On April 10, after receiving 1 million yuan in cash from the Yushi Group office in Tianjin, Yuan Shikai drew a regiment from the Sixth Town stationed in Beijing and the Fourth Town in Tianjin to form an infantry association of more than 4,000 people and marched directly to Outer Mongolia.

At the same time, Yan Shao has also promised that he will bear all the follow-up costs.

Since this promise was issued by Yan Shao in an electronic message, the whole country already knew about it, so although it was still not clear what Yan Shao would pay to support them, Yuan Shikai and Feng Guozhang and others were more or less relieved—————— people in this era are still very face-conscious, and it doesn't matter what they do behind their backs, since they have made a promise in front of everyone, the possibility of returning is almost equal to zero...

"In addition..."In the Iron Lion Alley, Yang Shiqi read the telegram that had just been sent from Anhui for Yuan Shikai. That Yan Dudu also wants to discuss with you whether to send a regiment of troops to help or something, and proposes that as long as the palace guards need it, they can transport a regiment of revolutionary troops to Tianjin by sea at any time..."

"Help?" Yuan Shikai shook his head. "There are only a few thousand rebels, and they don't need their help, not to mention that fighting in Outer Mongolia is different from fighting in the south, a distance of thousands of miles, and it is useless to rely on equipment alone..."

Although the Kuomintang has just won a big victory at Cihu River, it has become the third largest force in the country. But even so, Beiyang's evaluation of the Anhui Revolutionary Army is still very low, and the overall impression is that —————— group of children are bullying another group of children with sharp weapons...

For them, the only bright spot of the Anhui Revolutionary Army in Cihu River was the large-scale use of machine guns.

Hundreds of machine guns in that division. The people of Beiyang looked red-eyed, and from time to time they shouted in Yuan Shikai's ears that they should also be equipped with more machine guns—————— although Beiyang was also equipped with some machine guns, which played a considerable role in the defense of Yangxia. But after all, the number is too small, and there are only relatively heavy Makqin, and there are almost no light machine guns such as Madsen.

If you are against the people under him, Yuan Shikai has a headache, after all, almost all the warehouses in Beiyang can starve to death of rats now, where did you get so much money to buy machine guns?

But to be honest, I saw that the Anhui army was so wide. Yuan Shikai is actually quite envious.

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Although there is a lot of trouble in Outer Mongolia, in fact, the combat effectiveness of those rebels may not be much stronger than that of the people's army in Nanjing, not to mention that there are only a few thousand people. So Yuan Shikai really didn't take it to heart. For him, it is not the rebels who really need to worry at all, but the Russians who stand behind the rebels.

If you just clean up those rebels, not to mention a cooperative, even the strength of a regiment is enough. And if the Russians behind them also stand up. That's two more regiments. I'm afraid it's useless...

This is not only clear to Yuan Shikai, but even Yang Shiqi is also clear.

Although the Anhui Revolutionary Army fought beautifully in Cihu River, it was a defensive war after all, and it relied on sharp weapons, and the opponent was just a group of rabble.

This time it was different, going deep into the grasslands and deserts for thousands of miles to engage the enemy, and the logistical problem alone was enough to make all the weapons in the hands of the Anhui Revolutionary Army dumb, and without these weapons. The current Anhui Revolutionary Army is probably stronger than those rebels.

"But after all, they are our financiers, and when they reply, their tone was a little tactful..."Yuan Shikai thought about it. Then he spoke. "Let's just say that we understand their kindness, if we can't deal with the situation in Outer Mongolia, we are asking them to send troops to support..."

But then again, it was only a few thousand rebels, and Yuan Shikai really didn't think he would be able to deal with it.

After listening to Yuan Shikai's words, Yang Shiqi, who was standing on the side, stroked his beard and said softly. "Then we'll just reply..."

"Just reply..."

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Somewhere in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, hiding in tents, a few children secretly looked out.

Outside the tent, groups of soldiers were passing in front of the tent, and beside them, several richly dressed Mongols were talking to a few officers led by them.

After the troops of an association entered the Inner Mongolia region, the princes of Inner Mongolia, who were still a little noisy, suddenly quieted down a lot.

At the same time, in order to stabilize the situation in Inner Mongolia, the Beiyang government, while deterring by force, adopted a variety of preferential treatment and co-optation policies for the Mongolian princes, successively promulgated the "Regulations on the Treatment of Mongolia" and "The Princes of Mongolia in the Republic of Sitzan to be knighted", and planned to convene a meeting of the Eastern and Western Mongolian princes at a later date to explain the government's policy toward Mongolia, so that the Mongolian princes of Inner Mongolia would have an understanding of Yuan Shikai's so-called "republic".

Historically, Yuan Shikai did this to a certain extent, when the princes of Eastern and Western Mongolia successively telegraphed in favor of the republic, supported the Republic of China, opposed the "independence" of Kulun, and demanded the abolition of the "Russian-Mongolian Entente". The Mongolian Princes' Federation in Beijing issued a statement to the same effect, and the Islamic League's Wushenqi 'Duguilong' movement also punished the princes and the upper echelons of the princes who tried to defect to Outer Mongolia.

At this time, with the advance of the 4000 Beiyang Army, it can only be said that the effect is far better than in history.

Anhui, with the entry of the Beiyang Army, the follow-up material collection also began.

A large amount of food, tents, ammunition and other materials were raised, especially ammunition, the Beiyang Army used 8mm bullets, of course, it can also be said to be 79 rifle bullets, in fact, they all mean the same thing.

Coincidentally, not long ago, the revolutionary army captured a considerable number of Hanyang-style rifles in Cihu River, and the bullets used by Hanyang-made are also of this type.

Guns, naturally impossible to support, after all, there is no shortage of guns on the Beiyang side, and maybe others don't know what to do, but Yan Shao knows very well that Beiyang will be his biggest enemy in the next few years, at this time, for the sake of the country and the nation to support some money and materials, if even the guns are supported, then he is really a bit of a two...

You have to know what Hanyang makes. In this era, China was quite advanced, and the Beiyang side also used this kind of rifle, as well as a batch of rifles imported from Japan.

However, the gun can't support it. But the bullets are still fine.

So while loading a large number of supplies on the ship, a whole three ships of bullets were also sent to Tianjin...

Yan Shao's support is so strong, Beiyang naturally can't help but respond.

Those materials have just been sent to Tianjin, and the Beiyang side has already given Yan Shao many titles, including this general and that general, although they are all false titles, but because of the relationship between Outer Mongolia. The two sides are in a rare honeymoon period...

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In a downtown area in Anqing, several young people are playing basketball on a newly built court.

Basketball is a new game for people in the city—————— it's not just for them. Even abroad, this kind of game is slightly new, at least not as popular as later generations.

The reason is simple, as the game was only created in 1892. It's only been 20 years.

20 years. It's really not short at all, but considering the backward means of communication in this era, it is conceivable that there are many places where basketball is not known, at least not many people in China know about it, even abroad, if it were not for the 1904 men's basketball was included in the Olympic exhibition program, I am afraid not many people will know about it.

And this kind of game is officially included in the official program of the Olympic Games. It was the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

On the court, several young people were having fun. And the attention of several female students standing next to the court intensified the intensity of this basketball—————— what a pitiful and pathetic man...

Looking at the lively appearance of the court next to him, in a gazebo dozens of meters away, several elderly people who were playing chess took a look, shook their heads, and then refocused their attention on the chessboard.

In another gazebo not far away, several old ladies were playing mahjong there...

Not far away, some workers are busy with construction...

As the situation in Anhui has become more and more stable, the transformation and construction of the city has also entered a substantial stage.

Yan Shao lent money to the military government, and later funded by the military government, a large number of construction teams entered Anqing to renovate the city's original dilapidated roads.

A large number of streets have been changed to gray pavement, and the drainage system under the road has become more advanced—————— originally according to Yan Shao's intention, the drainage system was planned to be built to the point that it can be used as an air-raid shelter, so that no matter what happens in the future, there is no need to panic.

It's just that the equipment in these years is relatively backward after all, and some common equipment in later generations is useless, and only some manual means can be used to build roads or something. In this case, if that kind of drainage system is built, I am afraid that these roads will not be able to be used for a long time, so Yan Shao can only take a step back and lower some standards.

In addition to roads, many infrastructure facilities have also been put into operation.

For example, the most basic street lights, as well as wires, etc., in addition to some spare sections in the city, many public facilities have also been built, such as the basketball court just now, and some pavilions specially used for the elderly——————, etc., the old people will use the pavilion to play chess or mahjong, Yan Shao has already guessed this, after all, the old people in later generations will also do this...

In fact, Yan Shao wants to build more football fields, after all, football is really a pain in the hearts of men in Yan Shao's era, and basically I am afraid that it is difficult to have a soothing day, compared with it, women are obviously much happier...

It's just that at this time, Anqing City is still in a state of being surrounded by city walls, and there is not a lot of land that can be taken out to build public places, and the basketball court is already considered the limit, so Yan Shao can only give up this idea...

In addition to a large number of public facilities, the military government also paid for the purchase of houses from ordinary people in some of the more dilapidated areas of the city, and the prices were absolutely discounted. These houses will also be demolished and rebuilt into new six-storey housing.

As for the original residents, they can now rent some houses in the city.

And according to the junta, as long as they want, they can buy these houses at a lower price than others after they are built, which is the so-called urbanization...

In fact, with the opening of a large number of factories in Anqing, the young and strong labor force in some surrounding rural areas has begun to pour into Anqing. Urbanization has become almost inevitable. Outside the city, new living quarters have also been built.

Naturally, it's not just cities that are being built...

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In the Governor's Palace. Yan Shaozheng was looking at a document that had just arrived.

It is very clear on the document that it is about the number of cars in Anhui.

As the foundation of Yushi Group, Anhui has naturally become the province with the largest number of cars in China. It's just that it wasn't just the ordinary gentry or merchants who contributed the most to this, but the army...

With the commissioning of truck assembly lines, a considerable number of trucks come off the assembly line almost every day.

The cost of trucks is obviously much higher than that of ordinary cars—————— of course the opposite is true in later generations, but the cars of this era are very simple. In particular, simplified cars such as raindrops or Model T, after the structure is reduced to the extreme, are naturally much cheaper than trucks.

It is also due to the exorbitant price of trucks. Therefore, in the country, except for Yan Shao, the vast majority of the gentry and merchants preferred to use ox carts or horse-drawn carts to haul goods, rather than use trucks.

So the trucks produced by car companies. In addition to being sold to foreign countries. Basically, it was provided to the revolutionary army, and here the problem lies precisely ...

"Now the number of trucks in the army has reached more than a hundred, if you count the number of other cars..."

Looking at the information on the document, Yan Shao frowned slightly.

"If China doesn't produce oil now, if something happens in the future, won't all these things have to stop?"

The problem arises here, and the side is forgotten, due to the existence of the Yushi Group. So that the junta and the car and such a thing as a close connection together. In addition, the presence of cars in the military government has become very common...

Especially on the military side. Due to the large number of artillery pieces equipped in the troops, in order to save manpower as much as possible, many artillery pieces were towed by trucks. Especially after Yan Shao has ordered a considerable number of 105mm light howitzers, although this caliber artillery is only 30mm larger than the 75mm caliber artillery, but the weight is much higher.

This caliber, even larger caliber artillery, can only be pulled by trucks.

If one day in the future, Yan Shao suddenly has no reason, then his artillery unit will be paralyzed by at least half...

Although the current situation in Outer Mongolia is still very troublesome, with the entry of the Beiyang Army, the situation has become slightly better, at least the princes in Inner Mongolia have been much quieter, plus other things have other people to deal with, which more or less makes Yan Shao have some time to think about other things.

For example, oil...

Now Yan Shao has a good relationship with the United States, so there is no need to worry about this for the time being, but take precautions, in case something happens someday in the future...

Yan Shao didn't think about making some money to dig up some oil in China, but in later generations, Yan Shao was not very concerned about oil, at least not very concerned about the domestic ones, and the domestic oil fields he knew about were only the more famous Daqing Oilfield and Liaohe Oilfield, which were basically in the northeast region...

The next thing is simple, Daqing is forgotten, he only knows the name of Liaohe Oilfield.

The problem is that if you pay for the exploitation of oil fields in Northeast China, you must know that the Northeast is now within the scope of the Japanese power, and Yan Shao's current power only includes Anhui. Isn't digging up oil fields in the northeast now tantamount to cheapening the Japanese for nothing?

Then the rest of the things seem to be relatively simple...

"Build your own oil reserves..."

Although it seems to be a little early from the current point of view, Yan Shao's use of cars can't help but let him start as soon as possible in this regard.

So after making up his mind, Yan Shao quickly sent a telegram to the American side.

A telegram was sent to his partner, Rockefeller, to be exact, even though he had not contacted this so-called partner for a long time.

Standard Oil has been split into one after another due to antitrust laws, but Rockefeller still has a lot of resources in his hands. The most important thing is that Yan Shao only seems to know Rockefeller, an oil-related figure in the United States, and although he knows the others, he doesn't have much friendship...

In fact, after selling Petroleos Mexicanos to Rockefeller, apart from receiving the dividends that should be received every year, there was not much intersection between Yan Shao and Rockefeller. It is also because of this relationship that when Rockefeller saw Yan Shao's telegram, he felt a little strange in his heart.

But for him, it was just a very ordinary business, so he didn't pay much attention to it. It's just that after handing over the matter to his son Rockefeller Jr., he went to work on other things, for him, the last time the matter was handled by Rockefeller Jr. himself, and this time it was too appropriate to hand over the matter to him...

At the same time, after the telegram was sent to Rockefeller, under Yan Shao's orders, oil depots were also built. There are about 20 of them.

In the design, these oil depots will be able to store enough oil reserves for Anhui for one year. With such a large amount of reserves, even if something really happens in the future, it can allow Yan Shao to tide over the difficulties temporarily...

Naturally, if possible, Yan Shao still hopes that nothing will happen... (To be continued......)