For Song Zhewu's request, Zhang Xueliang naturally couldn't refuse.

Zhang Xueliang immediately telegraphed to Rong Zhen that the war in Northern Mongolia was tense, and that he would first hand over the military rations stored by the Northeast Army in Liaoji Province to Song Zhewu, and then replenish the military rations of the Northeast Army after the summer grain was harvested.

These days, more than 80 million kilograms of rice, white flour, sorghum and soybeans have been transported to Shenyang from various parts of Liaoning and Jilin provinces. In the past few days, Han Guangdi has been mainly busy in Shenyang to contact Rong Zhen and Qi Xingya to transfer supplies to the customs through the railway, and today he has just transported the last batch of grain.

In addition, Han Guangdi also transported 250,000 rounds of artillery shells and 16 million rounds of ammunition to Kannai by rail.

These ammunition transported into the pass by rail were not for Song Zhewu to leave for the Fourth Route Army to use for himself, but for Song Zhewu to prepare in case of "Nine. 18. "When the matter becomes true, it is left to Zhang Xueliang."

If the Northeast Army wants to resist the war, it will not be able to do without a large amount of ammunition supply. At that time, it would be very difficult for the military enterprises under the central government to quickly make up such a large amount of ammunition for Zhang Xueliang. And Taiyuan Arsenal because of the war in Northern Mongolia, it is also impossible to give Zhang Xueliang much support.

Therefore, the purpose of these ammunition was not Taiyuan, but was temporarily stored in Shijiazhuang.

The reason why Han Guangdi was able to smoothly transport a large number of materials to the customs in a short period of time was not only because of Zhang Xueliang's support, but also because Han Guangdi was in close contact with Rong Zhen, Zang Shiyi, governor of Liaoning Province, and Qi Xingya, commander of the military police of the Northeast Army.

These people either used to have a relationship with him, or a classmate, and they got along very well in the Northeast Army back then. With the active assistance and support of these people, it is naturally extremely convenient for Han Guangdi to do things in Shenyang.

Originally, when Han Guangdi accepted the task given to him by Song Zhewu, he was actually very skeptical of what Song Zhewu said that the Kwantung Army was likely to launch a war in the northeast in the near future.

Although Han Guangdi also believed that it would be a matter of time before Yue himself invaded the Northeast, he still did not believe in Song Zhewu's judgment that the Yue army was likely to start invading the Northeast in September. Because there is no intelligence to show that the military headquarters has carried out war mobilization in the country.

In order to invade the Northeast or even Manchuria, the number of troops required will be very large, at least the strength of the existing Kwantung Army in the Northeast is obviously insufficient, and compared with the Northeast Army, it is even extremely disparity in numbers. In Han Guangdi's view, if action is to be taken, at the beginning of the operation, the army must have at least 50,000 troops in the northeast, that is, two full-fledged field divisions plus a certain number of reading garrisons.

At present, the army has only one dissatisfied Second Division in the northeast, and once a war starts, the Second Division, which is extremely scattered in strength, will certainly be besieged by hundreds of thousands of regular troops of the Northeast Army, and even if it is not the total annihilation of the army, defeat is inevitable. It is said that if the army mobilizes troops from the mainland, it will take a week at the earliest, and even if it increases troops from North Korea to the northeast, it will be too late.

Moreover, Han Guangdi, who graduated from Waseda University, knew very well that due to the impact of the economic crisis, the national strength of the company was now weak, and if they provoked a war at this time, their economy would be seriously damaged, unless the people in the cabinet, including Emperor Wasedato, went crazy.

Therefore, Han Guangdi was not very resolute in Song Zhewu's practice of asking him to secretly recruit as many military and technical personnel as possible in the Northeast and recruit students and instructors from the Northeast Lecture and Martial Arts Hall and the Northeast Aviation School.

Han Guangdi believed that if there was indeed an invasion of the Yue army, as Song Zhewu had judged, it would not be inappropriate to recruit these people to actively prepare for the War of Resistance. But if Song Zhewu misjudges, it will seriously affect the relationship between Song Zhewu and Zhang Xueliang.

Therefore, this matter must be done carefully.

Of course, as Song Zhewu Ming and Zhang Xueliang had already agreed on the face, asking Zhang Xueliang to select a group of senior ordnance technicians and instructors from the Northeast Aviation School to temporarily assist Taiyuan in expanding the arsenal and helping Taiyuan Aviation School teach, Han Guangdi will still actively do it.

However, since Han Guangdi met with Wang Xu, who secretly went to the northeast to set up the intelligence network of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Han Guangdi completely changed his opinion.

From Wang Xu, he learned a lot of information about the strange behavior of the Kwantung Army.

Wang Xu told him that according to the intelligence bureau, the Kwantung Army stationed in Shenyang had secretly transported more than a dozen huge coffins from Lushun a month ago, and had already transported them to the barracks of the garrison stationed in Shenyang at night.

Wang Xu judged that this was probably a disassembled heavy artillery, which was intended to be used to attack Shenyang City, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the fact that the army was transporting huge coffins to the barracks. Because according to the investigation, there have been no deaths in the army recently.

This made Han Guangdi begin to firmly believe that Song Zhewu's judgment was correct.

In particular, he has seen a lot of arrogant behavior of the Yue army in Shenyang these days, which makes him even more convinced that the Yue army is about to move.

For example, Han Guangdi saw with his own eyes that three or two heavily armed soldiers dared to take out matches without scruples in Shenyang City, scratch the bayonets of the Northeast Army soldiers patrolling in formations, and then light cigarettes. In addition, the Yue Army, which has been conducting exercises almost every day these days, dared to shoot wildly at the Beida Battalion, which was stationed in the most elite Seventh Brigade of the Northeast Army! And the 7th Brigade of Beidaying did not return a single shot!! This made the arrogance of the Kwantung Army near Shenyang even more arrogant.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Han Guangdi began to admire Song Zhewulai from his heart.

Han Guangdi believes that Song Zhewu, who is far away in Taiyuan, is very accurate! From then on, he also began to seriously prepare the contingency plan given to him by Song Zhewu.

With Zhang Xueliang's consent, not only did the engineers and technicians of the Shenyang Arsenal and the instructors and technicians of the Northeast Aviation School who went to Taiyuan to support the construction and teaching in Taiyuan have already gone to Taiyuan, but just yesterday, their families in Shenyang suddenly received urgent telegrams from their relatives from Taiyuan.

The contents of these telegrams are the same, asking their families to immediately contact the liaison office of the Fourth Route Army in Shenyang after receiving the telegrams, and with the assistance of the liaison office of the Fourth Route Army in Shenyang, they will lead all family members to Taiyuan as soon as possible.

These people's properties in Shenyang were first purchased by the Fourth Route Army Liaison Office, and then secretly sold them urgently at the cheapest price. The personnel of the liaison office in Shenyang, who had already received the instructions, actually lost tens of thousands of oceans for this.

Today, Han Guangdi has sent the families of the last few people on the train to Beiping. Today, Wang Xu also accompanied the family members to leave Shenyang and return to Taiyuan.

However, after Han Guangdi's covert activities through the personnel of the Fourth Route Army's liaison office in Shenyang, under the favorable conditions of giving him half a year's salary and a high settling-in allowance, some engineering and technical personnel whose families were burdened with heavy burdens and who did not have a strong sense of the countryside had already resigned from their jobs in Shenyang, took their families with them, and set off for Taiyuan three days ago.

In order to get these people out of Shenyang, a place of right and wrong, as soon as possible, their real estate, even a small amount of land, was also handled.

Although Han Guangdi has suggested several times in the past few days that Rong Zhen should be prepared for a possible sudden attack by the Kwantung Army, Rong Zhen has refused on the grounds of Zhang Xueliang's order, and even Rong Zhen has not concealed telling Han Guangdi, a former subordinate, that Song Zhewu has also sent a telegram to Zhang Xueliang, which also reminds Zhang Xueliang to guard against a sudden attack by the Kwantung Army. However, Zhang Xueliang didn't believe it at all.

Han Guangdi, who was very worried about the situation in the Northeast Army and Shenyang, which was unprepared for war, still wanted to come to Rongzhen here today to see the situation, and if he had the opportunity, he would still make one last effort.

Qi Xingya and Han Guangdi are classmates of Beiping Lu University, and the relationship between the two was very good when they were in the Northeast Army, and Qi Xingya was very happy when Han Guangdi came to Shenyang, so Qi Xingya volunteered to Rong Zhen to help Han Guangdi work in Shenyang.

Because Qi Xingya's military police headquarters is in charge of the intelligence system of the Northeast Army, he is also very clear about the actions of the Yue Army in Shenyang, not only to Rong Zhen, but also to go to Peking Union Hospital with Rong Zhen, and to Zhang Xueliang in person.

However, what he never expected was that Zhang Xueliang only thought that the Kwantung Army was only some lower-level officers who were creating trouble, and that the Cabinet and the Military Department were opposed to the practices of these lower-level officers of the Kwantung Army. Moreover, he also insisted that he just wanted to take advantage of the Nakamura Shintaro incident to gain more benefits in the Northeast, and the greater the conflict between the Northeast Army and the Kwantung Army, the greater the price he had to pay in the end.

It is precisely because Zhang Xueliang has such a view that he insisted that the Northeast Army endure humiliation and bear the burden and not give any excuse to the army. This made Zixingya very discouraged.

In the past few days of contact with Han Guangdi, Qi Xingya also leaked the intelligence of the Kwantung Army to Han Guangdi, and expressed deep concern about Zhang Xueliang's blind endurance of humiliation, no defense, and no intention to resist.

Even he did not hide it from Han Guangdi, he told Han Guangdi that he had secretly sent his family members to Beiping with Li Xiangpu, the deputy commander of the military police, and several officers of his military police battalion. The purpose of their doing this was to fear that the Kwantung Army would suddenly attack.

After testing Qi Xingya several times and reporting to Song Zhewu for approval, Han Guangdi finally had a showdown with Qi Xingya, hoping that Qi Xingya would join the Fourth Route Army.

Although Qi Xingya was very disappointed in Zhang Xueliang, it was still easy and impossible for him to leave the Northeast Army. However, after several persuasions by Han Guangdi, in order not to hurt the face of his old friend, Qi Xingya had reluctantly agreed to Han Guangdi.

Qi Xingya's condition was: if the Kwantung Army really started a war, and Zhang Xueliang did not allow the Northeast Army to resist, then he would defect to Song Zhewu and join the Fourth Route Army. He could even say that Li Xiangpu and several officers from the gendarmerie battalion under him also defected to the Fourth Route Army.

With this relationship, Qi Xingya has become more serious in assisting Han Guangdi, Qi Xingya has been with Han Guangdi, Gao Zhihang and others almost every day these days, with him, the commander of the military police, it is very convenient for Han Guangdi to do things.

Qi Xingya also agreed with Han Guangdi's idea of finding an opportunity to persuade Rong Zhen, who is now in charge of military affairs in the Northeast, to let him strengthen his defense against the Kwantung Army.

Yesterday, Han Guangdi and Qi Xingya had already come to celebrate Rong Zhen's father's birthday, and they wanted to talk to Rong Zhen about it, but because there were too many guests, Rong Zhen was busy like a marquee, and the two never seized the opportunity. However, today Han Guangdi received another piece of information from Song Zhewu from Taiyuan, reminding him that the Kwantung Army was likely to start a war in Shenyang today, and asked Han Guangdi to find a way to persuade Rong Zhen to prepare as soon as possible. If persuasion fails, call back immediately and resolutely implement the predetermined plan.

Because of the importance of the matter, Han Guangdi asked Qi Xingya to learn about the situation of the Kwantung Army near Shenyang. After summarizing the situation that the two men had learned, both of them believed that the activities of the Kwantung Army today were indeed very different from those in the past, and that the possibility of launching a large-scale operation today was very large, and they had no choice but to come to Rong Zhen again.

Because Qi Xingya was there, and the guards knew Han Guangdi, they entered the gate without informing the two. Immediately, a staff officer in the concierge ran out and led the two to the backyard to see Rong Zhen.

Looking at the bustling crowd of people pushing cups and changing lamps in the front hall and the side halls on both sides, Qi Xingya frowned and asked the adjutant who led the way.

"Why didn't you go to the back to hide from the quiet?"

Without waiting for the adjutant to reply, a short middle-aged man in a suit led by the guards came out of the backyard. The middle-aged man appeared to be polite and polite, and it was clear at a glance that this was a highly educated intellectual.

When the middle-aged man saw Qi Xingya, he immediately put a smile on his face, and bowed while greeting Qi Xingya in fluent Chinese.

Although this person is fluent in Chinese, Han Guangdi, who studied at Waseda University, still bows from the middle-aged man, and he can see at a glance that this is himself. This person just glanced at Brother Han Guang, nodded slightly, and passed by.

"Who is this person?"

Han Guangdi looked at the man's back and asked suspiciously.

Qi Xingya said with some disgust: "He is Lin Jiuzhilang, the consul general in Shenyang. ”

"What is he here for?"

Qi Xingya also asked the staff officer who led them the way.

The staff officer seemed to be very familiar with Qi Xingya, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he said in a low voice: "Lin Jiujilang came to find a staff seat this time, but it is actually related to you, Commander Qi." ”

"Something to do with me?" The staff officer's words made Qi Xingya even more puzzled.

The staff officer whispered: "He is here to force the staff to hand over Guan Yuheng, who is locked up in your military police headquarters, as soon as possible." ”

At the mention of Guan Yuheng, Qi Xingya couldn't help frowning again.

On Rong Zhen's orders, he escorted Guan Yuheng back to Shenyang from the Xing'an Reclamation District with great fanfare, and secretly placed Guan Yuheng under house arrest at the home of his deputy commander Li Xiangpu. In order to protect Guan Yuheng's safety, he also sent a squad of gendarmes to secretly hide in Li Xiangpu's house.

According to his intelligence officers, the Ronin was secretly looking for a place where Guan Yuheng was being held in Shenyang.

Brother Han Guang frowned and said, "Xingya, I'm afraid that Guan Yuheng's surname is worrying this time!" ”

Qi Xingya waved his hand to signal the staff officer who led the way to go first, and after putting some distance from the staff officer, Qi Xingya shook his head and whispered to the rattle: "Dou Zhan, your prejudice against the young marshal is too deep, and you are too worried this time." ”

Seeing that Han Guangdi frowned and was silent, Qi Xingya whispered: "I won't tell you that Guan Yuheng secretly shot and killed the four of Nakamura Zhentaro, and Guan Yuheng asked the young marshal for advice, and the young marshal secretly agreed. ”

"Oh!"

Regarding the fact that Zhang Xueliang knew in advance and even agreed to shoot Nakamura Zhentaro, Han Guangdi did not expect it.

Qi Xingya continued: "Moreover, Guan Yuheng was born in the Northeast Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and you also know that the young marshal has always regarded himself as the principal of the Lecture Martial Arts Hall students, and he attaches great importance to these people. Even if he said that no matter how tight the persecution is, the young marshal will never hand over Guan Yuheng, if he really wants to do that, the Northeast Army will not deviate from him and Germany? ”

Regarding Qi Xingya's words, Han Guangdi couldn't believe it.

If Zhang Xueliang wanted to save Guan Yuheng's life, he could have allowed Guan Yuheng to "abscond privately", and there was no need to take Guan Yuheng back to Shenyang for house arrest. This is obviously Zhang Xueliang's last resort, and he is making preparations as a last resort.

Brother Han Guangdi shook his head and said, "Xingya, I really hope so." However, it's not that I'm prejudiced against the young marshal, but I feel that the young marshal is very confused now, thinking that as long as the Kwantung Army is not given an excuse, at most he is paying some price, and the Northeast will be safe. ”

Sighing, Han Guangdi continued, "You see that now the young marshal has even ordered the weapons of the Seventh Brigade of the Beida Battalion to be confiscated and put into storage in order of the young marshal in order to tolerate him, if there is a fight, aren't the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Brigade of the Beida Battalion waiting for Yu himself to kill?" ”

"In order not to create an excuse for the Kwantung Army to provoke a war, Zhang Shaoshuai can even ignore the surnames of nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of his most elite Seventh Brigade, do you think he will tear his face for a Guan Yuheng and himself?"

Han Guangdi's words made Qi Xingya stunned.

Yes, Zhang Xueliang, the surname of nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Seventh Brigade, can ignore it, will he care about a Guan Yuheng? He has not seen such things as losing his pawn and breaking his wrist in the Northeast Army.

Seeing that the staff officer had already gone away, Han Guangdi pulled Qi Xingya, who was a little distracted, and said: "The soldiers are coming to the enemy water to the earth weir, let's go to see Rong Shenzai first and see what he says." ”

In Rong Zhen's study, Rong Zhen was not alone, Zang Shiyi, the governor of Liaoning Province, was also there, and it was obvious that they were discussing with Lin Jiuzhilang together.

At this moment, Rong Zhen was sitting in his seat with a sad face. Zang Shiyi, on the other hand, leaned back on the sofa, the expression on his face was complicated, and the sorrow was mixed with an expression that could not tell whether it was resentment or contempt.

Regarding the arrival of Han Guangdi and Qi Xingya, Rong Zhen just barely squeezed out some smiles, nodded and motioned for the two to sit down. Zang Shiyi patted the sofa and asked Han Guangdi to sit next to him.

Han Guangdi's identity in the Northeast Army was relatively special, he was not a non-commissioned officer who graduated from the Non-commissioned Officer School, because he had studied in the Northeast Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and he was actually a student faction of Baoding and the Northeast Lecture Martial Arts Hall that Zhang Xueliang relied on.

In particular, Han Guangdi is also the most educated of the senior generals of the Northeast Army, so he is even more valued by Zhang Xueliang......

(To be continued)