Su Yuanchun, though loyal, was a man, and during his reign he consolidated Guangxi's borders, and even before that he had fought alongside Liu Yongfu against the French invaders. Lu Liang buried him thickly, not only because of his merits, but also because of Liu Yongfu's intercession.

A few years ago, when Lu Liang began to develop in Huizhou, he heard that Liu Yongfu was in Jieshi Town, Huizhou, and he had four battalions of the Black Flag Army in his hands. He was re-recruited after returning to Nanning from Taiwan in 1899, a man who sympathized with the peasants and supported the revolution, and Lü Liang had met with Liu Yongfu several times before launching the revolutionary uprising to listen to his teachings. After the success of the revolution, Liu Yongfu took the initiative to hand over the four battalions of the Black Flag Army to Lu Liang and incorporated them into the Zhenguo Army.

With the advancement of the revolutionary cause, Liu Yongfu accepted more and more revolutionary ideas and his understanding became more and more profound. At Lü Liang's repeated invitations, he finally took the initiative to participate in the revolution in the spring of 1902 and became the director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of the Provisional Government. He won the admiration of his subordinates in the Independent Commission Against Corruption and made the Independent Commission Against Corruption deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Liu Yongfu is a nostalgic person, after getting the news of Su Yuanchun's death, he pulled down his old face and went to Lu Liang to intercede, hoping to collect his bones. Lu Liang took a fancy to Liu Yongfu, who can be regarded as a national hero in modern history, and Taiwan's peace negotiations cannot affect his great image.

During the chaotic battle in Nanning, a unit quietly boarded the ship and landed on Hainan Island, kicking off the campaign to liberate Hainan. The 1st Division of the 1st Army was solely responsible for the battle in this direction, and in contrast, the 1st Division of the 1st Army, which can be called the most elite of the Zhenguo Army, did not encounter a decent battle. The Manchu military presence in Hainan was so weak that few decent Green Battalion soldiers could not be found all over Hainan Island, and according to the information obtained during the interrogation of prisoners after the war, the soldiers here were already ready to surrender to the Zhenguo army. The pressure of Guangdong affects Hainan all the time, and we all know that the imperial court has given up here, who will fight for the impossible? What's more, the living standards of the people of Guangdong have long been transmitted here, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the place where the Zhenguo Army has passed.

After the armed march of the 1st Division, the real test had just begun, and Hainan Island was the base camp of the pirates, where the terrain was complicated, the jungle was dense, and the bandits were full of groups. In order to restore order in Hainan, it is necessary to exterminate those bandits who have been in turmoil for many years.

As in Guangdong, the crackdown on bandits in Hainan is also divided into a combination of military and civilian methods. The army is responsible for exterminating bandits, and the administrative department is responsible for changing the current situation of poverty and thoroughly eradicating the soil for the survival of sea bandits. Hainan has better agricultural conditions, rice crops three times a year, and a large number of tropical fruits can be grown, and it is close to the developed areas of Guangdong, so goods can be transported by sea.

The provisional government drew up a list of industrial development according to the situation in Hainan, and a large number of capitalists followed them all the way with bloody questions, and soon, large-scale plantations and breeding farms were established one after another, and many peasants became capitalists' agricultural wage workers. There are two most noteworthy points, one is the Hainan Shilu iron ore mine led by the Mei family in Guangdong, and the other is the Hainan rubber planting base led by the Wu family. This is because the demand for ore in Guangdong industry is getting bigger and bigger, and in a few years, the Huizhou heavy industry base has finally gone through the gestation period, and the production capacity has begun to explode, and the demand for raw materials has become very large. The steel base already has more than 1,000 submarine mining vehicles for the collection of raw materials, but they are still in short supply, and the source of raw materials in reality has become a new issue for the provisional government. It also means that there are new reasons for external expansion.

China is a resource-poor country, and its vast land and abundant resources are just self-deception, and it is a word that should be thrown up by everyone like a civilized country. Coal, iron, copper, oil, non-ferrous metals and other minerals needed for industrial development are very lacking in the country, and even if there are, they should not be exploited without control. According to Lu Liang's plan, the resources needed for industrial production should be imported from overseas as much as possible, and the best domestic resources should be sealed.

The resources of the seabed are unlimited, but the collection capacity of the steel base is limited, according to calculations, the steel base can control up to 3,000 seabed mining vehicles at the same time for mining, which is when the steel base does not carry out other production tasks. With only 3,000 mining vehicles, it is okay to cope with the domestic economic development in the short term, but it is certainly not possible in the medium and long term. Lu Liang's goal is to surpass the industrial production capacity of the United States, which is the bottom line, so it is not enough to rely on those 3,000 mining vehicles, and the real source of resources must be prepared from now on.

Australia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and even the richer region of Siberia are all Chinese land in Lü Liang's heart. So, let's work hard, endless land is waiting to be conquered, there are fertile land, minerals, and a wide enough land that can accommodate more than a billion people!

Back to reality, the road must be taken step by step, the pace must be firm, and the means must be calm. The most important thing is to keep up with the building of the army. Sitting on the land of three provinces, abundant resources and abundant manpower, Lüliang has enough ability to continue to expand the size of the army. The size of the mountain brigade did not need to be expanded for the time being, but the Marine Corps was established at this time, and the scale was not large at the beginning, only one marine regiment, which was mainly to lay a good foundation for future strategy. Like Fujian, Guangxi will also set up a new army-level unit -- the newly organized Fifth Army, and since the Fifth Army has been set to have its main combat missions in Yunnan-Guizhou and Sichuan, the selection of soldiers must be able to adapt to mountain operations, and 2,000 soldiers and officers from the 1st Mountain Brigade have been selected to serve as instructors after being recruited on the spot.

Le Fei and Dong Dashan finally got rid of the fate of training new soldiers, and after the Battle of Guangxi, they entered the Haifeng Army Military Academy for further study as officers who focused on training. This time, the training will last for one year, and they will study systematically to improve their command quality.

It's a pity that as soon as they entered the college, they got the news of He Guangsha's graduation. As for He Guangsha's entry into that unit, it was kept strictly secret.

"Two brothers, I'm uncomfortable!" He Guangsha drank the wine in the cup again, his eyes flashed with tears, and he said in a dumb voice. At the time of parting, several people finally got together, and in a small hotel outside the college, they drank in the dark in less than half an hour. Together with Le Fei, Dong Dashan, and He Guangsha, there is also He Guangsha's friend Bai Zhai.

"If you can't drink it, don't be so violent, and no one will pour you!" Dong Dashan said with a smile, in fact, he and Le Fei both understood in their hearts that He Guangsha was uncomfortable not because of alcohol, but because when the two were desperate on the battlefield, he was not by the side of the two.

Dong Dashan smiled and comforted He Guangsha, but he didn't expect to be brought in by him in the end, and he also cried, howling loudly Brother I miss you, Le Fei and Bai Zhai couldn't persuade him, so they had to shake their heads to each other.

"Brother Le, tell me about your combat experience, I'm still a rookie, I heard that the casualty rate of recruits on the battlefield is the highest?"

This is true, the recruits have undergone high-intensity training, but they will still be a little helpless when they first arrive on the battlefield, and the lack of experience and the transformation of the battlefield will make the recruits pay the price of blood. Before the start of each battle, the recruits are the most worrying thing for me, but our army is equipped with firepower equipment that is several levels higher than the enemy's, which can effectively reduce casualties. ”

"Brother Le is at a level, I heard that you are the fastest promoted in our army, I believe that these are all you have earned with hard work and sweat, I salute you!"

"Brother, don't brag about your brother, just be lucky. It's that you and He Guangsha's kid, you have to keep it strictly secret when you go to that unit, and after a few years of studying at the military academy, you will be a second lieutenant when you go out, and you will have a bright future! ”

"Brother, He Guangsha's troops should be kept secret, mine is not necessary. I'm going to the Air Force! "Airship Brigade? At the time of the Battle of Nanning, our brigade arrived in the war zone by airship. ”

"No, but the airship is quite powerful, if it weren't for the more advanced equipment, I would have chosen the airship brigade. Brother, now that what I said hasn't been made public, you have to keep it secret, but you won't hide it for too long. I'm going to the 1st Fighter Wing of the Air Force, planes, not airships. Small in size, but super fast, also equipped with a machine gun, which allows it to fight in the air. ”

"Airplanes? It's the first time I've heard of it, tell my brother what the plane is used for? ”

Leaving aside whether or not these people should copy the rules of secrecy afterwards, we turn our attention to Shanghai, the hinterland of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the center of modern China's economy.