Song Zhewu laughed and said: "Han Qing, I don't dare to ask for your 30 million military expenses, if I really want to take it, your more than 400,000 horses will not be able to follow Laiyuan to ask me for food!" I don't have to say that again. ”

When Song Zhewu said this, not only Hu Yukun's tense heart relaxed, but even Zhang Xueliang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If 30 million can be exchanged for a big victory, Zhang Xueliang thinks it is still worth it. But the problem is that Song Zhewu really wants to take the money and leave, which really makes him despise this person, and he, Zhang Xueliang, will never take this Song Zhewu as a friend again. Moreover, no matter what kind of victory, the post-war reconstruction and recovery is a large amount, it is estimated that even if the military expenditure is not counted now, the losses caused by the war have been 5000 million, if in peacetime, 3000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Zhang Xueliang also smiled and said: "Wenge, even if you don't want it, I will take care of all the military expenses of your troops during their stay in the Northeast." ”

Song Zhewu Zhengse said: "Han Qing is polite, I came to the Northeast by no means to covet any interests, the Fourth Route Army is the country's troops, and it is the duty of our generation of soldiers to resist foreign captives, Zhewu will never dare to ask Han Qing for a reward for this, and the military expenses are naturally allocated by the central government of Nanjing, but Manchuria is located on the border, and the transportation is inconvenient, so the arms and materials have to be supplied by Han Qing. ”

Zhang Xueliang spread his hands and said suspiciously: "Wen Ge, then what do you want from me?" ”

"I want to be alone."

"Alone? Who? Zhang Xueliang was even more confused, what kind of person can be worth 30 million in the eyes of Song Zhewu?

Song Zhewu pointed at Gao Zhihang and said to Zhang Xueliang: "Han Qing, if I defeat the Soviet army in Manchuria, I will want Brother Ziheng." ”

Song Zhewu said this, Li Wentian, Zhang Yafei, Mengxi and several people from the Fourth Route Army knew that Song Zhewu was in love with talent again, and Li Wentian even heard Zhang Yafei sigh very softly, he knew that this was Zhang Yafei's heartache for the 30 million.

And Zhang Xueliang and Hu Yukun, including Gao Zhihang, were all surprised! They never thought that Song Zhewu Jingran wanted to exchange a big victory for an ordinary pilot like Gao Zhihang.

Song Zhewu was afraid that Zhang Xueliang and others would have doubts, and explained: "That's the case, I also got some planes, of course, my planes don't dare to compare with Hanqing, I have old planes, but there are a lot of them." If you have an airplane, you have to have a pilot, I have set up an air force corps, and asked foreign instructors to start training pilots, I really need air force talents like Ziheng, I wonder if Han Qing can cut his love? ”

When Song Zhewu said this, Zhang Xueliang suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Wen Ge, this is not difficult, I can agree, but I don't know what Ziheng means?" ”

Gao Zhihang is very highly regarded by Zhang Xueliang in the Northeast Army, and his hometown is in the Northeast, so he is very hesitant. Song Zhewu understood Gao Zhihang's thoughts, and hurriedly threw out a "high sugar content temptation".

"Ziheng, if you are willing to come to the Fourth Route Army to help me, I will promote you to the chief of staff of the colonel of the Fourth Route Army Air Force."

Being able to become the chief of staff of the colonel of the Air Force Corps of the Fourth Route Army, that is to say, he can immediately rank among the top of the Fourth Route Army, such a temptation cannot not make Gao Zhihang tempted, Gao Zhihang looked at Song Zhewu who was full of expectations, and hurriedly saluted Song Zhewu: "Commander Xie cultivates, Zhihang will do his best to serve the commander." ”

As soon as Gao Zhihang agreed, Song Zhewu's heart blossomed, this Gao Zhihang is definitely a rare talent, "Nine. After the 18 Incident, he entered the customs alone, and in a few years, he could become the commander of the destroyer unit of the Chinese Air Force and the captain of the 4th Air Brigade with his own strength.

Song Zhewu was afraid that things would change, and said to Zhang Xueliang: "Han Qing, you are not allowed to regret this. ”

Zhang Xueliang could also see that Song Zhewu really cherished Gao Zhihang's talent, and he was very happy for Gao Zhihang in his heart, and said with a hearty smile: "Wen Ge, I, Zhang Xueliang, have always done what I say, and I will never regret it, so you just put your heart in your stomach." But ......"

Zhang Xueliang's "but" startled Song Zhewu, thinking that Zhang Xueliang still had any conditions, so he hurriedly said: "Hanqing, if there are any conditions, you can just say it." ”

Zhang Xueliang said with a smile: "If you marry a daughter, you must have a dowry, Ziheng is a member of my Northeast Army, and this time I jumped on the high branch of the Fourth Route Army, I have to say something." ”

Song Zhewu also smiled and said: "What Han Qing said is very true, this is a marriage, you don't have to spend too much, just send two planes you newly bought." ”

Song Zhewu said this, everyone present laughed, Hu Yukun thought to himself that this Song Zhewu didn't look rich, but his face was not thin, and his mouth was two planes.

Zhang Xueliang said: "Okay! Just send the plane, it's just Wenge, this plane can't be sent like this, you have to exchange Lao Maozi's prisoners, a hundred prisoners for a plane. ”

"Prisoner exchange? Okay, according to what Han Qing said, a hundred captives have a plane, how many captives have changed planes? I'm afraid that Han Qing will regret it in the future. Song Zhewu just squeezed Zhang Xueliang with words.

Zhang Xueliang said without thinking: "I will never regret it, if you capture 10,000 prisoners for me, I will give you 100 planes." ”

In Zhang Xueliang's view, it is very likely that Song Zhewu can defeat the Soviet army on the Western Front, after all, with the Northeast Army, it is more than 100,000 horses. But if you want to capture 10,000 prisoners, you have to encircle and annihilate all the Soviet troops on the Western Front, and if you just defeat them, you can't capture 10,000 prisoners.

Zhang Xueliang looked at the horses of Song Zhewu and his guards and said, "Wen Ge, you have been tired all the way, so you should rest for a while, and in an hour, I will pick you up and wash the dust." ”

With a bold person like Zhang Xueliang, the more polite you are, the farther away you are from him, Song Zhewu said unceremoniously: "Han Qing, I ran thousands of miles to come here, you can't fool me with ordinary wine and food." ”

Zhang Xueliang said happily: "Wen Ge, you can rest assured, I have brought a famous chef from Shenyang, and you are satisfied with it." ”

Song Zhewu, Li Wentian, Zhang Yafei, and Mengxi came to his headquarters, and while they were busy washing, they asked Li Wentian and others to report the situation, and an hour would soon pass, if there was any problem, they could just talk to Zhang Xueliang. Now that the border war is tense, Zhang Xueliang will never delay here for too long, and may have to return to Shenyang tomorrow. Telegram contact is not always as good as it says in person.

"The cavalry brigade had already set out the day before yesterday, and after the arrival of the second regiment yesterday, it had taken over the defense of the first regiment, and the first regiment also set off yesterday morning. According to the plan, before the end of the month, all units were to reach the south of the Balhu Left Banner to cover and assemble on standby. In order to cover the need, I have ordered the 1st and 2nd Divisions to go north directly to the predetermined position without going through the Left Banner of Bahrain, and this plan was approved by the commander. Now the temporary warehouse and the airfield here have been basically completed, and after the arrival of the third regiment, the artillery regiment, and the baggage regiment, this place will be handed over to the baggage regiment, and the baggage supply to the Balhu Left Banner will all be transported and supported by the baggage regiment. ”

Li Wentian sighed and said: "We originally planned to walk all the way north from here, but now it seems that if we can't reach the planned time on foot, I think the other regiments will be transported by car first, and then handed over to the baggage regiment to transport supplies." But fortunately, Zhang Xueliang brought a hundred cars this time, which can help us transport supplies. ”

Song Zhewu took the towel handed over by Mengxi, wiped his face, and asked, "What did Zhang Xueliang send us this time?" ”

As soon as Li Wentian heard Song Zhewu ask about the supplies, he immediately became excited, and said happily: "Commander, Zhang Xueliang has really invested a lot of money this time, and the weapons and ammunition that have arrived now are, 10,000 Type 38 rifles; ZB-26 machine gun 100 listens; 30 Mark heavy machine guns; 10 60mm/82mm mortars; 1,000,000 rifle rounds; 150,000 rounds of artillery shells of all kinds; 200,000 grenades with wooden handles. Other supplies include 1,000 barrels of gasoline; 1,000 tents; 500,000 catties of grain; 500,000 catties of soybeans ......"

After reporting a large list of materials, Li Wentian said happily: "Zhang Xueliang said that this is only the first batch of materials, and there will be materials to arrive one after another." ”

Li Wentian looked at Song Zhewu and said seriously: "Commander, I really admire you!" ”

Song Zhewu smiled slightly and said: "I said earlier, the Northeast Army is very rich, and the things we want seem to us to be in an amazing amount, but it is not difficult for Zhang Xueliang, as long as we can defeat the Soviet army, he will do what Zhang Xueliang will give us twice as much." ”

Zhang Yafei smiled maliciously and said: "Zhang Xueliang has a lot of money and things, but he is not given to people casually, as soon as the words of 30 million yuan are exported today, I can see that he regrets it a little, but he still became the commander, I think this time the air force of the Northeast Army will not be able to do it." ”

Song Zhewu glared with a smile and said, "Whether the air force of the Northeast Army can succeed depends on the ability of you, Xu Fang, and Zhao Fengwu." It can't be less than 50 planes, otherwise I will deduct 100 oceans of military pay for each of you if there is one less plane, and 1,000 for each of you if there are 10 fewer planes. ”

Zhang Yafei said nonchalantly: "Commander, don't talk about detaining us first, if we capture more than 30 prisoners, will you also add money to us!" ”

"For every additional captive of the plane, I will give each of you a thousand oceans."

Zhang Yafei said to Li Wentian and Mengxi: "You two have heard it, and you will testify to us when the time comes." ”

Li Wentian smiled and said, "Okay, I'll testify to you." Then he said to Song Zhewu: "Commander, there are still some problems. ”

"What's the problem?" Hearing that there was a problem, Song Zhewu couldn't help but be stunned.

Li Wentian motioned for Mengxi to speak. Mengxi looked at Song Zhewu and said: "That's the case, Zhang Xueliang gave us the contact code with his 15th and 17th brigades yesterday, according to the military deployment of the Western Front given to us by Zhang Xueliang, we can know that the 15th mixed brigade, 1 cavalry brigade, 1 engineer company, 1 communications battalion and 1 frontier squadron are concentrated in Manchuria and its suburbs, with a total of 9,000 officers and soldiers, as well as 1 armored train. There was a 17th Mixed Brigade and a 5th Infantry Brigade, a cavalry brigade and a group of border guards, a total of about 6,000 officers and men, and an armored train. At Hailar station there were reserves deployed in 1 regiment of the 1st Mixed Brigade, several battalions of the 5th and 17th Infantry Brigades and 1 regiment of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, with a total of more than 5,000 officers and men. In this way, there were about 20,000 officers and men, 2 armored trains, and 5 aircraft on the Manchuria-Zalainuoer-Hailar line. Together with the reserves, the Northeast Army had about 26,000 officers and soldiers on the Western Front. I contacted Liang Zhongjia, commander of the 15th Mixed Brigade of the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front, hoping that he could provide information on the Soviet troops abroad, but he said that he was under the leadership of Wan Fulin, deputy commander of the Heilongjiang Deputy Commander of the Northeast Frontier Army, and that he had not received Wan Fulin's order and could not accept our command. ”

"What troops does Hu Yukun's Second Army against Russia include?" Song Zhewu was a little puzzled, whether Wan Fulin or Hu Yukun was responsible for the war on the Western Front.

Li Wentian said with a wry smile: "Hu Yukun's Second Army to defend against Russia is these troops, this Second Army is temporary, and the war on the Western Front seems to be managed by Hu Yukun and Wan Fulin." ”

Song Zhewuxin said that it is no wonder that the Northeast Army was defeated so badly despite the superiority of troops, this is obviously a confusion of command, and it is not possible to continue like this. After thinking about it, I knew that this matter had to be solved by Zhang Xueliang. He said to Li Wentian: "Let's put this matter aside for now, and we'll talk about it when we see Zhang Xueliang later, but we can't rely on the Northeast Army for all our intelligence, and we must step up the collection ourselves." ”

Li Wentian nodded and said: "The first regiment and the cavalry brigade have been instructed to step up the collection of Soviet intelligence, and Han Guang said that some Mongolian soldiers on the right side of his cavalry brigade can speak Russian, which can just come in handy." ”

Li Wentian remembered another thing and said to Song Zhewu: "Commander, we did the right thing by not taking the train out of the customs this time. According to Zhang Xueliang, the South Manchurian Railway, which he now controls, does not allow the Northeast Army to transport troops and military supplies to the border at all. Moreover, the 'Middle East Road', which the Soviets used to control, is now on strike, and the transportation capacity can barely reach one-tenth of the pre-war capacity, and if we take the train, we may now only go to Shenyang. ”

Zhang Yafei also asked: "Commander, do you say that I colluded with the Soviets?" ”

Song Zhewu thought about it and said: "That's not going to happen, I don't want the Soviet army to enter the northeast." If the Soviet army wants to occupy the northeast, it cannot do it without hundreds of thousands of troops, but even if the Soviets really have this intention, it will not be able to draw so many troops, and he knows that the Soviet army is not capable of occupying the northeast by force now, and he just wants to use the Soviet army's hand to weaken the strength of the northeast army. Therefore, they naturally will not allow the Northeast Army to smoothly assemble troops to the border. ”

Song Zhewu knew that because the South Manchurian Railway controlled by him did not allow the Northeast Army to transport troops and war materials, and because of the strike of the workers of the Eastern Railway, the tanks that Zhang Xueliang originally wanted to transport to the Manchuria area on the Western Front did not arrive until the end of the war.

Song Zhewu sighed and said, "In the future, you all have to remember that everything must be on our own, and we must not be controlled by anyone, even if this person is a friend now." ”

(To be continued)