A simple invitation to the military parade caused an uproar in Britain, France and the United States, and finally made Britain change its previous attitude and increase its support for Japan and Russia. Neither Japan nor Russia knew what was going on, and they were full of happiness. Britain told Japan that it would fully support Japanese interests in China, and in 1914, they told Russia that they did not have to risk their forces to attack the powerful German army as long as they took a defensive position on the Eastern Front to prevent Germany from attacking the Russian mainland. The replacement condition was that Russia must work together with Japan to disintegrate the northwest to the best of its ability.

Such a request, a bit brainless, but just in line with the Tsar's idea, the failure a few years ago, it was simply a great shame for him, losing to Germany is nothing, Germany is a traditional European power, the strength is far above Russia, it is not a shame to lose to him. But the loss to China, which is unacceptable in any case, is almost regarded by the tsar as an object that can be invaded, and the implementer of the future Yellow Russia plan, now bites Russia.

The overall situation is important, under the requirements of Britain and France, Russia ostensibly agreed, in the following days, Russia did not fight with the northwest, but secretly, it has been preparing, such as improving the Trans-Siberian Railway, and then upgrading the level of Vladivostok, storing a large number of materials and munitions, ready to go to war at any time.

Now, the British have finally unlocked, only need to concentrate on Europe, gradually mobilize to the Far East, you can complete the preparations, although the winter in Siberia will not pass until March and April, but the huge railway capacity, mobilize 1.5 million troops to come over. At the most, the preparation can be completed by mid-May. At that time, it was just the time for the army to go south.

The change in Britain's attitude has given Japan a shot in the arm. How strong Russia is, he knows, during the Russo-Japanese War, there was almost a head-on confrontation, and Russia at that time only showed half of its strength, even if the fleet came, it did not go all out, with the support of Britain. The Russian fleet sailed across the ocean, and when it came over, it had a third of its strength, which was already good, and now that the two are combined, Japan can mobilize 4 million troops at the maximum, while Russia has almost reached 7 million, and in order to guard against Germany, it is necessary to leave a part in the European part, and add it together. Ten million troops, this is enough to kill the northwest, and the Japanese are a little anxious when they think of the wealth of the northwest. I even hope that day will come sooner rather than later.

Not to mention Japan and Russia, which are preparing to move against the northwest, their actions are very large, almost all into the general mobilization action. There is no way to hide it from the Northwest Intelligence Service, as long as there is an intelligence agent who has entered the Trans-Siberian railway system. In addition, if you enter the Japanese military port, you will be able to do it in the first place. When it was discovered that a large number of Japanese and Russian troops were concentrated near China, with the hostile relationship between the two sides, they did not know what they wanted to do, and even now, some preliminary information has been sent.

The Japanese are hostile to the northwest, and even Japan has not given up its ambitions for China now, and the ongoing battle in Shandong is almost a surprise to Japan, but Japan was able to persuade Britain to mobilize all its forces to concentrate in the Far East at a critical moment in the European battlefield, which the northwest did not expect, in the early stage, encountered some problems, and even a little panic, of course, it is just scheduling, the current general trend in the northwest has been formed, and a little panic will not affect the overall situation of the northwest at all.

At this time, the northwest did not realize that because of the emergence of the northwest, the two big countries have been ready to unite and attack the northwest, and at this time the center of gravity of the northwest has been completely placed on the plenary session, even if it is a military parade earlier than the plenary session, it has been handed over to the military, and the government is working intensively to prepare for the next government work report and the announcement of the five-year plan.

The government work report, which was put forward by Yang Yuanzhao, is the first time for most officials of the northwest government, and it is not a summary, although for a government, the number of this summary is too large, and it must be summarized from all aspects of political and economic affairs, and it covers a wide range.

The Northwest Government Building, located in the northwest of the entire Baotou City, is actually the predecessor of the Baotou Chamber of Commerce, and later in the process of Baotou city construction, more than 27 floors of buildings were built, which is the real core of Baotou, and almost all government instructions are issued here.

In the office of the prime minister, Liu Shu looked at the report in his hand, only dozens of pages, and was full of emotion, this is a government work report, which records in detail that in the past year, most of the events and data that have occurred in the northwest, to be honest, he has mastered the entire northwest for so long, and knows that the northwest is very strong, but how strong it is, but there is no intuitive concept, but now, this report tells him that the northwest is really strong, and this strength is not empty words to say, It's not self-selling, it's real, and it's reflected in the data.

The report is divided into several projects, detailing the achievements of the Northwest in all walks of life, industry, agriculture, tertiary industry, and even taxation and education.

A sense of pride rose in his heart, Liu Shu couldn't help but remember, 6 years ago that afternoon, it was the first meeting of him, Yang Yue, and Yang Yuanzhao, at that time it was still a little restrained, it didn't seem that Yang Yuanzhao had much experience, and they met like fate, this young man who didn't know how to suddenly appear in Baotou has become the leader and founder of the Northwest, and he, a person who only has a reputation for people, but he is a case of the Chamber of Commerce, will become the current administrative head of the Northwest, and the things in the world are so wonderful.

In 6 years, the northwest has really grown, from an ordinary small businessman, a small chamber of commerce has gradually become a hegemonic party, China's top three, and among the three powers, the most promising one to unify China. After looking at the family background of the northwest, Liu Shu's heart rose a layer of enlightenment, if in terms of strength, let alone now, even in 1912, the northwest has the strength to unify the whole of China, the reason why it has waited until now is because although the northwest at that time had the strength to unify the whole country, but did not have the strength to govern the whole country, rashly swallowing the whole of China, it will inevitably not be digested, it is easy to be used by foreign powers, but it is more than worth the loss, and it will affect a series of foreign production and preparations.

Now, everything is logical, the northwest spent 2 years, concentrate on development, and through foreign arms sales, harvest a large amount of capital, these capital from the side to support the northwest, the development of today's behemoth, the current northwest, there is sufficient strength and strength, the unification of the whole of China, the external environment also belongs to the best stage, most of the strength of the powers, was involved in the European battlefield, the strength that can be used in Asia is limited, and the accumulation of two years, also let the northwest have enough funds to transform the whole of China.

It's just that the Northwest, the most barren part of China, has allowed the Northwest to develop to the extent it is now, once it controls the whole of China, with the huge resources and manpower of China, what kind of situation will it be. The northwest is the most powerful force in China, and as the premier of the government, Liu Shu's status is high enough, but he can't help but get excited when he thinks of a unified China and the position of the Chinese premier.

Outside, there was a faint voice, Liu Shu stood next to the window, and then the sunset, looking at the Northwest Avenue below, the most spacious and most important avenue in Baotou, but it was drawn, as a parade area, on March 3, the most elite forces of the entire Northwest Army will show their strength here, so that the world will remember China and the Northwest Army.

March 3rd, is a good day, more than 20 days ago, hastily set this day, even this day will be windy and rainy and so on do not know, just according to this preparation, and the area of the parade, also in the center of Baotou, through the north and south of the largest street, Northwest Road, this road named after the northwest, is up to 120 meters wide, because it is planning, basically 120 meters, no blocking, no obstruction, two-way 12 lanes, there are a large number of sidewalks, is the best place for military parades.

In the central part, that is, the location of the core of Baotou, is not a railway station, but the location of the core of the Northwest Road, just a little to the right of the center of Baotou, where there is the largest square in Baotou, the People's Square, 1080 meters long from north to south, 600 meters wide from east to west, and a huge square of more than 700,000 square meters, a temporary rostrum was set up, and as early as 15 days ago, someone entered the field to demarcate the exercise area

The division of the area is carried out to prepare for the drill, and in the suburbs, on a specially drawn highway site, the entire exercise area is basically replicated, and separate drills and centralized drills will be carried out, even if it is only 15 days, the centralized drills have already been carried out three times, there are such and such problems, but everything is almost ready.

Now, what is going on is the third and last joint exercise, in order to ensure the effect, it was selected to be carried out at the real exercise site, just follow the steps and go through it, what Liu Shu heard just now is the slogan of these exercise soldiers, who are neatly passing on the road below.

The road is blocked, but in the shops on both sides of the street, as well as among the buildings on both sides, I don't know how many people look at these young people, watching them walk through the streets with neat steps, full of vigorous soldiers, their bodies represent the future and backbone of the northwest.

Young soldiers, sweating here, they represent the spirit and future of the northwest, and in Baotou City, in the Baotou Special Economic Zone, in the huge land of the entire northwest, countless people, for the northwest, but also for their own future, hard work, it is their hard work, to create the northwest strong. (To be continued......)