Perhaps he felt that the subject of the discussion was too serious and it was better to relax with a casual chat, so Lu Ming changed the topic and chatted with Huang Yanning about interesting anecdotes in Shanghai that he knew.
As a paradise for adventurers, Shanghai is a place where people spend money like water. It has created the myth of a poor boy becoming a rich man, and has also produced records of a wealthy man becoming a pauper overnight.
The rise and fall of the gangsters, the rumors of the famous son-in-law, the rise of the super-brother-in-law, and the embarrassing stories of many foreign wealthy businessmen who were full of jokes, Huang Yanning was stunned when he heard them one after another.
As the senior adjutant of the garrison commander, Huang Yanning has also been to some high-society occasions, but what he has seen is only superficial, and his salary cannot support a ridiculous and extravagant life.
The magical stories told by Lu Ming in a plain tone, the ups and downs of life, and the extremely prodigal behavior were completely fantasy to Huang Yanning.
"No wonder Shanghai is known as the Oriental Gold Cave. So much money has been squandered. If it can be used as military expenditure, we can build a few more modern mechanics." Huang Yanning is not fascinated, but heartbroken.
When the army reaches out to the government for military expenses, it is always deducted under various excuses. The reasons are also varied. Many soldiers in the army do not have enough to eat and clothing, and they are almost like beggars. Can such an army still have combat effectiveness?
Although it is common sense to raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a short period of time, it is not the norm. The National Government has many non-lineage troops who need to beg for part of their military expenses. It is difficult to ensure regular military training. The troops will be disbanded as soon as the cannon is fired.
The Songhu Garrison Command is lucky because it is a direct descendant of Huangpu and is stationed in the most prosperous area of China, so its military expenditures are relatively abundant. Even so, it is difficult for them to ensure that their military equipment is updated in a timely manner.
"Adjutant Huang, if we are evenly matched with Japan, how many modern mechanics will we need?" Lu Ming asked.
"We should start with at least fifty, and preferably one hundred modern mechanics. Weapons and equipment alone are not enough. The quality of the personnel must be guaranteed." Huang Yanning thought about it briefly and said.
"How could this happen? How many divisions are there in Japan? There are only ten of them, right?" Lu Ming said.
"This is not how the accounts are calculated. Japan's military production is very complete. Although they do not have many standing divisions, they have sufficient weapons and equipment. When they need to expand their army, they only need to recruit young people of appropriate age to join the army. Basically, young people of appropriate age in Japan have received military training.
As long as you pick up a gun, you will be a brave and capable warrior." Huang Yanning has specialized in studying the combat capabilities of various countries, especially Japan's military situation.
"No wonder Japan is eager to try it. Their strong industrial manufacturing capabilities and military strength make them bold. How is our weapons manufacturing level?" Lu Ming is basically a novice in military technology.
"The rifles and artillery manufactured by our country are at least ten years behind Japan's, and we do not have the ability to manufacture aircraft, tanks and warships. Even with the same equipment, our quality is much worse than Japan's. Our fifty modern mechanics are as good as
The strength of Japan's twenty divisions is similar, but the quality of personnel and weapons and equipment are obviously behind others." Huang Yanning's comparison made people feel a little discouraged.
In fact, Lu Ming didn't understand military affairs at all. He had only read some articles in foreign publications that commented on Japanese weapons and equipment and the combat effectiveness of the army. He also knew nothing about the situation of the National Revolutionary Army.
He had no idea in his mind how big the gap in military strength between China and Japan was. But after hearing Huang Yanning talk about it today, he had a rough idea.
"Why is Master Lu suddenly interested in the military?" Huang Yanning said with a smile.
"I didn't have much interest in it before, but now I'm a little disappointed. If we want to compete with Japan, we need one hundred or even two hundred modern mechanics. We can't make weapons and equipment ourselves, so we have to buy them from abroad. Let's not say if they are willing.
If they refuse to sell to us, even if they are willing to sell, do we have that much money to buy it? Once the war starts, we must rely on economic strength to support it. How long can we consume it? "
"Then you mean you can't use it up any longer, so why don't you just surrender?" Huang Yanning looked at Lu Ming in surprise.
Isn’t what Lu Ming is talking about exactly the views that peaceful people often see in the press?
No matter what, it is impossible for China to defeat Japan, so if we want peace instead of war, it actually means surrendering and worshiping Japan as the leader of the alliance.
"No, you misunderstood. I just inferred a point from this that the Three People's Principles cannot save China." Lu Ming's words were like a slap on Huang Yanning's head.
"Then tell me, what doctrine can save China?" Huang Yanning said unconvinced.
"What can save China is not any doctrine, but that China must comprehensively promote the process of industrial modernization as soon as possible and at all costs. Whoever has the ability to do this can save China." Lu Ming said.
"Well, if I remember correctly, this is your typical theory of serving the country through industry." Huang Yanning said with a smile.
"No, repaying the country through industry has been proposed for many years, but facts have proven that this theory is just a slogan for some people to amass huge wealth. It is the individual who is getting rich, and the country is losing. The so-called repaying the country is just poaching the country."
Lu Ming sneered.
"I wonder if President Sheng will agree after hearing what you said. You can ask him to see if he will beat you up." Huang Yanning smiled. It was Sheng You who first proposed the theory of repaying the country with industry in China.
Business people represented by Germany.
"Chairman Sheng was indeed the first to propose industry to serve the country, but what he advocated was industrial modernization. Later, many people misunderstood that as long as opening a factory to make money is industry to serve the country. There is a huge difference between the two.
." Lu Ming said.
"Then why do you believe that only industrial modernization can save China? Aren't people's thoughts important?" Huang Yanning asked with a smile.
"I studied in the United States, and later traveled to major European powers and inspected their political and economic systems. I found that although these powerful countries implement different systems, they have one thing in common. They have all achieved industrial modernization." Lu Ming
I have always believed that this was the greatest inspiration he got when he went out to study.
"Of course your point of view makes sense, but realizing industrial modernization is not easy and requires a long process, but we can't wait now." Huang Yanning looked embarrassed.
"We can't learn from Britain, France, Germany and the United States in this regard. We can learn from the Soviet Union. Japan has only initially achieved industrial modernization. As long as we stop the civil war and work hard, we can definitely catch up in ten or at most twenty years.
Japan." Lu Ming said.
"We are discussing a country, not a family. Without the ideological guidance of the Three People's Principles and national cohesion, how can we ensure the realization of industrial modernization?" Huang Yanning retorted.
Huang Yanning is a loyal believer in Premier Sun's "Three People's Principles". He believes that the "Three People's Principles" are a good medicine to save China. As long as the "Three People's Principles" are implemented in China,
Everything will fall into place.
Without thoughts, there is no brain. Lu Ming regards cold industrial modernization as a strategy to save the country. Of course, he cannot agree.
Huang Yanning believes that abandoning the Three People's Principles is all empty talk, and China is likely to return to the scene of the late Qing Dynasty. Only by implementing the Three People's Principles can the country get on the right track and achieve national rejuvenation.
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"You have to know that when Britain and France implemented industrial modernization, they did not have any ideological guidance. Germany followed Britain and France and also fully realized industrial modernization without any ideological guidance. This is even more true in the United States. Government by the people, by the people, for the people is just a sentence
The slogan is just like the three principles of liberty, fraternity, and equality proposed by Napoleon. The United States still implements an unequal apartheid system." Lu Ming insists on his theory of industrial salvation.
"Countries have different national conditions. China has two thousand years of feudal history. Transforming people's thinking is our current top priority." The education Huang Yanning received in Huangpu was not only about preparing for war, but the most important thing was to improve the quality of the people.
"Improving the quality of the people is not inconsistent with the country's industrial modernization. They can even be synchronized. It has no direct relationship with what doctrine we pursue." Lu Ming continued to insist.
"Achieving industrial modernization without ideological guidance is like asking for fish from a tree." Huang Yanning believes that Lu Ming studied in the West and believed in the concept of science and technology first, which is completely divorced from China's social reality.