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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 195: There is a long way to go

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    In January 1918, as China Fuda Motors initially acquired the ability to assemble and produce automobiles, and also because of the continuous supply of oil from Sino-American Petroleum Renqiu Oil Field, China Bus Company came into being with a total share capital of 1 million yuan and a configuration  We purchased 200 buses modified from Ford TT utility vehicles and opened a dozen bus routes in Beijing¡¯s ring city and southeast and northwest areas. From 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., each route has a bus every 15 minutes.

    As an advertisement, passengers can ride the bus for free in the first month of the trial operation. From the second month, charges will start. There are one-way tickets, round-trip tickets, weekly tickets, ten-day tickets and monthly tickets. Of course, there are discounts for season tickets and annual tickets.  maximum.  Generally speaking, the price is slightly more expensive than a rickshaw, so as not to squeeze the living space of the rickshaw driver too much.

    Students, military personnel, the elderly, and the disabled all ride for free. As a public utility, the China Bus Company is not for profit, but only to facilitate people's lives and improve travel efficiency. At the same time, the China Charity Foundation also provides support to Beijing  Major and medium-sized hospitals donated 50 ambulances modified from Ford TT utility vehicles, 100 TT modified firetrucks were donated to the Beijing Fire Fighting Association, and 50 modified TT fire trucks were donated to major universities in Beijing.  school bus.

    In January 1918, after the China Aircraft Manufacturing Company completed the assembly and testing of the second batch of imported British aircraft, it focused on the engine imitation and production of the Ross-Royce Eagle viii. At the same time,  The production of imitation v/1500 heavy bombers using 100 sets of viii engines assembled and produced is also progressing quite smoothly. Based on the two original prototypes, the first domestically imitated and assembled v/1500 aircraft is expected to fly by the end of January.  .

    If the test flight goes well, it is expected that the Nanyuan Aircraft Factory of China Aircraft Manufacturing Company will be able to increase its production capacity to 6 v/1500s per month starting from March, and will expand to more than 20 v/1500s per month in half a year.

    In January 1918, the construction work of the Xuanhua Iron and Steel Refining Ordnance Base was still proceeding in an orderly manner. The smokeless powder workshop and six light weapons production lines of the Xuanhua Arsenal were basically debugged and entered trial production. Since skilled arsenal workers still needed time to  For training, the initial production capacity of the entire arsenal is still relatively low. It is expected that starting from February, the monthly production will be 3,000 m1903 Springfield rifles, 500 m1917bra squad machine guns, 200 m1917a1 Browning water-cooled heavy machine guns, and Browning .45 caliber automatic  500 pistols and 1 million rounds of 7.62mm 30.06 rifle ammunition.

    With the expansion of scale, the availability of raw materials and the improvement of workers¡¯ proficiency, the production capacity of Xuanhua Arsenal will increase three times in half a year and five times in one year!  7. Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work. The production capacity of rifle bullets is even higher, and will be able to produce more than 10 million rounds per month.

    With the Xuanhua Arsenal's light weapons production line basically in place, Wang Geng mobilized talents and engineers from the Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau and Hanyang Arsenal through the Ministry of War, and directly purchased the equipment and technology related to the artillery production of the Arsenal from Japan, preparing to build the Xuanhua Arsenal's  In the artillery workshop, in addition to the 75mm-caliber Type 41 mountain gun, Type 38 field gun, and 150mm howitzer equipment, the imitation work of French mortars is also in progress.

    Japan's domestic large-caliber artillery production capacity is insufficient. Last year, the artillery produced in Japan was subcontracted from the US arms purchase order. It is expected that all deliveries will have to wait until March this year. Japan was originally unwilling to transfer its own imitation French artillery production technology to Wang.  Geng, but Wang Geng threatened to import equipment directly from the United Kingdom and France, and to cancel the remaining artillery orders to Japan that had not yet been delivered, and at the same time suspended the export of crude oil to Japan. At this time, little Japan was dumbfounded, and after thinking about it, finally  Still obediently agreed to Wang Geng's request.

    The recruitment of new recruits to the participating armies has never stopped. After the 11th, 12th and 13th divisions were successively organized at the end of November 1917, the new recruits who joined the army in December made the supplementary brigade of the Nanyuan base camp of the participating armies  Restored to 4.

    Although the second loan from the United States was successfully reached at the end of December, Wang Geng has actually never stopped production at the three armament branches of Colt Garber Company in the United States. The eighth batch of American weapons arrived at the end of December  The firepower was enough to arm five mixed brigades, and Wang Geng formally organized and established the 14th Division of the participating army in early January.

    The 14th Division of the participating army was formed on the basis of Han Fuqu's 9th Brigade of the 3rd Division in Suiyuan. Wang Geng added 2 supplementary brigades to it, and at the same time added another supplementary brigade to Wu Peifu in Kulun, Outer Mongolia, making Suiyuan  The total number of participating armies in Far and Outer Mongolia reached the full strength of three divisions and nine brigades.

    Han Fuqu also became the third general in the participating armies to move from brigade commander to division commander. At this time, he was only twenty-nine years old. Ten months ago, he was only a battalion of the 16th Mixed Brigade.

    At the same time, the aviation force of the participating army dispatched 1 SE5 fighter squadron and 2 DH4 reconnaissance bomber squadrons to Wu Peifu's Kulun in Outer Mongolia. Each of the above squadrons has a strength of 16 aircraft. In addition, there is a squadron containing 12 aircraft.  Handley Page 0/400 Heavy Bomber Squadron.  At the same time, the troops stationed in Harbin were givenTingzhen also sent the same number of air fleets.

    Like China Fuda Automobile Company, the engine is the source of everything. Wang Geng¡¯s first step is to use imported parts and raw materials to imitate the engine based on the transferred production drawings and authorized patents. The second step is to use the above four  The localization of engines was followed by the development of new domestic engines. In 1918, China's machinery industry and steel industry technology still lagged behind Europe and the United States. To make a qualified engine, high-quality cast iron and steel were indispensable.

    China Iron and Steel Company's iron ore at the Xuanhua base has been put into production. The thermal power plant, ironmaking, steelmaking, coking and other branches will also be put into operation at the end of January. The first phase of the Xuanhua Iron Mine, which is put into trial operation, is expected to produce iron ore annually.  The first 450-ton blast furnace of the ironmaking plant has been put into production, and the second 450-ton blast furnace will be installed and commissioned before the end of February.  By then, the daily iron production will reach 1,000 tons, and the annual iron production will be more than 300,000 tons.

    The first phase of the Xuanhua Steelmaking Plant has three 140-ton open-hearth furnaces, with an expected annual output of 150,000 tons of steel, and three 5-ton electric furnaces for smelting alloy steel, gun barrel steel and tool steel, with an expected annual output of alloy steel, gun barrels and tool steel.  5,000 tons of pipe steel and other special steel.

    The first phase of the project will be completed by the end of June and reach the expected production capacity. In the second half of the year, the second phase of the Xuanhua Iron and Steel Joint Base will continue to be started. By the end of the year, the iron ore production capacity will be expanded to 1.6 million tons per year, pig iron and  The annual output of crude steel has doubled to 600,000 tons and 300,000 tons, and the annual output of electric furnace special steel has been increased to 10,000 tons.

    The main coking coal and coal for thermal power generation of the Xuanhua Iron and Steel Joint Base mainly come from the Kailuan Coal Mine and Shanxi Jingxing Coal Mine controlled by the British. Coal is transported to the Xuanhua Base day and night through the Tianjin-Beijing Section of the Jinshan Railway and the Beijing-Suiyuan Railway.

    With the commissioning of the Xuanhua Steel Base, the Xuanhua Arsenal's gun barrel steel and gun barrel steel raw materials will gradually no longer rely on imports, and the engine production of China Fuda Motors and China Aircraft Manufacturing Company will also receive the cast iron and engines urgently needed for engine production.  For steel, the rolling workshop and drawing workshop of Xuanhua Iron and Steel Plant will gradually be able to provide various armor steel, stainless steel, spring steel, gun barrel steel, gun barrel steel, etc. of world quality level.

    It can be said that Wang Geng spent nine months using American weapons to arm a new army that sang the Three Major Disciplines and Nine Points of Attention. Within half a year, he established the Renqiu Oilfield and Xuanhua Iron and Steel Complex bases, and initially established a military base around  The prototype of the heavy industry system for emerging industries such as energy, steel, ordnance, automobiles, and aircraft!

    At the same time, the command system of the participating armies is reflected in the dual leadership mechanism with mixed brigades as the basic unit and reorganized divisions as the front army units.  Measures such as tax and salary donations have played a key role in improving and improving people's livelihood, stabilizing the agricultural foundation of northern provinces and maintaining social stability.

    In fact, the challenges faced by China in 1918 were much greater than the previous year. Externally, the inevitable civil war in Russia was about to break out, and the goal Wang Geng set for the participating armies was to regain all the troops from the "China-Russia-Nebula" on the Eastern Front.  All territories occupied by Tsarist Russia since the Treaty of Chu".

    Internally, the nationwide House of Representatives elections before August will become a battleground for various factions. The many political forces within the Anhui clique, between Anhui and Anhui, between the north and the south, and within the south are complicated. How to pursue constitutionalism and the nationalization of the military?  It is a huge challenge to maintain the spirit and loyalty of the participating troops under the flag. It is necessary to avoid civil war and at the same time strive to move the country closer to unity and democracy through constitutionalism.

    In a word, there is a long way to go!
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