If the 29th Army wants to hold on to the Yicha territory, the importance of Tanggu Pass is self-evident - not to mention its commercial value, but from a strategic perspective, as the throat of the Haihe River, it is known as the "Gateway to Gyeonggi"
Tanggu is also something you absolutely cannot afford to miss.
After the Second Opium War, the Qing government, under pressure from the great powers, opened Tianjin as a treaty port. Although it was a powerless move, it also enabled the development of Tianjin's shipping industry. The Beiyang Navy Dagu Dockyard built in 1880
, accelerated this development, and in 1888 the Jingshan Railway was extended from Tanggu to Tianjin, which provided favorable conditions for Tianjin’s modern industrial development and made it possible for Tianjin to become an industrial powerhouse in northern China.
Two people have to be mentioned here. One is the famous patriotic industrialist Fan Xudong. It was he who opened the Jiuda Refined Salt Factory in Tanggu in 1914, and three years later built Asia's first alkali-making plant - Wynn
Alkali plant, thus Tianjin gradually became the chemical industry base in northern China; the other person was Dr. Hou Debang, a famous chemist who created the Hou's method of making alkali. This person can be said to be a pioneer of China's chemical industry. It was under his leadership that
Next, the "Red Triangle" brand soda ash produced by Yongli Soda Factory was once famous all over the world.
Ouyang Yun values Tanggu so much, not only because of its special geographical conditions, it is the only entrance to the sea that the 29th Army can use, but also because of its special status in the field of China's chemical industry.
Seeing everyone looking at him eagerly, he said seriously: "I can't guarantee that other countries can't make other things, but it will be difficult for them to master the technology of penicillin within one or two years. And the importance of penicillin is
It goes without saying that we can characterize it as a 'strategic material' and then make a fuss about export quotas to ask them to actively cooperate with us in implementing military control of Tanggukou."
Export quota is a new term, but its meaning is very simple. Everyone understood it as soon as they heard it. Song Zheyuan smiled and asked: "Do you mean to blackmail those foreigners with the export quantity?"
"Um."
Zhao Dengyu frowned and asked: "But what about the Japanese? Do you want to sell it to them too? That's breeding tigers for trouble - I read the description of penicillin, it is particularly effective in treating infections and other injuries. Doesn't that mean
We are healing the enemy and helping them regain their strength?!"
After everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at Song Zheyuan and then Ouyang Yun, wondering how they would handle this matter.
Song Zheyuan felt that this issue was very difficult, but he had communicated with Ouyang Yun before and felt that selling to the Japanese was not a bad thing. He thought it would be better to let him explain, so he kicked the ball to Ouyang Yun and said: "This matter Ouyang
Be responsible and listen to his opinions."
After Ouyang Yun went back last night, he thought about this matter carefully, and the idea was mature. He smiled and said: "Japanese people must sell. If we don't make money, then we will become fools. However,
The goods given to them must be treated differently."
"Oh, you don't want to trade it off, do you?"
"This is a business secret. Bosses, please forgive me for not saying it."
Song Zheyuan said: "Ouyang, the Japanese are not fools. Their technological level is also very high. If they see through it, it will be more than worth the loss!"
"Military, I have my own sense of discretion. When I go to the United States this time, I will find some experts to discuss this quantity issue in detail."
"Is Ouyang going to the United States?" Someone asked curiously after hearing this.
Song Zheyuan said: "As I said, our Brigadier Ouyang is not simple. The president of Harvard University in the United States invited him to give lectures."
"Ah! Foreign universities invite him to give lectures?" Everyone's eyes couldn't help but change when they looked at Ouyang Yun. They no longer wanted to peek into his thoughts, and looked at his smooth face with a bit of research.
look.
Ouyang Yun did not want to be in the limelight, but he could not say that the reason why he enjoyed this treatment was due to plagiarism. He could only smile modestly and explained: "The real purpose of my going to the United States is to purchase some
Equipment. Our country’s industrial base is too poor and we can only rely on imports for some important equipment. There is no other way.”
When everyone thought about what was going on, they all couldn't help but sigh with emotion at the current situation of the country. Looking at Ouyang Yun, they were like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, and they became more and more interested in him.
Just like various meetings in modern society, there must be a banquet after the meeting. After the 29th Army military meeting, Song Zheyuan opened four tables in the military headquarters reception room with a wave of his hand, and everyone gathered in a separate private room.
Sitting at one table, subordinates from various chief officers, military staff, and secretaries sat at three tables outside. Ouyang Yun participated in the highest-level banquet since time travel.
In the old days, all soldiers liked to drink. Song Zheyuan was a little older. Although he began to pay attention to health and was no longer as fond of the things in the cup as he was when he was young, his ability to mobilize his subordinates' enthusiasm for drinking was still there. No, there was always a little in his cup.
, but others have already divided up three jars of sorghum. As a junior, Ouyang Yun naturally had to show some performance to win the favor of the generals here. If he hadn't mastered some methods of drinking and preventing drunkenness, he would probably have done it earlier.
He was already lying down.
After drinking three jars of wine, he ran to the toilet twice and picked his throat twice. Even so, he was still drunk, dizzy and light on his feet. He didn't have so many worries about speaking and his voice started to get louder.
.
Seeing him like this, Zhang Zizhong, Feng Zhi'an and others couldn't help but smile slightly, and then the former shouted loudly: "Little Liz, the military commanders are all here today, why don't you come over to toast?"
?If you want to have a bright future in the future, you need a lot of support from your superiors!"
"Little plum!?" In a daze, Ouyang Yun thought he was drinking in the palace, or else the eunuchs had come out? He didn't know this until Zhang Zizhong's adjutant named Li Mangzhu came over to toast everyone.
Xiao Lizi is not that little Lizi. This is Zhang Zizhong's nickname for his adjutant. He grinned at that time.
Ouyang Yun here is the youngest and has the least qualifications. Toasts at the wine table are always based on seniority. Li Mangzhu is obviously a drinker. No matter how much the person he is toasting drinks, he will always finish the bowl in his hand.
After turning around, he came to Ouyang Yun after being introduced by Zhang Zizhong and had already drank six bowls. Looking at Ouyang Yun, he raised the bowl that had just been filled with wine and said: "Sir Ouyang, I have heard for a long time that you are the 'anti-Japanese duo'.
With this bowl, I would like to honor you for your work in eliminating bandits for the country and showing me my true colors as a Chinese man!" After saying that, he put the bowl to his mouth and started to drink heavily. Soon the bottom of the bowl was gone and he opened the bowl.
At the end of the day, he looked at Ouyang Yun quietly.
Ouyang Yun was a generous man. In the words of his comrades in the special forces, he felt very good after drinking. He stood up and waved his hand, saying: "Thank you!" Then he picked up the bowl and drank heavily.
He stood up and revealed the empty bottom of the bowl.
Li Mangzhu shouted "Hello", filled the bowls of both of them, raised his own wine bowl and said: "This bowl is for me as a subordinate to honor your superior." Then without saying a word, he started to drink again.
Finished.
Ouyang Yun didn't expect that there would be a second bowl. He drank the first bowl and his chest was on fire, and his throat was hot. He thought that he would have to lie down directly after drinking the second bowl. He showed a troubled look on his face and said:
"We are all brothers. You are older than me. Logically speaking, I have to call you big brother. Brother Li, I have a limited capacity for drinking. Do you think you can be accommodating?"
Before Li Mangzhu spoke, Zhang Zizhong laughed and said: "Ouyang, since you said that we are brothers, how can you be accommodating when the eldest brother toasts the younger brother's wine? How about this, let Xiao Lizi drink this bowl of wine for you,
But, your student brigade is about to expand, and there will definitely be insufficient manpower. Why don't you help your eldest brother and make him a deputy brigade commander or something?" He patted his chest and said, "Xiao Lizi is also a regiment under me.
Commander, I have allocated all the veterans of his regiment to your training brigade, how about that?"
Ouyang Yun didn't expect that there was such an article hidden behind the toast. He didn't know what to do for a moment. He said with a smile: "The student brigade is full of students and they have little war experience. If I can get some of your experienced soldiers and generals,
, is naturally a dream come true - but my brigade commander is appointed by the military commander, so naturally the military commander must make the decision on such a major matter."
Zhang Zizhong immediately turned his attention to Song Zheyuan and said with a smile: "We are all from the 29th Army. Li Mangzhu also grew up watching the army, so he won't have any objections."
Song Zheyuan is not a fool. Ever since Zhang Zizhong said that he wanted Li Mangzhu to be the deputy commander of the academy brigade, you know what he has in mind. As a new force, the Independent Brigade has such a capable brigade commander Ouyang Yun. If this
If a force is close to him, then once a war breaks out in the future, it will be equivalent to having a strong support. He frowned slightly, and just thinking about how to solve this difficult problem, Feng Zhi'an picked up the wine bowl and said to Zhang Zizhong: "Old Zhang
, The military commander also said during the meeting just now that Tianjin’s defense is the most arduous, so I don’t think we should transfer manpower from your division.” He turned to Song Zheyuan and said: “Military commander, our division has more than enough troops to guard Peiping, I think it’s better to use the troops
Ji Xingwen and his regiment will be transferred to the Cadet Brigade. Commander Ji has rich experience in leading troops and has fought tough battles. He will be able to complement Brigadier Ouyang as the deputy brigade commander and build the Cadet Brigade into an iron army."
Feng Zhi'an and Zhang Zizhong were so eager to put their men into the training brigade, so naturally they had no good intentions. In their view, due to the existence of Li Tieshu's original guard company 3 of the 51st Army, and Ouyang Yun's too young age,
Naturally, it is better for outsiders and independent brigades with a team of nearly ten thousand people to be controlled by their own people.
Officialdom is a place of conspiracy. Most of the old men of the 29th Army here have experienced the warlord scene at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. They all know what determines their destiny - just people and guns.
When Song Zheyuan saw that Feng Zhi'an had also taken action, he thought that it would be unsafe if Ouyang Yun was allowed to control a team of so many people in the training brigade. It would be a good thing to include some of his own people in it, so he got cunning and said
: "The student brigade currently has a total of just over 600 people. It is necessary to draw manpower from other units. However, since Ouyang is the brigade commander, let him make the decision."
Although Ouyang Yun was a bit drunk, fortunately he was still clear-headed. He had just heard Zhang Zizhong's words, and he could not help but feel resentful in his heart. However, when Feng Zhi'an reported Ji Xingwen's name, he remembered that this man had fired the first anti-Japanese shot at Marco Polo Bridge.
He must have been a man, but he suddenly changed his mind and said: "The military commander and the two division commanders love the student brigade so much, but I'm so disrespectful. I think we should invite Commander Ji to come to our brigade. However, the candidate for deputy brigade commander
I have already discussed with the military commander that Li Tieshu, an old man from the military training brigade, will serve as the chief of staff. Then we will ask Commander Ji to serve as the chief of staff, and both of them will serve as commanders of the same regiment. Military commander, what do you think?"
Song Zheyuan thought he knew Ouyang Yun, and he was once worried that he would see through Zhang Zizhong and others' Xiao Jiujiu, and take advantage of his drinking power to become drunk, which would end badly. Hearing what he said, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said
: "You are the brigade commander, so of course you have the final say on the affairs of the student brigade. Well, let's just settle the matter like this."
The position of chief of staff is higher than that of deputy brigade commander. Moreover, Ji Xingwen can also serve as the commander of the first regiment, so Feng Zhi'an naturally has no objection to this arrangement. It's just Zhang Zizhong who originally proposed this idea, but it turned out that Feng Zhi'an
The security officer picked the fruit, and he was inevitably depressed. However, Ouyang Yun got the powerful general Ji Xingwen, so he no longer cared about it. In such a good mood, he actually drank more and drank Li Mangzhu's wine.
After drinking it, Zhao Dengyu and others repeatedly exclaimed: The 29th Army has another drinking general.
(There will be another chapter today. I drank too much at noon, so I haven’t updated it until now. Thank you for your understanding:))