The announcement of the Manchu Empire's entry into the war shocked the whole world, everyone knew that the Manchurian Empire would enter the war, but no one expected it to be so early. The Qing court was as excited as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, and Britain and France were uncomfortable. Their deployment in Southeast Asia has now become a joke, not to mention the destruction of the four countries, their own turf is facing huge challenges, and it is necessary to consider how to defend India.

However, when Guoxing Azhen sent troops, everyone calmed down, and the declaration of war by the Manchurian Empire seemed to be a bit thunderous and rainy. The Manchurian Army only dispatched seven Seawolf-class destroyers of a detachment of the Nanyang Fleet stationed in Kaohsiung to blockade Hong Kong at sea, and then sent a division to Guangxi to reinforce the Qing army in the war against France. There was neither a large army to capture Hong Kong, nor an offensive in Canada and Australia, and even if it were to attack Vietnam, a division would be too thin.

William's cabinet in England and Jouferi in France all judged Manchuria's behavior. Manchuria was not prepared to actually intervene in the war, lest it fall into the quagmire prematurely and lead to excessive loss of national strength in the later period. The current declaration of war is only an act of expression, and the purpose of Manchuria is only to get the Qing Dynasty to go all out into the war to contain Britain and France, and to pave the way for its own full involvement in the war in the future. Britain and France are both old fritters who sell their teammates, and Manchuria's trick of letting the Qing Dynasty be cannon fodder is all left over from their play.

Britain and France did not take Manchuria's intervention seriously, and the imperial court also felt that Guoxing's support was too weak, but Feng Zicai, who was really in charge of Guangxi, did not think so at all. Feng Zicai's position is to assist in Guangxi's military affairs, and he is not the supreme commander of the front line, but the supreme commander Pan Dingxin's governor has basically been abolished, and Feng Zicai has to take the lead in terms of prestige and ability. Through the recommendation of the generals convened by Li Bingheng, the acting governor of Guangxi, Feng Zicai officially became the former enemy commander.

However, the situation taken over by Feng Zicai was not good, the French army had already arrived at the gate of China, but the situation of the Qing army was very unsatisfactory. There were many factions of the Black Flag Army, the Huai Army, the Defense Army, the Cui Army, the Le Army, and the local regimental training factions, and there was no advanced equipment supported by Manchuria, but it was difficult for them to exert their due combat power. The two sides have been facing each other in the Wenyuan area for a long time, and Feng Zicai has been sorting out his team, although Su Yuanchun, Wang Debang, Wang Xiaoqi, He Huan and other generals are very cooperative, but the results are very unsatisfactory. Feng Zicai, who had planned to attack many times, was very depressed, and when he saw the Manchurian army that rushed to reinforce him, the old general suddenly came to his senses, and he knew that the strong army in a hundred battles was good at a glance.

Feng Zicai looked at the Manchurian Army coming from the front bar, and felt warm in his heart, but Zheng Yong, the commander of the Manchurian Army who came to reinforce him, was cold in his heart. The 31st Infantry Division of the Manchurian Army is a not very glorious unit, and its own black accounts are also a basket, and it has always existed in the form of a compendium division, and it has only recently made some improvements. The Manchurian Army was fully prepared for war, and all departments began to expand on a large scale, and the 31st Division was also upgraded to an integrated division. Moreover, Zheng Yong trusted the relationship of the old commander Acton and heard a super good news that the 31st Division will be expanded and will be upgraded to an army. Zheng Yong was beautiful for several days, and then the order to expand did not come down, but the order to transfer him into Guangxi came down, and Zheng Yong's dream of becoming a military commander was shattered.

"Master Zheng has worked hard all the way!" Feng Zicai and others gave Zheng Yong's arrival the highest standard reception, and Feng Zicai led all the senior generals to leave the camp for ten miles to greet them.

"The old military gate is too polite!" Zheng Yong actually didn't want to deal with these Qing troops with average combat effectiveness, he could destroy the French army in Vietnam by himself, and he didn't need these Qing troops to get in the way at all. But Feng Zicai is only old there, and he is Guo Xing's old acquaintance in the Jiangnan Daying era, when Feng Zicai was a general, Zheng Yong was still a guard! Naturally, he had to be polite.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries between the two sides, the 31st Division marched into Zhennan Pass and set up a huge camp outside the pass. The luxurious equipment of the Manchurian Army and the advanced camp facilities made it clear that the soldiers were dizzy for a while, and the stupid son of the big dog family was different! The veteran Feng Zicai and He Huan, who has always been careful, have seen a lot of doorways, and the camp deployment of the Manchurian Army is very orderly, and the emphasis is great. Moreover, the soldiers of the Manchurian Army were quite well-trained, they moved like the wind, shrewd and capable, and their physique was as strong as a calf. Looking at the Qing army with a weak body and a gray face, He Huan and Feng Zicai both felt that their soldiers had a stupid aura in their eyes.

The Manchurian Army quickly settled itself, and Feng Zicai began to prepare for the banquet, but as soon as Feng Zicai's banquet was ready, the Manchurian Army's barracks suddenly became agitated. The teams of soldiers were all busy, the middle and low-level military officers were also running around, and some high-ranking officers were also in a hurry. Wang Debang, Su Yuanchun and others almost thought that the Manchurian army, which had suddenly entered the war zone, had a camp roar, and the Qing army had become extremely nervous. Feng Zicai hurriedly rushed to Zheng Yong's headquarters, and when he entered the door, he eagerly asked, "What happened to Zheng Shizuo?" ”

"Don't be impatient, but please prepare your appearance, there is a big man coming!" Zheng Yong, Yu Siqiang and other senior generals were there, they were not busy deploying anything, but were busy changing clothes, they took off the same training uniforms as soldiers, and changed into gorgeous and handsome military uniforms.

"Big shots?" Feng Zicai had a question mark in his head, he didn't receive any notice! The Qing army now uses all telegrams, even if his news lags behind Zheng Yong, he doesn't know anything!

Feng Zicai couldn't ask questions, so he could only leave Zheng Yong's headquarters and want to go back to appease the Qing army first. However, as soon as he walked out of the door of the headquarters, Feng Zicai was taken aback. The more than 20,000 Manchurian troops have all completed their assembly, forming countless huge phalanxes in the formation of the parade, and all the artillery and other heavy equipment have been pushed out, and the momentum is extremely terrifying. Feng Zicai silently calculated that when the Manchurian army completed its assembly, the Qing army could barely convey the order, and the gap between the two sides was too big.

Feng Zicai returned to his camp, and it took a long time to pacify the Qing army, which was frightened by the Manchurian army. Just gathered the generals and wanted to explain the situation, Zheng Yong sent someone over to urge. Moreover, several waves of people came in a row, repeatedly asking the Qing generals to dress up and greet the big men of the Manchurian army.

"The Emperor Lao Tzu is coming! You don't have to make it so big! Wang Xiaoqi and several other short-tempered generals inevitably became anxious in the face of Zheng Yong's repeated urging.

"Zheng Shizuo commands an army of 20,000, and his status in Manchuria is not low, and the character who can make him so nervous is indeed extraordinary!" Su Yuanchun, He Huan and others are much more sensible.

"Go check it out! People are guests who have come to help us fight, so let's not lose our courtesy! "The former governor Pan Dingxin and the current acting governor Li Bingheng are scholars after all, and they are the nominal supreme commanders, so naturally they have to speak.

When the Qing army came to the Manchurian camp, all the officers of the 31st Division had already formed a phalanx, and Zheng Yong was patrolling around, as if to check the appearance of the officers and soldiers. And Zheng Yong checked very carefully, whether the button on the neckline was loose, whether there was dust on the gun, these were his inspection points.

"Yu Senza, which of your military sages is coming?" The Qing army looked at Zheng Yong's actions for a while, and Feng Zicai could only come forward to inquire what kind of prominent figure he was.

"I don't know! The General Staff Headquarters directly called to instruct the reception and security, and it must be a very important person, but there was no clear instruction on who it was. According to the level of the notice, it is very likely that he is a big man at the level of lieutenant general and above in the staff headquarters! "Yu Siqiang is also very nervous, if he can leave a good impression in the hearts of the important people in the staff headquarters, their 31st Division can be saved.

"Lieutenant General Gao Shen?" The generals of the Qing army are not very clear about the concept of Manchurian military ranks, Zheng Yong is a major general! The lieutenant general is only one level higher than him, so he is so nervous!

"It's equivalent to the Minister of Military Aircraft!" The military and government of Manchuria were separated, and it was difficult for Yu Siqiang to find an analogue position, so he could only casually say something about it.

"Oh!" Now everyone understands that the Minister of Military Aircraft should indeed be so serious.

"When will this general arrive, and will we go to meet him as a team?" Li Bingheng thought of a very important question, since he was going to greet him, what were everyone doing standing in the camp of the Manchurian Army, and they should enter Zhennan Pass to greet them.

"It's coming soon!" Yu Siqiang didn't say much, but looked up at the sky.

"How?" Everyone in the Qing army was stunned, and then they also looked up, everyone's mouths couldn't close, and a huge airship in the sky was slowly descending, and several things with a huge roar also swept through the air at a very fast speed. There was another great chaos in the camp of the Qing army, but nothing happened, but many people began to worship in the open space to the sky, thinking that the gods had descended to earth.

Everyone has heard of the airship, and only He Huan and a few other generals who have mixed in the north have seen it. The Qing Dynasty procured three airships from Manchuria, all of which were placed in Beijing, so almost no one had seen them. The Guangxi front line is full of southern soldiers, and no one has ever seen this thing. Even the generals who had heard of the airship were shocked when they suddenly saw it.

The airship slowly landed, and a team of capable soldiers got off the airship first, forming a protective circle, and they didn't seem to be completely at ease with their robes. After the soldiers completed their defensive deployment and drove Zheng Yongdu back to the greeting queue, a middle-aged man in a gorgeous military uniform stepped off the airship. Feng Zicai clearly felt that Zheng Yong and the others' breathing had become rapid and heavy, they seemed to be extremely excited, and the person who came down seemed to be an amazing figure, even bigger than the lieutenant general Gao Shen they guessed.

"But the Chief of General Staff of your army Tan is here in person?" Feng Zicai asked Zheng Yong quietly.

But Zheng Yong didn't pay attention to Feng Zicai, but roared with all his might: "Salute!" ”。

20,000 people saluted at the same time, making a loud noise, almost indistinguishable from a mountain and a tsunami. The middle-aged man should have been treated with this courtesy often, and he did not feel the slightest discomfort, and after lightly saluting the soldiers, he went straight to Feng Zicai.

"Brother Nan, don't come here after many years!" The middle-aged man took Feng Zicai's hand very affectionately, so that Feng Zicai, who didn't recognize who he was, was not embarrassed.

"The Manchurian general Yun Xiangong is here in person, don't be rude!" Li Bingheng stabbed Feng Zicai in the back, and Yu Siqiang had already secretly told him who the person who came was.