It was a simple desert airport at night, the stars in the sky seemed to be within reach, and every clear light of the Milky Way could be clearly seen, and the crescent moon in the night sky hung in the blue-black sky, only Africa in the desert could see such a starry sky, dark, like warm and moist velvet wrapped in a group of scattered soldiers.

The clouds almost reached the treetops of those palm trees. The soldiers, who were resting, were now asleep, and for these soldiers, the night seemed to be no different from any other night, when suddenly, the roar of the engine woke some of the soldiers, and when the soldiers were woken up from their dreams, they would always shout and curse outside the tent, but they had long been accustomed to this, and turned over, and although the noise outside the tent was harsh, they still fell asleep.

At the end of the runway, a transport plane made a coughing sound, turned left and right, and groped its way to the thatched huts paved with palm leaves. The runway-side lights led it to a quiet landing, and those lights were only on for the last 15 seconds of the last landing.

A combat reconnaissance plane of the Guards Army Air Corps roared through the night sky and flew towards You. The plane must have been flown by an established pilot; In the past year, those ace pilots who have flown thousands of hours, perhaps even more than three or four thousand hours that were in service five or six years ago.

As far as China is concerned, the reason why its army air force is strong is not that it has a variety of high-speed fighters with extremely advanced performance, even all-metal structures, but that it has an extremely excellent pilot team of more than 5,000 people. A large number of young pilots, with flying hours of no more than a few hundred hours, were sent to the Arab region. At the same time, a large number of excellent pilots will be transferred back to China. Switch to a new aircraft.

However, these young pilots have a common shortcoming, because of their flying experience, they are even afraid to fly at night, the plane is above the clouds. It is invisible from the ground, just as the pilot on the plane cannot see the runway on the ground. It was searching for flashing landing lights. But the lights went out, and this situation could well lead to a crash, and for the Army Air Corps. In the past year. Of the more than 400 planes lost, more than two-thirds were lost during night flights, and the loss of planes was not a pity, but the real pity was the pilots, all of whom were the elite of the army. They are young and highly educated. In fact, the proportion of military personnel with a college education or higher in the Army Air Corps is even greater than that of the Navy, which is called the "aristocracy".

The pilot of the taxiing transport plane could not hear the roar of the fighter jet above him, and he turned on his lights to see where he was taxiing. At this moment, a listless voice in the darkness shouted:

"Turn off the lights!"

When the pilot determined his position, he turned off the lights, the fighter plane above his head was a few kilometers away, and there was a rumble of artillery in the south, and the battle on the front line never ended, and although the front line was in a stalemate, the shelling never stopped.

Perhaps, for their own country, they are not aware of the development of the war situation and are anxious about the stalemate on the front, but for the soldiers on the front line, hiding under sandbags up to several meters thick and hiding in field fortifications made of "gong" steel and steel plates, the war is turning into an exercise.

Even during the Spring Festival, the soldiers on the front line celebrated the New Year with cannons and machine guns, of course, at the cost of the Turkish army's initiative to retreat 500 meters, but because they did not receive an order, and they also did not want to increase casualties on the New Year, the command of the expeditionary force did not even order the troops to attack, and gave them only one order. …,

"Hold your ground!"

In any war, there are always some strange things going on, and this is one of them.

On the tarmac, a transport-bomber had landed there, and the pilot of the transporter parked the plane 20 yards away from it, turned off the engine, climbed out of the cabin, and onto the concrete floor of the tarmac. An officer ran up to him, and they talked softly.

The driver did not wear a military cap, so he did not salute, but only bowed slightly.

"I'm Captain Fan Kechen, and I'm destined to deliver military mail."

The pilot spoke in Chinese with a southeastern accent.

"It's dangerous to fly on a night like this, Captain Fan,"

The major officer who picked him up said coldly,

"Especially this kind of large aircraft, there was a road (six) transport plane crashed during the night last month."

His voice is low and slow, and his tone of voice is very standard, which is a typical Jianghuai style Chinese, in fact, the Chinese language is based on the pronunciation of Jianghuai official dialect, although in the past many years, the Ministry of Education has continued to promote the Chinese language in China, but even in schools, especially in Guangdong and other places, few people can still speak the standard Chinese. And this officer's extremely standard Jianghuai Chinese language shows that he is very likely to have lived in the imperial capital when he was very young.

"You are a well-known sir, a soldier on the front, and you would love to receive letters and gifts from their families before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. So, I started flying yesterday and flew all day. ”

Fan Kechen obviously had his own reasons, the family letter was worth ten thousand gold, and it was an eternal truth for the front line, and the Imperial General Staff also knew the thoughts of the soldiers and their families, so they specially signed an order to transport military mail by airplane, of course, this military mail has a limited weight, within a hundred grams, although it seems harsh, but it can ensure that each soldier can receive and send at least ten letters a month.

"Hmmm......"

The major looked at Fan Kechen, nodded, and then asked softly,

"Even so, next time you can't take any more risks, try to fly during the day, if your plane crashes, I don't know how many people can't receive letters from their families."

The Major spoke with a hint of concern, of course he was concerned about the safety of the pilots, but he was more concerned about his own airfield.

"Yes, sir"

Fan Kechen immediately replied, but the chief's words always made him feel a little embarrassed, but fortunately the darkness concealed his embarrassment. For him, the reason why he chose to fly at night. It's not just about sending letters. More importantly, in order to train their own skills.

I always thought that as a pilot in the Army Air Corps, Fan Kechen had a dream, which was to start an air mail company of his own. And this company can deliver letters to any place in China within 24 hours. Delivered to the recipient within forty-eight hours, although this is only an idea, of course. But now. He needs to train hard for his dreams, and night flying is inevitable.

"You're from Nanjing, how are you there?"

After a few moments of silence, Fan Kechen could feel the officer staring at him through the darkness, and the anticipation he showed when he saw the other glance as the person next to him occasionally raised a cigarette. Everyone in a foreign country is homesick, of course, as an officer. They seldom reveal their true feelings.

"Nanjing at least doesn't look like much has changed, oh yes, yesterday, Yuan Xiang's state funeral was very grand, and His Majesty personally supported his soul?"

When talking about His Majesty's support for Yuan Shikai's spirit, Fan Kechen muttered in his heart, "For his clothes", yes, it is clothes, in such an explosion, in that explosion, it is impossible to find his body. However, in the eyes of Fan Kechen and everyone else, His Majesty has no honor for his soul, after all, since the founding of the empire, only the old minister has had such treatment, and Yuan Shikai enjoys such honor behind him, I am afraid, it has exceeded a lot of expectations. …,

This is especially true in the eyes of some people who believe that Yuan Shikai has lost His Majesty's trust.

"I've heard of this, it was mentioned on the radio, Yuan Xiang is also half a military person!"

The Major muttered as he gave the Captain a cigarette, and when the other refused, he lit another one himself, and then continued with the question.

"By the way, what about the Wuchang Wharf bombing? Did you catch the murderer? ”

"I don't know,"

Shaking his head, Fan Kechen said.

"Now, they all say they are republican radicals, but before they are announced, no one knows who they are."

There was a long silence again. The bearded head nodded at him, either in understanding or in bewilderment, and finally the major finished a cigarette and stomped the butt out of the sand, only to let out a long sigh.

"It doesn't matter who did it, anyway, as long as it is found out, this matter will definitely not be as simple as a trial!"

Simple!

Many things have never been as simple as people imagine, for Chen Moyan, who was in the Qinzheng Building, looking out the window at the Guangfu Avenue through the thick bulletproof glass, he realized for the first time that a very simple incident can be quickly complicated, and it is so complicated that it is difficult to choose.

After 12 days of investigation, the Imperial Bureau of Investigation finally produced a "closing report", which was endorsed by the top prosecutor.

As one might expect, it was the Republican militants who orchestrated it, and all but the killer died in the explosion, and all those involved were arrested, two of whom fled immediately after the incident, and even the Navy sent warships to chase them until the Pacific before they were arrested.

Originally, the incident had developed to this point, then everything should have ended, the murderer died in the explosion, the participants were arrested by the number of people, and the evidence was conclusive, and it could be transferred to the bill for trial at any time, but the problem happened here, and it was the last detail that complicated this simple case.

Japanese!

The demolition expert who assisted the terrorists in making bombs was a Japanese, who not only helped them make bombs, taught them how to use them, but even helped them plan how to carry out the bombings, so to speak, that Japanese man was undoubtedly one of the murderers, and one of the masterminds of the entire terrorist attack.

But here's the problem, the Japanese named Tanaka Okaichi was just one of the masterminds, after the terrorist attack in Xiaonian, one republican organization after another was smashed by the Investigation Bureau and the local police department, under the tough means of the "Wartime National Security Law", although there was no conclusive evidence, but a large number of republican radicals, and even ordinary republicans, were still thrown into prison, and through their interrogation and investigation of their organization, the Investigation Bureau unexpectedly discovered a thing that made them ashamed - The Japanese Embassy in China had provided substantial financial support to republican organizations.

As many as one million yuan in grants have been issued from the Japanese Embassy in China and scattered among nearly 100 republican organizations across the country, is the purpose of the Japanese merely to "fund China's political forces and protect Japan's interests"? Apparently not. Their purpose is to destabilize China's political situation, and there is evidence to show it. They are more willing to deal with radical groups. Even, through the introduction of the embassy in China, some radicals of radical groups are holding Japanese passports. Enter a Japanese military camp and receive special military training. Or the embassy will come forward to send some Japanese ** elements to China to provide relevant special technical training for radical terrorists.

And Tanaka Okiichi, who was involved in the "Wuchang Wharf Xiaonian Terrorist Incident", was contacted by the embassy in Japan. Finally, you can enter China with a "business passport". And in his testimony, he also proved this, and even after he arrived in China, he went to the embassy to receive 300 yuan. …,

All the evidence points to Japan! I pointed to the Japanese Embassy. There is no doubt about it - Japan is a terrorist sponsor!

"Your Majesty, we hope to be able to immediately search the Japanese Embassy in China!"

Zha Zhiqing's words carried a hint of sincerity, now. He succeeded in drawing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Intelligence Service, and the military into this incident, in this incident. It is not only the Investigation Bureau that needs to be responsible, but also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, because they did not make a mistake in the intelligence analysis of the ambassador to China, and the Intelligence Bureau is responsible for the failure to investigate "a large number of ** groups existing in Japan", and as for the military, they also need to be responsible for this, because some terrorists are trained in Japan, and they are in the Japanese army, and through the intelligence obtained by the Investigation Bureau, Zha Zhiqing can even determine that some terrorists have been trained as "Chinese affairs advisers", because some terrorists, It is training under a pseudonym in a wing assigned to a military adviser.

In short, after finally gathering all the evidence and intelligence, Zha Zhiqing breathed a long sigh of relief, and now, this matter is no longer an incident of the Investigation Bureau, but a ...... Well, the whole country is involved!

Searching the embassy?

Chen Moran shook his head in his heart, if he really did that, I am afraid that the whole world would laugh at China, and the embassy could not be searched, even if Japan could not search its embassy against China and make any strong remarks, at most it would only protest through official channels.

Thinking of Japan's ugly performance in this incident, Chen Moran frowned, at the beginning, when the evidence pointed to the Japanese ambassador to China supporting the terrorist activities of Chinese radicals, his first thought was to cover up all this, not for a small matter, affect the whole country's big plan.

At that time, these things could still be concealed, those cases could be tried in private, and the press and public opinion would not pay too much attention, but the "Xiaonian terrorist attack" was different, it attracted the attention of the whole of China and even the whole world, it can be said that once the news and public opinion got involved in it, and they were appointed by the Japanese ambassador to China, the whole of China would fall into a new boil, and at that time, everyone would only have one thought left, asking the government to punish Japan, And the so-called punishment is to teach Japan a hard lesson.

Can...... Thinking of everything he had painstakingly managed in Russia, Chen Moran's brows furrowed, that arrangement was for the interests of China for hundreds of years to come, for the sake of ...... Now, however, this incident could disrupt his own arrangements at any time.

Any government needs to consider public opinion, even if it is a dictatorial government, even a dictatorial government needs to consider public opinion, at least he needs to use public opinion, if the truth is leaked, the government is still "stubborn" and does not make any statement, then public opinion will eventually overthrow everything, and all the dissatisfaction of the people may even turn to the government, which is something that Chen Moran has to consider at this time.

"Is it possible to close the hearing?"

Listening to His Majesty's question, Zhang Feng shook his head.

"Your Majesty, the possibility of a closed-door trial is extremely unrealistic, not to mention that the people are so concerned now, making it impossible for the court to hear this case behind closed doors.

Looking at His Majesty, Guan Mingtang was the first to stand up and object.

"What the people need is the truth! Any attempt to cover up the truth risks being misunderstood! ”

It is possible to be misunderstood, Guan Mingtang's reminder made Chen Moran have to seriously consider it, because there are already some doubtful voices, questioning the angle played by the government in this incident, why the investigation bureau failed to grasp the intelligence before this, why the purchase of large quantities of explosives failed to arouse the suspicion of the police department and the investigation bureau, and so on, and so on, has put the government on the cusp, if it is tried behind closed doors......

In the past, people often said that rumors stop at the wise, but Chen Moran knows very well that rumors stop at the truth!

"If the trial is open, then Tanaka's identity and Japan, we will have to think about it, and not only that, but we even need to consider what kind of attitude we should use to deal with Japan, and ......."

After a moment of silence, Chen Moran smiled bitterly.

"Now that Japan is our ally again, we are still pointing at them to give us our lives!"