Chapter 608: War Preparations (II)

It's getting hotter. As one of China's "four furnaces", Wuhan's sultry season has begun again.

Above the Yangtze River, the river wind is gusting, but it can't take away the hot and humid air, even if you stand on the 'dew' sky bridge, you are sweating.

Jiang Yiwu stood on the bridge of the 'Lu' Sky Ship, although his military uniform was already soaked, but he didn't dare to be shirtless, so he could only take off his military hat and hold it in his hand, but the sweat from his sideburns was still dripping down his cheeks.

"This weather is really hot, or Xikang is cool."

Jiang Yiwu whined, fanning around with the military hat, and just as he was looking at the front deck, a familiar voice came from behind him.

"Quick, quick! Mung bean soup, chilled mung bean soup, good things, rare good things. ”

The person who spoke was Liu Fuji, Jiang Yiwu's confidant 'made' friend. At this moment, this Colonel Liu was holding two enamel cylinders, ascended the gangway to the 'Lu' Sky Bridge, walked up to Jiang Yiwu, and handed one of the enamel cylinders to Colonel Jiang.

Jiang Yiwu took the enamel jar and glanced inside, half a jar of chilled mung bean soup, in this hot summer, is indeed a good thing, I tasted it, and there was sugar added to it, and I couldn't help but be happy.

"I say, where did you get this?"

Seeing Jiang Yiwu's curiosity, Liu Fuji smiled, raised a hand, nodded to his feet, and said, "Where else can I 'get' it?" This mung bean soup was secretly hidden by the captain, and I was asked to find out, so no, I'll 'get' you half a tank. Don't be too little, now on this ship, I'm afraid there are only two of us who can drink mung bean soup, this is mung bean soup for the crew, not our share. ”

"This captain, ** 'sex' is a little worse."

Jiang Yiwu shook his head with a wry smile, raised the enamel jar, and poured the half jar of chilled mung bean soup into his throat in one go. Suddenly, the soul body was indescribably comfortable, and the heat disappeared slightly.

"We don't have to complain that the captain doesn't have ** 'sex', if you want to complain, just complain about these Goryeo 'sticks', these soldiers always can't change the bad habit of thieves and petty 'touches', the captain complained to me just now, saying that one of his cow bone combs is missing again, and if it's not good, he was taken away by those Goryeo 'sticks'. You say, these Korean soldiers don't have long hair, what are they doing stealing combs? ”

Liu Fuji said a few words half-jokingly, and then poured the half jar of mung bean soup in one go.

Jiang Yiwu shook his head and said: "Can't you overturn a boatload of people with a rod, there are indeed a few scum in this group of Korean soldiers, but most of them are still honest and reliable, besides, after staying in the poor countryside of Xikang for almost two years, this person is also suffocating enough, and now it is finally out of the deep mountains and old forests, these Korean soldiers are inevitably a little carried away, and the military discipline is lax, this." We need to pay attention. ”

Liu Fuji smiled and said, "Yes, yes!" You start to talk at length again, and you look like a political commissar, not like a brigade commander. Actually, I hope that the Goryeo soldiers will be transferred back to Xikang as soon as possible, so that we can all worry about it, lest they cause us trouble everywhere. I can't figure it out, what is the matter with these Korean soldiers in this Zhangde exercise? If we have to transfer these 'Xikang engineering troops' out of the mountain, can we really expect them to perform a trick of digging a 'hole' in the mountain during the exercise? ”

Jiang Yiwu was also a little puzzled, but he didn't mind running around with this group of North Korean soldiers, in fact, this time he was ordered to lead the troops to leave Xikang and rush to Zhangde, the "Xikang Engineering Troops" were all dispatched, and they were fully loaded, and they were completely transferred in accordance with the wartime system.

However, I wondered that the order of the center still had to be resolutely carried out, so this unit, which was basically organized by the Koreans, left the Xikang base and rushed to Sichuan first, and then by water out of Sichuan and rushed to Wuhan to assemble.

Because the section of the Sichuan-Hankou Railway to Wuhan has not yet been completed and opened to traffic. Fortunately, several machine-powered fiber pulling stations have been established in the Three Gorges area, and there is no danger along the way, and because of the requisition of a large number of steam engine steamers, this strategic maneuver is very rapid, but in a few days, the troops have basically arrived in Wuhan, and the troops led by Jiang Yiwu and Liu Fuji are the last Xikang engineering troops to rush to the Wuhan area, a total of more than 1,000 people, just the size of a regiment.

Now that Wuhan is in sight, Jiang Yiwu and Liu Fuji are standing on the 'Lu' Sky Bridge and looking into the distance, but seeing the black smoke billowing from the river in front of them, it is the ships responsible for transporting the troops this time.

They all remembered Wuhan four years ago, when the transportation of the ** army basically relied on wooden sailing ships. The speed is slow, the efficiency is low, but now, those steam engine ships have been very intuitive to reflect the obvious changes in national strength, after the four years of industrial construction and commercial development, China's industrial strength has improved, correspondingly, the army's logistics support capacity has also improved, and all this, and Zhao Bei's strategic plan is inseparable, without Zhao Bei there is no current industrial atmosphere. Without Zhao Bei, there would be no so-called "Xikang Engineering Force".

Sometimes, a person's strength has such a ability to change the world, and it is not okay for others to disobey it.

At this time, the steamer's whistle sounded, and a small steamer that diverted water came over and led the troop transport ship in the direction of Hanyang Wharf.

Jiang Yiwu and Liu Fuji were not idle, taking advantage of this time to rush to the cabin and deck, and once again reaffirmed military discipline in broken Korean, after almost two years of training, the discipline of this North Korean army is generally good, but after all, it is a force composed of foreigners, considering the need for secrecy, the most important thing in this military discipline is to keep your mouth shut, not to speak 'indiscriminately', Korean and Chinese are still very different.

After the discipline was reasserted, the troop transport ship was almost docked, and it was Zhao Mengshan, the commander of the "Xikang Engineering Force", who came to receive the troops, he was a North Korean, now known as Zhao Liu, and he rushed over with Sun Yue, the Chinese deputy commander of this unit, and He Sui, the Chinese chief of staff, because there were some small faults in the steamer machine on the road, so it was half an hour later than the scheduled time, and everyone waited in a panic. A few high-ranking officers stood aside and personally supervised the disembarkation of the officers and men, and after the formation, the unit would immediately leave for Hankow, from where it would board the car and rush directly to Zhangde without staying in Wuhan.

Seeing their bosses, Jiang Yiwu and Liu Fuji inevitably had to be reprimanded, and they were the ones in charge of escorting the soldiers. No matter what the reason for being late was, they couldn't run away from responsibility, but fortunately this time it was just a failure of the ship's machinery, and they really couldn't do anything, so the punishment of written demerits was waived, but verbal criticism was indispensable.

Arriving at the assembly area early is of course fine, but even a minute late will have an impact on the entire military movement plan.

The military train had waited for almost half an hour to wait for the arrival of this unit, and now it was necessary to cross the river as soon as possible and rush to the railway station. Originally, the transport ships could dock directly at Hankou, but because the Hankou wharf was full of ships carrying other troops, and due to the displacement, the transport ship could not sail into the Han River, so it could only dock at the Hanyang wharf. Any army, if it is late, is likely to have a negative impact on the entire transportation plan, which is also the main reason why Deputy Commander Sun Yue criticized Jiang Yiwu and Liu Fuji.

It took half an hour for a whole regiment of troops, even at a rapid marching speed, to arrive at the Hankou railway station, and when they arrived at the railway station, Jiang Yiwu and Liu Fuji found out that the late arrival of their troops had an impact on the entire transportation plan, and the whole railway station was in a 'chaotic manner', and many troops from Hunan and Jiangxi were waiting for their troops from Xikang to get on the train, otherwise, the entire train schedule would have to be beaten. Chaos', the Xikang troops went to Zhangde, but other troops may not have rushed to Zhangde, and some troops will go to Shandong through the Longhai line to strengthen the local defense.

In fact, for this strategic redeployment, China's railway and steamship transportation industries are already running at full capacity, which is also an important feature of total warfare, and all actions in the national economy revolve around military operations.

Even Zhao Liu and Sun Yue did not know what the real purpose of the Zhangde exercise was, and like most senior military officers, they thought that it was just a large-scale actual combat exercise, and they did not know that it was actually a prelude to a local war.

In addition to reporters, there were also quite a few foreign spies who were concerned about this "military exercise," including Japanese spies, and they even did not hesitate to send high-ranking figures to spy on the secrets of this military operation.

When Zhao Liu and Sun Yue were interviewed by reporters, in a teahouse outside the train station, the Japanese spy Kawashima 'Nani' was sitting by the window, staring intently at the troops in front of the train station.

Now no more than in the past, in the former Qing Dynasty, Kawashima 'Nani' could wear a Japanese kimono to walk the streets of this Chinese city, but now, the Japanese have become the focus of China's anti-espionage organs, and for the convenience of movement, Kawashima 'Nani' can only dress himself up as a Chinese.

Even so, it was very difficult to spy on military intelligence in the Wuhan area, and the "Kawashima Class" led by Kawashima Naniwa had already lost more than half of its personnel in Wuhan in just two years, so much so that now Kawashima Naniwa had to personally come forward to spy on information about the "Zhangde Exercise."

Although the Chinese began to publicize the news of the "Zhangde Great Exercise" since the end of last year, Kawashima "Nanisu" is not a layman; judging from the troops who have boarded and set off from the Hankou Railway Station in the past few days, Kawashima "Nanzai" has become suspicious; he suspects that the real purpose of the "Changde Great Exercise" is not just to test the combat effectiveness of the troops; he believes that the Chinese may be carrying out some "yin" conspiracy activities.

Considering the tension between China and Japan, Kawashima Naniwa believes that it is necessary for Japan to be more vigilant in this regard.