Everyone thought that Sui Province was very poor.
He was indeed poor.
The land was vast and sparsely populated, and most of them were herdsmen.
However, Pei Si knew that the place was not poor.
He was even very rich.
Rich in minerals.
He had long since set his sights on Sui Province.
However, he had been focusing on developing Cha Province.
He didn't care much about it.
This was because the resources in Cha Province were sufficient.
But now, Yan Xishan had sent Fu Zuoyi's 35th army to support the resistance.
This gave him an idea.
The northwest was indeed very backward.
If he wanted to develop, he had to develop the economy.
That was the industry!
What the industry lacked was minerals.
Sui Province did not lack minerals.
There were many mineral resources such as coal, iron, and asbestine, of which coal was the bulk.
As a necessity of life, coal was also the driving force. The rise and fall of the coal industry was directly related to the people's livelihood.
He also knew that Yan Xishan had been looking for ores for the past two years.
However, with Yan Xishan's investigation team's skills, what could they find?
He could only search the surface of Jin Province.
"Hello, transfer me to the Ministry of Mines!"
He thought to himself.
Pei Si smiled and picked up the phone on his desk.
"Li Peiji, immediately set up a survey team and let Wang Wenbin lead it. Go to the east of Shiguaizi near Daqing Mountain and the west of Baishitou. Bring professional equipment and survey the ore!”
Daqing Mountain was a good place.
The coal mine was rich.
Daqing Mountain alone had two billion tons of coal reserves.
Two billion tons!
This was the system's mineral distribution map.
"Yes, we also need to investigate Qi Beishan, Daxi Ravine, Wanjia Ravine, Wudang Ravine, and Qingshui River!”
This was a coal mine!
The salt lake in the territory of the Yike Zhao League was salty.
Saline was a good thing.
The most important thing for people's livelihood.
Apart from that, there was also iron ore.
There was also Shi Mian…
I'll do it slowly in the future.
After Pei Si hung up, he shook the phone again.
"Hello, get me the Northwest Army's 8th Infantry Division.”
"Han Zhanyuan!"
"I am Pei Si!"
"I now order your 8th Infantry Division to immediately set off to Gui Sui Province.”
"Recruit soldiers while you're at it."
Han Zhanyuan was also an old man in the Northwest Army. He had followed Feng Tianxiang in his early years.
After Feng Tianxiang handed the Northwest Army to Pei Si, he naturally followed Pei Si.
The 8th Infantry Division had three infantry regiments, an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and an artillery regiment.
However, the 30 semi-automatic weapons, the artillery regiment, and the anti-aircraft artillery regiment had the same equipment as Zhang Ningfu. They were enough to keep an eye on the Ma Family Army.
To be honest.
The population of Sui Province was also over one million, although it was relatively small.
Yan Xishan's Jin Province had a population of more than ten million. He didn't care about Sui Province, but he, Marshal Pei, wanted it!
Although Sui Province was vast and sparsely populated, there were still people.
These were soldiers.
Even if they didn't force them to recruit, they could at least recruit tens of thousands of young men.
After a year of training, he would be able to enter the battlefield again.
One had to know that Pei Si had even developed Cha Province.
Back in Cha Province, the provincial capital Zhang Yuan had the largest population, 300,000.
The others were scattered all over the place.
Right now, Zhang Yuan, excluding the garrison, had more than 800,000 civilians.
Pei Si was very humane when he governed Cha Province. He did not recruit strong men, and most of them were from the Northwest Army.
After all, the Northwest Army had a large base. When Feng Tianxiang was the commander, it had reached 400,000.
Even if the old and sick retired, there were still 150,000 elite soldiers.
The 140,000 logistics troops were recruited from Cha Province.
Moreover, Pei Si was not interested in the population of Sui Land, but the mines!
Only with mines could they develop and engage in industry.
Next.
Pei Si made seven to eight calls.
He was in a busy state.
"Is this Sui Province very rich?"
"Never heard of it?"
Zhang Zizhong was smoking his pipe at the side, unable to interrupt.
Pei Si was busy.
He was confused.
Why did it feel like he had picked up a treasure?
Yan Xishan seems to have suffered a loss ~~
Not only did they lose an army.
Moreover, he had lost a province!
He, the rich man Yan, had suffered a terrible loss!
……
At this moment.
Rehe Province.
On the battlefield of the enclosure.
When Little Puppet arrived, there were 50 planes, and they were all very aggressive.
Now, there were only four planes left.
However, after the Northwest Army's air force occupied the air superiority, they were able to control the air.
He did not leave.
Instead, it was hovering in the sky.
In the following time, other Mustang fighter jets arrived one after another.
Only the Mustang fighter jet was left in the sky, buzzing.
A total of fifty-four.
Little Puppet's 8th Regiment and 47th Mixed Brigade were completely dumbfounded.
"Dig!"
"Dig quickly, don't stop for a moment!"
The Xiyi Regiment Commander was sweating profusely.
Who knew that the air force of that person was so powerful?
The Empire's plane was completely vulnerable in front of that person.
At this moment, they were frantically digging trenches and expanding their position.
Right now, the control of the air was in the hands of that person.
This battle was too difficult to fight!
Next, the Northwest Army would coordinate with the air force to charge forward.
Then they would be in trouble!
The current situation was indeed tragic.
There was nothing worse than now.
Because their position had been bombarded by the Northwest Army.
The 122mm Howitzers and 152mm Howitzers roared continuously!
Huge artillery shells landed on the battlefield.
The soil was stirred up, and smoke rose everywhere.
They were the ones who were bombarding earlier.
Now it was the Northwest Army's turn to bombard.
Corpses were everywhere on the battlefield.
The Little Puppets could only bend their backs and continue to dig, and they had to guard against the Northwest Army's assault at any time.
These days were too difficult to endure!
The commander of the Xiyi Legion raised his binoculars and looked at the front line.
His expression was extremely ugly.
He saw with his own eyes that the soldiers of the Imperium were reduced to broken limbs by the explosions of the large-caliber grenades.
Now, not only did they lose their air superiority.
They had also lost the advantage of artillery fire.
The range of their artillery fire was not enough.
They were bombarded by the enemy's artillery fire!
Seventy percent of the base was already covered by artillery fire.
Just now, a cannonball had landed near him.
Was this the Northwest Army that defeated the Northeast Army?
Why was it so ferocious?
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