"Yes, it's cement, it's the cement sent by Brother Yuanzhao in September, I followed his words, looking for a mason, and set up a semi-hidden fixed fire point here, you see, this effect is too powerful!"

Wang Jinming carefully observed the semi-hidden fixed fire point in front of him, and immediately understood that it was a machine gun tower, but half of it went deep into the ground, and it was not easy to be found.

If 3 Maxims are placed, it will become a nightmare for the infantry, and in half of the cases, the army will clean him up and only use artillery.

Wang Jinming is a soldier who knows the soldiers, otherwise Feng Yuxiang would not let him take the strongest first company, saying that it is a company, but in the case of double soldiers, the overall frame is not much worse than the ordinary battalion.

The usual concealment point, half of which is a wooden structure, with some sandbags at most, in the face of the attack of 75 guns, it is easy to clear at a fixed point, in the same place, there is an explosion point, the sound of hitting * before, Wang Jinming also knows that it is live ammunition, the original Krupp's live ammunition fire, how powerful it is, he knows very well that sometimes, against the opponent, just a cannon fire, you can kill the opponent.

This hidden fixed firepower point in front of him looks like it is very tiring, at least, Wang Jinming is above the firepower point, and he sees at least 20 bullet marks, plus the surrounding ones, it can be said that this firepower point is at least under the bombardment of 50 rounds, or even more artillery fire, intact, the entire firepower point has not been subjected to too many fluctuations, at most, but the cement on the surface has been blasted open, and the overall structure has not changed.

"What a powerful firepower point!" Wang Jinming directly put himself on top of the attacker, thinking in his mind how much he had to pay to be able to take this firepower point, but after racking his brains, he didn't get an answer.

"Jin Ming, you come in with me to have a look!" Feng Yuxiang stretched out his hand and opened the heavy iron door, and the iron door was opened with a creak, and there was a sound of humming and even chirping from inside.

Could it be that Wang Jinming said with a move in his heart, sure enough, along the opening of the thick iron door, into the interior of the firepower point, you can see that there are two big fat pigs, and a litter of chickens, ducks and geese, there are almost a dozen, this is the object of camouflage and real yàn, look at the blow of artillery fire, people in this fixed position, the impact, at this time, the spirit of the big fat pig is excellent, chickens, ducks and geese, it seems to be calmed by the sound, a little sluggish, see people come in, chattering non-stop.

"This is too tough, isn't it?"

"I didn't just shoot 50 shells, the shells almost sorted out here, only hit directly, at least 80 rounds, but, except for the top of the fixed fire point, the cement went deep into about 5 centimeters, and in other places, at most, it was to lay a skin, you know, this fire point, according to Yuan Zhao's standard, about 70 centimeters of reinforced concrete.

Feng Yuxiang said a little indifferently, the power of the fixed firepower point is far beyond his imagination, at that time he just casually realized, but he didn't expect that it would be so strong, as an officer with soldiers, even thought of what to do when he encountered this firepower point head-on, thought a lot, methods, but none of them can be implemented, it is difficult to do it, only brave the rain of bullets, and use explosives to blast directly.

Yang Yuanzhao mentioned the explosives package in the letter, all of which are imported TNT bombs, an explosive package is about 5 kilograms -10 kilograms, in his opinion, it is useless at all, in this world, it is impossible to have such a fixed defense, you can use 5 kilograms and ten kilograms of explosives packages, but the storage of this fixed cement bunker makes him a little vigilant, such a defense is really impregnable.

Wang Jinming carefully inspected the interior, and then asked: "How long will it take for this firepower point to be completed?" ”

"It's just a day of construction of the fire point, but if the cement is dry, it will take half a month!"

Feng Yuxiang nodded and said, even Wang Jinming couldn't help but sigh, this firepower point is too perverted, as long as such a firepower point group is set up in a key road, combined into a link, I am afraid it will be an invincible line of defense.

It's no wonder that Feng Yuxiang and others think so, cement this thing, once it appears, is an absolute military material, countries often use cement as a fixed fortress, or a seaport military port, 70 cm of reinforced concrete, his strength, will not be much worse than the general overall slate, of course, it is also related to China's mainstream artillery is only 75 mm.

75 guns, in foreign countries, are already devolved to the battalion level of support firepower, or forward firepower, the real army heavy artillery, is more than 150 mm artillery, this artillery, for 70 cm reinforced concrete structure, has a huge threat, not to mention armor-piercing shells, and even naval artillery fire, in this era, any strong fortress, unless the outside is covered with two or three meters thick reinforced concrete, otherwise, under the blow of 400 mm naval guns, it can be called tofu scum.

Feng Yuxiang sighed: "Fortunately, the output of cement is not high, and the use area in China is not wide, otherwise we will have a headache in the future, how to promote such a semi-permanent concrete defense line."

Feng Yuxiang's words did not get Wang Jinming's approval, Wang Jinming said, "Head, the output of cement is very high, I went to Baotou, the little brother factory has begun to build, his cement plant, the daily output of more than 9,000 barrels." ”

"9,000 barrels, 10 times the output of Qixin, are you sure?" Feng Yuxiang raised his eyebrows, that is, after befriending Yang Yuanzhao, Feng Yuxiang began to notice some industries in Beiyang, I have to say that Beiyang has this strong foundation, but Qixin is invested and built by the British, Beiyang spent a huge price to get it from the British, the output of China was the first in that year, and began to export abroad, it was Tianjin Beiyang, one of the famous money bags, and it was a factory under the personal control of Zhou Xuexi.

"Compared with the little brother's factory, Qixin is nothing at all, do you know, the cement factory, for the little brother, is just a factory built in the northwest, and he seems to have a new factory construction now."

Feng Yuxiang was silent for a while, at that time, when he met Yang Yuanzhao, what Yang Yuanzhao said seemed to be realized little by little, but he was a little confused, sighed, and asked: "Jin Ming, tell me in detail, what is the situation in Baotou?"

Wang Jinming briefly introduced, especially mentioned several factories in Baotou, Feng Yuxiang was silent, he is a general with soldiers, he thinks he has a good talent, and he also knows that he can use the soldiers in his hands to win a qiē for him, but since he saw the anti-Yang Yuanzhao, he has slowly changed, the soldier does not mean a qiē, as far as the eye is concerned, if he does not exploit the people, it will be difficult for 500 soldiers to survive, not to mention high-intensity training, whether it is basic physical training, or involving, fighting*, And so much training, without money, that is absolutely impossible.

The basic physical training, it seems that there is no need for anything, just let people run non-stop, but if you want the soldier's body not to lose, nutrition must keep up, a meal, the meal must be full, and there must be meat, close to a team of 2,000 people, a physical training, at least 2 200 pounds of big fat pigs, as well as more than 2,000 pounds of food, a number of vegetables, this is fixed, not to mention shooting training, at least tens of thousands of rounds are needed at a time, or even more bullets, his soldiers are good, It's all fed with bullets and shells, if it weren't for Yang Yuanzhao's support, would he be able to do this, an excellent soldier, can he really decide a qiē?

It is not easy to raise soldiers, even if it is as strong as Lord Yuan, it can only afford to raise more than 70,000 people in Beiyang 6 towns, among them, there are also troops like them who were born in the armed guard army, free from the core and lineage, the real elite, may only be less than 30,000 people, what is Beiyang, is the strength of the whole country, the establishment of a new type of army, the annual investment is huge, Beiyang is also worthy of this title, many times in the military parade and exhibition, for the Qing court to fight for a breath.

The experience of leading troops alone made Feng Yuxiang realize that as Yang Yuanzhao said, the party did not think too much at all, there was no policy program, there was no unified army, and even after **, China's road did not think clearly where it wanted to go, China, the war in the Far East, or some small-scale wars, 75 guns can be called heavy artillery places, in foreign countries, Germany's 105 guns have been equipped to the regimental level, 75 guns, has long been popularized to the battalion, the division firepower, is 155 guns, a division, Hundreds of artillery, this is the real steel for example, the Beiyang Army does not say whether there is any, even if all the artillery is gathered together, I'm sorry, one cannon goes down, it is dozens of yuan, hundreds of guns, and even thousands of cannons, such an investment, people can't stand it, an hour of artillery fire, not to mention how the other party is, even Beiyang's logistics will collapse.

Science and technology and economy have brought such huge changes, which makes Feng Yuxiang marvel at the same time, and his mentality for the first is also relaxed, if the first can not change the status quo of China, even if the Qing government is overthrown, what if a leader is changed, can not fundamentally change the fate of China, or will be bullied by the great powers.

Feng Yuxiang's face was cloudy, and Wang Jinming didn't dare to say anything at this time, after a long while, Feng Yuxiang said faintly: "Jin Ming, how about you take someone to Baotou!" ”

"What?" Wang Jinming didn't seem to accept Feng Yuxiang's statement, and looked at Feng Yuxiang in amazement.

"It's nothing, I will bring the most elite troops to Baotou, as long as there is money and food, I can continue training, Baotou also needs seeds, think about it, with Yuanzhao here, don't worry about it in all aspects." Feng Yuxiang said calmly: "You take the entire company with you, and the artillery team also brings it, don't bring the guns and guns, come here, Yuan Zhao should be able to solve it!" ”

Wang Jinming knows very well what the first company represents for the current Feng Yuxiang, the veterans brought out from Beiyang, the remaining veterans here, and the best objects in training, these are basically in the first company, a full battalion of 500 people, a company is at least 700 people, not including more than 100 people of the artillery team, he promised Yang Yuanzhao before, it is to send rich personnel to Baotou, but it is not the main force like him, he hurriedly opened his mouth and asked: "Boss, the company is gone, what should you do?" ”

"I, what is it like, isn't the entire battalion trained by 100 old people, not to mention your first company and artillery team, the remaining second and third companies, will it be worse than when I came here before?"

Wang Jinming was silent, he knew that the first company was elite and good, the veterans were the foundation, and the first-class ones were transferred in, but the others were bad, all of them were peasant children, to be exact, they were the children of the surrounding towns and towns, a few ** party members, and a small number of peasants from Baotou, these together formed the second and third companies, they did not have the vices of veterans and old Beiyang, many of them were innocent, almost Feng Yuxiang taught them how, they followed how to do it, this kind of blank paper, In Feng Yuxiang's view, it is to make up for the preciousness, as long as he is given time and the foundation is solidified, it may not be worse than the one that he took away, if he has money and guns, are he afraid that he will not be able to recruit people?

"That's right!" Seeing that Wang Jinming was still hesitating, Feng Yuxiang continued: "Jin Ming, have you found it, the little brother has this world-renowned insight ability, he has done everything he said, and this time he directly asked us to fight, but also for self-protection, think about it, such a huge industry, that is, in Baotou, contacted so many Jin merchants, this is the contract, with the expansion of investment, a lot of funds, who can guarantee that others will not be red-eyed, maybe, even Yuan Zhongtang will be red-eyed, what to do when the time comes, Hand it over in vain, I don't believe that these people in the Qing government can govern Baotou well, and they don't rely on the strength in their hands, I can see it, what is unknown, what is not established, as long as there is money and guns, you can pull up the team at will, we are just a help, just a help for him to save his strength. ”

Feng Yuxiang made a decision, Wang Jinming didn't say anything, the core of the entire three battalions, including the 100 old people brought out from Beiyang, most of them were given to Wang Jinming, and the people from Baotou were all stuffed in, a total of 800 integrated troops, all took off their military uniforms, put down their weapons, and rushed to Baotou with Wang Jinming. RS