Chapter 730 Layout of North Manchurian (I)

The weather was sunny and visibility was good. It's a good time to fly.

Early this morning, all the fighters and bombers of the Gaiping Field Airfield took off and rushed to the Xiongyuecheng Field Airfield to prepare for a decisive battle in Liaodong.

By noon, the roar of aircraft engines was again heard in the sky, and a large plane landed at the Gaiping field airfield under the escort of six fighters.

Unlike other large aircraft, this large aircraft has a special shape, although it has four engines, but the cabin is not like a bomber, but a fully enclosed structure composed of wood and canvas, and there are two small 'doors' in the middle of the cabin, located on both sides of the fuselage, and the small 'doors' can be opened to lower the soft ladder for personnel to go up and down.

This is actually a passenger plane, manufactured by the Wuhan aircraft factory, and only this one has been built so far. In fact, this is a special airliner developed from the "Vulture" heavy bomber, which was specially ordered by the Presidential Palace, in order not to delay the production of the "Vulture" bomber, the manufacturing period of this passenger plane is as long as half a year, but the materials used are all high-quality materials, after all, this passenger plane is for the president, and the president even named it "Beiyi", combining the president's own name with the name of the president's wife.

Originally, the aircraft of this era is still relatively primitive in terms of technology, although Zhao Bei has indeed promoted the great development of the aircraft industry to a large extent, but after all, it cannot be separated from the development of the times, and due to technical limitations, it is indeed necessary to take some risks when traveling by aircraft in this era.

It is precisely for this reason that when it was learned that the president intended to order a special travel plane for himself, most of the people in the 'chamberlain' office and the superintendent were strongly opposed, but the opposition was ineffective, and the president would never change his mind easily, so the "Beiyi" passenger plane was officially put into service, and in the sequence of the air force, it was numbered "01".

This airliner has just been manufactured for just over a month, and it has been flying tests for some time ago, and it was not until the day before yesterday that all the tests were completed and officially incorporated into the Air Force sequence, due to the use of engines imported from Germany. The horsepower is strong, this passenger plane can carry eight passengers, and fly directly to the airport 600 kilometers away at an altitude of 2,000 meters, it is indeed a good 'traffic' tool, and it is for this reason that when he learned that the passenger plane has completed all the test work, Zhao Bei sent a telegram to the plane to Gaiping, he wanted to take a ride, feel the feeling, and also planned to take this passenger plane to Shenyang by the way.

Knowing that the president was going to travel by plane today, the political officials and military generals who accompanied the president to the front line in Liaodong to inspect were a little surprised, and some people also persuaded the president to travel by train instead, but their persuasion was taken as a deaf ear by the president, and the president still went his own way, resolutely advocating taking a plane to Shenyang, and also pulled a few "strong men" to accompany him to experience the dazzling scenery of this aviation era.

Zhao Bei arrived at Gaiping Airport at two o'clock in the afternoon, and Tang Hualong, Zhao Qi, Lu Yongxiang, Wang Zhanyuan, Huang Xing, and others who followed him to the airport were also members of the "battlefield condolence group" and Zhao Beila's "flying heroes." If you don't fly, you can't fly, you will lose your official hat, and you will be criticized by the president, so they have to accompany the president on an adventure, the only exception is Huang Xing, who volunteered to act as an air passenger, which is much more than Zhao Bei expected.

At half past two o'clock, Zhao Bei and the others boarded the passenger plane, and five minutes later, the engine started, and then the presidential plane took off and flew north under the escort of six "Wasp" fighters.

On the passenger plane, Zhao Bei and Huang Xing were talking and laughing, and the other passengers were all 'pale' and their legs were trembling, and Tang Hualong leaned on his seat as soon as he got on the plane, and asked the air force officer many times how to use the parachute.

It is actually not comfortable to take this kind of plane, the engine noise is very loud, and the turbulence in the take-off phase is also more obvious, just in case, all passengers have parachutes under their seats, in the eyes of everyone, this is not a trip, this is an adventure, but this president seems to have always liked adventure, and last time he followed him in a torpedo boat across the Liaodong Bay. Now follow him on the plane, everyone is less dissatisfied, more awe, not to mention anything else, is the courage of the president, I'm afraid there are not many politicians can compare, no wonder the president can quickly grasp the central power.

Extraordinary people must have something extraordinary, now, everyone has more understanding of this sentence, and there are more feelings, when the president ordered to equip military leaders with special planes, I am afraid that it is to pave the way for the presidential plane to enter service, first build momentum, and then act, this has always been the president's style.

After all, the plane is much faster than the train, and in the afternoon of the same day, before the sun sets, the president's "Beiyi" special plane landed smoothly at the Shenyang Field Airport, without any danger or danger, but it is impressive, including Tang Hualong, all the accompanying personnel will not forget this flight, after all. They are the first political officials in China to travel by air, and they will accumulate seniority in the future, which is the best capital.

Before the plane landed, the Shenyang airport was heavily guarded, and not many people were allowed to enter the airport to greet the president, mainly officials from the local government of Shenyang, as well as a small number of journalists and the Russian consul in Shenyang. The president will hold talks with the Russian envoy for foreign affairs from Petersburg, in secret.

As the president's plenipotentiary representative, Yang Du had already had preliminary contact with the Russian envoy for foreign affairs yesterday, and both sides were very "sincere." It was precisely for this reason that Yang Du sent a telegram to President Gai Ping, asking the president to come over and talk to the Russian envoy for foreign affairs.

Those reporters did not know about the secret talks between China and Russia, and the reason why they rushed to the airport was that they learned that the president had inspected the front line in Liaodong, and they had actually come to interview the president for this purpose, and they were escorted out of the airport by the guards immediately after the interview.

Soon after this reporter left the airport, Zhao Bei also got into a car, escorted by the guards, and entered a hotel run by a Russian businessman with the Russian consul, and met the Russian envoy from Petersburg in a luxurious room, and the two sides had informal talks for about two hours.

Zhao Bei also had dinner in the barracks, and then rested for an hour, and at nine o'clock in the evening, he met with another guest in an officer's office in the barracks, who was also Russian, named Chechakov, and he was led to the office by an intelligence officer of the Military Intelligence Agency, whose name was Zhang Zongchang.

Zhang Zongchang is a native of Ye County, Shandong, with a poor family, in his early years, he followed his fellow villagers to the eastern part of the country, built railways for the Russians, and later worked as a bandit, but he did not have the luck of Zhang Zuolin and Feng Delin. In the end, he was on the Sino-Russian railway line, doing some petty business in the rivers and lakes, or bodyguards for others, or defrauding commercial insurance for 'traitors', and once in the Vladivostok soul world, he learned a rough Russian, because he likes to gamble, so he knows a lot of Chinese and Russian gamblers, this Chechakov is the dog 'meat' friend that Zhang Zongchang met in the casino.

Chechakov is just a pseudonym, there are very few people who know this person's real name, Zhang Zongchang is an exception, this Chechakov was originally a lieutenant in the Far Eastern Army of Tsarist Russia, has been stationed in Vladivostok, and because of this, he was able to meet Zhang Zongchang in the casino, the two smelled like each other, they hit it off at first sight, and became friends, and later the Russo-Japanese War broke out, the Russian army suffered defeats, Chechakov was transferred to Mukden with the troops, which is now Shenyang, and saw that the morale of the Russian army was low, and the aristocratic officers had no fighting spirit, Chechakov didn't plan to sell his life to His Majesty the Tsar, so he took advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese-Russian Battle of Mukden to become a deserter, with the company's salary and some guns and bullets to break away from the army, relying on Zhang Zongchang's cover to hide in the countryside, and sell those guns and bullets to the local green forest, until the end of the Russo-Japanese War, Chechakov did not 'show up', but he did not dare to return to the army, so he changed his name, settled in Shenyang as a Russian businessman, and relied on opening a casino. I have been close to Zhang Zongchang and his group of green forest friends.

In the Northeast, Russian scoundrels like Chechakov are everywhere, in this world of green forests, these people are very good, until the United Front grasps the central power and completely clears the green forest forces in the northeast, they have slightly reined in, Zhang Zongchang was developed into an intelligence officer by the Military Intelligence Agency, and quickly pulled Chechakov on the boat, but Chechakov is not a formal employee of the Military Intelligence Agency, he is only engaged in some peripheral work, and cannot participate in core secrets.

"Mr. President, it is a great honor for me to be personally received by you."

Chechakov has been in China for many years, and his Chinese words are quite acceptable, and when he met Zhao Bei, he was respectful, and he couldn't see the scoundrel at all, and he looked like he was really a civilized businessman in a suit and leather shoes.

But Zhao Bei knows very well that people like this, like Zhang Zongchang, are the best of the scoundrels, and they may be able to be a hero in the 'chaotic' world, but now, Zhao Bei has ended the 'chaotic' world, then, they can only be little souls, and develop them into the military intelligence bureau, which is of course to use their 'wide-ranging' strengths, but it may not be that there is no role in limiting their destructive power, scum also has the use of scum, in Zhao Bei's eyes, there is no person in this world who has no use, the key depends on whether you can use it.

Zhang Zongchang was also sincerely afraid, and when he saw the president, he couldn't even speak roundly, but he was not as open as Chechakov, and there was quite a difference with the "three unknown generals" in history, so that Zhao Bei almost thought that he had the same name and surname.

Of course, Zhao Bei asked the two to rush to the barracks late at night to see him, but not to meet historical celebrities, but for another purpose.

During this trip to Shenyang, Zhao Bei certainly came to have secret talks with the Russian envoy for foreign affairs, but his more important purpose was to lay out the layout in advance in this North Manchurian region and pave the way for his next move.