Brother Han Guangdi lowered his voice and said, "I want to know now, how are you preparing here?" ”

Ye Changgui leaned forward and whispered, "In addition to the forty taels of trucks in the yard, there are also fifty-five trucks in the city, all of which are scattered in more than a dozen big car shops in the name of merchants from Guannei. ”

Ye Changgui pulled the map on the table, pointed at it and said, "After starting to do it, Luo Hu will lead the team to take charge of the Marshal's Mansion." I am in charge of more than a dozen large public and private banks, including the Bank of China, the Bank of Communications, the Guanyin Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces, the Frontier Bank, and the Zhengjin Bank. In the past few days, the teams in charge of various banks have secretly reconnoitred the terrain by depositing and withdrawing money in these banks, including the retreat route. ”

"Luo Hu's team has more than 80 people, and they all change into Kwantung Army uniforms when they move; The team that went to the Zhengjin Bank dressed up as a police officer in Shenyang; The rest of the squad is dressed as a ronin. There are also some people who disguise themselves as police officers to guard the perimeter, and when they retreat, they change back to civilian clothes. ”

After listening to Ye Changgui's report, Han Guangdi nodded with satisfaction.

However, Han Guangdi thought for a while, and asked with some concern: "It's nothing to disguise yourself as a policeman, but so many people disguise themselves as the Kwantung Army and the Ronin, they won't show any flaws, right?" ”

Ye Changgui shook his head and said confidently, "No." ”

Ye Changgui looked at Han Guangdi and said, "You just said that you admired the commander's foresight, and I feel the same way now. ”

"You don't know, at the beginning of the establishment of the special brigade, the commander invited us to teach Chinese and Russian, and now the vast majority of people in the special brigade can understand these two foreign languages and have simple conversations. A small number of literate people learn quickly in their brains and spirits, and they are fluent in Russian, and they change into their own clothes, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see the flaws. ”

Ye Changgui said that at the beginning of the establishment of the special brigade, Song Zhewu arranged for them to be trained in the Chinese language and Russian language, which obviously means that Song Zhewu had long concluded that the Fourth Route Army would fight against the armies of these two countries in the future.

For Song Zhewu's foresight, Han Guangdi admired it like a five-body throw.

After Han Guangdi and Ye Changgui carefully agreed on some details, Han Guangdi stood up.

He also has to rush back to the arsenal as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation, will the convoy led by Wang De arrive on time? If they arrived, those trucks were still empty, and the Kwantung Army would not move, they could only watch the locked warehouses in the arsenal not move.

Han Guangdi glanced at the phone on the table and remembered one more thing.

"Lao Ye, once the Kwantung Army moves, it will first destroy the communication line, and then the phone will not be connected, how can your teams get in touch? Don't go wrong? ”

Ye Changgui shook his head and said, "Dou Zhan, you can rest assured." This time, I brought with me 12 wireless walkie-talkies that had just been developed in Taiyuan, and I will keep abreast of the situation of each group during the operation. ”

"It's just that it's too big to fit in a truck. According to Cui Hao, this was created by the joint laboratory jointly established with foreigners, and it is still being improved, and it was urgently produced for us. ”

Wireless walkie-talkie, Han Guangdi has heard of it for the first time. However, Han Guangdi was not surprised by this, in recent years, Xinghua and the Research Institute have continuously launched a large number of magical new things, which has already opened Han Guangdi's eyes, and it is not strange.

Ye Changgui also remembered a somewhat tricky question, and he couldn't make up his own mind. Although Ye Changgui and Han Guangdi are at the same level, this time Song Zhewu has explained that everything must be based on Han Guangdi. Therefore, he asked Han Guangdi for instructions.

"According to our investigation, in these banks, there are private rented safes for storing valuables, and many of them are stored in jewelry and precious calligraphy and paintings. Even if we don't take it, after the Kwantung Army occupies Shenyang, it will not let go of these things. What do you think of these things? ”

After thinking about it, Han Guangdi gritted his teeth and said: "These valuables must be taken away, and they can't be cheap. ”

"So much of the commander-in-chief's personal property was used in the war of resistance, and this little money from these people can be regarded as supporting our war of resistance. What's more, the people who can rent a safe deposit box in the bank are not poor, and without these things, there will be no impact on their lives. ”

Han Guangdi thought for a while and told Ye Changgui: "Old Ye, if the Kwantung Army doesn't make a move, you must not make any moves, you have to remember this." ”

Seeing that Ye Changgui nodded in agreement, Han Guangdi continued to instruct: "If the Kwantung Army really wants to make a move, when you act, you will naturally never show mercy to yourself, but for Chinese, try to knock out as much as possible, and it is best not to hurt people......"

After telling Ye Changgui, Han Guangdi quietly rushed back to the arsenal.

Now, in order to deal with the situation, the liaison office of the Fourth Route Army in Shenyang has been moved to the vicinity of the arsenal.

At the same time that Han Guangdi rushed back to the arsenal, Jianchuan Miji, the chief of operations of the General Staff Headquarters of the foreign workers, finally arrived in Shenyang leisurely.

After Miji Kenkawa rested for a while, Seishiro Itagaki and Masashi Hanaya held a grand welcome reception for Miji Kengawa at the Kikubun Hotel that he opened in the Mantetsu leased land.

I don't know why, the usually gentle and elegant Kenkawa Miji let go of the amount of alcohol this time, and toasted with the people of the Kwantung Army and the Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd. who welcomed him one by one. Sure enough, less than an hour after the drinking party, Jianchuan Miji was drunk, and she was still very beautiful and drunk in public, unconscious.

Knowing that Miji Jianchuan was not in the drunkard's intention, Itagaki and Hanaya looked at each other, and left the Kikubun Hotel one after another.

At 10:25 p.m. on the night of September 18, an explosion suddenly sounded in the northeast of Shenyang, only four or five miles away from Shenyang. The sound of the explosion spread far away in the silent night, and the whole city of Shenyang could hear it.

As this explosion sounded, the direction of Beidaying almost simultaneously resounded with the sound of violent shell explosions and gunfire.

From the sound of the shells, it can be heard that some of the explosions are loud and dull, which is obviously caused by large-caliber heavy artillery.

The official name of the Shenyang Arsenal at this time was the Arsenal of the Three Eastern Provinces, which was the Fengtian Ordnance Factory at the beginning, and the site was in the Fengtian Mint outside the Great East Gate.

Until the spring of 1919, Zhang Zuolin vigorously developed the military industry and produced heavy weapons to meet the needs of the war, and decided to rebuild the Fengtian Ordnance Factory into an arsenal of the three eastern provinces. Zhang Zuolin personally ordered that about 1,800 acres of land west of the East Tower be allocated to the arsenal, and also selected another vacant land outside the gate of the Great East Gate to set up an engineering office to build a gunpowder factory, a gun and ammunition factory, and a gun factory. In order to facilitate transportation, railroad tracks were laid and platforms were built so that the trains could go directly to the factory.

By 1923, the arsenal began to expand year by year, adding a shell factory, a machine factory, and a power plant. Since then, coal, hydropower, and power have all been supplied by the factory, and most of its machines have been purchased from the factory. Now there are more than 8,000 sets of various machines, and its production and manufacturing capacity is very strong.

In 1924, after Yang Yuting took charge of the project, he once again built a large number of buildings and expanded armaments, and the arsenal was several times larger than the initial scale, with a plant area of 2.5 kilometers long and 1 kilometer wide. The arsenal has jurisdiction over more than 20 units, including "eight factories and four factories", as well as schools and hospitals. The large number of arms and weapons produced by the arsenal is beyond the reach of other factories in China. In particular, the arsenals of the three eastern provinces have successfully copied the 105mm and 150mm howitzers, and are even trial-producing 240mm howitzers.

In the majestic gate of the arsenal, there are two western-style buildings, one white and one black, on the left and one on the right, and Han Guangdi's temporary office is located in the white building.

As soon as the explosion sounded, Han Guangdi, who was anxiously waiting in the office, walked to the window, pushed open the window, and listened carefully to the bursts of artillery from the northwest.

Not long after he arrived with the convoy, Wang De, who was organizing the loading, also hurriedly came and asked Han Guangdi what to do?

Han Guangdi, who had been in Shenyang for a long time, could naturally distinguish that the place where the cannon sounded was near Beidaying. However, he still needs to confirm it, otherwise if the Kwantung Army does not make a move, then the actions organized by him and Ye Changgui will really become the pretext for the Kwantung Army to start a war.

Han Guangdi picked up the phone on the table and dialed Rong Zhen's house, whether the Kwantung Army really started a war, he had to accurately confirm this matter.

However, Han Guangdi called for a long time, but no one answered the phone at Rong Zhen's house. I went to Rong Zhen's office of the Northeast Frontier Chief's Office, but several phones from Rong Zhen there were always busy, and they just couldn't dial in.

Knowing that Rong Zhen went to the Northeast Frontier Chief's Office, Han Guangdi could imagine the panic scene of Rong Zhen at this time, and there would be a lot of phone calls to him everywhere asking for instructions.

But it's not a way to wait like this, if the Kwantung Army really does it, then it will have to hurry up and load all the weapons and ammunition in the arsenal. However, at this time, in order to forcibly open the other weapons warehouses, it is necessary to disarm the arsenal guards first.

However, a company of the gendarmerie battalion was helping to maintain order in the arsenal at this time, and it was somewhat inconvenient for the troops of the Fourth Route Army to hand over the weapons of the guards at this time.

Because, although several company commanders of the gendarmerie battalion already had plans to defect to the Fourth Route Army with Qi Xingya, this matter has not yet come true after all, and it would not be good if there was a conflict between the gendarmerie battalion and the people of the Fourth Route Army.

Han Guangdi thought about it for a while, and then dialed the phone to the military police headquarters in Qixingya.

Han Guangdi hoped that Qi Xingya would order Yang Hongji, the commander of the first military police company who assisted the Fourth Route Army in transporting supplies in the arsenal, to send people from the military police company to disarm the arsenal guards and take care of them first.

The gendarmerie company would intervene to surrender the weapons of the convoy, and no matter how dissatisfied the convoy was, there would be no armed clash between the two sides. However, if the Fourth Route Army disarmed it, it would be different, it would be easy to encounter strong resistance, and even cause unnecessary casualties, which was not what Han Guangdi wanted to see.

Although the sound of gunfire has sounded in the direction of Beidaying, Qi Xingya is not clear about the specific situation, what is this the exercise I am talking about? Or did the Kwantung Army really do it? Qi Xingya visibly hesitated for a moment.

Han Guangdi understood Qi Xingya's thoughts, and hurriedly told Qi Xingya, "No matter what the situation is, open the arsenal and load the car first, even if it is a false alarm, if there is anything for him to explain to Rong Zhen, he will take responsibility, and Qi Xingya will agree." ’

Han Guangdi sent someone to call Yang Hongji, the commander of the first company of the gendarmerie battalion who was a little nervous when he heard the explosion in the Beida camp, and asked him to answer Qi Xingya's call.

Qi Xingya directly ordered Yang Hongji on the phone, asking him to disarm the escort team, open the warehouse, and let Han Guangdi load all the weapons and ammunition into the truck.

After Yang Hongji went out, Han Guangdi and Qi Xingya agreed that the two would go to the Northeast Frontier Chief's Office together to inquire about the situation and decide on the next course of action.

This time when he entered the city, Han Guangdi was a lot more careful, he and his adjutant took a car, and brought four guards.

Outside Dongguan, many Shenyang citizens were already awakened by the sound of gunfire, and they walked out of their homes in their clothes, asking each other in a panic where the guns were fired. What's going on?

And the anxious Han Guangdi kept urging the driver to speed up, and the driver desperately honked his horn to urge the panicked crowd on the narrow street to give way. The two cars rushed through the crowd and came to the Great East Gate.

The police team guarding the city gate, who heard the sound of cannons, was preparing to close the city gate at the moment, and Han Guangdi's adjutant took out the special pass given by Huang Xiansheng today and ran to negotiate with the police team leader. At this moment, Li Jichuan, the adjutant director on a bicycle, also rushed to the Dadongmen, and Han Guangdi hurriedly called Li Jichuan into the car.

The situation was as it was outside the city, where crowds of civilians were already outside, nervously asking each other what was going on outside the city, and on several main streets, squads of armed policemen were already being seen. However, not a single soldier of the Northeast Army was seen.

Han Guangdi glanced at Li Jichuan and said: "This Huang Xiansheng is really a man, but if there is no regular army of the Northeast Army to participate in the war, these policemen who have only received simple military training and only have light weapons will definitely not be able to prevent the regular army of the Kwantung Army from entering the city." ”

Li Jichuan tightened the corners of his mouth because he was nervous, and he only smiled slightly bitterly at Han Guangdi's words, but did not make a sound.

When Han Guangdi rushed to the governor's office, Zang Shiyi and Qi Xingya's car also arrived, and Zang Shiyi also came to Rongzhen to inquire about the situation.

A few people just nodded slightly, and then entered the door and went straight to Rong Zhen's office. In the courtyard, there were constantly staff officers on duty running back and forth nervously.

Qi Xingya grabbed a staff officer and asked, "Is Chief of Staff Rong here?" ”

Seeing that it was Qi Xingya, the staff officer nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, the chief of staff came as soon as it was dark and never left." ”

In Rong Zhen's office, the three staff officers were constantly answering the three telephones on the desk, inquiring about the situation everywhere, and answering questions about the direction of the Beidaying. Rong Zhen was alone with his hands behind his back, and he was in a hurry on the ground.

As soon as he entered Rong Zhen's office, Zang Shiyi anxiously asked, "What's the matter?" Is it the Kwantung Army attacking the North Camp. ”

Seeing Zang Shiyi and the others coming, Rong Zhen, who was anxious, had some backbone in his heart, but the sadness on his face did not decrease at all.

"According to the report of Zhao Zhenfan, chief of staff of the Seventh Brigade, first there was an explosion in the direction of the Wicker Lake South Manchurian Railway, and then the Kwantung Army began shelling Beidaying."

Rong Zhen glanced at Han Guangdi and said: "Zhao Zhenfan also reported that the artillery bombardment of the Beida Camp not only had 75mm mountain artillery, but also larger caliber artillery, and according to his estimate, the caliber would not be less than 200mm. ”

Although Han Guangdi had already been mentally prepared, but now that it was finally confirmed from Rong Zhen's mouth that the Kwantung Army was shelling the northern camp, Han Guangdi's face couldn't help but turn a little pale, and he knew that Song Zhewu's astonishing and accurate judgment had come true.

Zang Shiyi asked Rong Zhen with a pale face: "Shelling the North Camp?" Is this possible to say that the Kwantung Army has officially started a war with us? ”

Rong Zhen shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily. ”

When Brother Han Guangdi heard Rong Zhen's words, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and asked Rong Zhen: "Chief of Staff Rong, the Kwantung Army has already shelled the Beida Camp, isn't this a war with us?" Do they have to enter Shenyang City to start a war? ”

Rong Zhen, who was distraught, did not notice the dissatisfied tone in Han Guangdi's words, and explained: "In the past, the Kwantung Army conducted exercises, and also shot at the Beida Battalion, but this Kwantung Army's exercise was conducted at night, and it may also be that the artillery shooting of the Kwantung Army is deviated, and it may even be a further escalation of their provocation." ”

Zang Shiyi interrupted Rong Zhen's words and asked hurriedly: "Did you call Lin Jiujilang, how did he explain the Kwantung Army's artillery firing at the Beida Camp." ”

Rong Zhen said: "Lin Jiujiro doesn't know, but he promised to inquire about the Kwantung Army immediately." ”

As he was talking, the phone rang, and the staff officer answered it and told Rong Zhen: "Chief of staff, it's a call from Hayashi Jiujiro." ”

Rong Zhen walked over quickly and eagerly answered the phone.

"......, what? You said that the 7th Brigade of the North Daying blew up the South Manchurian Railway at Wicker Lake and also attacked the Kwantung Army garrison? This is impossible, absolutely impossible, the Seventh Brigade is all in Beidaying, it is impossible for them to bomb the South Manchurian Railway, is there any misunderstanding here? ”

Rong Zhen, whose face turned pale, said loudly into the earpiece: "Mr. Hayashi Jiujiro, please ask the Kwantung Army to stop the shelling, and we will go to find out the specific situation together immediately." ”

"What? The Kwantung Army has launched a military operation, and you can't stop it! ”

There was no sound on the phone, and Rong Zhen was still holding on to the earpiece.

Qi Xingya blushed and said loudly: "Since the Kwantung Army has launched a military operation, then what are we waiting for?" Senza, give the order for the Seventh Brigade to counterattack! ”

Rong Zhen glared at Qi Xingya and said: "The young marshal has repeatedly ordered strict orders to tolerate the Kwantung Army, if the Seventh Brigade fights with the Kwantung Army, doesn't it just give the Kwantung Army an excuse to launch an invasion!" Besides, for such a big matter, the young marshal has to make his own decision. ”

"So what are you waiting for? Call Peking! Zang Shiyi urged loudly.

(To be continued)