Song Biao and Lieutenant Colonel Conns and General Yoshima Oshima did not meet for a long time, but there were many results. He also reached an arms deal with the Japanese army again, using the thirty-year gold that he did not need.

When the hook rifle exchanges supplies with 6.5mm ammunition, he wants nothing more than some 75mm howitzers in stock from the Japanese army, as well as Murata's 22-year-old rifle bullets.

The reason why Song Biao didn't want the golden hook rifle was to leave behind the older Murata 22 rifle, which was simply because the Murata 22 rifle was more reliable and had a large inventory, which was more suitable for use in armed militia and police forces, with an 8mm caliber

Mauser rifle bullets are also very common internationally, easy to buy, and easy to produce in China. They are not as unique as the gold hook rifle, so that there is only one Japanese army.

As for Yinchang and Tang Shaoyi, Yinchang quickly rushed to return to the capital to inform the news, so as not to misjudgment Song Biao's strength. Tang Shaoyi continued to stay in Dalian and negotiate with Japan and Russia, hoping that both Japanese and Russian armies could be able to do so.

Withdrawal of troops as soon as possible will not affect the sovereignty of the Northeast of the Qing Empire.

In all these special circumstances, almost without Russia forcing it, the fact that Song Biao became the governor of the three eastern provinces has become very obvious. The Qing court was really powerless to refuse. With Song Biao's strength, it is inevitable to recruit peace.

Okay, at least it must be a Jilin admiral.

In this situation, giving Song Biao rashly the title of admiral as a Jilin may really make Song Biao rebellious. After all, his strength is not as simple as an admiral.

Song Biao dragged on in Dalian again and again. After staying for more than half a month, the situation finally became clear. Using Yuan Shikai's call back, basically after Japan and Russia formally ceased to fight. Song Biao should become the new governor of the three eastern provinces. At present, the court was within

It's just a matter of debating whether to cancel General Shengjing.

Things have come to this point. Even if Song Biao has taken half a reassurance, he will officially return to Shenyang.

At this time, Zhao Tingzhu, Zhang Yahu, Yang Tiesheng, and Xue Changqing were ready to continue to clear out the bandit troops in various places in Liaozhong County. Three infantry regiments, one artillery regiment and one cavalry regiment arrived in Liaozhong County one after another.

Before taking the train back to Shenyang, Song Biao took time to Liaozhong County. After holding two combat meetings, he did not ask much about it. He intended that Zhao Tingzhu and others command the troops themselves, Cai E, Xu Baoying, Wu Luzhen and others.

More than a dozen lieutenants from Japanese non-commissioned officers came with them and formed a large group of staff officers.

After dealing with the incident in Liaozhong County, Song Biao continued to take the train back to Shenyang City.

This time it took twenty-three days to go.

Because all his subordinates were concentrated in Liaozhong County, when Song Biao arrived at Donglingwei Railway Station, only Lieutenant Colonel Jiang Fangzhen and Lieutenant Colonel Kornilov came to pick up the train.

Two kilometers away from the railway station is a new construction site for the arsenal. The Changling Arsenal has been moved there, and most of the equipment has been installed long ago and is currently being reassembled and put into production again.

The arsenal is really important to Song Biao. After getting off the train, he went directly to the arsenal to check the production status. Compared with what he saw at Changling Arsenal six months ago, the current scale of the arsenal has expanded significantly.

The number of mechanical lathes imported from Germany, France and other countries alone has increased to more than 60.

The work here has always been personally responsible by Lieutenant Colonel Kornilov. When he entered the factory, he reported to Song Biaohui: "His brigadier general, we have transported some new equipment from Russia, which can produce 7.62 mm Nagan.

The ability of the bomb is now being debugged, in addition to that. We can also produce grenades and mines, including 76mm mortar shells. One problem now is that all materials need to be imported from Russia and France, which is expensive and not as expensive as directly from

France and Germany imports are cheaper.”

Song Biao didn't care about the cost. He nodded and went to the shell workshop to inspect, where he mainly produced mortar shells. Polishing the shell shells by grinding machines, before the birth of modern stamping technology, the production of each shell was very good.

It is cumbersome to use die-casting to produce fine grinders and milling machines to ensure the accuracy of the size, which makes the price of every shell in World War I and before was shattered.

During World War II, as the stamping machine tools and technology matured, the price of shells began to land in a straight line. During the entire World War II, both sides also fired artillery madly like strafing machine guns.

At present, stamping technology can only be applied to the production of rifles and pistol shells. This shell looks rough and has a smooth surface and needs to be finely processed on a special grinder.

During the Anti-Japanese War, soldiers needed to check the ammunition produced by many domestic military factories before they were used, because the size of many bullets did not meet the standards, which could easily cause rifles and machine guns to get stuck, or because the bullet diameter was smaller than the tube.

The diameter leads to a decrease in range and accuracy, as well as problems such as affecting the barrel accuracy and life of rifles and machine guns.

Previously, the 76mm mortar used in the late Russo-Japanese War should be called the 77mm mortar. The overall processing accuracy was relatively low. With the end of the war, Song Biao decided to reprocess all mortars and the barrel was

The diameter accuracy is determined at 77mm, and the inner wall is strictly polished.

Mortars belonging to borebore guns are different from conventional breech guns, and their shell diameter is slightly smaller than the barrel diameter.

The production workers in the arsenal are mainly Russians, and new workers recruited from the local area are basically doing their hard work here.

Song Biao found several re-produced 77mm mortar barrels in the workshop. After careful examination, he felt that it was indeed more refined than the original model. Considering that this arsenal can reach this level at present, he was in his mind.

Still very happy.

Lieutenant Colonel Kornilov asked Song Biao: "Are we going to reconsider the production of 60mm diameter mortars? It should be lighter and more suitable for use in squad and platoon-level units? The Russian army is currently

With such considerations, the Moscow Arsenal has been arranged to start designing. Of course, their design plan is basically to copy our previous design."

Song Biao shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it when they design it. We will add a mortar platoon in each company, with two to three 77mm mortars per platoon. For the team, we will also consider it.

Some new ideas. The power and range of the 60mm mortar are a little smaller. It may not be much lighter than the weight of 77mm. Compared with the appropriate firepower required by the team, the 60mm mortar is actually over.

We should consider a small howitzer that can make the team light and portable, with a range of less than 300 meters. 45 mm... or even 35 mm is enough. Let's talk about this question. Recently, we mainly use rifle bullets first.

The production progress was grasped. In addition to the 7.62 mm Nagan bomb, we were also considering the production of 8 mm old Mauser bombs. More than 100,000 Murata rifles could not only rely on importing bullets from Japan and other countries to solve the demand."

Lieutenant Colonel Kornilov nodded slightly, thinking about how many troops Song Biao would arm, but what Song Biao said was a simulated answer. He did not give up his pursuit of the 60mm mortar, but this

A new technological progress is needed, such as adding a design such as buffering. He is temporarily unwilling to share this technological progress with Russia.

After inspecting his new arsenal factory, Song Biao returned to the Dongling Wei Camp. After a month, the camp facilities were much more complete than before. Four boilers purchased from Russia have been transported. They are being installed in the camp.

After the six boilers behind arrived one after another, the camp will be able to take a hot bath this winter.

However, the troops were basically in Liaozhong County, and the camp seemed quiet at this time.

Back in his office, Jiang Fangzhen handed over the construction report of the art troupe and reported: "Military, we have started recruiting cultural engineers in Shenyang and Fushun in advance. There is no limit on men and women, but the recruits are not allowed.

Not much. The war is over. All the places are calm, and the recruitment work is not as smooth as before."

Song Biao read Jiang Fangzhen's report and then said to Jiang Fangzhen: "Don't worry, this kind of thing is a precedent, and it is difficult for everyone to accept it. You can first find some well-known drama teams in various places.

, talk directly with their headmaster. The big and small yangge in Northeast China are quite distinctive. Peking Opera and Kuaiban comments can be recruited, and even a drama company can be held. Our soldiers' lives are very boring, and they are in the military camp.

This is even more so. You can regularly rehearse some targeted patriotic repertoire that can not only enrich the soldiers' business life, but also play an educational and propaganda role, and sometimes even encourage morale. Don't be afraid of difficulties and do this well.

, just think of some more solutions.”

Jiang Fangzhen nodded slightly and suddenly asked, "Standar, do you know Chen Tianhua?"

Song Biao asked, "Who is it?"

Jiang Fangzhen said: "When I was studying in Japan, this person was very famous in the international student circle. He wrote a book called "The Bell of War". I read it and there was another one around me. In fact, there were not many words, just two.

More than ten thousand words.”

Song Biao had roughly heard of the title of the book, so he asked Jiang Fangzhen to read it out for him. After roughly reading it, he said to Jiang Fangzhen: "This book is very well written, but some things are still too extreme and

It's dark. I've recently considered donating to others to run a newspaper, hoping to play a role in promoting modern state and modern nationalist ideas. You can see if you can contact him. If he is willing to return to China to run a newspaper, I can give him thirty every year

Funds of about Wan Yangyuan.”

Jiang Fangzhen was slightly shocked and said, "Did you donate so much money to the newspaper?"

Song Biao uttered and said, "Not many. If there are really more young people who can awaken, participate in our army, apply for the Far East non-commissioned school, and devote themselves to the new policy and new army movement, it is to spend a small amount of money to do big things. I think this

The investment is still too little. If he can do it well, it will not be a problem for me to give him 500,000 rounds a year."

Jiang Fangzhen said: "Okay, I'll write him a letter now. I've seen him before, and he should still remember me. Actually, I was trying to say another thing. Chen Tianhua is quite influential among Japanese students.

Nowadays, many girls are also studying in Japan. If you ask him for help, you might be able to find several female art troupe cadres."

Song Biao said: "Yes, just write him a letter."

Jiang Fangzhen nodded and said, "Since the military captain agrees, then the subordinates will go and handle it immediately."

Song Biao was still interested in this book "The Bell of Warning", so he asked Jiang Fangzhen to go down and do his job first and read it again. On a whim, he wrote another chapter "Theory of Saving China" on the manuscript paper with a pencil.

Song Biao wrote very short, concise and concise, only more than 10,000 words. It is recommended that the country should start by strengthening oneself, and young people should study hard. Establish modernist ideas, transform China with modern spirit, and arm China with modernism, and establish a

For modern China, we must first establish four modernizations of modern political system, modern education, modern industry, and modern military; for a new China, we must first develop a new nation, new ideas and new economy.

After writing the full text, Song Biao changed the title to "On New China" and changed his pseudonym to Song Zhizhong.

Shu Fangde just happened to have compiled a batch of new information and new equipment purchase lists at the arsenal and sent it over. Song Biao asked Shu Fangde to sit down and read the complete article. It was rare that Song Biao wrote an article. Shu Fangde was naturally

Looked very carefully.

Read the full text carefully while reading it. Shu Fangde seemed to have a sudden enlightenment and praised: "Military, your article "The Theory of New China" is so well written, it really points out the direction of China's progress.

But you didn’t mention revolution or reform. It seems that neither faction is right?"

Song Biao thought about it and replied: "I didn't support the ideas of both factions. At least in my opinion, the ideas on both sides have many shortcomings. Let's talk about the revolutionary factions first. After the revolution, China abolished the imperial system.

**, how to deal with the problems between Xinjiang and Outer Mongolia, how to re-establish the relationship between our country and North Korea, Vietnam and Laos, all of which are problems. It is impossible to say that we abolish the imperial system. We ask ** to abolish the system of living Buddhas, and we ask for the external

Mongolia abolished the system of vassal kings. I thought China needed an imperial system, but it should be a constitutional monarchy with the Han people as the main body, imitating the English and Germany. As for the reformists, their significance was not great. The Manchus and Han people were not the same nation after all.

They still don’t care about the life and death of our Han people. We are heart-to-heart. If you become the emperor, will you care about the life and death of the people? People just care about themselves. They generally live very well. Why do we have to work hard to revolution and improve and give us the rights?

, implement democratic constitutionalism and limit themselves? People who have this idea are stupid, and if they are Han people, they will be even stupid."

Shu Fangde nodded cautiously and agreed: "What the military captain said is very much, but I just don't know what the military captain has plans?"

Song Biao said: "No, I really can't take care of that much now. If I am the governor of the three northeastern provinces, serving as an official and benefiting one party, then I will benefit the three provinces and ensure the stability of the three provinces first. If not, I will take care of us first.

This army, whether it is 40,000 to 50,000 or 30,000 to 40,000, there must be a suitable way to survive.”

Shu Fangdedao: "The military captain has always been far-sighted and smart and pragmatic. I think this article of the military captain is extremely sharp, but it still fails to deeply touch the hearts of the people. I wonder if I can make some modifications based on this and then use it.

The pseudonym of Song Zhizhong was published in the newspaper. If there was no newspaper, we would find one to print it out by the brush factory and first distribute it in the entire army."

Song Biao said: "Don't worry, Jiang Fangzhen is going to contact Chen Tianhua, an international student in Japan. I want to secretly support him in running a newspaper. I will send this article to Japan for publication and first give it to international students in Japan."

Shu Fangde said: "Jiang Fangzhen and his team just graduated and have a lot of contact with Japan. Why not let him go to Japan? In fact, the military captain's idea is more clever and pragmatic than the revolutionary party and the reformists. I also do my best.

If we agree, it is better to build a company to secretly spread our thoughts and plan for the long term."
To be continued...