Feng Yuxiang, dressed in military uniform, stood up after Yang Yuanzhao's words fell, the style of the costume was the appearance of the co-commander of the Beiyang New Army, worn on Feng Yuxiang, it was really very powerful, he had been sitting in the corner before, and now, everyone's eyes were cast over, but there was no panic, and he walked to the front of the rostrum meticulously, Yang Yuanzhao gave up his position on the side, and handed over the central position to Feng Yuxiang, Feng Yuxiang nodded slightly at him, and then stepped forward and said: "Hello everyone, I am Feng Yuxiang, The co-unification of the 54th Mixed Formation Association of the Baotou New Army! ”

After Feng Yuxiang came to Baotou, he was more in training, except for dealing with a few people who were in direct contact, the rest of the people had seen very little, to the shareholders on the rostrum, they all knew him, nodded to him, and then Hou Jinsheng took the initiative to ask: "General Feng, I don't know how many soldiers Baotou has now!" ”

At that time, Yang Yuanzhao proposed to build a new army, Hou Jinsheng and others made a lot of efforts, of course, what really made the new army established, I am afraid that it was the time and fortune, if it were not for the regent in order to suppress the power of Beiyang, for the new army in various places, as much as possible to support, not to mention that the new army in Baotou has a mixed association of troops, it can build a battalion, it is considered good.

With the establishment, there is a previous militia on the basis of the establishment, a lot of things have been handed over to the military, they these shareholders in addition to the discussion of costs, with the development of Baotou is becoming more and more broad, the whole Baotou can use more and more funds, especially the emergence of the new army, so that Baotou within 500 kilometers of no bandits, pay a little bit of money, for any business, is not too difficult, not to mention the cost of the Weijia and other ticket numbers of gold and silver operation, there is not much that really needs to be discussed.

What's more, Yang Yuanzhao is responsible for the bulk of military spending, from weapons to basic supplies, most of them are allocated by Yang Yuanzhao, so even Liu Shu only knows that the 54 Mixed Formation Association is well organized, and there are many people who go to recruit troops several times, but if you really want to talk about the number of people, you really can't say it.

Hou Jinsheng's question immediately attracted everyone's attention, Feng Yuxiang's military style, did not like Gu Zuo to talk about him, and said calmly: "54 Mixed Formation Association has been in intense training since the end of the previous year, in the past 1 year, we have carried out a total of 4 periods of recruit training, each for 3 months, currently has 4 reinforcement standards, each standard 7000 soldiers, and about 2000 people, all of which have undergone at least 6 months of formal training!" ”

Feng Yuxiang's words were calm, but there was an uproar below, all the shareholders, including Hou Jinsheng who asked him, looked at him in disbelief, 7,000 regular soldiers, 2,000 people, that is to say, with a regular military force of nearly 36,000 people, if you add 3,000 people of the Yellow River patrol battalion, it is a small 40,000 people, when, Baotou has so many soldiers, 40,000 guns, even in the whole of China, it is also a powerful force, you must know that Beiyang is only more than 70,000 people, This is still Yuan Shikai took 20 years to gradually get up, how long did it take Baotou to do, more than a year, or two years, just to complete such a huge army, unconsciously, Baotou has such a huge force, all the shareholders are a little overwhelmed.

The army is not so easy, Yuan Shikai is a person, he can be the governor of Zhili, Zhongtang, he can definitely be called a hero, it took him 20 years to have a Beiyang army of 70,000 people, so the regent is extremely jealous, not only drove him home, but even wanted to kill him, but because of the instability of Beiyang and did not make the trip, Baotou has 40,000 people, what can he do, this Yang Yuanzhao is also amazing, not only to open a factory, to run an industry is a good hand, put it on the army, but also so powerful.

The shareholders below overestimated Yang Yuanzhao's ability, the biggest problem with the expansion of an army is not power and status, but capital and weapons, the great powers did not turn China into a colony, on the one hand, because China is too big, the people contain countless forces, on the other hand, how can it not contain each other, but there is one point, the thinking of the great powers is unified, that is, to weaken China, as far as possible not to arm China.

The Beiyang Army is known as China's strongest army, even the great powers are amazed by his combat effectiveness, but in fact, is this really the case, dare not fight in the First World War, compared with the division of the great powers, in the first war of machine gun intensification, the Beiyang Army may not even be called a third-rate, even before the First World War, whether it is the level of training, the number of artillery caliber, the number of machine guns is far inferior, really get the most elite troops together, just by virtue of division-level equipment, the Beiyang Army can not have any upper hand at all.

The weapons are all returned, and several are several times more expensive than the purchase price of the country's military, which makes the already weak Qing government unable to equip powerful weapons at all, this qiē, in Yang Yuanzhao's place, there is no problem at all, as long as there are drawings in the all-in-one machine, you can provide a steady stream of weapons, how powerful, how to come, even the main army of the active forces of the great powers are stronger in weapons.

Weapons are one aspect, more important is money, a soldier's salary, in the entire army, is only a part, to train a soldier, live ammunition training is always necessary, as well as food, military salary, and so on, Yang Yuanzhao is rich, Baotou is also rich, the reason why such a large army is expanded so quickly, high investment is the most critical, the soldier's salary is almost as fast as that of ordinary workers, three meals are nutritious, the least meat and the like, in order to treat night blindness, It also adds animal offal and other foods rich in vitamin A, if it is just like this, the investment in arms and training is the real big deal, veterans train 100 rounds of live ammunition every day, recruits 50 rounds, as for artillery and other special arms, each person is also guaranteed 5-10 shells, if it is not for the all-in-one machine and part of the ammunition produced by Baotou, just this is enough to make the new army's finances completely collapsed.

It is precisely under the impetus of sufficient funds and weapons, under the training of advanced training methods, the personnel of the team began to increase crazily, four recruit training, each time there will be more than 4,000 people to sign up, from the middle of the best to select, ladder training, staff and chief officer replacement system, perfect so that the new army smoothly expanded, even if a standard of more than 9,000 people, but also stable control, whether it is the military spirit, or combat effectiveness, have reached a relatively high level.

"There really are so many, they are real numbers, not empty salaries!" A shareholder expressed everyone's suspicions, the army has a long history of empty salary, almost thousands of years of history, and the backward military system, including the benefits of empty salary, has made countless military leaders keen on empty salary.

"I'll help General Feng answer this!" Before Feng Yuxiang could speak, Yang Yuanzhao stood up and said: "Our new army adopts the practice of separating the military chief officer from the logistics chief, the military chief officer only focuses on training and management, and will be responsible for combat command in the future, as for logistics, such as the arrangement of food, the rationing of military supplies, and even the payment of salaries, it is another system, which is managed by the logistics department specially stationed in the army, and they are two systems with the army, so the appearance of empty pay has basically been eliminated!" ”

The shareholders attending the meeting instantly understood Yang Yuanzhao's approach, which is actually somewhat similar to the Ming Dynasty's Five Military Governor's Office, but it is more thorough, modern army, logistics is the key, any war, pouring countless bullets and shells, logistics are listed separately, which is conducive to unified management, and it also puts an end to the bad habit of empty pay that has affected the Chinese army for countless years.

The real 40,000 guns, as well as some cannons and machine guns, several family heads on the rostrum, Fang Liang with fierce eyes, the troubled times have appeared, and the fate of the Qing court has not been in a few years, in this case, there is a force that can be mastered, for anyone, it is a huge sense of security, the youngest head of the Qiao family first asked: "I don't know how the combat effectiveness of the mixed compilation association is!" ”

"Master Qiao, I don't know, who are you compared to?" Feng Yuxiang knew the Qiao family and nodded and asked.

"Of course it's with Beiyang, it can't be compared with the new army!" The head of the Qiao family said calmly.

Feng Yuxiang suddenly laughed, making everyone a little unsure of what he meant, so it was easy to wait for Feng Yuxiang to laugh, and said calmly: "We don't compare with Beiyang!" ”

Don't compare with Beiyang, it is compared with someone, is it a new army, or a patrol battalion, among the many shareholders, under the preconceived idea, I intuitively feel that the team of 40,000 will be pulled up in two years, and the armament is complete, but the overall combat effectiveness is not strong, everyone is gloomy, and one of the shareholders blurted out, "It will not be compared with the green battalion!" ”

"Of course not with the Green Battalion!" Looking at everyone's discolored faces, Feng Yuxiang knew why, and said calmly: "Our training standards are on par with the German army, in the past year, we have hired a total of about 300 German officer corps, a qiē standard according to Germany, and also added a little bit of our innovation, to put it bluntly, if we are one-on-one with Beiyang, the defeat must be Beiyang, even if it is a model third town, if it is a defensive battle, one against three is no problem!" ”

"Beiyang is a strong army in the world, why is General Feng so confident." A middle-aged man said with a little excitement: "My son graduated from the Japanese Army, and he didn't go to Beiyang in the end, which shows the strictness of Beiyang, as for Germany, I heard that it is the world's first army, how much stronger it can be than Beiyang!" The middle-aged man asked, still a little unconvinced.

"Much stronger, much stronger!" Feng Yuxiang said calmly: "If according to the ordinary standards of Beiyang, the elite German army can defeat the Beiyang army at least by one to two!" ”R1152