When the nationwide electricity was sent out, Li Donghan was once again busy. The 49 associations were reorganized into the Chinese Revolutionary Army. The officers were basically not a problem. They were all trained by Li Donghan over the years.
The main reason was the huge shortage of soldiers. The original six battalions were split into six regiments, and the military strength was directly expanded by three times. They needed to recruit nearly 10,000 soldiers, even though there were soldiers from the patrol camp who met the standard to supplement them.
However, this gap was still very large. The recruitment of so many people could not be completed overnight. The headquarters had a special recruitment office that was under the jurisdiction of Jiang Fangzhen's staff officer.
Li Donghan was in charge of the general direction, and Jiang Fangzhen just needed to implement it! However, there were still many things that Li Donghan needed to personally ask about!
"Commander, our recruitment is not going well. Flower City has just been pacified, and the people are very anxious. Very few people can join the army! "Therefore, we've only recruited more than 3,000 people over the past few days. It's far from our plan!”
Jiang Fangzhen reported to Li Donghan in the headquarters of the General's Mansion. On the second day of the successful uprising, Li Donghan had issued a peace notice in the name of the Chinese Revolutionary Army headquarters.
Tell the people that East Guangdong is independent, but don't worry. The Revolutionary Army will protect your lives and property.
That was more or less what he meant. However, it was impossible for the people who had just experienced the chaos of war to calm down. In addition, there were very few rebels in the city that had not been cleared out, so everyone was in a panic.
It was not until the past two days that Yuedong City had completely calmed down that the commoners left their homes. Some of the bolder people saw the treatment of the new soldiers. They were paid three yuan a month, plus five yuan as a settling down allowance, so they joined the army.
However, this was only a minority. The reorganization and replenishment plan of the Revolutionary Army was far from reaching its goal, so Jiang Fangzhen came to Li Donghan for this matter!
"The speed of recruitment is too slow!”Li Donghan tapped his fingers on the table and muttered softly,""How about this? The second, third, and fourth groups had priority in replenishing these people, so they had to leave early!”
"When the three regiments take down the other prefectures, expand the scale of recruitment. We must replenish the soldiers in the shortest time possible!”Li Donghan said in a deep voice.
Now, the Revolutionary Army had only occupied Huacheng City. There were still other prefectures and counties in eastern Guangdong that had not been subdued. As the governor of eastern Guangdong, Li Donghan naturally had to ensure the integrity of eastern Guangdong.
Therefore, after the Revolutionaries took a quick break, Li Donghan decided to send troops to other counties to make his position as the Governor of East Guangdong worthy of his name.
Two of the regiments went to Zhaoqing, where Li Yaohan's two Green Camps were. It was not a problem. After the Green Camp was defeated, the 2nd Regiment would go north and meet up with the 3rd and 4th Regiment.
They were going to attack Shaoguan Prefecture, where the three thousand patrol battalion led by the border guard Wu Xiangda had once suppressed the uprising led by Sun Tang, so their combat strength was not weak.
That was why Li Donghan prioritized replenishing these three regiments so that they could conquer Shaoguan Prefecture in the shortest time possible! In this way, in the entire Guangdong and Guangxi, the only person who could pose a threat to Li Donghan was Wuzhou's Long Jiguang!
"I know! We can adjust the source of soldiers, but we don't have many guns left. Other than the original ones of the 49th Association, plus the ones stored in the arsenal, plus the ones seized from the patrol camp and the green camp!”
"Although it can support the expansion of the army this time, it won't be enough next time! We have to make preparations!" Jiang Fangzhen said in a deep voice.
Guns were the most practical problem for an army. Without guns, how could they fight? Although there were many guns in Eastern Guangdong, they could still be used with the addition of some miscellaneous brands. However, Jiang Fangzhen was considering practical problems in the future.
If the Revolutionary Army wanted to become stronger, this scale was far from enough! The more firearms, the better!
"The Ishii Munitions Factory has been abandoned for a long time. Even if we rebuild it now, it's too late. Although it was a little expensive, he didn't want to save money at this time!”Li Donghan thought for a moment and ordered.
Currently, the largest arsenal in the country was the Hanyang Munitions Factory. Previously, the most equipment in Li Donghan's team was also made in Hanyang. Although the performance was not as good as some foreign firearms, they were cheap!
It was most suitable to equip the army on a large scale. However, given the current domestic situation, Wuchang had just revolted, and it was unknown if the Hanyang Munitions Factory had stopped production.
Moreover, even if there were guns there, it was impossible to sell them out. They must have been captured by the Revolutionary Party and continued to expand their army to resist the threat of the Northern Court.
There was no need to think about this. The Ishii Munitions Factory was built when Cen Chunxuan was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. However, it had been stopped a long time ago. Even if it was rebuilt, it would not be able to support Li Donghan's army in a short period of time.
Therefore, buying guns from abroad was the best way. Although it was a little expensive, it was fortunate that Li Donghan had occupied the treasury of Huacheng during the uprising. There were more than 50 million taels of silver in it, which was enough for Li Donghan to deal with for a while.
After a few days, when the City of Flowers settled down and everything went on the right track, taxes would also come up. He did not have to worry too much about money.
What Li Donghan cared about was taking control of eastern Guangdong as quickly as possible and expanding his army while other places were still in the midst of civil war.
Li Donghan wanted to put Yuedong on the right track. At that time, Li Donghan would be able to truly widen the gap between him and the others and achieve his goal of conquering the Nine Provinces!
"I'll contact Yang Hang, but we still have to build the Munitions Factory as soon as possible. This is too important for our Revolutionary Army!”Jiang Fangzhen said in a deep voice.
Li Donghan nodded silently. Not only did he feel at ease using the weapons produced by his arsenal, but the price was also cheaper.
Just like the war that was happening in China now, the price of firearms would inevitably rise. A month later, when the country was in a revolution, those black-hearted foreign businessmen would definitely dare to double the price.
Because there was no need to worry about buyers! Therefore, in order not to be taken advantage of, Li Donghan decided to buy more this time and deal with it for a while.
Then, he would seize the time to expand the Ishii Munitions Factory. Wasn't it just money? Li Donghan was not short of money now, let alone the 50 million taels of silver in the treasury.
Even Li Donghan still had more than five million taels of silver! He could invest in the arsenal privately.
Perhaps in the future, the Li family could also become an existence like the Delizhekrupp family!
Not long after Jiang Fangzhen left, Li Yi walked to Li Donghan's side and said softly,""Miss Smith is here!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Li Donghan. As the captain of the guards who followed Li Donghan all day, he knew very well.
Although Li Donghan's official fiancée was Gu Qingxue, there seemed to be something wrong with his relationship with Miss Su! However, it was better for him not to interrupt in such matters!
When Li Donghan heard this, a slender figure appeared in his mind!
(To be continued)
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