Yanjing, Zhongnanhai Jurentang.

Just a day or two down. Zhang Zuolin seems to have aged ten years all of a sudden, and he is only fifty-two years old this year, and he looks like he is old.

In the past, it was said that China's largest reactionary warlord had a straight body, a loud voice, and a bold heart everywhere when talking and laughing. But with the declaration of war by the Soviet Union, the ambassador to China, Alexei . Sergeyevich. After Zirneh sneered and threw the declaration of war on his desk, and left Zhongnanhai without looking back, Zhang Zuolin grew old day by day at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

The burden of the whole war was all on his shoulders at once!

Everyone knows that although China is in charge of the conflict on the Middle East Road, it is true that this incident was provoked by the Feng Department first. And the Northeast has always been the territory of the Feng Department, and this Feng Department is now also the central government, no matter from which point of view, defending the Northeast against the Russian invaders is his Zhang Zuolin's unshirkable mission, and he can't even grasp the.

Since the Soviet Union has declared war, it is no longer possible to fight without war. But once there is anything wrong in the war, he Zhang Zuolin, who has worked hard for many years, will have to put it into water! Now, although the whole country except GCD unanimously supports him to resist Russia, if he is really defeated by the Russians, I am afraid that all of them will accuse him of losing power and humiliating the country, right? This has basically been a practice since the end of the Qing Dynasty.

As soon as the news of the war in Manchuria arrived, Zhang Zuolin immediately set up an operational command room in Jurentang, and kept an eye on every bit of news on the northeast front. At the same time, he also secretly ordered Huang Ying, the Chinese minister in Germany, to secretly ask the German political axe to intercede, so that when the war was really unfavorable, he could "sell the country for glory" in time to end the war and stop the bleeding for Feng.

The most important thing is still on the Northeast Front, a series of telegrams were sent from the command room in Jurentang and given to Zhang Xueliang, telling him that he must stabilize the war, be cautious, and keep an undefeated situation even if he suffers a small loss! What reinforcements does he want, Zhang Zuolin has worked hard, even if he sells his property, he has to get it! In case of a big defeat, then their father and son will have to blow the lamp and pull out the wax to finish the game!

As soon as the news came that Zhang Xueliang was going to personally lead 100,000 troops to relieve the siege of Manchuria, General Zhang's men never left the combat command room of Jurentang. Stay by the radio all the time, waiting for good news or ...... from the front Bad news.

This is just a few days and nights of sleeplessness, and when I was dizzy, I heard Yang Yuting's voice: "Handsome...... Mr. Sakanishi, the consultant of this company, sent a message from Tokyo and asked us ...... Do I need to buy arms? They can sell us some...... In addition, you can also send troops to secretly help in the war...... But we need to give them a little special rights. You see......"

Zhang Zuolin looked up and saw that Yang Yuting's eyes were also dark, the whole person seemed to have lost weight, and the hand holding the letter raft seemed to be trembling slightly, and the whole person seemed to be haggard as if he was about to fall down at any time.

Veteran Zhang's heart warmed, this Yang Linge is really his confidant, these people have also suffered a lot because of the affairs of the Middle East Road, and they have worked hard to plan, and they have offended the little sixth son (Zhang Xueliang) who doesn't know what to do. When I go back, I still have to talk to Xiao Liuzi, don't always be loyal and annihilated.

I took the raft and looked at it, and it turned out to be the benefits I wanted, including:

(1) The people enjoy the right of commercial leasing in the three eastern provinces and the eastern part of Inner Mongolia, that is, they have the same right to live and operate industry and commerce as the local Chinese; (2) transfer the administrative power of the "Jiandao area" (4 counties of Yanji, Hunchun, Helong, and Wangqing) to the original version; (3) extending the Jidun Railway to connect with the North Korean Railway east of the Tumen River (i.e., completing the Jihui Road); (4) Permission to open consulates in the counties of Taochang Province.

glanced at his request, and Zhang Zuolin's heart was blocked. These little ones blindly instigated in advance, and waited until the matter became bigger before threatening them with assistance...... Every time Fengjun encounters something, it's like this, and he doesn't let himself be a man? If we agree to such conditions, will the national righteousness won by the Middle East Road incident not be completely lost? At that time, I am afraid that the Kuomintang GCD will oppose the youth party that has always stood with me, right? Doesn't this system of his worship want to fall apart? I'm afraid I want to take advantage of this opportunity to occupy the Northeast!

"Dashuai...... Don't be busy refusing first, now Manchuria is still fighting! In case you are going to lose...... We can agree to come down first, and then find a way to deny it after this hurdle! Seeing that Zhang Zuolin wanted to tear up the letter raft, Yang Yuting hurriedly blocked it. It's not once or twice that they are playing scoundrels with themselves, as if they can't do anything with them. Besides, looking at the current situation in China, who else can you find if you don't cooperate with the Feng system? Kuomintang? Or GCD?

Zhang Zuolin raised his hand and sighed: "Okay, let's keep this first, in case it doesn't work, it's also a way." The key is the war in Manchuria, and I don't know how Xiao Liuzi fought? But don't lose! As long as you can win...... We'll just take it when we see it. It's a big deal that the Middle East Road will come to the Sino-Soviet Communist Party...... Neighbor, do you think this can be explained? ”

Yang Yuting smiled deeply: "What is it that you can't explain?" What do the people know? Isn't it the KMT and GCD who are talking nonsense? We will not have an opinion on compromising with the Soviet Union, even the Kuomintang does not really support us in resisting Russia, but just grabs the name of righteousness with us. ”

As he was talking, he saw the staff officer guarding the radio station on the side suddenly jumped up, his face was full of disbelief joy, and he waved a telegram in his hand, shouting loudly: "Handsome! Handsome! The young marshal is in a hurry, and he has won a great victory! Zarainor's victory! ”

Zhang Zuolin stood up suddenly, snatched the telegram draft from the staff officer's hand, took it in his hand and looked left and right, for a while, the veteran's face was pale, and there seemed to be tears flashing in his eyes.

…… On April 6, 1927, the news of the great victory of Zhalanuoer came from the northeast. Under the command of Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Patrol Envoys, 100,000 Fengjun Tiger Ben approached the foot of Bald Tail Mountain east of Zha Lai Nuoer step by step. Then it was bombarded with heavy artillery, and the elite daring men repeatedly charged, destroying tens of thousands of Russians. According to preliminary statistics, the Russians suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the corpses of the Russians were piled up and down Bald Tail Mountain. Now the whole army of the Russian invaders has given up on Zhalainor, and then relieved the siege of Manchuria and retreated to the Russian border. And our Feng army also suffered 1,000 casualties, lost dozens of artillery pieces, and consumed countless ammunition...... Now our army has advanced to the Sino-Soviet border and confronted the enemy.

As soon as this electricity arrived, the country was jubilant. Newspapers in the north and south called the Zhang family and his son "national heroes", saying that the victory of Zha Lai Nuoer was unprecedented in China's decades of weakness, and could be called a symbol of China's rejuvenation. Some tabloids that are not very obsessed with it also declare that they should take advantage of this good opportunity to launch a large-scale northern expedition to recover the lost territories in Outer Mongolia and the Outer Northeast, and then abolish all unequal treaties to sweep away the national humiliation since the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Zuolin was also happy, and he was ready to lose the war with the Soviet Union. After all, there is a huge disparity in national strength between China and the Soviet Union, and China is a strong and advanced industrial country, while China is a backward agricultural country. Moreover, since the end of the Qing Dynasty, China has been losing many foreign wars, and it seems that there will never be a time for victory...... Just when Senior Zhang was worried, his son's good news was delivered. Although this battle was a disastrous victory, it was a victory after all, and there was no doubt about this veteran General Zhang, after all, now the Russians have withdrawn from China, and the siege of Manchuria has been lifted. If it weren't for the victory, how could those old hairy men be so easy to talk and leave by themselves?

Since it is a victory, it is natural that you should accept it when you see it. This self-knowledge veteran Zhang still has it, otherwise he would not be able to reach today's status. And in order to get a good-looking contract, it is naturally necessary to consolidate the advantage on the battlefield, and not let the Russians take Manchuria back. So Zhang Zuolin immediately telegraphed to the front line, we must stick to the border line, and we must not let the Russians enter our country again. At the same time, negotiations with the Soviet Union can be launched before the military to strive for the conclusion of a treaty to end the war as soon as possible, and the specific conditions can be considered to accept the condominium of the Middle East Road, and demand that Soviet Russia stop supporting the GCIST rebels in China...... At the same time, he also telegraphed to the Wuhan National Political Axe. They were asked to provide a batch of artillery to make up for the losses in the first battle of Zhainuoer, and in addition, the 18th Division of the National Revolutionary Army and its affiliated units should also set a date for returning to the south, so as not to give the Russians an excuse to further escalate the war.

In addition to them, there were also orders to Guo Songling and Yang Sen and Wang Zizheng in the northwest to suppress bandits. Now that the Soviet Russia behind the Central G has been defeated, then there is naturally no scruple about the encirclement and suppression of the Soviet area of the Central G. Zhang Zuolin secretly ordered the establishment of the Northwest Bandit Suppression Headquarters, and appointed Yang Sen as the commander-in-chief, and Guo Songling and Wang Zizheng as the deputies. Guo Songling led his troops from Chahar to Suiyuan in the west, and must cut off the connection between the Sino-Soviet region and Outer Mongolia, while Wang Zixing's youth army marched from Ningxia to northern Shaanxi and went straight to the capital of the central Soviet region.

…… The restaurant on the third floor of Harbin New World Zhongxi Hotel is the best hotel in Harbin and a place for Harbin high society to meet. At the door of the most luxurious seat in this restaurant today, there are a few soldiers with loaded guns and steel helmets on their heads, and they know by looking at the elite appearance that they are the commanders of the 18th Division of the National Revolutionary Army in the Songbei Battalion who are feasting here.

Today is Luo Yaoguo and An Sihua banqueting Wang Zhongyi and Wan Yanhao, who have just come out of the Great Xing'an Mountains. Wang Zhongyi's current public identity is the commander and political commissar of the Second Route Army of the Third Front Army of the Red Army! It can be said that it is a combination of military and political power. Wan Yanhao is now the most powerful businessman in Northeast China, and the manager of the Northeast Branch of Pacific Trading Company. This company, which has shares of Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi, specializes in light industrial products from the south and the trafficking of raw materials from the north to the south. In the future, the military steel used to make guns and cannons in the Fengtian Arsenal will all be made of China Iron and Steel, and I will not buy my own products.

"Big brother, can the troops in the mountains still be able to control it now?" After three rounds of drinking, Luo Yaoguo directly cut to the topic. His greatest fear was that it would not take long for the fake Red Army to be faked.

Wang Zhongyi is now dressed as a wealthy businessman, sitting there with a golden knife, and this bearing seems to have been cultivated by people for a long time. He took a sip of wine lightly and said with a smile: "Third brother, don't worry, the foolish brother still has this ability, and besides, the rules of other people's GCDs are much better than ours." That is, the subordinates obey the superiors, and the whole party obeys the central authorities...... Ordinary party members have to be the party's taming tools, where is it so loose like ours? In the mountains, if anyone dares to disobey my will and put on the hat of a counter-revolutionary or spy, he will ...... directly."

"Okay, then I'll be relieved." Luo Yaoguo glanced at his triumphant brother and didn't say anything.

Wang Zhongyi took another sip of wine and hesitated for a while before he slowly spoke: "Third brother, there is a situation now...... It was as if the Russians were confident that they would be able to wipe out the Feng army in Manchuria immediately. In the past few days, he sent telegrams to us and Zhang Guotao in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, saying that he was ready to take over North Manchuria. He also sent us the strength of your troops and the state of their combat readiness, saying that they were ready to go to war with you...... You and Wu Peifu are now the most vicious enemies of GCD Chihua and Northern Manchuria. ”

Luo Yaoguo gently turned the wine glass in his hand, pondered for a while, and then looked at Wan Yanhao on the side: "Wen Qiang, is there any special information about the Northeast Station now?" ”

Wan Yanhao just smiled slightly: "What Fu Gong is thinking about now Feng Jun is probably to accept it when he sees it, right?" We received information from within the Feng army that their battle at Zha Lai Nuoer was a disastrous victory, two artillery regiments were disabled, and the 15th Division lost more than 8,000 troops, and finally relied on Zhang Xueliang's Guards Brigade to launch a night attack to barely win. And...... After the war, only two or three hundred corpses of Russian troops were found, and it is estimated that the casualties of the Soviet Red Army will not exceed 1,000. Hehe, just such a loss, those hairs will not be able to bear it? There must be a ghost here! It's just that...... Zhang Xueliang didn't dare to admit it, but now he is still holding on. ”

The Russians' deception was actually not very clever, and most of the generals of the Feng army who participated in the war saw it, including Zhang Xueliang, of course. At present, the best tactic of the Feng army is actually to take advantage of the defeat of the Russians, quickly abandon Manchuria, retreat to Hailar, and then negotiate peace with them. However, the Haikou of this great victory of Zhalai Nuoer has already been boasted, and if there is news of the fall of Manchuria and Zarainuoer in a few days, won't the prestige of this system be wiped out? So now Zhang Xueliang had to rely on a bit of luck to stick to the Sino-Soviet border on the line of Manchuria and Zhainuoer, and at the same time began to bargain with the Soviet representatives, trying to reach a good-looking agreement to end the war with dignity.

Luo Yaoguo tapped the table lightly a few times, and frowned: "Do you know what the conditions of the Russians are?" ”

Wan Yanhao smiled: "I know something, that is, the Middle East Road will return to its pre-war state and apologize...... There is also the withdrawal of the National Revolutionary Army from the Northeast, it is estimated that the Russians want to coax us away, and then eat Zhang Xueliang, right? In this way, the Red Army of the Central G will not have to engage our 18th Division. After saying that, Yan Hao glanced at Wang Zhongyi again, and felt that this matter was a bit incredible. How could Zhong G pinch his nose and recognize Wang Zhongyi?

"Zhang Xueliang agreed?" Luo Yaoguo frowned slightly, a little worried that this young master was confused for a while, and really gave himself an eviction order...... In this way, North Manchuria returned to the Soviet Union-backed GCD, so will South Manchuria, be handed over to the occupation? Is it just an instinct to say yes?

Wan Yanhao sneered: "Zhang Xueliang wanted to agree, but those consultants and Zhang Zuoxiang and others did not approve. They demanded that after the agreement was signed, wait for the main forces of the Feng army to withdraw to the rear before they could drive our troops away. Otherwise, if the Russians are cheating, there will be no one to break the siege. ”

Luo Yaoguo nodded lightly, and said in his heart: "It seems that I don't agree to divide the Northeast equally with the Soviet Union, they have already regarded the Northeast as a lifeline, right?" ”

"What is the current situation of Zhang Xueliang's 100,000 army? Can you still fight? Luo Yaoguo thought for a while and then asked.

Wan Yanhao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Now Zhang Xueliang doesn't have an army of 100,000 anymore. His infantry lost 9,000 in Zalainor, nearly 2,000 in artillery, and more than 1,000 in Manchuria, for a total strength of about 90,000. And...... This is still on the books, in fact, there is a maximum of 80,000. You also know about this vacancy, so I won't say more. As for whether you can fight...... Only God knows? ”

…… The same question now haunts Zhang Xueliang's mind. Now his army was deployed along Manchuria to Zhalainur, confronting the Russians across the border. After the first battle on April 5 and 6, his heart was about to break.

He didn't expect that the gap between the squadron and those powerful foreign armies would be so big, and his nearly 10,000 casualties could not be exchanged for 1,000 casualties of his opponent. If they continue to fight like this, they will not be far from the annihilation of the entire army. Fortunately...... The Russians were quite reasonable this time. Just ask for a return to the status quo ante, and there is no compensation, and there is no apology. Now the 18th Division of the Kuomintang is entangled in order to sign the contract first or retreat to Harbin first. Is it really incredible? As long as you agree to peace, will we still keep the Kuomintang army in the old nest? Who can rest assured of whom?

Could it be ...... Are the Russians really cheating? Do you want to deceive the Kuomintang army so that you can attack yourself? Thinking of this, Zhang Xueliang couldn't help but shiver. Looking back at the large military map hanging in the headquarters, I only saw that my own army was now confronting the Soviet Red Army along the westernmost section of the national border in the northeast, while in the rest of the entire northeast, there were only 60,000 or 70,000 Feng troops, the 18th division of the Kuomintang, and the 3rd division directly related to Wu Peifu. Once your own troops are wiped out here, you don't know who the entire Northeast will belong to?

(To be continued)