Wang Zhanyuan led the army eastward into northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu, which was very bad news for the Feng army, especially the second army of the Feng army, from a strategic point of view, but this did not affect the offensive of the second army in Shanghai.

After all, Wang Zhanyuan's Seventh Division will go to Shanghai, and it will take more than half a month to say the least, and in this short period of time, all the Feng army needs to face is the Liangjiang Fourth Division and the Ninth Division of the Anhui Army.

When the Second Army launched a large-scale offensive against Shanghai, the Fourth Division of Liangjiang could not resist it at all, and the Ninth Division, which Duan Qirui had drawn from Suzhou to reinforce him, could still reach Shanghai, and the Fourth Division of Liangjiang had already been defeated from Shanghai.

"Three days, they didn't hold it for three days, what are they doing to eat, more than 10,000 people, even if they stand still and let the opposite Feng army cut down, they have to kill for a day!" Duan Qirui was quite dissatisfied with the retreat of the Fourth Division of Liangjiang, but what could he do if he was dissatisfied.

Speaking of which, the Liangjiang Fourth Division managed to defend Wusong Fort and Shanghai for a total of five days in the face of the absolute superiority of the Second Army of the Feng Army, which was already a good result for a unit of the Liangjiang Army with low combat effectiveness.

In addition, there is another funny thing, that is, although the Second Army of the Feng Army and the Fourth Division of the Liangjiang Army of the Anhui Army fought for five days, the total number of casualties on both sides did not exceed 1,000.

The main reason is that every time the Feng army launched an attack, before it began to fight, the fourth division of the Anhui army on the opposite side of Liangjiang retreated, which was completely different from the situation on the front line of Dangtu and Jinling.

Therefore, after the withdrawal of the 4th Division of Liangjiang from Shanghai, they can proudly declare that their main force has not been damaged.

However, after the withdrawal of the 4th Division of Liangjiang from Shanghai and the occupation of Shanghai (Huajie) by the Feng army, the impact was extremely great, not to mention the economic and political influence of the city, it is said that the loss of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the port in Shanghai made it extremely difficult for the Anhui army to obtain ammunition supplies in the future.

The capture of Shanghai also became the first city with great influence since the Feng army launched the battle of crossing the river.

After learning that the front-line troops had captured Shanghai, Zhao Dongyun's face, which had been gloomy for many days, finally became better, and at the meeting held that afternoon, he also made a few jokes with Zhao E and several other subordinates.

After the capture of Shanghai, the Feng Army's Second Army continued to advance westward, aiming at Suzhou, Jiaxing and other cities, and further expanding the strategic depth of the Second Army in the Shanghai area, so as to resist the Liangjiang Ninth Division that was moving south from Suzhou and Wang Zhanyuan's Seventh Division, which had not yet arrived.

When the Second Army of the Feng Army completely took Shanghai, the supply problem of the Second Army of the Feng Army, which had been troubled for many days, was also solved, and the Soviet Quartermaster Department and the Navy jointly organized a large number of supply transportation to stop in Shanghai directly, so that a large number of supplies, especially the extremely important ammunition, arrived in the hands of the Second Army of the Feng Army.

Taking advantage of the convenience of supply by sea, in fact, the Second Army of the Feng Army obtained the most favorable supply conditions among the many Feng army units in the Jiangnan area.

At the same time, the capture of Shanghai also means that the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, which is currently the second largest arsenal in China, was in a very hurry when the Liangjiang Fourth Division withdrew from Shanghai, and there was no time at all, or there was no intention to destroy this extremely important arsenal, so that the Feng army accepted the arsenal completely.

The direct control of the arsenal by the Fengjun means that the Fengjun has the first state-controlled arsenal with complete ordnance production capacity, which further reduces the direct influence of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory on the Fengjun.

As soon as Feng Jun accepted the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, the Soviet-affiliated state-controlled bank 'Huatong Industrial Bank' announced that it would wholly control the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, becoming the second arsenal controlled by the bank.

At present, among the arsenals controlled by the Soviet state, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of the Middle East controls the Shenyang Arsenal, and the Huatong Industrial Bank controls the Baoding Arsenal.

As for the Fuyuan Machinery Factory, this large arsenal, whose total output exceeds the sum of the above three arsenals, has nothing to do with state-controlled holdings, and is a very simple private enterprise.

Zhao Dongyun vigorously developed and supported the state-controlled arsenal, in addition to supplying military needs, but also to reduce the influence of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory on the Feng army.

This kind of influence is not to say that the Fuyuan Machinery Qì Factory will exert influence on the Feng army in turn, but that the Feng army needs to avoid a situation where there is only one arms supplier in the country.

The national defense industry, like other industries, also needs to compete, in the past, the military orders of the Fengjun were directly handed over to the Fuyuan Machinery Factory, but now there is a bidding and procurement model.

Although at present, the importance of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory to the Fengjun cannot be shaken, but in time, with the growth of a series of arsenals such as Baoding, Shenyang and Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, it is bound to compete with the Fuyuan Machinery Factory for orders.

In order to keep the order, Fuyuan Machinery Factory will spend efforts to improve technology to develop new products and reduce production costs, which is of great importance for the subsequent development of domestic national defense.

Since the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau was not greatly damaged, and even when the Feng army entered Shanghai, this arsenal was still in normal production, so it could continue to produce without too many changes to supply all kinds of ammunition to the Feng army.

Of course, in order to further improve the technical ability and management ability of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Huatong Industrial Bank, the owner, will definitely carry out a major change in the management of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and at the same time send technical personnel to the factory.

"At present, the situation of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is still relatively good, with the ability to produce 50 Type 88 rifles per day, 30,000 rounds of 79 bullets per day, and 20,000 rounds of 65 bullets per day, and at the same time, it can also be able to mass-produce 57 mm and 75 mm shells on a large scale. It has the technology to produce 75 mm tube retreat field guns and mountain guns, but the scale is too small, and the monthly output is only a few for the time being.

The bureau also has the ability to imitate the production of 60 mm and 80 mm mortars, Madsen light machine guns, and MG01 heavy machine guns, but the production is relatively small and has not yet formed mass production!

It is worth noting that in addition to producing various weapons and ammunition for the army, the bureau also has the ability to produce large-caliber naval guns and warships. ”

Zhao Dongping, the chief of the ordnance department in charge of ordnance procurement, reported to Zhao Dongyun: "Although the bureau mainly produces rifles and ammunition at present, its technical capabilities in all aspects are not weak. ”

Zhao Dongping is right, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, like Fuyuan Machinery Factory, is a relatively comprehensive large-scale arsenal, which can produce rifles, shells, bullets, and can also build army artillery, naval guns and even thousand-ton gunboats, covering a wider range than Fuyuan.

"According to the plan of Huatong Industrial Bank, after they have carried out the management rectification of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, they plan to divide the bureau into two, separate the army business and the shipbuilding business, and set up Jiangnan Arsenal and Jiangnan Shipyard respectively!"

Zhao Dongyun also put down the plan sent by Huatong Industrial Bank at this time, and Zhao Dongyun also supported Huatong Industrial Bank's idea of splitting the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.

At present, the scale of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is too large, there are too many businesses involved, and the technology and funds are too scattered, and the two businesses of shipbuilding and gun manufacturing are not suitable for being carried out together.

"I think it's okay, but we should also pay attention to proportionality when splitting, and not affect the existing production capacity, as for the funds for expanding production and maintaining operations, I will let Huatong Industrial Bank appropriately give a certain amount of capital increase. Later, your ordnance department also added the factory when bidding! ”

Although it is said that Shenyang, Baoding, and Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureaus are all state-owned assets, the operation of these enterprises is still mainly based on purely commercial operations, and this military order also needs to be tendered to carry out.

The addition of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau increased the number of professional arsenals under the control of the Soviet Union to four, which will undoubtedly greatly strengthen the proportion of self-sufficiency in weapons and ammunition for the subsequent Feng army.

Just when Huatong Industrial Bank was planning to rectify the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and split its operations, the offensive of the Feng army did not stop, and the Jinling side was still in a stalemate, and the main breakthrough point was the second army of the Feng army.

After the 10th Division advanced westward, it once again defeated the 9th Division of Liangjiang with an unstoppable situation, and then captured Suzhou, and the 15th Division also defeated the 4th Division of Liangjiang again in Jiaxing, and occupied Jiaxing along the way, the 4th Division of Liangjiang was the same as when it was in Shanghai, and it turned around and fled without two shots, so that Duan Qirui scolded angrily, and even Wang Zhanyuan, who was still on the road, was very dissatisfied, and he also counted on the Anhui army in the surrounding area of Shanghai to be able to slightly block the second army of the Feng army for a few days.

However, seeing that after the Feng army took Jiaxing, Wang Zhanyuan, who had already marched into Hangzhou along the way, paused, began to rest, and more importantly, to make money, to recruit troops on the spot, in order to continue to increase his strength, he did not want to run to Jiaxing recklessly, and had a decisive battle with the Feng army in a tired state.

Wang Zhanyuan's prudence has to be said to be reasonable, since the Second Army of the Feng Army landed in Shanghai, after successive captures of Suzhou, Jiaxing has established a series of complete strategic depths, and it is not so easy to fight.

What's more, Wang Zhanyuan himself is only more than 20,000 people, and he is not confident that he can win alone in the second army of the Shangfeng army, and he also expects Duan Qirui to gather more Anhui troops to fight with him.

It's just that the appearance of the Anhui army is much worse than he expected, and the fiasco of the 4th Division of Liangjiang and the 9th Division of Liangjiang has left the Anhui army with no large-scale troops to use in this area.

Duan Qirui had the intention of transferring the 10th Division of Liangjiang in the direction of Zhenjiang to move eastward, but the situation in Jinling was not good, so after thinking about it for a long time, he still did not send the 10th Division to Shanghai, but continued to let the 10th Division march towards Jinling, in order to attack the 1st Mixed Brigade of the Feng Army from behind to relieve the siege of Jinling.