The Republic of China: A Letter of Appointment Creates the Most Powerful Warlord

"There aren't many established forces in the Fujian region. With the support of the Eagle Sauce, they'll definitely rise quickly."

Zhang Ye took out a cigarette box, lit one, let out a long sigh, and said lightly.

"Furthermore, this group seems to be quite good at brainwashing. They promote their ideas all day long, making them seem quite plausible. They have quite a few people supporting them."

"Oh, a scholar can lead an army only by talking, there's nothing to worry about!"

There was a hint of contempt in Old Zhang's eyes, and he didn't care much about this group of people.

No matter what army it is, the only ones who can compete with him now are the Feng faction and the independent army.

As long as the two families don't join forces, no one in the country can be his opponent.

"So, the Marshal is preparing for war?"

Zhang Ye looked at the various marks on the map and felt a little shaken.

To be honest, each position occupied by the Feng family has its own unique features and is quite good.

Among these locations, the one that attracted him the most was Zhijiang Province, where the economic development was extremely vigorous and strong, and it had the vast ocean as a solid backing. With such a unique geographical advantage, it would surely be an excellent place if he were to engage in the field of international trade in the future.

If you can control it in your hands and manage it carefully for a few years, it will definitely be transformed into a treasure trove filled with endless wealth.

But he couldn't say it now. He wanted to hear what Lao Zhang thought first. If he made the request first, he would be in a passive situation.

"War is inevitable. I came here this time to discuss something with you."

Lao Zhang's tone suddenly changed. He turned back to his seat, looked at him a little embarrassedly, and smiled.

"I've been envious of the Independence Army's Heavy Armored Brigade for quite some time. This time, I came here mainly to learn from their experience and see how you refine your special steel."

"We have our own arsenal in Fengbei, but we just can't produce good steel. This is quite a headache."

Lao Zhang really says whatever he wants and wants other people's top-secret information right away.

In fact, he had not finished speaking. Although Fengbei had an arsenal, it had no decent equipment or experts. It was okay to make some backward imitation guns, but it was simply a pipe dream to make tanks and armored vehicles.

Even if we give them steel, it will be useless. Without professional and targeted talents, how can we build tanks just like that?

"Hahaha, Marshal, you've been talking for so long, it turns out you were waiting for me here."

Zhang Ye burst into laughter when he heard this and pointed at Lao Zhang and joked.

"If you want the steel refining formula, why go that far?"

"I'll have someone give you a detailed list of the ratios and operating procedures later."

"Hey, that's a great feeling! That's really great!"

Hearing the other party agree to his request so readily, Old Zhang was so happy that he couldn't open his eyes.

He didn't expect Zhang Ye to be so straightforward and give him such a confidential formula without any ambiguity.

Before coming, he was afraid of being humiliated. After all, the existence of the heavy armored brigade is a symbol of invincibility.

Who would be willing to let others use their unique skills?

Now it seems that I was too narrow-minded and thought too little of others.

"This stuff is nothing, and it's not a big secret. Even if you don't have our formula, you can still make it yourself after tinkering with it for a while."

Zhang Ye smiled modestly. Although he spoke nicely, he couldn't help but feel a sense of sarcasm in his heart.

He doesn't have much ability, but he has beautiful ideas.

Do you really think that you can easily make a tank just by getting the recipe?

Without advanced equipment, everything is bullshit.

It is no exaggeration to say that the professional equipment in the Qizhou Arsenal is far ahead in the world. Not to mention the Fengbei Army, even if the Eagle Sauce came to take a look, he would feel his scalp tingling.

Even if you can produce special steel, it will be useless. The tank design drawings, including the necessary parts processing, still require new equipment for polishing and casting.

Without a complete production line, there is no need to consider this issue at all.

It was also because of this that Zhang Ye was so happy to give the recipe, as a way of repaying a favor he had done before.

"Okay, then I'll thank you first, brother."

After getting the result he wanted, Old Zhang happily clasped his fists in gratitude.

He is now impatient to see the formula. As long as he can get that thing and spend a lot of money to find a few weapons experts from abroad, it won't be long before he can make a tank.

Once we successfully equip a heavy armored brigade, who in this world will be our opponent?

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"Brother, if I ask something I shouldn't ask, you don't have to answer."

At the long table, after finishing the business talk, Lao Zhang, while cracking melon seeds, asked curiously like a gossipy woman at the village entrance.

"There are rumors that there are foreign forces behind you, but for so long, no evidence has been found. How did you hide hundreds of thousands of troops when you were in Jingshan County?"

"Is there any force supporting you behind the scenes?"

Lao Zhang had been thinking about this question for a long time, and even secretly asked someone about it, but the results were somewhat unsatisfactory and he didn't get any useful information.

We don't even know where those hundreds of thousands of people came from.

This has really made him curious for a long time, and he can't sleep well when he thinks about it.

"Of course there is power, but I have an agreement with them, so I can't tell them."

Zhang Ye pretended to be mysterious and kept the fish in suspense, trying to fish it like a black carp, but he couldn't get the desired result no matter how hard he tried.

"As for how I hid hundreds of thousands of troops, that's very simple. I didn't hide them. They were right in front of us, but the people of the Duan faction didn't see them."

"Right in front of you?" When Lao Zhang heard this, he immediately had a question mark in his head and felt that his brain was not enough.

What do you mean "right in front of my eyes"? Does everyone in the Independence Army know how to become invisible?

"Let me put it this way. I recruited my soldiers in Donglu." Zhang Ye improvised an excuse and grinned, "You outsiders think I rose to prominence overnight and quickly gathered hundreds of thousands of troops."

"In fact, before that, our recruitment plan had already been slowly progressing."

"For six months, nearly 400,000 troops were hidden among the people. Just feeding, drinking, defecating, and maintaining secrecy alone cost a lot of money. If the battle had been delayed for another two months, I really wouldn't have been able to support so many people."

"I heard from the Duan faction that you were the one who started this battle, right?"

Old Zhang stretched his head, his eyes full of gossip, and continued to ask.

"You're quite brave, if we can't fight that night, then we'll just have fun."

"It's impossible not to fight!"

Zhang Ye said with a confident smile on his face.

"At the time, we tampered with the radio signal source, impersonating the Feng and Duan factions' headquarters, and continuously issued combat orders to lower-level units, sending telegram after telegram frantically urging them to stop, without giving them any time to think."

"Plus, the garrison near Fushui County was quite disorganized, and since there was indeed a battle going on at the time, they couldn't tell whether it was real or not, so they could only respond hastily and rush to the battlefield."

"Hahahaha...you're really good, you have so many clever ideas!"

After understanding the whole process, Old Zhang laughed out loud. While praising it, he was more cautious in his heart.

From now on, the headquarters must use secret codes when sending messages, and we must not let this kid take advantage of the loophole.