In the system of the Beiyang Army, Xu Shichang is not weapon-only, and even many times, there is not much control over the army, more in dealing with government affairs, but no matter how ignorant he is, he also knows the huge role of artillery, the reason why Beiyang was able to press other armies to fight before, is not to have professional artillery, with artillery and without artillery, it is completely different, there are more than 100 mm artillery, and with 75 artillery, or even 75 guns 10 years ago, these are two different things, The artillery parameters obtained through the channel directly made Xu Shichang silent, high-explosive anti-personnel bombs, in a suitable environment, can even kill a platoon of troops, covering an area of more than 600 square meters, such power, I am afraid that a cannon will go down, and the camp of the charge will disappear.

For so many years, Beiyang is strong, but correspondingly, the northwest is even stronger, in the face of this opponent who may not be able to defeat, Xu Shichang suddenly understood Yuan Shikai's thoughts, for Yuan Shikai's sense of smell, admired the five-body throw, if it wasn't for Lao Yuan, he might have accepted the conditions of the Japanese, received the Japanese arms, and declared war with Japan in the northwest, he didn't know what the fate of Beiyang was, and he himself might have been on the blacklist of sinners.

Without waiting for Xu Shichang to figure it out, he was dragged by the regiment commander to shoot a target, and this regiment commander happened to be the commander of the strategic artillery unit under the division, and he was almost confused, so he was taken to a place more than 30 kilometers away from Baotou, to a shooting range in the suburbs, where a unit was doing training.

All 155-mm guns. Thick cannon body, 12 doors placed together. is very powerful, even Xu Shichang proposed. The request to go and see the artillery up close was met. Looking closer, the artillery looks very mighty, and you can smell the smell of gunpowder smoke at close range, obviously, this is the artillery that has been in the state of activation, or the artillery that has been in the state of activation, Xu Shichang doesn't know much about artillery, and he can't see any doorway.

It just so happened that the regiment commander said that he could see live ammunition shooting at the observation platform. Xu Shichang also walked up, with the help of a special observation telescope, which is a high-definition large telescope, you can see more than ten kilometers of movement, which is set up very well, and the line of sight is not blocked, and you can see it at a glance.

The signal flag was lit, and the artillery skillfully and quickly manipulated the artillery fire, hitting the targets one by one more than ten kilometers away. These are all on the viewing platform, and they were seen by Xu Shichang, with a fast rate of fire and very high accuracy.

But what really shocked Xu Shichang. Or follow the regiment commander and personally go to the place where the target site is, because of two rounds of artillery. High-explosive shells and infantry anti-personnel shells were used respectively, and high-explosive shells were just that. Blow up a big crater and infantry anti-personnel shells. A live firing with almost a sieve around it. Although there is no target, but the countless steel balls of the infantry anti-personnel bullets, so that there are no dead ends within a few hundred square meters, Xu Shichang almost naturally, he was substituted into the Beiyang Army, such a killing weapon, steel weapons, how can flesh and blood be able to deal with it.

The reason why the artillery is powerful is because of its lethality and range, Xu Shichang, who is familiar with the 75 gun, knows very well that the range of the 155 gun is not within the reach of the 75 artillery, so there is no possibility of counter-killing, as long as the army is exposed and shrouded by the 155 artillery and infantry anti-personnel bullets, what awaits is the annihilation of the whole army.

The real result, let Xu Shichang not believe it, from the results can be deduced a lot of things, countless signs show that the northwest is indeed so, no matter how to say, both sides are Chinese, each other, there are also inextricable links, many things are actually premonitored, but before there is no solid evidence, no one believes, or someone chooses not to believe, now the real example is in front of you, and then think of what was found before, even if it is an ordinary person, you will find that things are wrong, The strength of the northwest is far beyond imagination, not to mention, Xu Shichang is still Yang Du before he came to Yuan Shikai's side, Beiyang's think tank, such a strategic weapon, no major power will sell to the Chinese, then the only way for the northwest to get him is to make it himself.

As early as 1908, the 75 gun could be made by the Northwest, which Beiyang knew well, otherwise, the artillery sold to the cultivation could not be so cheap, at that time, I just felt that the Germans supported the Northwest very strongly, and even the 75 Gun was taught to the Northwest. For so many years, in the field of weapons, Beiyang prides itself on being an expert, and the difference between import and self-production is very clear, but I didn't expect that the industrial processing and artillery production capacity of the Northwest is so terrible, from 75 to 155, it has only been a few years, it can be seen that the 75 guns at that time, the Northwest has already eaten thoroughly, and has formed a complete set of artillery research and development and production know-how.

How difficult it is in the middle, Beiyang can be said to be clear, although there are such and such problems, but Beiyang once manufactured a large number of rifles and artillery, but at best it was only a copy, and did not form the ability to spontaneously develop and develop, but the northwest could.

The regiment commander next to him didn't speak, Xu Shichang had already seen the problem, how could there be such a coincidence, he happened to have a strategic artillery training at the door, so close to Baotou, or when many diplomatic envoys and media arrived, the strategic artillery unit, said that the exercise was a drill, and let him see it as a person from a foreign force, and then think of it before, he went from hitting the wall to the back of a series of smooth, it seems that it was also arranged by the northwest.

If this is a trap, this is a conspiracy, Xu Shichang will be very happy, but what his eyes saw and what he had mastered before, what he told him, Northwest may have purposefully guided him to see something this time, this is not a trap or a deception, to put it bluntly, it is a kind of conspiracy, strength and the number of troops are the most fundamental.

Xu Shichang had no choice, after watching the 155 artillery training, after thinking about it, he found the telegraph office, and told him what he had seen and heard in Baotou, especially mentioning this 155 mm artillery, which may have been made by the northwest itself, and the number is difficult to measure, such artillery, as long as there are 10 guns, with the ordinary army of a division, it can be compared to the ordinary standard of Beiyang, and it can make him unable to deal with three or five towns, and if he is not careful, he may be completely defeated, or even annihilated. Thinking of the combat effectiveness, weaponry and basic artillery that the Northwest Army once showed, Xu Shichang suddenly found that even if the Northwest Army was not 4 million, even if it was only 1 million, it was not something that Beiyang could deal with.

The number of 4 million is a bit watery, as early as 1911, when the northwest started to fight with Russia, the elite troops that could confront Russia exceeded 300,000, and it has been 3 years, with the financial resources of the northwest, even if it is piled up, there are one or two million troops.

Beijing, Yuan Zhai, Yuan Shikai sat in the study, the radio from the northwest, put on it, the big radio, it looks particularly feeling, it is Peking Opera that keeps coming out of it, starting from the small station training, Yuan Shikai is in Beijing, so many years, Peking Opera has been listened to a lot, but it is really fresh to listen to it in the play box, this is selected from China's famous roles, including most of the drama types, at least 12 hours a day The play box, is really very appetizing to him, every afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock, Basically, he would lie on the recliner and listen for two hours, unless there was something big, he would choose to deal with it.

The housekeeper went back and forth outside a few times, and finally, he knocked on the door and told Xu Shichang what he had reported, Yuan Shikai seemed to be still immersed in the drama, but his eyes kept bursting out, proving that his psychology was changing violently.

After the housekeeper finished reporting, he bowed his head and went out, only Yuan Shikai was left in the study, he seemed to look at the play box with a strange expression, and after a long sigh, it was gloomy, and at this time, the sound in the play box was constantly improving, and the whole room was filled with the sound in the play box.

Also received the official letter, there were also representatives of the revolutionary party, but at this moment, the Kuomintang has been completely directed to Japan, they have always been greedy and insufficient, waiting to obtain a large amount of arms from Japan, by the way, for the railways, node cities, and ports all over the Yangtze River basin, those huge wealth, all the time tempting them, no matter this time, what movement in the northwest has nothing to do with their decision.

Britain, France, the United States, and Russia all sent ministers at the level of ministers, and on the Beiyang side, there are also old and new masters of Beiyang such as Xu Shichang and Yang Du, only the revolutionary party, and there is not even any person who can be called, and the representative sent to Baotou is just a small director under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is only 28 years old, and he came with two office staff.

The position of director, in the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is okay, but there is also a director above, a minister, there is nothing at all is a complete task, the northwest sent something, he just looked at it, and threw it aside, as a gold-plated brother who came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he didn't care about what military parades or not, shopping is the main thing, the goods in the northwest are really varied, he has been shopping for 3 days, but even half of them have been shopped. This afternoon, I also made an appointment with a few beauties to go shopping together, and I heard that the Northwest flower cloth is world-famous, and the ready-to-wear is also, with unique models and special arrangements, which made him a little lingering.

An invitation letter, almost several issues of countless waves, different people, different ideas, and even influence not only in the northwest, but in the whole world, and even he directly influenced the process of China's reunification, the future is enough to record two earth-shattering actions in the annals of Chinese history, basically certain, from this military parade, and this military parade has become a tradition in the next few decades, at that time, this military parade is not the beginning of the military parade, but the famous victory parade, representing the tradition of the northwest, All the way from victory to victory. (To be continued......)