Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Jinzhou, an important city in western Liaoning, has been a strategic location in the north since ancient times. It is less than 250 kilometers away from Fengtian.

After September 918, a large number of defeated soldiers and refugees fled here. In order to resist the Japanese attack, the Young Marshal also gathered 2 troops here. The population density of Jinzhou reached its highest point in history.

Li Qinwu stood on the street in Jinzhou city, looking at the densely packed refugees on both sides of the road. He felt a chill in his heart. If he remembered correctly, on October 10, that is, 8 days later, the Japanese Kwantung Army would launch an indiscriminate bombing of Jinzhou City. This would be the first indiscriminate bombing of a city in the world since the end of World War I.

Japan launched the bombing of Jinzhou for special reasons. Since September 918, the Japanese army had made rapid progress and occupied the entire eastern direction of the three northeastern provinces. At this time, the Japanese army had three attack directions: Harbin to the north, Taonan and Tongliao to the west, and Jinzhou to the south.

Harbin in the north was Soviet territory, so the Japanese army didn't dare to attack, so they attacked Taonan and Tongliao. However, Taonan and Tongliao were taken down in less than three days. This made the Japanese a little confused. The enemy was so weak that they hadn't even finished warming up.

The army cannot stop and can only quickly set the next attack target.

Now the southwestern and northern directions of the three northeastern provinces have been opened up. Since we cannot attack the north, we can only attack Jinzhou in the south.

But the city of Jinzhou is also quite special. After September 918, the Northeast Army Headquarters moved to Jinzhou and the government also had its office here. Jinzhou is the only remaining territory of the Northeast Army outside the Great Wall and an important hub city connecting the inside and outside of the Great Wall.

What's even more terrible is that Jinzhou has the British asset, the Bac Ninh Railway. At that time, Britain and Japan were on good terms, and Japan also wanted to learn Britain's continental balance policy, so it was necessary to maintain good Anglo-Japanese relations. But if they occupied Jinzhou, Anglo-Japanese relations might change.

Due to various special circumstances, tens of thousands of Kwantung troops were at a loss for a moment, and they were unable to mobilize troops anywhere in such a big country.

The Japanese high-ranking officials thought over and over again and finally decided to bomb Jinzhou. Since they could not occupy Jinzhou, they would blow up the last hope of the Northeast Army outside the Great Wall!

The Beining Railway in Jinzhou is a British asset. If it cannot be bombed, then bomb the city!

Li Qinwu looked at the densely populated Jinzhou City and couldn't help but wonder how many people would die if the Japanese launched a bombing?

While thinking, he asked passers-by for directions and found the government building in the city.

The guard in front of the building became alert when he saw a tall man approaching. He held the gun on his back and shouted, "Who is it? Stop and don't move!"

Li Qinwu stood where he was and shouted to the soldiers, "I am Li Qinwu, the director of the weapons design department of the Fengtian Arsenal, and a friend of Director Huang Xiansheng. I heard that Director Huang is working here, so I came to say hello."

When the soldier heard that Li Qinwu and Huang Xiansheng knew each other, he put away his gun, said "wait" and went to report.

While waiting, he lit a cigarette for himself. It was now September 9th. It had taken him 28 days to bring the technician and his family to Jinzhou. They did not get along well along the way because Li Qinwu's demands on them were harsh.

Li Qinwu required them to report everything they did, and they were absolutely not allowed to take any action on their own. They were not allowed to talk while walking, and they were required to use all their strength on their feet.

Most importantly, Li Qinwu sternly warned them not to have any contact with the refugees on the road, not even eye contact was allowed.

Because Li Qinwu discovered through careful observation that many of these workers' children had received higher education, including several high school students and even two college students. The two college students led the dozen or so high school students and there was a vague tendency for them to form a faction.

Every time Li Qinwu asked everyone to stop and rest, these guys would gather together and discuss something quietly, and then the two college students would call for this and that as if they were giving a speech.

After Li Qinwu found out, he sternly warned them several times, asking them not to do anything naughty. They listened to him on the surface, and then began to develop an "underground" association.

Li Qinwu didn't bother to care about this. He just had to lead this group of people into the interior, and when they were safe, they could do whatever they wanted.

However, this group of people still caused trouble for Li Qinwu. The cause was a group of hungry refugees who stopped the car. Li Qinwu ordered his clone to use MP18 to shoot at the ground in front of the refugees in an attempt to disperse them.

It was unknown how many days this group of refugees had been starving, and even after the three clones fired a whole magazine of bullets, they were still unable to scare them away.

Li Qinwu felt some sympathy for this group of refugees, but he would definitely not provide any help. Just kidding, there were at least seven or eight hundred refugees nearby. How could they possibly help them all?

If he showed any intention to help, these seven or eight hundred refugees would all surround him. Moreover, there would be more refugees on the way at the end of the road. By then, more and more refugees would gather, and the same rampage incident as last time would happen again.

Li Qinwu would naturally not let the situation develop to this extent. You are not afraid of guns, right? Then are you afraid of grenades?

He directly took out a box of wooden-handled grenades from the carriage, pulled the ring and threw them into the open space. Li Qinwu threw out five or six grenades in succession, each grenade one or two meters forward than the previous one. He didn't believe that this group of refugees could withstand the pressure and not hide.

Five or six grenades blew up a straight line on the ground. The refugees in the distance initially thought that Li Qinwu was just trying to scare them. As long as they could hold on to the pressure, this group of people with a truck would compromise. They definitely wouldn't dare to kill anyone, right? They must have food in the truck, right? It wouldn't be too much to give them some, right? Just a little bit would be fine!

However, the exploding grenades were thrown closer and closer to them, and the horrifying roar became more and more shrill. Finally, when Li Qinwu pulled the ring of the seventh grenade and threw the grenade 7 meters in front of them, the group of refugees dared not stand there any longer and ran away in a flash.

Once people's momentum is dispersed, it is very difficult to gather it again. The refugees hid on both sides of the road, fear in their eyes, not daring to peek. Li Qinwu successfully resolved the crisis and drove everyone to continue on the road.

Because of Li Qinwu's brutal treatment of refugees, two college students and 10 high school students organized an uprising to overthrow Li Qinwu that night.

They shouted slogans such as "Li Qinwu is not a human being, overthrow the tyrant Li" and demanded that the workers and their families unite and no longer listen to Li Qinwu.

They even wanted to win over the three clones around Li Qinwu. They thought that these three clones were just ordinary workers in the arsenal, and asked them to lay down their weapons. They should not treat the refugees who had the same blood as them so roughly, and they should distribute the food in the trucks to the poor refugees, saving as many as possible.

Then they were pushed against the wall by three MP18s.

At that time, Li Qinwu pointed a gun at the leading young man's head and asked, they had been robbed by refugees once before, and they should know the consequences of helping refugees. Now they are in a difficult situation and can't even save themselves, so why are they still doing this?

Then the other person starts speaking words like love and justice, light and hope.

Li Qinwu felt that when the other party said this, a milky white light emanated from his whole body. A halo suddenly appeared on his head and he stepped on a lotus, looking like a saint.

Li Qinwu was so moved that he burst into tears. He asked his clone to pick out these students and their parents and kick them out of the team to fend for themselves.

The group of people were instantly scared and felt like the sky was falling. Li Qinwu had guns and food, and if they followed him, everyone felt they could make it to the south alive. But if they were kicked out of the team, with so many refugees on the road and they had no food, they would probably die one night.

Some people began to beg for mercy on the spot, and some parents of students started beating their children to apologize to Li Qinwu.

But Li Qinwu was unmoved. The situation is so critical now, he can’t even take care of himself, so how can he care about others? In times of chaos, the Saint Mary should be killed first, don’t you understand?

Li Qinwu did not allow anyone to disobey his orders, and he absolutely could not tolerate this group of people daring to act like a demon. He directly asked his clone to use the MP18 to force them to get out.

This group of people cried and shouted that they were wrong, and followed the team for several kilometers, hoping that Li Qinwu would accept them again.

Li Qinwu just threw a grenade at them and scared them away. In this way, the team was reduced to about 250 people. Everyone looked at Li Qinwu with fear, but they became extremely honest and obedient, and never made any trouble again. They were successfully brought to Jinzhou by him.

As for why Li Qinwu came to find Huang Xiansheng now, it was because he was still a criminal. He had heard from the refugees that Huang Xiansheng led the troops to retreat to Jinzhou, so he planned to find him to see if he could get rid of his crime.

In addition, Li Qinwu also met fleeing workers from other arsenals on the road. He learned from these workers that the arsenal's deputy director Zhang was actually dead. This unlucky guy encountered a Japanese motorcycle unit on his way to retreat south. The truck Deputy Director Zhang was riding in was chased and hit by the Japanese motorcycles. His body must have stank by now.

The guy who advocated severe punishment for Li Qinwu is now dead. If he gets the endorsement of Police Commissioner Huang Xiansheng, he will be completely free again.

After a while, the guard came out and told Huang Xiansheng that he wanted to see him and led him into the government building.

The guard pushed open the door of an office and let him go in. When Li Qinwu entered, he saw Huang Xiansheng, who looked a little haggard.