Volume 2 King of the Northwest Chapter 26 No Consultant
"…Local public security is unstable and industrial recovery is difficult. In order to protect the industries of the people in Western Province, it is advisable to set up a public security force. I am not talented enough to be appointed as the head of Shaanxi Province. I am willing to take on this important task… I am willing to overcome difficulties and fulfill my duties as the commander of the Western Province Security Force…"
The dispute between the President and the Prime Minister in Beijing was in full swing, while the conflict between the Governor and the Military Governor in Xi'an had reached an irreconcilable level. At the end of 1916, Li Genyuan took the lead in appointing himself as the Commander of the Shaanxi Security Commander, thus opening the prelude to the unrest in Shaanxi in the coming year.
"Marshal, what does Li Genyuan mean? Do you want to build a second Shaanxi Army?"
In Dai Jiliang's office, the senior officers of the Shaanxi Army were filled with indignation. Li Genyuan had moved everyone's cheese, which was intolerable.
"Brother Pu Chu, when can our Shaanxi Army's first brigade-level joint training at the beginning of next year begin?"
Dai Jiliang glanced at everyone and asked his first deputy in a calm and unhurried manner.
"It will be on February 8th. Everyone will return to the team after the Lantern Festival. The first and third brigades will start joint training the next day."
Zhang Zili certainly understood what Dai Jiliang meant.
“We will hold a review meeting after the event, and the second and third brigades will have another one at the end of the month. In mid-March, the first and second brigades will have their last joint exercise.”
"We will also include radio communications in this joint training."
After Dai Jiliang said this, he looked at the people who were looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Why are you arguing? Can you solve this matter by arguing? They are determined to fight us head-on. If you can, show us the strength of the Shaanxi Army in the joint training! I don't believe that a few thousand farmhands and swordsmen can block our thundering attack."
Dai Jiliang slammed the table.
"Get back here, everyone. I don't want words. I want to see real guns and real bullets."
Although Dai Jiliang was cursing, everyone calmed down as soon as he spoke. After paying their respects, they filed out one after another. Only Zhang Zilii and E Tao were kept back by Dai Jiliang.
"Brother Zhi, what I mean is that we should immediately reorganize the original Xi'an Garrison."
Dai Jiliang looked at the two people, and the murderous intent that he had suppressed in front of everyone was now revealed.
"Let's use Zuo Liang's Guard as the core, and you can draw some of our veterans from the other regiments. The Cavalry Regiment is also short of machine guns, so we can draw out the machine gun company from the Second Artillery Regiment to regroup."
Of course, Dai Jiliang’s guards must still be retained.
"As for my guards, I will let Ding Guo, who is from Baoding's third term, be the captain of the guards."
Ding Guo was from Yizheng, Jiangsu, and was a fellow villager of Dai Jiliang, so he was naturally trustworthy.
"Okay, I'll arrange it in a moment."
The two sides have already drawn blood from their bayonets, so of course there will be no mercy.
Besides, the Shaanxi Army became stronger every time it expanded. E Tao had nothing to say about this. However, as the director of the military and political department, he was also a rubber stamp and some things still needed to be clarified.
"Is this regiment a ten-company or eight-company regiment? Who should the deputy commander assign to go?"
"Let Wang Lujie be the deputy head of the group."
Dai Jiliang suddenly had a vacancy for an adjutant.
"As for this group."
Dai Jiliang thought about it.
"Let's first set up an eight-company system. We can't be too aggressive. We still have to live a hard life!"
Dai Jiliang didn't care about the agreement with the provincial council that troops could not be stationed in Xi'an. Didn't Li Genyuan violate it? With this excuse, Dai Jiliang could act even more unscrupulously.
"Brother Park Chu, you have to review the outline of the battle in northern Shaanxi. I want to see a detailed plan after the new year."
Dai Jiliang said this and turned his head to Zhang Zilii.
" Don't worry, Marshal. With our 20,000 brothers, we will never let northern Shaanxi gain the upper hand."
Zhang Zili really looked down on Li Genyuan and the militia in northern Shaanxi. Of course, he despised them strategically but paid attention to them tactically.
"Section Chief Song has already sent people to infiltrate northern Shaanxi. If everything goes well, a detailed map of northern Shaanxi and the organization of the militia will be sent to us after the New Year."
"That's good, but we can't completely rely on the work of the Intelligence Department."
Dai Jiliang nodded, and as he was speaking, the adjutant outside knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
Dai Jiliang looked at Zhang and E, and the two of them understood and retreated.
"What's up?"
"Director Wang needs to see you urgently."
What's going on with Wang Danping? It's so urgent that she can't even wait for a while. Dai Jiliang frowned deeply.
"Zhixiang, urgent message from Beijing. The Prime Minister asks you to go to Beijing immediately."
Before Dai Jiliang could summon them, Wang Danping rushed in immediately after seeing Zhang and E go out, still shouting, it turned out that something big had happened.
"go to Beijing?"
Dai Jiliang snatched the telegram from Wang Danping's hand and quickly read it. "I'm in a critical situation, and you want me to challenge the President. The Prime Minister is crazy!"
Dai Jiliang's words were a bit impolite, but he had to go. At least he was still in the Anhui faction, so he should do something.
"Brother-in-law, how about you go? No, no!"
As soon as he said this, Dai Jiliang denied himself. Wang Danping had to take care of the government affairs and secretarial affairs on the one hand, and also manage the affairs of the Shanfu Company on the other. He absolutely could not do without him. What should he do? "Forget it, brother-in-law. Go to Director E later and ask him to take the trouble to go to Beijing again."
Dai Jiliang felt a little reluctant to let E Tao leave home and go north before the New Year.
"Forget it, I'll go and tell it myself."
"Marshal!"
Just as E Tao was speaking, he was seen walking back, accompanied by Chu Gan and Chu Zixiong, deputy directors of the Quartermaster and Ordnance Department.
"Zixiong said, we no longer have Hanyang rifles and 1988 original Mauser rifles. What should we do? Our weapons will not be unified."
This was another troublesome matter. The Shaanxi Army expanded too quickly, and the originally abundant firearms could not keep up with the speed of the expansion.
"Zixiong, how many Hanyang-made guns do we have left?"
Seeing that Dai Jiliang wanted to talk about military affairs again, Wang Danping walked out consciously. Soldiers do not interfere in politics, and politicians do not manage the military. This is Dai Jiliang's iron rule, and even relatives and confidants like Wang Danping dare not exceed it.
"Didn't the Han factory say that it could give us 300 clubs every three months? Why can't we get these 700 or 800 clubs together?"
"Marshal, we can actually use the Mauser 98 to equip the Guard Regiment and the New Guards."
Chu Gan did not directly answer Dai Jiliang's question.
"Although Lu Chengwu lost 3,000 guns to the militia, we got back more than 1,000 of them. To be honest, I feel bad about selling this gun, so why not let the Guards and the New Guards use it first? When the guns from the Han factory arrive, it won't be too late to replace them."
"Where are the bullets?"
Dai Jiliang agreed, but without bullets, a gun, no matter how good it is, is just a firewood stick.
"I checked and there are about two million bullets left. Even if the bullet factory stops producing them after it's built, they will be enough to last for several years."
Chu Gan knew all about this.
"It's just that the 79 pointed bullets are needed to supply the new Maxim, and it would be best if we could make them ourselves."
"never mind!"
When Dai Jiliang heard that pointed bullets were for machine guns, he backed out immediately. Machine guns consume a lot of bullets. A rifle can use up 300 bullets in a year, but a machine gun can use up all of them in just one minute.
These two million pills sound like a lot, but in reality they are not enough to fight two or three major battles. He would rather let people wait for their equipment.
"Let's use the Manlisha first, and then send it out when the Hanyang ones are fully equipped."
However, after this investigation, Dai Jiliang also became interested in another type of machine gun bullet.
"Zixiong, how much stock do we have left? How many times can we fight?"
"Now several factories both abroad and at home have stopped producing, and we only have about 1.2 to 3 million pills left. If we don't think of a solution, I'm afraid we'll have nothing left to fight if we fight two more battles."
Chu Gan's words immediately frightened Dai Jiliang. You know, the Shaanxi Army's current machine gun configuration includes more than twenty old-style black powder Maxim machine guns. If the bullets are not in place, wouldn't it mean that half of his combat power would be wasted?
"Chu Gan, you must think of a solution immediately. First, give priority to the old Maxim bullets. Second, the Ning Factory can make Maxim itself, so you can go and talk to them in person. We don't want artillery, but the new Maxim should be given priority."
"No problem, but Marshal, you have to let me celebrate this New Year, right?"
Chu Gan's temper still remained unchanged, and he was bargaining with Dai Jiliang.
"roll!"
Dai Jiliang prepared to kick.
"You are so old, why don't you get married? What are you doing in Xi'an? You have a lover whore!"
Dai Jiliang glared at Chu Gan.
"If you really have a lover, you can do this for me and I will redeem you."
Seeing Chu Gan's playful look, Dai Jiliang raised his foot again.
"I'll give myself 3,000 yuan for travel expenses. Oh, and don't use the Shaanxi Army's account. Use my special expenses."
"Brother Zhi, don't leave. I have something else to do."
Seeing E Tao wanting to go out with Chu Gan, Dai Jiliang called him hesitantly.
"I have something to trouble you, elder brother..."
Dai Jiliang finally persuaded E Tao to go north after much persuasion. Of course, a lot of treaties were signed under the city, such as giving New Year's money to children, etc., which are too numerous to mention. And on the day E Tao set off, Hirono, a Japanese who had disappeared for many days, also mysteriously entered Xi'an.
"Your Excellency, I have fulfilled my mission with this contract."
Guangye looked at Dai Jiliang with a smile, and handed him several stacks of papers.
"This is a special certificate issued by our Army Ministry, certifying that this batch of field artillery has arrived in Tianjin. As soon as your government's arms purchase license is issued, it can be shipped immediately."
"very good!"
Dai Jiliang looked through the design parameters of the 1938 Type 105mm heavy field gun with satisfaction and nodded.
"I am very satisfied that Hirono-kun is so trustworthy. So, I need 20 radios and 100 field telephones. I wonder when Hirono-kun can deliver them to Shaanxi!"
"Your Excellency the General is very magnanimous. A qualified businessman will not refuse a profitable business."
Hirono nodded with a smile on his face, but something was wrong with what he said next.
"General, in order to extend the operation of the mine, I plan to set up an office of a foreign company in Xi'an. I hope the governor will take good care of it in the future."
The Japanese wanted to extend their influence into Shaanxi. Dai Jiliang was silent for a while and finally nodded. The situation was stronger than the people, so he had to let several spy departments keep a close watch.
"Welcome, welcome Hirono-kun to invest in Shaanxi!"
"General, there is one more thing I want you to pay attention to."
Hirono had a serious face.
"The field artillery you requested is also controlled by the Empire of Japan, so the Imperial Army will send a team of instructors to assist in its operation."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Dai Jiliang laughed wildly, then answered in a decisive tone.
"If the Japanese side does not want to cooperate, then go ahead and send instructors. Shaanxi will never accept something that does not have any of the 21 articles."
"this?"
In October of this year, the Japanese cabinet of Shigenobu Okuma, which had always insisted on the use of force and brutal force against China and implemented white imperialism and ronin diplomacy, collapsed, and Count Terauchi Masatake, the number one disciple of Duke Aritomo Yamagata, the chief leader of the Japanese elder statesmen, came to power. The Japanese government was forced to switch to the so-called yellow imperialism of the "Chrysanthemum-Bengen" style, which was a combination of appeasement, friendship and economic aggression.
Therefore, faced with Dai Jiliang's toughness, Guangye hesitated.
"This is a matter of great importance. I still need to consult the Kyoto head office."
"Please!"
Dai Jiliang naturally issued an order to expel the guests.
