"Niang Sipi! This Chang Ruiqing is really unscrupulous to achieve the goal! Unscrupulous means! Jiang Jshi gasped and gave Chang Ruiqing a very pertinent evaluation, Lao Jiang was really about to go crazy this time. Originally, this war of resistance against Russia was quite smooth, his Northeast Army and the Japanese army also fought well in Chita, the Soviet Russian Red Army suffered heavy casualties, and the harsh winter in Siberia was coming, if nothing else, the Battle of Chita would be a big victory. At that time, this war may evolve into a protracted war, and it is possible that it will drag on for a few years, and he Jiang Jishi may find some opportunity to bring down Chang Ruiqing.

But Jiang Jishi and the Japanese obviously underestimated Chang Ruiqing, he was very a little disregarded for the sake of achieving the goal, and in the first two years, for his own power, he didn't just have a hard top with the British, and made the 284th Xiamen incident of encircling the Qikeng Japanese faction asking for a monthly ticket, which almost caused a war! And this time, although there is no direct evidence that Chang Ruiqing single-handedly planned the reversal of the tide of the war, Jiang Jshi decided that our Chang Da revolutionary should bear the greatest responsibility for the current situation! What made Lao Jiang even more unacceptable was that Chang Ruiqing sent a large army out of the customs to accept his territory, and on the other hand, in the name of the central government, he also ordered his four armies of the Northeast Army to replace the Japanese, and then surrender to the Soviet Russian Red Army!!

Isn't this to completely toss away the little capital he has worked so hard to manage? Without the army, he will never have a chance to make a comeback in his life!

Seeing Jiang Jshi getting angry there, several of his staff henchmen and Xu Chongzhi, who came from Beijing, were all depressed. These people are all characters labeled as Jiang's, and their honor and disgrace are linked to Jiang Jshi. As soon as Jiang Jshi is finished, even if they switch to Chang Ruiqing's sect, they will be placed on an errand with no real power. I will never have the opportunity to taste the sweetness of power again in this life.

But things have come to this point, what way out can Jiang Jshi and the rest of them have? More than 200,000 Northeast troops were either trapped in Hulunbuir or Chita. The 284th Great Encirclement of Qikeng, the Japanese faction asked for a monthly ticket, and the central ones were the Seventh Army in Liaoning and the Eighth Army in Rehe. That's more than 60,000 people in total. The Central Army, which is advancing eastward, has more than 300,000! And the Japanese have now recognized the actions of the Central Military Control of the Northeast! even promised to return the South Manchurian Railway and the Kwantung Prefecture Concession, which was really much beyond Jiang Jishi's expectations, and even their Japanese backstage boss seemed to let Chang Ruiqing play around.

Now that the vanguard of the Central Army has arrived at Shanhaiguan and is confronting the troops of the Seventh Army of the Northeast Army, the Northeast Army must now come up with an idea.

The people in the room of Jiang were all with the same sad faces, only Zhang Jingjiang sat there with a smile, looking at Jiang Jshi, who was about to go berserk, and seemed confident. Jiang Jishi saw his mentor's appearance and smiled reluctantly: "Mr. Jingjiang." If you have any tricks, just say it, Zhongzheng is already the master of the six gods, and now it's all up to Mr. ”

Zhang Jingjiang smiled and nodded: "J Shi, you said this." Then I'll give you an idea right now. You now immediately order the Seventh Army to open the Shanhaiguan Pass and let the Central Army in. At the same time, he handed over the command of the Northeast Frontier Army to the Northeast Front Army Command sent by Chang Ruiqing, and then personally went to Beijing to meet Chang Ruiqing and expressed his willingness to take up the post of vice chairman of the Military Commission. ”

Jiang Jshi snorted and did not speak. sat down and took a sip of tea before sighing, "Isn't this just surrendering to Chang Ruiqing?" Could it be that in the future, you can only be a rich man and enjoy the blessings of Qingfu in Nanjing? ”

As soon as his words came out, everyone in the room also looked unwilling. Zhang Jingjiang swept everyone with cold eyes. He smiled lightly: "It's better for a rich man to fall to the ground than for a human head, and the current shape is obvious." There is no way out of resistance to the central government. However, J Shi, you are still a national hero, and the generals of the Northeast Army are also from the National Government. Chang Ruiqing won't treat you too lightly. And as long as everyone keeps their lives and official positions, even if they have no real power, they are always a force, and they may not have a chance to turn over in the future. Maybe it won't be too long, right? ”

As soon as he said this, all the Jiang people present nodded one after another. Seeing that everyone seemed to want to be an official, Jiang Jshi had no choice but to sigh: "Where is there any chance to turn over?" Chang Yaoru is not so easy to deal with! ”

Zhang Jingjiang smiled: "Isn't it an opportunity now?" If Chang Yao is not easy to deal with, Soviet Russia is easy to deal with? If he, the chairman of the committee, is defeated by Soviet Russia and loses the Northeast, I'm afraid there will only be Shimono to apologize! ”

"And what if he wins?"

Zhang Jingjiang sneered: "There is also the Japanese level, has J Shi forgotten how the first prime minister died?" The murderer hasn't been caught yet, maybe it's next to Chang Yaoru. ”

Hearing this, Jiang J Shi snorted coldly, stood up, walked around the room a few times, and stood still again, with a cold smile on his face: "I know what to do!" Mao Ru sent an order to Yang Gengguang of Chita by secret telegram, asking him to retreat along the Trans-Siberian Railway to Heilongjiang within 24 hours after all the Japanese troops withdrew from Chita! ”

Wang Boling was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Didn't you say that you would keep it for three days?" ”

Jiang Jishi didn't answer, but just glared at him fiercely with a pair of eagle eyes. Wang Boling couldn't help but take a breath and stood up to give an order. Zhang Jingjiang suddenly stopped him: "Mao Ru, sue Yang Gengguang, to the outside world, it can only be said that the Military Commission ordered them to retreat within 24 hours!" ”

Wang Boling was stunned for a moment, and then as if he had thought of something, he showed a sudden realization on his face, and he raised his legs and went out.

Looking at the back of his confidant chief of staff, Jiang J Shi sighed, turned back to Xu Chongzhi and said: "Now I can only do my best to obey the destiny of heaven, you are the eldest brother, I will go to Beijing with you to surrender to Chang Yaoru!" ”

Bai Chongxi stepped down from the train at this time, stomping on the small platform of Qinhuangdao Station. His army was temporarily held back in Shanhaiguan, but he was not worried about a civil war with the Northeast Army. Now that Chiang J-shi is gone, if nothing else, the Northeast Army will soon give in to the center. In the future, the three northeastern provinces will be the places where they can show their strength! Thinking of this, a slight smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth. But in the blink of an eye, it was put away. He turned to his adjutant and ordered, "Send a telegram to Peking." Inquire about the results of negotiations with Japan on the formation of a joint command? ”

As soon as his adjutant turned to leave, he saw Lu Yixuan, the deputy commander of the front army, walking over slowly, and said to Bai Chongxi: "Brother Jiansheng, do you still want to command the Japanese army in Manchuria?" I'm afraid this matter can't be discussed. ”

Bai Chongxi smiled indifferently. He didn't want to command the Japanese army, and he couldn't command it, but he didn't want to be commanded by the Japanese. However, this matter is not something he should worry about, and Chang Ruiqing will find a way to deal with it. Thinking of this, he smiled at Lu Yixuan: "What is the situation in the western section of the Middle East Road now?" ”

Lu Yixuan sighed softly: "The situation is not good, Guo Maochen's army is stubbornly guarding the three strongholds of Manchuria, Hailar and Yakeshi, and it can't take care of other places." Many Mongolians in the Hulunbuir grassland also joined the ranks of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and helped Lao Maozi to sabotage the Eastern Railway. Moreover, the government of the puppet Mongolian People's Republic also declared that the steppe area west of the Great Khingan Mountains was the territory of the Mongolian Republic, and it seemed that there was a vicious battle to be fought. ”

Bai Chongxi snorted. He asked again: "Brother Zixiu, when will the main force of the Japanese army in Chita begin to retreat?" ”

Lu Yixuan hesitated: "I don't know, there is no news from the Chita front, it seems that the Japanese are deliberately blocking the news." They still don't trust us. ”

Bai Chongxi nodded: "It was originally a Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where are there any hardcore allies?" It's not like they're calculating each other's battles at Chita like this, so let's not make a little bit of dark energy, right? Now let's go up and sing the leading role, and the Japanese and Jiang Jshi are making small moves in the back. ”

Yes, how can China and Japan become allies? If Bai Chongxi had a choice. He preferred to let the Chinese Defense Forces take on the mission of defending Manchuria alone, and as for the 15 Japanese divisions in Chita, it was better to fight with the Soviet Russian Red Army.

And at the moment, on the Chita front. The shelling of the Russian Red Army began again. Artillery fire swept like a wind through the fields and forests on both sides of the Shilka River. In an instant, high and low columns of blue-black smoke soared into the sky at the same time above the coalition front. The scale of this shelling was the largest since the beginning of the Battle of Chita. It seems that Soviet Russia has brought in more artillery units from the Western Front to join this symphony of death. According to the information published by the Red Army after the war. In total, they threw forty-two artillery regiments with a total of nearly 1,500 cannons of various calibers in this round of shelling. Coupled with the thousands of tons of ammunition urgently transferred from the Western Front, the coalition positions suddenly turned into a hell of fire!

The reaction of the coalition forces (mainly the Japanese) was also timely. Almost immediately, their artillery group began a roaring counterattack. However, this also means that the coalition forces on the Chita front line have not yet begun to adjust their deployment, at least the Japanese artillery units are still on top of their original positions! It seems that the Russian Red Army will not give them time to retreat calmly!

All the communication lines of the coalition forces are shouting wildly, and another large-scale full-front offensive of the Soviet Russian Red Army is just around the corner! Prince Zaihito Miyajihito, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Simberian Dispatch Army, who had already moved his headquarters to Chita, and was also the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, also hurriedly gave the order to fight to the death to the front-line troops! As soon as the Red Army's artillery fire was extended, countless officers and soldiers of the Japanese army, the Chinese army and the Xianbeilian ** came out of their respective bomb shelters and poured into the trenches, and one after another Type 38 rifles were erected, and the machine guns of Haqikai or Maxim (the Northeast Army was equipped with a 6.5mm caliber Maxim heavy machine gun produced by the Zhong** Industrial Group) also entered the firing position. Braving artillery fire, the coalition forces quickly put up a posture of resistance!

However, on the reserve position behind the front-line position, there are not many Japanese officers and soldiers wearing khaki uniforms, all of them are officers and soldiers of the Northeast China Army wearing blue-gray uniforms and gloomy faces! They now knew that most of their Japanese "allies" had withdrawn from the line and were preparing to retreat, while they were left on top of their positions by the Japanese waiting to die! Almost every Chinese is cursing the Japanese devils in their hearts, and they are also planning to escape or surrender, including their commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Yang Jie.

At this moment, he was in an artillery observation post not far from the front-line position, watching the situation on the front line through the gunner's mirror, and at the same time cursing his Japanese boss Prince Kanin Miyazaihito, as well as our Standing Chairman and his deputy Vice Chairman Chiang, it was these three bastards who sent him and hundreds of thousands of Northeast officers and soldiers to a dead end! Now three very different orders have been given to him.

Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace ordered him to command the Chinese army and the Xianbeilian army to hold Chita for at least a week. Then retreat along the Eastern Railway. And Chang Ruiqing's order to him was: hold Chita for no more than three days, and then surrender to the Eastern Army of the Soviet Russian Red Army. As for the order given to him by Chiang J Shi, his troops should abandon Chita and retreat along the Trans-Siberian Railway in the direction of Heilongjiang (referring to rivers rather than provinces) within 24 hours after the Japanese army withdrew, and sell the back of the retreating Japanese army to the Soviet Russian Red Army!

Personally, Yang Jie was of course willing to obey Jiang Jshi's orders. But the Japanese did not fully trust him, a Chinese general who had studied military affairs in Japan. When Prince Zairen of the Idle Yuan Palace deployed the retreat, he still transferred 30 infantry brigades from the 15 Japanese divisions on the Chita front, of which 20 were deployed on the front-line positions and 10 were deployed in Chita City, responsible for monitoring Yang Jie's headquarters and destroying the materials left by the Japanese army in Chita City at the appropriate time. In addition, Xianyuan Palace also sent Yang Jie a military advisory group headed by Toshiro Kobata Nakasa, who followed him inseparably behind his ass.

Just when Yang Jie was thinking about how to get rid of the surveillance of the Japanese advisory group. The shouts of "Ula, Ula" came from the battlefield ahead. He gathered his spirit and began to watch the battle through the artillery mirror, and he saw countless people wearing white smocks. Red officers and soldiers with rifles of water beads have already filled the entire battlefield, pouring like a tide towards the coalition positions! Immediately afterwards, the gurgling voice of a Japanese artillery observer sounded in Yang Jie's ears again.

"On the north bank of the Shilka River, a large number of Russian infantry appeared in Area No. 3. An assault is being made on my position! The artillery immediately began to block the shooting! ”

A Japanese 75mm mountain/field artillery group, which was hiding near the front line and did not participate in the artillery battle with the Russian artillery group, received an order for twenty-four rapid fire. The shells rumbled and exploded in the Red Army's assault formation, and scattered shrapnel knocked down the Red Army soldiers piece by piece, but more Red Army soldiers still braved the Japanese artillery fire to insist on advancing!

However, the Japanese artillery fire did not last long. The Battle of Chita was a European battle, and the use of artillery by both sides was close to the highest level of the era. The artillery units of both sides were divided into suppressive artillery groups for artillery battles and support artillery groups for supporting infantry. There are also artillery observation balloons and reconnaissance planes in the sky, and dozens of artillery observation companies and sound measurement companies on the ground are monitoring the opponent's artillery every move at any time. Any artillery group that is within the range of the enemy's suppressed artillery on the front line will inevitably attract an artillery counterattack from the opponent as long as it continues to fire for more than 5 minutes. So the support artillery groups on both sides could only open fire cautiously. Immediately after the fight, it will be transferred.

At the same time as the Japanese shelling stopped. The assault units of the Russian Red Army had already rushed within range of the machine guns and rifles of the coalition forces. The Haggaeus machine guns and Maxim on the positions also began to shoot in turn, and like the artillery, the machine guns also had to adopt a hit-and-run tactic! The Red Army of Soviet Russia, baptized by World War I, had a large number of mortars and snipers. And it can also play a very smooth tactical coordination. Any coalition machine gun is sure to attract mortar shells and sniper bullets within a minute of firing! So they have to keep moving.

In contrast, the Japanese army was significantly inferior to its opponents in the use of mortars and snipers. The grenadier and Type 92 infantry guns, which had historically inflicted heavy casualties on Chinese machine gunners, would not appear until a few years later. As for the hand-to-hand combat that the Japanese army was proud of, it was no less difficult to do in front of the tall and long-arm Russian infantry! Therefore, with no weaker numbers and firepower than the Russian Red Army, the Allied forces (Japanese troops) holding their positions suffered losses no less than the attacking Red Army.

Today's battle was a little more fierce than before, and the battle continued from morning to evening, showing no signs of stopping. The Red Army's assault infantry rushed into the coalition positions several times, and both sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat, which were finally knocked out under the counterattack of the coalition reinforcements who had arrived at the front line in time at the Tongguò communication trenches. Every time the Red Army stormed the position, the artillery on both sides began to roar, one side wanted to block the route of attack, and the other side wanted to block the passage of reinforcements with firepower. As a result, the routes of the Red Army's offensive and the communication trenches reinforced by the coalition forces were full of corpses that had been killed by artillery fire!

By the time it was completely dark, the Red Army finally stopped the offensive. Yang Jie put down the telescope that he had held up for a day, exhaled softly, and before he could turn around, he heard the military adviser Toshiro Obata speaking in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, His Royal Highness the Prince, please go to the headquarters in Chita City immediately for a meeting!" ”

Yang Jie answered, turned around and looked at Obata with tired eyes: "Leave tonight?" ”

Obata nodded stiffly: "Tonight, the artillery unit of the imperial army will be transported to Manchuria by train, and the second division will also go to Manchuria with the artillery, but there are still 30 brigades of infantry below that will still stay in Chita to fight with your army!" ”！！！