Equipment, Jiang Baili's words, like a basin of cold water, directly sprinkled on Cai Yi's head, Cai Yi, who was thinking about it enthusiastically, only then did he think that the equipment that looks beautiful seems to have come out of science fiction, the tank that is equipped with thick armor and can still fight artillery, is there such equipment in the world?

"Yes!" It was not Jiang Baili who answered this question, but Wang Jinming, who paused for a moment before saying: "A few years ago, when we encountered horse bandits in Baotou, we had modified a large tractor, and the external steel plate was only used temporarily. ”

To tell the truth, as the strongest land combat weapon in the future, Yang Yuanzhao has never relaxed his research, even if Baotou's current technology in all aspects is not comprehensive, with the help of an all-in-one machine, he will continue to study. ,.

In fact, the vision of later generations, coupled with the anti-heaven ability of the all-in-one machine, still allowed him to research a tank, the chassis of a large tractor, complete armor, excellent smoothbore gun, and a tank-looking monster, not as good as T34 and other famous tanks in World War II, but definitely better than the British tank prototype during World War I, I don't know how much stronger, and even in terms of power, because the all-in-one machine and Yang Yuanzhao, an engine engineer, are not weaker than the tanks of World War II.

Simple indicators, not comprehensive, but everyone is a soldier, all are imaginative, and quickly analyzed this thing, whether it is possible to make it, but no one knows, once these things are manufactured. It's a huge amount of real money behind the scenes, even. This amount of money is definitely not a small amount.

Zhang Xiaohuai calculated slightly. His face turned a little pale, and he said with a slight tremble: "This real yàn group, can the financial resources of the entire Baotou be supported!" ”

"That's fine!" Liu Shu, who has not spoken, said: "Our support for the military in Baotou is 10% of Baotou's income, and last month, our total profit in Baotou was 27 million US dollars!" ”

This number is already the top secret material of the Chamber of Commerce, and it can be said that this number has always been in the hands of a small number of people in the Chamber of Commerce. There is no other reason, Baotou is too rich, I am afraid that this rich Cheng dù will make the high-ranking Qing government look sideways, and now the reputation has spread, but Baotou does not speak here, if outsiders guess, under normal circumstances, it is difficult to guess. On the Baotou side, how much profit there is, and they won't even know the profit on the Baotou side. It's not a small part of the cost, it's a big part of the whole cost, that's it. Baotou's profit margins are quite terrible.

So much, even if it's prepared. Cai Ye and others were also taken aback, according to the words of this input. 2.7 million US dollars per month, if converted into silver dollars, it will be 5.4 million, then in a year, it will exceed 60 million, 60 million silver dollars, not ordinary things, the ransom fee of the Treaty of Shimonoseki is only 30 million, this money, converted into US dollars, is also 15 million US dollars, converted into British pounds, it is also millions of pounds, can make a few monarch-class battleships, this money invested in a new army in Baotou, even if it is a new army of 100,000 people, it is also the extreme of wealth, No matter what kind of equipment you have, you can buy it.

"Strengthen the equipment money of the regiment, not the finances!" Yang Yuanzhao's words made the scene boil even more, especially Yan Xishan, who said with some envy: "Boss, don't be so partial, why don't you give us a few self-propelled artillery!" ”

"Baichuan, the strengthening of the regiment is not much, the investment will be larger than the general army, and a lot of equipment needs to be cooperated with foreign countries, even with Germany, it is not easy to calculate the cost, or I will take it, otherwise once the expenditure is overrun, the government budget will not be able to do it, maybe it will be a big hole!"

Sanjie was very curious, why Yang Yuanzhao said this, which caused such a big reaction, and later, in a small talk, he learned from Yan Xishan that it turned out that the biggest financier in the entire Baotou was not the Baotou government, nor the fiscal revenue, and the fiscal revenue was only a few hundred million dollars, adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars, but Yang Yuanzhao's hands had at least 5 billion pounds, and I am afraid that even the British government reserves may not be as much as Yang Yuanzhao alone.

The matter of strengthening the regiment seems to have been put down, and everyone began to discuss the investment of the entire Baotou army, and Yang Yuanzhao paid for the equipment of the reinforced regiment, but the daily consumption and military salary are still financed, and 10% of the finance is invested in military spending.

Speaking of the economy, this is Liu Shu's strength, he said a little proudly: "Now, with the gradual completion of the expansion of enterprises, I believe that in the next few months, the total profit will be considerably improved, maybe by this time next year, the financial revenue will be doubled." ”

Cai Yi and the other three understood, no wonder the new army will be so strong, even the officers do not eat empty salaries, the reason is that Baotou is too rich, the salaries of the officers are extremely high, the living standards of the soldiers are also guaranteed, and there is enough cultural knowledge, these together, the formation of the current situation of the new army in Baotou, a super army with extremely strong combat effectiveness, almost armed with the teeth, the most critical time, most of the weapons of this army, can be produced, from this aspect, the investment in weapons is better than other armies, At least reduce by more than 8 percent, can such a force not be strong in combat effectiveness?

Soon, Yang Yuanzhao appointed Cai Ye as the head of the independent regiment, Zhang Xiaohuai as the chief of staff, responsible for the counselor's military affairs, Jiang Baili was vacant, which made Cai Ye and Zhang very strange, and the outspoken Cai Ye asked directly: "Brother Baili's talent far surpasses me, otherwise, I will serve as the deputy commander and let Brother Baili serve as the commander." ”

"I didn't arrange Brother Baili because I had a more important task."

"What a task." Cai Yi was stunned, but the person concerned, Jiang Baili, was extremely calm, his heart was full of expectations, knowing the three of them so well, whether he would be able to achieve his wish.

Yang Yuanzhao looked at Jiang Baili and said, "Brother Baili, what is the most important thing for an army." ”

Yang Yuanzhao asked this sentence, and everyone fell into contemplation, what is important to the army, weapons, soldiers, discipline, no, the soul of an army is an officer, a soldier is a bear, a nest of bears, a qualified commander can turn a group of sheep into a group of wolves, but a bastard commander can turn a group of wolves into a group of sheep, which has been proven by countless historical examples.

"Officer!" Yan Xishan blurted out and said, in fact, Jiang Baili also thought of it, when Yang Yuanzhao asked him this sentence, his eyes lit up, the previous premonition came true, Yang Yuanzhao really knew what he wanted.

"It seems that everyone recognizes the important role of officers, our Baotou New Army, the establishment of a short period of time, the attraction is not strong, at most just from all over the excavation of a group of officers from the primary school students, these officers, become the squad platoon leader is enough, but our new army is about to expand, in the future, I am afraid that the speed of expansion will be bigger and bigger, so that the gap of officers, will expand step by step, Baili brother through the Chinese and Western, for the East and West sergeants, have a very deep understanding, and mainly implement military and national education, This coincides with Baotou's thinking, so I am ready to invite Brother Baili to build a large-scale military academy and serve as the executive principal of this military academy to systematically train officers at all levels. ”

Jiang Baili looked at Yang Yuanzhao with a calm face, and had mixed feelings in his heart, to be honest, the new army in Baotou was already the strongest new army he had ever seen, from discipline, military literacy, to guns and ammunition, all of them were very in place, and the officers could also be described as qualified, an army with steel-like discipline, the officer was at most a screw, and it was enough to be qualified, but he never thought that Yang Yuanzhao's heart would be so big, systematically training officers, what does this mean, it represents a continuation, He believes that Baotou, which is extremely wealthy, can do this, so in the next year or two, with the emergence of a large number of officers, the strength of the new army in Baotou will be greater on the basis of the original, which is a huge promotion for Baotou, which is already strong.

"I don't know, how much preparation money I can get!" Jiang Baili said calmly, a military academy, the investment is absolutely huge, at least much more than ordinary troops, the world's military academies are all established with the support of the state, because only the country has the strength to support such a large plate.

"I can say infinite!"

"Infinite?" Jiang Baili's eyes darkened, Yang Yuanzhao saw his expression in his eyes, and hurriedly said: "Brother Baili misunderstood, what I said is, as long as you need as much as I want, I will give you as much as you need, as long as it does not exceed 100 million pounds in the early stage, I can cash it out within a month!" ”

Cai Yi and the others all took a breath of cold air, and Yan Xishan and the others were also very surprised, they knew that Yang Yuanzhao valued the military academy so much, but he valued this kind of Cheng Dù, which was really amazing.

"Thank you Chairman Yang for your attention, I will do my best to build a modern military academy for you!"

"Not for me, for China!" Yang Yuanzhao said deeply.

"Yes, for China, for the construction of a real Chinese national defense force!"

In this way, Sanjie was left behind, Cai Ye went to lead the new practical strengthening group, Zhang Xiaohuai helped him, and Jiang Baili threw himself into the busier work, a Chinese army university. (To be continued......)