Firmament! Under. The magnificent grassland looks at the spear, and the grass that is more than half a person high dies with the counter-reward, and then together with the cattle and sheep that are hidden between the pastures, it outlines a collection of wind-blown grass and low cattle and sheep.

In the vast grassland, a simple road runs north-south across the grassland, and although the road is still covered with low pastures, the road here is quite good compared to other places, and it is passable by car.

Now, a convoy of cars is moving from south to north, escorted by hundreds of guards, all trucks loaded with heavy munitions. And there are also light machine guns on the trucks, and under such a guard, I am afraid that no one dares to come and attack the idea of this convoy.

The officer in charge of escorting the car was a major general, and when his name was mentioned, he was also famous in Beiyang back then, and there was one in Beiyang. "Lao Xu." There is another one, Xiao Xu and Lao Xu. refers to Xu Shichang, and "Xiao Xu" refers to Xu Shuzheng.

Now, the major general sitting in the cab of the truck at the beginning is Xu Shuzheng, who is not only the director of the Northwest Frontier Affairs Office and the Northwest Frontier Affairs Office. And he also has the errand of the commander of the garrison of Luoyuan Province. It can be said that he is a high authority, and the governor of Yuyuan Province is Xu Shuzheng's classmate and friend Guan Songxiu when he was in the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, so Xu Shuzheng is even more beautiful now than he was a year ago. In this province, his words are often more effective than those of the governor.

It is said that it is taboo for soldiers to interfere in politics, but this is Luoyuan, which is very different from the situation in other provinces. Therefore, both the provincial governor Guan Songxiu and the garrison commander Xu Shuzheng have relatively large powers in their hands, managing both military and civil affairs, which is similar to the power of the "metropolitan governor" in the early years of the republic.

Although the central government has never renounced sovereignty there, the actual situation is far more complicated than the journalists' reports, because of the intervention of Tsarist Russia, the Outer Mongolia region has actually been in a semi-independent state, and a group of Outer Mongolian princes rely on the protection of the Russians. A puppet regime was established in Outer Mongolia, and an army of tens of thousands of men was formed, which they used to constantly cause trouble in the steppes in an attempt to force the central government to recognize their "independence".

The central government went all out to deal with Japan. It had to temporarily take false and unscrupulous actions against Tsarist Russia, acquiescing in the expansion of Tsarist Russia in Outer Mongolia, but the Russian Tsar was not satisfied, and still tried to get into Inner Mongolia by encroaching on the southern steppes through the puppet regime of Outer Mongolia under his control.

The center saw the actions of the Russians very clearly, although it did suppress public opinion at home. However, the central government has never given up the sovereignty of the Mongolian region, and the reason why the central government divided the Inner Mongolia region into three provinces, Sheyuan, Chahar, and Rehe, was precisely for the purpose of fighting against Tsarist Russia.

Guan Songxiu, the governor of Jieyuan Province, is a local person from Yuyuan. The central center appointed him to the position of provincial governor in order to unite the local natives, and since he and Xu Shuzheng were classmates and friends of the non-commissioned officer school, it was easier for the two to cooperate, after all, Xu Shuzheng was a person with his eyes on the top of his head, and ordinary people really couldn't stand his stinky temper.

In the past, Xu Shuzheng's Northwest Frontier Office had a very narrow scope of authority, basically just a logistics organ for the northwest frontier defense, and the local troops that could be directly commanded were only a few thousand people, but now. He not only commanded the local troops in Suiyuan. Moreover, it is also possible to dispatch local troops in Chahar and Rehe provinces, and even local troops in Xinjiang are under the supervision of the Northwest Frontier Affairs Office. The current Xu Shuzheng is indeed a little complacent, and he is just missing a chance to make a contribution.

Xu Shuzheng has been waiting for this opportunity to make contributions, and some time ago the center decided to start a war against Japan. The General Staff once planned to transfer Xu Shuzheng to the Army Staff and serve as a staff officer for Lan Tianwei, but Xu Shuzheng made a report to the General Staff. After a detailed analysis of the situation in Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, Xu Shuzheng succeeded in making the General Staff Department change its original decision by relying on this report of tens of thousands of words, and as a result, he did not participate in the war against Japan.

Xu Shuzheng insisted that only the northwest region was the place where he realized his ambitions, and for this purpose, he had spent several years in the northwest in this bitter cold place, during which he trekked hard, climbed ice and snow, and often took his staff to go deep into the barren terrain to explore, which was also a real effort. In order to make a career here. If he is transferred elsewhere, then this great opportunity to make contributions will be given to others, Xu Shuzheng will definitely not agree, and it is precisely because of this that he has tried his best to make the General Staff change its mind.

If it was before, Xu Shuzheng would still be a little worried about this. If the opportunity to make a contribution to the grassland outside the Saiwai is not so easy to grasp, then now. He was fully confident that he would be able to achieve his ambition now, for the simple reason that it was simple. Because of the war in Europe, Tsarist Russia no longer had time to take care of Outer Mongolia and lost its patronage. Those princes of Outer Mongolia who can only enjoy themselves are the dishes on Xiao Xu's table, and he can eat as much as he wants.

Although the princes of Outer Mongolia had an armed force of tens of thousands of people in their hands, Xu Shuzheng did not take the rabble in his eyes, in his opinion, although those Mongolian cavalry were good at riding and shooting. But there was a lack of discipline and a lack of heavy weapons, and as long as the center made up its mind, it would take only a month at most to solve the Outer Mongolian problem.

What's more, not all the princes of Outer Mongolia are willing to hide under the wing of the Russian tsar, some princes who hate the Russians have defected to Xu Shuzheng, as long as the center gives an order, these princes of Outer Mongolia will definitely be very happy to lead the national defense forces.

The so-called "soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first". Since ancient times, the most important thing in warfare is logistics, especially for the outer grasslands of Outer Mongolia. The logistics of this unit are even more visible, now. Xu Shuzheng was busy doing many things, and he used the highway to transport a large number of military supplies to the military station in the north. Once Feng Shu gives the order, the army can be dispatched at any time.

Now there is a railway connection between Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, from Outer Mongolia Kulun to Inner Mongolia naturalization, that is, the so-called "Kugui Railway" This railway is a railway built by the central government and the Russian government, the track adopts the Russian system, although nominally this railway is built by China and Russia, but in fact it is Russia that controls this railway, so if you want to transport troops to Outer Mongolia through this railway, you must obtain the consent of the Russians.

If you think about it, the Russians will certainly not agree to the strategic maneuver of the main forces of the Chinese Wehrmacht along this Kugui railway to the Outer Mongolian region, and the Russians will only get in the way. As a result, most of the officers who drew up the strategic plan, including the senior generals of the General Staff, did not believe that it was realistic to rely solely on railways to carry out strategic maneuvers. Thus, the sentence for the construction of a highway was thus formulated.

This strategic highway extends from Inner Mongolia to the south of Outer Mongolia, it is not just a highway, it is actually a road network, in order to build this road network, the central government has used a large number of manpower and material resources, many farmers who have immigrated from the interior to Suiyuan, Chahar and Rehe have participated in the construction of this road network, in order to exchange for a land deed through labor.

After nearly two years of construction, the road network is now basically complete. Although the roadbed and pavement are made of local materials because of the ugliness, the quality is far inferior to the oil highway, but in terms of the climate outside the plug. This improvised road is the most cost-effective road, with little money to build and maintain, it can be guaranteed to be open to traffic for most of the year, and it is also suitable for long-distance mobility of cavalry units. This road network can ensure the mobilization and supply of military supplies when entering Outer Mongolia, and now, the center has decided to carry out a "strategic transport operation" to supply military supplies to the front-line military stations, this action has attracted great attention from the Russian government, many wearing "merchants." The Russian spies in the hat are now operating on this road network, spying on intelligence, and the princes of Outer Mongolia have also taken action, and the current steppe is not peaceful.

Now, the convoy led by Xu Shuzheng is driving on one of the roads in this road network. Since the car was loaded with machine guns, submachine guns and bullets, Xu Shuzheng decided to escort the car to the military station in person, and also to take a look at the situation in the north.

Now the convoy has arrived at the foot of Yin Mountain. It was not far from the military station, and all the people were very excited. When you get to the station, you can rest in the barracks and have a hot meal.

At noon, the convoy finally arrived at the station, and Xu Shuzheng got out of the car before he could catch his breath. I saw the stationmaster of the military station running over in a panic.

"Director Xu, the telegram, the telegram that just came over the Internet, the General Staff took it."

Xu Shuzheng took the transcript of the telegram and glanced at it a few times. But his brow was furrowed.

The telegram said that the General Staff had decided to postpone the timetable for the march into Outer Mongolia, so it ordered Xu Shuzheng to re-transport the military supplies that had already arrived at the military station back to the Huahua Reserve as a precaution.

Xu Shuzheng did not know why the General Staff suddenly changed its mind, and the telegram sent to him by the General Staff a few days ago was still urging him to step up combat readiness. In order to march into Outer Mongolia at any time, but now. The General Staff suddenly changed its mind, which made Xu Shuzheng a little strange.

If it were someone else, maybe he would have carried out the orders of the General Staff without saying a word, but Xu Shuzheng is different from other officers, he is a high-minded and arrogant person, and he hates to be used as a gunman.

So, Xu Shuzheng immediately rushed to the telegraph room. A telegram was sent to the General Staff, asking why the General Staff had changed Ji Rong: "Don't you want to take back the sovereignty of the country?"

The hat was too heavy, and the officer on duty at the General Staff did not dare to call back, but Xu Shuzheng waited in the telegraph room for more than half an hour, and then called back before coming over. Because this reply was taken by the president himself.

Xiao Xu, don't worry, there is a place for your meritorious service, and the meal must be eaten one bite at a time. If you don't march into Outer Mongolia now, it doesn't mean that the center will give up its sovereignty there, even if you withdraw the military supplies, you can contribute to the construction of the northwest frontier with peace of mind. Contribute to the construction of Xinjiang Railway, and your name will be indispensable for the future credit. ”

The president said very bluntly on the telegram, not afraid that Xu Shuzheng would not listen, but he didn't say why he suddenly didn't plan to enter Outer Mongolia now, and Xu Shuzheng was still depressed.

But depressed is depressed, since the president has ordered it, Xu Shuzheng can only go back dejectedly. So after lunch, he led a convoy to transport the arms and materials to Guihua City in their original condition, and the mood of the officers and men was not high. Like Xu Shuzheng, they are speculating about why the center suddenly changed its plan to enter Outer Mongolia.

It turned out that the day before yesterday, shortly after he led the convoy to leave the city, a diplomatic mission from Tsarist Russia arrived in Beijing and immediately held talks with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Linked to the "strategic transportation plan" again, Xu Shuzheng suddenly came back to his senses.

"No wonder they didn't care about the activities of the Russian merchants, it turned out that they deliberately made the Russians aware of this operation. I was used as a gun by the center. ”

Xu Shuzheng's guess was good, but he overestimated his own role a little, in fact, if it were not for the outstanding performance of the Wehrmacht in this war against Japan. The Russian government will not change its China policy in such a hurry, and in the final analysis, Xu Shuzheng's side has only played a role of side echo.

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