However, Chiang Kai-shek's promise, which had already evacuated Nanjing, was of little value to Zhang Xuewu, because Zhang Xuewu knew that he would hold out for at least a month and a half or even two months before reinforcements could form a counter-encirclement of the Yue army from the outside, provided that the key points in Xuzhou were held out.

Moreover, this encirclement is equivalent to the encirclement of Nanjing, and the encirclement of the army from the outside, and the first part of the army outflanked Xuzhou, and the army sent troops from central China to Xuzhou, and [***] in Xuzhou at all costs to prevent the enemy from reinforcing the army, and the [***] departments of Shanxi attacked and responded.

This is definitely a chaotic battle situation, whoever can't withstand it first will be defeated for a thousand miles, and this will also be a decisive battle that I am extremely looking forward to.

Zhang Xuewu knew that it was inevitable to engage in a large-scale strategic battle with Yue himself, because the national political axe shouldered the responsibility of defending the land and defending the country, and it was indispensable to fight for every inch of land, and it was unshirkable to defend the responsibility of having land, but it was a little unwise to conduct a strategic decisive battle with Yue himself, because on the whole, the imperial side was overwhelmed, so it was necessary to launch a full-scale invasion of China in order to consolidate its rule in Manchuria, and consume the strategic materials hoarded at home, and transfer the national economy to a wartime system.

In fact, the transition to a wartime system is tantamount to the state plundering the money of the so-called common people, first the state confiscates precious metals and does not allow private transactions, then the currency is greatly devalued, the wealth of the people is evaporated, and then the new currency is used for the next round of plunder, leaving the people destitute and attributing all resources to the ruling and privileged classes.

The national political axe has no experience in such similar economic means, and the most fundamental thing is that the national political axe did not expect that he would start it so early? These can be said to be all out of the supreme authorities' expectations, although Zhang Xuewu has been alarmist before this, but there are not many people in the government who can really listen to it, or most of the people are still pretending to be stupid, not because they don't want to, but they can't, so many big people in the country and princes from all walks of life, which side of the nerve has to be touched by the central government.

Just like the casinos and green buildings in Nanjing, they are all people with backgrounds who have entered the cadre stocks, the garrison headquarters and the police headquarters are all named, and everyone shares the money. You sealed the door of other people's houses with your front feet, and they will still be open the next day, but your black gauze hat will not be guaranteed, whether it is in the present or in the future in this world, the iron-like law is not to block other people's financial and official roads, that is going to kill people!

After Zhang Xuewu finished reading the secret telegram, Huang Fei'er handed over an appendix and said: "The special secret telegram from the chamber of the chairman of the Supreme Military Commission is only for you to see, here is the code book, the number of pages and lines and the number of words in this West Chamber, the sealed telegram can only be read by you alone, and it is a matter of confidentiality." ”

Zhang Xuewu didn't raise his head and said: "The Buddha has a saying, the law does not spread the six ears, you can directly translate the telegram!" You're the master of my secret room, I don't believe who else can you trust? Don't care about those secret electricity that are not close to the edge, since it is a secret electricity, there must be something to tell us to do, so sooner or later we still have to tell the person who goes to execute, what is confidential or not, it's all! ”

Huang Fei'er was slightly moved at the moment, because no one knew the content of the telegram designated for Zhang Xuewu to read, and the general chief would choose to tell his subordinates only after reading the content, Zhang Xuewu's incomparable trust in himself made Huang Fei'er a little excited.

After a while, Huang Fei'er put the translated telegram manuscript on the table, and said happily: "Sir Zhang, this time is good news!" ”

Good news? Son, when facing the heavy pressure of the army, Chairman Jiang did not overstep the command, even if it is good news, what good news can there be?

Huang Fei'er smiled and said: "It's really good news, Chairman Jiang secretly telegraphed that the Soviet side has agreed to sell 30 divisions of weapons and equipment including tanks, artillery, aircraft, and other weapons and equipment to our country, and that the first batch of 180 fighters of the Soviet fighter unit that volunteers to aid China will arrive in Suiyuan within three days and transfer to Nanjing via Rehe, Jinan, and Xuzhou to directly participate in the defense of Nanjing. ”

"What?" Zhang Xuewu stepped forward with an arrow and almost snatched the telegram from Huang Fei'er's hand with a snatch and read it in detail, Zhang Xuewu did not want to make a so-called judgment on the process of the Soviet Union's aid to China, because his reckless use of force made the Soviet Union feel a deep fear, especially the Soviet Union's first five-year plan, which was in full swing, had already achieved results, and when the second five-year development plan had just begun, the last thing the Soviet Union wanted to see was threats and war.

Zhang Xuewu remembered that on August 21, 1937, the "Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact" was signed in Nanjing by Wang Chonghui, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Axe, and Bogomolov, Soviet Ambassador to China, on behalf of their own political axe.

This treaty is the only international legal document that can strengthen China's position in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression after the outbreak of the Sino-Soviet war, and it is also an important milestone on the road to the development of Sino-Soviet relations; you must know that since the outbreak of the full-scale war of aggression against China, Britain, the United States, France, and other countries have forcibly detained more than 500 artillery pieces, 358 aircraft, more than 50,000 rifles, and 6,000 machine guns purchased by the Chinese government with payment, and a large amount of ammunition for these weapons and materials has exceeded $150 million.

Compared with the trustworthy Germans, the Americans, the British, and the French are a bunch of untrustworthy and unrighteous pigs, despicable and shameless villains, especially the British and French, who boast of the supremacy of noble whiteness, are actually even more filthy and cheap, Zhang Xuewu estimates that it may be that people in these two countries are too fond of doing those unass things, and they are afraid of being told by others, saying that they are self-proclaimed with their talents.

In the eyes of these countries, there are only eternal interests, and for such a country, if you dare to trample on his so-called norms, then you will become his strategic partner, and if you don't dare, then you are just the target of his combat and plunder.

In Zhang Xuewu's view, the Soviet Union and the Chinese side took the initiative to seek the conclusion of the "Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact," which, from a formal point of view, was limited to the basic principles of mutual relations between the two signatories, guaranteeing that the two countries would not invade each other and would not support aggression, but judging from its content and the actual role it played in the future, it would have a very far-reaching impact on further eliminating the unfriendly relations between the two countries in the past caused by various complicated factors, and on establishing mutual assistance and cooperative relations between the two countries in wartime. The same applies to the criterion of the eternal interests of the French.

However, for the Chinese political axe, which has almost no gold reserves, it is necessary to provide the Soviet Union with commodities and raw materials according to the following goods list every year, such as tea, leather, animal hair, antimony, tin, zinc, nickel, tungsten, silk, cotton, tung oil, medicinal materials, red copper, etc., and the specific type and quantity of goods delivered by the Chinese political axe each year are determined by the Soviet side.

Zhang Xuewu looked at the map and estimated that the two main transportation routes of Soviet weapons and military equipment to China should be no different from those in history: one was to ship from the ports of Sevastopol and Vladivostok in the Soviet Union to Hong Kong, Haiphong in Vietnam or Yangon in Myanmar, and to the hinterland of China through the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway or the Yunnan-Burma Highway. The second is to use automobiles to transport them from Almaty to Lanzhou via Khorgos and Urumqi.

Zhang Xuewu remembered that in the early and middle stages of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union provided China with a total of 1,285 planes in the form of preferential military loans, including 770 fighter planes, 415 bombers, and 100 trainer planes. However, the main types of Soviet fighters aiding China are the И-15 and И-16, which are still capable of fighting the 92 and 93 destroyers of the Japanese army, but if they are faced with the Zero Combat or fighters such as the bf-109f developed by the Japanese army, then the И-15 and И-16 are too far apart.

This time the army attacked China, dozens of divisions and regiments of the army on the north and south lines were marching forward, or in a tight blockade and waiting for the formation, the [***] team carried out stubborn resistance in Songhu, but in the whole Shanxi [***] team lost its armor and abandoned its armor, and the Jin army, the Central Army, the Northwest Army, the Eighth Route Army and other departments stuck to the northwest of Shanxi, and formed a support with the Rehe Army in Suiyuan, relying on the Zhongtiao Mountain area to form a state of confrontation.

The repeated defeats of the [***] team scared the Soviets out of a cold sweat, they need a force that can effectively contain the main force of the army to the north, Zhang Xuewu's Rehe Army is undoubtedly the best choice, in fact, as early as the beginning of 1937, Zhang Xuewu sent Feng Heping, the secretary general of the joint office of Rehe, Chahar, and Suiyuan, to visit the Soviet Union secretly.

Feng Heping was warmly received in the Soviet Union, which was very interested in aiding the Baotou Industrial Zone in Suiyuan, but Zhang Xuewu knew very well that the Soviets were rushing for Sino-German cooperation projects such as the BF-109F multi-role fighter and the Jackal tank.

Zhang Xuewu doesn't have the talent of a great diplomat like Gu Weijun, the political axe of the Republic of China, Zhang Xuewu is a scoundrel, and let Lao Tzu exchange tungsten ore, iron ore, and coal? Lao Tzu has nothing, but Lao Tzu wants everything, this is Zhang Xuewu's principle, it can be said that the surname of the jackal tank and the performance in actual combat made the Soviets also shocked, because all models of fast tanks in service in the Soviet army are vulnerable in front of the jackal, if the jackal is enlarged as a model, then theoretically the design and production of large jackal tanks only need to make some necessary adjustments.

The main reason why Zhang Xuewu has always hooked up with the Soviets but has not expressed his stance is that the Nanjing political axe has not yet signed the "Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact" with the Soviet Union, and he cannot go to the front of the Nanjing national political axe, and sometimes it is not a good thing to take too big steps.

(To be continued)