"Serve the country loyally, sacrifice your life for righteousness, and swear to defend the motherland's airspace!" Dozens of pilots shouted exciting slogans and boarded the plane.

The BF109 driven by Zhang Xinghua was the first to start, and after the ground inspection was prepared, it drove out of the apron and accelerated along the runway towards the end.

When the speed increased to a certain extent, as Zhang Xinghua slowly pulled up, the plane began to take off and successfully flew into the blue sky.

…… When Zhang Xinghua returned to the headquarters from the airport, he saw that Jiang Baili, Zhao Zhenfan and others had a somewhat abnormal face.

Without waiting for him to ask, Zhao Zhenfan greeted him when he saw him, and said with an unnatural expression: "Commander, you are back." ”

"Guoping, what's wrong? What's going on? Zhang Xinghua asked.

"I just got the news that I was the head of the former Qing Xun Emperor Puyi and announced the establishment of the Manchurian Empire in the northeast." Zhao Zhenfan's expression was grim.

"What? Manchurian Empire? Zhang Xinghua was shocked when he heard this.

"Yes." Jiang Baili took over and said, "Actually, even if the puppet regime I support, with Pu Yi as a puppet, they have a conspiracy to actually control the three northeastern provinces of China. ”

It turned out that in the past four months or so, the Kwantung Army gradually consolidated the occupied areas, and Ma Zhanshan and Zhao Zhenhe in Heilongjiang were defeated one after another, and Zhao Zhenhe led the remnants of the army to disappear, and Ma Zhanshan retreated into the territory of the Soviet Union.

After nearly half a year of preparation, he announced to the world the establishment of the Manchurian Empire in Dalian, and Pu Yi became the ruler of Manchuria.

On the day of the establishment of the Manchurian Empire, Pu Yi, the emperor, announced to the world that the so-called Manchurian strategic alliance was openly given to him as a puppet lackey, but at this time the Manchurian Empire was slightly different from history, due to the existence of Zhang Xinghan's Northeast New Army in Tongliao, he did not dare to set Puyi's capital in Changchun, which was less than 500 miles away from Tongliao, but Jilin, the capital of Jilin Province, was renamed Xinjing and officially set the capital of Jilin.

In addition to choosing Jilin, which was farther away from Tongliao, he also helped Pu Yi to form the puppet Manchurian Emperor with the Han annihilation troops led by the former Northeast military and political personnel, including Yu Zhishan, Xiqia, Zhang Jinghui, and Jixing.

At the same time, several divisions of the Chinese army were deployed along the South Manchurian Railway and the North Manchurian Railway, and a large number of people were forcibly recruited to build a large number of permanent fortifications to guard against Zhang Xinghan's Northeast New Army.

He said that his act of openly supporting Pu Yi in the northeast to establish the Manchurian Empire and dividing the inherent territory of the Chinese nation has already been reported, which immediately aroused strong opposition from 40,000,000 Chinese compatriots.

On both sides of the Yellow River in Guannei and in hundreds of large and medium-sized cities inside and outside the Yangtze River, countless Chinese people spontaneously organized demonstrations, petitions, and protests, petitioning the political axe to send troops to the northeast to fight against the Manchu and Mongolian rebellions, regain lost territory, and defend the territorial integrity and national dignity of the Chinese nation.

However, at this time, the national political axe could not do anything other than to lodge a strong protest diplomatically and refuse to recognize Puyi's Manchu and Mongolian empires.

Sending troops to the Northeast? Don't be kidding, not to mention that North China is now full of warlords, and the order of the national political axe cannot cross the Yellow River at all, and even in the south, Chairman Chiang has not yet figured it out.

In the headquarters, Huang Xiansheng said bitterly: "It is really regrettable that I have deceived people too much, and the country is cowardly and incompetent to this point!" ”

Zhang Xinghan pondered for a long time, looked at Jiang Baili and others, and said: "Pass the order, all the officers and men of our Northeast New Army will prepare for war, fight for the country and the nation, and at the same time electrify the whole country, but if there is one person and one gun, the Northeast New Army will never sit idly by and watch the establishment of the puppet Manchukuo, and all the officers and men of the Northeast New Army will safeguard the territorial integrity of the country at all costs and defend the national dignity of the Chinese nation!" ”

"I think it's okay, our new army has just been formed, and it is in need of actual combat training, and it is just under this pretext that we are sending troops, and now the compatriots across the country are full of righteous indignation, and our dispatch of troops will definitely be able to gain great support and prestige." Jiang Baili nodded in agreement.

"Chief of Staff, I'll hand over the telegram to you, let's discuss the specific plan for sending troops now." Zhang Xinghan said.

"I wonder what the commander has planned?" Jiang Baili asked.

"The puppet Manchukuo is set to be the capital of Jilin, and as the so-called capture of the thief and capture the king first, I decided to lead my new army to carry out a strategic assault to bypass my own railway defense line, go straight to Jilin, and first capture Puyi, the so-called bullshit country, and then talk about it." Zhang Xinghan said without thinking.

"This is the best, if Jilin can be captured, it will inevitably deal a serious blow to the puppet army, and it is the most effective means to prevent the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo." Jiang Baili paused and said: "However, I have now deployed a large number of troops along the railway, and it is definitely not easy to break through and attack Jilin in depth!" ”

"I have my own plans for this." Zhang Xinghan smiled mysteriously.

…………………… Three days later, Zhang Xinghan, Jiang Baili, Zhao Zhenfan, Huang Xiansheng, and Wang Yizhe jointly issued a telegram statement to the whole country, saying that they would carry out military action against the puppet state of Manchukuo to suppress rebellion, resolutely defend national sovereignty, and eliminate any enemy ...... that tried to split China's territory.

The joint telegram has been issued, the whole country is boiling, and the prestige of Zhang Xinghan and his Northeast New Army has once again reached an unprecedented height for a while.

……………… Nanjing, the residence of the Duke of Chiang.

The chief of the guard cautiously read the telegram statement of Zhang Xinghan and others to Chairman Chiang.

After the end of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Jiang Zhongzheng was elected by Wang Jingwei to officially serve as the chairman of the Military Committee of the Chinese Nationalist Political Axe, which began the situation of Wang in charge and Jiang in charge of the army.

Chairman Jiang quietly listened to Wang Shihe's report, and was silent for a long time before he said, "I know." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand and signaled Wang Shihe to leave.

At this moment, Chairman Chiang's mood was complicated, except for Zhang Xinghan, a general who resisted in the northeast, he was pleased, and even Zhang Xinghan led his troops to send a telegram to the puppet Manchukuo to quell the rebellion, and he also had a tacit attitude.

On the other hand, however, Chairman Chiang was inevitably a little uncomfortable in his heart; in the past six months, Zhang Xinghan has been born in the northeast, won one battle after another, and gained extremely high political prestige, and his personal political prestige and limelight have even overshadowed him as a leader.

It is impossible for anyone to take this lightly.

Therefore, Chairman Chiang's thinking fell into contradictions, he hoped that Zhang Xinghan would continue to contain and consume himself in the northeast, so that he would not be able to watch the Guannei, and he was deeply afraid that there would be a second local warlord of the Zhang clan in the northeast.

However, the lesser of the two was weighed, and Chairman Chiang decided to watch from the sidelines, and let Zhang Xinghan go to the northeast with himself first.

It's a big deal that after consolidating the Guannei, there will be another Northern Expedition War, and Jiang Gong does not have much confidence in fighting a full-scale war with himself at this time, but he still has some confidence in dealing with these warlords in China, especially in the political game.

………………………… Beiping, the Young Marshal's Mansion.

Zhang Xueliang was very angry at the moment and was throwing things in the study.

Zhang Xueliang is extremely angry and depressed at the moment, since the 918 incident, he and Zhang Xinghan have almost become representatives of the positive and the negative.

Of course, the opposite is him, and the positive one is Zhang Xinghan.

Because all of Zhang Xinghan's actions are contrary to him, his actions are even more prominent, except for his Zhang Xueliang's various wrongs.

Now, Pu Yi, a bastard, has actually established some bullshit Manchurian Empire on his own territory with the support of himself, and Zhang Xinghan immediately issued a telegram to send troops to conscript.

In a sense, Zhang Xinghan's actions were completely slapping him Zhang Xueliang in the face.

So after getting this news, Zhang Shaoshuai was angry and ashamed, and when he had no choice but to use his four treasures in the study, he could only vent his anger.

………………………… Dalian Lushun, known as the headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

After the Battle of Rehe, Muto Nobuyoshi moved his headquarters back to Lushun.

In the headquarters, Muto Nobuyoshi put down the newspaper in his hand, raised his head and said to the chief of staff, Hashimoto Toranosuke: "Hashimoto-kun, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"Your Excellency General does not need to worry, after several months of emergency repairs, now the various departments of the Imperial Army have learned the reasons for the previous failure, and in view of the operational characteristics of Zhang Xinghan's department, they have built a large number of permanent fortifications in various important urban strongholds along the South Manchurian Railway, and formed mobile troops with a large number of armed armored vehicles to establish a perfect defensive line.

The Chinese wanted to break through the railway defense line of the imperial army, which was absolutely wishful thinking. "Hashimoto Toranosuke said.

Muto Nobuyoshi nodded, and instructed: "It is still necessary to inform all units of the Imperial Army, we must be vigilant, strictly guarded, and must ensure the safety along the railway, at present, the base camp is already discussing how to eliminate Zhang Xinghan's resistance army in the next stage, and our task now is to ensure the safety of Manchukuo except for Tongliao, so that it can become a production base that can provide a steady stream of coal, steel, cotton, and grain for the Great Empire." ”

"Hay!" Toranosuke Hashimoto immediately bowed his head in response, and then turned to leave.

…………………………………… Tongliao, the base of the New Army.

Before the announcement of the telegram, Zhang Xinghan began to prepare, and so far, 50,000 officers and men of the New Army have completed the assembly, and the supplies such as food and ammunition have been prepared.

After consulting with Jiang Baili, Huang Xiansheng and others, Zhang Xinghan decided to form an armored mobile unit with the 1st and 2nd Mobu Divisions and the Armored Brigade, and he personally commanded and led the strategic attack on Jilin.

Jiang Baili led the 3rd Mobu Division south from Qinglong Mountain, pretending to attack Zhangwu and other places, while the 4th Mobu Division stayed in the Tongliao base area and was responsible for responding to the 3rd Mobu Division.

On the field, hundreds of tanks, armored vehicles, military trucks, and motorcycles were parked neatly, and tens of thousands of officers and men of the New Army were fully armed and on standby.

On the rostrum, Zhang Xinghan saluted Huang Xiansheng, Jiang Baili and others: "Deputy division commander, chief of staff, everything is precious!" ”

"Take care, Commander!" Huang Xiansheng and others replied.

Zhang Xinghan nodded, turned around, glanced at the tens of thousands of subordinates on the field, and raised his arms and shouted: "Let's go!" ”

(To be continued)