Taiyuan City, read the military headquarters of the army.

After receiving the notice, the two division commanders Zhang Biao and Ling Tianbao hurried to the outside of the military headquarters, and after entering the military headquarters, Zhang Mingyu had already been preparing for a long time.

The two saluted in unison and said, "Military seat." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Mingyu signaled: "Let's do it, in addition, this is a telegram sent by the chief of staff from Yinchuan, you can take a look." With that, he handed a telegram on the table to the two of them.

After the two of them got together and read the message, Zhang Biao said with a heavy face: "Military seat, what the chief of staff said is reasonable, we can't help but take precautions, in the past two years, Ma Hongkui, this old guy, has secretly recruited troops and horses, and has worked hard to expand the troops with the equipment we gave him, in case they take advantage of the fire to rob, then our losses will be great." ”

"Yes, Lao Zhang is right, we have to prepare for the worst in advance, or I will take the second division to cross the Yellow River west quickly, respond to the transfer of arsenals and base areas, and deal with emergencies." Ling Tianbao nodded.

"No, none of your two divisions can move, this time I will lead the guard battalion to cross the Yellow River west and personally take over the base area and arsenal." Zhang Mingyu pondered for a while and said happily. Zhang Mingyu said that it is not bad at all, at this time Taiyuan is surrounded by real strong enemies, there is himself in the north, and there are Jin Sui Army and Central Army in the south. , the Eighth Route Army and bandits from all walks of life, because the Reading Force has two main divisions in Taiyuan at this time, so he and Yan Laoxi dare not act rashly, if Zhang Mingyu takes away a division now, it is difficult to guarantee what will happen.

Although the arsenal is important, Shanxi is now more important.

"Military, take only the guard battalion with you, won't this be too dangerous?" Zhang Biao objected: "Now Ma Hongkui is no longer what it used to be, in case he really wants to turn against us, won't your safety be at risk at that time..."

"Don't worry about this, there are two regiments of the third division and the armored division, even if he Ma Hongkui has an army of 100,000, I am not afraid of him." Speaking of this, Zhang Mingyu took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and took a deep puff, and then said: "After I leave, the two of you will be fully responsible for the affairs of Taiyuan, and if there is any emergency, report it to me immediately." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Biao and the others agreed with a bang.

Not long after, Zhang Mingyu set off with more than 1,500 people from the guard battalion, and the long convoy slowly drove out of Taiyuan City, along the Xintai Highway all the way to the west.

At this time, the overall deployment of the Reading Force is as follows:

The 1st Infantry Division and the 2nd Infantry Division were stationed in Taiyuan and the surrounding counties, Lai San's 3rd Infantry Division was stationed in Baotou, and the main force was stationed in Guisui.

Ma Liqun's cavalry regiment had been expanded into a cavalry brigade, garrisoning Xinzhou, Yuanping, Daixian and other places. Wang Tiehan's Fourth Infantry Division garrisoned Datong Ordos and the base area, and Xu Hu's armored division had three tank regiments and two armored vehicle regiments, one of which was stationed in Baotou, one regiment was stationed in Ordos, one armored vehicle regiment was stationed in the base area, one tank regiment was stationed in Taiyuan, and one armored vehicle regiment was stationed in Datong.

Liu Hanshan's heavy artillery brigade and air defense brigade were combined into an artillery division, which had two air defense regiments, one heavy artillery regiment (150 heavy artillery) and two 105 howitzer regiments. Two of the 105 howitzer regiments were deployed to Taiyuan with the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions, the heavy artillery regiments were deployed in Ordos, and the air defense regiments were deployed in Ordos and one in the base area.

The Air Force's Flying Eagle Division has three fighter flight regiments and one bomber flight regiment, which are deployed at Ordos Airport, Datong Airport, Taiyuan Airport and other places.

The rest of the small-caliber artillery divisions and regiments have artillery battalions or batteries directly under them, and the airfields in Taiyuan, Datong, and Ordos have all deployed some antiaircraft guns and antiaircraft machine guns.

At this time, Zhang Mingyu's biggest regret is that he did not set up the security department earlier, so now he doesn't know anything about the specific situation of Ma Hongkui and Yan Xishan, these big warlords, and he doesn't know if there are any of them in his reading army, anyway, he doesn't have any eyeliner in other people's troops.

There is no intelligence person who does not have the same two pairs of eyes, and he is blind everywhere, and fighting with these warlords is completely different from fighting with devils, who are fighting in a foreign land, and they are familiar with the terrain and landforms, and they are truly blind, while the Reading Force is a local battle, and they can always get the support of the local people.

But big warlords like Ma Hongkui and Yan Xishan are different, their troops are also squadrons, and in some places the situation is far more familiar than the reading army, because many of their soldiers and officers are from the mainland, such as the Ma Jiajun headed by Ma Hongkui, most of the officers and soldiers are locals from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningqing.

Regardless of the road conditions, the environment is more familiar than the reading force. Therefore, Zhang Mingyu made up his mind that he must let Jin Bihui train a large number of spy agents for himself, because in future wars, these are indispensable.

At this time, Zhang Mingyu was busy dealing with the affairs of the arsenal, and the Americans on the other side of the Atlantic also did something that they regretted very much.

Washington, White House Presidential Palace.

Roosevelt sat on the leather sofa with a large cigar in his mouth, and sitting not far from him was Ishihara Wan'er, the deputy chief of staff of the base camp of Ishihara, who had quietly visited the United States not long ago.

As soon as Ishihara sat down, he couldn't wait to ask, "Dear Mr. President, how do you think about the formation of a strategic alliance between our two countries?" ”

Roosevelt spat out two puffs of second-hand smoke, and then said extremely arrogantly: "After deliberation and decision in our Congress, we can cooperate with you, but we cannot send troops to invade China with you, we can only provide you with strategic resources such as steel, rubber, and oil." We can also provide you with fighter jets and various weapons and equipment at the lowest price when necessary. But there are two demands, first, that you immediately abolish friendly relations with the Germans and declare war on Germany and the Soviet Union whenever necessary. Second, when you control the whole of China, you must hand over the Chinese lands south of the Yangtze River to us. ”

Obviously, Roosevelt's demands were very excessive, but Ishihara did not think so at this time: as long as the Americans continued to send them strategic resources such as steel, oil, and rubber far away, then they could manufacture more and more advanced weapons and equipment by themselves with the strong industrial base of the Great Empire, and there was no need to buy American fighters and weapons at all.

In addition to the navy being able to reach Germany, it is impossible for the army to cross thousands of miles to the sea to start a war on the German mainland, so even if there is a war with the Soviet Union and Germany, the Far East Army of the Soviet Union will face at most.

As for Roosevelt's proposal to divide the river and rule, it is even more impossible, as long as the time comes, the empire is strong enough, controls the whole of China, and has rich strategic resources, and then there is still a need to fear the Americans? Thinking of this, Ishihara nodded hurriedly and said, "Dear Mr. President, I can agree to all of your requests on behalf of our empire. I hope that our two countries can cooperate happily in the future! ”

"OK, happy cooperation!" Roosevelt picked up the wine glass next to him and said to Ishihara, "Chess! ”

Ishihara also hurriedly picked up his wine glass and said in stiff English, "Chess." ”

After sending Ishihara away, Secretary of State Hull sat next to Roosevelt in the president's office, slowly holding a cigar and saying, "Do you really plan to cooperate with me?" You know, China's Chiang regime is pro-American, so do you really want to help me destroy China? ”

"Nono, Hull, you must know that there are only eternal interests between countries, and there are no friends, we can ally with China, or we can continue to provide paid assistance to China's political axe, you must know that China has a population of 400 million, and its industrial base and comprehensive national strength are very strong, which can be called the first in Asia. What we hope most is for China and even the Soviet Union to lose both, so that no country or force in Asia can threaten the global strategic interests of the United States of America. ”

"Evenmaiga, dear Mr. President, you are so talented." Hull patted Roosevelt's ass.

In the thirtieth year of the Republic of China, that is, in late January 1941, Hitler, a war maniac, still launched a blitzkrieg against France, and the results of this war nearly a year later than the original history were still the same as the original history.

Hundreds of thousands of German troops and panzer groups swept all the way through western France, and the French [***] team was defeated one after another.

Meanwhile.

Zhang Mingyu also led the guard battalion to cross the Yellow River, after a half-day trip Zhang Mingyu and the guard battalion arrived in Ordos, at this time the garrison Ordos is the first corps and two militia battalions of the fourth infantry division of the Reading Army, Zhang Mingyu and others have just arrived outside the city, the first corps commander Cheng Ze took a few soldiers to wait outside the city gate for a long time.

Seeing Zhang Mingyu, Cheng Ze and several soldiers behind him stood up and saluted at the same time, and then solemnly said: "Military seat, hard work, hurry up and enter the city!" ”

Zhang Mingyu returned a military salute, waved to the convoy behind him, and said, "Enter the city." ”

After entering the city, it didn't take long for the telephone in the regimental headquarters of the first regiment to ring, and Cheng Ze strode over to pick up the phone, nodded a few times, and hung up the phone.

Then he said to Zhang Mingyu: "Military seat, the commander of the Second Flying Regiment, Wang Zhenwu, called and said that the fighters of their flying regiment were on routine air patrol just now when they found that suddenly a unit of about one division from Lingwu was secretly moving in the direction of our base area. ”

"Which unit is the Lingwu garrison?" Zhang Mingyu asked.

"It's a division of the 81st Army." Narusawa replied.

"Army 81?" Zhang Mingyu paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, muttered for a while, and then said to Cheng Ze: "You immediately send a telegram to your division commander Wang Tiehan, and ask him to lead the second regiment and the armored vehicle regiment to cross the river immediately and come to Ordos to obey orders." ”

"Yes!" Cheng Ze stood upright, and then gladly took the order and left.

(To be continued)