The war had been going on for several months, and rumors of the Japanese attacking Gyeonggi had been circulating for a short time, but after the initial panic, after seeing the troops from all over the country entering Beijing, the people of the capital were no longer afraid of war, and some of those who fled to the concession saw that the war seemed to be confined to the northeast, so they had the courage to go back.

The current capital is not the capital of the past, after the inner city is renovated, the outer city has also been renovated, and the roads between Tianjin and Beijing have also been tried to be built with ash, and the bare mountains are basically planted with small saplings with the three Arbor Days, and it may not be a few years before the Gyeonggi Plain, which does not grow a tree, will become lush and green.

In addition to the more beautiful environment everywhere, because of the withdrawal of the banner people and the depressed street market, because of the arrival of troops from all over the country and become prosperous, when the troops rest, often can see those honest soldiers into the city to visit, the outer city of Zhengyangmen Street, Dashilar, grinding factory, the inner city of the East Fourth archway, Xinjiekou, Dongdan archway, and the temple fairs everywhere, can see their traces. Allowing soldiers to enter the city was specifically requested by the General Headquarters, and soldiers from all provinces who came to defend the capital should always let them enter the capital and know what they were defending. Now that Beijing is building so well, the soldiers come in and go back knowing that they are guarding this place, and it is worth dying.

As for whether there will be conflicts between the soldiers and the people, it depends on the political work of the troops and the organizational strength of the neighborhood committees. Fortunately, the soldiers knew that this was the capital and the place where the emperor lived, and they were very well-behaved, and the people saw that Qiu was a soldier and did not commit any crimes. You can also do some business, and you are very welcome. After the two sides are on good terms. Merchants began to specialize in the business of soldiers entering the city, and some ready-to-wear shops and shoe and hat shops secretly imitated camouflage uniforms and military boots and hats. These things are most liked by young students, especially imitation camouflage uniforms, and students are trying to find ways to buy them.

On Chang'an Avenue in spring, Xie Jintai frowned in the carriage, and he didn't want to look at the Beijing street market with its faded winter clothes and its first appearance, but thought about the conversation with the French and Russian ministers in China just now.

The news of the Russian reinforcement of troops in the Far East came from the Russian minister Chen Quai, and the intelligence bureau, with the help of the Bolshevik forces in Russia, also confirmed that this was the case, but he met with the Russian minister Krupinsky. But he completely denied that there was such a thing, this somewhat scoundrel Russian, who has a kind of duck shaking water, is very good at pushing the responsibility to be borne away, even if there is evidence, he will spread his hands, and then tell you that this is the decision of Petersburg, he cannot call the shots.

Compared to the scoundrels of the Russians, the French minister Marsley was pragmatic. He began by expressing his serious concern about the matter, and frankly admitted that France did not support the Russian invasion of China at all. However, after making such a statement, he said something that shocked Xie Jintai very much: that is, according to reliable information, if China defeats Japan. After the army rests, it will attack Russia.

Xie Jintai's heart beat wildly after hearing this, this sentence was promised by Yang Rui to Prince Heinrich of Germany, and he didn't want the French to know it. But how did the French know? When his heart was shocking, Xie Jintai did not change his face and announced that this was rumors and slander. To be honest, China's enemy will only be Japan, even as long as Japan is not aggressive. Even Japan does not want to be hostile, let alone Russia, which is several times stronger than Japan.

Perhaps he didn't want to believe this news, or maybe he won the trust of Ma Shili with a calm look, but the French minister did not pursue the matter further, but expressed that he asked Xie Zhangtai to wait for the news, hoping that the two countries would reach an agreement and cooperate in preventing Russia from launching a war in the Far East.

France is an ally of Russia and a creditor of Russia, and France has penetrated all aspects of Russia very thoroughly, and Xie Jintai is a little relieved to receive such a promise from the French, but he is still worried that Russia will take risks, especially Mongolia.

On the 26th day of the sixth lunar month of the year before Shenwu, the Fuxing Army launched the Chongzhen plan and occupied the capital overnight, and at the same time, the 1st Brigade of Linxi Independence quietly arrived at Kulun, and with the assistance of Neiying, the troops quickly controlled the entire city, especially the living Buddha Jebu Tsunpadan. The Restoration Society had long known about the Outer Mongolian Conference on Independence a few months earlier and the sending of a delegation to Russia, and the Mongol princes who wanted independence had promised no intention of independence under their bayonets; The delegation to Petersburg also met the deceased on the way, and after several negotiations, only a small number of the delegation continued westward, and most returned to Mongolia.

According to the original history, the delegation would arrive in Petersburg on June 21 and ask Russia to support Mongolian independence in the name of the Living Buddha, and a few months later during the Wuchang Uprising, the princes officially declared independence with the support of the Russian consul, but in this time and space, the action of the revival meeting a few months earlier than history caught both the Mongol princes and Russia by surprise, especially the 1st Brigade of the Independent Brigade overnight against Zì Kulun, and the Russian consul Liu Ba had nothing to do.

In addition to the ambitions of the princes, the conflict between Coulomb and Beijing was due to the new policy implemented at the end of the Qing Dynasty, which caused the herders to complain about the continuous forced reclamation of pastures, and the erosion of the privileges enjoyed by the princes by corrupt officials, which led to the birth of the independent conspiracy in the Xinhai year. There is Tao Ke Taohu to say that with the holy decree of the emperor of the new dynasty, the forced reclamation of the entire territory of Mongolia will be stopped, the new deal will also end, and the new government will be responsible for repaying the bad debts owed by the princes to the Russian merchants.

After doing so, the Russians could not find an excuse at all, and at this time, China threw out the Mongolian railway payment plan in a timely manner, hoping that Russia, whose ambitions could not be realized, could endure until the completion of the Mongolian railway and then launch a second wave of action, but at this time, Russia was already mired in the war in Europe, and China could not afford to use the railway to quickly increase the number of troops in Mongolia and completely expel the Russian forces from Mongolia, which was the plan of Yang Rui and the entire government. I don't want China and Japan to declare war, and before the winner is decided, as soon as the British, Japanese, and Germans make a fool of promises, Russia can't help but make a move.

After leaving the legation, Xie Jintai did not return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but went directly to the General Staff Department, and Yang Rui explained the matter before leaving the country, in case Britain declared war or Russia sent troops, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Staff must cooperate closely.

"Mr. Chong'an!" When the carriage entered Gushan Beizi Mansion, Pei Shoutong received a report. He personally went out of the house to greet him.

"Ji Mei, ah......" Xie Jintai's brows were still tight, but he also knew that outside was not the place to speak. And things can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and he said, "Let's go in and talk about it." ”

"This way, please." When Pei Shoutong heard this, he hurriedly brought him into the conference room in the mansion. Many staff officers inside are already waiting.

"I went to see the Russian minister in the morning, and he knew nothing of what was going on in the country, and only said that there was absolutely no such thing; The French minister, on the other hand, said that he was aware of the news and would stand with us. Xie Jintai looked at the people. According to the general practice, if Russia sends troops to invade Mongolia, it must be an excuse, otherwise he will not be able to explain it internationally, but this is just an excuse, except for the United States and France. Countries, including Germany, supported Russia's actions in the Far East. Now the Mongolian railway has only been built to Sainshanda, and it is still 400 kilometers away from Kulun......"

When he said this, Bei Shoutong coughed and said, "Mr. Chong'an, the railway company did not stop work last winter, because Mongolia is all plains, and the requirements for later construction have been reduced, and in the past few months, the railway has been repaired to Joyle, which is still two hundred kilometers away from Coulomb. The Russians are actually repairing it too. They have already repaired to the border, and there are still almost three hundred kilometers from Coulomb. ”

The Mongolian railway was connected to Ulan-Ude, and the Russian side also knew about it, and this was something he could not stop. After all, it was within the Russian border, but when he heard Bei Shoutong say that Russia had already repaired to the border, he was surprised: "Why did it reach the border?" I remember it was full of mountains. How did the Russians fix it so quickly? ”

"The Russians brought in all the yellow people from Siberia and the Far East to build roads, and they didn't care about life or death." He Yanong, director of the Russian Department of the Intelligence Bureau, said. He is a native of Lingshi, Shanxi. When he was studying in Japan, he joined the Reconstruction Society, and after graduating, he became the chief of the Second Section of the Second Department of the Military Advisory Office. Later, the Security Bureau and the Intelligence Bureau were rectified and separated, and the Second Department was absorbed by the Intelligence Bureau, and his second section was upgraded to the second department, which is still responsible for Russian intelligence. "Now that the railway has been built, more than 20,000 road builders have died, and the goal of exterminating the people has been achieved."

Although he had known that the Russians were bloody, Xie Jintai was also trembling in his heart, and he asked the staff officers in the room a little anxiously and weakly: "What countermeasures does the General Staff have now?" You can't watch the Russians come in! ”

"Mr. Chong'an, the General Staff has long had a plan for war against Russia, especially in the Mongolian direction." Pei Shoutong said. "The increase in the Russian army is actually aimed at the Far Eastern Military District, not the Irkutsk Military District. Although the Russians had built the railway to the Mongolian border, there were still 300 kilometers of mountain roads from the border to Kulen, and judging from the road conditions of this section of the Russian-Mongolian highway, they sent at most two or three divisions to invade Mongolia. At the same time as the invasion of Mongolia, the main forces of the Russians will be concentrated in Heilongjiang, and when the time comes, they will give us a choice, either agree to their demands on Mongolia in order to promote Mongolian independence, or draw a knife in the back and go south to flank our Northeast Army with the Japanese army when our forces are overstretched.

Now in the Mongolian direction, there is only the former 1st Brigade of Linxi, which has now been expanded into a separate Mongolian cavalry division with 15,000 men, of which one battalion is stationed at the city of Maimaicheng on the Russian-Mongolian border, and the other units are deployed on the entire Russian-Mongolian highway node north of Kulun. Heilongjiang and Jilin, on the other hand, now retain two armies and six divisions in the name of mobilizing reserve divisions to participate in the war......"

Hearing that Bei Shoutong finished talking about his own troops, Xie Jintai's face turned a little pale, and he hurriedly said: "What about the Russians?" How many of them are there? How many people will be sent? ”

"There are about two or three divisions in the Mongolian direction, and after the increase in troops in the northeast, the number of troops that can be sent in the initial stage is about fifteen to twenty divisions, and it will increase to thirty divisions in the later stage." Bei Shou is the same way.

"This ...... Do you have a chance of winning? Xie Jintai asked.

"According to the previous plan, there is one in the northeast, but it is necessary to defeat the Russian army at one time and force it to cease fighting. The Mongols, on the other hand, could only resist step by step, delaying the Russian offensive with mountainous terrain. "Bei Shou is the same way." The key is not in Mongolia, but in Heilongjiang, as long as the Russian army is defeated on the Heilongjiang side, then things will be easy to do. ”

"Six divisions can defeat twenty divisions?" Bei Shoutong was not surprised, but Xie Zhangtai's face became more and more pale. In three months, Japan, which had been unable to attack for a long time, had already transferred 23 of the 25 regular divisions and 12 of the 18 reserve divisions to the Liaodong battlefield, that is to say, there were 35 Japanese divisions and regiments in the entire Liaodong; And the Baath Army, in addition to twenty regular divisions, has twenty reserve divisions. However, due to the difference in the number of troops, the strength of the two is roughly equal. However, because the Renaissance Army had to defend in various places, the number of troops piled up on the defensive line was smaller than that of the Japanese army. However, fortunately, Liaodong is all mountainous, and the 35 divisions of the Japanese army are not easy to put away, so the two sides are still evenly matched. However, if there are suddenly 20 divisions of Russian troops in the north, and the enemy is on the back, the defense line may collapse.

Seeing that Xie Jintai was becoming more and more uneasy, Pei Shoutong said: "Mr. Chong'an, these six divisions have experienced the Battle of Fengtian last time, and they can be regarded as veterans, and they may be worse than regular divisions in combat." But the ability to work hard is by no means inferior to that of a regular teacher. Besides, the gentleman has already called us to concentrate our forces to defeat the Russian army in the first battle, and the Air Force and the 1st Panzer Division have now gone north. ”

"Oh...... Did they go north? That's good! Xie Jintai's eyes suddenly had some brilliance, the power of planes and chariots he only learned after watching the exercise movie, according to the kind of blitzkrieg that Yang Rui said, maybe six divisions can really defeat twenty divisions of the Russian army.

When Xie Zhangtai regained his confidence, the bomber unit of the air force in Chun'an was preparing to transfer more than 1,000 kilometers from Chun'an to the northeast, and the troops had to pass through Xuzhou, Baoding, and Chifeng to reach their destination Nong'an, a small city 60 kilometers north of Kuanchengzi. It is less than 70 kilometers away from the Songhua River to the north.

Considering the fact that there are foreign churches all over the country, during the secrecy period, the troops have to take off in the middle of the night and land at dawn after more than three hours of flight, and night flight navigation is the most critical. Fortunately, the airship unit has summed up a set of night flight regulations, and the radio compass is becoming more and more mature, so it is good for the air force to use it directly. The only worry is that it will be dark at dawn, and when the fuel runs out and you have to land, there is a risk of an accident.

Chun'an Air Force Command. Major General Qin Guoyong of the bomber wing made a report, which made Pan Shizhong, who was discussing with the political commissar in the room, turn his head and said, "Zizhuang." Come on in! ”

Qin Guoyong's expression was stern, and when he heard this, he entered the house, "Report to the commander, the pilots have been mobilized, and they can take off to Xuzhou Airport in the middle of the night." ”

"Good! You sit down. Pan Shizhong said gently. What about the morale of the troops, this is going to fly for three days in a row? ”

"Everyone has wanted to fight the enemy for a long time!" Qin Guoyong was a little excited, after nearly two years of hard training, the pilots were a little tired, and everyone wanted to fight the enemy, and the sooner the better.

Seeing Qin Guoyong like this, Lieutenant General Shan Yunian, the political commissar next to him, looked at Pan Shizhong and smiled: "Look, I'll just say it, those rabbit cubs are already anxious to go to the front line, and you want them to leave a day later, I think they can't wait to leave now." ”

As soon as Shan Yunian said, Pan Shizhong also smiled, and he said: "I'm just worried that they are too hasty and set off without being ready." ”

Although Pan Shizhong is more than 20 years younger than Qin Guoyong, he has a strong roots, and he was the chief officer of the airship unit before, when he was wandering in the sky, Qin Guoyong was still studying in Belgium, and he was still very prestigious in the air force, and now he said this, Qin Guoyong, who had already sat down, suddenly stood up and said: "Report to the commander, the troops have been prepared, the planes are all in the best condition, the soldiers heard that the Russians invaded the south, and they can't wait to go north to resist the ......enemy now."

Qin Guoyong was obviously excited, although he was an old man from the previous dynasty, his patriotism had not changed at all, especially with such a large scale of the air force, which he had never dared to think of before, such a sword, how could it be hidden!

"Zizhuang, let's let the troops rest for another night," Pan Shizhong said calmly. "You go through the whole process again, even if it's flying, you have to send a team to fly first to make sure it's arranged. It will still take some time for Russia to invade the south, not that they will start a war now, during which diplomatic mediation, pretext for war, logistical supplies, etc., these things will not be good without ten days and half a month. We only have two bomber groups, and old pilots are more precious than gold, and we must not have any accidents on the road again! ”

Pan Shizhong said so, and Shan Yunian, the political commissar next to him, also said: "Yes, Comrade Zizhuang, we haven't had time yet, the General Staff has given us the order to arrive in Nong'an within half a month, and besides, it's useless for us to be in a hurry, and the airports along the way must also be arranged as a whole, otherwise your two brigades will fly over, and there will be nowhere to stop." ”

The commander and the political commissar both meant this, and Qin Guoyong had no choice but to say: "Commander, political commissar, then I will apply to send a team to fly the route first, and then report the situation along the way when I arrive in Xuzhou." ”

Seeing that Qin Guoyong was about to go, Pan Shizhong said solemnly: "What should you do if you go to the army?" Happy or not to stay here for me, and follow the brigade tomorrow! Can't stay this day? ”

"Yes, Commander!" Qin Guoyong's expression became even more ugly when he saw that the request was not approved. After saluting, he left in a huff.

At one o'clock in the morning of the next day, after receiving a telegram from the front team and the weather forecast unit. The entire bomber wing began to depart. Because Yang Rui insisted that the planes should be in a two-plane formation, the establishment of the Air Force was four planes in a small team. Four squadrons are one squadron, four squadrons are one squadron, and four squadrons are one wing. The wing is equivalent to a division of the army, and is an independent combat unit in the air force, and a wing has as many as 280 planes including auxiliary aircraft, but the dive bomber wing has only two brigades and more than 130 planes of various types, which cannot be compared with the torpedo bomber unit, but just these 130 or so planes are also spread all over the airport.

A brightly lit airport. Looking at the pilot Pan Shizhong who had finished the queue, he was a little excited, and after the bowl of wine in everyone's hands was added, his eyes were blazing, and he swept everyone before saying: "Comrades, kill the old man!" Dry!! With that, he threw up his head and drank the wine from the bowl!

The commander's parting speech was so brief that when the pilots were stunned, they saw that the commander had dried up his wine, and they all shouted loudly: "old Maozi!" Then he threw up his head and drank the wine, and the bowl fell to the ground.

Bang bang. In the sound of a porcelain bowl shattering, Wing Commander Major General Qin Guoyong shouted: "Board the plane!" ”

Under the moonlight, the plane was black and oppressive, with the assistance of ground crew. The aircraft engines at the front of the line are the first to start, they breathe flames, and then the motors 'pop bo' and 'pop' to start. As the runway flight light turns white, remove the wheel plugs. The lead plane took off first, and the 11-cylinder engine roared angrily. These ghosts rose into the air one after another, and they did not leave after they took off, but waited for the sixteen planes of the squadron to gather, and then flew north in a neat queue.

At night, to prevent collisions, each aircraft is equipped with battery-powered lights at the tail. A row of small lights disappeared into the sky, followed by another row of small lights, and soon eight squadrons disappeared into Chun'an Airport. Watching the plane of the last squadron disappear, Pan Shizhong was at a loss, the troops were his own children, and he was reluctant to do anything, but since it was a battle, there would always be casualties, and there was a lot of training, not to mention combat.

"What's wrong? Reluctant? Political Commissar Shan Yunian asked with a smile. Then he looked up at the starry sky, "Hey, it's clear, the moon is so bright." ”

"An eagle must not stay in its nest all the time." Pan Shizhong comforted himself. "Go back and wait for news, they'll be landing in four hours."

The straight-line distance from Chun'an to Xuzhou is 538 kilometers, and at the speed of 120 kilometers per hour, they can fly to Xuzhou Airport in three and a half hours, but this is only theoretical, the previous batch of pathfinder planes flew for nearly four hours before landing before sunrise, and the reason why they set off half an hour earlier today is to avoid being seen by the people near the airport at dawn.

The night in spring is still cold, especially in the air of more than 1,000 meters, even if he is wearing a leather jacket and drinking a small half bowl of Erguotou before taking off, Second Lieutenant Kan Huaizhen still feels cold, but even if it is cold, he is also excited, because he is now going to the battlefield. After the Sino-Japanese East China Sea War in the middle of last year, he actually saw Hu Qinzhai's name in the commendation list in the newspaper, and what was even more surprising was that his military rank had been promoted to major, which made him embarrassed by the same military academy graduate?

With his understanding of Hu Qinzhai, since this classmate with no background can be promoted to major, he must have worked hard in his hands, and he was promoted by real merit, and his husband immediately took the fame, why can he me? With such an idea, Kan Huaizhen began to train hard, and the rule was that he could only fly for one hour a day, and he had to fly for an extra quarter of an hour every time he went to the sky; It was stipulated that he could only dive at an angle of 75 to 80 degrees during bombing, and in order to hit more accurately, he privately increased the angle of dive -- once it was indeed overdone, and the plane almost didn't change it when it fell straight to the end, but even then the plane was expensive, and the flattened plane smashed into the water, and the left wing was completely broken, but he was not damaged, and he climbed out of the cockpit and was rescued.

As soon as this incident came out, the captain of the wing, Qin Guoyong, had a good talk with him, but there were many accidents in the training, and the matter passed without punishment after persuasion, but this experience gave him a nickname: Kan Sanlang. (To be continued......)