Currently, there were steel factories and machinery manufacturing factories. Although the output was still very small, everything was difficult at the beginning. The initial difficulties had already passed, and the later things were much easier to handle. For Lin Xin, the beginning was not difficult, but the difficult part was how to make these industrial machines operate normally.
However, what he lacked the most now was the key workers to run these industrial machines. However, there were only 50,000 to 60,000 workers trained now, and they were all junior workers. It would be wishful thinking to fully operate them without three to four years.
However, he was short of time. The war between Yun and Chuan provinces had been ignited these days, and Panzhi Flower was in an extremely awkward place. Although there was still a long distance from the war zone at the border of the two provinces, there was no guarantee that the defeated soldiers would come to visit one day.
Now, the industries of a few foreign spies had also been affected. Although they had temporarily stabilized, their rise was too fast, and the big shots of those countries could not digest it. They were now looking for an excuse to interfere. If it were not for the fact that their connections in the country were relatively high, they might have fallen from the sky.
However, it was fortunate that these people had very high means. Since they didn't understand, they would let them understand. There was nothing that was higher than this era, so to put it bluntly, it was still a matter of interest. Previously, Lin Xin was too greedy, wanting to monopolize everything. This was simply impossible in business, so there was only a win-win cooperation, at least in a situation where his wings weren't fully developed.
Lin Xin didn't pay too much attention to the matters abroad, as there would be specialized people to deal with them. He only needed to set the general direction.
What he cared about was the confidentiality of this base. Although he had done a good job of keeping it a secret, it was inevitable that the news would spread. Fortunately, it only spread to light industrial factories such as garment factories and fertilizer factories. Moreover, it did not spread to Panzhi Flower County and was intercepted by intelligence personnel.
On March 2nd, 1921, a battle order was issued from the administrative building of Little River Town, causing the entire Little River Town garrison to gather quickly.
At this moment, the guards of Little River Town who were practicing in the wild were quickly gathered by the urgent battle alarm. This was the second battle alarm since the establishment of Little River Village. It made many people's hearts full of passion. Yes, it was not fear or panic, but excitement.
Because of the long-term baptism of the military ideology, every soldier was filled with the knowledge that a real army should have. They wanted to fight and yearned to fight. Only by fighting could they prove the value of their soldiers and gain military merits. Only then could their company obtain respect and honor. Although this was a bit extreme, Lin Xin felt that this era needed this kind of thinking, at least in the army.
Lin Xin admired Zu Long very much, because his army was invincible. It was necessary to constantly keep the army in an extremely harsh environment in order to maintain the fighting strength and mentality of the army. At the same time, they had to be rational enough, and not be as crazy as the Wei Nation. They might be strong for a while, but their beliefs would collapse because of a defeat in a war. During World War II, the Wei Nation was always successful, but after that encounter with the polar bear, which caused them to bleed, It was as if the polar bears were invincible. They did not even have the desire to fight.
But Lin Xin didn't need that kind of army, because that kind of army would bring the people's thoughts to the extreme, because only extreme people, their children, and their husbands would have extreme thoughts. Lin Xin needed his army, and regardless of victory or defeat, they had to maintain their thirst for war, and think of ways to bite off the flesh of their enemies that would make them lose their fighting strength.
"Stone, the battle alarm has sounded. Gather quickly. Old Tree, Old Lin, gather. Battle alarm, gather your class quickly. Hurry up, cancel the drill.”At this moment, Zhang Shitou and the others, who were attacking the enemy's high ground, quickly stopped fighting and immediately gathered.
"Gather... Gather... Hurry up, Stone, call your soldiers back. Hurry up, battle alert, we have a battle to fight. Hurry up, don't let those bastards in Third Platoon beat us to it, hurry up.”Zhang Dingshan, who had already been promoted to platoon leader, excitedly gathered a few of his platoon leaders.
"Alright, the vice-captain will call the assembly number.”Zhang Shitou said anxiously. He patted the soil on his body and ran to Zhang Dingshan and asked,
"Ergou, is there a battle?"
"F * ck off. If you call me Er Gou again, I'll put you in confinement. Hurry up and gather your men. I'll help you lose weight if you delay the battle. Go back quickly." Zhang Dingshan said angrily, but he couldn't do anything to this idiot.
Looking at this idiot's expression, it was obvious that he wanted him to tell the company commander, but he also thought so, so Zhang Dingshan did not say anything. This time, he would definitely let the company commander fight for this mission.
"I don't know yet. It was a bit sudden this time, but this time, we must fight for the combat mission. Otherwise, if we let those guys from the First Regiment keep showing off their qualifications, our brothers will still lose face.”Zhang Dingshan said solemnly.
In the county magistrate's mansion, the county magistrate, Wang Shuai, the regiment commander of the garrison regiment, and his subordinates were discussing how to deal with the incident in Xiaohe Village. Actually, there was no need for discussion. Everyone present knew very well that their greedy regiment commander and county magistrate would not let go of this piece of juicy meat, which could last them for more than ten years. If they could "take" this place, they could enjoy their old age or make further progress. By then, they would not be the county magistrate anymore; they might even be the chief of the garrison. The regiment commander would also become a division commander. The people sitting here would rise with the tide and advance one step further. This kind of temptation was impossible for them to resist.
In this era, as long as one had money and connections, these things were not a big deal. Money meant soldiers, soldiers meant power, and power meant money. It was a cycle. This was the worst era, but for these people, it was undoubtedly the best era.
The fat county head was the first to speak." Everyone, you've seen the intelligence report, right? The piece of meat in front of us is very fat. It's so fat that you can all eat your fill. How do you think you'll take it?"”Now, they were no longer discussing whether they should "take" it, but how they should "take" it.
"What else can he do? He can just rob us. I don't think a young man like him would dare to do anything. With the peasant militia in his hands, so what if he has a few guns? Do you still dare to challenge our garrison? What a joke. Humph." A vice commander of the garrison shouted with disdain.
In his mind, those factories were a piece of unguarded fat meat. As for the militia, unfortunately, the militia in this period could not be compared with the regular army no matter how well equipped they were. This was indeed in line with the facts of this period. For example, during this period, there were two families fighting. One family had more than 4000 people, more than 200 machine guns, one rifle, and a few cannons. One family had more than 1000 people, more than 100 machine guns, and each person had one gun. However, they were suppressed by the two battalions of the regular army, which were far less equipped than them. Therefore, during this period, the civilian groups or family forces generally did not dare to go head-on with the regular army. Their protection forces were usually used to deal with bandits or other family forces.
During this period, there were still many guns imported from abroad at a high price. Although their performance was not as good as the imported ones, they still had a certain degree of combat effectiveness. However, they were very scattered and became the source of weapons for many warlords.
Such situations were more common in coastal areas, but in inland provinces like Sichuan Province, such situations were quite rare.
Even the warlords were not enough, so what good things could be given to the civilian forces?
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