In addition, the Japanese side of the Russo-Japanese War more successful in copying this German artillery, and the Japanese himself is in a period of great economic difficulties, I heard that the Feng army asked the Germans to buy the gun, but also door-to-door sales of artillery, and the price is much cheaper, although I know that the quality of this version of the Japanese version of this artillery is not as good as the original German goods, but it can't stand the cheapness of others, so it is from the Japanese to purchase twelve guns.

And from the Feng army's ordnance purchase in 1907, it can be seen that the Japanese have replaced Germany as the main artillery importer of the Feng army, for two reasons, the first day's artillery is basically imitated from Germany, the caliber is the same, so that the Feng army can buy it and use it directly, and second, that is, the Japanese imitation is much cheaper than the German origin.

In this year's Japan, especially the Japanese army, it was plagued by the shortage of military spending, and it was eager to sell everything to raise military spending, and the large-scale dumping of second-hand arms in the early stage was based on this consideration, and even he came to Zhao Dongyun to sell a 38-year-old rifle, but although Zhao Dongyun knew that this rifle was good, the price was not cheap and the caliber was different from that of the Fengjun, so he didn't ask for it.

Although the Feng army is currently equipped with a large number of Japanese' 30-year-old rifles, the pressure on the Fengjun rifles is not so great, and after the production of the Fuchang side is freed up, sooner or later these rifles will have to be replaced.

And artillery is different, basically as long as it is a large-caliber field gun, and the price is cheap enough, then Zhao Dongyun will not mind buying a large number of them in Japan.

As for saying that the day is not for sale? This rarely happens, why? Because in these years, it is actually very easy for China to buy foreign weapons, and a large number of international arms dealers have been staying in China for many years to sell arms, and if you don't sell them yourself, Zhao Dongyun can find Germans, Russians, British, French, and even Austria-Hungary and the United States.

As long as you have money, let alone a few guns, you can even sell battleships with sharp weapons in the town!

On the one hand, it is in the upgrading process of second-hand goods, and on the other hand, it is also out of the need to compete with other countries in the Chinese arms market, so the price of my ordnance is basically much cheaper than that of European countries.

For example, the price difference between the Japanese's 38-year-old rifle and the German Mauser 98 rifle is nearly doubled, if it weren't for Zhao Dongyun's self-produced Fuzao 88 type, 100% would buy the Japanese rifle and would not choose the Mauser 98, which has nothing to do with performance and suitability, for one reason, the Japanese 'book is cheap enough.

However, although the Japanese product is cheap, but the production of the Japanese is also limited, and they themselves are also in the period of major redress, many new equipment can not spare too much production for export to China, such as the 38-year 75 mm field gun, this artillery is also an imitation of the German 1903 75 mm field gun, but the price is thousands cheaper than imported from Germany, and even cheaper than the price of the Fuyuan machine factory, if it is not for the insufficient production, Zhao Dongyun will not care about any national feelings, Ironclad will buy and equip all of them with this gun.

During the period before the Russo-Japanese War, after the Russo-Japanese War and the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Japan was an important arms supplier to Beiyang, especially most of the artillery was made in Japan for 31 years and 38 years. As for the Beiyang warlords after the Xinhai Revolution, especially Duan Qirui's Anhui and other troops, they were all Japanese weapons, although there were political reasons, but the cheap price of Japanese goods was the most important factor.

"The list of this batch of ordnance has been placed in the past few months, and some have only been placed last month, and the latest batch of German artillery is expected to arrive in Port Arthur by the end of the month, and it is estimated that a batch of second-hand guns will arrive in the middle of the month!" Zhao Dongping continued: "According to the current Fuyuan production and the arrival time of the purchased orders, it is expected that we will be able to achieve a full complement of light weapons for the troops within three months, and it is expected that the artillery units will be fully equipped by the end of the year!" ”

After listening to Zhao Dongping's words, Zhao Dongyun also frowned slightly, but he also knew that there was no way to do it, and the rifle also said that there was no shortage of Feng troops, and the problem of mortars and machine guns could barely be solved, but the artillery problem was really difficult to solve.

Zhao Dongyun nodded, and then looked at Hong Putao from the Quartermaster Department: "How is the supply of ammunition now?" ”

Hong Putao immediately said: "At present, the supply of ammunition to our army is relatively stable, although our army consumed a lot of ammunition in the Tangshan Campaign, the Bazhou Campaign, and the Jingshi Campaign, but our army's previous inventory was relatively sufficient, and our army seized a considerable amount of ammunition after entering the customs, and the ammunition output of the Fuchang and Shenyang branches has been maintained at a high level, so it is not a problem to supply our army for combat for the time being!" ”

A large part of the production capacity of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory and its branch 'Shenyang Arsenal' is actually used to produce ammunition.

Since entering the customs, the Fuchang and Shenyang Arsenals have adopted a production mode of working day and night, and workers are constantly changing shifts, and the output has almost doubled compared with peacetime.

In terms of bullets, the two major categories of 7.92 mm and 6.5 mm bullets combined are now capable of producing more than 4 million rounds per month, and artillery shells can also produce more than 20,000 rounds per month, of which the monthly output of 75-mm shells exceeds 5,000 rounds, and the 60-mm mortar shells have reached as many as 6,000 rounds, plus 80 mm mortar shells, 100 mm mortar shells, 57 mm shells, 100 mm shells, and shells of various calibers used by the navy, the total number has exceeded 20,000 rounds.

Without such a huge production of ammunition, it would not be possible to supply the Feng army, which has a total of hundreds of thousands of people, for a long time.

It's just that although the ammunition production of Fuchang is enough, as the number of Fengjun increases, Zhao Dongyun still buys a batch of tens of millions of rounds of ammunition from Germany for the sake of safety, in short, the more ammunition, the better.

After talking about the soldiers, ordnance, and ammunition one by one, Fang Biyong spoke again: "Based on the current shortage of our army's ordnance, in order to make the troops form combat effectiveness as much as possible, the General Staff Department has given priority to equipping the 13th Division, in order to make the division form a complete combat effectiveness!" ”

Zhao Dongyun nodded: "Well, it's not appropriate to distribute it evenly, now the focus of the staff is still on the 13th Division, and the first division and the first mixed brigade are also paying attention, although these two troops are from the direct army, but they are both old Beiyang, and the combat effectiveness is okay, and the follow-up should increase the replenishment of personnel and weapons of these two troops!" ”

The 13th Division has been trained for a long time, and now its personnel are basically full, and what it is waiting for is heavy equipment, and as long as it becomes an army, the division will be able to become one of the main divisions in the Feng Army.

And Lu Yongxiang's first division and Bao Guiqing's first mixed brigade, although not long ago they were still the enemies of the Feng army, but now they have surrendered to the Feng army, and Zhao Dongyun has already changed the company commanders to the regiment commanders of these two troops, although Lu Yongxiang is still the division commander and Bao Guiqing is still the brigade commander, but these two people are actually unable to completely control these two troops as before, and the Feng army has always had a relatively strong control over the troops under its jurisdiction. So don't worry too much about Lu Yongxiang and Bao Guiqing rebelling again, even if they do, they can't rebel.

And these two troops are the old Beiyang troops, most of the soldiers have been trained for many years, and they are much stronger than the recruits who have just been trained for a month, and now the Feng army is in short supply, and soldiers are needed everywhere, and in the case of multi-front combat, it is natural that these two troops cannot be wasted, mainly to supplement the soldiers and weapons, and these two troops will soon be able to restore their combat effectiveness, and the Feng army will be able to increase the two main forces at that time.

As for the 11th Division, although it was also mainly composed of surrendered soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the 11th and 12th Divisions in Wang Yingkai's era was not very good, and the reorganized 11th Division could not have much hope for them, so in the pace of expansion of the Feng Army, the priority of the 11th Division was behind.

Zhao Dongyun continued: "Now the eleventh and thirteenth divisions are about to be completed, and what do you think of the division commander!" ”

The candidates for the commanders of the 11th and 13th Divisions and the two mixed brigades have never been determined, and now that they are about to become an army, Zhao Dongyun cannot continue to drag on.

Hearing Zhao Dongyun ask, Fang Biyong said: "Now there are still a few people in our army who are capable of the important task of division commander, Gu Lanyu, the commander of the Sixth Brigade, Kong Guanbei, the commander of the Fifth Brigade, Li Chun, the commander of the Seventh Mixed Brigade, Cao Kun of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, and He Zonglian of the Fifth Mixed Brigade are all capable of taking on important responsibilities!" ”

Zhao Dongyun listened to Fang Biyong's words, and felt that what he said was still more pragmatic, and the people he said were all senior generals in the Feng army and mixed brigade commanders, and to be honest, there were still not many senior generals in the Feng army, and the range of choices was limited.

After thinking about it, he said: "You remember it, let Chen Guangyuan come back from Shandong and become the commander of the 13th Division!" Cao Kun was transferred to serve as the commander of the 11th Division. The commander of the third division was succeeded by Gu Lanyu, and the commander of the sixth brigade was succeeded by Pei Lianying! ”

"The commander of the Fourth Mixed Brigade was succeeded by Lin Pingxiong, and the commander of the Seventeenth Brigade who was vacated, Deming, you go down and take responsibility!"

Zhao Dongyun's transfer revealed two obvious signals, that is, Zhao Dongyun was dissatisfied with Chen Guangyuan's command and operation in the early stage, otherwise he would not have transferred Chen Guangyuan from the Third Division to the Thirteenth Division, although he still served as the division commander, but everyone knew that the importance of the Thirteenth Division was far inferior to that of the Third Division.

And Cao Kun's promotion from the position of commander of the mixed brigade to the commander of the 11th Division can be regarded as a big step, and considering that Cao Kun and Zhao Dongyun have always had a close relationship, this person's promotion is also expected. And Gu Lanyu's promotion to the commander of the Third Division was also expected, although the overall appearance of the Third Division in the Battle of Bazhou was not good, and it failed to hit the Seventh Division in Bazhou in one fell swoop, Chen Guangyuan, and gradually lost the attention of Zhao Dongyun, but the Sixth Brigade fought relatively well, and after the war, everyone expected that he would be promoted to division commander, even if he did not take over as the commander of the Third Division, he should be promoted to the commander of the Eleventh Division or the Thirteenth Division.

And Pei Lianying and Lin Pingxiong, as the subordinates of Zhao Dongyun, who are old qualifications, are reasonable to rise this time, but Yang Deming's appointment surprised everyone present, because although this Yang Deming has outstanding ability, he has also served as the chief of the operations department for more than two years, but he only served as a battalion management belt before he stayed in Germany, and he had no experience as a regiment commander or brigade commander.