Yuan Shikai knows a little about the difference between Beiyang and Northwest, but he doesn't go so deep, these are the problems of two different systems. At this moment, a difficult decision was made, and Yuan Shikai, who was hurrying to Baotou with all his cronies, would not think too much about it. But then, with Yuan Shikai's decision, and even for such a decision to pay for the action, a far-reaching curtain opened, this because of this military parade, and the first variable opened, this changed the entire Chinese political pattern in the early 20th century, in later generations, by countless experts and scholars valued and studied, many people set up that military parade as a victory parade, that's it, a seemingly ordinary military parade, actually caused different reactions of the two groups, set off the pace of China's reunification, The foundation of China's rise has been laid, and from this point of view, it is impossible to overestimate this victorious military parade.

There are countless scholars in later generations who have studied the psychology of Yuan Shikai and Yang Yuanzhao at that time, and made a lot of articles for the choice of the two of them at that time, adding up to the height of a person, but no matter who it is, when interviewing any of the two people, it is very simple. In fact, the choice of the two people is very simple, Yuan Shikai has always been very vigilant, the northwest, at a critical moment, did not do what the Japanese thought, and Yang Yuanzhao was even more, once he received Yuan Shikai's signal, he immediately showed the muscles of the northwest, and all of a sudden, contributed to this matter.

This special train did not stop at Beijing Station for a long time, and the train schedule had been fixed before knowing that Yuan Shikai was coming. During this time period, they will be given a separate space to run. Don't stay, or stay less. Arriving in the northwest, there are many route adjustments and time adjustments involved, that is, a mature railway network and developed radio such as the Northwest Railway Bureau, which can do all this.

The speed of the usual train is about 60-80 kilometers per hour, and the passenger train has also run more than 100 kilometers, but there are very few, only like Liu Shu. Or when Yang Yuanzhao travels, he will consider adjusting the route, so that the average speed of the line reaches about 130 kilometers per hour, and even on land, within 50 kilometers around, or even 70 kilometers, there are no vehicles.

This is equivalent to a huge space on the railway schedule, and the impact is huge. But for leaders, there is a privilege to enjoy, and in the past few years, similar adjustments have been made. It's been several times, and this time, by chance. fell on Yuan Shikai's head.

Yuan Shikai and dozens of his attachés were introduced into two special carriages. Everyone can get a private room, but Yuan Shikai's cronies and guards. They did not choose a private room, but followed Yuan Shikai and were introduced to prepare a special carriage for high-level leaders like Liu Shu and other high-level leaders in the northwest.

The opening of a special train to transport Yuan Shikai to the northwest does not mean that the command system of such a national system is opened, in fact, this system is closed, leaving only a staff on duty, a heavy iron gate and a unique design, Yuan Shikai's subordinates who are not familiar with the carriage and will not run around in the carriage will not find out.

In addition to the communication capability, on both sides of the armored train, there are two real ironclad cars, and even 203 artillery, such an army weapon, even a regiment, or even a brigade, can rely on the armored train to attack the special train, guarding for a period of time, waiting for reinforcements.

In addition to the two armored trains, the protection ability of the special train itself is also relatively strong, for example, the lower part of the carriage, at least 35 cm thick battleship steel plate, enough to resist a large number of bombing YAO attacks, this kind of special armored steel used on the battleship is the foundation of train safety.

Train is the best weapon for long-distance travel, can deal with the train of things are also many, the biggest point is to blow up YAO, historically, the leader of the Feng warlords, Zhang Zuolin, is because he did not follow the Japanese practice, and in Huanggutun, was killed by the Japanese, but also because of his death, the powerful Feng warlord, became a paper tiger, not only in the next Central Plains War, was put together, in vain, nothing was gained, but in 1931, completely lost the Northeast, And the Japanese only mobilized the strength of one division and regiment, and let the million Kwantung Army flee in the desert.

The thousand-mile railway line, if you want to achieve absolute safety, it is almost impossible, the first time the armored train appeared, it was equipped with a special train for leaders, and the one that Yuan Shikai took was also a special train left at Beijing Station.

Yuan Shikai and others just sat down, the train whistle sounded, the huge steam engine is accumulating power, even if it is still the most powerful steam engine, it cannot change the inherent problems of the steam engine, before starting, it must be warmed up, even if the new steam engine in the northwest has solved most of the problems, the initial steam accumulation process will take a long time.

Fortunately, this time passed quickly, the steam engine accumulated enough steam, the coal burned and evaporated water into steam, and then instilled into the steam engine, the thick transmission rod, kept moving, faster and faster, the abundant power dragged only 8 trains, fast forward, far smaller than the ordinary 20-car carriage much smaller special train, under the abundant power, the speed quickly accelerated to the highest.

Yuan Shikai looked at the trees behind him, kept moving backwards, and showed a thoughtful look, the speed of this train is too fast, Yuan Shikai has not done a train, when the train entered the customs, with a speed of dozens of kilometers per hour, slowly and leisurely, at the end of the day, it is almost a thousand miles, this is already the most convenient way to travel, the railway has become a large source of revenue for the Qing government, and even part of the profits have supported the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway.

Science and technology, let's just say that, Yuan Shikai from the old era, is still quite unaccustomed, but the speed of the train is really getting faster and faster, from more than 40 kilometers of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, to the back, when the Baotou popularization of the railway, the speed of the railway reached an astonishing 60 kilometers per hour, if it is driven according to 24 hours, a day is at least 1500 kilometers, that is, the old called 3000 miles, a thousand miles a day is already a thousand miles of horses, and the infantry 50 miles a day has been called the speed of God, The advent of trains has greatly changed the transfer of a wide range of people.

But the train I sat on today was obviously different, the layout was different, the decoration was different, and even this train was opened at a speed that Yuan Shikai had never seen at all, looking at the trees behind him, Yuan Shikai knew that the speed of this train should be much faster than the fastest train he had ever taken.

The train can get such a speed, even if it is only twice as much as 60 kilometers, it will reach 120 kilometers, and in 24 hours, isn't it 3,000 kilometers faster, 3,000 kilometers, enough to go south from Beijing to Guangdong, and the whole of China has passed through, this is the real speed.

When did the Northwest actually make such great progress on the railway, what is the rise of the Northwest for a long time, is it science and technology? Yuan Shikai suddenly felt that what he seemed to understand before was not understood now.

The high-speed train, soon came to the nearest station from Beijing, look at the pocket watch, Yuan Shikai once again affirmed the speed of the train, as a soldier, especially the warlord who has been in charge of Beijing for so many years, he still has a little understanding of the situation around Beijing, at this speed, a little calculation, the speed of the train, reached an average of more than 130 kilometers, which is no longer running, but flying.

From afar, it seems to be seen that the buildings of this small town, the station, but the train does not even mean to stop at all, the speed does not continue to increase, but it does not decrease, and the number of people around, including the buildings on both sides of the railway, and the pedestrians, are moving backwards at a very fast speed, obviously, this is to cross the city.

Crossing the city, how to cross, is it difficult, the city's rails have been cleaned, when thinking, the train quickly passed through the city, not to Yuan Shikai's impression, directly from the busy railway line of the small city, but on the middle of the road whistling, between the two booths of the three railways, Yuan Shikai finally understood, the middle, can not get on and off the role of the railway, is for this preparation, when not needed, you can not stop, as long as the front and rear of the railway line, With no train blocking it, he could even whizz past the platform, no matter how busy it was.

Yuan Shikai felt the speed of the train, this train did not stop in the small city before Beijing, but not a single station, no matter how ignorant Yuan Shikai was, he also knew that the train was going to stop at the station, no matter what kind of fast train, from Beijing to Baotou, at least 6 to 7 stations, now in such a non-stop situation, it is likely to be a special line, a special line arranged directly for him.

Thinking of the Beijing city controlled by himself, this base camp that Yuan Shikai has been operating for more than 20 years since he started training at a small station, and there are secrets that he Yuan Shikai doesn't know, a platform he never knows, a train he has never seen before, just like this, the railway, industry, and even the gentry, or in the Beiyang Army, how many people are developed in the northwest, and how many people are hidden chess pieces in the northwest.

Suddenly, Yuan Shikai's face was on the side, and he was not happy and angry, and even scolded out silently, because he finally thought that he had been faintly worried before, but he couldn't say where it was, not the million-strong army in the northwest, nor the powerful industrial capacity in the northwest, but the one related to the railway. (To be continued......)