Outside the Golden City, the Imperial Cavalry had already entered the city gate and completely controlled the city gate and city walls. The green battalion soldiers in Jincheng City were also disarmed one after another.

Major General Zou Fang, commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Imperial Army, led a group of generals to the city gate. At this moment, Sheng Yun, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and Zhang Dong, the governor of Gansu Province, and others are waiting here with their heads down.

"The criminal minister Shengyun (Zhang Dao), please surrender, and please forgive me and others!" Sheng Yun and the others knelt on the ground and asked Major General Zou Fang to surrender.

"I have no right to judge your sins. Next, I will send someone to send you back to Yanjing City. The Empire will judge what to do with you based on your sins. Major General Zou Fang said coldly.

The Imperial Army has never had a good face for these opposition forces. For these guys, they are often directly destroyed by thunder means. Of course, the other side has already surrendered, and it is unrealistic to execute it directly, and the generals on the front line do not have this power.

The Imperial Army took Jincheng bloodlessly, and the more than 20,000 green battalion soldiers in the city all laid down their weapons and entered the temporary prisoner of war camp set up by the Imperial Army. These prisoners of war, along with the former prisoners of war of the Northwest Alliance, will become free labor for Imperial Japan to develop the Northwest.

The green battalion soldiers, whose combat effectiveness is already low, and their military discipline is not good, they usually do things that bully and oppress the people. Even if there were innocent people among them, it would only be considered unlucky. Who made them join the Green Camp? Now that the Imperial Army has taken Jincheng, it is time to liquidate their crimes.

After taking the Golden City, the Imperial Army took a brief rest here. The main reason is that after the first battle of Gaolan Mountain, the weapons and ammunition of various departments were consumed very quickly. At present, the remaining weapons and ammunition can only be used for self-defense, and it is very difficult to launch further attacks.

The Imperial Army, whether infantry or cavalry. The combat effectiveness is in the forefront of the world. However, this also made the Imperial Army's consumption of weapons and ammunition very large. At the same time, the logistical pressure on the Imperial Army was enormous. Without perfect logistics, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army will be greatly limited.

At a time when the imperial cavalry was galloping across the province of Gan and wantonly annihilating the local powerful factions in the northwest. The 33rd Infantry Division and the 34th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army were also advancing to the northwest. Merely. Unlike the cavalry, which rushed forward, the infantry took a steady approach. On the official road leading from the Central Plains to the northwest, military stations were set up every 10 kilometers or so to store military supplies.

"When will the follow-up weapons and ammunition be transported to Jincheng?" Major General Zou Fang asked.

"General, expect our baggage troops to arrive in three days." A staff officer replied.

"Well, let the army rest for three days. Three days later, we went on the offensive. Major General Zou Fang nodded.

On May 31, the baggage troops arrived at Jincheng. A large number of much-needed weapons and ammunition were delivered to the troops at the front. At the same time, the defense of Jincheng was also taken over by infantry.

After three days of rest, the combat effectiveness of several cavalry brigades has also been restored. The next step was to further exterminate these local forces in the northwest, so that they had to accept the rule of the imperial government.

The main forces of the Northwest Alliance have been wiped out, and the rest are nothing more than a rabble. Eight cavalry brigades of the Imperial Army carried out a blow against these local forces in Gan Province within a week.

In the face of the fierce Imperial Army, these local forces are no match at all. It's almost a wind-seeking. Or leave their stronghold and leave their homeland. Continue to fight against the Imperial Army. However, under the blows of the Imperial Army, although the northwest is large, there is no place for them at all.

By the beginning of June, the whole province of Gan had been pacified, and the local forces of the province of Qing. It was almost hit too. Next, it is time for the Imperial Army to enter the frontier in a big way and completely control the border provinces of the empire.

On June 12, 4607 (09) of the Yellow Emperor Era, the Imperial Army entered the frontier province in a big way. Eight cavalry brigades remained in the vanguard, followed by infantry. The defense of the province of Gan. It was handed over to the 34th Infantry Division. The 33rd Infantry Division followed the cavalry into the frontier.

By the time Jincheng fell, the army sent by the frontier governor Liankui had already retreated. The geographical conditions of the border province are even worse than those of Gan province. Most of the area is the Gobi or desert, and oases are very scarce. If you want to fight in such an environment, you can imagine the difficulty. Before the Imperial Army could enter the Frontier Province, it had to be well prepared.

Fortunately, with the empire already absolutely in control, the vast majority of the people support the empire. And the rule of the joint leader of the frontier governor is also unpopular. Therefore, the people of all nationalities are looking forward to the imperial army entering the frontier provinces and rescuing them from fire and water.

When the Imperial Army first entered the Frontier Province, many people volunteered to act as guides to guide the Imperial Army to attack the Green Battalion of the Frontier Province and the army under General Yi Li's Guangfu. With their help, the advance of the Imperial Army was undoubtedly much smoother.

On June 29, the Imperial Army fought fiercely in Dihua and the 20,000 Green Battalion led by the Governor of the Frontier Province, and the Imperial Army easily defeated the 20,000 Green Battalion with the strength of a cavalry brigade. Most of the entire frontier province fell under the control of the empire.

After that, the Imperial Army further attacked westward with the strength of three cavalry brigades, and General Yili Guangfu knew that he was invincible, so he led his henchmen to leave Yili and leave Russia. The remaining troops surrendered to the Imperial Army. This made the entire Frontier Province completely under the control of the Empire.

By the end of July, the entire rebellion in the northwest had been almost wiped out, and the empire had firmly controlled the situation in the northwest. Of course, the empire now relies on great military power to control the northwest. If you want to completely bring the people of all ethnic groups here to heart, you must also let everyone live a good life, which is the next focus of the imperial government.

Wu Haoxuan, the crown prince of the empire, convened Prime Minister Yang Du, Minister of Communications Zhan Tianyou, Minister of Industry Cen Chunxuan, and Minister of Agriculture Zhang Renjun to discuss how to develop the northwest.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after months of hard fighting, the resistance in the northwest has been swept away. Now, the Northwest is completely under the control of the Empire. However, this is only the first step. If the empire wants to completely control the northwest and bring the people of all ethnic groups to their hearts, it still needs the collective wisdom of everyone. Wu Haoxuan looked at everyone and said.

"Your Highness, the stability of the northwest mainly depends on the development of the economy. People in the northwest live in widespread poverty. If their lives can get better, then they will be truly convinced of the Empire. Yang Du said.

Wu Haoxuan nodded, how to develop the economy of the northwest is indeed a primary issue.

"Your Highness, the Ministry of Industry has already planned to send people to the northwest to explore and look for mineral deposits. In Yumen, there has been oil since ancient times. At present, almost all the oil needed in China is imported from abroad. If we can extract oil in Yumen, we can effectively solve this problem. Industry Minister Cen Chunxuan said.

Although, now the oil consumption of the empire is still relatively small. But as the empire began to massively popularize automobiles, mainly cargo cars. Especially in the army, the logistics department is planning to replace cars with trucks. In this way, on the one hand, it can provide the transportation capacity of logistics troops, and on the other hand, it can improve the efficiency of logistics support. Of course, in order to achieve this, in addition to the empire to increase the development of trucks, improve the performance of cars, and reduce the failure rate, the empire must also require the empire to have enough gasoline.

Wu Haoxuan nodded, the oil in Yumen can indeed be exploited. However, oil resources are not abundant there. In addition, Wu Haoxuan doesn't want to exploit too much of the strategic resource of oil in China, and mainly focuses on foreign countries. These resources are non-renewable, and it is best to use up the foreign ones first, and then mine the domestic ones, leaving a little more for future generations.

Zhang Renjun, Minister of Agriculture, also proposed the development of aquaculture and economic agriculture in the northwest to improve the living standards of the common people. But it is a pity that the transportation conditions in the northwest are too poor, and it is very difficult for all kinds of agricultural products to be transported to the market in the Central Plains to be sold. It is often broken before it reaches its destination.

Therefore, in the end, everyone discussed and discussed, and the most important thing is to solve the traffic problem. And this is undoubtedly the work of the Minister of Transportation, Zhan Tianyou.

"Your Highness, the Ministry of Communications has focused on the railway from Suiyuan to the northwest, as well as the railway extending the Longhai line to the northwest. In the future, we will focus on the construction of these two railways. Zhan Tianyou said. With the influx of foreign capital, the empire's railway construction speed is very fast, and he, the Minister of Transportation, is also busy with his feet.

"Well, I only have one request, and that is that the railway will be built in the next five years. In the next nine years, both railways will become four-line or even six-line railways. Wu Haoxuan said solemnly.

Zhan Tianyou nodded. Ordinary railways are two-lined. If you want to give way to a train that is moving on opposite sides, you need to go to a special place first. If it's a four-lane railway, then don't use it. The opposite railway will further increase the capacity of the railway.

"In the northwest, we have captured more than 100,000 prisoners of war, and these prisoners of war can be used to build railways and roads. I hope that the transportation construction in the northwest can be greatly changed in the next five years. Wu Haoxuan said.

"Yes, Your Highness, the minister promises to complete the task." Zhan Tianyou said solemnly. (To be continued.) )

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