The warlord's favorite thing is nothing more than weapons, of course, including the production line that can produce weapons, hearing Fred say this, Zhang Tinglan also showed joy.

"Old friend, tell me what it is first, and then I have good news for you, which will definitely surprise you!"

"Zhang, I knew that your trip to Beijing would not be in vain." Fred said with a smile: "It's four guns, a howitzer of one hundred and twenty-two millimeter caliber, as far as I know, there are very few large-caliber heavy artillery in your domestic army, and I am sure you will definitely be interested." ”

When Zhang Tinglan heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, artillery is the god of war, and artillery is also the core of the Continental Army, with the liliang of the war. As Fred said, the Beiyang armies are mainly equipped with 75-mm guns, which are already insufficient compared to the army guns of Shijie countries.

The Beiyang Army also seems to have discovered this problem when it was training, increasing the number of artillery pieces per battalion to eighteen, and one division has fifty-four guns, as if it wanted to make up for the lack of power through the number of artillery.

But military establishment is never such a simple matter, and it is necessary to consider logistics and mobility, especially the poor road conditions in China, so such an establishment is completely nonsense.

The biggest imaginary enemies of the Feng army are Japan and Russia, both of which are far ahead of China in terms of industrial level, and the army is also equipped with a large number of large-caliber heavy artillery.

If Fred can get four artillery pieces, he can get more, and the artillery of the Feng army will be multiplied, and Zhang Tinglan is naturally ecstatic.

"Old friend, of course artillery is a good thing, but there are only four guns, which is only enough for the equipment of one company, which is really too little!"

"Don't be satisfied, this almost killed me!" Fred said with an exaggerated expression: "Zhang, Russia is desperate and has very strict arms control, especially these sophisticated heavy artillery, which are being targeted by the Russians. It took a lot of effort for me to buy off the quartermaster, get four guns from him, disassemble them into parts, disguise them as wood, and transport them to Mukden. It's not easy to get more artillery! ”

Zhang Tinglan also knew that Fred was telling the truth, but it was difficult to form combat effectiveness with just four cannons, and Zhang Tinglan was obviously not satisfied.

"Old friend, do you know where these cannons come from? Let's figure out how to find a way to find a way to start! ”

"This batch of artillery was produced by the Americans, and it was delivered directly to Heisenwei and to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway, without going through the Middle East at all. If this time we can help Grand Duke Nikolai get a loan from Japan and stabilize the bonds of the Slavic Bank, the Grand Duke may reciprocate by agreeing to the passage of arms through the Middle East. ”

Fred thought for a while, and then said: "Even if you pass through the Middle East Road, I advise you to fight less of these artillery ideas, Russia has suffered a terrible defeat on the Western Front, more than a million livestock have died, looking at the current situation, the tsar is ready to gamble everything, in the spring and summer of next year, the victory or defeat is in one fell swoop, so for the decisive heavy artillery, Russia attaches great importance to it, and will not allow the slightest mistake." ”

Zhang Tinglan frowned, Fred's words did not dispel his thoughts at all, on the contrary, Zhang Tinglan wanted to get these Russian artillery even more.

"Old friend, you just have to find a way to let the Russians transport them through the Middle Road, and I'll figure out the rest of the things, even if it's a robbery, I have to get the heavy artillery!"

Fred suddenly rolled his eyes up, this kid is really bold, don't look at Russia as a clay-legged giant, but it is also a giant, and now China is a piece of fish belly. This kid didn't even take the Russians seriously, and it had become a habit to take advantage, which was really crazy, but Fred also appreciated this madness, otherwise how could his pocket bulge so quickly.

"Zhang, since you have made up your mind, I can only sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman, but we must think of a safe Jihua and not take risks. Let's talk about your good news in Beijing, I'd love to know! ”

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "I have reached a cooperation agreement with the British, and the factory in Fengtian will be responsible for producing canned food, cloth and other military supplies for the British, and the machines you helped me get will come in handy!" ”

"That's a good thing, but are these munitions going to Europe?"

"It should be, in fact, the British don't care about this thing, what they hope is to use the potential production capacity of Mukden to coerce the United States and let them lower prices, the trade volume between the United States and the Entente is so large, subtract one cent from each can, the British can save tens of millions, we are just bargaining chips."

Fred listened to Zhang Tinglan's hungry words and nodded: "That's right, this is indeed a good way to put pressure on the United States." His eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked with a smile: "Zhang, this is your idea again, the big stupid head of the British can't think of such an ingenious method, it must be you, a business genius, who came up with it, I have to praise your wisdom!" ”

"It's just a fight to be a pawn, it's nothing!"

"Quite a chess player, you have to start from being a chess piece, most of you don't even have the ability to play on the chessboard, you have done a great job, especially when the strength is so weak, you can actually knock on the trade between the United States and Britain, you are definitely an unprecedented genius!"

When Fred said this, he stood up again, walked around a few times, and suddenly said: "Zhang, according to you, the British don't care about these supplies anymore, what they need is a concept, as long as the Americans agree to reduce the price, your existence is dispensable!" ”

Zhang Tinglan nodded, and suddenly his face changed greatly, his fists clenched unconsciously, and a thought came to his heart wildly. Fred also had a smile on his face: "Zhang, you have also thought about it, the British have never been a good thing, once they reach an agreement with the United States, maybe they will ruthlessly abandon you, and the promised orders, loans, and aid will disappear into a gust of wind at any time!" ”

Zhang Tinglan's face also turned blue, he always thought that he had played with Zhu Erdian, but now he has thought clearly, chess pieces are chess pieces, and if the British feel that they are worthless, they will be abandoned at any time. Jihua, who wants to use Britain to expand Mukden industry, will go bankrupt.

The 500,000 pounds, whether it was a power plant, were just a small snack thrown by the British. Of course, this is only Zhang Tinglan and Fred's speculation, whether Britain will do this, Zhang Tinglan is not sure.

But there is one thing that makes Zhang Tinglan very uncomfortable, that is, his life is completely held in the hands of the other party. In fact, every traveler has a sense of superiority, thinking that with his own knowledge and talent, he can play with those historical celebrities between applause, and even be able to pry the times, but the truth is often not as simple as imagined.

Take this cooperation with Britain as an example, although Zhang Tinglan let the other party accept his proposal, once the British have achieved the goal of putting pressure on the United States, will they tear up their promise and give up their support for Mukden! Even if they continue to maintain trade relations and the British take the full initiative, they will most likely lower the conditions, after all, this production capacity of Mukden is really a drop in the bucket for the British, and it will not work at all.

"I have to find countermeasures so that the British can't easily tear up the contract!"

"Zhang, how about choosing Russia as the export target of Mukden?"

Fred suddenly made this suggestion, and Zhang Tinglan had a flash of thought in his mind, and finally had an idea, Fengtian's production capacity is not much for Britain, but for Russia, which is extremely short of materials, it is commendable. And it's closer and less costly.

Mukden exports to Russia, in fact, there is no need to process it into canned food at all, as long as the fresh meat is frozen in winter, and then directly transported to Russia, it can be supplied to Russia's needs.

Originally, Mukden was dispensable to Britain, but now after joining Russia, it has become that Mukden is very important to Russia, and Russia is very important to Britain, so that Britain will not dare to abandon Mukden casually. Moreover, Zhang Tinglan can also ask the British to pay for Russia, so that the purpose of earning pounds can also be achieved.

"Zhang, once you export military supplies to Russia, we have an extra bargaining chip in our hands, a bargaining chip to make Russia civil unrest at any time, imagine what will happen to those Russian soldiers who suddenly eat enough junk food to kill them?"

When Zhang Tinglan heard this, he was stunned, it seems that compared to Yin Loss, he is indeed not Fred's opponent, this old guy is a complete bad seed. Zhang Tinglan immediately thought that in this case, most of the Russian soldiers would riot, and they could fish in troubled waters and get the long-awaited heavy artillery in their hands, thinking of this, Zhang Tinglan finally showed a smile.

Soon the next day, a train full of huge red pine trees roared towards Fengtian, still temporarily stopping at Wenguantun Station, where Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zuoxiang, Sun Liechen, and Zhang Tinglan had been waiting with their soldiers for a long time.

Although yesterday's discussion was lively, but it was just an idea, these four artillery pieces were really placed under this pile of wood, Lao Zhang heard that Zhang Tinglan got the heavy artillery again, he was simply happy and didn't sleep all night, got up early in the morning, and rushed to the civil official tun with manpower.

The soldiers quickly climbed onto the train, unloaded the pine wood with a diameter of more than one meter, and finally moved out the four guns under the wood, at this time these guns were still a pile of parts, but the thick barrel had already shown strong power, and the old man smiled and touched the barrel, and the soldiers moved out two thousand shells from the other train wagons.

"Any of you who know how to assemble a cannon, hurry up and assemble this good thing for me, I want to see how powerful this thing is!"

As soon as Zhang Zuolin said this, everyone present looked at each other, they were also in contact with this kind of artillery for the first time, and they really didn't know how to assemble it, Fred's side only smuggled in the artillery, and did not get personnel, just a bunch of parts, it can't be turned into a cannon, and now Lao Zhang is also dumbfounded.

Sun Liechen thought for a while and said, "Yuting, I think of a person, he may be able to do it!" ”

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