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Chapter 18 Zhang Haipeng ran away

Hearing the rich storage of the warehouse, Jiang Li gasped. During the War of Resistance in history, Jiang Jiang's army did not have many artillery equipment. Unexpectedly, when the Northeast Army met the supply of more than 300,000 troops, there were so many inventory. Fortunately, it was snatched back in time. If these arms were traversed to the hands of those puppet troops, what a disaster would it be for ordinary people?

"How much is the current production capacity of the arsenal?" Jiang Li asked again. In the past, he could not access these core data, but now in the name of resisting the Japanese, in order to arrange the war later, Jiang Li must also know the general situation of the arsenal.

"The arsenal can now produce about 58,000 rifles, more than 500 light machine guns, and more than 1,270 heavy machine machines. Among them, light and heavy machine guns are relatively elastic. If there are enough skilled technicians, there is still a lot of room for improvement. The pistol depends on needs. It can produce about 180 million rounds of various types of bullets."

"In terms of artillery, it can produce about 103 37MM flat-fire cannons, about 97 75MM mountain cannons, about 59 75MM field cannons, 17 105MM howitzers, and 155MM cannons can also be produced, but the number is relatively small, and it can produce about 9 a year. Now the arsenal has begun to trial-produce 240MM mortars, and most of the technical problems have been solved. The arsenal is also trying to produce, and at most one cannon a year will reach the top. Otherwise, the resource occupied is too large, which will easily affect the production of other weapons. Various shells are now stocked with more than 500,000 rounds."

"Then in terms of mortars, about 730 60MM mortars, about 370 82MM mortars, about 90 150MM mortars. The output can also be increased a little further, but it requires sufficient investment, and the same goes for shells. According to the machine's production capacity, it is not a problem to produce 400,000 or 500,000 rounds a year. Grenades can also produce more than one million a year."

"Military uniforms and military shoes are also produced, mainly depending on the number of workers, and they are very flexible in this regard." Chen Jingguo said the general situation of the arsenal one by one.

"If such an important arsenal is in the hands of the Japanese, the Japanese would have nearly 100,000 rifles, nearly 200 million bullets, hundreds of artillery pieces, and hundreds of thousands of shells a year. This is a disaster for the Republic of China. I don't know what the superiors think. It's really a mess!" Jiang Li was so angry that he slapped the table. Due to the financial problems in the Northeast, since Zhang Zuolin launched the Second Zhifeng War and successfully entered Beijing, military expenditure has been high, and the arsenal's production capacity has not been maximized. In order to alleviate the financial pressure, Zhang Xueliang even asked the arsenal to take on some civilian commercial orders.

The data reported by Chen Jingguo still has some room for improvement. At least in the War of Resistance Against Japan, Fengtian Arsenal was put into production with full efforts. With the expansion of production at any cost, the data could be expanded by at least half. What's more, the arsenal could even build a 24CM mortar. This technology of large-caliber artillery is also very advanced for Japan, indicating that the technology of Fengtian Arsenal was not much inferior to Japan. Of course, the most important aircraft was that the Republic of China could not design an aircraft that could match the Japanese aircraft.

"About the weapons production materials of Fengtian Arsenal, please prepare one for me and another for yourself. If the situation in Fengtian changes, these valuable materials must be brought to the pass to retain more vitality for military production in the Republic of China." After anger, Jiang Li sighed heavily.

"Battleman Jiang means that the young marshal may give up the arsenal and the Northeast?" Chen Jingguo said in shock.

"It's not possible, it's because it has given up. The arsenal is the cornerstone of the Northeast Army. The young marshal can give orders that he cannot resist. Do you think that such an important thing falls into the hands of the Japanese and does not move troops to snatch it back. Do you expect the Japanese to come automatically? When did you see the Japanese spit out the fat meat they ate in their mouths?" Jiang Li said lightly.

"How is this possible? If the young marshal gave up the arsenal, how should the arsenal handle itself?" Chen Jingguo murmured. Obviously, Jiang Li's words had a great blow to him. Although he was unwilling to believe it from the bottom of his heart, he saw the Japanese style and Chen Jingguo also knew that what Jiang Li said was probably a fact, a heart-wrenching fact!

"Okay, Director Chen, from today on, all the equipment in the arsenal will be dismantled immediately and ready to transport all the machinery away at any time. Even if the Japanese occupy Fengtian, these machinery must not fall into their hands." Jiang Yusheng said firmly.

"Disassemble all the machinery, this, this, no order from the Young Marshal or the factory director, who dares to dismantle it?" Chen Jingguo said in embarrassment. Jiang Li was just an unknown battalion commander. Not to mention a battalion commander, even if he was a military commander, he would not have thought of getting things done without Zhang Xueliang's order.

"If I didn't see the dismantling machinery in the factory today, I would ask the soldiers to blow up all the equipment in the factory. You can do it yourself." The official position is a flaw. The people in the arsenal are no more than soldiers. They are not in the same system at all. Jiang Li knew that it would be useless to say too much, so he just wanted to be more straightforward.

"You, you're doing something nonsense!" Chen Jingguo was so angry that his beard shivered. The Fengtian Arsenal consumed more than 200 million yuan in total, and it lasted for nine years. It can be said that it was the crystallization of the joint efforts of the people of the three northeastern provinces. Jiang Li now said he was going to explode.

"It is a mess to execute the order of non-resistance and give the arsenal to the Japanese. Director Chen, don't think I'm joking. Zhang Haipeng's bastard thought it would be great to be the chief of staff. I still don't buy his account. Even if Zhang Haipeng is here, I dare to say that. Maybe he will never come to the arsenal, because Fengtian City is about to be captured by the Japanese army. Maybe they have already pulled their feet and left Fengtian City to the Japanese army!" Jiang Li slapped the table and stood up and scolded, "Director Chen, you were promoted by the Young Marshal. He has the kindness of knowing you, but you should be more clear that you are a Chinese first. Do you know how harmful it is to the Japanese occupying the arsenal to the Republic of China?"

"No matter what, I refuse to implement your order." Chen Jingguo said insistently.

"Zhao Tieshu!"

"have!"

"I'll give you a company to install bombs on all construction and equipment of the arsenal, and prepare to carry out blasting!" Jiang Li said coldly.

"Yes!" Zhao Tieshu took the order and left. Since he followed Jiang Li to counterattack the Japanese army in Beidaying, he had put all his future on Jiang Li, or on the entire Northeast and the Republic of China, rather than on the young general Zhang Xueliang.

"You, you are making trouble!" Chen Jingguo was so angry that his beard was stirred up.

"You said that's right? Now you start dismantling the equipment and you can still save it. You can think about it yourself."

"Director Chen, Director Chen, it's not good."

At this time, a young man ran over and said breathlessly, "Tibet, the governor of Tibet called and said, Chief of Staff Zhang Haipeng led all the officials in the staff to run away, and the Japanese army attacked Fengtian City!"

Chen Jingguo shook his body and asked in a shaking manner, "Did Chief Zhang have any instructions before leaving Fengtian?"
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