"The Central Asia region has a lot of resources, including oil, natural gas, various metal deposits and rare metals, countless, which are crucial to our future industrial development." Wang Yi paused for a moment and then said: "You should not count on using uranium ore to make super weapons for the time being, but the resources I mentioned alone are enough to make us fight a war."

Wang Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "What the captain said is that the time is good. We have just completed the decisive battle with the Russians. Although in order to prevent the Russian army from counterattack, we still have to station a large number of troops on the front line, but Mongolia needs to take some precautions on the western and southern lines, we can completely draw an infantry division."

Wang Yi waved his hand and said, "No need. We don't have to let the insurance team appear in Guangfu Town now. A lot of wounded people appear on the battlefield this time? Choose one of them and after they recover, they will be transferred to Guangfu Town according to the principle of voluntary action. It is not good to have a cavalry there, and they need the help of infantry and artillery."

Wang Xiaoxiao was a little embarrassed when he heard this. The wounded soldiers who could recover from health in the insurance team were all in short supply. To put it bluntly, everyone liked that their subordinates were veterans who were immortal. So in this regard, the divisions were very close. Although Wang Xiaoxiao was the chief of staff, if he really wanted to draw too many wounded soldiers from the ward, the division commanders under him might be cursing behind his back.

But with Wang Yi's instructions, Wang Xiaoxiao naturally would not object, and this was the best way, so he asked: "Captain, how many people are you planning to ask for?"

"According to the logistics situation there and the enemies you are facing, one thousand infantrymen will be transported in advance. As for the weapon configuration, we will use the assault rifle we have newly developed, and then equipped with the Type 1 squad machine gun, Type 1 sniper rifle, grenade, and 60mm mortar." Wang Yi thought for a while and said, "As for the artillery soldiers who directly draw a gun battalion from the local area, transport four 203mm heavy artillery to defend Guangfu Town. The rest are equipped with 75mm and 105mm artillery. If you really want to attack military towns, these artillery are enough for the old scorpion to use."

Wang Xiao’s young general Wang Yi recorded the words, and at the same time saw what was missing.

"In addition to infantry and artillery, captain, should we also send some engineers and correspondents to the old Scorpion, and also send some people to the logistics side. It is best to build Guangfu Town into a large fortress, and leave a bridgehead for us to send troops to Central Asia in the future."

Wang Yi thought about the map, shook his head, and said, "It is not necessary yet. Central Asia is still the world of Russians and British people. Old Scorpion Shen Qianwen makes small fuss, do some business, and do some bad things. The two countries can turn a blind eye. But if we build a large military fortress there with great fanfare, it is obvious that Old Scorpion is our people. Although we are not afraid of them, there is no need to offend both sides for future development. Moreover, the locals do not necessarily welcome our strong intervention so much..."

Wang Xiaoxiao frowned and suddenly realized that because of the increasing strength of the Northeast Insurance Team, he only cared about the great powers and completely ignored the existence of local residents. If a place wants to maintain a long-term stability, the most important thing is how to rule over its superiors. Wang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself, and actually forgot such an important thing.

"There are all Hui people over there, who believe in Islam, and they also have contacts with our Xinjiang region, so they will not be hostile to us."

Speaking of which, the residents of Central Asia originally believed in the shamanism or other primitive religions, but later the Arabs invaded Central Asia, the entire region became Arabic, and Islam became the main belief here. But even so, even if people in places such as the Kazakh Khanate, even if they believe in Islam, there are also a large number of primitive beliefs of their own nations.

Wang Yi did not answer him. As the Chief of Staff, Wang Xiaoxiao needs to become more comprehensive, govern the overall situation, truly plan and make decisions thousands of miles away. However, Wang Yi can give him all this. In the end, a person's improvement must be achieved by relying on himself to take the initiative to learn.

"I am ashamed."

Wang waved his hand and smiled slightly, saying that he didn't care. "No one is perfect, only by knowing that he has shortcomings can he become stronger. Tell me about the current trends in Xinjiang."

"It is probably because of the actions of the Russian Russians in Xinjiang that attracted the attention of the capital in recent years. The Qing court began to prevent problems before they happened, increased the construction of prefectures and counties, abolished the originally relatively loose Burke system and Zazak system, and established the same official rank system as those in mainland provinces. Everything was in line with the mainland and officially established a province."

"Oh? There's something like this?"

Wang Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Although this move is in the name of preventing the Russians from invading again, I believe that this is the main cause, but there may not be no intention of guarding us. Although the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and the general of Yili related to the old scorpion are both capable people, the officials under their command are just that. Whether it is civil officials or military generals, most of them have long lost the courage they had when they entered the pass. They are all greedy for money and forgetfulness. The old scorpion is walking there, and the trade routes they have opened up are also made of silver."

Wang Yi didn't say anything, Wang Xiaoxiao continued: "The current governor of Shaanxi and Gansu is named Tan Zhonglin. The old man is 65 years old this year. In his early years, he followed Zuo Zongtang and became the governor of Shaanxi. Later, he provided food and grass to Lord Zuo, which was also considered a meritorious minister for the state. He was later transferred to Governor of Zhejiang. Because of his contribution to repairing Wenyuan Pavilion, he was transferred to Governor of Gansu in 1881, which was considered to take over the previous position of Lord Zuo. Currently, he has a high status in the Hunan Army, second only to Zeng Guoquan and our old friend Yang Changjun, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. The relationship with us is also harmonious because of Lord Zuo. The old Scorpion has opened a commercial road in the Western Regions and the tax revenue has increased. It is also a good thing for him to rule Shaanxi and Gansu. Now he is busy promoting agriculture, and overall he has a good reputation."

After taking a sip of water, Wang Xiaoxiao mentioned the current highest administrative official in Xinjiang, General Yili - Selen'er!

"Selene is a capable man! His vision is beyond ordinary Qing officials! Dahuli Guobeier, a native of the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner, was born in a military general. From the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), he followed his uncle General Du Xinga and fought with Taiping Tian** in Jiangsu. After the third year of Tongzhi (1864), he fought with Hui people together in Ningxia, Gansu. He made contributions and was promoted to deputy commander. In the third year of Guangxu (1877), he served as deputy commander of Chengdu. In the second year of the fifth year of Xia calendar, he was appointed as assistant minister in Tibet and promoted to Minister of Discrimination (** Chief Officer). In 1885, the year before was transferred to Minister of Dispute of Kulun, and now he has become General Yili."


Chapter completed!