Chapter 29 Meeting Futai (Part 2)

At this moment, Feng Xu felt that he had figured it all out when he saw Fang Jianxiong's spotless eyes and sincere expression. In the letter, Sun Baoqi mentioned that Fang Jianxiong was recommended to Berlin Army University, which never admitted Chinese people, because of his excellent grades.

Fang Jianxiong was studying in school, but Fang Jianxiong gave up because he had been away from home for six years and wanted to return home to fulfill his filial piety. Now he has a black cloth on his sleeves and mentioned his mother. He was worried about his mother and refused to go out to work for fear that his father had died. Berlin Military

The university failed to retain him, so what does it mean to be a mere member of the Anhui New Army? If such a talented person wants to be employed in a certain job in the future, wouldn’t that mean he will break his head everywhere?

Therefore, when Sun Baoqi wrote the letter, he was afraid that he had tampered with it and did not say anything in person. The letter must have recommended it to Yuan Shikai and Zhang Renjun. The reason why he brought a gift to himself was probably because he was embarrassed to explain clearly that Fang Jianxiong was a filial son.

If he is willing to go out on an errand, we can arrange an errand for him in Wuhu. After several years of experience, Sun Baoqi came back and sent a letter to Da Yong.

Sun Muhan, Sun Muhan, you are so ungrateful. You are planning to give me wedding clothes for you. Can you really bribe me by pretending to be Dong Qichang's calligraphy and painting? Such a talent, even if he is your student

, I also want to dig some corners. Emotions can be cultivated. If I treat him kindly, I won’t be afraid that I won’t be able to retain him in the future.

"Fuguo, since you're here, don't leave in a hurry. I still have some questions to ask you." Feng Xu's tone changed, it could be described as gentle and casual, and he pointed at the location.

Fang Jianxiong looked a little hesitant, but he still sat down, straightened his back and said: "My lord, just ask, I will tell you everything you know!"

"To support the country, the imperial court is training the new army. Anhui is barren, and the new army has only trained a mixed association. Now the structure is set up, and the soldiers are in place. But how to train the soldiers well, the following officers seem to be talking about it.

That makes sense. You came back from Germany. Why don't you tell me how you would train if you came here?" Feng Xu lowered his attitude now. He really wanted to hear what Fang Jianxiong said and compare it with what others said.

"The imperial court is training a new army with the intention of replacing the old army. But is this old army so easy to replace? Okay, let's talk about how to train the new army." Fang Jianxiong mentioned the military, and he seemed to be a different person in an instant.

. Confidence is nothing, the key is to be a little more sharp, just like the sharpness of a peerless sword when it is unsheathed.

"In today's world, Germany has the best army. There is no need to argue about this. The source of our new army is that the vast majority of soldiers are illiterate. Germany has long implemented compulsory education. The quality of the soldiers cannot be compared. There is no way to compare. On this basis

The key to forming the new army's combat effectiveness is not how good the equipment is or how many personnel there are. The most important thing is a large number of excellent grassroots officers. As long as there are a large number of grassroots officers with excellent military quality, the time for the new army to form combat effectiveness will be greatly shortened.

"As for how to organize and train, the imperial court naturally has regulations, so I won't say more." Fang Jianxiong mentioned it a little bit, but it seems that others have also mentioned it, but he didn't pay as much attention to it.

Speaking of which, the Anhui New Army is indeed short of a group of grassroots officers with certain qualities. Feng Xu doesn't know much about military affairs, but he is willing to believe in Fang Jianxiong. Have you seen what he has done to train the Germans?

"Well, is that all?" Feng Xu felt that Fang Jianxiong didn't want to finish his words.

After Fang Jianxiong hesitated for a moment, he added: "The other thing is to practice calligraphy. Since you want to practice, you must have sufficient weapons. Firearms have a lifespan, and bullets also need to be bought with money. I think it is best to produce bullets by yourself.

, Secondly, you need to purchase more firearms so that they can be replaced at any time. In addition, it is best to have a firearms repair shop that can refurbish old guns."

I don’t know if it was because Fang Jianxiong liked Fang Jianxiong, but when Feng Xu heard this, he couldn’t help but sigh: "The suggestions are all good, but it’s a pity that there is no money. There is a manufacturing bureau in Anqing, let alone repairing guns. The advanced machines have always been

It’s not used, it’s all rusting there.”

Fang Jianxiong sneered after hearing this and said: "What you said is untrue. I'm afraid it's not that the machine can't be used, but that what you bought is just a pile of scrap metal." Feng Xu was speechless for a moment, and finally sighed, shaking his head and sighing.

Upon seeing this, Fang Jianxiong said: "If you can trust me, sir, you might as well move the manufacturing bureau to Wuhu and give me full responsibility to ensure that we can produce usable bullets within a year. In addition, the purchase of firearms will be handled by the young boss of the German Rheinland Company.

One of them is a brother who changed the post. Through him, I can find Li and Li and a foreign company to buy the old guns replaced by the German army. They are at least 80% new, which is three points better than the new guns made in Hanyang. And the price is lower!"

Feng Xu looked confused. It was impossible for Fang Jianxiong to lie on this issue, and there was no need. He immediately asked: "Leave aside the matter of the manufacturing bureau, what do you think of the German army's 80% new guns? Are they made in Hanyang to imitate Mao Zedong?

The drawings of the SE 1888 rifle were all provided by the Germans, so how can it be inferior to an old gun that is 80% new?”

Fang Jianxiong laughed after hearing this and said: "I want you to know that the rifles copied by the Hanyang factory are not Mauser 1888, but Committee 1888. The foreigners deceived our personnel into ignorance and pretended to be Mauser, the world's famous gun, so that they can be sold at a good price."

In fact, the Commission 1888 rifle, with its craftsmanship and materials originating in Germany, is far better than that made in Hanyang. Even so, this type of rifle still has many problems. Since the advent of the G98 rifle, a large number of new rifles have been replaced.

The old guns were sold to foreign companies at the same price as scrap metal. The foreign companies treated them as new and sold them at high prices all over the world. The Hanyang factory was able to obtain the 1888 drawings of the committee because the German army had decided to replace them with G98. The drawings were sold to

Zhang Xiangshuai can still make a lot of money, but he thinks it's too hard to stay at home to use the toilet. It's ridiculous that the ignorant bureaucrats think they are getting a huge advantage."

After saying these words, Feng Xu woke up from a dream, feeling secretly ashamed, and couldn't help but feel resentful towards the foreigners. But the foreigners couldn't help it!

"Hey, the country is too weak!" Feng Xu sighed.

"Your Excellency is right, that's why we need the New Deal and the need to train a new army. Only with a strong national defense can we have a stable development situation." Fang Jianxiong opened his mouth and came up with one reason after another.

At this time, Master Li interjected: "Master Fang, if your relationship were to purchase 80% new firearms for the German army, how much would a rifle cost approximately?"

"It's hard to be sure. I have to contact you to find out. But I guarantee it won't exceed 35 yuan a shot."

"What?" Feng Xu was shocked, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. The rifles of the New Army were mainly made in Hanyang, and the unit price was forty yuan a piece. Now it only costs thirty-five yuan to ship them from Germany. At the time,

How many tricks did those guys do in it? You know, the quantity made in Hanyang was not enough to supply the whole country. Feng Xu also bought more than 3,000 German Mauser 79 rifles, which was the Commission 1888 that Fang Jianxiong said. The price at that time was six

Ten yuan a shot, bullets not included.

After I bought the gun, the New Army said it was very useful and they wanted to buy another two thousand guns. Now when I heard Fang Jianxiong talking about this, I was really itching with hatred. A bunch of silverfish got together and moved their hands up and down. After being angry for a while, Feng Xu finally obeyed.

After regaining his breath, he calmed down for a while and then said: "Then, can Fuguo stay and help me?"

Fang Jianxiong smiled, shook his head and said: "It can't be done for the time being. Jianxiong has a filial piety, so it won't be a problem to introduce foreign companies to dredge Germany." Feng Xu heard this and was secretly worried. This can't be done for the time being, and maybe it won't be done forever.

Nowadays, new armies are being organized and trained everywhere, and these talents who have returned from studying abroad are being captured everywhere. If you can’t catch the ones right in front of you, it would be really embarrassing for your grandma’s family.

Master Li knew Feng Xu best. After whispering in his ear for a while, Feng Xu suddenly smiled like an old fox and said, "Fuguo, can you build a branch of the Military Academy in Wuhu? You will be responsible for it, mainly to train grassroots officers?"

Don't you want to stay with your mother? I'll just leave the matter for you in Wuhu. Now you can't refuse, right? When your filial piety period is over, I'll try to win you over. This guy is still young and seems to be very kind.

Yi, as long as I am still in Anhui, you will not be able to leave even if Sun Baoqi comes to recruit you. I will fight this lawsuit with Sun Muhan.

"That's not impossible. But it's not right to say that there is a branch of the Armed Forces Academy. I'm young and can't be the principal. Well, if you can trust me, you might as well set up a teaching camp in Wuhu and temporarily organize it into two training camps.

, the members must be young people who are literate and can read and write. Don’t dare to speak big words. After two years, we will hand over a group of qualified team officers to you!" The teaching standard is equivalent to the teaching team. It can be said that it is far beyond Fang Jianxiong's in Wuhu.

Hope, the original plan was to fool the commander of the Wuhu Patrol Battalion. As everyone knows, this old army is more difficult to sneak into and become an official than the new army.

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Feng Xu said three words in a row, and the matter was settled.

Master Li quickly said something in Feng Xu's ear. Feng Xu heard the words and said: "Fuguo, the Jiangxi New Army still lacks standard equipment. Can you do this for me?"

Fang Jianxiong thought for a while and said: "The thing is not difficult to handle, but I can't come forward. Is this okay? I will come out to buy the things and put them in Shanghai. Your Excellency will send people to Shanghai to pick up the goods. I won't care about anything else."

Master Li immediately smiled like a flower and said repeatedly: "Okay!" Fang Jianxiong didn't know what was going on. Why did Jiangxi's new army ask Anhui for help in buying equipment? It's really hard to figure out.

"Sir, I can get a preferential price for the equipment of the training camp through connections. However, this connection can only be used once. I plan to purchase a thousand Mauser 96 pistols." Fang Jianxiong said this, but Feng Xu did not immediately express his opinion.

, just vaguely said: "Let's talk about it later, let's talk about this later."

Fang Jianxiong suddenly felt that things went too smoothly today and were a bit unreal. Is an old official like Feng Xu playing some tricks on him?
Chapter completed!