This unkempt and stubble-bearded old hairy officer is none other than Chen Zikun's old friend, the second cabinet of Changshan Good Locks, Andrei Vasilyevich.

The last time I saw the second cabinet, or in 1919 in Shanghai, his old man mixed into the Russian team of the concession merchant group, and later Chen Zikun traveled to Guangzhou, Hunan, and then went to Shanghai after the Zhiwan War, Andre has disappeared, this farewell is five years, the second cabinet is obviously old, the beard is white, the cheeks are also thin and sunken, dragging one foot, walking is not good.

Hearing Chen Zikun's call, Andre looked at him blankly, blinked suspiciously, and suddenly came to his senses: "It's you kid." ”

The guard next to him waved the butt of his gun and was about to beat someone, but Chen Zikun shouted: "Stop, move the chair over, and bring another bottle of liquor." ”

The chair and liquor were quickly brought, and Andre was not busy sitting, he blew half a bottle of liquor first, and his pale face regained his flush, and he said with emotion: "It's still a good Chinese wine, better than vodka." The drink was spilled on the front of his yellow-green military uniform, which was heavily wet, and there were many medals from the Kolchak Provisional Government pinned to his clothes.

Andrei recounted his experience, it turned out that in the autumn of 1919 he left Shanghai and returned to Vladivostok, and marched to St. Petersburg with Kolchak's army, but after all, he could not withstand the Mandate of Heaven, the White Russian army was defeated, the supreme consul Admiral Kolchak was shot dead by the Red Army in Irkutsk, and hundreds of thousands of White soldiers and their families froze to death in the cold Siberian wilderness.

"The leg that was lame during the Russo-Japanese War was frostbitten, and I had no choice but to amputate it, I don't even know how I survived, God willing, let me meet you again." Andrei's tone was very depressed, presumably because of the deep psychological damage caused by the great escape.

"Second cabinet, why did you follow Zhang Zongchang?" Chan is more concerned about this issue.

"Zhang Zongchang is a very righteous person, he took in us defeated soldiers of the White Russians, paid us very high salaries, gave us wine, we are stateless people, so this is the best choice." The second cabinet tilted his neck and poured the remaining liquor into his mouth.

Chen Zikun said: "Now that I am at war with Zhang Zongchang, you old hairmen are pawns for him, which makes me very embarrassed, you can show me a clear way." ”

Andre said: "Zhang Dashuai is good, but our brothers are closer, I didn't say, you let me go back, I persuade them to surrender." ”

Chen Zikun said: "That's the best, come here, prepare ten jars of good wine, and have the right to be my meeting gift." ”

Andrei took a few prisoners back with spirits, and sure enough, the ironclad cars of the White Russian army stopped firing guns, and after two hours, Andrei came back again, and spread his hands and said: "I can't speak well, the captain is unwilling to surrender, he said that you can't besiege us, and the reinforcements of the Feng army will arrive soon." ”

Chen Zikun was furious and ordered to encircle and annihilate this Mao Zi soldier, but the White Russian soldiers resisted stubbornly, and they really couldn't eat them for a while, so they fought for another afternoon, wasting a lot of ammunition, and in the evening, Pierce's plane was full of fuel and flew to help, and the Jiangdong Army position suddenly thundered with joy.

Pierce was very proud, shook his wings, flew to the top of the white Russians' ironclad vehicles and dropped bombs, because there were no professional aerial bombs, so he took a 60 caliber mortar shell to charge, the power was not very great, but it also successfully hit the arrogance of the White Russian army.

Curtis's planes strafed back and forth, the white Russian army raised its rifles and shot indiscriminately into the sky, and even the plane's hair could not be injured, Chen Zikun was about to order the troops to attack, suddenly there was a buzzing engine sound in the sky, and it didn't take much effort, the two black dots were getting bigger and bigger, and the fighters of the Feng army came.

Pierce was not piloting a professional fighter, but an ordinary civilian aircraft equipped with a machine gun, and when he saw the opponent's fighter attacking, he hurriedly fled with his tail between his legs, and this time it was the turn of the White Russian army to laugh, and the Jiangdong Army was silent on the position.

Two Fengjun biplane fighters bit Pierce's tail and flew away, everyone raised their necks to watch the battle in the sky, only to see the Curtis plane suddenly pulled up at a very steep angle, and actually turned its head in the sky and went around the back of the fighter, the machine gun spewed out a tongue of fire, one fighter emitted black smoke, whining and screaming to the sky, the other plane turned around and ran, Pierce chased closely, a beautiful long point shot, and beat this one down.

Two white flowers bloomed in the sky, it was the pilot who was parachuting, and the white Russian soldiers who were dancing excitedly just now suddenly stopped.

Pierce flew the plane low over, flapping its wings in a flash, and the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army threw their hats into the sky to show their respect for the pilot.

"Damn, I must learn to fly an airplane." Chan was greedy.

"Look, they've surrendered!" Andrei shouted as he pointed to the ironclad in the distance.

Sure enough, a white flag was raised above the positions of the White Russian army.

More than 500 White Russian soldiers and 2,000 Shandong Fengjun soldiers surrendered to Chen Zikun, they belonged to Lu Yongxiang's Xuanfu Army, in fact, they were all Zhang Zongchang's subordinates, Zhang was a native of Shandong, and incorporated a lot of White Russian soldiers and Shandong people in the direct line of the surrendered troops.

The White Russian soldiers are mercenaries, and there is no loyalty at all, the Chinese soldiers were originally direct troops, and they have been incorporated by Zhang Zongchang for less than two months, let alone die for him, and now that the Jiangdong Army has fully demonstrated its combat effectiveness, their surrender is logical.

Chen Zikun met with the surrendered officers, accepted their sabers, and treated them with courtesy, and his proficiency in Russian reassured the White Russian officers, and expressed their willingness to serve Chen Zikun after the termination of the contract with Zhang Zongchang.

"Hala whistle." Chen Dashuai said happily that he rewarded them with a jar of liquor.

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A brigade of the Feng Army was dumpled by the Jiangdong Army, five hundred elite Mao Zi soldiers also surrendered, and two fighters imported from Italy were shot down, this news reached Zhang Zongchang's ears, and he was so shocked that he didn't say anything for a long time, and then laughed: "Damn, I finally met a decent opponent." ”

"General Zhang, hurry up and march into the army and destroy Chen Zikun, this person can't stay." Su Wanxuanfu made Lu Yongxiang worried.

"Marshal Lu, I have my own measure, and you don't have to worry about military affairs." Zhang Zongchang said with a big grin, he only maintained superficial respect for Lu Yongxiang, but he was just a warlord in the wilderness, Zhang Zuolin borrowed his name to use, and he really regarded himself as a big clove of garlic, a joke.

The adjutant came to report, Zhang Xueliang sent a telegram urgently, Zhang Zongchang took the telegram, Lu Yongxiang came over to read it, but Zhang Zongchang held the telegram high, and he couldn't see it on tiptoe.

On the telegram, Zhang Xueliang said that he and Chen Zikun had a secret agreement in advance and would not attack each other, and ordered Zhang Zongchang to restrain his subordinates from clashing with the Jiangdong Army.

Zhang Zongchang remained quiet, first fooled Lu Yongxiang away, and then ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and sent 100,000 oceans over, and the right to make amends.

A day later, Chen Zikun received a letter from Zhang Zongchang, saying that his subordinates did not obey the order and acted on their own, harassing the locality, and they must be severely punished, and they will be given 100,000 oceans to compensate the place, and Chen Kunshuai will be invited to accept it with a smile.

Coming and not being rude, Chen Zikun sent 2,000 soldiers and weapons back to Zhang Zongchang, and the 500 White Russian soldiers were left for his own use.

Five hundred White Russian troops were organized into an independent regiment of the Jiangdong Provincial Army. Commanded by Colonel Vasilyevich, used as Chen Zikun's personal guard, their military uniforms are different from those of the ordinary Jiangdong Army, using Russian-style pullover uniforms and tweed coats, high riding boots, Russian-style gold plate epaulettes, and military caps are also from the Imperial Russian period.

The weapons of the White Russian army are also different, still using Russian firearms, Nagant revolver, Mosin Nagant dragoon rifle, which is commonly known as the water beads of the Northeasterners, this gun is longer than the Mauser rifle, the bayonet is three-edged, the person will die undoubtedly, the bullet is also Russian, to be specially imported, the most powerful weapon is actually the Chashik saber of the Cossacks, this beautiful and fierce Caucasian saber has no gauntlet, it is more suitable for swinging and turning, the arc and center of gravity of the knife are also extremely suitable for chopping, a knife down, It can easily cut off a horse's head, and its power can be seen.

Chen Zikun defeated Zhang Zongchang in a battle, his reputation was greatly enhanced, and he incorporated the White Russian Guard, which was even more like a tiger's wings, when he returned to the provincial capital with his subordinates, thousands of empty alleys came to see the excitement, foreigners are still rare in these years, Chen Dashuai went out of the city to recruit hundreds of foreign soldiers, this majesty is really not blown out.

It had already been published in the newspapers that the Feng army did not enter Jiangdong, the provincial capital avoided a war, and was immersed in a sea of joy, but the Overseer's Office was filled with a depressing atmosphere, and before returning to the city, Chen Zikun ordered Gai Longquan's third division to surround and disarm Duan Haixiang's second division, and detain all officers above the regimental level.

It was not easy to win this battle, the Second Division sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, but it never stood still, what kind of calculation Duan Haixiang fought, Chen Zikun knew very well in his heart.

Duan Haixiang, the commander of the second division, was escorted in, and Chen Zikun said: "Commander Duan, are you guilty?" ”

Duan Haixiang was unconvinced and said, "What is my crime? ”

Chen Zikun took out a stack of letters and said, "This is from your house, and they are all handwritten letters from Sun Kaiqin to you." ”

Duan Haixiang's face was like ashes, and he lowered his head: "If you want to kill or scrape, it's up to you." ”

Chen Zikun stepped forward to untie his rope and said, "Move a chair for Senior Commander Duan." ”

Duan Haixiang looked at him puzzled.

Chen Zikun said: "Sun Kaiqin is the sworn brother of Master Duan, and the correspondence is normal, you didn't stab me in the back, even if you are worthy of me, how can I kill you." ”

Duan Haixiang's expression was relieved, Sun Kaiqin had indeed written several letters before, persuading himself to fight back and launch a campaign to expel Chen, but he was indecisive and missed the opportunity, thinking that it was also the will of God, if he really rebelled, I am afraid that he would not be able to sit here alive.

Chen Zikun is a hero with great talent, the anti-smoking campaign was vigorous, and he did not drink the blood of the soldiers, looted the people's wealth, although he was in Jiangdong for a short time, but his reputation far exceeded that of Sun Kaiqin, and there were more tigers and wolves under his command, Duan Haixiang was confused for half his life, and he finally did the right thing in the choice of this matter.

"Senior Commander Duan is old, and if you become a senior senator, you will have to pay a thousand oceans a month, what do you think?" Chan said.

"Thank you, Sir." Duan Haixiang saluted and took off his military hat, he knew that his career as a horse was over.

sent Duan Haixiang away, and Chen Zikun summoned Pierce Hawke again.

"Okay, Mr. Hawke, let's open the window and talk brightly, what the hell have you done before?" Chan threw a Luzon cigar over.

"I shot down fifty-four German planes in France at the cost of one leg and one eye, and that's it." Pierce Hawk said coldly.