The Quzhou Revival Army headquarters had already completed the expansion of four infantry brigades. Each infantry brigade was currently allocated with 6000 soldiers. Chu Tianyun naturally had to complete the allocation of one division and three brigades. Then, he would form a 24 - 75mm mountain cannon regiment under the division!
The artillery of the infantry brigade was mainly a 40mm grenade launcher, coupled with a 12-gun mortar battalion.
Chu Tianyun had no choice. He hoped to increase the firepower of the artillery by more than three times, but he did not have the money. The infantry divisions of the western countries each had hundreds of cannons, and their caliber far exceeded 75mm. Those heavy cannons with a caliber of more than 100mm would be killing machines in China!
Industrial production could not keep up. There was not enough industrial power to complete such a high firepower configuration!
As for the heavy machine guns, they were the most important part of Chu Tianyun's firepower configuration. At the end of World War I, the machine gun configuration of the three European countries, Britain, France, and Germany, had reached 150 machine guns per infantry brigade.
Chu Tianyun's machine gun configuration was divided into infantry battalions. Each infantry battalion had two Maxim heavy machine guns, and with the addition of a brigade-level machine gun battalion, there were about 20 heavy machine guns!
In the country, other than the Feng army, which had such a configuration, there were also elite troops from the Wan family. Chu Tianyun's firepower configuration should be the highest.
"Report!"
"From Hangzhou, Lu Yongxiang, the inspector of the three southeastern provinces, sent a telegram!”
Chu Tianyun was lying on the map of southwest Zhejiang, staring at the railway that ran from east to west. One of the sections happened to pass through Quzhou.
East to Shanghai, west to Wu Han. This railway covered a quarter of China. Along the route, there were convenient water transport points from various tributaries of the Yangtze River!
(This railway is purely fabricated, don't take it seriously…)
At present, the Zhejiang operation rights of this railway were in the hands of a Japanese investment consortium. When they first bought the operation rights, they only paid 20 million yuan!!!
This Japanese consortium was simply robbing them!
"Commander, Lu Yongxiang wants our Quzhou autonomous union to join the Zhejiang system. All military expenses will be provided by Hangzhou. At the same time, Lu Yongxiang has written a check of 5 million yuan, hoping that the commander will be under him!”
Chu Tianyun had close to 20,000 men under his command. Compared to Chu Yonglong's original 11th Division, both the number of combat weapons and the number of soldiers were much more than that of the original 11th Division, except for the lack of combat experience.
Therefore, Chu Tianyun was now known as Marshal Chu!
After Chen Luo finished speaking, he immediately stood at attention. Lu Yongxiang really thought that he was like Zhang Zuolin and had become a real patrolling inspector with real power!
One had to know that Zhang Zuolin had been in charge of the northeast for many years, and the Feng Army under him was a powerful force in China. His patrol envoy of the three northeastern provinces was the true ruler of the three northeastern provinces!
As for Lu Yongxiang's patrol, it was just a means for Duan Qirui to win the hearts of the people. The many armies in the southeast were not convinced by anyone. For example, Chu Tianyun's Revival Army, although nominally under the direction of Hangzhou, the financial, military, and political power were all concentrated in Chu Tianyun's hands. If Lu Yongxiang wanted to interfere, it was impossible!
"Draw up a telegram for me. Tell them that I, Chu Tianyun, am very willing to be transferred to Hangzhou and join the Zhejiang Army, but my subordinates are unwilling. I, Chu Tianyun, cannot go against their wishes!”
Chen Luo chuckled. He understood Chu Tianyun's meaning. If that was the case, then Lu Yongxiang could only suffer in silence!
"Commander, we've already investigated the matter regarding the railway. This Japanese investment consortium is the Japanese's Mitsui Financial Group!”
Since 1873, the Mitsui Group had been focusing on the transportation industry. They had received the support of the Japanese royal family and had even built many warships for the Japanese navy. From this, it could be seen that the funds of the Mitsui Group were extremely rich!
"At present, the branch of China's Mitsui has many factories in Shanghai. They have repeatedly violated China's interests in the Japanese concession in Shanghai. The interests of the factory workers have been seized by these Japanese!”
Bang!
Chu Tianyun was furious. No one in China knew more than Chu Tianyun about the evil nature of the Yamato people and their greed for China.
"Chen Luo, Shandong is currently in the hands of the Japanese, right?”
In 1914, when World War I broke out, the Japanese sent troops to the Jiaozhou Peninsula and occupied the entire Shandong from the hands of the Germans. As a result, the Japanese held the railway, iron ore, and land tightly in their hands!
"Commander, regardless of whether it's the Feng lineage, the direct lineage, or the Wan lineage, they have all maintained a silent attitude towards Shandong. In order to obtain the support of the Japanese and suppress the Germans, the British have also tacitly approved of the Japanese's series of actions in Shandong and the three eastern provinces.”
There were also conflicts between the big powers. It was impossible to allow one to be dominant. What the big powers had to do was to do their best to maintain their interests in China.
After a moment of silence, Chu Tianyun also quieted down. Although the Japanese were an island nation, their industrial strength was definitely not something that the Southeast Renaissance Army could compete with.
"Marshal, if you insist on getting the railway operation rights, then we will definitely be on the opposite side of the consortium!”
"Hmph, the railway belongs to us Chinese people. You want to buy a railway for five million silver dollars? I, Chu Tianyun, don't agree with the Japanese's plan. Moreover, the purpose of our Quzhou autonomous union is to abolish the unfair treaty that the foreign powers have in China!”
"Inform the 1st regiment of the 1st regiment to immediately set off along the railway tonight and station near Quzhou railway station!!”
"We have to end this quickly and not let the Japanese have the slightest time to react. Other than the Japanese troops in Shanghai, there is no army in the southeast that can pose a threat to our Quzhou hinterland!!”
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