boyutpedia Chapter 142: Inspection of Military Factories
Chapter 142: Inspection of Military Factories
"Oh, let me see." Fang Jian looked up and took the telegram handed to him by Tao Yunong.
The telegram was sent by Jiang Changkun, the commander-in-chief of the Southern New Army. In it, he expressed his revolutionary beliefs with deep emotion, recounted the various injustices of the northern government, and fawned on Fang Jian. Finally, he requested that they work together to eliminate the remnants of the old forces.
After reading the telegram, Fang Jian was puzzled: "Aren't Heyuan and Sanjiang provinces about to fall into the hands of the new army in the south?"
"Why would the Southern New Army let us join at this time?"
Tao Yunong introduced: "The new southern army is divided into three forces."
"Jiang Changkun, who occupied Jinchang, Dongchuan, and Jiangnan provinces, Xu Weigong, who occupied Dongnan and Huinan provinces, and Lin Zongde, who occupied Jiyang and Zhuyang provinces."
"In the past, the three families had been balancing each other. Although this Northern Expedition was initiated by Jiang Changkun, the one who benefited the most was Lin Zongde."
"Lin Zongde's Jiyang Province is adjacent to Sanjiang and Nanshan. Because the garrison troops in Sanjiang Province were severely damaged by Fang Ji'an, Lin Zongde has already reached Linjin, the capital of Sanjiang Province."
"Jiang Changkun's initial advance was smooth, but he ran into a tough battle in Heyuan."
"Xu Weigong's power is located in the southeast, and he could only watch the other two families make achievements. He was dissatisfied, so he attacked Guangnan Province in the south."
"Xue Chengguang of Guangnan Province asked Yang Shude of Nanhai Province for help and blocked Xu Weigong in Guangnan."
Francis Xan secretly cursed the man for being stupid and immediately asked someone to bring him a map. Looking at the map, Francis Xan fell into deep thought.
Judging from the current situation, the New Army in the South is very passive.
If Xu Weigong provokes Xue Chengguang, it might cause dissatisfaction among other warlords. One should know that there are four provinces bordering the New Army in the South.
In addition to Xue Chengguang and Yang Shude, there was also Lu Rongqing who occupied the two provinces of Xilin and Guannan.
If Lu Rongqing also sent troops to Jiyang and Zhuyang, the Southern New Army's Northern Expedition would inevitably fail and they would have to retreat.
Fang Jian couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "The situation of the new southern army is too bad. With such an opportunity, they can't unite to deal with the northern government, and they have to take action against the warlords in the south."
"The New Army Delegation from the South has set out for us. How should we receive them?" Tao Yunong asked again.
Fang Jian waved his hand and said indifferently: "Just use the same standards as the last time the Northern Government did."
Fang Jian had no intention of joining the Southern New Army, but he would not offend the other side. If he provoked an attack from the Southern New Army, it would be a loss.
Moreover, even if we do not join the Southern New Army, we can still cooperate with them. There is no need to make the relationship awkward.
Putting the matter of the southern delegation aside, Francis Xavier turned his attention back to Nanshan Province.
At present, the most important thing for Fang Ji'an is to develop himself, cultivate enough talents in governance and military affairs, and lay a solid foundation so that he can unify Daxin.
In the era of hot weapons, the pace of war is much faster than in the era of cold weapons.
Just like the Republic of China on Blue Planet, it only took a few months from the Second Northern Expedition to the nominal unification of the country.
For example, the civil war after Blue Star's victory against Japan took a little more than two years from the start of the war to the unification of the country.
Although the Northern Expedition was victorious, the remaining forces were not eliminated, and there was a lack of sufficient capable personnel, so there were many internal problems in the Baldhead government. Of course, the Baldheads also had many problems of their own.
During the civil war between the two parties, our party was able to ensure the stability of the regime after unifying the country, which was inseparable from various propaganda and the unremitting efforts to cultivate talents during the Anti-Japanese War.
Even so, there were still many cadres of varying quality after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Therefore, it is sufficient to see the importance of cultivating talents.
In the afternoon, all the weapons seized from suppressing the bandits and destroying the five major families were transported to Nanling.
"Transport all these weapons to the warehouse." Fang Jian ordered after receiving Tao Yunong's report.
Tao Yunong responded and then asked, "Commander, except for Dou Dexu and Song Guangqing who were killed, the other heads of the five major families were also transported to Nanling. What should be done with these people?"
"The main culprit will be brought to court, the direct descendants of these families can be expelled from Nanshan Province, and the rest of the innocent people can be released." Fang Jian didn't care about these people.
When you are rich and powerful, you can't cause any trouble. When your money and power are confiscated, what else can you do?
Of course, we have now entered an era of rule of law and human rights. Although it is only in its infancy, Fang Jian has to do some surface work.
After Tao Yunong left, Fang Jian communicated with the system and said, "System, recover the old weapons that were seized this time."
"Ding, you can redeem points in total, do you want to redeem?"
Fang Jian was quite happy that he could redeem more than 36 points, so he immediately said, "Redeem."
"Ding, the exchange is successful. The team receiving the supplies will arrive in one day."
After obtaining these points, Fang Jian originally wanted to exchange them for two thousand clone soldiers and use up the exchange quota.
But after thinking for a moment, Fang Jian still did not plan to exchange clone soldiers and chose to use local soldiers.
It takes one hundred points to exchange for a clone soldier, and two thousand would require two hundred thousand points. How much other supplies can be exchanged with this? It is far less cost-effective than recruiting local soldiers.
Of course, recruiting local soldiers also has its drawbacks. It takes a long time to train them to become elite soldiers, while the exchanged soldiers can fight as soon as they are exchanged.
As for military pay, food, etc., cloned soldiers also need to be paid and fed, so there is not much difference.
Francis then ordered the transfer of more than 20,000 men from the Second to Seventh Divisions to reorganize the First Division. The more than 20,000 soldiers newly recruited some time ago were added to the Second to Seventh Divisions.
The remaining 19,000-plus men of the original First Division were all added to the Garrison Division.
After the reorganization, except for the garrison division, which also had clone soldiers, the soldiers in other divisions were all local characters. The garrison division had more than 33,000 people, and the remaining divisions one to seven had people respectively.
Thanks to the transportation by trucks, the entire troop mobilization was completed in three days.
Of course, after these changes, the First Division still needs to adjust before it can regain its combat effectiveness, but fortunately, there is no fighting on the front line, so there is enough time for the First Division to integrate its troops.
Moreover, Changhuan City still has the Second and Third Divisions, which are sufficient to resist even if there are any changes in the northern government or the new army.
That day, Fang Jian came to the military factory on the Jieshan Mountain in Qingshan. The military factory was located in a valley, but the factory buildings were all inside the mountain.
Even if the enemy enters the valley and wants to go into the mountain, they will still be blocked by the guards at the cave entrance.
Seeing Zhong Yuchen wearing worker's clothes covered with dust, still full of energy, operating the machine himself to guide the workers, Fang Jian was very pleased with his enthusiastic work attitude.
Fang Jian had been standing aside, waiting for Zhong Yuchen to finish the operation, and then he stepped forward and said, "Professor Zhong, thank you for your hard work."
"Commander, why are you here?" Zhong Yuchen was startled by the sudden voice. He turned around and found that it was Fang Jian.
Zhong Yuchen was still very grateful to Fang Ji'an. How could he not be happy to be able to display his talents in this military factory and make contributions to the country?
Moreover, Zhong Yuchen is the person in charge of this military factory, and he can also do some research and inventions he likes in the military factory, which makes him like this place even more.