Chapter 31 Section 1
(I had something at home yesterday and didn’t have time to update it, so I will definitely make up for it today!)
Liang Yanru, who had received a good education since childhood, sat upright in the car, with his delicate and smooth face, staring out the window. Lin Sheng next to him did not disturb Liang Yanru's intentions, and he was still pondering in the past meetings. When British Consul General Wilson politely raised the Tibet issue, he looked at the weak British man with an angry look. Lin Sheng knew that the Southwest government now does not have the capital to completely turn against Britain, secretly suppressed his inner anger and had to kick the ball to Yuan Shikai's Beiyang government in a harmonious manner. The outbreak of a war was imminent. I originally wanted to rely on getting more machinery and equipment from the Germans to imagine that it would be shattered. After the war began, the Germans could not protect themselves. How could they still remember China far away in the East?
It seems that solving the Guangxi problem is also early, time does not wait for anyone. With the sea outlet that it controls, it will inevitably reduce the dependence of the southwest on Shanghai, and it can also strengthen the weak naval forces in the southwest. Thinking of these, Lin Sheng smiled and smiled helplessly. The People's Army said that the framework of the navy, army, air and military forces has been established, but how many people have the troops truly understand the strength and significance of the navy and air force? The southwest is still too weak and it takes time to develop and strengthen itself. Perhaps Xie Ping's suggestion is reasonable. It is necessary to show the strong military strength of the Southwest People's Army in an appropriate time. To solve the problem of Guangxi, a special division can be dispatched. On the one hand, it can reduce the number of casualties in the army and reduce the government's post-war financial pressure. At the same time, warning those hostile strength trying to target the Southwest. Shock the Japanese arrogance in trying to divide China's interests, and kill three birds with one stone!
Lin Sheng opened his eyes slightly and saw Liang Yanru beside him with bright eyes catching him. He relaxed his body without any hesitation. His originally thoughtful face crawled up to a smile and asked jokingly: "Miss Liang, it seems that my face is not blooming! Is it worth your attention to me all the time?"
Liang Yanru blushed for a moment when Lin Sheng said it, and replied embarrassedly: "No, no, maybe I am really curious about you. As the highest official in the southwest, he can also learn from those ancient private visits, but to be honest, I am honored to know you."
"Oh! It's a great honor, right?" Lin Sheng changed his gaze and looked at the secretary and driver in front of the seat, and said inadvertently.
"Yes, Lin Sheng, can I call you like this?"
"Yes, I'm not as bureaucratically as I need anyone to flatter you. Can you tell me about your situation?"
"How to say it, when I was in Shanghai, I heard about Southwest and your name, but I didn't expect to see you myself. I studied medicine abroad. My father was originally a comprador, but later he relied on his own capital to gradually grow his business." His dazzling eyes and his small mouth seemed to be recalling Liang Yanru's words.
"Well, the entire southwest can be said to be in a mess now. There are professional talents from all walks of life. For this reason, we also specially sent people to go south and north to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong to recruit talents. Miss Liang is a top student abroad. Maybe I hope you can stay and support the medical cause of Southwest. Western medicine, especially the government, has severely lacked surgeons." Lin Sheng put his left hand on the car door and used to knocking, while sincerely and earnestly trying to keep Liang Yanru. In his selfish heart, he hopes that Liang Yanru can stay. At least she and his wife in future generations match their appearance and temperament. The comrades who come here together are basically not married yet, and perhaps they need to play an example themselves! After all, it has been several years since they came to this world. As a man, he needs to find a wife in both heart and physiology.
"Lin Sheng, actually, I came to Chengdu this time. On the one hand, I was visiting relatives, and on the other hand, I was curious about the revolutionary policies you proposed, so come and take a look." Liang Yanru did not answer Lin Sheng directly, but agreed to Lin Sheng's request on the other hand. Afterwards, Lin Sheng kept sending Liang Yanru to the door before hurriedly returning to his residence.
When Lin Sheng came back, he saw Xie Ping, who had been waiting for him and Qian Xueming, the weapon and equipment director. As soon as he entered the door, Lin Sheng took off his coat and handed it to the guards who came forward, and waved to them: "You guys sit first, I just attended a diplomatic banquet! I'm really tired." While saying that, Lin Sheng walked to the corner to the washbasin, rolled up his arms and sleeves, picked up a towel to wash, and waved his guards and secretary to leave. Lin Sheng has always developed a good habit. If the people who are about to discuss things are from later generations, he will basically not allow the secretary and guards to be by his side. After all, he is afraid that he will speak smoothly, and some words from later generations will suddenly appear to cause unnecessary suspicion!
"Chairman Lin, today we went down to see several military factories. The Black Panther tank and the Little Antelope armored vehicle that were completely independently developed and produced have been finalized and can be produced in large quantities." Xie Ping happily reported to Lin Sheng.
"Okay! That's great. Today I'm still wondering if we should pull our only ace up on the Guangxi issue!" Lin Sheng walked to the sofa and sat down, excitedly took the information handed by Xie Ping and read it: "Yeah, well, okay, that's great. As long as our weapons are ahead of foreign countries, we can have a lot of initiative in military and diplomacy."
"However, the Black Panther Tank still needs to make improvements in weight and speed," Qian Xueming came forward in time and poured some cold water on Lin Sheng.
"Oh, didn't it mean that you could have mass-produced?" Lin Sheng looked up and asked Qian Xueming in confusion.
"Chairman, the Black Panther Tank is a heavy tank, and all the bridges in China are basically unable to pass. The engine technology is not completely passed, and the failure rate is very high, which seriously affects the continuous use time of the tank. Furthermore, the output of special steel used by the steel mill for the manufacture of tanks has not been increased." Qian Xueming answered helplessly.
"Yes! The science and technology now," Lin Sheng nodded in understanding and said with emotion: "We only have a sound theoretical foundation, but we cannot achieve industrial production! Talents are still lacking, and it is still not possible to rely on a small group of us to do it."
Lin Sheng paused and said, "You two can see if you can develop some civilian technologies from patriotic entrepreneurs. After all, there are still many people and strong forces." "However, it will be difficult to control the confidentiality of technology, and it is inevitable that some cutting-edge dual-use military and civilians will be leaked." Qian Xueming frowned with concern. "Yes! This is also what I have always been worried about. Now, both the United States, Britain and Japan are far better than us. Once we obtain these technologies, we will face a more difficult situation." Xie Ping did not agree with Lin Sheng's full opening of technology transfer.
Why don’t Lin Sheng know these principles? Who said that the Southwest government is too weak, too poor, and too short of funds? The government’s finances must give priority to the expenditure of military enterprises and military forces, and there is no remaining funds to develop some basic industries. Some basic industrial products are just necessities for higher-level military factories to produce. The living room was in tranquility in a short time, and the three of them were thinking about their respective problems.
Finally, Lin Sheng stood up and poured tea for Xie Ping and Qian Xueming himself, put down the teapot in his hand. Lin Sheng said seriously: "My personal opinion is to appropriately open some technologies with low confidentiality to the public, which can stipulate that enterprises must be built in various parts of the southwest."
"Okay! Confidentiality work needs to be strengthened. In addition, we can secretly bid for well-known Chinese entrepreneurs to reduce the possibility of premature ejaculation." As Lin Sheng's deputy, Xie Ping will unconditionally support him no matter what issues Lin Sheng decides.
"I keep my opinion!" Qian Xueming saw that Xie Ping had agreed to Lin Sheng's opinion, and he could not help but expressed his attitude. Lin Sheng nodded, and did not say much, but changed the topic: "Political Commissar Xie, I have an idea. The Special First Division has never officially taken out to fight a war since its establishment."
When Xie Ping heard this, he understood that Lin Sheng wanted to test the combat effectiveness of the Special 1 Division in the upcoming Guangxi Battle: "Yes, it is necessary. After the Special 1 Division was established, it has been stationed in Sichuan and became a guardian unit. For this reason, Special 1 Division has a lot of opinions from top to bottom, and the division commander Sun Wu has always asked me for complaints!" As he said that, Xie Ping smiled, remembering the expression of Sun Wu performing in front of him every time, he was fully qualified to be a qualified actor.
"Haha," Lin Sheng laughed, and Sun Wu came to him a lot. Mu Zhong: "We have always thought that taking out too advanced weapons and equipment will inevitably attract the attention of foreign hostile strength. The greed of human nature makes the hostile intention eliminate us in the bud, and now we have the ability to protect ourselves, and we will start fighting in one battle. They are now difficult for the clay bodhisattva to protect themselves. The first battle is a great opportunity for the development of our country's national industry, and we must never miss it. As long as the country's industry develops in a limited number of years, the national industry will have the ability to be at the same level as Japan in the Northeast and repay the blood debt!" Lin Sheng's face showed a firm expression. Xie Ping and Qian Xueming couldn't help but nodded heavily to express their agreement with Lin Sheng's point of view.
"As for the arrangements for the troops to march into Guangxi, the original General Staff meant to draw troops from Guizhou and Yunnan nearby," Lin Sheng came back to his senses and continued: "Guizhou and Yunnan troops are all suppressing bandits in various counties and cities, and it is difficult to assemble for a while. The plan to support the Northeast has been cancelled. The six new brigades stationed in Sichuan can be allocated to add the 1st Division. A total of 100,000 troops are probably enough to eliminate the miscellaneous troops of Guangxi Governor Lu Rongting."
Since it is related to military affairs, Qian Xueming, as the director of weapons and equipment, has not interfered too much, so he has been listening to it and not expressing his own opinions. However, he was thinking that war will always be the best test site for testing new weapons, so he said excitedly: "Chairman, political commissar, I have a suggestion, can we take some new weapons in our hands to the battlefield for actual testing, and can better provide researchers with real parameters."
"Our Director Qian has a good idea. Weapons are made for use, and it is not a big deal to always hide them." Lin Sheng agreed with Qian Xueming's point of view and said in great support: "The next step is, once the war begins, we can still export certain light weapons to Western countries to earn foreign exchange."
"Chairman, who will take charge of this battle of liberating Guangxi?" Xie Ping ignored Lin Sheng's out-of-tune topic and returned to the main topic.
"Or, let's ask Xie Zhixian to command! He is now in Guizhou to suppress bandits," Lin Sheng has always been very optimistic about the energetic and scholarly young man. Xie Ping frowned slightly and shook his head to express his disagreement. "Yes," Lin Sheng was stunned and immediately understood. He saw that the battle troops were basically trained in accordance with the framework of later troops. They are different from other troops in both artillery and communication, especially the Special First Division, which is the only full aircraft in the world formed by using the original weapons and equipment of the base.
The mechanized armored division. Xie Zhixian is not qualified to command these troops, or he cannot understand the combat methods of modern troops. "Hey! I will be in charge of commanding myself, and at the same time, I can also ask other main commanders who have no missions to participate in the battle." Lin Sheng thought that as the troops' weapons and equipment continued to be replaced in the future, the defect of the single commander of the senior commander must be reversed. In this way, only himself or Xie Ping personally commanded can the maximum combat effectiveness of the Special 1 Division be exerted.
Chapter completed!