From the time he came to Baotou, Feng Yuxiang officially took over the defense of the entire Baotou, for this, whether it was Wang Jinming or Yang Yuanzhao, there was no objection, but in the war room, the quality and the style of a famous general, from a certain Cheng dù above, handed over to him more at ease, this battle in a sense, because of the difference in drinking tea, became a battlefield in Baotou, absolutely not to be lost, once a mistake, Yang Yuanzhao spent a year of hard work, will be in vain.

After Wang Jinming arrived from Feng Yuxiang, he took the initiative to retreat to the position of deputy, for this position, he was a little like a fish in water, after all, this is the work he is used to, and he has perfectly completed the work of assisting Feng Yuxiang.

Feng Yuxiang made very few adjustments to Baotou, in addition to reducing the original five Makqin to three on each turret, and also reducing a large number of personnel arrangement, more than 100 turrets, each reduced by 6 people, the people who were withdrawn were very critical to the defense of the entire Baotou, although these people were mainly militia, but in the fixed firepower points and semi-stable firepower points, they could still play a considerable role.

The most important thing is that Feng Yuxiang also mentioned that the horse bandits are mobile forces, if they really run away, I am afraid it will be really difficult to pursue, Baotou can kill and injure at most a part, not even half of the horse bandits, if they can't pursue, they will not be able to expand the results, and the horse bandits will still be the biggest problem at that time.

Feng Yuxiang's words are very reasonable, under the mistake, things have become the way they are now, Feng Yuxiang still has considerable confidence, this siege to defeat the bandits, the results will not be too big, and in the future, it is necessary to keep suppressing bandits to ensure the safety of the entire northwest, and it should be solved at one time.

Pursuit, Wang Jinming frowned, Baotou has some horses, skilled soldiers can also chase on horseback, but the personnel are too few, only less than 200 personnel, after the defeat of the upper may be, more than 10,000 enemies, even if they are defeated, 200 personnel, may not be able to pursue much, but may encounter the opponent's counterattack.

"If only I could load the machine gun right away!" Wang Jinming said with some annoyance.

Machine guns mounted on horses? Wang Jinming was just a casual complaint, and it didn't even attract Feng Yuxiang's attention, as a professional soldier, he knew very well that machine guns could not be put on horses, but Yang Yuanzhao was moved in his heart, and he said thoughtfully: "It may not be impossible!" ”

"Not necessarily? Yuan Zhao didn't come whimsically, the machine gun was placed on the horse, not to mention the heavy mass, just to say its recoil, not a few horses can withstand it! Feng Yuxiang looked at Yang Yuanzhao with some concern and said.

"I didn't want to put it on a horse, but on something else!"

"Put on top of something else? What is it? ”

"Just come with me!" Yang Yuanzhao took Feng Yuxiang and Wang Jinming, out of the barracks, as soon as he turned around, he came to the reclamation company, because under the premise of the bandits, the wheat was harvested early, fortunately, there was sufficient fertilizer, even if it was not fully ripe, the yield of wheat was quite good, at least much higher than in previous years, special machine qì treatment, expanded flour mill, enough to handle the output of more than 6 million mu, in the future, this is close to more than 1.8 billion catties of wheat, will become from 100 to 10 catties of flour of all sizes, Part of it is supplied to Baotou, and the other part is sold all over the country, which will become a fist product for a long time.

The cultivation of cotton can only continue after the crisis of the bandits, because the bandits gather nearby, all the workers and the surrounding villagers, even if they have no work, will stay in Baotou, because of the problem of accommodation, a large number of double high and low beds are produced, most of them are made of iron, but there are still some of them made of wood, the woodworking machine tools produced in Baotou, a certain degree of dù above, increased the efficiency of wood processing, the Loess Plateau of this era, is not a desert without grass.

Dozens of huge big guys, lying calmly in the middle of the playground, this is a tractor for harvesting, a huge industrial creation, it looks particularly hideous.

Feng Yuxiang understood, and asked thoughtfully: "Yuan Zhao, what you said about the machine gun, is this this thing?" ”

"That's right, that's it!" Yang Yuanzhao said affirmatively, Wang Jinming's words made him suddenly think that he had the tractor, the predecessor of the tank, and the tank that only appeared in World War I in the previous life was completed under the modification of the tractor.

In this era, Yang Yuanzhao took out the tractor earlier, and used the engine of later generations, it can be said that in the horsepower of the engine, beyond this era, dozens of tons of weight, can run at a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour, in the case of a large fuel tank, the endurance even reached more than 300 kilometers, the most important thing is that the crawler adapts to various complex environments, far more than the wheeled type, it can be said that as long as the chassis of the tractor is taken out, and then get the turret and smoothbore gun of the tank, It's just a tank or two.

The big guy made of steel, Feng Yuxiang even went up and knocked on it, saying: "The protection is a little weak, and this glass may not be able to effectively protect the driver."

"It's okay, I'll weld steel plates on all sides, and the driver can observe the situation outside through a small opening similar to a bunker fire point!" Yang Yuanzhao said confidently, in this way, the protection will definitely go up, for the opponent who has no machine gun and no artillery, 2 cm of steel plate is definitely enough, such a weight will not affect the speed and endurance of the tank too much.

"In this case, there are 4 shooting holes on the tank, but what about people?"

"It's good to have 5 people, I will design a magazine, a loader is fine, the magazine can be prepared in advance, and it will be all piled on top of the tractor when the time comes, anyway, there is a lot of space!"

Simple communication, so that this big killer across time and space, suddenly formed, especially Feng Yuxiang heard that in a place dozens of kilometers away, there are almost 50 cars of the same thing, his eyes lit up, the pursuit of the enemy's things are there, if you ambush a strange soldier 50 kilometers away, all the plans of this battle will become perfect, the tank's speed of 50 kilometers per hour, 6 hours of endurance, for the horse bandits, it is a nightmare, 4 Makqin strong, It's enough to shoot everything within range, and if you add a surprise weapon 50 kilometers away, it's like a gift from heaven.

On the same day, 20 carriages quietly left Baotou, there were 200 machine gunners on the carriage, along with them, there were tons of various steels, the road construction team, there were simple welding workers, they would try their best to 40-50 tractors, perfect modification, when the time came, you can carry about 200 Makqin, from 50 kilometers away, I believe that when the bandits find out, they can not break through Baotou, when they want to escape, the tractor chasing behind them and them, will let the bandits eat a good pot.

After Feng Yuxiang arrived, the preparation of the whole Baotou went up a step, and even under the situation of manpower shortage, Feng Yuxiang still sent scouts, among the subordinates brought from the northeast, one of them was a Mongolian, who lived on horseback since he was a child, and joined the cavalry horse team at the age of less than 20.

Equestrianism, a certain degree of dù, in the next ten years, has a considerable role, until World War II, the Soviet Union and Japan still have cavalry divisions or wings, in the territory of a large country, horse teams can play a very large role.

The Mongolian man's name is Battle, he heard Feng Yuxiang's order, and among the troops in Baotou, he selected three or four better equestrians, so he went over there, he needed to explore the surrounding situation, and strive to figure out the movements of the bandits, in order to facilitate the investigation, Yang Yuanzhao prepared a telescope for each of them, which is currently the highest clarity in Baotou, and also the telescope with the highest multiple, under the condition that the field of vision is unobstructed, it is easy to see the movement dozens of kilometers away.

The place where the horse bandits gathered has basically been determined, just in the north of Baotou, and even the scope has been roughly determined, before Wang Jinming also wanted to go over to investigate, but there were no skilled equestrian personnel, and the personnel in Baotou were limited, so they couldn't take risks casually, so they simply gave up.

Battle is a man and two horses, using the best horse in Baotou, with the blood of Mongolian horses, but also some characteristics of European horses, under the guidance of the map, quickly to the north, but before he can go far, about an hour later, the wind and smoke in front of him began to fill.

"The horse bandits are coming!" A soldier blurted out, looking at this smoke, it is clear that there is a large team of horses, marching quickly, otherwise, there would not be such a big smoke.

Battle, who was very experienced, immediately retracted the reins, looked around, climbed a small dirt hill less than 40 meters, took out his binoculars, and looked in that direction.

The telescope passed through the distance of dozens of miles, and the telescope brought the distant scenery closer to him, and the high-power telescope, which was much better than the one he used before. 50 kilometers away, with the help of the height of the earth mountain, condescendingly, you can clearly see that there is dust, in the dust, you can see that one by one horse heads are galloping, and under the smoke, you can vaguely see some horse bandits in tattered clothes, they formed a chaotic formation, but firmly towards Baotou.

The horse bandits are finally here. R1152