Song Zhewu believed that if he led the Fourth Route Army to send troops to the northeast, even if the war was still lost in the end, it would never be an ugly defeat, and as long as he won one or two victories, the terrible consequences of the Middle Route might be avoided, or at least weakened, and Chiang Kai-shek's face at home and abroad would be passable, and even in the inevitable negotiations that followed, he would have greater initiative.

Chiang Kai-shek will not only not be unhappy with such a result, but will even be happy to see it. If he can give Chiang Kai-shek another greater surprise, he will not only lay a stronger foundation for the prosperity of the motherland in later generations, but will also have a more positive impact on the all-out war of resistance eight years later.

Moreover, if he pushes all the credit to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek's prestige will immediately rise, which will not only help Chiang Kai-shek stabilize the domestic political situation as soon as possible and prepare for the War of Resistance as soon as possible, but also look at him Song Zhewu differently, and he can actively prepare for war in a more relaxed environment. Even if the troops sent to the Northeast were defeated this time, it didn't matter, at least he Song Zhewu fought a bloody battle for the country and the nation, and he couldn't do it. Even if it is not harmful to Chiang Kai-shek, it is a big deal that Chiang Kai-shek also put the blame on him Song Zhewu like he treated Zhang Xueliang.

There was another very crucial factor that prompted him to make the decision to send troops, that is, the impulse that Song Zhewu had always had in his heart to be unconvinced by the Soviet army, to be precise, he was not very convinced by the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army today.

At this time, the equipment of the Soviet army was far from being as strong as it was during World War II, and the infantry battalions of each division had an average of only 8.2 light and heavy machine guns and about 2.7 artillery pieces. The total number of the regiment was 3687 people, 48 machine guns, 6 58mm mortars.

It was such a formation that during the civil wars of the twenties in the USSR there were also significant reductions in personnel and machine guns; Although they were already able to develop their own aircraft, the most advanced fighter of the Soviet Union at this time was the newly developed fighter И-3, and the only bombers were Ante-2 (АНТ-2) and Ante-3 (АНТ-3). Other aircraft include replicas of the American and British DH-4, DH-9, DH-9A and Avro 504, as well as the German Fokker D7, JU13 and JU21. Not only are these aircraft old, but their number is also limited.

As for the tank, it is even less worth mentioning, the existing tanks in the Soviet Union are almost all old goods from the First World War, including the British Mark-3, Mark-4, as well as Hotchkiss, Charles B1B and other French tanks, the fastest speed of these tanks is only 6 kilometers per hour, the armor is only a pitiful 6 mm, the caliber of the gun is only 37 mm, and it is also an engine that uses aviation kerosene. The tanks of their own development only БТ-2 can just catch up with the level of today's international powers.

The basic armament of the infantry was a 5-round single-row magazine 7.62mm Mosin-Nagant rifle. Compared to other contemporaneous military rifles of the same era, such as the Mauser and Lee Enfield rifles, the Mosin-Nagant rifle has a more complex bolt design, its design is crude and outdated, and the overall masturbation feels clumsier than these rifles. But the advantages of the Mosin-Nagant rifle are ease of production and simple and reliable use.

Based on the above situation, compared with the Soviet army, what Song Zhewu does not have is nothing more than that he does not have tanks and aircraft, and he has a way to deal with the outdated tanks of the Soviet army. As for the plane, he also has it, although the surname can be worse, and because of the pilot, the number is also much worse, but he doesn't want to use his treasures to fight hard with the Soviet army, he will only use it where he needs it most.

At this time, the ordinary divisional troops of the Soviet army did not have a large number of large-caliber heavy artillery, and their divisional troops only had one artillery regiment, and the caliber of the artillery should be 105mm howitzers, although the Fourth Route Army did not have howitzers, but only in terms of artillery density, his Fourth Route Army was dozens of times that of the Soviet Army. A company of the Fourth Route Army had 22 60mm mortars, and this was almost the number of mortars that a Soviet division had; A regiment of the Fourth Route Army had 368 light and heavy machine guns, more than seven times that of Soviet regiment-level troops. With the current combat effectiveness of the Fourth Route Army, it definitely has the strength to fight with the Soviet Army.

Then there is the issue of troops. As far as Song Zhewu knew, the Soviet army had been massing troops on the Sino-Soviet border since the end of May, and by August it had only gathered more than 60,000 troops. In his memory, by the time the Soviets began their large-scale offensive in November, they had gathered more than 80,000 people at most, and they were distributed on the eastern and western fronts. On the Western Front, there were only 3 divisions in Manchuria, with less than 40,000 men.

Therefore, Song Zhewu believed that as long as he concentrated his superior forces to attack a little and quickly annihilate the Soviet army, the Soviet army would immediately turn to the defensive, and at that time it would not only no longer provoke on the border, but would even be afraid that the [***] team would cross the line to attack them.

And if the Soviet army wants to gather large-scale forces again to retaliate, it will take a lot of time, and it will take more than half a year at the earliest to prepare for another attack. The Soviet troops in this assembly area were all Soviet troops stationed in the Siberian Far Eastern Republic Front and the Transbaikal Military District, and the troops of the Far Eastern Republic Front and the Transbaikal Military District together numbered more than 200,000 people. These troops are stationed in an area of several million square kilometers, and the regular garrison strength of each key point alone accounts for more than half, for example, there are more than 60,000 troops stationed in and around Vladivostok, and these troops are for the purpose of guarding against themselves, and the Soviet side will not easily mobilize them. The build-up of 80,000 troops should already be the limit of what the Soviet Union could gather in the Far East.

It took more than five months to assemble an army of 80,000 men! Song Zhewu was amazed at the vastness of the Soviet Far East. However, Song Zhewu also knew that on the other side of the Heilongjiang River alone, Tsarist Russia had seized more than 1.5 million square kilometers of China's land from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so that China had since lost its access to the sea in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As soon as he thought of this, Song Zhewu's heart couldn't help but feel a faint tingling, and he also secretly made up his mind: 'Since I, Song Zhewu, have come to this world, I will never let China lose an inch of land again!' ’

Thinking of this, Song Zhewu sat up straight and coughed lightly. Everyone knows that this is Song Zhewu's decision to make whether to send troops. Everyone waited with bated breath for Song Zhewu to speak, and Ge Guangting was even more nervous, his clenched hands were already white because he was too hard.

Whether Song Zhewu sent troops to aid the Northeast was absolutely crucial to Zhang Xueliang and even the Northeast Army, although now in a series of conflicts on the border, the Northeast Army has not suffered any big losses, and even took advantage of some battles. However, Ge Guangting knew that this was because the Soviet army was not ready, and once they were ready, they would inevitably fight, and at that time he thought that the Northeast Army would definitely not be able to withstand the Soviet attack.

Although Zhang Xueliang declared to the outside world, 'with the strength of the Northeast Army, it can completely block the attack of the Soviet Army'. But Ge Guangting knew that Zhang Xueliang was afraid that the Central Army would take the opportunity to enter the Northeast and break the situation in which he dominated the world in the Northeast; At the same time, it is also to cheer up the Northeast Army, if there is no big fight, he, the commander of the Northeast Army, will be discouraged, then this battle will not have to be fought again.

Song Zhewu said solemnly to Ge Guangting: "Mr. Jingcen, although I think Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhang has done a little rash in the matter of the 'Middle East Road Incident', but after all, it is the Soviet Army that is threatening the security of our northeast, and it wants to recapture the Middle East Road by force and harm the interests of our country and nation. Therefore, this war between the Soviet Army and the Northeast Army is no longer just a matter of the Northeast Army, it is the business of all Chinese, and it is a national war to a certain extent. Since it is a national war, every Chinese should share the same hatred for the enemy and jointly defend against the enemy. Therefore, I decided to send troops to assist Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhang in the fight against the Soviet army. ”

"Song ...... General, if I heard me right, you mean that you agreed to send troops to the Northeast? Ge Guangting stood up excitedly and confirmed Song Zhewu's words in a trembling voice.

Song Zhewu said firmly: "Mr. Jingcen, yes, I agree to send troops to the Northeast. ”

Song Zhewu glanced at Xiao Guodong's worried eyes, and said to everyone passionately and solemnly: "This time to fight in the northeast is different from any battle we have fought in the past, in the past we fought a civil war, a battle between Chinese, and even a battle between brothers. This time, we will not give up until the Soviet troops withdraw from the border and no longer attack and provoke. What is the army for, the army is used to protect the family and defend the country, I have made up my mind, this time to send troops, even if I fight to the point of a soldier, I will not hesitate! No matter how heavy the casualties of the Fourth Route Army are, as long as it can not lose its city and abandon its land, and defend our country's territorial sovereignty from being trampled on, any price will be worth it. ”

Song Zhewu's impassioned words made Ge Guangting's somewhat dry eyes involuntarily covered with a layer of tears, looking at the Song Zhewu in front of him who was thinking about national sovereignty and territory, and then thinking about the generals in the Northeast Army who would rather have their hometown trampled on by foreigners than let the army of the central government axe enter, Ge Guangting couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

President Ge Guang sighed and said: "Looking at today's China, there is only one local powerful person who can do so regardless of personal gains and losses, and General Song is the only one!" Qiyu is right, General Song is really a rare strange man and husband today, and having a general like this is the luck of the Northeast father and the country! Jing Cen thanked General Song for Han Qing and the Northeast fathers. ”

After speaking, he bowed deeply to Song Zhewu......

(To be continued)