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April 30, 1909, Bengbu gathering in Fengyang Prefecture, Anhui Province.
Bengbu Ji was Bengbu City in the original time and space, but it still belonged to Fengyang Prefecture at this time.
It is said that when Dayu went south to Huaisi to control the floods, he passed by Tushan in Bengbu and married Tushan's daughter.
Here she gave birth to Qi, the founder of the Xia Dynasty.
At this time, Bengbuji was the headquarters of the 16th Town of the Beiyang Army.
This town did not exist in the original time and space.
It was one of the six new towns planned by Yuan Shikai after the Ding Wei Revolution.
Later, Datou took complete control of the Qing court and plundered a large amount of property from the powerful.
Datou, who was not short of money, took Beiyang.
The expansion quota of the army increased to 18, namely: the 1st town of the Guards, the 11th to 16th towns of the Army, and the 27th to 37th towns.
Datou is now much richer than in the original time and space.
He has 800 million taels of silver scraped from the dignitaries of the capital, and 300 million worth of money confiscated from the imperial palace, royal palace, imperial village and other places after the Qing court abdicated.
The extra taels of extravagance add up to more than 1.4 billion silver dollars.
After allocating part of it to his subordinates as rewards, there is still about 1.2 billion yuan.
With the 20 million pound aid loan provided by the United Kingdom, Datou now has no less than 1.4 billion yuan in funds.
It is completely different from the predicament of the original time and space where he could not even pay his subordinates' wages.
However, although Datou is not short of money now, there is a huge shortage of talent.
As the saying goes, "It's easy to get a thousand troops, but hard to find a general."
This army can't be built with only soldiers and weapons.
Without a sufficient number of qualified officers, the work is in vain.
But now Beiyang is not attractive to qualified officers at all.
The Turtle officers who had returned from studying abroad were all very visionary.
They couldn't care less about these local thugs from Beiyang.
Eight out of ten went south, and the rest were just as careless as they were.
Not to mention that it cannot attract new blood, even those who originally worked in Beiyang have left a lot.
For example, Baoding Military Academy, a school where Beiyang trains officers for itself, took advantage of a training opportunity and quickly covered more than two-thirds of its territory.
Especially after the news spread that the southern government had ordered six large warships in the United States, almost all the international students studying the navy went south.
This made all the big bosses in Beiyang feel very sad and unspeakably sad.
No matter how much money you have now, what's the point?
People won't care about you at all.
No matter how much money you have, you can't buy so many officers.
What's more, even if it is really more money, the south will completely destroy countless streets in Beiyang, which is simply incomparable.
The most important thing is that Nanfang makes money from its own products, which is increasing year by year.
It is a stable income.
But Beiyang was obtained by taking advantage of large households, extorting wages, and ransacking homes.
It was a one-time deal, and we would not be able to find so many large households to plunder it in the future.
Due to the real lack of qualified officers, Yuan Shikai had to lower his requirements and replenish the number of officers from the original patrol battalions and other old armies.
He also added equipment to these old armies and reorganized them into a new army.
Although compared to the officers who came out of the official military academy, these guys are basically just fake ones, but they are still officers after all.
But even so, the eighteen new towns cannot gather enough people, and so far only ten new towns have been established.
Anhui is located directly facing the south and has an important location, so two towns were placed.
One is the 31st town expanded from the temporary 31st mixed association.
Almost half of the people in the original Thirty-one Mixed Association participated in the uprising.
They were basically middle and lower-level officers.
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Senior officers such as the association president Yu Dahong did not participate.
Later, Beiyang expanded based on the remaining half of the association.
As a town, Yu Dahong, the co-president, was promoted to the governor.
Town 31 is still stationed in Anqing as the first line of defense against the People's Liberation Army in the south.
The other town is the 16th town stationed in Bengbu.
This town was adapted from the original Anhui patrol camp and was controlled by Ni Sichong.
Ni Sichong was rated as a "three feet high in the sky" in the original time and space.
His father Ni Hong was originally the shogunate of Yuan Shikai's successor, Yuan Baoqing.
Ni Sichong met Yuan Shikai when he was studying with his father.
In 1893, the 19th year of Guangxu's reign, Ni Sichong donated a class and was appointed magistrate of a county in Shandong Province.
In December 1899, the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu's reign, Yuan Shikai was ordered to act as governor of Shandong.
Ni Sichong paid his respects and formally recognized Yuan Shikai as the boss, and soon promoted him to the prefecture.
In November 1901, the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu's reign, Li Hongzhang died of illness, and Datou became acting governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang.
The new governor of Shandong, Yang Sixiang, was very dissatisfied with Magistrate Ni and would give him a thumbs up everywhere.
So Ni, who couldn't survive, ran to Tianjin to join Boss Yuan.
In April 1907, Xu Shichang was appointed governor of the three eastern provinces.
After being recommended by Lao Yuan, Xu Shangzhi approved Ni Sichong to be the governor of Heilongjiang Province.
But this guy didn't work long before he was involved in corruption and bribery and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for conviction.
Originally, in the late Qing Dynasty, corruption and bribery were not considered crimes, but because he was a big-headed person, the Zongshe Party group was looking for big-headed pigtails everywhere.
Seeing this opportunity, there was no reason not to take advantage of him. .
So Ni Sichong was unlucky and was sentenced to death.
In order to save his life, Ni Sichong immediately instigated his nephew Ni Daoxang to admit his guilt, and gave huge bribes to Prince Qing and other Manchu relatives.
Coupled with Yuan Shikai's activities, he finally saved his life, but was dismissed.
After Lao Yuan took control of the government, he remembered this younger brother who almost failed because of himself, so he immediately promoted him to the position of commander of the new 16th town and was stationed in Bengbu.
Some people may ask, how can Ni Sichong be the leader of a town if he is not from the military?
But Datou has no choice, he has no one in his hands.
To be honest, Datou really can't trust those officers who are not from Beiyang.
Even those non-direct officers from Beiyang who came to him when they were not training at small stations, he can't trust anymore.
Young officers from all over the country are leaving continuously.
But it scared him.
Although Ni Sichong is not familiar with military affairs, he is at least a loyal and senior brother.
Although he is reluctant to be the commander, it is better than letting someone who is unreliable take the position.
After the Qing Dynasty abdicated, Ni Sichong, who was the leader's "own member", was appointed as the governor of Anhui and the border envoy of Henan and Anhui.
However, the Anhui governor did not work in the capital Anqing, but stayed in Bengbu.
This is because Datou really has no confidence in his military capabilities.
If he is placed on the front line, if the People's Liberation Army comes over, isn't it a gift?
So he is stationed in Bengbu as the second line of defense.
If the People's Liberation Army really comes, In the attack on Anhui, the 16th town can go up to support, or it can stick to it.
At the same time, Bengbu has a good geographical location and can also support the 5th and 11th towns in northern Jiangsu and control Henan.
Once something happens in the north, we can immediately rely on the Jinpu Railway to quickly mobilize reinforcements.
Of course, such an important position must be filled by a trusted confidant.
Although Ni Sichong has no ability, he is Da Tou's confidant.
To be honest, there is nothing wrong with Yuan Datou's arrangement, and it can even be said to be very clever, but he just missed a point in his calculations.
It's just that this guy Ni Sichong is really cheating, ah, no, Datou is not his father, he is his boss.
It should be said to be "the boss."
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Ni Sichong was such a fool.
Soon after, Yuan Shikai regretted his decision.
Neijiang, headquarters of the Party of Science and Technology.
"Mr.
Wen, this is how we arranged it.
After the United States builds the main body of the warship, it only needs to install the main gun and the necessary navigation control system.
The secondary gun, small-caliber gun, as well as the fire control system, radar, and computer The confidential equipment will be installed after returning to China, and the propellers will also need to be replaced after returning to China," reported Gu Xiaoqinghui, deputy secretary-general for industrial affairs.
With the technological strength in Wen Desi's hands, the six battleships built in the United States would certainly not all adopt the technology at this time.
To be honest, if there were no shipyards capable of manufacturing large warships and a lack of sufficient skilled workers, He simply would not choose to build such a high-tech thing abroad.
Although it is impossible to manufacture the entire battleship now, some of the equipment on it can still be manufactured, such as secondary guns, small-caliber guns, fire control systems, radars, computers, etc., as well as propellers.
There was no concept of fluid mechanics in this era, and research on propellers was basically based on feeling.
This was the case for all the major powers.
The worst among them is Germany, and their propellers are the worst.
A warship of the same size has greater power but slower speed.
This is because the propeller design is too rubbish and bullshit.
The propellers of later generations have been proven by fluid mechanics, and the power utilization rate is more than half higher than at this time.
"Well, that's it."
Wen Desi nodded in approval.
"But can our dock catch up?"
Gu Xiaoqing replied: "No problem.
According to our technical guidance in the United States, the six battleships will not be ready for sea trials until at least January 1911.
We have several large shipyards in Guangzhou, Fangcheng, Shanghai and other places at the latest."
It will be completed in the second half of 1910.”
"What about the naval guns?
Can the main guns we ordered in Austria-Hungary be completed on time?"
Wen Desi asked again.
"There is no problem.
With the technical information and experts we provide as consultants, Skoda is making rapid progress.
They already have this technology for the 240-gun and 280-gun, so there is no problem with either.
The 310-gun is not a big problem either.
They There is already a 305 gun, and if we make some small changes according to our requirements, it won’t be a big problem.
With our technical support, the most difficult 360 gun can be produced by the end of this month at the latest.
Take out the sample gun" "But" Gu Xiaoqing paused and said: "Germany is very interested in our 310 guns and 360 guns.
They have already asked Skoda to cooperate.
Skoda cannot refuse, so now they are asking us what we mean."
Wen Desi smiled: "It doesn't matter.
As long as the Germans are willing to pay, they can join.
Haha, I thought they would continue to hold on to Krupp."
"That's not too cheap for them."
Gu Xiaoqing looked at Mr.
Wen's smiling face and reacted immediately, saying quickly: "Oh, I understand what you mean, then I will reply to Skoda like this."
"Haha, even if the Germans don't pay, I want to give them this technology.
Before I found the opportunity, they came to the door themselves.
This also saves me making excuses everywhere.
By the way, you can ask our representative at Skoda Ask the Germans if they are interested in torpedoes that can run 40 knots and have a range of more than 20 kilometers.
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If you are interested in the new torpedo, you can also cooperate with them.
They can tell the Germans that I am a German fan and I am a self-made five-mark.
Well, they don’t understand this, so they just say that I have always been very, very enthusiastic about Germany.
I have a good impression.
Yes, that's it."
Wen Desi once again showed a harmless smile.
"Mr.
Wen, you are so insidious."
Gu Xiaoqing was embarrassed.
She couldn't help but observe a second of silence for Niu Niu.
Just as they were talking about cheating Niu Niu, they heard a commotion coming from outside.
"Mr.
Wen, something happened, something happened."
Military Secretary Gu Xiaoyuan and Secretary in charge of East China Region Gu Xiaojing hurried into Wen Desi's office.
As soon as they came in, they shouted: "Mr.
Wen, Shouzhou has revolted.
Shouzhou has revolted."
Gu Xiaoyuan, a militant, blushed with excitement and said excitedly: "Yuan Jiasheng and Wang Qingyun of the former Tongmenghui rebelled in Shouzhou and invited us to send troops to northern Anhui to liberate Anhui."
"We have an excuse to send troops, Mr.
Wen."
Gu Xiaojing also looked excited
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