Chapter 74: Guilin urgent

1924 was a leap year. Lunar New Year. This rat year is destined to be a small watershed in history.
First in the far north, an old man who had reached the end of his life handed over the power of the Red Soviet Union. In order to fight for the right to control this evil polar bear, a bearded man began to twist his body desperately to squeeze out the center of power.
At home, the situation is even more muddy and worse. The situation between the north and the south has not been fundamentally relieved. After the first direct war, Cao Yu and Wu Peifu, the direct Beiyang warlord led by Zhang Zuolin, and the imperialist forces behind them, Gear up and prepare for the battle.
The north is lively, and the south has not stopped. The red polar bear's claws bypassed the Japanese forces occupying the Northeast Kanto Prefecture, and the North European forces with European and American powers, and directly extended to the south. Sun Yat-sen felt the current chaotic situation and the needs of the revolution, and was determined to form a military school, thereby cultivating a group of new soldiers who followed the command of the revolution.
As for Yunnan, after more than a year of licking the wound, Tang Jiyao finally embarked on the journey of expansion again. First, in disguised form, he gained control of Guizhou Province, and immediately began buying arms. Reorganize the army, pointing directly at the Zhang Shusheng forces in northern Yunnan and the Lu Rongting forces in Guangxi.
Warlords are fighting, the people are not talking about life. In 1924, it was another chaotic year.
New Year has just passed and it is almost March.
In the big year of 1923, Zhang Shu had a very good life. First, He Ning came to Lishuping. As his assistant, he entered the office of the director of Dongchuan District, and was separated from the secretariat of Lu Yunyan.
As a man who has been acquiesced by both parties, Zhang Shusheng can always enjoy a pleasant shoulder massage or a chance to steal incense at the observation deck on the top of the building during the rest of his leisure time. He deeply understood what it is not to be tired to work with men and women, especially with two women who will be eaten by their own mouth sooner or later. No matter how busy the military and political affairs and scientific research projects, he will not be crushed.
At the end of 1923, the two biggest happy events in science and technology were:
The No. 1 automobile factory of Shusheng Company was formally completed and put into operation the A-type automobile.
2. With the joint efforts of a group of domestic and foreign scientists and researchers, a 7000-ton hydraulic press was successfully manufactured.
In terms of automobiles, because the initial production was not up, after comprehensive consideration of cost and sales issues, the more affordable ordinary version of the Type A car will be sold first in the southwest, and the surplus production will be sold to southeast and other places through Guangxi. The mid-to-high-end A-cars are only used for the production of major spare parts, and boarded in Fangcheng County, Guangdong, and shipped to the west. Finally, Pan American Ken's International and Pan-European Asian Trading Company, two major European and American registered international trading companies, assembled the vehicle in their country and sold it.
Because it is expected that after such advanced cars are put on the market, there will be a market lag effect that lasts for a period of time. Therefore, Zhang Shusheng was not prepared to put the European and American markets in large quantities at the beginning, but let the second heavy machinery factory urgently make equipment for the second production line. At the same time, some less important parts are ready to be produced in the Hong Kong factory.
There are auto manufacturing plants run by Shusheng under the names of Pan-European Asian Trading Company and Pan American Ken's International Trading Company. And the first automobile factory in Lishuping will focus on the production of engines, parts of the chassis and body adopting new technology and new design ideas.
It can be said that Zhang Shusheng had no choice but to launch his own heavy-duty automobile brand in 1924. The research and development and manufacturing of automobiles are completely from scratch. Although Shusheng is not lacking in advanced machine tools and machinery, it is still difficult, even beyond everyone's imagination. After all, a place where even screws and wrenches couldn't be produced 8 years ago has started to produce old-fashioned cars eight years later. This rapid development process is actually a history of hard work in research and manufacturing.
After investing huge amounts of capital and technology, even with the technical support provided by Dream Machine, the research and development and design of the car took a full five years to complete. Many of these technologies are much higher than the Ford Model T cars currently in production.
Take the ordinary version of the Model A as an example. Regardless of its appearance, the overall level of the car is also much stronger than the latest model of the Ford Model T that will be discontinued three years later. The mid-to-high-end version of the Model A is aimed at major brands such as Lincoln City.
Although the sales volume may not be satisfactory at the beginning, Zhang Shusheng believes that these designs are advanced and some key technologies are more advanced in various grade A models. There will be a pyramid-shaped market route from commercial vehicles to luxury cars in Europe and the United States.
In order to replace the Hong Kong manufacturing plant, the idea of ​​setting up a car plant on the coast of Guangxi has also been put on the agenda. Future grade A vehicles will go global from here.
In general, the output of engines will be the biggest factor restricting the production scale of Shusheng's vehicles in a short period of time. Zhang Shusheng formulated a plan to increase the production capacity of this engine from the current monthly output of 500 units in the second five-year period to 50,000 units in early 1928. It seems that the gap of 100 times is huge, but as long as we expand the existing production line and recruit more workers with a certain level of knowledge, this goal is not unattainable.
While many automotive researchers celebrate success, they have not forgotten who provided those seemingly out of reach technologies, and it is precisely these technologies that are coupled with those Chinese overseas Chinese researchers recruited from abroad, a small number of The western industry was disappointed, but in the east it was looking for a foreign scientific researcher who has a new life in scientific research. Only in 1924 could the automobile industry in Dongchuan make breakthrough progress.
It took a full five years to be successful and the first car manufacturer did not have any chance to show off its fame. They just set off a series of firecrackers after the first Model A car was off the production line. And the first person who drove the Type A car was Lei Minshan, chief automobile engineer of the automobile factory.
The warlords who are playing lively in the north and the south will never think that in the southwestern corner, they have produced a commodity that always bears the symbol of foreign goods in their eyes-a car. Because Zhang Shusheng was too low-key during this period of time, although the entire Dongchuan District is not small, it is still a small place on the map that is inconspicuous compared to China.
However, this seemingly small Dongchuan District did not hinder Zhang Shusheng's development.
Imagine that the whole of Japan is only over 370,000 square kilometers, which is more than 20,000 square kilometers smaller than Yunnan. By the beginning of 1924, Zhang Shusheng's nominal and actual sphere of influence, including several counties in Dongchuan, had covered almost the entire northern Yunnan region, with more resources and more convenient transportation. More students, more schools, more troops, more junior workers, more factories, these are enough to develop a large-scale industrial cluster.
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Staring at the report in his hand, Zhang Shusheng frowned slightly, and said to the director of the Transportation Planning Bureau Lu Ziming, "Ziming, your railway construction plan is not very feasible. Let ’s talk about the difficulty and funding of the construction. There are also obstacles that are temporarily difficult to overcome. "
Walking to the huge map of China hanging in the office, Zhang Shusheng pointed to several places in the southwest and said, "Look, your idea is to let the railway depart from Xiaoqingshan County, pass through Huize, and then to Xuanwei, Qujing, and finally Enter Guangxi. Even if we do not consider the difficulty of construction and the large investment, the railway at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou alone will not allow the railway to pass through. We may not even have the opportunity to build a railway with peace of mind. "
Lu Ziming is a descendant of Chinese in San Francisco. Now in his 30s, he has participated in the design of a railway in the western United States. After being hired by Zhang Shusheng. Instead, he refused to pay a high salary, but for an ordinary salary, he resolutely returned to China.
"District Chief, when Zhan Tianyou built a railway, it was more difficult than he is now. I am still confident in my level. I also know the situation along the Yunnan-Guizhou-Guangzhou border. If Tang Jiyao can be convinced, I think this plan is It is feasible. If there is a railway that can lead to the Guangxi estuary, it will bring great benefits to our industrial and economic development in Dongchuan. "
Because of his experience in designing railways in the United States, Lu Ziming is quite aware of the significant impact of railway transportation on economic development. Seeing that the industrial cluster in Dongchuan District will form a considerable scale in the second five-year plan. The construction of a railway is absolutely necessary.
Zhang Shusheng nodded, why didn't he understand the huge role of the railway, or he wouldn't let researchers at the Third Heavy Machinery Plant start developing locomotives for internal combustion engines. "In general, the time to start construction of this line is not mature enough. I suggest splitting the railway development into three steps."
"What does the district chief mean?"
"The first step is to build an experimental railway in Xiaoqingshan County-Huize County. The second step is to extend the railway line to Xuanwei to lay the foundation for the completion of the Yunnan-Guizhou Railway when conditions are suitable in the future."
"This is not bad, as it avoids large risks and accumulates technology. As for the locomotive, I don't know whether the district chief means self-made or outsourced?" Lu Ziming also understood the current Dongchuan area, especially the industry in Xiaoqingshan Industrial Cluster. Strength, in his opinion, as long as there is preliminary locomotive technology, heavy machinery plants can fully develop locomotive.
"Look at the construction progress. If the development plan is slower, buy it first. If the development work can catch up with the completion period of the first phase of the railway plan, use your own. At present, the third heavy machinery factory is mainly responsible for the pre-development of the locomotive. Several professors at Southwestern University and advanced technical schools, including several German experts. "
Although Southwest University and several intermediate and advanced technical schools underwent a large-scale expansion in the second half of 1923, the total number of students in the school has exceeded 15,000. Zhang Shusheng still feels that there is not enough talent. Especially after the start of the second five-year plan, various projects were started, and the technical talents that were not many immediately appeared to be stretched. Therefore, he has no idea if the third heavy machinery manufacturing plant can complete the research and development of the locomotive on time.
Just as Lu Ziming was leaving, Zhang Shusheng was preparing to deal with another plan for the construction of the highway from Zhaotong to Xiaoqingshan, when the door knocked outside.
"Come in!"
Pushing in the door was Zhang Shusheng's confidential secretary Mao Yunxian. "District Chief, Deputy Minister Zhao has special information to report to you immediately."
After Zhang Shusheng nodded, the knock on the door quickly sounded, and it really was Zhao Ziyun.
"Director of the District, at 7 am this morning, Gui Jun Shen Hongying intended to lead the troops to Guilin. After being rejected by Lu Rongting, he led four divisions to besiege Guilin. After being caught off guard by a small loss, Lu Rongting is currently building the fortifications after retreating inside the city. . "
As one of the two deputy ministers of the Special Intelligence Department of the Civil League, Zhao Ziyun has always been Zhang Shusheng's left arm and right arm. In the eyes of others, this Zhao Ziyun is a real smiling tiger. In the morning, I may even push you a cup to change a cup and talk with laughter. In the afternoon, I may lead someone to come to you and arrest you. He is different from Luo Feng, another deputy minister, who plays the opposite role.
"What is the result of the analysis by the Intelligence Department, how long can Lu Rongting stay?" Shen Hongying knew about Guilin's siege of Guilin, but in the original history, the poor situation of Lu Rongting had tricked Shen Hongying who had already entered the city out of Guilin Go back to Guilin to build the fortifications, and wait for foreign aid.
With his own factor that changed history, Lu Rongting relied on the first three thousand rifles and ammunition to train an elite brigade, and relied on it to reorganize several other troops. UU reading www.uukanshu.com is not counted Lu Rongting's other cronies stationed in the western Guizhou area are no longer as downcast as they were then.
However, the situation is still not optimistic, because there is still a more powerful new Gui role in South Guizhou: Li Zongren
"Ziyun, ordered the intelligence personnel in the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guizhou and Hunan to step up spying on all parties, paying particular attention to the movement of the army and reporting to the headquarters at any time."
"Yes!"
After Zhao Ziyun went out, Zhang Shusheng picked up the phone and called Mao Yunxian. "Notify the district government's liaison representative in Guilin and let him meet Lu Rongting in the name of the Dongchuan District Government and test his reaction."
"Yes!"
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Completed the third promise, 3974 words, eyes were almost unable to open, and fell asleep. In addition, the title of the previous chapter is not suitable, and the editor will be troublesome tomorrow to change to Chapter 73.
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