The first snow, as early as October, has already fallen, and then, it is one snow after another, making the entire Northeast a world covered in silver.

A small town that is only more than 100 kilometers away from Shenyang, with only seven or eight hundred households, is the same as an ordinary northeastern town, a relatively dilapidated town, but in the past six months or so, there have been some changes, the town is not much different from before, but there is an extra group of soldiers, to be exact, there is one more military camp

Starting from such a group of soldiers, this town, which is often threatened by horse bandits and is not at peace, has become peaceful, and the horse bandits who used to be on one side of the country have almost disappeared here, and even said that the horse bandits did not even dare to hold a side, and the surrounding 200 miles of land has almost become a forbidden place for horse bandits.

The people who live here all the year round obviously feel the difference, the townspeople enjoy the peace that is difficult to be strict, for the soldiers who guard this village, special admiration, the most important thing is that these troops do not disturb the people, generally what overlord meals and the like, stealing chickens and dogs, taking away a pig and the like, army station, frequent incidents, there is no zài here, and even the appearance of the army has also enriched the economy here, itself, the farmers feed the pigs, but to the New Year's Festival, slaughtered and sold, part of it is left for the family, and part of it is exchanged for moneyfor the purchase of items for the New Year.

Since the addition of this group of soldiers, whether it is chicken, duck, fish, meat, or pork and vegetables, they are all fair trade, and the payment is also cash, and there has never been a default, and because of this, the people in the town have reaped the benefits, and many people are ready to feed a few more animals in the coming year.

In the northwest of the town, there is a huge military camp, covering a huge area, hundreds of rooms, one or two thousand soldiers, from soldiers, to ordinary people, everyone has guns, and they are all equally involved in training, Yang Yuanzhao provides finance, enough for these soldiers, are well trained, Feng Yuxiang is not a wine bag and rice bag, under such good conditions, how can it not be applied, the food for every meal is very good, as for training, it is two trainings in the morning and evening, for some backbones, even directly treat them as officers to train, Whether it's reconnaissance, tactical arrangement, or even drawing maps, all of them are taught, and in the desolate Northeast Wasteland, there is really no place to spend their energy.

Wang Jinming came to the station, the previous railway also fell, the key is the last hundred miles, fortunately left two horses in Shenyang before, he took a soldier's, hurriedly returned to the station, when he arrived, most of the soldiers went out to exercise, asked the officer on duty, Feng Yuxiang took the artillery team, to the Tazi River more than 10 miles away to train.

Tazi River, more than 10 miles away from their station, because it is close to the mountains, is a clean place, there is an artillery team here, but also thanks to the help of Yang Yuanzhao, the general battalion level, there is no artillery at all, only the standard is owned, even if it is a model third town, the model third town of Beiyang has a whole artillery standard.

Yang Yuanzhao's cannon was subsequently sent by the caravan, the artillery Feng Yuxiang has always been secret, with the help of the villagers and the alliance, a dozen or so gunners were dug up, this is already the limit, the reason why Beiyang is called Beiyang is because of the relationship between artillery, the Beiyang Army without artillery, at most a little stronger than the new army, or a lot of training is strictly prohibited, the artillery is accurate, and the artillery is strong, which is the key to the strength of Beiyang.

Any gunner, in the eyes of most of the Beiyang Army, is fragrant and sweet, and it is impossible to let him come out casually, Feng Yuxiang can only cultivate himself.

Half a year of hard training, because of the previous veteran foundation, is enough to make most of the new peasants become a qualified soldier, but can not make a skilled soldier, become a qualified gunner, if you want to train gunners, there is no shortcut, that is, to fight, keep fighting.

Feng Yuxiang only then felt the importance of having a strong support, before he was only the adjutant of the battalion, but he also knew that it was not easy to lead the army, just urging the salary, he ran from Beijing to Xi'an, not even to get the guns and ammunition, even if it was his Beiyang Army before, there was one or two training a week, it was already relatively elite, training every day, even twice a day, without Yang Yuanzhao's support, just this food expense, made Feng Yuxiang bankrupt, let alone train the soldiers.

After coming to the Northeast, just stationed, the caravan of the Yang family also came, not only bringing all kinds of spears promised before, but also bringing enough bullets to use, and the cannonballs were also follower caravans, which had already been sent, and the bullets were the same as 100 bases.

100 base ammunition, which in foreign troops, may be the standard, the distribution is somewhat abundant, generally speaking, a base of 75 guns, the number of shells is about 80-120 rounds, Yang Yuanzhao is of course the top configuration, all are 120 rounds, 100 bases, equal to a cannon is at least 1200 shells.

The Chinese army, such a luxurious configuration, very rare, Beiyang gunners, capable of firing 50 rounds, are already senior gunners, generally, this is still a few years of hard work accumulated, a base of 120 shells, 100 bases, is 12,000 shells, according to the standard of 20 to 30 yuan for a shell, this is an unimaginably large wealth, 3 75 guns, all the same configuration, 36,000 shells, almost millions of shells.

With so many shells, the luxury made the new gunners dumbfounded, and the rich shells were enough to make the strength of the battalion to a higher level. Feng Yuxiang also moved his mind, and set up a special artillery team, based on more than 10 old gunners, adding seventy or eighty soldiers in the middle, even if it is average, each soldier can also shoot 300 guns, of course, the old gunners keep improving, will consume a little more, and the new gunners will gradually consume a little less, but the progress is very influential.

Whether it is shooting or fighting, talent is only one aspect, for ordinary people, shells can be fed, a lot of shells are fed, and the gunners have also practiced, about 100 people, basically, can be mastered proficiently, the level is different, the most elite, you can almost point where to hit, without calculation, you can estimate the direction of the position, the new gunner, at most, can only follow the prescribed action, fixed calipers, to complete the firing of the shell, which in this era, the gunner may not be qualified, But with veteran gunners, they can become qualified gunners.

Later, Yang Yuanzhao heard that Feng Yuxiang was training artillery, so he sent 200 base shells by the way, but it was three cannons, 200 bases, how many can there be, shells, for others, are very expensive, even the general army can't afford it, and the sales volume is not large, but in the all-in-one machine, that is, it is dozens of times larger than ordinary bullets, and it can be produced casually, and it is the best to be human.

Artillery is the king of the army, which has proved several times since Napoleon, especially in the future World War, it is definitely a sea of artillery, the confrontation of steel, but it is not such a small fight in Asia, the European war, the daily consumption of shells, is more than China in a year, especially when the war situation is anxious.

In the distance, Wang Jinming heard a few cannon shots, and listened to the direction, it should be on the west side of the Tazi River, where there is a dense forest, there are few official roads and ordinary roads, and there are few wild beasts, so there are few hunters.

Near the range of 4 miles of the artillery field, the hidden sentry, suddenly appeared, saluted Wang Jinming, Wang Jinming casually returned the salute to him, this is a necessary arrangement, first, the cannon is secret, waiting for idle people, can not let casual know, secondly, also for safety, the cannon has no eyes, a dozen is a few miles, the speed is fast, someone enters the area of the cannon, there is a mistake, it is not good.

The sentinels who came out recognized Wang Jinming from a distance, Wang Jinming was the company commander of a company, and the artillery team also belonged to the scope of his control.

"Where's the camp!"

"Over there, up in the mountains!" The sentry gave a military salute to Wang Jinming and said.

Wang Jinming looked over, a few miles away on the mountain, he could vaguely see a few figures, he hit the horse, ten minutes later, he arrived at the mountain, saw Feng Yuxiang's.

At this time, Feng Yuxiang was dressed in a military uniform, heroic, and looked high-spirited, and when he saw Wang Jinming, Feng Yuxiang's face showed a meaningful smile and asked, "How is the matter of going to Shaanxi?"

Wang Jinming went to Shaanxi to send an official document, he nodded and said, "It's done!" ”

"That's good!" Feng Yuxiang took out his binoculars and looked into the distance.

"By the way, what is the camp doing now!" Wang Jinming asked.

"Test the gun, by the way, you come with me to take a look!" After Feng Yuxiang finished speaking, he walked down by himself, and the herald behind him waved the flag, informing the artillery on the other side to stop shooting, and then Feng Yuxiang took Wang Jinming upwards and came to the artillery test site just now.

This building looks more familiar, and ordinary buildings, completely different, Wang Jinming thought about it carefully, and suddenly thought of where he had seen it, Baotou, Baotou's many new buildings, and this building, seems to be the same thing, a color.

Thinking of Yang Yuanzhao's introduction, Wang Jinming asked a little trying: "Is this thing cement?" ”RS