There was such a big thing in Fengtian, and Lao Yuan also got the report as soon as possible, and he was worried about the war in the southwest. Although the combat effectiveness of the Yunnan army is not weak, but the financial resources are limited, no matter how old Yuan calculates, he can win steadily, but the truth is not the case, the Yunnan army is advancing vigorously, and the Beiyang is defeated one after another, which makes the freshly baked Emperor Hongxian so worried that his hair is gray.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, the ship was broken and the head wind was encountered, the southwest was in flames, and there was a problem in the northeast, Yuan Shikai even felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart, and in the face of the crisis, he could only call his advisers over and let everyone discuss.

"Bixia, the minister thought that the two of them were guilty of Fengtian's affairs, Feng Delin had no king's law, openly made trouble, and then led his subordinates to attack the Shuaifu, which almost caused a catastrophe and must be severely punished; Duan Zhigui was cowardly and incompetent, as a patrol envoy, but there was no way to restrain his subordinates, and handing over the three eastern provinces to him could only be a bad thing, and the minister suggested that Bixia approve his resignation and let him return to Beijing as soon as possible. ”

It was Zhang Zhenfang who generously spoke in front of Lao Yuan, and he was also Yuan Shikai's cousin and one of the cadres who supported the imperial system. He was very jealous of Duan Zhigui, and he also worked hard for Lao Yuan, Duan Zhigui became a feudal official and held great power, but he didn't catch anything, so Zhang Zhenfang was very willing to take this opportunity to pull Duan Zhigui down.

"Bixia, Duan Zhigui and Feng Delin are certainly at fault, but if they are both dealt with, who can contain Zhang Zuolin, can they just watch this bandit leader become big in Mukden? You must know that Mukden is far from Beijing, which is much closer than Yunnan, and the threat is greater. ”

"Liang Gong, you are prejudiced against Zhang Zuolin!" Zhang Zhenfang said with a smile: "Zhang Yuting has the ability and strength, who can hold Fengtian except him." Even if he is not given the position of patrol envoy, he must be given a little more reward, so that Zhang Zuolin knows Bixia's Hongen. Let him do things more attentively. ”

From the perspective of qualifications and prestige, Zhang Zuolin is not qualified to directly take over the inspection envoy of the three eastern provinces, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that letting Duan Zhigui serve as the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces is to control Zhang Zuolin, and this rope will not take long before it will be taken down, and Lao Yuan's heart is still very unhappy.

But Duan Zhigui, the rice bucket, couldn't control the situation at all, and turned a good move into a dead move. Not only could the dignified patrol not restrain Zhang Zuolin, but even Feng Delin couldn't suppress it, it became a joke, Lao Yuan can be regarded as seeing through this godson, this guy has loyalty and filial piety. It's just not capable!

"Bixia, I think things in Mukden are weird." Yang Du, who has always prided himself as an emperor, spoke: "Feng Delin is stationed in the area of Guangyuan and Beizhen. Without Zhang Zuolin's acquiescence. It is impossible for him to rush to Fengtian with his people, so in this incident, Zhang Zuolin is definitely not as clean as it seems, he is most likely involved, and it is very likely that he directed it single-handedly, allowing such a person to dominate Fengtian. It's just too dangerous. ”

After Yang Du finished speaking, Lao Yuan was silent, in fact, he had been thinking about what role Zhang Zuolin played, whether he was as innocent as he appeared. It is unreliable to hand over Fengtian completely to him, and Lao Yuan is not sure at all.

"Huizi, everything must pay attention to evidence, it is not enough to rely on imagination, the situation in Fengtian is very chaotic, and there are Japanese mixed in, Zhang Zuolin has the ability to control everything, in my opinion, it is mainly an accident." Yang Shiqi also said: "Bixia, the situation in the southwest is erosive, and there can be no more problems in the northeast, now it is believed that Zhang Zuolin must also use it, and if you don't believe it, no one can stabilize Fengtian except him!" ”

Yang Shiqi didn't continue to say this, but the potential lines are already very clear, if there is chaos in the Northeast, I am afraid that Lao Yuan, the emperor, will be completely over.

Yuan Shikai frowned, Yang Shiqi was right, now is not the time to think and do what you can do, this is involuntarily. Lao Yuan couldn't help but glance at Yang Du meaningfully, it was he who told him that when he became the emperor, he would be able to make decisions and cheer up the country.

As a result, the facts shattered Lao Yuan's dreams, and he decided to be the emperor, not only did his prestige not improve, but on the contrary, Yunnan rebelled, Beiyang fell apart even more, and a sense of powerlessness surged into Lao Yuan's heart.

"Let Zhigui come back first, Zhang Zuolin will supervise Fengtian, supervise the suppression of bandits in the three eastern provinces, and if you do a good job, you will be promoted at the right time!" At this time, Lao Yuan finally chose to compromise and let go and handed over Fengtian, the hero is in the twilight, there is always too much helplessness!

"Seventh Master, try this bullet." On the shooting range, Lao Zhang Zheng, Sun Liechen, Zhang Zuoxiang and others shot target design.

Zhang Tinglan handed a golden bullet to Lao Zhang, although Lao Zhang had been in a high position for a long time, but his marksmanship did not fall at all, he loaded the bullet in quantity, gently pulled the trigger, and the water bead rifle made a crisp sound, and it just hit a target eighty meters away.

Sun Liechen and Zhang Zuoxiang couldn't stop applauding, and a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in Lao Zhang's eyes, "Tinglan, give me a few more bullets to try." ”

Zhang Tinglan handed over five more rounds, and after Lao Zhang pretended it, he beat them all out, and called Sun Liechen and Zhang Zuoxiang.

"Fu Chen, you all try it, this bullet feels very different!" Zhang Zuoxiang and Sun Liechen also fired a few bullets one after another, but when Sun Liechen hit the third shot, there was a stink, and they were a little disappointed, and after they finished shooting, they got together again.

"Tinglan, these bullets have less momentum than the previous bullets, and the burden on the body is not so heavy, this can't be made by ourselves, right?"

Zhang Tinglan smiled and nodded: "It is the first batch of finished products we produced, and the bullet production line shipped back has been installed in the ammunition factory outside the city, Chen Qiming is in charge over there, the production line is already running, and we have been producing bullets continuously!" ”

Speaking of which, Zhang Tinglan also has a trace of pride, although he has taken a lot of risks for this production line, but since the bullet was produced, Zhang Tinglan feels that everything is worth it. Arms are the lifeblood of a warlord, but the vast majority of warlords in China are unable to produce weapons on their own.

As a result, he has to import from foreign countries, which is tantamount to handing over his life to others, and Zhang Tinglan will never allow this situation, so he has been trying to find a way to achieve self-sufficiency in weapons.

Now that a gratifying step has finally been taken, Mukden is able to produce its own bullets, and the next step is rifle cannons. And then there are tanks and planes, and when these can be produced by themselves, will the dignified army still be afraid of those little Japan?

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Although the water bead rifle is good, but it is designed for the Russians, they are all tall and strong, and they can withstand it, our physical fitness is much worse than that of the Russians, if we use Russian bullets again, it will be a great burden on the body, so it is reduced by two percent when charging." ”

"The charge has been reduced. Won't it reduce the range? Sun Liechen had some doubts, the recoil was a little smaller, which was good, but if the performance of the gun was sacrificed, the gain outweighed the loss.

"It does go down. However, there is not much difference within the effective range, and our soldiers can only guarantee accuracy within a few tens of meters. No more than 100 meters at most. It's too far away to be inaccurate. Of course, there are special needs, and the original bullets can also be matched. ”

After Zhang Tinglan summed up his experience last time, the Independent Brigade began to form a sniper unit, and now he has a little eyebrows, but Zhang Tinglan is very dissatisfied, the main reason is that the sharpshooters selected in the Feng army are not so godly. The most accurate head is about 100 meters, and only a few can reach 120 or 30 meters, which is already rare.

But Zhang Tinglan knew that compared with the Japanese soldiers in the same period. The so-called sharpshooters of the Feng army are similar to ordinary Japanese soldiers. The Japanese are very strict in training, and above 200 meters, they can still ensure a certain level of accuracy, and the snipers are even more powerful.

If the two armies shoot at each other, the Feng army will definitely not take any advantage, but will become the prey of the other party. No matter how strategically they despise Japan, but at the tactical level, they have to pay attention to the Japanese, and there are indeed some surprises in this island country, especially the spirit of drilling the horns of the bull is extremely powerful.

"Haode soldiers are fed with bullets, our soldiers have a low level of shooting, it's not that they don't work hard, the biggest reason is the lack of enough training, we can produce bullets ourselves, don't worry about consumption, we can raise the level of training, and strive to make every soldier a sharpshooter." Zhang Tinglan said with some excitement.

Zhang Zuolin couldn't stop nodding, don't look at the Feng army guarding the Middle East Road now, and the ammunition is very sufficient, but Lao Zhang knows that the European war will not go on forever, and sooner or later there will be an end of the day, what else is the Feng army pointing at at that time?

If you buy from foreigners, on the one hand, the price is too high, and on the other hand, it will be accompanied by various privileges, which Lao Zhang cannot accept. Zhang Zuolin is a person with strong learning ability, and during this time, Zhang Tinglan kept tossing, stirring up both Japan and Russia, and the United States and Britain also sent representatives to Mukden.

Lao Zhang gradually saw the faces of foreigners very clearly, these foreign devils are all unprofitable, and they are insatiable, and they have to keep a hand when they cooperate, be careful of being bought by them, and the lifeblood of the Fengjun cannot be handed over to them.

Therefore, Lao Zhang was still very satisfied with the production of bullets, and immediately decided to take Zhang Tinglan, Sun Liechen and Zhang Zuoxiang to the ammunition factory outside the city to see the bullet production situation in person.

The chief of ammunition was separated from the Fengtian Arsenal, and the main body was left in Fengtian to be responsible for the production of parts such as butts and magazines, while Chen Qiming specially led more than 20 workers to choose a hidden manor outside Dongcheng as the workshop of the ammunition factory.

Chen Qiming didn't expect Zhang Tinglan to prepare a bullet production line here, he was also surprised, but Chen Qiming was very smart, he didn't ask anything, Zhang Tinglan had already said that whether it was stealing or robbing, he would get production equipment, and this production line was mostly arranged outside the city.

For this kind of behavior, Chen Qiming not only did not have any rejection, but also admired it very much, if all Chinese politicians can do whatever it takes for the country to be strong, I am afraid that China will already be strong, for them, hard work is everything.

Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Tinglan and others came to this secret production workshop, and the workers were working nervously.

"Dashuai, there are a lot of explosives here, which is very dangerous."

"It's not like I haven't been to the battlefield of real knives and guns, and I still care about these, tell me about the production of bullets, right?"

"Dashuai, we are currently able to produce 10,000 bullets per day, and if the raw materials are sufficient and the workers are more skilled, the quantity will be more. There are only two problems, one is that our cost is more than two percent more expensive than that of foreigners, and the defective rate is relatively high. Speaking of this, Chen Qiming's face was also a little red.

Sun Liechen's eyes suddenly widened when he heard this, he had just encountered a stinky man, and he thought that his luck was not good, it turned out that it was the reason for the high defective rate.

"Dashuai, if our cost is so much more expensive than that of foreigners, why should we produce it ourselves, just buy it, and the quality of foreigners' bullets is better than ours, isn't this a loss-making business?"

"General Sun, as long as we are given enough time, we will definitely be able to keep the cost down."

Sun Liechen still shook his head: "Yuting, millions of bullets a year, that is, hundreds of thousands of yuan, we might as well buy it from foreigners, be scared, get a little defective product, it's not worth it!" (To be continued......)