Regarding the development of the military industry, it is obviously more urgent than the development of other civilian industries.
The sulfur plants and chemical plants that have been built one after another have basically been condensed and formed. The construction of the military factory is nothing more than a last resort. But what Yuan Su needs is not a factory that produces bullets and firearms, but how to improve China's modern chemical military industry.
. He hopes that the military industry can become one of the pillars of China's modern industrial development, capable of producing not only light weapons, but also heavy weapons, especially cannons, tanks, warships, etc.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Having said that, Yuan Su hopes that the process of exploration and development will be a running state, rather than a snail crawling or even being complacent.
After discussion, Suye Company decided to invest 100,000 yuan internally to implement the small arms arsenal first. Because the entire arsenal plan has been brewing for as long as a year, everything from the introduction of equipment to factory construction, employee recruitment, raw material purchase, etc.
, almost no further trouble is required. It is expected to be officially launched in mid-September.
Considering the special nature of the arsenal, Yuan Su did not intend to disclose its name and would only call it "101 Factory" internally.
"101 Factory" will hire German engineers to design weapons and guide production. The products are temporarily imitation Han-style rifles and matching bullets. At the same time, Yuan Su will also make a deal with the British to obtain bullets for the production of Lee-Enfield rifles.
As well as rifle supporting products, such as holsters, parts, repair products, etc.
In addition, he will try to import heavy equipment from Germany as much as possible and try to manufacture heavy machine guns, cannons and artillery shells. These require large amounts of capital investment and technical exploration. Compared with domestically produced steel,
The quality of foreign steel is far better than that of domestic steel. Therefore, imitating foreign heavy weapons does not require technology and can only be done with drawings. If domestic steel is used to manufacture foreign-type cannons, not only the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, but also the service life will be greatly reduced.
There will also be a big discount.
The day after the internal meeting of Suye Company ended, the plan discussed and determined immediately entered the implementation stage.
Three days later, Suye Company sent a business delegation to Shanghai to contact Lin Boxen in detail, discuss and assist Lin Boxen in preparing for the establishment of "Suren Weiye Trading Company".
The 101 Arsenal has also entered the construction stage. Yuan Su met with the German gun dealer representative in Tianjin and the British military representative in Luanzhou for several days to discuss the introduction of equipment, technology and talents for the arsenal.
Needless to say, both Germany and the UK have some military reservations about China, and the discussion did not go very smoothly.
Seven or eight talks were held in succession, during which Yuan Su even went to Tianjin to meet with higher-level German officials, and finally managed to obtain some cooperation intentions. The German side still considered the large-scale British presence along the Zhili coast.
Investment, fearing that the British would establish a military stronghold on the coast of Zhili to oppose Qingdao. In order to find out the true intentions of the British in northern China, they could take this opportunity to send some spies into Luanzhou.
Germany contacted the local Krupp Arsenal, Daimler Military Industries, Mauser Company and the Armed Forces Department of the German Military Committee, and formed a small-scale technical advisory delegation to settle in Factory 101. The technical advisory delegation has already touched upon
It is clear that the nature of Yuan Su's hidden 101 Arsenal is a private military industrial unit that was not established through formal procedures. This fact can also serve as a cover for the technical advisory delegation itself, which greatly ensures the safety and concealment of espionage activities.
xing.
There are eight members in the delegation, five of whom are technicians, engineers and designers from Krupp, Daimler and Mauser, and one is a business representative of Krupp. As for the others
Two consultants from the Ministry of Armed Forces naturally supervised it.
Yuan Su had already realized that something was wrong with the situation from the list of delegations. His original plan was to bypass German official agencies and establish cooperation directly with German gun dealers. Now, there are two more officials from the Ministry of Armed Forces inexplicably.
Obviously it is very inconsistent with the operating procedures of the capital market.
However, he ignored this in the end. Presumably, the reason why Germany agreed to cooperate must have its own purpose.
The reason why Krupp sent an extra business representative is to promote German industrial products in China. Even though Factory 101 itself is a production unit, it has introduced technology, equipment, production licenses and even raw materials.
The introduction of projects is all profitable.
Since the military competition between European countries, many large military companies have been interfered by the government. Although the policies and tax rates are somewhat favorable, the export of weapons has been greatly restricted, and the prices of military products sold to the local military have also been greatly reduced.
It has been greatly suppressed. Simply put, from a capitalist standpoint, the profit gains in the domestic market cannot meet the company's profit expectations, so it has to turn to external expansion.
If there were no German delegation stationed in such a secretive arsenal, the arsenal would secretly produce German-made firearms and would be able to conceal the production license. Now that there is a delegation in the arsenal, China will not only pay the delegation's salary, but also guide the production of German firearms.
When purchasing weapons, the necessary production license fees can also be collected.
Yuan Su was naturally aware of this aspect. It was not that he had never thought about hiding and producing knock-off weapons earlier. However, he was not a businessman. In the face of this small profit, he hoped that the 101 Arsenal could master more production technology and
Manufacturing experience, while manufacturing excellent weapons, can also cultivate a group of modern military talents for China.
Reports came one after another from Huai'an and Huaibei at the end of August that the first phase of expansion recruitment work has been completed. The Second Brigade of the Zhongyang Army will officially start regular training on September 1st. However, as of now, the military
There is still a large shortage of officers. This shortage is not only for grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers, but also for the commanders of various regiments and battalions. As for Huaibei, although the number of soldiers has not been expanded into brigades, the situation is better than that of Huai'an.
But there is also an urgent shortage of officers.
From the current point of view, the troops in Huai'an and Huaibei have no combat effectiveness in the short term, and it may take half a year to barely achieve combat capability.
Regarding military personnel, in the few days after Yuan Su returned to Luanzhou, he had already sent messages to Baoding Army Officers Academy, Tianjin, Wuhan, Nanchang, Yunnan and other places, including military lecture halls and military preparation schools, to inform all the ministries under his command.
The personnel vacancies have been recorded, hoping to recruit some military academy graduates to serve under his command.
In addition, he also increased the training intensity of Suiying School and the teaching team. He directly invested 50,000 yuan in one time for Suiying School, and He Qigong was responsible for regularizing and formalizing the school, while allowing the British to work
The advisory group was directly involved in the school's teaching work, and also changed the school's enrollment restrictions.
You still have to be an active military personnel to sign up for the advanced course, but the crash course is open to all militia headquarters.
All those who have participated in militia training and are qualified to be included in the militia list can apply for the exam during each enrollment period of the battalion school. The crash course is designed to train junior officers, such as platoon commanders, company commanders, company headquarters officers, and battalion headquarters officers.
Wait, as a shortcut to enter the official career, I believe the militiamen will be very interested.
In order to improve the effect of recruiting students, Yuan Su also specially arranged for news reports to report some typical deeds. For example, among the militiamen who participated in the first Luanzhou military-civilian x joint defense training, some of them were promoted to battalion officers in less than a year.
Long. Using these typical examples to attract more people to sign up is also an advertising technique.
In the blink of an eye, it was early September, and soon news came from Shanghai that "Suren Weiye Trading Company" was officially established. On the first day of opening, it took over several businesses. One was to rent an international freighter to import a batch of machinery and equipment from Germany.
, the second is to transport Luanzhou’s finished medical sulfur to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for sale, the third is to purchase a batch of military raw materials for the 101 Factory, the fourth is to sign a freight contract with the Shanghai Railway Bureau and the Jinpu Line Railway Bureau, and set a seven-day daily
The right to use the train with a total of nine carriages is for a period of five years.
This marks the official establishment of Yuan Su's personal business power link from south to north starting today.
At the same time, the negotiations for "Shanghai Northern Commercial Bank" are also proceeding step by step. The general problems have been completely resolved, leaving only some trivial matters in details. After three days of final contact, Northern Bank and "Huangpu Bank"
"A press conference was held at the Yangtze River Hotel on the Bund in Shanghai to bring the long-planned merger plan to the surface.
This move caused quite a sensation in Shanghai's financial community. Seeing that only half of its life was left, "Huangpu Bank" unexpectedly obtained the cooperation of the financial power of the north, and suddenly transformed "Qianzhuang" into "Bank". "Huangpu Bank"
The reason why "Qianzhuang" has been able to survive until now is naturally due to more than 20 years of capital accumulation. After the intervention and merger of Northern Bank, it not only received more capital injection, but also completely completed the transition to a modern financial institution.
Many people have found out that the boss behind Northern Bank is Yuan Su, and Yuan Su’s behind-the-scenes supporter is the current president. This power relationship alone is already shocking. I believe it won’t be long before “Shanghai Northern Commercial Bank”
When it goes public, it will really start to shake up Shanghai's financial order.
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[In 1906, Alfred Krupp was born in Essen, the cradle of his family. The founder of the Krupp Empire was also named Alfred Krupp (1812-1886). The cannons he produced were once
Bismarck defeated Austria and France in the mid-19th century. Alfred's mother Bertha was his granddaughter. Bertha's marriage was personally arranged by Kaiser Wilhelm II. He wanted the diplomat Gustav to marry Bertha.
Shah, and added "Krupp" to his surname in order to run the business of this prominent family and prevent it from falling into the hands of political opponents.
The Krupp family has always been the pillar of German militarism and is favored by the country's highest authorities. It is the tradition of this family to abide by time, obey discipline, and execute orders. Taking meal times as an example, breakfast is 7:15 and 7:16
People who arrive will find that the restaurant is closed and others have already started eating. In addition, even in the middle of winter, Gustav Krupp refused to turn on the fireplace and deliberately made the office chilly to avoid becoming too cold.
Listless. Alfred grew up in such an environment. Since he was a child, he has been specially cultivated by his parents and has the right to dine with them.】dd