Baotou's new army, most of them have been transferred, Wang Jinming did not do anything raccoon cat for the prince, or the strategy of all the grass and trees, under the absolute strength, there is no need to do this at all, a large number of soldiers are safe in Baotou, easy to be discovered, the horse bandits are too shrewd, once they find something wrong, maybe they will not rush over, when the time comes, tens of thousands of horse bandits, just sprinkled on tens of thousands of square kilometers of land, even if Wang Jinming is a god of heaven, it may not be cleared.

The direct impact of the transfer of a large number of new troops is that there is not enough reconnaissance team, and the exact information of the bandits cannot be obtained, but the daily news is still summarized to the general staff, and the new army that went to Taiyuan includes most of the basic soldiers, but most of the non-commissioned officers and staff officers still remain in Baotou, and in this sense, the number of officers in Baotou is far above the imagination.

In addition to these trustworthy troops, there is another important force, and that is the factory protection team.

Baotou's factory protection team, can be said to have a long history, as early as the construction of the first factory, Yang Yuanzhao put forward this concept, workers to have the spirit of ownership, not only to work, but also to protect the property of the factory, the number of people, relatively rare, the factory protection team is only by a few families concurrently, to the cement plant was established, under the guidance of Yang Yuanzhao and the help of Li Mingsheng, the factory protection team gradually took shape.

Under normal circumstances, Yang Yuanzhao's standard for protecting the factory is 30 draws one, that is to say, among the thirty people, one is drawn out to become the factory protection team, and some labor services will be carried out at ordinary times, and the afternoon will train for half a day, as for the militia, according to their respective interests, 2-3 times a week of training, each training intensity, only half of the factory protection team, in a sense, the militia can only be familiar with firearms ordinary people, at most a little stronger than the strong men captured by the national army in later generations.

The factory team has gradually taken shape, from the very beginning, more than 1,000 people, selected twenty or thirty people, to the back, gradually expanded, cement factory, construction company, reclamation company, plus the back of the cotton textile factory and printing and dyeing workshop, Baotou has 150,000 workers, the number of factory protection team, also reached about 1,000 people, although this group of people did not receive strict military training like the new army and the militia, but their family vitality, even their own origin is in Baotou, They are more loyal than the new armies and converted bandits.

More than 1,000 people, in this case, can definitely be called a decisive force, not to mention, whether it is Wang Jinming or Yang Yuanzhao, he does not plan to fight a war of annihilation and field battles, he is at most to fight a defensive counterattack, once the horse bandits are frustrated or suffer huge damage, there are naturally more well-trained team members to counterattack.

During this time, the factory protection team is different from the past, the safety of the factory, by the backbone militia is responsible, the factory protection team and some outstanding militia selected, they are almost all-weather control of Makqin, in just 15 days, just Makqin's bullets, 5 million rounds will be fired, which is unimaginable in China in this era, perhaps for the Qing army, a year may not be able to shoot so many bullets.

The consistent spirit of Baotou, whether it is the new army or the militia group, the soldiers' marksmanship is fed with bullets, the rifle can also be aimed, Makqin has a certain range of dù above, only need to suppress the fire, the rest, it is not a problem, barbed wire plus trenches, plus Makqin and endless bullets, this is almost the First World War period, the steel duel between the two groups, even one side has artillery, the other side has not, under the conversion of attack and defense, perhaps the outcome is unpredictable, but one side hides clumsy and attracts the other party to attack, As long as you come to Baotou City, a qiē is doomed.

Losing reconnaissance is equivalent to losing ears, but the numerous caravans in Baotou are still their eyes and ears, at least, Yang Yuanzhao and Wang Jinming know that the other party has been fooled, and seven or eight of the soldiers sent out have not returned, I don't know whether they surrendered to the horse bandits or something else, but in recent times, there have been almost no signs of caravans reporting some pole heads, and there is not much looting, obviously, they gathered together to discuss.

The opportunity came, Yang Yuanzhao's heart began to beat wildly, for him, from the later generations, in the era of peace, where he had seen such a large-scale fight, the preparation had been done to the extreme, but for the soldiers to fight, a negligence, he would lose everything, he is now, not an ordinary person, he leads a city, at least more than 300,000 people rely on him to eat, and hundreds of millions of wealth.

"Or, Yuan Zhao, you go to Taiyuan!" Wang Jinming looked at Yang Yuanzhao with a little worry, as the actual controller of the Yellow River patrol battalion and the militia group, he knew very well that the significance of Yang Yuanzhao in Baotou, it can be said that the qiē in Baotou was built by Yang Yuanzhao in the past year, with him, maybe in another year or two, another Baotou can be raised, the longer he came to Baotou, the more he understood that Baotou is the hope of China's rejuvenation, in just one year, the foreign devils have, they have, the foreign devils do not have, they also have, It is even necessary to build a giant steel group 100 times larger than the Hanyang Iron Works, and when the time comes, not only the rails of the railway, but also foreign guns and cannons can be produced by themselves, which is simply an unspeakable weight for China.

"I'm in Baotou, I don't go anywhere, I believe in you, and I believe in our workers in Baotou!" Yang Yuanzhao said calmly.

In a few days, similar persuasion, at least a dozen times, Wang Jinming also knew that at this moment, absolutely could not convince Yang Yuanzhao, sighed, had to let the staff officers, do the work more meticulously, of course, Wang Jinming will always leave a trustworthy force Once the horse bandits break through Baotou, he will quickly transfer Yang Yuanzhao, even if he refuses, as long as he moves to the highway, after running, enter any toll station, will be more safely protected.

"By the way, the wheat is about to be harvested, Brother Zelin, have you informed the caravan, during this time, you are not allowed to enter or leave, and let the merchants bring a message, it is best not to come to Baotou during this time, at most 20 days, all right!"

"I've been informed!" Liu Shu nodded and said, he is also one of the few high-level people in Baotou, who still stay in Baotou, the gentleman is not good under the wall, and most of the others choose to leave, only a few, such as Jiang Wenhou and Hou Jinsheng stay, one of them is a big shopkeeper, and the other is a landlord, and they can't leave.

Although the bandits are numerous, it is impossible to block all the trade routes, at least the trade routes from Baotou to Taiyuan, because of the relationship between the toll station and the closure, it can also be passed, and there is no problem with fast horse transmission, Yang Yuanzhao's only regret is that when Harpy went to the United States, why didn't he get a cable telegraph network back, fortunately, he has entrusted a Danish businessman to be responsible for laying a telegraph network from Taiyuan to Baotou and even Zhangjiakou, and by the way, connect the surrounding areas of Baotou.

Hurry up and inform the caravans of Taiyuan and Zhangjiakou, and by the way, inform the Shaanxi side, as for the Mongolian side, there are few comes, and the focus of the horse bandits is over there, but there is no need to do more, no one can come, the horse bandits are too dense.

"All the people around have been evacuated, right?" Yang Yuanzhao couldn't help but ask, around Baotou, there are still some villages, most of them have come to the city to work, but a little is still in the countryside, this battle was led by him, it can be said that it was introduced into the country, not to resist the enemy outside the country, although it is a helpless choice, Yang Yuanzhao can't bear the loss of the people.

"They have all withdrawn, most of the villagers are reluctantly placed in Baotou, and the rest, part of the steel plant is arranged, and some are directly on the road construction site, which is a camp arranged in advance, very strong, and there is no oil and water, the horse bandits may attack, but they will not attack the main force."

"Be careful!" Yang Yuanzhao nodded and said, the whole Baotou can be said to be the foundation of his future, any bit of negligence, may cause irreparable impact, for the safety of the steel plant and road construction site, Yang Yuanzhao even gave up the two highway toll stations in the middle, leaving only a small number of personnel guarding the fort, the rest, plus part of the militia forces, on the two construction sites, 300 people were arranged, plus the original factory guard team and militia, two places, not only fixed fortresses for defense, There are also armed forces with at least 5 turrets and 1,500 guns, which may not be possible for sorties, but for protection, it is absolutely impregnable.

Time is coming minute by minute, Baotou's preparations are basically completed, the wooden stick has long been erected, but no barbed wire has been installed, for the time being, there is no need for this, special personnel and machines have been trained, used to install barbed wire, at most, that is, one or two hours of things, tens of thousands of horse bandits, even if they act separately, even if Baotou does not send detectives, on top of a 30-meter high building, with a high-powered telescope can also see 100 miles away, 100 miles, horse bandits take at least one or two hours, This is still the result of sparing no horsepower and speeding up the horse, as for the ordinary small shares, in the face of the turret with three or four Makqin, it is just a dish.

Now Baotou's turret, under the support of a large number of construction workers and cement, the layout has completely wrapped Baotou and Baotou Industrial Zone, Baotou Town, although it was a commercial port before, but it is a town, about tens of thousands of people, that is, Yang Yuanzhao built an industrial zone, only to prosper, but the industrial zone is how big, 20 square kilometers, plus between the industrial zone and Baotou Town, the east and west length is about 7 kilometers, the north and south are about 5 kilometers, the circumference is only 24 kilometers, that is, 48 miles, In terms of 1 turret guarding 1 mile, 48 turrets are enough, and 96 double-layer turrets without dead ends, but now the number of turrets has reached 180, although about one-third of them cannot come in handy, but they are built to protect the safety of Baotou, plus barbed wire, they are armed to the teeth. R1152