In the western suburbs of Uegaya, the 7th Infantry Division's 7th Artillery Regiment training ground.
105mm light howitzers and 75mm field cannons were firing at a mountain.
The cannonball exploded with a thunderous sound.
"Commander, our artillery regiment is definitely the strongest artillery regiment in the Northern Army. During this period of time, the officers and soldiers had been training very hard. With the help of the country's instructors, their artillery skills had improved significantly.”Baili Jiang was very satisfied with the performance of the 7th Artillery Regiment.
Yuan Baocen nodded. The 7th Artillery Regiment was equipped with 24 105mm light howitzers and 48 75mm field cannons. Such firepower was definitely the strongest among all the divisions of the Northern Ocean Army.
"However, Commander, we have fired quite a number of cannonballs in the daily live ammunition training, and the cost is also higher.”Zhang Xiaozhun looked at the cannonballs that were constantly fired and felt a little heartache. These were all money!
"Chief of Staff, don't worry. Our arsenal has already begun construction and will be completed and put into production soon. At that time, there would be no shortage of ammunition.”Yuan Baocen laughed.
During this period of time, Yuan Baocen was in a good mood.
The efficiency of the citizens was very high. They had already begun to transport large quantities of industrial equipment to China. They also sent a group of experts and engineers to guide the construction of China's military system.
With the addition of the large arsenal that the French government had helped the Northern Army build, once these two arsenals were built, the Northern Army might be able to end the history of purchasing weapons and equipment.
In addition, under Yuan Baocen's push, the railway from Yanjing to Kulun and from Yanjing to the northwest had already begun to be explored. Zhan Juancheng, the vice minister of the Ministry of Transportation, was personally in charge of the construction.
The people of Dé were very interested in the two roads built by the Beiyang government. Although the economic effect was not obvious, the political effect was obvious.
If these two railroads were built, the Northern Army could use these two railroads to directly threaten Russia's Central Siberian Plateau and Central Asia hinterland. At that time, one could imagine how much of a threat it would pose to Russia.
Therefore, the French government had specially loaned a sum of money to the Beiyang government to support the construction of these two railroads.
Especially the Russians, their reaction was quite intense.
Tsar Nicholas II even boasted that when these two railroads were completed, it would be the time when Russia would start a war against China.
However, Yuan Shikai was tough for once and ignored Nicholas II's clamor.
It would take a lot of time to build these two railroads. By that time, the war would have broken out. Did Russia still have the energy to care about China? At that time, it would be good if they did not beg Huaxia Base to let them off.
"Commander, after nearly three months of training, the officers and soldiers have improved greatly in terms of military knowledge. Other than the fact that his combat experience was not as good as the six towns of Beiyang, he was definitely not inferior to them in other aspects. In fact, if we can fully utilize the advantages of our weapons and equipment, we can defeat two or three divisions of the six towns of Beiyang with just one division.”Jiang Baili was very confident.
After all, the six towns of Beiyang only had 12,000 men each. The 7th Infantry Division had 28,000 soldiers, which was more than the two divisions of the six towns combined.
The weapons of the 7th Infantry Division were also better than those of the Beiyang Army.
Therefore, the 7th division was naturally the strongest division of the Northern Army.
"Yes, after training until now, I can already fight. However, a troop that had never seen blood could not be considered a true elite. It was time to find an opponent and let the brothers practice.”Yuan Baocen nodded.
"Teacher, it's not easy to find a partner to practice with! The Grand President had been elected, and the Southern Revolutionary Army had also stopped fighting. Although there were many conflicts with Beiyang, they did not fall out with each other. If they were to act rashly against them, it would probably cause a very bad influence. The Grand President wouldn't agree either.”Jiang Baili frowned. He thought Yuan Baocen wanted to attack the Southern Revolutionary Army.
"It's not the Southern Revolutionary Army." Yuan Baocen shook his head.
After thinking for a few minutes, he made a decision.
"Deputy Division Commander, Chief of Staff. Wasn't there a bandit problem in Yuxi? He might as well drive into western Henan and exterminate the bandits.”Yuan Baocen said.
The bandit problem in western Henan that Yuan Baocen mentioned was Bai Lang, known as the number one bandit in the Republic of China. In history, Bai Lang had brought disaster to dozens of counties in western Henan!
Of course, Bai Lang was forced to become a bandit. However, from Yuan Baocen's point of view, such bandits should be eliminated.
Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaozhun thought about it and nodded. Suppressing bandits was also a battle. For the newly formed 7th division, this was a rare opportunity to practice.
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