Rong Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "My brother Fengjiu, you don't know that the weapons of the Seventh Brigade are in storage, and this is an order given by the young marshal himself. ”

Glancing at Huang Xiansheng, Rong Zhen said helplessly: "The alarm bell is the young marshal's confidant and favorite general, and it is easy to say that he violates the young marshal's intentions, but I, the chief of staff, can never do this." ”

Without waiting for Zang Shiyi to speak again, Rong Zhen turned his head and asked Brother Han Guang: "Dou Zhan, what are you doing today?" Tell me, if there's anything you need me to help with. ”

Han Guangdi heard what Rong Zhen meant, and he didn't want to talk about the Kwantung Army anymore.

Knowing that it was useless to persuade Rong Zhen again, Han Guangdi glanced at Qi Xingya in disappointment and said, "Senza knows, this time Guangdi was ordered to come to Shenyang to transport arms, and originally planned to use our own convoy. ”

"However, it is very difficult to mobilize vehicles from Shanxi, Suiyuan and Beimeng, thanks to Xingya's help, we have hired vehicles in Shenyang, and now there is still the last batch of weapons and ammunition left, and as soon as our convoy arrives tonight, we can load them all and transport them away."

"However, I am very worried about the safety of the arsenal, and there must not be any mistakes in those weapons and ammunition, otherwise I will be sorry for the trust of Commander-in-Chief Song, and I will also be sorry for the soldiers who fought bloodily on the front line in Northern Mongolia. Therefore, I would like to ask the Senza to send some troops to the arsenal to protect it. ”

Han Guangdi's request made Rong Zhen very difficult, and the 7th Brigade of the Beida Battalion not only confiscated all the weapons and put them into storage, but also strictly restricted the personnel from entering and leaving the Beida Battalion. Moreover, the purpose of this is to prevent a conflict between the Northeast Army and the Kwantung Army, and now send troops to the arsenal to protect it, in case the Kwantung Army exercises near the arsenal, this will cause a conflict......

Rong Zhen looked at Han Guangdi and asked, "Dou Zhan, don't you have a battalion of escort troops?" ”

Originally, Song Zhewu wanted to send as many troops as possible to escort the troops, but after contacting Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xueliang only agreed to Song Zhewu to send one battalion of troops on the grounds that the situation in Shenyang was complicated, and he was not allowed to carry heavy weapons. In fact, the convoy has long been on standby on the border between Nanmeng and Liaoning, but according to the plan, the convoy is going to arrive in Shenyang tonight.

In order to transport all the weapons and ammunition as soon as possible, Han Guangdi hired hundreds of trucks from Shenyang and transported most of the weapons and ammunition to the Zhelimu League in batches.

Although Song Zhewu sent nearly 1,000 trucks this time, according to the number of weapons and equipment agreed upon by Song Zhewu and Zhang Xueliang, the remaining more than 100 trucks were basically transported, and the surplus vehicles came at this time, which was accurately calculated according to Song Zhewu's requirements.

"Our convoy will not arrive in Shenyang until after 8 o'clock tonight, and I am worried that the Kwantung Army will make trouble in the arsenal in the name of the exercise, and it will be difficult for our Fourth Route Army to intervene.

Qi Xingya had calmed down at this time, he had already understood what Han Guangdi meant, and said to Rong Zhen with a gloomy face: "Senza, do you think this is okay, send my gendarmes to the arsenal to maintain order." ”

Although the gendarmerie is also a sequence of the Northeast Army, the gendarmerie is not a combat force after all, and even if there is a real case, it is better to negotiate and shirk.

Rong Zhen thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, it's okay for you to send some gendarmes over, but you have to tell your subordinates not to have a conflict with him. In addition, immediately transfer the 4th Company of Fu Changrui, your gendarmerie battalion, to the Commander's Office to strengthen the vigilance there. ”

Han Guangdi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Rong Zhen agreed to send Qi Xingya's gendarmes to the arsenal, and continued: "Counselor, there is one more thing to ......

"Say it." Rong Zhen nodded and said.

"I received a telegram from Commander-in-Chief Song that in view of the tense situation in Shenyang, Commander-in-Chief Song asked me to take away the hundreds of Fourth Route Army cadets studying at the Northeast Aviation School and the pilots trained in the Northeast Army Air Force this time.

The air force of the Northeast Army was established earlier, and it received great attention from Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang, father and son, so it developed rapidly.

The Aviation School of the Three Eastern Provinces was founded in the summer of 1922, and in September 1928, the Aviation School was merged into the Jiangwutang and changed to the Aviation Education Class, with Chen Haihua, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, concurrently serving as the Chief of Education. The personnel of the Fourth Route Army who came to the Northeast Army to study aviation technology are now all teaching martial arts in Dongdaying.

Rong Zhen nodded and said: "The situation in the Northeast is tense, it is better for you to take these students away, otherwise if something happens, the young marshal will not be able to explain to Commander-in-Chief Song." In this way, this matter is still handled by Xingya, and I will call Education Chief Chen later. ”

Han Guangdi and Qi Xingya knew that it was useless to stay any longer, so they immediately said goodbye to Rong Zhen. Zang Shiyi, Huang Xiansheng, and Li Jichuan also came out together in frustration.

At the gate, Qi Xingya was still a little unwilling, and said to Zang Shiyi, who was about to get into the car: "Chairman Zang, please stay." ”

Waiting for Zang Shiyi to turn around, Qi Xingya said earnestly: "Chairman Zang, I know that you have sent Director Huang to the north plane to meet the young marshal and report on the possible actions of the Kwantung Army in the northeast, but unfortunately the young marshal can't listen to it. In my opinion, now, you and Director Huang are the only two people in the three eastern provinces who understand, and you have to persuade Chief of Staff Rong again to be ready for battle tonight. ”

Zang Shiyi looked at Qi Xingya, turned his head and looked at the crowd in and out of Rongfu, and said meaningfully: "Xingya, who said that only the two of us are people who understand. Do you know why Chief of Staff Rong asked you to send Fu Changrui to take the military police to the Border Chief's Office? ”

Seeing Qi Xingya shaking his head, Zang Shiyi smiled slightly and said, "You Rong Chief of Staff, this morning sent the guard battalion of the Commander's Office to the field for an eight-day training. ”

The commander of the guard battalion of the commander's office is Rong Zhen's son Rong Ziheng......

Qi Xingya frowned and said, "No wonder he asked me to transfer Fu Changrui's Fourth Company to the Governor's Office." ”

Looking at the stunned Han Guangdi, Huang Xiansheng, and Li Jichuan, Zang Shiyi shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Also, why didn't Zhang Zuoxiang go home for his father's funeral for a long time?" Wan Fulin is not in charge of provincial affairs in Qiqihar, why did he stay in Beiping for several months and did not return? Zhou Lian, the head of education in the martial arts hall, why has he not been where he has been for three days? None of them understands people! ”

Zang Shiyi shook his head helplessly, sighed, turned around and got into his car and left.

As soon as Zang Shiyi left, Huang Xiansheng also said goodbye to Han Guangdi and Qi Xingya in a relaxed manner, and wanted to return to his police office.

Han Guangdi grabbed Huang Xiansheng and asked, "Alarm bell, how many people are there in your Shenyang Police Corps?" What about the armament? ”

Huang Xian stated what Bai Han Guangdi meant, did not hide it, and told Han Guangdi.

"There are more than 2,000 people in the police corps, most of whom are young people I have drawn from various police stations, and some of them are new recruits, but the corps was established too late and has not been fully trained. And, because we are a police force, the weapons are only rifles and pistols, there are no heavy weapons, not even grenades. ”

Han Guangdi whispered: "I also think that there may be a big incident tonight, and if you really want to fight, your police corps can't only have light weapons." In this way, I will give you 100 machine guns, 10 thousand grenades from the weapons we brought up in the arsenal, and as for field artillery and mortars, how much you need, just say. ”

Hearing that Brother Han Guang was going to give him a machine gun, Huang Xiansheng couldn't help but be overjoyed, took Brother Han Guang's hand and said, "Brother Douzhan, thank you so much." I don't want field artillery and mortars, no one in the police corps will use them, so you can give me the machine gun. It's best to have light machine guns, this thing is good for street fighting. ”

"If it's okay today, I'll give you back the machine gun. I'll go back to the police station and send someone to the arsenal to get it right away. ”

After Huang Xiansheng left with a thousand thanks, Li Jichuan, who looked lonely, also said goodbye to Han Guangdi and Qi Xingya.

Qi Xingya and Li Jichuan were very familiar, and they glanced at Han Guangdi, and said to Li Jichuan: "Jichuan, are you going home or going to the Governor's Office." ”

"I'll go to the Chief's Office and tell me before I go back."

"Okay, I'll send you." Qi Xingya said as he pulled Li Jichuan into his car.

Qi Xingya, who got into the car, opened the door again and said to Han Guangdi: "Dou Zhan, when I go back, I will send the first company of the gendarmerie battalion to the arsenal, and I will personally control the second company." Also, I'm going to talk to those two people about today. ”

Bringing the gendarmerie battalion to the arsenal is something that Han Guangdi and Qi Xingya have already discussed, and the two people that Qi Xingya said, Han Guangdi understands, this refers to Li Xiangpu and Guan Yuheng.

Zhang Xueliang was ready to deal with Guan Yuheng, which made Qi Xingya heartbroken, and even Li Xiangpu and Guan Yuheng would completely lose trust and emotion towards Zhang Xueliang. Han Guangdi believes that even if the Kwantung Army does not make any moves tonight, Qi Xingya and Li Xiangpu will take Guan Yuheng to defect to the Fourth Route Army.

Leaving Rong Zhen's home, Han Guangdi did not go to the arsenal immediately, but got off the bus near the Great East Gate.

Han Guangdi got off the bus near a department store near the Great East Gate with its doors closed and a sign on the door that the interior decoration was suspended.

The department store is a three-story red brick building that was bought by a businessman surnamed Li in Henan Province only half a month ago, and is now undergoing interior renovation and is not open.

At this time, there were still many pedestrians on the street, but Han Guangdi and his adjutant were wearing civilian clothes and were not noticeable.

Han Guangdi and his adjutant bypassed the side street and entered an alley, and came to the backyard of this department store.

This backyard is very large, the courtyard wall is also very high, in the past, this department store not only retail, but also wholesale, so there are many warehouses in the backyard, from the outside of the courtyard can see the courtyard in the courtyard of the dozen or so tall warehouses.

The adjutant leader, Han Guangdi, stopped in front of a small door in the backyard.

The adjutant stepped forward and knocked regularly a few times, and a small window on the small door was immediately opened from the inside, and a pair of vigilant eyes peeked out from the inside. After the people inside saw that it was Han Guangdi, they quickly closed the small window and opened the door.

After Han Guangdi and the adjutant entered, the small door was quickly closed tightly.

There is a lot of space in the yard, but it is crowded at this time, because there are dozens of trucks parked inside. In the shadow of the truck, some dark shadows can be faintly seen.

The young man who opened the door gestured to the other two men with pistols, and then led Han Guangdi and the adjutant to the opposite row of bungalows without a trace of light.

The young man who led the way stopped in front of a manned door in the middle, whispered a few words to the guard, and then motioned for Han Guangdi to go in.

Although there was not a single light visible from the outside, the room was brightly lit when the door was opened. It's just that it's very hot inside the room, and as soon as I enter the room, I feel a burst of heat rushing to my face.

It turned out that the windows of the room had been covered with thick curtains, and thick curtains had been hung behind the wooden doors.

Several young people sitting around the table, the moment Han Guangdi pushed the door in, they were already alert to pick up the shell gun on the table, and only after seeing clearly that it was Han Guangdi did they put down the gun and get up to salute Han Guangdi.

Hearing the sound, the door of the suite opened, and Ye Changgui walked out of it.

Ye Changgui came to Shenyang secretly a week ago, because of his special mission, Ye Changgui not only did not go to the arsenal these days, but he also did not even go to the liaison office of the Fourth Route Army set up in the city.

Han Guangdi and Ye Changgui just nodded slightly, then walked into the suite and closed the door, and Han Guangdi's adjutant also stayed outside.

In addition to a bed, there is a table and a few chairs, and there is only a telephone, a few cups, a tin thermos on the table, and a map of the city of Shenyang.

Brother Han Guang stopped Ye Changgui, who was about to pour water for him, and said to Ye Changgui with a solemn expression: "Old Ye, don't be busy, it's important for us to talk about business." ”

Ye Changgui put down the water glass, pulled over a chair and sat opposite Han Guangdi.

"How's it going? Is the Kwantung Army really going to do it? Ye Changgui asked inquiringly.

Brother Han Guangdi nodded gloomily and said, "The situation is very bad. I just got back from Rong Zhen. There are all kinds of indications that the Kwantung Army is very likely to be doing it tonight. And Zhang Xueliang, as the commander-in-chief feared, still insisted on tolerating the Kwantung Army. Even in order to appease the militants in the Kwantung Army, Guan Yuheng had to be handed over to Yue himself. ”

Han Guangdi unconsciously changed his name for Zhang Xueliang, and did not say Shaoshuai or Zhang Shaoshuai, but called him by his name.

Ye Changgui slapped the table angrily: "What? Give Guan Yuheng to himself? In order to protect the military secrets of the Northeast Army, what was wrong with Guan Yuheng shooting the spy of Yueben? Is he, Zhang Xueliang, still the highest commander of the Northeast Army? Is he still Chinese? ”

Brother Han Guangdi sighed and said: "Now I really admire our commander-in-chief, although he is only thirty years old, but this far-sighted and far-sighted wisdom is unparalleled. If we hadn't made these preparations in advance, we would have really cheapened myself this time. ”

Brother Han Guangdi shook his head and sighed and said, "However, the commander also neglected one thing. ”

Seeing that Brother Han Guang looked a little regretful, Ye Changgui asked anxiously.

Han Guangdi said with some regret: "As early as the eleventh year of the Republic of China, the marshal hired the Englishman Sha Dun with a lot of money to preside over the establishment of the Fengtian Mortar Factory on the basis of the original Fengtian Repair Division. The plant produces mortars, mortar shells and their accessories. A year or two earlier than the Shanghai and Hanyang Arsenals, the guns built were of the British Stokes. It is simple in structure, easy to make, easy to operate, and has a good surname. ”

"Mortars produced in the Northeast are called 22-year models produced in 11 years, 13-year models produced in 1924 and 15-year models produced in 1926. These mortars are long-range and powerful. I did know that there was such a factory, but because the production was not large at that time, I did not alert the commander-in-chief. ”

"But I didn't expect that this mortar factory has developed rapidly in recent years, and I heard Qi Xingya tell me that it can now produce 80 mortars and 40,000 shells per month. The largest caliber mortar produced was 200mm. According to Zishingya, there are now more than 3,000 mortars of various calibers in stock alone. If it really starts, these things will be cheap little devils. ”

"And. Han Guangdi continued: "According to Qi Xingya, in May this year, it was this mortar factory that also produced a truck called Minsheng brand 75. ”

Regarding the situation introduced by Han Guangdi, Ye Changgui was also surprised: "There are so many mortars, and they can still produce cars?" ”

Brother Han Guangdi nodded and said, "Yes! I originally thought that our Taiyuan North Machinery and Equipment Company was the only one in China that could manufacture automobiles, but I didn't expect that the Northeast could do it, Zhang Xueliang was very willing to spend money in this regard, and in this regard, he was somewhat similar to our commander-in-chief. ”

Ye Changgui said a little anxiously: "Simply, this time we also robbed this mortar factory, right?" ”

Han Guangdi said regretfully: "It's too late, don't say that our vehicles can't be loaded, and now there is no reason to enter the mortar factory to prepare first." It's better to deal with these weapons and ammunition in the arsenal first, it's really not good, and then I'll have to blow it up. ”

"It's just a pity that the Northeast has built a good foundation over the years! It's a pity that hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army can't protect the three eastern provinces! ”

Brother Han Guang let out a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, let's stop saying these angry things, let's talk about our own affairs." ”

Han Guangdi looked at his watch and said, "According to the plan, the convoy and escort troops led by Division Commander Wang De should have arrived at the arsenal now. ”

Ye Changgui said unwillingly: "If Zhang Xueliang didn't agree with us to send more escort troops, even if we came only a regiment, we would have to teach the arrogant Kwantung Army a good lesson this time." ”

Brother Han Guangdi waved his hand and motioned for Ye Changgui to listen to him.

"The inventory of weapons and equipment in the Shenyang Arsenal is far beyond our imagination, thanks to the fact that we hired civilian vehicles in Shenyang in advance to transport some of them in advance, otherwise our thousands of trucks would have to be used to transport weapons and ammunition, and I am afraid it may not be enough."

"According to our plan, as soon as the Kwantung Army makes a move tonight, I will first disarm the escort of more than 100 people in the arsenal, and then forcibly open all the warehouses of the arsenal and load all the weapons and ammunition in stock."

"Wang De is in charge of the arsenal, and at the aircraft factory, Chief of Staff Gao Zhihang will find a way to fly away all the planes of the Northeast Army at Dongta Airport, and if necessary, he can take extraordinary measures......

(To be continued)