"Mr. Becker, I'm really sorry, but the Commander-in-Chief has already inspected the military-industrial complex at the end of the war." Yuan Jinkai explained.

"I very much hope to meet Mr. Zhang and communicate with him about his views, I think there should be no war between China and Japan, and each country should set up a special investigation team to investigate the incident in Lianyungang clearly, and should not let this kind of incident become the fuse that triggered the war in the Far East."

Yuan Jinkai listened carefully to Bai Keer's words, it seems that the United States actually intends to mediate the contradictions, and does not care too much about the equipment in Lianyungang, which really makes Yuan Jinkai a little happy.

"Mukden is naturally peace-loving and does not want war, but it is not afraid of war, and our army, military industrial enterprises, workers and peasants are ready to fight an all-out war. I can also tell you that the Feng army has formed a new bomber squadron, and as soon as Japan uses force against the Feng army, we will cut off the Trans-Siberian Railway. ”

What the? When Becker heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he said loudly: "No, absolutely not, you will only cheapen the majority party in Russia and will destroy the overall situation of interfering in Russia." ”

"There is an old Chinese saying that it is better to be broken than to be broken. Japan is bent on invading China, and Mukden can use any means, the Trans-Siberian Railway will not be destroyed, and the Japanese army can attack the northeast from the northern front at any time. ”

When Becker heard this, he still waved his hand again and again, if the Trans-Siberian Railway was really broken, the war to interfere with Russia would be completely useless, and the Americans absolutely did not want to see this, and he still had the heart to persuade him.

Yuan Jinkai said with a smile: "Mr. Becker, the commander-in-chief has made a decision at the meeting, we are fighting for survival, and taking a step back is death." The only one who can really stop this tragedy is Japan, and if they give up their aggression against Northeast China, everything will turn around, otherwise everything will be difficult to say. ”

When Becker heard this, he also knew that the will of Mukden could not be changed, so he hurriedly turned around and said goodbye, he was going to contact the other powers and jointly come up with a jihua, and he must prevent the war between China and Japan.

At this time, Zhang Tinglan was inspecting the production situation in the Mukden Arsenal, and now the atmosphere of war with Japan is getting thicker and thicker. Although Zhang Tinglan had the intention of avoiding war, some things were still unpredictable, and it was necessary to ensure the stability of military production and cope with unforeseen situations.

Tao Jiping walked while introducing the production situation to Zhang Tinglan: "Commander-in-chief." Since getting the rifle and bullet production line in the United States, our production capacity has grown by leaps and bounds. If there is a full mobilization. It can produce 300,000 to 500,000 rifles a year, enough to equip the entire army. In addition, great progress has been made in artillery, and every month we are able to produce 30 76-mm mountain guns and more than 1,000 other mortars. ”

After Zhang Tinglan heard this, he nodded slightly: "The rifle can meet the needs, but except for the mortar." There are still a lot of deficiencies in other mountain artillery and field artillery, and even if the Jilin Arsenal and Harbin are combined, the number is still seriously insufficient. ”

"Well, the Commander-in-Chief is right. The Jilin side has already transferred the production of small-caliber artillery to us, and they are making every effort to produce large-caliber heavy artillery, but they can only produce eight to ten 152-mm howitzers per month, and only about 100 howitzers a year. ”

Tao Jiping is now in charge of the equipment of the whole army, and he is very familiar with these things, he said with a wry smile: "In the final analysis, it is still a problem of equipment, our workers have almost tapped the potential of Russian equipment to the greatest extent through hard work, but the production capacity of Russian equipment itself is limited, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." ”

"There is no need to worry, soon a batch of important equipment will be shipped back to Mukden, and at that time, we will be able to produce our own machinery and equipment, maybe the quality cannot catch up with foreign ones, but it is our own things, how many or how much, relying on the scale, the output of the military industry can be doubled, and strive to increase the output of artillery tenfold within five years." And the variety should also be enriched, and it is necessary to produce super-large caliber heavy artillery for attacking strong fortresses, as well as naval artillery. In addition, we are equipped with armored vehicles, and the next step is to equip tanks, if there is a spear, we must have a shield, and we must also study anti-tank guns, and we will have all the weapons and systems ready. ”

"Commander-in-chief, if you come to the factory once, you will double the target, which is not easy to say!" Tao Jiping sighed and said: "There are only a handful of countries on Shijie that can produce various types of artillery, basically those few powers, if the three eastern provinces are all solved, won't we also become a member of the great powers?" ”

"Doesn't Minister Tao have this ambition? Since ancient times, China has not been a great power, but a hegemon! When it comes to national strength, the entire West Shijie before the Industrial Revolution, combined is not our opponent, after two thousand years of superpower, although now down, but becoming a great power is not our goal, but to return to the status of the hegemon, proud of the world, all nations to come to the dynasty! ”

Tao Jiping didn't expect Zhang Tinglan to have such ambitions, and just smiled: "The commander-in-chief's bearing is impressive, it is true that China has always been the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, if it cannot restore its former glory, it will be ashamed of the ancestors." But Commander-in-Chief, please tell me a thing or two, what good things did we get in Europe that gave you such courage? ”

Ambition must be based on strength, and Zhang Tinglan's daring to shout out the goal of the hegemon proves that at least he is sure to become a great power. The way to become a great power is very simple, it is to defeat another power, and now it seems that the target should be Japan.

Tao Jiping didn't get involved in the core secrets, and he didn't know what he really got in Europe, but from the current situation, it was definitely a rare treasure, otherwise Zhang Tinglan would not be so proud.

"It's not a big deal, it's nothing more than optical glass jishu, a 3,000-ton forging press, synthetic ammonia jishu, 35,000 precision machine tools, a production line for automobiles and tractors, shipbuilding equipment for the production of 10,000-ton giant ships, and a large number of jishu materials and professionals."

Every time Zhang Tinglan said the same, Tao Jiping's mouth opened wide, and later, he almost couldn't close it, all of these things filled the industrial gap in Northeast China, as long as they could be obtained, digested and absorbed, Fengjun's industrial level would not be much worse than that of the Japanese.

No wonder Zhang Tinglan has such courage, it turns out that he has these things as support, not indiscriminately. Tao Jiping also seemed to see countless mountains of gold, and his eyes were shining.

"Commander-in-chief, I just knew that the little thing in Lianyungang is really not worth mentioning, and you still got such a treasure! I just don't know how long it will take to transport it back, and the military industry in Mukden is looking forward to it! ”

"There are too many things, so I can only pick up the important ones and ship them back, and the others will be shipped back in batches, and they can all be in place within half a year. In addition, I asked Xia Han to register a few factories in the United States, under the banner of the Americans, to recruit some German professionals, and then find a way to recruit China, so that they can work for the Feng army, the next three to five years, is a critical period for our military industry to advance by leaps and bounds, Minister Tao, you have to come up with a complete set of development plans, do a good job of detailed planning, so that we can quickly catch up with the Japanese. ”

"Commander-in-chief, don't worry, the military industrial enterprises have long been holding back their strength, as long as the jishu equipment arrives, who will work hard, eat these things thoroughly, and come up with results!"

Zhang Tinglan also nodded, and said with a smile: "Minister Tao, in addition to the long-term goal, there is another task to be handed over to you for the time being, and we also need to develop new weapons to make up for the lack of firepower." ”

Saying that, Zhang Tinglan asked others to bring over a gun and put it in front of Tao Jiping, Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "This is an MP18 submachine gun developed by Germany, which is light and dexterous, can be used by a single soldier, and can also shoot continuously like a machine gun, between a pistol and a rifle, and it is a sharp weapon for soldiers when they are assaulting." ”

The MP18 submachine gun was the first submachine gun to be put into actual combat on the shijie, with stable performance and powerful firepower, which gave great damage to the Entente on the battlefield. However, after the invention was invented, Germany was already in the waning mountains and was powerless to return to the sky.

Zhang Tinglan sent a team to copy Europe, and in addition to staring at the machinery and equipment, he also had a lot of observations about the new weapons in Europe. Xia Han was born in the army and knew very well the value of submachine guns, so he took advantage of the chaos to get more than two dozen submachine guns from Germany.

The guns are relatively small in size, different from machinery and equipment, and are more convenient to transport, so Xia Han sent them back to Mukden early for the arsenal to copy.

In fact, in history, China also used to have a large number of imitation MP18 submachine guns, because of the large number of heat dissipation holes on the barrel of this gun, it is called a flower machine gun. Due to the restrictions of the great powers, China could not sell heavy weapons, and there was a serious shortage of machine guns, so the submachine gun became a baby pimple, and among the major warlords of China, they were equipped.

The Feng army was able to produce its own weapons, which was certainly not as embarrassing as other warlords, but the submachine gun was also a very important light weapon, which had to be equipped with troops.

Tao Jiping took the submachine gun, looked at it carefully, and then couldn't help but admire: "Commander-in-chief, this gun has an exquisite design and simple structure, and it must be very convenient to maintain on the battlefield. But one thing is for sure, there is absolutely no problem with imitation, the barrel is similar to a pistol, and there will be no difficulty. ”

Zhang Tinglan also nodded: "Minister Tao, this is the latest weapon, according to normal experience speculation, there must be defects, Xia Han also sent some soldiers to use the actual feelings, the snail drum used in it is not good, there are too many problems, and the design of the firing pin is also suspected of adding to the snake, just change it to the traditional fixed type!" ”

Zhang Tinglan said this not only because of the information given by Xia Han, but also because he had happened to read the introduction of the flower machine gun in his previous life, so he was able to say a little mature opinion.

Tao Jiping nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, commander-in-chief, we must study it carefully and come up with the finished product as soon as possible, if the little devils dare to go to war, the submachine gun can become their nightmare!" (To be continued......)