"Admiral!" Ma Yukun was the governor of Zhili at the time, and there was a military guard left army under his command. It is true that Ma Yukun is a native of Anhui and is also from the Huai Army, but not all the soldiers under him are from Anhui. Generally speaking, the Wuwei Left Army is no longer considered a Huai army.

No wonder Nie Shicheng was able to hold out for several days, it turned out that the left army of the Wuwei Army and the front army joined forces. Nie Shicheng and Ma Yukun are both Huaijun and serve on the battlefield in Japan, and both of them can be regarded as fateful friends.

"Well, as long as Admiral doesn't dislike it. But not right now. Hu Xiaoyan smiled bitterly.

"What's the matter, Brother Nie is still thinking about it?" Ma Yukun was polite at all.

"Master Hu, I want to wipe out all the foreigners inside." Nie Shicheng smiled bitterly. Nie Shicheng is an old man, how could he not want to annihilate all the foreigners? But the foreigners are really powerful, the old railway station here is equivalent to a stronghold of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Tianjin, hold here, and the reinforcements behind will have a ready-made base.

It's a pity that the coalition forces didn't expect that Hu Xiaoyan would blow up the concession area, so that the coalition reinforcements had no way to support it.

"Master Hu? Do you have some ideas? Don't hide pulling? Otherwise, the 8,000 reinforcements will come, and you won't feel good. Ma Yukun looked over with a smile.

Nie Shicheng also reacted: "Lord Hu? He was still a little angry with Hu Xiaoyan, so he didn't react immediately. Hu Xiaoyan's official position was lower than him, and as a result, when he received the Boxers, he was trained like a dog by a small non-commissioned officer. If it weren't for Hu Xiaoyan's 10,000 guns and follow-up ammunition, he would have shot the little non-commissioned officer with one shot.

"I need someone to block these people's escape routes! If we want to retreat safely, we must defeat the foreigners at the old Longtou Railway Station. Otherwise, the abdomen and back will be attacked. Hu Xiaoyan looked at the location marked on the map in his mind. Now the reinforcements are not 8,000, but 20,000. The 30,000 in the back are also rushing over.

And now it was noon on the first day of the seventh month, and he had come early in the morning on horseback. Since Ma Yukun is here, then they should have already planned it.

Nie Shicheng stood up: "Escape? ”

Hu Xiaoyan looked at his watch, "The attack on the old dragon head railway station will start in three hours. When the time comes, you will see my orders and start attacking. ”

Then he looked at Ma Yukun: "Admiral Ma, you and Nie Junmen have the same task. Listen to my command. ”

Nie Shicheng and Ma Yukun glanced at each other: "Master Hu, this official residence is from the first grade, and you still have to listen to your orders?" ”

Hu Xiaoyan looked at the two former and former commanders with a smile: "Then you will know the reason." Let's wait and see! ”

Hu Xiaoyan left, but Huo Yuanjia was stopped by Nie Shicheng.

There is no way, according to the convention, Nie Shicheng can directly take over Hu Xiaoyan's new army, but that is just the custom. Hu Xiaoyan's boss is extraordinary, and Enming is a flag man! His official rank is also the same as Nie Shicheng, not only that, but Enming is also a civil official. Civilian officials are generally one grade higher than military attachés. So really speaking, Nie Shicheng's position is a little lower than Enming's. What's more, the identity of the Enming Banner person has been added.

Without Enming's warrant, Hu Xiaoyan could refuse any order from Nie Shicheng, even if it was a reasonable order.

"Mr. Huo, what the hell are you Master Hu doing?" Nie Shicheng and Huo Yuanjia are relatively familiar, Huo Yuanjia himself is from Tianjin!

"Dashuai, just wait and see." Huo Yuanjia smiled mysteriously and left the watch on his wrist.

"Started on time around two o'clock in the afternoon."

Ma Yukun touched his chin on the side: "This kid seems to want to play big." ”

Nie Shicheng looked at his watch: "A little! There is still an hour, and then it will be clear. ”

"Haha. Brother Nie. Then we'll just wait. Ma Yukun grabbed Mosinagan's rifle and walked out quickly.

Nie Shicheng was still pondering: "What the hell is this kid doing?" ”

The mysterious Hu Xiaoyan is pulling out Tesla's latest radio transmitter from his horse.

"They're almost there." Huo Yuanjia looked at the transmitter with a smile.

Radio is currently only available in the United States, and of course Hu Xiaoyan now has it. Who let Tesla, who invented the radio thing, have it under him right now?

The current password used is just a simple Morse code. The first codebook is the rise of great powers.

Hu Xiaoyan walked inside the temporary tent, while Huo Yuanjia stayed outside to prevent outsiders from approaching. At the moment the radio is still classified.

The sound of ticking sounded inside the tent, and Hu Xiaoyan's head was now spinning quickly. Ordinary sending and receiving telegrams are just that. If it is expressed in numbers, then his IQ should be above 120.

This is also the reason why Hu Xiaoyan took a trip in person. There are too few people under him who can send reports! Apart from him, only the other two are barely viable. They're on the airship at the moment.

Yes, to defeat the coalition army of more than 10,000 people with strong fortresses and good discipline, it is impossible to rely on the remnants of Hu Xiaoyan's current army of less than 4,000 people, even if 20,000 armed guards are not enough.

Airships are the best choice!

The news came quickly! Ten minutes later, Hu Xiaoyan translated against the rise of a great power: "Half an hour to arrive at the designated airspace." ”

Hu Xiaoyan is right on the watch. There are twenty minutes or so left.

Wrap up the radio and hand it over to Huo Yuanjia for protection.

The wait is too long!

Nie Shicheng had already sent someone to ask once. Fortunately, the foreigners at the old railway station did not move!

Suddenly, Hu Xiaoyan seemed to hear a buzzing sound, and he raised his head to look at the sky. There seem to be a couple of black spots there.

Here they are!

It looked like a black spot, but soon the behemoth in the sky showed its form. That's ten large airships. Each ship is more than 100 meters long, and all of them are floating at an altitude of about 1,500 meters.

Regardless of whether they were friends or enemies, everyone ran out of their positions and looked at the behemoths floating in the sky with a shocked expression. For the first time, humanity has taken to the skies! And the role is a weapon! Lethal weapons.

Very good! Hu Xiaoyan held the binoculars and looked in the direction of the train station. Countless Westerners there stood outside the defensive structure and looked at the sky! They're all living targets!

"Are the engine experts of the foreigners almost there?" Hu Xiaoyan put down the binoculars and suddenly asked.

"As planned, we will be in Shanghai within three days." Huo Yuanjia replied, feeling a little strange in his heart.

Hu Xiaoyan looked at the increasingly clear air fortress in the sky, and after the excitement in his heart, he was only anxious. Airships aren't that hard! The reason why the Zeppelin was produced so quickly was because Mr. Zeppelin already had the design of the airship and Hu Xiaoyan's large amount of capital investment. Although Britain, France and the United States did not have designers, their scientific and technological strength was countless times stronger than Hu Xiaoyan.

As long as they want to. Britain, France, and the United States can definitely figure out all the principles within half a year, and in another half a year, they can build countless airships that are exactly the same as Hu Xiaoyan's airship or even have higher technology. Especially the United States! They have patents for diesel generators and gasoline generators, and they also have the most talent in flying machines. This is not even comparable to Britain and France. As long as the United States wants, the United States can build an airship army faster than the sum of the three countries of Britain, France and Germany!

The oil and steel production in the United States is a strong guarantee!

Although Hu Xiaoyan's airship is powerful, it only has a year of arrogance at most. Therefore, Hu Xiaoyan had already published recruitment advertisements before returning to China, specifically recruiting talents in this area, although the treatment was very good, the effect was not ideal.

The American side is better. After all, Hu Xiaoyan spent more than a million pounds on Rockefeller Oil. In addition to gasoline and diesel, the most procured is helium! Helium isn't something that can be done in the lab. In general, natural helium is found in petroleum mines. The largest oil producer in the world is the Rockefeller Oil Company of the United States.

Helium is the best material to replace hydrogen as an airship buoyancy system. At present, only Hu Xiaoyan has the consciousness to buy helium, the price of helium is very cheap, but Hu Xiaoyan can't stand the amount he wants, although the mining is very difficult, but it is difficult to stop Rockefeller.

With the order, Rockefeller made it very convenient for Hu Xiaoyan to recruit several experts in internal combustion engines. Because the development of the internal combustion engine must be installed on the machine, no matter how to use it, what it is used for, the internal combustion engine needs oil to start! Rockefeller never did anything to lose. Hu Xiaoyan, an expert in internal combustion engines, began a $10,000 introduction fee. Plus $10,000 for settling-in expenses. Hu Xiaoyan has already made a big deal.

At this point. In terms of technical expenses, Hu Xiaoyan has never spared money. Who says that China has no experts in natural sciences at all? In addition to the internal combustion engine, the Hans couple's Apple in the United States has become a job introduction center. As long as there is a skill, Apple will spend a lot of money to recruit. It ranges from a $100 referral fee to a $10,000 referral fee.

And on the British side, Hu Xiaoyan spent money to hire the embassy to do these things! Even his only eye-catching student, Liu Min, was left at the British Embassy. Liu Min went to university in the UK while recruiting various talents for Hu Xiaoyan. Every month, we recruit people from the British Peninsula and the United States to land in Shanghai. Most of them went to Shanghai Chengxin University, and a few went to Anhui University in Ma'anshan.

At present, Hu Xiaoyan's funds are actually about to be broken. The total cost of $20,000/£20,000 for high-level talent may not seem like much, but it can't stand the crowd. At this time, the dollar and the pound were much more than the value of later generations. Converted into the currency of the Hereafter, it should be multiplied by at least one hundred or even a thousand. That is, $10,000 can be used at least as a million dollars for future generations. Such a big price does not include the salary of these talents after they come to China. The price is so great that Hu Xiaoyan, a local force that can't collect much tax, can't afford it at all.

Hu Xiaoyan was happy to see these airships, but his heart ached when he thought of the price he would have to pay later. Europe and the United States can imitate airships, but they simply cannot understand the use of airships. In Hu Xiaoyan's view, before the end of World War I, the Air Force was the world of airships. Originally, the size of the air force during World War I in history was no match for airships, even if it was expanding 10,000 times! Even if you change to an airplane at the beginning of World War II, you can't beat an airship!

A hundred-meter-long airship, if Hu Xiaoyan is willing. If a machine gun is installed at a position of ten meters, then at least 200 machine guns can theoretically be installed on this airship. Then ten airships are 2000 machine guns. And with the carrying capacity of the airship, the combat effectiveness of the aircraft at the beginning of World War I and World War II. Unless more than 500 aircraft are dispatched at one time. Otherwise it is simply impossible to break through the blockade of the airship.

Airships can not only fight the air force. Its ground-based function is the most powerful and devastating Grim Reaper. Against large troops, it can drop bombs, and when there are few people, he can attack with a machine gun. The most important thing is that there is no weapon in this world that can attack it at the moment. Not even the invention of an anti-aircraft machine gun. Because theoretically, the flight altitude of the airship could rise indefinitely, far exceeding the range of the anti-aircraft machine gun.

This is an era of airship supremacy. This was Hu Xiaoyan's era.