Xiaobao stuffed the blanket and other items into the suitcase and followed Miji Tsukawa to get out of the car.

All the soldiers on the platform stood up and saluted.

"It's all ready, please eat and rest." Ushijima said.

"I heard that the tiger head has almost been built?" Miji Tsugawa asked.

"The main body is finished." Ushijima replied.

"I want to check it out now. His Majesty the Emperor is very concerned. Miji Tsugawa said.

"But it's still more than a hundred kilometers east from here, do you want to take a break and go again?" Ushijima asked.

"No, let's arrange it now." Miji Tsugawa said categorically.

"Okay, I'll arrange it now. Please rest in the train station first. Soon it will be ready to go. Ushijima replied hesitantly.

There are no more passenger cars in the direction of Hulin from Dong'an to the east. The transportation is basically military supplies, and the arrangement is also very fast.

Xiaobao has been to Dong'an several times and is very familiar with this place. It's just that he can't understand the conversation between Miji Tsukawa and Mitsuru Ushijima, and he doesn't know what they're talking about.

Miji Tsugawa walked into the train station, found a seat and sat down casually, waited for the train to be deployed, and then took the train east to Tiger Head Fortress.

After a while, Ushijima walked in.

"In half an hour, we'll be ready to go." Ushijima said.

Miji Tsugawa nodded slightly: "I heard that you are now conducting combat training in cold conditions, is it true?" ”

Ushijima didn't answer, just glanced at Xiaobao who was standing aside.

"He was sent by the Intelligence Department of the Kwantung Army to protect me, and he was absolutely reliable. If it weren't for him, I'd be dead. Besides, he doesn't know Japanese. Miji Tsugawa said.

"It's happening with this kind of training. It was the coldest time in Manchuria, and it was appropriate to do such training. Ushijima replied.

"What does it mean that the main body of the tiger's fortifications has been completed?" Miji Tsugawa asked again.

"Twelve kilometers wide and six kilometers deep above ground and underground fortifications have been built. But some of the weapons that need to be equipped are not yet in place. For example, long-range artillery that could directly bombard the Far Eastern Railway and the Iman railway bridge in the Soviet Union. Ushijima replied.

Miji Tsugawa nodded and said, "Everything will be fine." ”

The whistle of the train sounded outside the train station, and it was supposed that the locomotive was out of the warehouse in the trailer.

Xiaobao stood by and listened to the conversation between Miji Tsugawa and Mitsuru Ushijima, although he couldn't understand a word. He knew everything he had seen along the way, and it might be important information to go back and tell Zhang Fengguang.

"Attacking the USSR in the summer to cross the Ussuri River required a lot of amphibious equipment. But that's what we're missing. And in winter, the Ussuri River freezes at least a meter thick. The tank car rushed past the river three or four hundred meters wide. It only takes a minute or two to hike. Ushijima said.

"The location of Iman is very important. It is in the middle of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok, and in the event of a war it is an inevitable place of attack. Miji Tsugawa nodded.

"Iman was also a key cross-border entry area sent by Soviet intelligence officers. Although we have caught a lot, we still can't prevent it. The Soviets already knew that we were building fortifications opposite them, and they always wanted to know the details. Ushijima said.

Miji Tsukawa glanced at Xiaobao and said, "Then it depends on their Kwantung Army Intelligence Department." ”

A young man walked in and whispered a few words to Ushijima.

Ushijima said to Miji Tsugawa, "The train is ready. I still have training assignments. After arriving at Hutou, there is a warehouse Zhouzang of the Fourth National Border Garrison to receive Your Excellency. I have informed him by telegram. After saying that, he got up and saluted Miji Tsugawa.

Miji Tsugawa stood up, nodded in return, and walked to the platform. A steam locomotive pulling a carriage is waiting on the tracks.

There were already more than thirty Japanese servicemen sitting at both ends of the carriage.

"It's not safe to pass through sparsely populated areas along the way. Please don't mind, otherwise the train will not depart. Ushijima said to Miji Tsugawa with a smile.

Miji Tsugawa nodded and asked, "How long will it take to reach the end?" ”

"Four hours." Ushijima replied.

Miji Tsugawa and Po turned around and got on the train and sat in the middle of the carriage.

Miji Tsugawa has been in Manchuria for such a long time, and he has slowly understood the urgency of the Kwantung Army. From the founding of Manchukuo to the present, thousands of kilometers of railway lines alone have been built. There are also huge investments in other areas. For the day of the war with the USSR. If there had been no war, all this investment would have been lost.

And that's not even counting the various operational plans and combat training that have been done over the years. Huge payouts in the intelligence war against the USSR.

Xiaobao looked at the light machine guns and grenadiers placed in the aisle of the carriage and knew that this should be the equipment of three squads. Ushijima really didn't want anything unforeseen to happen on his turf.

Four hours later, the train stopped only two or three kilometers from the Tiger Head Fortress. Major General Kurashuzo of the Fourth National Border Garrison has been waiting for a long time.

Miji Tsukawa looked at his watch, then at the white sky in the east, and said to Kura Shuzo, "I've rested." Now take me to the Ussuri River. ”

Cang Zhouzang had no choice but to nod in agreement.

The truck rounded a hilly field bumpy over a roadless wilderness.

"It's freezing hard right now, but it's actually a bath when the weather gets warmer. Whether it's a person or a car, you will immediately fall into it. This is a natural barrier to the Tiger Head Fortress. Kura said, pointing to the snowy ground.

"How far is this from the Ussuri River?" Miji Tsugawa asked.

"Two kilometers," Cang Zhouzang replied.

A distance of two kilometers is a blink of an eye for a car. Miji Tsugawa jumped out of the truck and looked across the Ussuri River, where he couldn't see anything.

"The Soviet sentinels on the other side of the river should have seen us a long time ago. The distance is too close, only three or four hundred meters. If there were long-range artillery, it would be possible to blow up the Soviet Far Eastern Railway and their bridges from here. Kura explained.

The frozen river surface of three or four hundred meters is really a charge distance.

The group turned to look back at the hills behind them.

"This is Tiger Mountain. It is divided into three parts: eastern, central and western. It is 700 meters long from east to west, and is connected by tunnels except for the ground fortifications. The main tunnel has been connecting the two wings of Hubei Mountain and Hudong Mountain. It is ten kilometers long in total. It can be said that it is like an impregnable wall. Cang Zhouzang said proudly.

Miji Tsugawa nodded silently. It's a great place to attack, retreat, and defend.

"Let's go, I'll go above and below the fortifications. I'll have to report back to His Majesty the Emperor when I go back. Miji Tsugawa said.