At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court was a sieve, any resolution, even before the writing came out, the news about him spread all over the sky, the news about the troops, before the troops were dispatched, let many people know, even the troops and the equipment carried, they also knew almost, the model third town, this is a team that bears many records of the Beiyang Army, and Duan Qirui is also known as the tiger among the dragons, tigers and dogs of the Beiyang Army.

The dragon refers to Wang Shizhen, he is a scholar with outstanding strategy, is the storage of the wise general, the dragon sees the head but not the tail, and the tiger is Duan Qirui, on the one hand, he is second only to Wang Shizhen in strategy, on the other hand, if the command is determined, the battle is brave, as for the lowest Feng Guozhang, he can enter the three heroes of Beiyang, which is also a skill, but he is more loyal to Yuan Shikai.

The reputation is outside Duan Qirui came in person, such an important news, paying attention to the Qing court news agent, of course, the first time to send the information, Duan Qirui's reputation is much stronger than the previous two commanders, Zhao Guoxian and Zhang Yongcheng, almost did not leave anything in the future, but Duan Qirui, not only is he very famous now, but also served as the prime minister of the three realms, the key to the dispute between the government and the court is Duan Qirui, he is in the history of the Republic of China, leaving a strong deposit.

After receiving the news, Baotou urgently studied countermeasures, Yang Yuanzhao looked at the same dignified crowd, and couldn't make up his mind.

Seeing Yang Yuanzhao's state, Jiang Baili said: "President Yang doesn't have to worry, there is Songpo here, even if the third and fourth towns come, they can't break through Zhangjiakou!" ”

"In this case, to be on the safe side, send the Second Army." Yang Yuanzhao said in a bit of a panic.

Jiang Baili hesitated, Yang Yuanzhao is also relatively conservative, almost 40,000 Beiyang troops on the opposite side pressed over, including the model third town, this is more or less, some pressure, Jiang Baili is very confident in the ability of Cai Yi and Zhang Xiaohuai, but at this time, there are more cards on hand, better.

The Second Army was only recently established, with the Fourth and Fifth Divisions as the backbone, plus several newly established divisions, and was similar to the First Army in terms of equipment, but in terms of combat effectiveness, there was still a certain difference between it and the First Army.

Jiang Baili thought about it for a while, and vetoed Yang Yuanzhao's opinion, just mentioned that it would be good to let Cai Ye and Feng Yuxiang pay attention, the 60,000 people of the first army are enough to deal with it, and if the first army and the second army are really gathered, 120,000 people are densely packed at the Zhangjiakou railway station, this is just a joke, and it can't be used.

Professional things, leave it to professional people to do, this has always been Yang Yuanzhao's insistence, in terms of military affairs, Yang Yuanzhao doesn't understand at all, just one-sidedly thinking that the more people, the better, just worried about failure, after Jiang Baili and others analyzed, he also put down a little heart, and asked instead: "By the way, what should I do in Shaanxi and Shanxi?" ”

Baotou from the independence, began to develop a step-by-step plan, the brunt of the Suiyuan, Zhangjiakou, Datong line of control, of course, there are also plans for Shaanxi and Shanxi, these two provinces are relatively good economy, developed resources, the most important thing is a large population, after obtaining, for Baotou to improve is very huge.

"Needless to say, to fight, our strategic depth in Baotou is too small, although there is a developed industry, but the population is a big disadvantage, just take advantage of this opportunity to occupy Shanxi." Jiang Baili said calmly, by the way, he also told his thoughts, it is no problem to occupy Shanxi, a division and a teaching regiment, responsible for guarding Baotou, the remaining second army and the remaining division can be released, the soldiers are divided into two ways, with the current garrison in Shanxi, there is no way to resist at all, it should be no problem to occupy Shanxi, Shaanxi is a little enough, relatively speaking, their manpower is still relatively small, with Baotou as a place, occupy from Baotou to Zhangjiakou, and then occupy Shanxi, it is already a snake swallowing elephants, If you occupy Shaanxi again, you will be held to death, the personnel trained in Baotou in recent years, Shanxi is still with the help of Jin merchants, you can take it down smoothly, Shaanxi, basically don't think about it.

Fortunately, Baotou now, there are millions of people, plus Shanxi, Suiyuan, almost more than 30 million people, relative to the whole of China, this population is not very much, but for Yang Yuanzhao, it is a great development, the army, manufacturing, and wealth, all need the population to enrich, these are the foundation, he believes that with the ability of Baotou, at most a few months, it will be able to integrate these resources and manpower, and play an unimaginable joint force.

Baotou is starting to really stick out its fangs, which is definitely not something anyone can imagine. War weapons began to open, from Baotou to Taiyuan this line, it can be said that the whole Baotou business for the longest time, received the greatest influence of Baotou, many Jin merchants, are because of the relationship between the water and the platform, relying on Baotou, made a fortune, perhaps worried, Baotou can not resist the suppression of the entire Qing court, now, known as the invincible Beiyang Army two towns, almost pressed to beat, Baotou's money advantage, a certain Cheng dù, turned into the advantage of strength, this point, Shanxi knows, Shanxi governor, I couldn't even mobilize the green forest, I heard that the head was packed, everyone ran away, and the governor's military order couldn't even go out of Taiyuan, let alone help Beiyang.

The soldiers are fast, the new army of the two divisions, taking the train, set off quickly, first occupied many cities along the train, which itself was greatly affected by Baotou, the new city is also built in Baotou, almost smelling the scenery from, then, along the railway line as a unit, all the way forward, it took less than half a month, occupied the entire Shanxi, the fourth division was stationed in Yuncheng, the fifth division was stationed in Jincheng, respectively responsible for protecting the Qing army in the direction of Shaanxi and Henan and Hebei, as for the sixth division, Of course, it occupies Yan'an, Shaanxi, where there are new oil refineries and oil production wells in Baotou, although the daily output is not much, but the petrochemical industry is still initially established.

The fall of Shanxi, suddenly caused the world to shake, Baotou independence, even if it occupied Suiyuan, and even expanded to Zhangjiakou, expanding 600 miles, but did not occupy a province, Shanxi is a large province, whether it is population, or resources, are very rich, such a whole province is occupied, or completely occupied, plus part of Mongolia and part of Shaanxi and Hebei, Baotou's power began to appear.

At this time, the news came, the Beiyang Army has not yet reached Zhangjiakou, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway has been repaired, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway is a light rail train, there is no problem with transporting troops, and there is no problem with 75 guns, but the 105 heavy artillery can be troublesome, the 105 heavy artillery supported by Britain and Japan is an old-style artillery, the caliber is very large, but the weight is greater, the weight of each artillery piece is more than 10 tons, such a huge weight, it is a huge pressure for the railway, the speed of the railway is not fast at all, and 20 guns cannot be transported to all,

It took more than 10 days for the third and fourth towns to arrive in Zhangjiakou, but when they arrived in Zhangjiakou, before the attack began, the news of the fall of Shanxi came.

The speed of the fall of Shanxi was very fast, but here in Baotou, there is no secrecy, about the number of the fourth and fifth divisions, or let outsiders know, located in Zhangjiakou is the first division, that is, at present, there are at least five divisions in the entire Baotou.

I don't know how big the division in Baotou is, but even if it is a small division, there should be more than 10,000 people, which means that the entire Baotou has more than 40,000 or even 50,000 troops, which is beyond everyone's imagination.

Modern army, the number of soldiers, the proportion in the whole, is also very important, there is no sufficient number of soldiers, simply can't stand it, itself, Zhangjiakou direction, is to guard the city, now there are a large number of personnel, this battle, not easy to fight, even if Zhangjiakou is broken, there are at least 4 divisions in the next part, thinking of Zhangjiakou's defense and the soldiers' Su zhì, some people who understand military affairs shudder, especially Duan Qirui, who led the team to Zhangjiakou.

Cai Ye here, also got the news of the arrival of the third town and four towns, especially the 105 guns, 105 guns, even the most bulky, old-fashioned 105 guns, also have huge lethality, Cai Ye entered Baotou, has seen the efficiency of the hair money and the efficiency of the pension, but do not dare to join the other new army, fight the war and employ people on top, isn't this a joke, after a person dies, more than 800 yuan pension, and about 20 consecutive years of pension allowance, this is a very large number, can be solved with firepower, Of course, it was solved with firepower, and relatively speaking, the cost of firepower was still small.

Coming to Zhangjiakou, it has been almost 4 months, Cai Ye is gradually familiar with the special forces, the special forces have undergone strict training, especially for a small detachment of combat behind enemy lines, for spying, beheading, and performing special tasks, it is the most suitable, the Beiyang Army has not yet adapted to the Baotou side, and the special forces play style, a certain way, there is still a chance.

The order was issued, at any cost, to find out the direction of the opponent's artillery, which is more difficult on the two evenly matched armies, but once the Beiyang Army is defenseless, the 105 guns can hit, only the same caliber of the cannon, and now there is no extended-range bullet or anything like that, Duan Qirui is a general who is old in the army, he is the same as Yuan Shikai, although he tried to overestimate the new army in Baotou, but he still did not judge correctly, Zhangjiakou here, not only 105 guns, There are also 155 or even 203, for the time being, there is no reason for 203 to be released, 20 203, all of them are old-fashioned naval guns, they are not convenient to move, they can not be released at all, there are only 20 left and right, there are many heavy guns of 105 and 155 calibers, as long as you find out the direction, you can destroy the opponent's artillery in minutes. R1152