Little River Village. The temporary headquarters of the Mountain Brigade was located here.

The results at the beginning were not too good, but. The mountain brigade also had some results of its own, they ambushed a number of sporadic Hun reconnaissance cavalry, as well as patrols of the White Polish army. They got some horses, and at the same time they figured out some of the nearby areas, and they knew that the main force of the Xiongnu brigade and the Baibo army was attacking the county with all their might, but the Hun cavalry took advantage of their cavalry. Disperse some cavalry teams and collect some booty and grain, the supply of the Hun cavalry is basically maintained by robbery, and they themselves bring not much grain and grass. This means that they will encounter a lot of small cavalry units in a large area.

"If we ambush one after another, I'm afraid it will be very disadvantageous to us, sir, I think you understand, we are all infantry, and the other side is cavalry, inferior to us in mobility, plus the ambush takes some time, and some terrain conditions, this is a great way to unfold some of our specific conditions." Zhang Xian, as chief of staff, has not slept well in recent days. First of all, they didn't get a lot of information, and secondly, the local terrain was very unfavorable for them to carry out operations, the east of the river was plains, and the further west they went, the more plains there were, and only in the south would there be mountains, and their maps were also very lacking, which made their operations fall into a lot of disadvantageous states. Although Ma Heng asked his staff officers to prepare actively, it was still a lack of preparation, and everyone knew this, but unfortunately, they could only accept such a situation. A lot of other things don't work out at all. That's where they are at a disadvantage. There are many things, but not all of them can solve some of these problems.

"Find a way to attract them together, if we can adopt the tactic of encircling and sending reinforcements as you mentioned, I think we can attract all the nearby cavalry units one by one, so that we can eat one, and then take the opportunity to surround one, and let them attract one more and eat another. How's it going, you see? "The Red Lady's comprehension ability is very fast, and she is already familiar with the tactics of the Republican Army. But she hadn't practiced it once, and this time the first battle put them at a disadvantage, which annoyed them.

"Conditions, sir, we still need conditions for an ambush. We lack such conditions, and we simply can't surround them at all. Zhang Xian said helplessly. There are too many unfavorable conditions, and there are too many things they don't know.

Report. Sir. The latest battle report. "A second lieutenant urgently sent a battle report. The red lady quickly opened and looked.

"I think there's an opportunity. Inform the regiments, the battalions, and quickly assemble in the direction of Baili. The 26th Regiment was ordered to block the attack and put some cavalry in as appropriate. The red lady put down the battle report in her hand and said. The battle report asked for support, because the 25th Regiment had already two battalions into it, and in the evening, a group of more than 100 Hun cavalry entered Baili, and they were blocked in the village by the reinforcements of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, and the battle between the two sides entered a stalemate again, but the 2nd Battalion rescued some of the villagers, but most of them were killed. The two sides were fighting on the houses of the village, and the second and third battalions had only spears, broadswords and muskets, and some **. Their heavy weapons were in the rear, they had not yet been transported to arrive, and the battle again reached a stalemate.

"This point, right here." Zhang Xian said after reading the battle report.

"yes, that's the point, that's the point we need. All right. Get ready, our battle is about to begin. Our plan is to attract all the cavalry teams around us and eat them one by one, which is to mobilize their bait, and by the time they feel deceived, we have already completed the task. The red lady said with a smile.

"Hmm. I quickly drew up a plan and sent it to headquarters. Zhang Xian said excitedly. The spot they've been looking for, now it's found. The cavalry, who had been replenished with horses, quickly conveyed the news to Ma Heng.

The battle is still ongoing, but things will soon change dramatically.

Lijiazhuang. Inside the first workshop of the musket of the First Arsenal. The workers here are very motivated to produce, they work day and night, the workers are divided into three shifts, each shift is four hours of work, but many workers are willing to work overtime for two hours, not only because overtime has overtime pay, they know that the front line needs more flintlock guns, if they can't make it in time, the front-line soldiers' combat situation will become very bad, they produce here, is to ensure the front-line operation.

"Although we have transferred one-third of our manpower and some of our machine tools, the output here has not only not decreased, but on the contrary, it has increased by 100 percent, which has a lot to do with the enthusiasm of the workers." Jia Xu said to Shang Wu. Sangwu was worried that the production of flintlock pistols was not very good, so he came here to have a look, but he soon found that his worries were unfounded.

Although some of the personnel were withdrawn, the arsenal had no impact at all, and their production became more active. On average, 1,000 flintlock muskets were produced in seven days, and the processing of bayonets increased rapidly. From seven handfuls a day, to more than 120 handfuls a day now. Production is on the fast track.

"Good. Very good. Whether the front line can be fought well depends on our production and transportation links, and we produce more here, and the possibility of being able to fight on the front line is also very great. Shang Wu said.

"The Second Arsenal also began to adjust and entered the production of flintlock pistols. I think the weapons produced there will soon be on the battlefield, but I think we should reequip some of our troops. Jia Xu said to Shangwu at this time.

"Isn't it a little too fast?" Shang Wu asked Jia Xu like this. The troops who did not participate in the battle all used arquebuses, and the troops participating in the battle were prepared to change their outfits and use flintlock pistols, which was planned by Shang Wu from the beginning, but Jia Xu asked Shang Wu to start a large-scale change of clothing at this time, which made Shang Wu feel a little incredible, or rather, the speed seemed to be a little too fast.

"Not fast, not fast at all, many places are waiting for our muskets. I have received letters of intent from the representatives of merchants from Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, Gongsun Zhan and other departments, they want to buy more than 1,000 to 2,000 muskets, but we can't meet so many muskets in our base area, the only way is to retire some from some armies and give them to them. In addition, what I know is that the Luoyang Arsenal has also been put into production, plus the Xiyuan Arsenal, two factories, which can produce 1,500 muskets per month, and every month we delay, the more muskets they produce, in this case, the threat to us is too great. If we can't put these muskets on the market in time at this time, the result will be that these muskets will be broken in our hands. As a result, they can't be turned into money, you know, among all the expenses, the military still has a lot of expenses, and we still live on debt. Jia Xu said.

Wang Ming sent several telegrams a day, asking the military to retire more than 10,000 muskets as soon as possible, because they were too short of such weapons. Each one is money, and he needs to sell these weapons to make more money and then put it into more production.

"Do you think that's possible?" Shang Wen asked Jia Xu like this.

"Whether it's feasible or not, I know that we have to do it now. Otherwise, there will be ** annoyance. Jia Xu said. Jia Xu indicated the amount of the fiscal deficit. They are unlikely to solve this problem by means of bonds, which they are currently dealing with by selling government assets, land, and some shares in the factories of the Republican Army, and bonds need to be eased up, after all, a lot of money is just in it, and stocks are very attractive.

"Okay. I think, take out half of the weapons of the Fourth Infantry Division, after all, they are equipped with airships, that big guy, we should prepare for them, exchange airships for 3,500 arquebuses, I think, this deal, the Fourth Infantry Division is still acceptable. Shang Wu said.

"I think the 2nd Infantry Division can also be cut a bit, and we can take some of their troops out to form a backbone, and then send them directly to the front. The 1st Infantry Division will not move. After a battle, if you can't replenish the backbone in time, it will be very troublesome, and I don't know how the first battle will go. Jia Xu said worriedly. He was very worried that there would be more casualties, in which case, it would be a lot of money, but the Republican Army had to fight such a war. They have no choice, and if they stop, the will to fight will cease in an instant, and the IRA will not have the same vigorous development momentum as the enterprise.

"Hmm. Yes, let them be temporarily reduced to a size of about eight thousand people. I know they might be a little uncomfortable, but we can't put a lot of troops here. Shang Wu said.

"Is the exercise still going on?" Jia Xu asked.

"Go on, but we can invite some officers from the north to participate, for example, Gongsun Zhan's department, the Black Mountain Bandit Department, let them participate, this is an advertisement. Advertise that the weapons can be sold to them on the spot if they wish. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. Good idea. Jia Xu nodded, and the problem of military spending was solved.