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Once again, the Jilin Army began a large-scale expansion, although with the strength of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, it simply could not support such an army. But Wu Haoxuan still decided to go all out. After all, if you don't have enough military strength, you may suffer in the next war.

In troubled times, guns and people are king. Otherwise, just wait for the nest to be wiped out! Whether it is Zhang Yuting, Feng Linge, or Yuan Datou, they are not good birds. As for the little Japan and Lao Maozi hidden behind, they are even more vicious. Once it fails, although the world is great, there will no longer be a place for the Wu family's father and son.

Now that he has embarked on the road of fighting for hegemony, Wu Haoxuan has long had an awareness in this regard. Therefore, under so much pressure, he can only improve his strength as much as possible to ensure that he wins the war for hegemony, not become a loser.

Twelve infantry divisions, nearly 220,000 people, seems like a lot. But once war breaks out, it's a bit insignificant. After all, the enemy is too strong. Zhang Yuting and Feng Linge are just small characters. Yuan Datou is also a strong outsider. The real enemies were the two great powers, Little Japan and Lao Maozi. Little Japan, in particular, is undoubtedly the biggest enemy in front of us.

Although, after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the powerful army of small Japan has been dismantled. At present, the standing strength of the Japanese Army is maintained at 25 divisions. But these 25 divisions are still not something that the Jilin Army can confront them. At full strength, these 25 divisions alone have almost 550,000 people. With Japan's population, if the army is expanded, it will be able to expand the army to millions of people.

Of course, because of other limiting factors, little Japan will not let go of the expansion of its army. This is also Wu Haoxuan's only chance. If little Japan survives the difficult period of the past few years and the pressure of foreign debt is relieved, it will be very difficult for Wu Haoxuan to unify the Northeast again. Not to mention anything else, Little Japan's frenzied collection of those resources in Mukden is making Japan's industrial strength grow rapidly.

If nothing else, let's take the simplest example. Most of the iron ore in Anshan and Benxi was occupied by the Japanese. Jilin's steel mills have already started production, and the iron ore needed also comes from Benxi. But in this regard, it was hindered by the Japanese. If it weren't for the agreement between Wu Haoxuan and Zhang Yuting, maybe Jilin's steel mills would even have to import iron ore.

However, this is not a long-term solution after all. Zhang Yuting did not feel the threat of Jilin, once he fully fell to Japan, Jilin would not want to get a piece of iron ore. Therefore, Wu Haoxuan had to unify the Northeast in the shortest possible time, and then drive the Japanese out of the Northeast. In this way, he will have enough capital to continue the confrontation with the Japanese.

The expansion of the Jilin Army is very low-key. The soldiers who were obtained in the fight against bandits had already started training. The army recruited from the society was still in the name of the original four infantry divisions. As for the numbers after the expansion, they are just the numbers within the Jilin Army. This is also done to hide his strength. Of course, it is still impossible to hide it completely. At most, it can only hide part of its strength.

The current Tohoku, although in peacetime. The Wu family and the Ma family are combined, and Jilin and Heilongjiang are connected. Zhang Yuting, who occupies Fengtian Province, and Feng Linge, who occupy Rehe, are also actively developing their own strength. The three parties are relatively peaceful. However, underneath this calm, there is an undercurrent. Whether it is Mukden or Rehe, they are also expanding their armies.

Zhang Yuting's 27th town, according to the establishment of Beiyang, has a total of more than 12,000 people. However, in addition to this town, he also formed 5 other independent brigades, namely the 1st Independent Brigade of the Mukden Army, the 2nd Independent Brigade, the 3rd Independent Brigade, the 4th Independent Brigade and the 5th Independent Brigade. Each brigade had more than six thousand people. In this way, there are more than 40,000 people under Zhang Yuting's command. Such a military force is no longer weak. But compared with the Jilin Army, it is a bit of a trivial. Even before the expansion of the Jilin Army, the number of troops was much larger than that of Mukden. In particular, the gap between the two sides in terms of weaponry and troop training, the Jilin Army should be able to defeat the troops under Zhang Yuting easily with the use of two infantry divisions.

Feng Linge was also expanding his army, and in addition to the full strength of the 28th Town, three other mixed associations were established, each of which had more than 6,000 people. In this way, Feng Linge's troops expanded to more than 30,000 people in total. In addition to this, Feng Linge also had the support of some Mongol tribes, and he could also get several thousand Mongol cavalry in the event of a war. On the Northeast Plain, the cavalry was very strong. This also made Feng Linge think that his military strength was no worse than Zhang Yuting.

Of course, under the auspices of Wu Haoxuan, Jilin's army strength was much stronger. Even if Zhang Yuting and Feng Linge joined forces, they were not the opponents of the Jilin Army before the expansion. Once the Jilin Army completes the expansion of the army, from 4 infantry divisions to 12 infantry divisions, it will be able to easily crush Zhang Yuting and Feng Linge and gain absolute military superiority.

Regarding the threat of Jilin, Zhang Yuting and Feng Linge are also aware of it. However, Feng Linge didn't care too much. He still regards Zhang Yuting as his biggest enemy. When he fought with Zhang Yuting for Fengtian Province, he failed, and then left Fengtian in a gloomy way and went to Rehe. Although it received Taonan Province in Fengtian Province, in addition, Fengtian supports Rehe's military expenditure of 1.2 million oceans every year. But Feng Linge was not satisfied.

Compared to Rehe, Mukden is undoubtedly much better. The population is also much larger. If you have Mukden Province, this will undoubtedly be able to establish a solid base for the hegemony of the Northeast. For this reason, Feng Linge has been preparing since he arrived in Rehe.

Zhang Yuting felt much deeper about the threat of Jilin. On the one hand, Jilin began to establish its own heavy industry, especially steel mills and arsenals, which made Zhang Yuting very hot. He also wanted to build his own steel mill and arsenal, but first, there was no capital, and second, there was no technology. The third is that the Japanese obstructed it. As a result, Zhang Yuting's industrial plans could only be put on hold. On the other hand, Jilin began a large-scale campaign against beards, which made Zhang Yuting very dissatisfied.

Zhang Yuting was born in a beard and can be said to be the best among beards. From a beard to a provincial overseer, this is undoubtedly an extremely gorgeous metamorphosis. This made Zhang Yuting almost an idol of beards. Similarly, Zhang Yuting is associated with a lot of beards. The beards in the land of the Northeast almost have to give him some face.

Originally, Zhang Yuting also planned to continue to maintain contact with these beards. In this way, in the future competition for the northeast, these beards may play a certain role. But now, the Jilin Army has begun to suppress bandits on a large scale, and a large number of beards have either been killed or surrendered. This undoubtedly weakened Zhang Yuting's strength invisibly!

Coupled with the instigation and sowing discord of the Japanese, Zhang Yuting really felt the threat of Jilin.

"Neighbor, what do you think we should do now? Has the strength of the Jilin Army really grown to more than 100,000? Zhang Yuting seemed preoccupied. Originally, he thought that he would be able to expand the army under his command to more than 40,000 people, which is already impressive. After all, even before the large-scale expansion of the Beiyang Army, there were only more than 70,000 people. It is already remarkable that he was able to expand the army to half of the Beiyang Army with the strength of a single province.

However, compared to the madness of the Jilin Army, this is nothing at all.

"Jilin has strengthened the secrecy of military information, and we have not been able to get accurate information. However, since the Japanese are convincing in their words. Then it must be true. Yang Tingyu, chief of staff of the Fengtian Army, said.

"Alas! It seems that we have all underestimated Second Brother Wu. Unexpectedly, he, who was considered unambitious, took the lead in laying such a big foundation. Zhang Yuting's feelings were a little low.

"Dashuai, Wu Dashuai is a person with no ambitions, that's right. However, Wu Shaoshuai is a person with great ambitions. This point has been expressed since the beginning of the Shengjing incident. ”

Zhang Yuting nodded: "Haoxuan is indeed a man of great talent. ”

"What's more, handsome! I've been thinking about why Jilin has so much money to expand the army. With Jilin's financial resources, it is simply impossible to support a large-scale military expansion. The only explanation is probably the funds brought by Wu Shaoshuai. It doesn't work out, but Young Marshal Wu has contacts with the Americans and has the support of the Americans. Yang Tingyu guessed.

"If that's the case, it's troublesome." Zhang Yuting's face became more and more ugly. If the Wu family really has the support of the Americans, then what will he do to fight the Wu family!

"Boss, it looks like we're going to have to look for foreign help." Yang Tingyu said.

Zhang Yuting hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I'll think about the matter of cooperating with the Japanese." The Japanese are wolf-like ambitions, and if they don't do it well, they will lure the wolf into the house. ”

Yang Tingyu's mouth opened, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"Let's find a way to expand the army first, recently a lot of old brothers have come to join us, and when the Jilin Army is in need of personnel, we will find a way to expand the five independent brigades. In that case, we would have 70,000 or 80,000 people. Even if the Jilin Army has 100,000 troops, we are not much worse than them. Zhang Yuting said.

"Yes, sir. But, what about the money? Yang Tingyu asked. It is not so easy to expand the army, it is necessary to have people and equipment. And all of this requires money.