The Northwest seemed to know that the three envoys were together, and sent three invitations to the parade signed by Yang Yuanzhao, as representatives of Britain, France and the United States, they were invited to the first row of the A4 area, and after the invitation, there was also an introduction, since the parade had been prepared, the Northwest did not hide it, and directly told the basic introduction of all the more than 100 phalanxes, and detailed the number of each unit, including the rear equipment phalanx and artillery phalanx.

The purpose of Zhu Erdian and the French ambassador is to find out how powerful the northwest is now, but unfortunately these days, because of the proposal of the Japanese, every day is a chaotic discussion, how to support Japan and Russia, and strike at the northwest, but they almost forgot that the real purpose of coming to Baotou is to probe the strength of the northwest and prevent the northwest from becoming a big seat in the European war, and they put it down because of Japan's proposal.

The three ambassadors, after watching it together, couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, the military parade is a thing to show military strength, generally a few thousand to tens of thousands, but the northwest is good, almost 50,000 people came out at once, this is almost like a large army, if this starts a war, the front represents how many divisions the northwest has, and the back, simply even the artillery has come out, starting from 37 anti-aircraft guns, all the way to 155 heavy artillery, although there is no artillery above 160 mm, But those are only for strategic forces, ordinary troops, and this is already the limit.

"Zhu Erdian, it seems that the Northwest is really strong enough, according to the introduction. There are more than 100 regular marine divisions in the northwest. When did there be so many troops in the northwest, this is more than a million people. Bragging isn't like that, it's too fake. After reading it, Figg pretended to be relaxed.

Before Feige's smile fell, Zhu Erdian's cold words were like a basin of cold water poured down, as a China expert, through the channels of the Beiyang and the British, Zhu Erdian still knew that if the northwest was counted as a regular army. The number of a division is not about 15,000, but about 27,000, which is more than the French, and more than the British and Germans, not counting the logistics and supplementary personnel, if in wartime, under the situation of going on an expedition, this number will increase to 35,000

The 8000 logistics personnel in the back are, at best, armed people. However, even if they are paramilitary personnel who participate in part of the military training, their combat effectiveness may not be weaker than that of the Russian regular army, which is also the point that Zhu Erdian does not understand the most, this is not a waste. Is it to cram almost an army of troops into a division in order to balance the number of senior officers?

"This!" Figg was stunned again. Almost incredulously, he said, "Is this possible?" ”

More than 1 million, in Fig's opinion, are all fake. More than 3 million, which is even more unlikely. Zhu Erdian is also uncertain. The introduction of this military parade taken out by the Northwest is true or false, but as a British minister, he has more or less a good idea of the development of the Northwest, with an army of 2.7 million to 3.5 million, which is surprising. There are independent troops behind the phalanx of the military parade, I don't know how many independent troops there are, but the thirty together, how can there be hundreds of thousands, which means that there may be a maximum of 4 million troops in the northwest, which is enough to change the situation in Asia.

4 million, even Britain is a little moved, not to mention France, under the premise of losing about a million troops, they have spent great efforts, which has gradually restored the original military strength, which in the colony wanton conscription is getting, and now it has always been weak, and China, which is regarded as a colony by France, has jumped above France, this kind of gap in my heart, in any case, is a little unacceptable.

Han Cimin, the US minister who had not spoken on the side, also interjected at this time: "Will the northwest brag, according to reason, the northwest should not have such strength, but if we don't come to Baotou, we will also not know that the Chinese have actually built an industrial base in the northwest that is enough to attract people's attention, Baotou is really big, with a population of tens of millions, right?" ”

Han Cimin mentioned that Baotou is very large, with a population of tens of millions, which made Zhu Erdian stunned for a moment, after the initial shock, he calmed down, Baotou in the northwest is indeed shocking, this city that has developed in 6 years is simply a real miracle.

It seems that 4 million is a lot, whether it is in France or Britain, it needs a general mobilization, the largest number of mobilizations of the native population, it is possible, and if you mobilize the colonies, I am afraid it will be more difficult. Thinking of the population of the whole of China, especially the population concentrated in the northwest control area, after a little consideration, he said with some solemnity: "In the whole of China, there are at least 400 million people, and the northwest concentrates more than 70% of the whole of China, which is almost 300 million." ”

300 million, this number, in any colony, is a moving number, put on a China that has been initially industrialized and has become the world's factory, these seem to be things they deliberately omitted, but it reminds them that China is no longer the same as in the past.

"That being said, where is there such a strong mobilization capacity in the northwest, where is there such a strong production capacity." Figg retorted stiffly.

After figuring it out, Zhu Erdian connected everything together and said: "I don't know if the Northwest has such a strong mobilization capacity, but the Northwest does have such a strong production capacity, in the past 3 months, according to the information we have obtained, the Northwest has sold at least 50 divisions of arms to Germany, 38 divisions of Austria-Hungary, 24 divisions of Turkey, by the way, Russia has received a huge blow, and when your American productivity has not exploded, urgently use gold, One million rifles and other essential weapons were purchased in the northwest, and at the same time, in the past few years, the entire China, Beiyang and the revolutionary party have basically purchased weapons from the northwest, which is more than 3 million people. ”

Counting one by one, this is a simple arithmetic, but the result of the settlement made everyone silent, and after a long while, Feige had a gloomy face and scolded: "TMD, I hate this large country with a large population!" ”

After Feige finished speaking, he stopped talking, even if he was a fool, he understood the meaning of Zhu Erdian's words, Europe, the northwest has sold more than 100 divisions, plus Russia, it is almost 200, these are 2.5 million people, plus the revolutionary party and Beiyang, it is 5.5 million people, since the northwest can have leisure to sell, it is more likely to equip itself, from the weapons and equipment, the northwest does have this ability.

Relative to weapons and equipment, mobilization ability, this thing, is not a problem, even Russia has the ability to mobilize 10 million people, population is just a foundation, sometimes, as long as there are weapons, directly send weapons, a little training, it is good to go to the battlefield, and it is not a precious thing, for the high-ranking people, the people at the bottom, will never be the focus of attention of the high-ranking people, they are all cannon fodder, used to compete for the existence of interests, even if it is the previous Qing country, if the Qing government really has money, if there are arms, It is also normal to equip an army of more than 10 million.

The industrial base of the northwest is stronger than that of Russia, the industrial base is also good, and it has more than twice the population of Russia, so it is no problem to mobilize 20 million each, and if you pick 4 million from the middle, this combat effectiveness is quite terrifying. Maybe it's just a bluff, but in this bluff, there are things with great possibilities, so we have to pay attention to it.

The three ministers looked at each other a little, originally to investigate the real strength of the Northwest, in preparation for the next world war, but the results of the investigation came out, they were in front of an unimaginable behemoth, among the three people, the most vigilant for the Northwest, pinning their hopes on Japan to use their support, in the next time, to completely defeat the Northwest, to help the United States to obtain the market seized by the Northwest, and to get benefits from the Northwest, sulfonamides, stockings, all kinds of plastic materials, There is also the secret of the processing capacity of the Northwest, which the United States wants to get, because it is impossible for him to get it alone if he does not make a move, but he can share the profits, and the Northwest must have a secret to producing these things, and the processing capacity of the United States has always been the best in the whole world, once it has these, the United States will definitely be able to stand at the highest peak of the whole world, and the United States will get the greatest benefits.

When I came to the northwest, I wanted to see what this little guy who kept calling on the side of the road was, but I didn't expect that a prehistoric giant beast with 4 million troops would be found in any other country, which was not a big deal, but it was placed in the northwest, where they could not influence and control, and for a moment, even Zhu Erdian was a little helpless.

Feige was silent for a long time, looked at Zhu Erdian and Han Cimin, who were blue with iron faces, and tried to say: "I said, if the Northwest really has such a strong strength, I planned it before!" ”

"Execute, but not so fast!" Zhu Erdian reacted quickly and said solemnly: "I will notify the country and mobilize some more funds!" ”

"That's right, if the northwest is really so strong, we just rely on the previous investment, I'm afraid we won't be able to support the victory of Japan and Russia, and we must invest more!" Han Cimin also said.

Figg pouted, he didn't follow up, the previous investment was already all that France could use in this eventful season, although China is very important, but the capital may be captured, and other things, then it really can't be taken care of. (To be continued......)