The journey starts from the Titanic

After talking about Li Zongren, Situ Nan was serious about Lin Yimin. He was optimistic about the prospects of the Northern Expedition. The achievements of the Guangzhou government should not be worse than that of the Guangzhou government in history. With the expansion of the territory and the expansion of power, it is time to integrate.

Situ Nan needs Lin Yimin to have a firm grasp of the results of his hard work in two years in politics and business, so as not to be succeeded by some speculators. Therefore, Lin Yimin must complete the transformation from businessman to politician.

"Yeah. I've been waiting for this day." Lin Yimin smiled lightly, feeling the pressure on his shoulders heavier.

Not only him, but Song Ziwen also changed from a wealthy merchant family to a political family. I don't need Situ Nan to remind me of this. The two of them have talked about it several times in private.

After all, this is the domestic situation. For businessmen to become the mainstream of society, both knives and pens are indispensable.

Speaking of this, the atmosphere became serious. Lin Yimin thought of something and suddenly smiled: "By the way, the Song family girl seems to miss you, Master, what are you going to do?"

"roll!"

Situ Nan didn't have a good air, and gave Lin Yimin a white look, then looked back, He Xiangu was not by his side, and he secretly relieved.

Thinking of Song San, his heart throbbed, a little scared, a little guilty, and some expectations.

However, Situ Nan didn't bother to miss Song San, and when he arrived in Guangzhou, he went to the arsenal without stopping.

Guangzhou Shijing Arsenal, the largest military-industrial organization in China, entered the second half of the year. The factory became more and more busy. The workers were working in three shifts. The army patrolled the production areas more frequently than usual. Soldiers held steel guns and looked around vigilantly. Suspicious circumstances.

Situ Nan nodded secretly as he watched the production line of a gun delivery with Youlan come down. In terms of light weapons manufacturing, the Guangzhou government is no less than the Czech Republic and other small European countries.

After four years of intensive construction, Zhi Gong Party has established a relatively complete industrial system in Guangdong and Guangxi. The steel industry centered on Guangzhou and Nanning has reached an annual output of 300,000 tons, which greatly meets the needs of the military industry. The weapons are basically self-sufficient. It also sells weapons and supplies to other warlord forces. Of course, the aircraft industry has also developed rapidly. By importing aircraft engines and instruments from foreign countries and assemble them with fuselages made of local wood, hundreds of pilots have been trained, as well as a small number of aircraft. Available for "export".

In the ups and downs of the Republic of China's warlord mix, the military industry in Guangdong and Guangxi has made great progress without knowing it, becoming China's main arms supplier.Because they have been "farming" in the south, basically the domestic warlord forces have more or less become customers of the Guangzhou government...

Chen Tianming was interested in taking inventory of Situ Nan's family. As the Minister of Finance and one of the three giants of the Guangzhou government, he not only supervised the finances of the three provinces, but also the industrial construction of Guangdong and Guangxi as one of his tasks.

"well!"

Da da da!

When he arrived at the shooting range, Situ Nan unceremoniously picked up the machine gun, the shattered target seemed to be destroyed...

Chapter 47

In the evening, the sky over the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau was full of golden color, and a Cummins biplane passenger plane flew past like a huge fire bird soaring in the sky.

The tired bird came home, the green mountains and rivers were smoky, and it was the farmhouse cooking.

Li Zongren sat on the plane and looked out the window silently. He had just won the battle. He was in a relaxed mood, just like the sky stretching outside the window.

There is a flying regiment in the Gui army’s establishment with dozens of aircraft and hundreds of people. It is usually stationed in Nanning. Occasionally, Li Zongren also visits the flying regiment to inspect the troops. Practice has proved that in addition to reconnaissance, the aircraft are very useful. The contribution of Tang Jiyao's flying regiment in the second conquest was not small, and the enemy was knocked out of the air.

Most of them are technicians who have recently graduated from flight school, and Nanhua dispatched flight instructors. Under their strict training, the Guijun flying regiment inherited the experience of the Nanhua Air Force, and the air force trained in the Nanhua model can almost move sideways in China.

Looking at the country, only Wu Peifu in North China and Zhang Zuolin in Northeast China have aircraft. As for the combat power, it will be known after a trial.

Li Zongren believes that his own side will win the final victory. Similarly, the Allied Guangdong Army also has a flying unit in Guangdong. It formed an army earlier and had better pilot experience than here. After several confrontations, the gap between the two sides has gradually decreased.

Li Zongren realizes the importance of airplanes. Pilots are a very promising career. Should I let my younger brother go to flight school?

Li Zongren thought to himself that although he was in a high position, the Li family did not ascend to heaven because of this. The old mother worked in the countryside and the Li family brothers and sisters did not have any official positions. This was a bit unreasonable.

The pilot is skilled, and the plane has occasional bumps, which is fairly stable. There are two fighters escorting the passenger plane. From the window, the two fighters are like predators in the air, fierce and flexible. Unfortunately, the master is lonely and invincible. hand.

This kind of treatment should be better than me in China!

Li Zongren's face showed a trace of sorrow. At first, he was a little bit against the plane and felt that it was not safe. Later, he slowly changed his attitude and actively advocated the development of the aviation industry in Guangxi.

"I don't know how the aluminum industry in Pingguo is going? The German engineers in Nanning often say that aluminum is an important raw material for aircraft manufacturing. Now a steel plant has been built in Guangxi. When the aluminum smelting plant is completed, the aircraft plant has great hope! "

Li Zongren thought to himself, and the adjutant's words sounded in his ears: "General, Guangzhou is urging tightly this time, there must be something big going on."

"The Northern Expedition is likely to happen."

Li Zongren didn't look back, squinted his eyes, overlooking the earth, the mountains and rivers were all in sight, and he couldn't help but feel proud.

"Nanning is here! Ready to land" The pilot's reminder came from the cockpit in front.

A new industrial city appeared in Li Zongren's sight.The towering stove in the iron factory now looks like a toothpick, and smoke billows.

The height of the aircraft is lowered, and the outline of the factory area gradually becomes clear. The continuous factory buildings are continuously enlarged like a map. The network is like a newly built road network, and the cars on it walk around like boxes.

Seeing from the sky, Nanning in the dusk is like a huge industrial monster with huge energy hidden in it. Li Zongren's heart is warm and warm.

The fighter jets who had been escorting in front had a caterpillar in the air and circled around the airliner. They did not complete the escort mission until the airliner landed.

The airport on the western outskirts of Nanning is a military airport, and it is heavily guarded, making the airport busy when the plane landed.

Li Zongren stepped off the plane and looked back at the dim sky. He still feels down to earth!

"The matter is urgent. Guangzhou urged it again just now. You will attend the special meeting tomorrow."

As soon as he got in the car, a soldier in the car with a general star on his shoulder said to Li Zongren. He was Huang Shaohong, Chief of Staff of the Gui Army, second only to Li Zongren. "The final decision on the Northern Expedition." He added in a low voice. .

"Okay." Li Zongren nodded, seeing a trace of eagerness in Huang Shaohong's eyes.

Throughout his military career, Li Zongren's strong physique has been tempered. After getting off the plane, he was not tired at all. Instead, he energetically explained to his old partner to reorganize the Yunnan army.

"Yunnan is similar to our Guangxi. The harsh environment gave birth to the tough and hard-working character of the mountain people. Unfortunately, it was ruined by Tang Jiyao's smoke."

Li Zongren expressed regret.

During the reorganization in Kunming, most of the officers and soldiers of the Yunnan Army that I saw were smoky faces, and most of them couldn't hold on standing upright for an hour. After a five-kilometer armed cross-country test, the troops fell loose.

Li Zongren was greatly disappointed. He wanted to select some officers and soldiers from the Yunnan army to supplement, so he had to re-select peasant children from Yungui Mountain.

"Haha. Your requirements are too strict, not everyone else is like Gui Jun." Huang Shaohong smiled.

He also came from the old Gui army, and he knew the fatal damage of the smoke to the army.

Tang Jiyao usually has no money to pay for his soldiers, so he uses smoke to make up his bill.Before the war, the Dian army had a habit of inhaling heavy smoke. At first it was extremely brave, but once the power of the smoke passed, it immediately softened.

"That's what I said. This time I entered Yunnan for a month. More than 100,000 troops played with Tang Jiyao until we hit Kunming. We killed less than 500 people and killed more than 30,000 Tang Jiyao troops. We fought like this. so easy."

Li Zongren smiled again.

All the troops of the Guangdong Army were transferred back. Only the Gui Army stayed and stationed in Yunnan. In the next step, Li Zongren was going to switch to a second-line force stationed in Yunnan and use the blood of bandits to train the soldiers under his command. The usable part of the Dian Army went north.

"The guys in the logistics department have not cursed their mother less these days, but they did a good job."

Huang Shaohong smiled and said that this crusade against Tang Jiyao was actually a major test for the logistics supply of the Guangdong and Guangxi Army, identifying problems, making improvements, and preparing for the next magnificent Northern Expedition.

He added: "However, Governor Ma Junwu seems reluctant to expand the army for fear of affecting social production."

Thinking of something, his tone became excited again, "Yesterday two big ships came from Fangcheng Port. They came from Nanhua with 20,000 tons of grain, 10,000 Nanhua-made step (machine) guns, and 50 million bullets. I heard that Nanhua is everywhere. In the oil field, oil companies are recruiting workers in Guangxi one after another. Their salaries are high, and talented workers are vying to go to Southeast Asia. This is really rich and oily, tsk!"