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1924 is a leap year, the Year of Jiazi in the lunar calendar. This Year of the Rat is destined to be a small watershed in history.

First, in the far north, an old man who had reached the end of his life handed over the power of the Red Soviet Union. In order to fight for the right to control this evil polar bear, a bearded man began to twist his body desperately to squeeze towards the center of power.

At home, the situation is even worse. The situation between the north and the south has not been fundamentally relieved. The Zhili Beiyang warlords headed by Cao Kun and Wu Peifu and the Fengcheng warlords headed by Zhang Zuolin have experienced the first direct-fengtian war.

After the war, with the support of the imperialist forces behind them, they geared up to prepare for war.

The north is lively, and the south has not stopped. The claws of the red polar bear have bypassed the Japanese forces occupying the northeastern Kanto state and the Beiyang forces with the presence of European and American powers, and directly extended to the south. Feeling the current chaotic situation and the need for revolution, Sun Yat-sen was determined to

Establish a military school to train a new group of soldiers who will obey the revolutionary command.[

As for Yunnan, after more than a year of licking his wounds, Tang Jiyao finally embarked on the journey of expansion again. He first obtained control of Guizhou Province in disguise, and then began to purchase arms and reorganize the army. The signs were directly pointing to the entrenched army in northern Yunnan.

Zhang Shusheng’s forces and Lu Rongting’s forces in Guangxi.

The warlords were fighting, and the people were in dire straits. 1924 was another year of chaos.

The New Year has just passed and it is almost March.

In the New Year of 1923, Zhang Shusheng had a very good life. First, He Ning came to Lishuping. As his assistant, he entered the office of the Dongchuan District Mayor, which was just across the room from the secretariat where Lu Yunyan worked.

As a man who has been tacitly approved by both parties, Zhang Shusheng can always enjoy a pleasant shoulder massage or a chance to have sex on the rooftop observation deck for a few minutes during his free time. He deeply understands

He realized what it meant to work together as a man and a woman without getting tired, especially when he was with two women who would be eaten by him sooner or later. No matter how busy military and political matters and scientific research projects were, they could not overwhelm him.

At the end of 1923, the two biggest happy events in science and technology were:

The first automobile manufacturing plant under Shusheng Company was officially completed and put into production of first-class automobiles.

Second, with the joint efforts of a group of domestic and foreign scientists and researchers, a 7,000-ton hydraulic press was successfully manufactured.

In terms of automobiles, because the initial production volume cannot increase, after taking into account issues such as cost and sales volume, the more affordable ordinary version cars will be sold first in the southwest region, and the excess production will be sold to southeast and other places through Guangxi. In China

High-end models are only produced with main spare parts, and are shipped to the West in Fangcheng County, Guangdong. Finally, they are assembled in the country through Pan American Kenshi International and Pan Eurasian Trading Company, two international trading companies registered in Europe and the United States.

Turn it into a complete vehicle and sell it.

Because it is expected that after this kind of advanced automobile is put on the market, there will be a market lag effect that will last for a period of time. Therefore, Zhang Shusheng did not prepare to put it into the European and American markets in large quantities at the beginning, but asked the Second Heavy Machinery Factory to urgently produce the second article.

Production line equipment, and at the same time, we are preparing to put some less important components into the factory in Hong Kong.

There are automobile manufacturing plants operated by Shusheng Company under the names of two major trading companies, Pan-Eurasian Trading Company and Pan-American Kensington International. The first automobile manufacturing plant in Lishuping will focus on the production of engines, chassis and body parts.

Parts that adopt new technologies and new design ideas.

It can be said that Zhang Shusheng had no choice but to launch his own blockbuster car brand in 1924. The research and development and manufacturing of cars were completely from scratch. Although Shusheng Company was not lacking in advanced machine tools and machinery, it

There are still many difficulties, even beyond everyone's imagination. After all, a place that could not even produce screws and wrenches eight years ago has begun to produce vintage cars eight years later. This process of rapid development is actually a period of scientific research and

The bloody history of manufacturing.

After investing a huge amount of money and technology, even with the technical support provided by the Dream Machine, the R&D and design work of the car took five years to complete. Many of the technologies are better than the Ford Model T that is still in production.

The car is much higher.

Take the ordinary version of the model car as an example. Not to mention the appearance, the overall level of the car is much better than the latest Ford Model T, which will be discontinued in three years. The mid-to-high-end version of the model car is aimed at Lincoln.

Go to cities and other big brands.

Although the initial sales volume will not be satisfactory, Zhang Shusheng believes that these vehicles of various grades, with advanced designs and some leading key technologies, will create a pyramid-shaped market route from commercial vehicles to luxury cars in Europe and the United States.

In order to replace the Hong Kong manufacturing plant, the idea of ​​establishing an automobile factory on the coast of Guangxi has also been put on the agenda. In the future, cars of all grades will go global from here.

Generally speaking, the output of engines will be the biggest factor restricting the scale of Shusheng's automobile production in the short term. Zhang Shusheng's plan is to increase the production capacity of this engine from

The current monthly output of 500 units was increased to 50,000 units in early 1928. It seems that the 100-fold gap is huge, but as long as the existing production line is expanded and more workers with a certain level of knowledge are recruited,

, this goal is actually not unattainable.

While many automotive researchers are celebrating their success, they have not forgotten who provided those seemingly out-of-reach technologies. It is precisely with these technologies, coupled with those overseas Chinese researchers recruited from abroad, that a small number of researchers have

It was only the foreign researchers who were frustrated in the West but found a new life in scientific research in the East that the automobile industry in Dongchuan District achieved breakthrough progress in 1924.

It took a full five years for the No. 1 Automobile Manufacturing Plant to achieve success. They did not have any chance to show off their fame. They just set off a bunch of firecrackers to celebrate after the first model car rolled off the production line. And the driver of the first model car

The person is Lei Minshan, the chief automotive engineer of the automobile factory.[

The warlords in the north and south who were fighting fiercely would never have thought that in this corner of the southwest, a product that would always be marked as a foreign product in their eyes—cars—had been produced. Because Zhang Shusheng was too low-key during this period.

, although the entire Dongchuan District is not small, it is still a very inconspicuous small place on the map compared to China.

However, this seemingly small Dongchuan District did not hinder Zhang Shusheng's development.

Just imagine, the whole of Japan is only more than 370,000 square kilometers, which is more than 20,000 square kilometers smaller than Yunnan. By the beginning of 1924, Zhang Shusheng’s nominal and actual sphere of influence, including several counties in Dongchuan, had covered

Almost the entire northern Yunnan region has more resources, more convenient transportation, more students, more schools, more soldiers, more junior workers, and more factories. These are enough for him to develop a considerable scale.

of industrial clusters.

Staring at the report in his hand, Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but frown slightly, and said to Lu Ziming, director of the Transportation Planning Bureau in front of him, "Ziming, your railway construction plan is not very feasible. Let's not talk about the construction difficulty and funding issues.

We are still facing some obstacles that are temporarily difficult to overcome.”

Walking to the huge map of China hanging in the office, Zhang Shusheng pointed to several places in the southwest and said, "Look, your idea is to have the railway start from Xiaoqingshan County, pass through Huize, then go to Xuanwei, Qujing, and finally

Entering Guangxi. Even if we don’t consider the difficulty of construction and the high investment, the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi alone cannot be passed by the railway smoothly. We may not even have the opportunity to build the railway with peace of mind."

Lu Ziming is a descendant of Chinese in San Francisco. He is now in his 30s and has participated in the design of a railway in the western United States. After being hired by Zhang Shusheng, he refused the high salary and asked for an ordinary salary before resolutely returning to China.

"District Chief, when Senior Zhan Tianyou built the railway, it was more difficult than it is now. I am still very confident in my level. I also know the situation at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi. If I can convince Tang Jiyao, I think this plan is

It is feasible. If there is a railway that can lead to the seaport of Guangxi, it will bring huge benefits to our industrial development and economic development in Dongchuan."

Because of his experience in designing railways in the United States, Lu Ziming is quite aware of the significant impact of railway transportation on economic development. Seeing that the industrial cluster in Dongchuan District will form a considerable scale in the second five-year plan, the construction of a railway is absolutely necessary.

Zhang Shusheng nodded. He didn't know the huge role of railways. Otherwise, he would not have allowed researchers from the No. 3 Heavy Machinery Factory to start developing internal combustion engine locomotives. "Generally speaking, the time to start construction of this line is not mature enough. I suggest

Divide railway development into three steps."

"What does the district chief mean?"

"The first step is to build an experimental railway from Xiaoqingshan County to Huize County. The second step is to extend the railway line to Xuanwei to lay the foundation for building the Yunnan-Guangxi Railway when conditions are suitable."

"This is not bad. It avoids big risks and can accumulate technology. As for the locomotive, I don't know whether the district chief means self-made or outsourced?" Lu Ziming also knows about the current industries in Dongchuan area, especially the Xiaoqingshan Industrial Cluster.

Strength, in his opinion, as long as there is preliminary locomotive technology, the heavy machinery factory is completely able to develop a locomotive.

"Look at the progress of the construction. If the development plan is slower, buy it first. If the development work can catch up with the completion period of the first phase of the railway plan, use your own. At present, the No. 3 Heavy Machinery Factory is mainly responsible for the pre-research of the locomotive.

Several professors from Southwest University and higher technical schools, including several German experts.”

Although Southwest University and several intermediate and advanced technical schools carried out large-scale enrollment expansion in the second half of 1923, and the total number of students on campus exceeded 15,000, Zhang Shusheng still felt that there was not enough talent. Especially during the Second Five-Year Plan

After the project was launched, the originally small number of technical talents immediately seemed to be stretched thin. Therefore, he was not sure whether the No. 3 Heavy Machinery Manufacturing Factory could complete the development and manufacturing of the locomotive on time.

Lu Ziming had just gone out, and when Zhang Shusheng was preparing to deal with another construction plan for the road construction from Zhaotong to Xiaoqingshan, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

The person who came through the door was Zhang Shusheng's confidential secretary Mao Yunxian. "District Chief, Vice Minister Zhao of the Intelligence Department has special information that he wants to report to you immediately."

After Zhang Shusheng nodded, there was a knock on the door, and it turned out to be Zhao Ziyun.

"District Chief, at seven o'clock this morning, Shen Hongying of the Gui Army wanted to lead his troops to Guilin. After being rejected by Lu Rongting, he led four divisions with more than 20,000 people to besiege Guilin. Lu Rongting was caught off guard and suffered a small defeat. After retreating to the city, he is currently Build fortifications.”

As one of the two deputy ministers of the special intelligence department of the militia, Zhao Ziyun has always been Zhang Shusheng's right-hand man. In the eyes of others, this Zhao Ziyun is a real smiling tiger. He may exchange cups with you in the morning and chat and laugh happily. In the afternoon, he may meet in person. He will bring people to your door to arrest you. He is different from Luo Feng, another secretly secretly appointed deputy minister. The two have completely opposite roles.

"What is the analysis result of the intelligence department? How long can Lu Rongting hold on?" He knew about Shen Hongying's siege of Guilin, but in the original history, Lu Rongting, who was in a very poor situation, tricked Shen Hongying who had already entered the city. He deceived Guilin and returned to Guilin to build fortifications and wait for foreign aid.

With his own history-changing factor, Lu Rongting relied on the first phase of 3,000 rifles and medicine to train an elite brigade, and relied on it to organize several other troops, not counting other cronies stationed in the western Guangxi area. In the army, Lu Rongting is no longer as depressed as he was back then.[

However, the situation is still not optimistic, because there is a more powerful new Guangxi character in southern Guangxi: Li Zongren

"Ziyun, ordered the intelligence personnel in the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan to step up their efforts to spy on the movements of all parties, pay special attention to the mobilization of troops, and report to the headquarters at any time."

"yes!"

After Zhao Ziyun went out, Zhang Shusheng picked up the phone and called Mao Yunxian, "Notify the district government's liaison representative in Guilin and ask him to meet Lu Rongting in the name of Dongchuan District Government to test his reaction."
Chapter completed!