USSR, Moscow, Kremlin.

"The British bombed Berlin last night with bombers." Poskreebeshev reported to Stalin that "the exact circumstances of the losses and casualties are not yet known." ”

"It's not going to be huge." Stalin took a puff of his pipe and shook his head absently, "The British are seriously underprepared, they don't have many planes. This time it was able to bomb Berlin, purely by luck, plus the Germans were careless. They won't have that chance again. ”

"You're right, as far as our intelligence officers know, the British Air Force's ability to defend its homeland is very limited, and this bombing is more symbolic than practical." Beria said on the sidelines, "Their bombing of Germany only fueled the Germans' war mood even more." ”

Since Yezhov was shot by Stalin, Beria took his place as Stalin's right-hand man.

"Yes, we will soon see the end of England." Stalin nodded, looked at Beria, and said, "Is there any information about China?" ”

"Ever since China announced its membership in our great alliance, China has been preparing for war." "A large number of forts and batteries have been built in China's coastal provinces, and the Chinese navy has begun to assemble and conduct combat exercises in many areas of the sea to prepare for an invasion," Beria said. A large number of retired soldiers and reservists of the Chinese Army have also returned to active duty. ”

"How many troops does the [***] squadron have on our borders now?" Stalin got up and came to the map table and asked.

"About 1.2 million people." "But not all of these armies were regulars, about two-thirds of them were militias, and they were based on a large number of fortresses from Siberia to Turkestan." ”

"How is the equipment of these armies?" Stalin asked.

"The regular army of the Chinese [***] team is well-equipped, they are equipped with tanks similar to our 'T-34' tanks, they have a large number of artillery and aircraft, ordinary soldiers are equipped with submachine guns, the Chinese militia is slightly less equipped, but they also have a large number of tanks, some of which are converted from old tanks. The Chinese militia artillery is relatively small, and they have their own non-combat aircraft, which can also participate in battles after being modified in wartime. Militiamen with slightly better equipment also have submachine guns, and less equipped with rifles. In Siberia and Turkestan, every adult has a weapon, and children are trained in the military. Beria replied.

"It's much more difficult than I thought to defeat China and let the red flag fly in the east, and we have to concentrate all our forces." Stalin's eyes turned from China to the West, "and we still have a few battles to fight before attacking China." ”

Seeing Stalin's gaze in the direction of the Balkans and Turkey, Beria immediately began to search his mind for information about these places, and just as his brain cells were running rapidly, Stalin's words completely disrupted his thinking.

"We have only half the total number of troops near the Chinese border, and if the Chinese attack us while we help Germany, will we be dangerous?" Stalin said as if talking to himself.

"There's no doubt about it." Beria replied, by this time he had already thought of his words, "but now the Chinese are mainly focused on preventing the invasion of Yuben, and they are not willing to fight on two fronts, so it is unlikely that they will attack us." ”

"I need to be sure that the Chinese will not make a move against us until we 'liberate' Turkey." Stalin glanced at Beria and said.

"The Chinese will get into a war they don't expect, Comrade Stalin." Beria said.

"Oh?" Stalin raised his eyebrows and asked, "With which country?" ”

"Vietnam." "Our party organization in Vietnam is strong enough to lead the Vietnamese people in a war against Chinese colonial aggression," Beria said. ”

"Oh? I didn't know that the situation in Vietnam was so good. Stalin looked very happy, looked at Beria and asked, "Tell me how you did it?"

"When the Ministry of Internal Affairs was actually put in charge of me, it was already a huge army with several divisions and hundreds of thousands of security workers, and there were many outstanding party members and cadres in foreign countries, but because Yezhov mistakenly shot a large number of excellent agents stationed abroad, which caused major damage to our foreign intelligence network, I managed to rebuild it. It was also decided to work in areas where the ruling power of the imperialist countries is weak, and Vietnam is the focus of our work. ”

"Well done. Comrade Beria. Stalin said approvingly, and his eyes returned to the map.

Beria knew that he had just passed another level, but he didn't feel much at ease in his heart, and he knew that there was still a lot of work he needed to do next.

China, Siberia, Ulan-Ude.

In the middle of winter, the battlefield is pointed. On the training ground filled with gunpowder, a live-fire drill was underway to test the surnames of real soldiers. Yang Shuoming, together with a reporter from the "New Oriental" Newsweek, saw at the scene that the old tanks that had been modified were on par with the Chinese Army's most advanced "Walker" tanks in the armored cluster confrontation exercise.

These rejuvenated tanks originally came from the 1st Armored Division of the Yanjing Military Region, which was known as the "Ironclad Father". The predecessor of the division was the first ironclad vehicle brigade of the Chinese Army, and it participated in many battles in the two wars of resistance against Japanese aggression and the First World War, and performed many miraculous feats. After the war, the squadron entered a new period of construction, and the division actively explored the road of construction and development, renovated the existing tanks, maximized the effectiveness of the existing equipment, led the rapid growth of the contingent of talents, and made the overall combat capability of the unit leap forward.

After refitting, this armored division has become an armored division of the Chinese Army with combat capability under all-weather conditions. As a result of the modernization of the division, the potential of the existing equipment has been fully tapped, and the emphasis has been paid to economic and practical characteristics, which has provided technical support and experience in equipment construction for the equipment transformation of the general units of the Chinese Army.

In the Siberian plain in winter, the four fields are vast, and a trace of the sun is like blood in the sky. In this solemn scenery, Yang Shuoming and the reporters came to a military camp at the foot of the mountain to experience the training of tank troops of the armored division.

"Let's go!" With the commander's command, the crews arranged in the order of commander, gunner, driver, and gunner quickly turned around, jumped onto the tank in three steps, and entered their respective positions. After a crisp sound, only the sound of "Tong" was heard, and a thick puff of black smoke erupted from the exhaust port on the left side of the tank, and the sound of the motor rumbled quickly.

Under the skillful command of the instructor, the tank slowly and regularly drove out of the camp area, and then accelerated to the training ground. Although the road was uneven, full of potholes and small dirt bags, the tanks went straight and made sharp turns, and their speed was not affected in the slightest. Yang Shuoming, who was wearing a tank hat, sat on this roaring behemoth, the cold wind blew in his ears, the dust rolled under his feet, and a heroic spirit of galloping the field could not help but arise spontaneously.

Yang Shuoming got into the turret of the tank, and in addition to the positions of the four crew members, most of the space was reserved for the different sighting devices, fire control devices, and communication devices on the turret walls.

"Our unit was first derived from the army's first tank 'Huanglong', and among our many tank units in China, we are the oldest, participated in the most battles, and made the most achievements." The commander said proudly, "We are the real 'ace' tank division." ”

Yang Shuoming remembered the medals, trophies, and precious historical photos he saw on the walls in the honor room of the division headquarters, revealing the glorious history and accumulated achievements of this unit, and he couldn't help but feel full of emotion.

Most of the tanks equipped by the 1st Armored Division in the history of the Chinese [***] team have experienced it, and after the end of the Second Anti-Japanese War, it gradually took domestically produced tanks as the main body. During the period of peacebuilding, the division did not relax and conducted many exercises of confrontation with real troops. During the exercise, the division was equipped with new-type tanks of the second and third generations, which have undergone technological innovations in equipment and technology, and their combat means have become more advanced, and the combat skills of officers and men and the overall combat capability of the units have also been continuously improved.

Some officers and men believe that possessing advanced weapons does not necessarily lead to the "frontrunner" of the new military transformation, and that existing weapons and equipment can also make a difference. Under the influence of this ideology, the armored forces have strengthened the research and development and distribution of new equipment; At the same time, it is also carrying out modifications on the basis of existing military equipment and embedding new technologies into existing weapons and equipment.

Under the guidance and help of nearly 100 experts from more than 20 scientific research institutes and institutes, the officers and men of the division summed up a new mode of combat training, technical support, and logistical supply for the refurbished troops, and successfully "embedded" new technologies on the basis of maintaining the strong firepower, fast mobility, and good armor protection of the existing equipment, thus rejuvenating the existing equipment.

"Yes! Advanced equipment and high-quality personnel are the two wheels that support the high-speed advance of the armored troops, and both are indispensable; only by promoting the coordinated development of weaponry and personnel can we achieve an all-round leap in the combat effectiveness of the troops. Yang Shuoming nodded and said.

"In the area of personnel training, our division adopts the method of multi-channel introduction and open training, and our slogan is 'talent and other equipment, not let equipment wait for talent', before the transformation of old equipment, we have studied the military needs of talents, so that the training of talents is ahead of equipment transformation." The commander continued, "In the process of equipment transformation for more than a year, more than 1,600 people in the division have directly participated in the transformation project, and the quality of officers and men has been improved. ”

"It's a remarkable achievement." Yang Shuoming nodded, watched the tankers around him skillfully work, and asked, "Can you win with old tanks?" ”

"In the last mobile offensive exercise of our division, the opponent was an armored cluster composed of new tanks, and the results were evenly matched." One of the gunners replied.

Yang Shuoming leaned out of the turret again, and looked into the distance, at this time, on the boundless Siberian snowfield, camouflage-painted tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery guns, self-propelled rocket launchers, command vehicles, communication vehicles, transport vehicles, and construction machinery vehicles formed a rolling iron stream, rushing to the exercise battlefield hundreds of miles away, and the whole scene was incomparably spectacular and breathtaking.

In this exercise, the armored division, acting as the side of the "Red Army", first made long-distance maneuvers, and then launched a large-scale attack. The exercise assumes that the "Blue Army" is driving straight into the battle from a distance of thousands of miles, and the "Red Army" armored division gives full play to the rapid clustering and mobility capabilities of its tanks.

After the exercise began, tanks galloped, armored vehicles galloped, and reconnaissance planes circled in the air, and more than 10 branches of the "Red Army" armored divisions, including tank troops, artillery units, armored infantry units, anti-chemical warfare troops, reconnaissance troops, and signal troops, used all kinds of modern weapons to display their magical powers.

As soon as they entered the offensive area, the cannon roared and the fire flashed. Under the cover of powerful artillery and aviation firepower, the "blue army" cluster of tanks spread out a tactical formation and launched fierce attacks while marching, and the endless tanks and armored vehicles spread all over the mountains and fields, like a fierce tide, rushing towards the main support points of the first position of the "Red Army" armored division, carrying out wave after wave of continuous assaults.

The shells of the "Blues" artillery covered them like a dark cloud, and the tanks quickly attacked the explosion point of the shell group; The attack planes and bombers of the air force carried out continuous bombing, attacking, and strafing to cover the advance of ground tanks; The Airborne Forces carried out tactical maneuver airborne landing in the depth of the defense of the "Red Army", using vertical encirclement and cooperating with the frontal attack of tank groups; The rocket artillery units on the "Blue" side began to fire rockets to speed up the progress of their tanks.

In the face of the attack of the "Blue Army", the armored division began to counterattack, and countless shells of self-propelled howitzers and dozens of self-propelled rocket launchers covered the "Blue Army" positions in advance; Anti-aircraft artillery groups carried out anti-aircraft fire to cover the attack of the group's tanks; At the same time, the tank group, accompanied by infantry armored vehicles, swooped straight towards the front of the "Blue Army". When the tanks crossed ditches, climbed slopes, broke through obstacles, and were invincible; when they approached the front line of the "blue army," the tank artillery began to fire, the infantry jumped out of the armored vehicles to launch an attack, and the anti-tank guns directly hit the "blue army" tanks.

Although the long-distance mobile offensive of the armored division this time was not a test of actual combat, Yang Shuoming could still see this picture from it: The Chinese tank unit has already possessed the ability to read combat and the ability to conduct joint operations of various arms of the armed forces, and has grown into the main assault force of the army, and is fully capable of carrying out large-scale group tank combat missions in future anti-aggression wars.

And China's deployment of such a large number of troops on the border of the Soviet Union also made him feel at ease in the future war.

Today's China has embarked on the track of the development of good surnames, and there are many things, and he no longer needs to worry about it as before.

Although he understands now, it is not yet time for him to fully relax.

After the exercise, Yang Shuoming returned to his residence, and just as he was about to summarize what he had seen and heard today, two officials from the Department of Homeland Security came to his bedroom.

"Chief, the Minister of Water is in a hurry." An official handed an envelope to Mr. Yang.

Yang Shuoming noticed the special dragon-shaped mark stamped on the envelope, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, he immediately opened the envelope, there was only one page inside, with a few lines written on it, Yang Shuoming took the lighter after reading it, and lit the envelope and the letter paper together.

Although the expression on Yang's face did not change significantly, the two DHS officials still sensed that this place was extraordinary, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces.

"Chief Executive......" An official subconsciously wanted to ask, but he immediately realized that he shouldn't ask and immediately closed his mouth.

"Tell the Minister of Water for me, I know, just let him pay close attention to the progress of this matter, and leave it alone." Yang Shuoming said.

The two officials agreed in unison and turned to leave Yang Shuoming's room. Yang Shuoming sat on the chair, and with the leap of his mind, the "supercomputer eye" started.

Unlike usual, this time he saw a map of the world, and the cursor in his eyes kept moving rapidly between China, the United States, and the United States.

"I didn't expect you Wu Ziyu to be a powerful character, you dare to make decisions about such things, and you are not afraid of being scolded to death." Yang Shuoming said to himself, "If this secret agreement with Yuben is really signed, the best case is that it can be won for two years." Of course, it's good for us, but in that case, the Americans will be sad, right......"

"General, haven't you slept yet?" Xi Xue's voice came from the door.

"Nope." Yang Shuoming was slightly stunned, "What, what's the matter?" ”

Xi Xue walked in and handed a telegram to Yang Shuoming.

"There's an accident on the Vietnamese side, and there's already a fight."

"Fighting? And the French? Yang Shuoming took the telegram and asked.

"No, and the Vietnamese." Xi Xue replied.

Yang Shuoming opened the telegram and read it, the content of the telegram was a bit long, probably to make him fully understand the situation in Vietnam at once, the telegram explained in detail the causes and process of the riots launched by the Vietnamese, as well as the current situation.

"I really underestimated the ability of the Soviets to export the revolution to the outside world." Yang Shuoming sighed, "It is possible to set off such a big riot in Vietnam." At this juncture, it's really troublesome that this happened. ”

"What's the trouble?" Xi Xue asked with some puzzlement, "Hasn't the National Assembly already passed a bill to restore Vietnam?" ”

"Have you forgotten? The Bolsheviks did not have a fatherland. Yang Shuoming got up and said, "The purpose of them doing this is very simple, that is, to hold us back. ”

(To be continued)