Jilin, the General Headquarters of the Northeast New Army.

Present at the emergency meeting were Huang Xiansheng, commander of the First Division and concurrently chief of the Jihei Provincial Police Department, Jiang Baili, chief of the general staff of the Northeast New Army, and Li Zhenyuan, deputy commander of the Armored Group Army.

Zhang Xinghan smoked a cigarette and frowned, and after a long time, he extinguished a thought again, and said to Jiang Baili and Huang Xian: "Do you have anything to say?" ”

"Commander, I think this matter may cause us to fight with the Russians, should we remove Wu Chengfeng from his post first and investigate it to ease the situation? After all, our new army has just been formed, and more than half of them are new recruits, and they lack training and combat experience. Huang Xiansheng also frowned.

Jiang Baili didn't speak, but pondered, as if thinking about something.

Zhang Xinghan shook his head and said: "Brother Alarm Zhong, you still don't know about the Russians, if Wu Chengfeng just arrested the Russian railway workers, then it's okay to say, let it out and apologize, and this matter will be over."

But this bastard almost washed Lao Maozi's railway industry and commerce team in Qiqihar, killing at least no less than a hundred people! It is impossible for the Russian side to settle down with us. ”

"What then?" Huang Xiansheng said worriedly.

"What else can I do? It can only be started. Zhang Xinghan said angrily.

"However, at the moment, Nanman is still in the hands of Yue, and we are at war with Lao Maozi, if I take advantage of the situation to attack, won't we suffer from the enemy on our backs?" Huang Xiansheng said worriedly.

"It is unlikely that the enemy will be attacked by the abdomen for the time being, and the Kwantung Army will be greatly injured by our beating, and it will not be able to go north in a short period of time, if there is a war with the Russian side, we only need to hold Siping and Tongliao in two directions, which is not difficult for us." Jiang Baili suddenly spoke.

Zhang Xinghan nodded thoughtfully, and asked eagerly: "Chief of Staff, what do you think if we start a war with Lao Maozi?" Think we have a chance of winning? ”

Jiang Baili muttered: "I don't know much about the specific number of Russian troops in the Far East, but referring to the Middle East Road incident three years ago, once the war starts, the Russian side will be able to reach at least 100,000 troops in a short period of time."

Moreover, the Russian army is different from the Chinese army, it is no longer the Russian army of the tsarist period, and since the October Revolution, they have undergone earth-shaking changes in terms of weapons and equipment and the ideological willpower of their combat personnel.

Therefore, there is still considerable risk in this battle with the Russian side, but we are not without a chance of winning, at least our air force and armored forces should have an absolute advantage. ”

After listening to Jiang Baili's analysis, Zhang Xinghan nodded, pondered for a long time, and said: "Order all divisions to immediately and quickly enter their respective defense areas to prevent a possible attack by the Russian side." If the Russians want to fight, then let's fight with them, just take the opportunity to take back all control of the Eastern Railway, damn it, how many years has China been in the bag, foreigners can build railways on our territory, and occupy it for a long time. ”

"Since the commander has decided to fight, then we have to prepare as soon as possible." Jiang Baili said.

"Well, the armored group army, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd brigades of heavy artillery immediately marched towards Harbin, and the 2nd Division handed over the city defense task to the Changchun Police Force, and the whole division immediately marched to Harbin along the railway." Zhang Xinghan nodded and ordered.

"Oh, by the way, there is also the Air Force Flying Regiment, except for the necessary reconnaissance planes left, the rest of the main fighters and bombers will be immediately transferred to Harbin Airport to make sure that everything is in order."

"Yes!" Jiang Baili and Huang Xiansheng, and Li Zhenyuan got up at the same time to promise.

"Brother Alarm Bell, Jilin will be handed over to you, and the chief of staff and I will go to Changchun first, and then go to Harbin in case of a sudden war." Zhang Xinghan got up and said to Huang Xian.

"Please rest assured, Commander, with me, there will definitely be no accidents in Jilin." Huang Xiansheng patted his chest and reassured.

Vladivostok, the command of the Far Eastern Military District of the Russian side.

The current commander of the Far Eastern Military District, Vasily. Konstantinovich. Blyukher was roaring indignantly to his subordinates: "Comrades, the soldiers of Northeast China have openly slaughtered hundreds of our citizens in Qiqihar, and the Supreme Leader has agreed to carry out a crusade against Northeast China [***], and we will be ready to make all sacrifices to fight to the end to defend the honor of SL, and fight to the end for the unjustly killed Russian citizens." ”

"Defeat the [***] team, defend the honor of our sulian soldiers, and avenge the dead compatriots!" Blyukhel shouted with emotion.

"Revenge, revenge." A group of Russian military officers raised their arms and shouted.

…………………… Three days later, all units of the Northeast New Army had already entered the predetermined positions, and Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili also led the guard battalion to Harbin by train.

Shen Xingye, who had already taken the lead in Harbin, and Liu Jianguo, commander of the 4th Reading Division stationed in Harbin, rushed to the station to greet him.

After getting into the car that Shen Xingye and Liu Jianguo had already prepared, Zhang Xinghan opened his mouth and asked, "Yizhi, how is it, is there any movement from Lao Maozi?" ”

"Yes, Lao Maozi has signs of increasing his troops in the direction of Hailanpao and Manchuria, and the original garrison troops are also preparing for battle." Shen Xingye replied bluntly.

"It seems that a war with Lao Maozi is inevitable." Zhang Xinghan said with a heavy heart.

"Even if the Qiqihar incident doesn't happen, we will have a battle with Lao Maozi." Jiang Baili suddenly said in an astonishing voice.

"Why did the Chief of Staff say that?" Zhang Xinghan planned to be strong enough in the future, and take advantage of the opportunity to recover those territories that belonged to the Chinese nation when the Germans attacked the Russians.

But he didn't expect Jiang Baili to have such thoughts.

"Because our new army in the northeast has gradually become stronger, and the powerful will make the old Maozi jealous, and the Middle East Railway will be an extremely important railway communication line for us in the future, and it will definitely be taken back, and the Russians are bound to turn against us in order to ensure the privileges of the Middle East Railway, so sooner or later we will have a war.

Since there will be a war between us sooner or later, there is no difference between fighting now and fighting later. ”

"Of course, a considerable part of our troops are new recruits, but we still have nearly 100,000 veterans with combat experience, and our air force and ground armored forces and heavy artillery brigades have an absolute advantage.

If we are strong enough in the future, then in the process of our strength, the Russians will inevitably increase their military strength in the Far East to cope with the pressure and potential threat we bring to them. Jiang Baili talked and analyzed.

"Well, that makes sense." Zhang Xinghan nodded thoughtfully, suddenly brightened, and his mind was suddenly relieved, he was indeed too worried, in terms of firearms, ground armored assault force and air power, his Northeast New Army was no worse than Lao Maozi.

He still has advanced knowledge that is nearly a world ahead of this era, and with Jiang Baili's assistance, his tactical use and strategic layout ability will be upgraded to a higher level.

Decades later, with millet plus rifles, New China also defeated the United States, which was armed to the teeth and known as the world's first military power, forcing the people of the United States to sign the first truce agreement signed due to invictory since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

It has an army of 200,000 troops, and has weapons and equipment and technical weapons that are more advanced than the Russian army, and there are no worries about ammunition and fuel.

Compared with the Russian army, their logistics and transportation all rely on the Trans-Siberian Railway, as long as their air force can destroy the Trans-Siberian Railway as much as possible, paralysis can effectively weaken the logistics supply of the Russian army.

Then victory will not be far off.

The most important thing is that the Russian army will definitely not launch a large-scale war of aggression against China at this time, because its strategic center is in Europe.

As long as they moderately grasp the blow to the Russian army, it is very likely that both sides will return to the negotiating table.

Of course, if the Soviet Union is determined to invade China on a large scale regardless of everything, Zhang Xinghan is not afraid, and it is a big deal to lead his troops to withdraw to Guannai, or drag his troops into the mountains to fight guerrillas, and he has unlimited ammunition production machines, and logistics and military supplies can also be without worries.

Therefore, Zhang Xinghan can give it a try, you must know that the place where you can train qualified soldiers is the battlefield.

It is better to train for ten years and fight on the battlefield, the real elite division is never trained on the training ground, but forged by the real battlefield after a hundred battles.

When Zhang Xinghan and others entered the division headquarters of the 4th Division in Harbin.

The signal corps of the 4th Division received an urgent telegram that had just been transferred from Jilin.

About a division of the Russian army suddenly launched an attack on Aihui from Hailan Pao, and Wang Tiehan's division of the 7th Division of Reading Force, which was stationed in Heihe, immediately returned fire, and the two sides started a fierce battle.

The Russian army quickly increased its troops, and with the cover of its naval ships, transported about two regiments of troops across the Heilongjiang River, and at the same time dispatched the air force to bomb the defense units of the 7th Division.

Wang Tiehan led his troops to resolutely resist while sending a telegram to Zhang Xinghan for help.

After reading the message, Zhang Xinghan immediately responded: "Order, the flying regiment is dispatched immediately, and the 6th Division of Jiamusi's Reading Force immediately sends troops to reinforce Heihe, and at the same time, the 1st and 2nd regiments of the Standing Heavy Artillery Department quickly march along the railway to the border of Heilongjiang River, and inform the troops on the front line that this is a battle to defend the homeland and defend the country, and the officers and men of our troops should fight bravely to kill the enemy and defend our territorial integrity!" ”

The signal corps was immediately ordered to leave.

Jiang Baili said: "Commander, are you sending an armored division to help the Heihe front?" ”

"No, Heihe is blocked by the Heilongjiang River, and more battles between the enemy and us will be artillery and air force, and the armored forces are unlikely to come in handy, but in the direction of Manchuria, I think the armored forces of the Russians will definitely break through from Manchuria and march to Hailar." Zhang Xinghan said.

(To be continued)