Knowing this casually drawn picture, it may be a railway operation map, with this discovery, the rest is obvious, Wu Peifu is an excellent officer, quickly determined the location of the Yangtze River, the middle section of the meandering blank is the Yangtze River, this once in Chinese history, has an important role in the mother river and the southern moat, in the military, is absolutely important, plus Beiyang regards the revolutionary party as an imaginary enemy, before there is no way to deal with the northwest, it has become a natural choice to kill the Kuomintang first, Every officer of the Beiyang Army will study the Jiangnan military map, and it is ironic that this Jiangnan military map was also produced in the northwest, and it was made on the basis of the map of the whole country in the northwest and added to the military's surveying and mapping.

In the current planning, the Yangtze River will have more than 12 railways through, now, has started construction of 4 railway bridges, respectively in different places to build intensely, with Yang Yuanzhao's high standards, two years is only almost two-thirds of the construction, more than 65 meters of pier height, in the world, not the first, but reduce the speed of bridge construction, slow speed, let Yang Yuanzhao several times want to change, but in the end can only give up, the world's largest deep-water rivers, in the future, After the economic take-off and rise, the conditions for bringing convenient transportation are probably incomparable to any other channel.

The linkage of rivers and seas, 10,000 tons, or even more than tens of thousands of tons, sea vessels that meet the hydrological conditions of the Yangtze River can be directly traced back to Chinese mainland, which is a rare temptation, a Shanghai, even if it is a seaport in the future and ranks among the top in the world, the annual throughput capacity is only hundreds of millions of tons, this number. Most of the coast of Shanghai has been put into use, a busy port. It will inevitably bring efficiency to the underground, but if hundreds of ports along the river. Different throughput will not only bring about the arrangement of logistics, but also find another way to break through the restrictions of large ports, which is the most important place in the Yangtze River.

Germany, with the artificially dug Kiel Canal, Suez in the Middle East, and Panama in the Americas, are all the leaders in shipping, and in the future, as long as China is unified. The convenient conditions along the Yangtze River, under the linkage of the river and the sea, will become another level of the pinnacle of China's industrial development in the future, and it will play an unimaginable role in the rich area of the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Choosing to settle in Baotou, first, it was the first city to contact, the resources, location and geographical advantages of the northwest. In the end, Yang Yuanzhao settled here, but a poor place, a rich place, a place with a foundation. Development is different, and this is the case in later generations, Shenzhen relies on the support of the whole country and the convenience of Hong Kong across the river. From a fishing village, it has developed into a modern city. But it did not play the role of a leader and a representative, when the economy developed to a certain period of time. The rise of Shanghai, and with Shanghai as the center, radiating the entire industrial belt in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, even the Nanjing Bridge, locking the possibility of the 10,000-ton giant ship going up, this industrial belt is also the most eye-catching in China's economic development.

If, then, it was not the limit of 24 meters, but now 65 meters, the Yangtze River, the core industrial belt in southern China, what kind of sparks will burst out, at least, from Wuhan along the Yangtze River industrial zone, will become the focus of petrochemical, large oil tankers directly unloaded, convenient railway and highway water transportation conditions along the river, close to the core of China's internal location, all this will become a more brilliant miracle.

It is the price of blood that makes Yang Yuanzhao have to be patient, fortunately, although the south does not belong to the northwest, but can have the money to build a bridge on the Yangtze River, that is, the northwest family, will not come to do useless work, and now do not cross the river to fight, at most wait for another year, this time, Yang Yuanzhao can still afford to wait, and now there are 4 railway and highway dual-purpose bridges have begun to be established and designed, and the initial survey and planning work is also underway.

The line is the railway, those origins, should be the emerging railway hub provinces and cities, as a general, Wu Peifu has been to a few nodes, I feel that the development there is good, is a good source of money, and that's all, he is a rough man who leads troops to fight, speaking of military affairs, he is full of wisdom, but economically, it is his absolute weakness, there is no sense of sensitivity at all, and there is no role in discovering these nodes at all.

Wu Peifu restored the railway map more and more, and the confusion in his heart became bigger and bigger, this railway map was similar to what he saw before, the drawings of the Railway Division, and it was much simpler, the circles one by one were just nodes on the railway, but these things, do they have anything to do with the military, finally, Wu Peifu suppressed the doubts in his heart, and took the initiative to ask: "My lord, I don't know what you asked me to do with this, does this have anything to do with us?" “

"It's nothing, have you ever been to Shijiazhuang?" Yuan Shikai did not answer Wu Peifu's inquiry, but asked such a sentence without a head, which made Wu Peifu very strange, Shijiazhuang is a node city to the south of Beijing, several railway lines converge there, it is one of the emerging cities, very prosperous, Wu Peifu has been to of course been, he also knows that what Wu Peifu is talking about is not the old Shijiazhuang, there is nothing to see, it is the new Shijiazhuang after the construction of the railway, about 17 square kilometers of the city, the prosperity almost catches up with Beijing, and the population has reached about 510,000, The population density per square kilometer reaches 30,000, which is relatively large.

A brief description of what he had seen and heard, Yuan Shikai asked casually, it was so a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, so that Wu Peifu could see the difference, obviously, Yuan Shikai did not pay attention to how prosperous Shijiazhuang is, how rich Shijiazhuang is, how much tax it can receive, how much industrial and agricultural output value it produces, he is more concerned about the composition of Shijiazhuang, whether it is the scale of the city, or the buildings of the city.

Wu Peifu really didn't notice this, fortunately, Wu Peifu is a person with good talent, under Yuan Shikai's deliberate reminder, he slowly recalled, and really recalled a lot of things, the prosperity of that city seems to be just the surface, but what is really hidden under the surface is the cold steel and the strong fortress. The whole city is a newly-built, integrated reinforced concrete structure, which seems to be the practice of the northwest construction node, always on a vacant land, directly planned and formed, when all the buildings are completed, they are occupied, not like other cities, gradually developed.

The new Shijiazhuang, built on a high post near the original Shijiazhuang, several railways cross here, can not be said to be a high ground, but any attack on the new city, must be attacked, the strategic position is very in place. The city does not have a city wall like the city of the old era, but in the face of artillery, sometimes it may still be a target, the huge city wall, it is always easier to fight than a dense small room everywhere, the old-fashioned clay wall, even if it encounters the explosive coffin of the black fire YAO era, it is possible to be blown up, refer to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, once a city wall is broken, then it is an obvious breakthrough, the defenders on the city wall will die with the collapsed city wall, and in a short time, it will form an empty force.

Beiyang attaches great importance to training, taking Wu Peifu's town as an example, with such a city as a basis, he has hundreds of methods, which can be easily taken, or concentrate artillery, attack the city wall, or attack the city gate, or, group charge, saturation attack, the huge city wall, will become a coffin for the defenders to run for their lives, and the slightest carelessness will devour lives.

But in the face of Shijiazhuang, when Yuan Shikai proposed, if he took his own town, attacked Shijiazhuang, which was only one-third of his defenders and was equipped with similar artillery, Wu Peifu, who had never considered this problem, lit up in his eyes, and the military issues were much better than the previous speculation of the cloud and mountain fog cover, and he thought about it seriously, but his brows were more and more wrinkled, because Shijiazhuang, which looked prosperous and full of loopholes, was considered a lot militarily, and many superficial loopholes, I really thought about it seriously. It's really hard to do.

Shijiazhuang New City has no city wall, is it really low defense, it seems that the city is not defended, is it really not defended, a mature soldier will never think so, think about defeat before victory, and plan for the worst, always the quality that an excellent soldier should have.

Seriously consider that the city built of all reinforced concrete structures, for the modern army, even if it is a concentrated artillery, it is very difficult to destroy, Wu Peifu recalled faster and faster, with a clear understanding, in his own heart, he also began to weigh the methods of defense of the city, which is even more than he thought of attack methods, and finally got a result that shocked him, if there are 1500-2000 well-trained regular soldiers who are familiar with the city in the city, When there was still some artillery and heavy weapons, he carried a town under his command to force an attack, at least within 3 days, he could not take this new city, the death rate of the defenders was much lower than him, he had to lose at least half of the personnel of the determination, it was possible to capture such a seemingly weak new city.

"Isn't it!" Wu Peifu was stunned by his own thoughts, this is just a small new city, a city that is prosperous and has convenient transportation in all directions, why is there such a strong defensive force, and then take a closer look, his own deduction, there is nothing wrong, if the density of artillery and heavy weapons is a little higher, the training of soldiers is a little bigger, and the shells and bullets are enough, he may not be able to attack a town, these are problems for the northwest, even Beiyang has imported a large amount of arms from the northwest, Will these nodes, which have been carefully prepared by the Northwest, be unprepared?

His eyes swept over the piece of paper that Yuan Shikai gave him just now, Wu Peifu didn't understand politics, it didn't mean ignorance, he came over to ask Yuan Shikai about his choice, in order to dispel Yuan Shikai's suggestion, he really wanted to disarm and return to the field, he was such an enemy general, what future did he have, and the words that persuaded Yuan Shikai were not spoken, but he was persuaded by Yuan Shikai, and suddenly understood something, and almost stunned and said: "No, these nodes of the northwest construction are the same as Shijiazhuang?" (To be continued......)