War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 327: After clicking on the base vehicle, it’s all money!
In the midsummer of 1933, after a piece of news broke, the whole country was in mourning!
Okamura Yasuji of the Kwantung Army first proposed a draft armistice agreement and claimed that this was the final proposal and not a single word could be changed.

Xiong Bin was finally forced to sign the peace agreement in the last ten minutes of the negotiation, and since then, the two sides have ceased fighting.

The details of the agreement are as follows:

1. Your troops shall quickly withdraw to the area west and south of the line connecting Yanqing, Changping, Gaoliying, Shunyi, Tongxian, Xianghe, Baodi, Lintingkou, Ninghe and Lutai. You shall not cross this line or provoke us in any form.

2. After the first item is confirmed, we may use aircraft for reconnaissance and verification at any time. You shall not prevent it and shall provide convenience.

3. If it is confirmed that you abide by the agreement, the Japanese army will no longer pursue you and will retreat back to the line around Dacheng.

4. The maintenance of public order in the areas south of the Great Wall and in the areas north and east of the line indicated in Article shall be maintained by your police, and the above-mentioned organs shall not provoke.

5. This Agreement shall come into force upon stamping.

The most insulting thing is not the TG Agreement, but the circumstances under which it was signed.

When Xiong Bin, who was then a lieutenant general, went to discuss the agreement, the other party replied: "This is the final condition. There will be no concessions. You must sign it, and then we can discuss the rest."

You've already signed it, and you're still discussing your grandmother's grandson?
Isn’t this like shitting on someone’s neck?

But under such circumstances, the agreement was still signed. Not only was it signed, the Nationalist government had no intention of making it public. Even Xu Chaoyang, who was stationed in the Dagu Guard Regiment, did not receive any news of it. It was only when various warlords started to curse in the newspapers and people from all walks of life began to criticize crazily that Xu Chaoyang found out about it.

He also thought that after the 29th Army showed its power, the agreement would disappear and the two armies would remain in a stalemate. After all, the agreement was signed nearly a month later than in history, and half of 1933 had passed.

"Chaoyang!"

When Yang Jingyu appeared in Xu Chaoyang's office again, holding the newspaper, his expression had changed: "Look for yourself!"

Xu Chaoyang picked up the newspaper and found that it was full of "telegrams of opposition" from various warlords. Even the resigned Xiao Liuzi stood up. The 19th Route Army, the 29th Army, the 41st Army... Anyway, those warlords who usually had no say in front of the National Government were jumping up and down and cursing. Even Sun Damazi, who had already returned to the northwest, took the time to curse in the streets in the newspaper when the ancient city of Ningxia was at war with the Ma family!
How can I not curse?
Your government's words "resist the war" made everyone's blood boil, and how many souls died in Rehe, Chahar, and North China? Now you say you don't want to fight, so don't fight?

Do you want to stop fighting?

Xu Chaoyang, who was familiar with the development of history, certainly knew what kind of evil the Kuomintang government was. However, when he saw another piece of news in the newspaper, he became excited: "Old Yang, did you see that? Our hometown has also issued a notice to send out telegrams."

Yes, our party spoke out at this time and issued the "Declaration Against the Kuomintang's Betrayal of North China"!
For Xu Chaoyang, this was like seeing the dawn of light from afar in the final darkness.

However, the Kuomintang government was still the same. Those who should take responsibility did not stand up. Under pressure, Wang Jingwei stood up and took responsibility despite criticism from all sides.

Xu Chaoyang did not dare to think too deeply about what was going on here. Instead, he took the opportunity to seize all the proceeds from the house search that had been completely forgotten by He Yingqin, and used them for the production of new weapons at the Dagu Shipyard and the research and development of the "General Liu Rifle".

Well, the matter hasn’t been resolved yet, and Yang Jingyu is here.

"What am I looking at?" Xu Chaoyang said self-deprecatingly: "If I think it is useful, there will be no such agreement. I will immediately lead my army back to the Northeast. Let me see..." This is not a question of helplessness or not. This is a situation that even the top leader of Jinling cannot control. No one can change it no matter how confident they are.

This matter can be seen from the struggle between Xu Chaoyang and the logistics Liu Zhichang. If the Peking Military Branch alone can act independently to this extent, who knows what the situation in Nanjing will be like!
Xu Chaoyang even felt that Jinling, the girl who loved to write a diary, might not be able to have the final say now.

Sometimes, things are just like this. If you are not in the position, do not interfere in the affairs of the family, and do not make the decisions for the family, you will not know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are.

"Chaoyang, what are you talking about?" Yang Jingyu was about to continue correcting Xu Chaoyang's thoughts, but Xu Chaoyang pushed the account book over to him.

"You take a look at this first."

The moment Yang Jingyu picked up the account book, the whole office fell silent. Every entry in the account book drowned out their words.

At that time, there was a saying in Japan, "1.5 cents for a soldier, 150 yen for a gun." This saying originated from the Japanese. What does it mean? A soldier only needs 1.5 cents in postage to send a recruitment notice. The Japanese were crazy at that time and it was easy to recruit soldiers; but guns were not the same. A gun could be worth 150 yen. At that time, the yen was very valuable!
Of course, the 150 yen is not just for the gun, it includes all the costs of mechanical wear and tear, labor, electricity consumption, etc., but it is also a lot of money, a very, very large amount of money.

This is not something Xu Chaoyang said casually. This was drawn into the cartoon by the cartoonist Kunio Saito, who was a soldier. This is how he joined the army. As for the later period, the small broken island had no funds, and the cost of the Type 38 rifle was also decreasing. However, according to Xu Chaoyang's analysis, they may have cut off all unnecessary expenses, such as labor, which finally reduced the price of this gun to the level that everyone knows.

So how much are our guns worth?

Around 1911, the ex-factory price of the Type rifle produced by the Hanyang Arsenal was taels of silver, equivalent to about silver dollars.

In 1915, due to the large-scale import of firearms at that time, the price of firearms recovered slightly and gradually dropped to yuan. During the Northern Expedition, it rose to yuan.

This is just the 88 style.

It is said that at this moment, guns have become hard currency like gold, opium, and silver dollars. Even bandits who kidnap people will directly ask for the number of guns and bullets.

When Xu Chaoyang arrived at the Dagu Shipyard and got the specific prices, he saw the manufacturing prices of guns and bullets. At present, the Dagu factory manufactures a 7.9 bullet for about 6.5 cents and a bullet for cents. This is based on the legal currency. At that time, one silver dollar was exchanged for one and a half legal currencies, so it was said that a cannon shot was worth a thousand taels of gold.

It was only at this moment that Xu Chaoyang realized how much money he had to pay for shouting "fire coverage, cross-fire range" on the battlefield!

How much did our soldiers receive in the war?
The regular army of the National Government must be its own troops, and they get seven dollars a month in legal tender!
After the July 7 Incident, the whole nation fought against the Japanese, and the salary increased to 16 and 25 yuan, but the legal currency at that time... haha!
Where is our army? Where is our real army?

It is said that officials at all levels, including the top leaders, could earn, at most, one to five dollars. This is not dollars. However, some received more, and some received large amounts of dollars. According to the recollections of Wang Zheng, the founder of our army's communications, radio technicians could receive 30 to 50 dollars. This shows how much our army was short of talent at that time.

Do we still need to settle this account?

Now we know why our army was so fond of the Type 38 rifle even though it could pick up many foreign weapons from the National Army and other miscellaneous armies on the battlefield?
It was simply because the ammunition supply of the Type 38 rifle could be snatched from the Japanese, even at the cost of their lives, but there was no place to find the supply of other firearms!
This is even when copper and iron ore are everywhere in my country...

"Chaoyang..." Yang Jingyu didn't say anything else. This bloody reality was right in front of him. What else could he say?
Xu Chaoyang waved at Yang Jingyu, raised his head, closed his eyes and said, "This is a mountain that no one can get around. We have to find a way to make money."

(End of this chapter)