After the meeting, Zhu Erdian went directly to Xiangcheng, Henan, but did not see Yuan Shikai, saying that he went to the mountains to bring incense and keep the spirit of the ancestral tomb, and he would not be able to come back until the New Year. 《

The news of the meeting of the great powers was not absolutely secret, because of the relationship between the Germans and Mumo, they still informed Baotou through the channel of Guò Demei, and Yang Yuanzhao only paid a little attention to this, and did not pay much attention to it.

Maybe before, the pressure of the Beiyang Army was something that everyone had to pay attention to, and they had to pay attention to, but now, after the battle of Zhangjiakou, everyone calmed down, and the fifth town and the sixth town attacked together, but they were beaten down by the first division and almost wiped out a town, which was based on the weapons, corpses, and the number of prisoners on the scene, and the loss of Baotou was minimal, in this case, even if the British paid the balance in advance, as long as they didn't take action in person, There's always a way to cope.

At present, the recruitment work of the new army has already been basically completed, and the entire unit has been expanded to 10 divisions, plus the newly established training corps and cadet corps, which are mainly composed of students from the Northwest Military Academy, and the total number of servicemen on active duty is 230,000, and the weapons and equipment have already been in place.

For Baotou, the most critical thing is time, but now. At this time, the United Kingdom has already given. They're not directly disbursing money, they're half the money. Half of the physical goods, most of which need to be transported from India or Singapore, so that they can go to Beijing and let the Beiyang Army go smoothly, at least half a month later, and if there is a delay, February will pass. It's going to be March soon.

Cai Ye fought well, a month's hard work is definitely enough, including the great powers, they have already underestimated the strength of the entire Baotou, even if it is the strength of the previous 5 divisions, it is no longer something that the Beiyang Army can gnaw down, let alone now.

At this time, Baotou is obviously different from before. There were nervous crowds everywhere, and the pace and efficiency of life began to increase, before the 8-hour work week, which was legal. It is protected by various laws in Baotou.

But now is the time of war, and under militarized management, it is only to prevent extravagance and waste. But the workers consciously increased the time to 10 hours, or even 12 hours. Use your own efforts to reduce the impact of the lack of workers. The new army of five divisions has a total of 100,000 militia reserves, most of whom are the backbone of the factories except for some high-ranking technicians.

It is this consciousness of the workers, so that Baotou through the arrival of Yang Yuanzhao, the most difficult period, not only the Beiyang Army outside, but also some internal problems, fortunately, the buffer of this time, finally solved smoothly, Baotou concerned about the workers, improve the treatment of workers, and obtained fruitful results, and now the workers, with their own efforts, to repay Baotou for their care.

The key is that the workers not only work longer hours, but also better than before, and concentrate on it, which has become the theme of the whole Baotou, and the production of one more product and one more bullet can increase the front-line support, which makes Baotou, an industrial city, suddenly increase countless upgrades and vitality, and the production capacity not only does not decrease, but soars.

Baotou and Beiyang are at war, but in addition to the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, other directions, Baotou's transaction volume, not only did not shrink, but increased, because of the independent relationship between the war and Baotou, we don't know, how long this war will be fought, Baotou's products, all are strong hard currency, big deal, buy a little more, everyone Tun up and sell slowly, all kinds of mineral resources are also continuously injected, itself, there are some rich Baotou to Taiyuan Railway in terms of capacity, now it is almost full load operation, all kinds of raw materials, A steady stream of Tongguò railways has been injected into Baotou.

The Qing court is really about to die, Liu Shu sighed, he was still worried that when Baotou became independent, Baotou's industry would be hit hard, at least, without a large number of raw materials, it was almost impossible for Baotou to produce all the products, if Baotou was blocked around, it would really have some impact.

Of course, this has been prepared for a long time, all kinds of raw materials, almost hoarded for about a year, but God knows how long this battle will last, if it is really more than a year, the impact on Baotou will also intensify, or decisive.

However, it is obvious that the Qing court did not realize this at all, but only sent troops to attack, and there was nothing else, so Cheng dù's blow, Baotou was easily supported, but during the war, the scale of production was constantly expanded, and the Baotou Industrial Zone has expanded from the original 20 square kilometers to 40 square kilometers, which has doubled, and various factories have been built one after another.

The war report of the Beiyang Army was only spread in the Qing court and the foreign powers, but the Qing court at this time was simply like a sieve, the real war report, the people at the bottom did not know, and Baotou was also low-key without too much publicity, but everyone who should know knew it.

Baotou focuses on the development of industry and commerce, many vested interests, for Baotou, is to have complex and different ideas, which is also the reason why the Beiyang war was started before, many people wait and see, now, Baotou not only resisted the attack of the two towns in Beiyang, and eliminated a town, such a result does not represent Baotou is China's future hope, but it is enough to make some wavering start to bet.

Southern landlords, businessmen, some dignitaries in the north, began to contact with Baotou, some intended investment also invested in Baotou, for this, Yang Yuanzhao of course is all laughing and welcoming, if China wants to rise, he is just one of the opportunities, really to take off in an all-round way, need to stimulate the people of the whole country, and even the strength of all strata, it is rare to have such an opportunity, whether he speculates or not, take it first.

In mid-February, when the British urgently transferred things from India and Singapore were finally transported to Beijing, Zhu Erdian thought that the Qing court would immediately send the Beiyang Army to destroy the ** army in Baotou, but he didn't expect that because of the New Year, the Qing government was busy with the New Year's affairs, and even the Beiyang Army began to enlarge the holiday.

No one fights much, Zhu Erdian has been in China for so many years, it can be said that he is a China expert, but it is the first time that he hates the New Year so much.

From the beginning of February, to March, the end of the Chinese New Year, no one set off, the front line is only the fifth and sixth towns, maintaining a low-intensity attack, a small-scale attack every day, such a intensity, almost let Cai Yi and others want to doze off, Zhangjiakou Station here, complete fortifications, not to mention such a small-intensity attack, a full-scale attack can also be supported, Cai Yi simply began to train, just send an infantry regiment every day to deal with the attack, the rest, put down to rest, to ensure that all divisions receive a certain amount of training.

This battle is really a leisurely stroll, especially in mid-February, when the other five divisions are basically formed, an infantry regiment will be discharged every day, come to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield, Zhang Xiaohuai said before, really in a word, such a low-intensity, low-intensity attack, is the most suitable for the Baotou New Army, casualties can be controlled at a very low level, and can help soldiers, quickly from a worker and peasant, grow into a real soldier, the battlefield is always the best teacher, This is a universal truth.

Beiyang Army and Yuan Shikai, no matter what, would never have thought that he thought he was a clever trick, but gave Baotou a great respite, Baotou's new army grew rapidly, Yuan Shikai can be said to be scheming, he is a lot of calculations, but only not right, Baotou has an almost comprehensive industrial system, in addition to not being able to produce more than 200 mm super cannons, other guns and ammunition, all can be self-produced, even if it is a cannon, under Yang Yuanzhao's all-in-one machine, it can be completely solved, In the station of Zhangjiakou, on top of the most central permanent forts, there are even 203 mm army super cannons, which are almost invincible in the army.

The battle situation is so anxious, even the tentative attacks of the fifth and sixth towns, Baotou is not full of firepower, every time there are not a few people, even rush for a while, just lie down, there is not enough intensity, and there is no lethality, Cai Ye also because of Baotou's opinions, he didn't want large-scale killing, just a training, you can fight more and less, as long as you don't break through the defense line.

This style of play, but also really hit the hands of Zhao Guoxian and Zhang Yongcheng, they attack the same team every day, just to avoid casualties, there is a supplementary army and their future strength is certain, but the veterans have lost too much, and the blow to the strength is also huge, so that at most a few people are lost every day, even if they fight for a year, it is only two or three thousand people, you know, the previous battle, ten minutes, is a small 5,000 people filled in, Zhangjiakou Railway Station, is really armed to the teeth of the storage zài.

Protracted war is the tradition of the Chinese, but the great powers can not accept it, especially Japan and Britain, which led this war, Japan does not say it, what it says in its mouth is good, but Japan, which has suffered a huge blow, simply does not have the ability to support the direct dispatch of troops, not to mention the British one, not to mention the Arabian Nights that sent troops over thousands of miles apart, just thousands of miles from the sea to Baotou, it is enough to make people frightened.

After Zhu Erdian had no news from the Qing court, when the New Year had already passed, he once again went to Xiangcheng, Henan Province, to meet Yuan Shikai, the actual controller of the Beiyang Army. (To be continued......) R527