"Yes, it's cement. It was the cement sent by Brother Yuan Zhao in September. According to his words, I found a bricklayer and established a semi-hidden fixed firepower point here. Look at it, this effect is too powerful!"

Wang Jinming carefully observed the semi-concealed fixed fire point in front of him and suddenly realized that it was the machine gun tower, but half of it penetrated underground, and it was not easy to be discovered. Each of the three machine gun fire ports, each of which was not particularly large, could perfectly seal the front.

If three Maxim were placed, it would become a nightmare for infantry soldiers. In half the cases, the army would only use cannons to clean him up.

Wang Jinming is a soldier, otherwise Feng Yuxiang would not have let him lead the strongest first company, saying it was a company, but with the double warriors, his overall aura is no worse than that of an ordinary battalion.

The usual hidden spots are half of the wooden structure, with sandbags at most. Facing the attack of the 75 guns, it is easy to clear them at a fixed point. There are explosion points in place. Wang Jinming also knew that the sound of shooting guns before was live ammunition. He knew very well how powerful the original Krupp's live ammunition artillery fire has. Sometimes, when facing the opponent, you can kill the opponent with just one round of artillery fire.

The hidden fixed fire point in front of me looks very cumbersome. At least, Wang Jinming saw at least 20 bullet marks above the fire point. In addition to the surrounding area, it can be said that this fire point is at least 50 rounds, or even more artillery fire bombardment, and it is intact. The entire fire point has not been subjected to too much fluctuation, at most. It is just that the cement on the surface was blown away, and the overall structure has not changed.

"What a powerful firepower point!" Wang Jinming directly placed himself on the attacker. He thought in his mind how much it would cost to get this firepower point, but after racking his brains, he did not get an answer.

"Jin Ming, come in with me to take a look!" Feng Yuxiang stretched out his hand and opened the thick iron door. The iron door was opened with a creaking sound, and a humming, or even a chirping sound came from inside.

Could it be that Wang Jinming said with a moving heart. Sure enough, by opening the thick iron gate and entering the fire point, you can see two big fat pigs, and a nest of chickens, ducks and geese, almost a dozen. This is the object of disguise and experiment. Under the impact of the fire, people are in this fixed position. At this time, the big fat pigs are in great spirit, chickens, ducks and geese. They seem to be suppressed by the sound, a little depressed, and when they see people coming in, they chatter constantly.

"This is too powerful!"

"I have fired more than 50 shells, and the shells have almost sorted out the here. I just hit it directly, at least 80 rounds. However, except for the top of the fixed fire point, the cement penetrated about 5 cm deep, and the rest of the other places are at most a skin. You must know that this fire point is about 70 cm reinforced concrete according to Yuanzhao's standards.

Feng Yuxiang said a little bit buzzingly, the strength of the fixed firepower point was far beyond his imagination. At that time, he just experimented casually, but he didn't expect that it would be so powerful. As an officer leading the army, he even thought about what to do when he encountered this firepower point head-on. He thought a lot of ways, but none of them could be implemented. Could it be that he could only blast directly with explosives in the rain of bullets.

In his letter, Yang Yuanzhao mentioned explosive packs, all of which were imported tnt bombs. One explosive pack was about 5 kg-10 kg. In his opinion, it was useless at all. In this world, it was impossible to have such a fixed defense, which could use 5 kg and 10 kg explosive packs. However, the existence of this fixed cement bunker made him a little alert. Such defense was really solid.

Wang Jinming carefully checked the interior and asked: "How long will it take for this firepower point to be built?"

"It's just a day to build a firepower point, but if the cement is thoroughly dry, it will take half a month!"

Feng Yuxiang nodded and said, even Wang Jinming couldn't help but sigh that this firepower point is too perverted. As long as you set up such a firepower point group on a key road and combine it into a link, it may be an invincible line of defense.

No wonder Feng Yuxiang and others thought so. Once cement appears, it is absolutely military supplies. Countries often use cement as a fixed fortress or a harbor and military port. The strength of 70 cm reinforced concrete is not much worse than that of ordinary stone slabs. Of course, it is also related to the fact that the mainstream artillery in China is only 75 mm.

The 75 guns, in foreign countries, have been supported by battalion-level support firepower or forward firepower. The real army heavy artillery is a cannon of more than 150 mm. This kind of artillery poses a huge threat to the 70-centimeter reinforced concrete structure, not to mention armor-piercing bombs or even naval artillery fire. In this era, any strong fortress, unless two or three meters thick reinforced concrete is covered with outside, can be called tofu shit under the attack of a 400 mm naval gun.

Feng Yuxiang sighed: "Fortunately, the cement production is not high and its use area in China is not wide. Otherwise, we will have a headache in the future. How to advance such a semi-permanent concrete defense line.

Feng Yuxiang's words did not get Wang Jinming's approval. Wang Jinming said, "Take, the cement production is very high. I went to Baotou. My little brother's factory has started to be built. His cement factory has a daily output of more than 9,000 barrels."

"9,000 barrels, 10 times the output of Qixin, are you sure?" Feng Yuxiang raised his eyebrows, and it was only after he made friends with Yang Yuanzhao that Feng Yuxiang began to notice some of the industries in Beiyang. It has to be said that Beiyang has this strong foundation, but Qixin was invested and built by the British. Beiyang spent a huge price to get it from the British. It was the first in China's output at that time and began to export abroad. It was one of the famous wallets in Tianjin, and it was a factory under Zhou Xuexi's personal control.

"Compared with my younger brother's factory, Qixin is nothing at all. Do you know, a cement factory. For my younger brother, it is just a factory built in the northwest. He seems to have a new factory construction now."

Feng Yuxiang was silent for a while. When he met Yang Yuanzhao, what Yang Yuanzhao said seemed to have come true little by little. Instead, he was a little confused. He sighed and asked, "Jin Ming, tell me in detail. What is the situation when he goes to Baotou."

Wang Jinming briefly introduced it and specifically mentioned several factories in Baotou. Feng Yuxiang was silent. He was a general who led troops and believed that he had good talent. He also knew that he could use his soldiers to win everything for him. However, from the time he saw the anti-Yang Yuanzhao, he gradually changed. Soldiers did not represent everything. Let’s talk about it now. If he did not exploit the people, it would be difficult to support 500 soldiers, not to mention high-intensity training, whether it was basic physical training, or involvement, shooting artillery, etc., it would never be possible to leave money.

So basic physical training seems to be useless, but people are running constantly. However, if the soldiers' bodies do not lose money, nutrition must be kept up. A meal must be full and meat. A team of nearly 2,000 people, after physical training, at least 2,000 fat pigs, as well as more than 2,000 kilograms of grain and several vegetables, this is fixed, not to mention shooting training, at least tens of thousands of rounds, or even more bullets at a time. His soldiers have good qualities and are fed with bullets and shells. If it weren't for Yang Yuanzhao's support, could he do this? Can an excellent soldier really decide everything?

It is not easy to raise troops. Even if you are as strong as Lord Yuan, you can only afford the 6 Beiyang towns with more than 70,000 people. Among them, there are troops from the Wuwei Army who are out of the core and direct line. The real elite may be less than 30,000. What is Beiyang? It is a new army that has devoted the whole country to establish. It has a huge investment every year. Beiyang deserves this title. It has been a military parade and exhibition for the Qing court many times.

The experience of leading troops alone made Feng Yuxiang realize that as Yang Yuanzhao said, the revolutionaries did not think too much about it, there was no policy program, no unified army, and even after the revolution, China did not think clearly about where to go. China, the wars in the Far East, or some small-scale wars, 75 artillery can be called heavy artillery. In foreign countries, Germany's 105 artillery has been equipped with regiment level, 75 artillery has long been popularized into the battalion. The firepower of the uncle's division is 155 artillery, a division, and hundreds of artillery. This is the real steel example. Not to mention whether the Beiyang Army has or not, even if all the artillery is concentrated together, I am sorry. If one shot is tens of yuan, hundreds of artillery, or even thousands of artillery, this investment is unbearable. If an hour of artillery is shot, not to mention the other party, even the Beiyang logistics will collapse.

Technology and economy have brought such huge changes, which made Feng Yuxiang amazed, and his mentality about revolution also relaxed. If the revolution could not change China's current situation, so what if it was overthrown the Qing government? If a leader could not fundamentally change China's destiny, he would still be bullied by the great powers.

Feng Yuxiang's face was gloomy and clear. Wang Jinming didn't dare to say anything at this time. After a while, Feng Yuxiang said quietly: "Jin Ming, how about you bring someone to Baotou!"

"What?" Wang Jinming seemed not to accept Feng Yuxiang's statement, and looked at Feng Yuxiang in shock.

"It's nothing. I will bring the most elite troops to Baotou. As long as I have money and food, I can continue to train. Baotou also needs seeds. I think that with Yuan Zhao, there is no need to worry about all aspects." Feng Yuxiang said calmly: "You bring the whole company with you, and the artillery team will also take over. Don't bring the artillery and guns. I think it should be possible to solve the problem with Yuan Zhao!"

Wang Jinming knew very well what the company represented to Feng Yuxiang now. The veterans brought out from Beiyang, the remaining veterans here, and the best people in training. These are basically all in the company, with a full battalion of 500 people, and the company has at least 700 people, not including the artillery team of more than 100 people. He had promised Yang Yuanzhao that he would send the wealthy personnel to Baotou, but he was not the main force like him. He hurriedly asked, "Boss, what should you do if you leave in the company?"

"I, what do you think? The entire battalion is trained by 100 years old. Not to mention your first company and artillery team, will the remaining second company and third company be worse than when I came before?"

Wang Jinming was silent. He knew that the first company was elite, and the veterans were the first-class people were transferred in, but the others were nothing. They were all peasants. To be precise, they were the peasants in the surrounding towns, a few revolutionaries, and a small number of peasants from Baotou. The second and third companies formed by these two companies did not have the bad habits of veterans and old Beiyang. Many of them were innocent. It was almost Feng Yuxiang who taught them how to do it. In Feng Yuxiang's view, this kind of blank paper was to make up for the precious things. As long as he was given time and consolidated his foundation, it might not be worse than the ones he took away. If he had money and guns, would he be afraid that he could not attract people?

"By the way!" Seeing Wang Jinming still hesitating, Feng Yuxiang continued to say, "Jin Ming, have you noticed that my little brother has such a world-renowned insight. Everything he said has been done. And this time I directly asked us for soldiers, just to protect ourselves. Think about it, such a huge industry, that is, in Baotou, contacted so many Shanxi merchants, and then I came here to get it. With the expansion of investment, there are many funds. Who can guarantee that others are not jealous, maybe even Yuan Zhongtang will be jealous. What should I do then? I hand it over it in vain. I don't believe that these people from the Qing government can manage Baotou well, but they are not dependent on the power in my hands. I understand. Someone with unknown names and no organization. As long as you have money and guns, you can just pull up the team. We are just a help, just a help that will save his strength."

Feng Yuxiang made the decision, and Wang Jinming didn't say anything. The core of the entire third battalion, including the 100 old foundation brought from Beiyang, was given to Wang Jinming, and the people from Baotou were all stuffed into it. There were 800 reorganized troops, all of whom took off their military uniforms, put down their weapons, and rushed to Baotou with Wang Jinming. Along the way, there was no need to cross the railway, but just a carriage and cross from Mongolia. There were a small number of weapons and guards. No one dared to move easily in such a group of people. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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