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    In February 1912, the land of China fell into unprecedented anxiety.

    The armistice between the north and the south was in vain, Anhui and Huaibei were still fighting, and the north was bleeding like a river.  The three provinces in the upper reaches of the Yangzijiang River, which had taken the lead in calming down, once again started a bloody storm. People were arrested and killed every day. In just a few days, thousands of die-hards and gentry who resisted the New Deal had their homes ransacked, shot, or their entire families were expelled from the province by soldiers.  Those who had previously resisted the New Deal all turned against the New Deal in newspapers overnight and became supporters. They also actively cooperated with the government and the military in implementing the New Deal. Even many remote villages sent people to put up big-character posters promoting the New Deal.  [Search for the latest updates here]

    Not waiting for this yet

    At the end of o, more than 50,000 troops of the National Defense Forces went out to attack the local gangsters, hooligans and bandits in the three provinces. Especially in Sichuan, three or four cases of bandits who used the road protection movement to claim themselves as kings were often reported within a day.  The news of forcible disarmament is not an exception even for those comrade soldiers and pao brothers who disobeyed the control and turned a deaf ear to the disarmament notices.

    Before this was over, horrific things happened in Guizhou.  Liu Xianshi, Dai Kan and others in Guizhou united with the constitutional party to launch a mutiny. They not only killed Huang Zelin, Zhang Bailin and others, but also massacred the Autonomous Society and soldiers who were unwilling to surrender after the occupation. In just three days, more than 4,000 people died in Guiyang City.  He fell in a pool of blood. Later, this turmoil was also known as the February 1st Incident.  Because the telegraph station was bombed, it was not until Guiyang was initially stabilized on February 5 that news was sent from Anshun, more than 100 miles away, to Yunnan and the rest of the country.

    When the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar. Although the scale of the National Defense Forces' operations in the three provinces was larger and involved more people, it was not that shocking because of its long span. However, the scene in Guizhou solidly stunned those who wanted to live a peaceful life after overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty.  Ordinary people, when careful people began to search for the backgrounds of Liu Xianshi, Dai Kan and others and the reasons for launching the Guizhou Incident, they found that they were all involved with three names, Liang Qichao, Cai E and Tang Jiyao.

    Just when everyone unanimously condemned the Guizhou Incident and believed that this was the beginning of the turmoil in the Republic of China, another more sensational and exciting news came out of Beijing.

    On February 6, after more than two hundred years of internal and external troubles, the Manchu Qing Dynasty issued an annual settlement allowance of 4 million in Nanjing. As the Northern Expedition gradually turned into a prairie fire, Yuan Shikai announced that he would abdicate on February 12.  The edict was conveyed to Wu Tingfang, the southern negotiator, who relayed it to the Nanjing government.  At the same time, Yuan Shikai also publicly stated for the first time that "republic is the best state system", and said that since the Qing emperor abdicated the throne and signed it with Shikai's signature, the day of the announcement was the end of the imperial government, which was the foundation of the Republic of China and the order must reach its perfection.  Never allow monarchy to return to China.

    Although there are still six days left, many people can¡¯t wait.  Firecrackers and gongs and drums were heard in big cities such as Shanghai and Nanjing.

    This news also sent the three provinces into a state of carnival. Even Song Ziqing, a man who rarely talked or laughed, would praise everyone whenever he met, as if he had forgotten the war in Guizhou. Only after returning to the temporary headquarters in Changsha did he gradually show a dignified look.  , finger kept swiping around the map.

    "Song Ziqing, fortunately you are still the Chief of General Staff. You are not worried about the Guizhou Army and the Yunnan Army, are you?" Just when his fingers reached Anshun in the south of Guizhou, a voice sounded from behind. He turned around to see Jiang Fangzhen, and a burst of military uniforms appeared.  At the door, he asked in surprise: "Brother Baili, why are you here?"

    "Isn't it your fault? Zhang Wenjing happened to be sending some new equipment, so I came to ask why Hao Duanduan sent more than thirty officers to Guizhou for a crash course. Are you still afraid of Cai E?" Jiang Baili always spoke in a serious tone.  You're welcome. Song Ziqing was used to it, so he smiled dumbly and said: "Brother Baili, I'm an officer in the crash course! These people have already completed their three-month graduation period, what do they have to do with Cai E?"

    Since the National Defense Forces are in urgent need of officers, the National Defense University has continued to maintain crash courses after its opening. The more technical soldiers in the crash courses, the longer the duration. Ordinary army officers generally take three months, while regular university classes require two to three years of study.  He could only graduate in 20 years, so Jiang Fangzhen immediately said: "If it hadn't been for them to graduate, do you think I would have let them go?"

    Song Ziqing was too lazy to pay attention to him and asked: "Did you just say that Zhang Wenjing sent equipment? Is it a machine gun or a fake seven-year-old five-barreled cannon?"

    "How do I know what it is? Each one is sealed in a wooden box. I wanted to take a look and was blocked by the military police. But the size doesn't look like a cannon." After Jiang Fangzhen finished speaking, he walked to the map and asked, "Everyone."  It¡¯s been six days, haven¡¯t you taken action yet?¡±

    Song Ziqing did not hide anything from him, pointing to Zunyi and said: "A battalion of the Fifth Division has passed Zunyi and can reach Guiyang as early as tomorrow morning. The first brigade is following behind, about a day away. Anshun only sent out the power supply yesterday  Calculating time, Cai Songpo should get the news in three days. Even if he sets off immediately, he will not arrive until tomorrow evening."

    "Not bad, we got the first move." Jiang Fangzhen nodded with satisfaction,He then shook his head and said, "It's a pity that it's not your fault, it's the soldiers who did a good job."

    Song Ziqing could only scratch his head at this guy. Since Qiu Wenbin and his party safely withdrew Shi Bing and sent back the telegram, everyone now knows that he blew up the Guiyang telegraph station that night, causing Guiyang to be unable to contact the outside world immediately. In addition, Liu Xianshi and others were busy with  The Autonomous Society and the disobedient soldiers were wiped out. It was not until Anshun on the 5th that the news was received.  So on this issue, he admitted that Qiu Wenbin did a good job and said: "I got the first move, but Cai Songpo also has some abilities, so we shouldn't underestimate him."

    "What skills do you have? It's nothing more than following that Liang Qichao fooling around. He has no ideas of his own, no system of his own, and is just a chess piece to play with at the end." Jiang Fangzhen didn't have a good impression of Cai E, just because this man lacked his own  In particular, he felt that it was short-sighted for him to take Liang Qichao as his disciple.

    Although Song Ziqing also stayed in Germany, he had never had any dealings with Cai E, so he couldn't comment. He pulled him and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's go see what equipment was sent. It was hidden from the president of our Army University."  ." After the two arrived at the school grounds, Song Ziqing discovered that Su Hongsheng was also here, talking to Yang Qiu who had come after hearing the news, and kept pointing at the carriage filled with large and small wooden boxes next to him.

    After seeing Yang Qiu, Su Hongsheng immediately asked the military police to carry down one of the wooden boxes. After opening it, the contents inside made both Song Ziqing and Jiang Fangzhen a little stupid. They only saw a black box about one meter long and as thick as an arm.  The black steel pipe was lying across the box, with a tripod and a large iron plate with a dent in the center placed next to it.  Yang Qiu suddenly became excited when he saw this, mortar!  The mortar he desperately needed was finally produced at the most critical moment!

    "Mr. Su, what is this?"

    "A big cannon!" Not to mention how excited Su Hongsheng was, he immediately asked the soldiers to assemble it.

    Cannon?  The two people who had studied in Germany were a little stunned. What kind of cannon is this?  In fact, it¡¯s not their fault. The mortar is a new weapon that only appeared during the Russo-Japanese War. When the two of them studied abroad, Germany had just successfully developed it and prepared its troops. It was a monster with a short barrel. Even if it is not mass-produced at this time,  .  In the modern sense, the mortar took shape only after France installed a buffer in 1999 to overcome the shortcomings of the rigid connection between the gun body and the gun mount.

    The soldier who installed the mortar seemed to have been doing it for a long time, and he was relatively skillful in his movements. He quickly installed an 80mm mortar.

    This mortar is a copy of the later Type 67, with a pulling mechanism at the rear of the gun to facilitate daily training.  The gun barrel is obviously thicker and thicker. This is because Yang Qiu does not trust domestic gun steel, so he purchased a large number of weapons-grade steel pipes from the United States to prepare for the mass production of mortars.  The buffer machine is a single-tube double-spring type. The direction and height machines adopt a mechanical gear structure. By turning the handle, the large and small bevel gears and screw barrels can rotate, thereby moving the height screw up and down, giving the gun a high and low shooting angle.  The sight is also mechanical because there is no optical manufacturing equipment in China.

    Although it is crude and crude, it is indeed a modern mortar that can be used!  After the soldiers completed the installation and opened the ammunition box, Yang Qiu breathed his last breath of relief.  In the ammunition box, there were six artillery shells lying side by side. The wings, tail rods, and ammunition bags were all intact. Only the rubber air-sealing ring was replaced with resin rubber. This was because the country currently lacked rubber and had to wait for the vulcanization equipment purchased from the United States.  Only when we arrive can we find a way to get vulcanized rubber.

    "Have you tried this?" Yang Qiu's voice was a little anxious. After he saw the mortars, he had the idea of ????taking the opportunity to completely transform the Fifth Division into a mountain division, because mortars are the best fire support for the mountain division.  arms.  Su Hongsheng worked calmly. Last time, the Han-1 light machine gun was completely tested before being brought to Yang Qiu. The mortar this time was actually built a month ago, but because this kind of cannon has never been built before, it was replaced.  There was no mention of experimentation, so I took Yang Qiu¡¯s instructions and training manual and tested them for more than a month before I finally felt relieved and handed them over.

    After the soldiers installed it, Yang Qiu couldn't wait to take everyone to the shooting range.  Everyone only saw the soldier loading the shell from the top after adjusting the shooting angle, and then there was a soft bang. When the green smoke rushed out of the muzzle, a black dot could be clearly seen rushing into the distance.

    "Boom. One."

    The power of more than three kilograms of all-yellow ** filled artillery shells is quite good. With the pre-engraved fragments, it will immediately crush the target in the distance. The size of the fire ball can even be comparable to that of a 75mm field gun!  Song Ziqing and Jiang Fangzhen ignored the danger and rushed over to experience the power and use of a new mortar.  Only Yang Qiu frowned secretly and asked: "Has the maximum distance been tested?"

    Su Hongsheng was still in his joy and did not notice his expression. He said: "The longest distance can be hit to 1 meter, but the accuracy of this distance is relatively poor. The most accurate is about 800 meters. Everything else is fine, except for the collision."  Explode fuse 1. WeWhat we produce is not good, so we still need to use products from Germany.  "

    Yang Qiu scratched his head and remembered the jingle from the Anti-Japanese War, "The 82nd Cannon is so wonderful. If it can't fire, it will fall out. It's not good, both the man and the cannon will be wiped out."  This sentence refers to the criticism of black powder used as a propellant package. The distance is short and the trajectory of the projectile is unstable.  The New Fourth Army's solution at that time was to grind waste film into powder.  Nowadays, film is still a luxury product. Fortunately, nitrocellulose is already available. He said: "Tell Zhang Wenjing and Shen Shukai to see if they can import a batch of nitrocellulose. You can use it to test whether it can be used as propellant. If it works, just do it."  Don¡¯t be afraid of spending money when purchasing a set of equipment. The quality of self-produced fuzes must be improved as soon as possible. After the Austro-Hungarian workers are in good health, let them do the precision work first and you can learn from it. For now, import a batch."

    After Yang Qiu explained the areas that needed improvement, he asked: "How many have been produced? How many cannons can be produced per month at the current output? How many soldiers can operate this kind of cannon?"

    Su Hongsheng did not dare to lie and immediately said: "The main reason is that we don't have seamless steel pipe technology, so we all rely on casting, so now we only have six guns per eight and four guns per twelve, and there are more than a dozen gunners who can use them. The gun factory currently has  The most important thing is to imitate your seven-year-old cannon according to the drawings, so we tentatively decide on six of each of two calibers per month. This kind of artillery shells are also newly made, and currently we can only produce about 3,000 per month."

    "Don't be anxious about production. If you build one, you must be able to use one! I have ordered a lot of these gun barrels from the United States. They will be delivered in two months at the latest. The most important thing at the moment is to improve the process." Although Yang Qiu is anxious to  The mortars were immediately sent to Guizhou for actual combat testing, but in order to encourage everyone, they comforted everyone before saying: "Ziqing, you immediately send a report to Zhang Wenjing and ask him to send these guns and gunners to Guiyang as quickly as possible.  Let¡¯s go for a practical test and help Su Xiaohu by the way.¡±

    Jiang Fangzhen and Song Ziqing happened to come over and heard this sentence, and looked at each other and smiled.  With this kind of cannon that a strong man can carry, the heavy firepower that troubled everyone most in the Battle of Guizhou was finally solved.

    The rumbling sound of artillery in the shooting range made Chen Guofu who came to find Yang Qiu a little stunned, especially when he saw the strange-looking mortar, he couldn't help but walk there.  Song Ziqing was still a little worried about Chen Guofu's identity. After all, he was Chen Qimei's nephew. He was afraid that he would know too many secrets, so he immediately shouted: "Guofu, what's the matter?"

    The young Chen Guofu didn¡¯t have much idea. He just thought that this kind of small cannon was very novel. When he heard the call, he immediately ran over, took out the telegram and said: "Inspector, Chief of Staff.

    We just received a nationwide call from Governor Cai E of Yunnan!  He said that since ancient times, Yunnan and Guizhou have been close friends of each other. Now, Guizhou is in chaos and has become a bandit country. When I heard that Liu Xianshi and other gentry called for help, how could our Yunnan army have the heart to sit back and watch and let banditry run rampant? I would like to ask for your order.  In Nanjing, raise troops to sweep eastward into the territory of Guizhou and restore peace to the people of Li.  "

    "Brother Pao?!" Yang Qiu laughed dumbly. He was really a threat to everyone. He fought hard against Brother Pao, and Cai E actually learned to use this move.  He glanced at the mortars that had been put away and said with a smile: "Electrify, we will also electrify the whole country! Defend the revolution, sweep Guizhou, suppress bandits in Ontario, and maintain stability!".  !  .

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