacht. All artillery. The Rheinland 07 Type 75 Mountain Gun (Bofors) is the most popular. This gun is easy to disassemble, can be divided into eight parts and carried by horses and camels, and even the car is saved. In contrast, large-caliber German-made artillery had little room to play in battle. Or rather, in the state of the roads in China. There's very little room to play. As a result, Fang Jianxiong began to turn around in the construction of heavy artillery units. Heavy artillery of the same period, it seems that Japanese-made large-caliber artillery is more suitable for the current situation of China's roads. What's worse is that Fang Jianxiong was a German weapon fan in his previous life, and he was not familiar with small Japanese artillery, so he fiddled with a model of a 92 infantry gun, and he never cared about Japanese-made artillery again.

In the end, the result was that it could only be equipped with a small number of large-caliber artillery, at least in the early stages, and it was not planned to expand the heavy artillery unit. In order to meet Fang Jianxiong's needs, Lihe & Foreign Bank even sent the goods of the 12 Qingdao garrisons that arrived at the same time to Wuchang directly. It can be seen that large customers have advantages.

In the words of the headquarters of Lihe Foreign Bank, without Fang Jianxiong as a customer, Victor does not have to come back to work.

Unfortunately, the Germans did not know that Fang Jianxiong had already started close cooperation with the Americans. Once the cooperation is smooth, it is estimated that after three years there will be no arms imports from Germany. This is not to say that Fang Jianxiong has given up on cooperation with Germany, but has changed a model. For example, the Hanyang Gun Factory, isn't this a project left for the Germans to work on? There are also tungsten mines in Jiangxi, the railway from Jiujiang to Nanchang to Wuhan, and the railway from Nanjing to Wuhu, all of which were kept by the Germans. There is also Han Yeping, if this company can't get it, Fang Jianxiong is ready to make a trick, so that Sheng Xuanhuai can't go on, and he will close the door directly. Work with the Germans to choose a better location for the construction of a new steel plant. Three years should be enough, and when World War I breaks out, I'm not afraid that I won't be able to swallow the steel immortal.

On February 10, a new round of busyness began, the three provinces and autonomous region government affairs committee was officially established, headquartered in Wuchang, considering that it would not affect the work of the government, Fang Jianxiong gave up the headquarters and moved to the newly built military camp outside the city.

On the day of its establishment, the Autonomous Committee issued five decrees, the first of which was the system of making the financial budgets of each province public. Second, the system of openness of government expenditures in various provinces. Third, 50% of the existing fiscal revenues of the provinces are compulsorily used for education. Fourth, the provinces enforce the 357 rent reduction and interest reduction, and those who are outstanding will be given priority to their family children to study abroad, and they will have extra points for applying for Wuhan University. Those who oppose the policy will be fined according to the severity of the offense, and the heavier will be imprisoned. Fifth, encourage industry and commerce, reward industry, among which there are many detailed rules, the most interesting is to link rent and interest reduction with investment in industry and commerce, where the gentry who are excellent in the performance of the gentry, their investment in industry and commerce should be treated the same as foreign capital.

Originally, it was wanted to add a system of disclosure of civil servants' assets, but after Sun Baoqi and other aides strongly persuaded it, it was temporarily abandoned. Leave it for later, otherwise if it is implemented now, the officials of the three provinces are afraid that they will have to go on strike en masse. Fang Jianxiong originally wanted to enforce it, but after thinking about it carefully, there is a provisional government and Beiyang outside, and the Qing family has not abdicated yet, so don't make a mess of yourself first.

The announcement of the new system was published in Wuhan's Dahan Daily, and as the center of power moved westward to Wuhan, some of the main core departments of Anqing, the original center, also began to move westward. A sphere of influence with Wuhan as the core and radiating the surrounding two provinces was formed.

The news of the new system has won praise from all walks of life in the three provinces, and foreign media in Shanghai have also reported the news of these new policies.

Needless to say, on the same day, the Provisional Government declared that the Northern Expeditionary Army had won a heavy victory in Suqian. Severely damaged Zhang Xun's department and successfully crossed the canal. At the same time, the Third Division of the Right Route Army had approached Tongshan County, and the two armies were in a flank attack, and Xuzhou was just around the corner.

The fact is that the Right Route Army marched north with a total strength of about 30,000 troops each of the divisions of Suzhou, Ning, Zhen, Yang, and Shanghai, and encountered more than 10,000 Zhang Xun in Suqian. After a day of fighting, the Northern Expeditionary Army failed to defeat the enemy in front of them, and when the army followed, Zhang Xun's soldiers ran back to Xuzhou overnight. directly gave up Suxian, and after some investigation, it turned out that Leng Shu led his troops to approach Tongshan County and defeated a Beiyang battalion in Caocun Town.

Zhang Xun wanted to take revenge on Leng Shu's Third Division, but Leng Shu withdrew quickly, and one guy retreated back to Anhui. This time Zhang Xun is out of line, he is not small, but he is not brave enough to cross the border of Anhui. Yuan Shikai ordered three times and five times not to provoke Fang Jianxiong, but it was a trivial matter, the key was that Zhang Xun had suffered Fang Jianxiong's loss. The 8,000 Jiangfang Battalion, all of which were veterans, almost gave Fang Jianxiong all the end in Nanjing. If he hadn't run fast, Zhang Xun would have had to get in. The little blood that was left at the beginning finally pulled up more than 10,000 guns, and it was claimed to be 20,000 to the outside world. Now let Zhang Xun provoke Fang Jianxiong, a evil god, it must be a matter of having a bad brain to get out. Anyway, Fang Jianxiong fought the soldiers of the fifth town in Caocun Town, and Zhang Xun did not lose anything.

Zhang Xun, who had nothing to lose, felt furious when he saw that Leng Shu had touched the vicinity of Tongshan County. Don't touch Xuzhou directly one day, it will be miserable. It's okay, if I can't beat it, I'll leave, and it's not that I haven't run. Hurriedly ordered to go down, Suqian escaped the canal after leaving the county seat, and the pontoon bridge was burned before leaving. The Northern Expeditionary Army looked at the river and sighed and asked Leng Shu to report on the battle situation.

Leng Shu's heart was very entangled, and a battalion of the Beiyang Army asked two battalions of the National Defense Force to touch it at night. What kind of battle is this? At three o'clock in the morning, two battalions quietly touched Caocun Town, and the open and dark posts were all killed, and the Wehrmacht entered the village without firing a single shot. Fifty or sixty submachine guns opened the way, grenades rained like rain, and then the third division, the opportunity to release the guns was not fished, and the people finished the work. How do you say this battle report is written? I can't be shameless!

All in all, the news of the great victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army reached Nanjing and Shanghai. Wu Tingfang, foreign minister of the provisional government, was ordered to set off and happily went to the US consulate.

Why are you going? Once again, the US government was asked to recognize the Provisional Government of Nanjing. First of all, the great victory of the Northern Expedition was reported, and then it was asked for recognition.

That means, we won the Northern Expedition, it's time to admit it, right?

As a result, the Americans did not give face and refused to recognize the Provisional Government to their faces. The reason of the Americans is simple, the provisional government cannot represent the whole of China. Privately, the U.S. government has always believed that a complete and stable Chinese market is in the national interest of the United States. Not to mention, now that the Americans have begun to cooperate with Fang Jianxiong and hope to support him in holding power in this country, how can they buy the account of the provisional government? Even civil servants can't pay their salaries, and the government that has to rely on Fang Jianxiong to borrow money, and a government that is still worried about war, can bring bird benefits to Americans? Nanjing may be crushed by the army of Wuhu in every minute, and dare to go on a northern expedition? Is your brain broken?

Anyway, the American consul was very resolute, and Wu Tingfang once again returned in vain. (Site. Your support is my biggest motivation. )