Chen Zikun felt his left eyelid jump sharply, and stood up with a slap on the table: "Disrespectful, it turns out that Captain Hawke is still an air combat hero and an ace pilot." ”

Hawke swallowed the clouds and exhaled the smoke with a cigar in his mouth, crouched by the window and looked into the distance, looking sad and melancholy, very different from the appearance of the usual hanger, and said after a long time: "What about the ace, but he is a blind and lame man, and I can only be a janitor in China." ”

Chen Zikun was greatly moved, Americans are wealthy, this kind of experienced pilots grasp a lot of talent, talent is rich to the point that it can be wasted, he is short of flight instructors, God sent one, it is really a lucky star, good luck.

"Captain Hawke, you deserve it." Chen Zikun pointed to a pile of things on the table and said, there was a piece of red silk on it, and after it was removed, the silver light was shining underneath, and the three thousand silver yards were neatly organized, which was the air combat reward that Chen Zikun promised him, which was equivalent to about 1,500 US dollars.

Pierce Hawk's pupils contracted slightly, for him who was destitute, this was a huge amount of money, with this money, he could go back to his hometown in Tennessee and buy a piece of land for the rest of his life.

"If you are willing to be the commander of my air force, you can get so much money every month." Chen Zikun captured the ** in Hawke's eyes in time, of course, for Hawke, what is more tempting is not these silver dollars, but the position of commander that Chen Zikun said.

"You don't have to reply to me quickly, you can go back and think about it first, but what I want to tell you is that your home is in the blue sky, not in which park you are a janitor." Chen Zikun said again.

Hawke didn't hesitate and stretched out his right hand: "Thank you, I can reply to you now, I am willing to accept your offer." ”

Chen Zikun shook hands with him vigorously: "Welcome to join the Jiangdong Army, you are now an active captain again." ”

Hawke took a step back and saluted, "Yes, sir!" ”

Chen Zikun returned the salute: "Disbanded." ”

Hawke turned to leave, and when he walked to the door, Chen Zikun said: "By the way, who shot you down?" ”

The former US military ace paused and did not look back: "Feng. Richthofen, a German who drove a red triplane. ”

Sending off Hawke, the orderlies quickly came in and removed the silver dollars, replaced them with food and drinks, and invited Colonel Vasilyevich of the White Russian Independence Regiment in.

The second cabinet changed into a brand-new tweed military uniform, his face was cleanly shaved, his hair was smeared with a lot of hair wax, and he was meticulously combed back, and he had to wrestle when flies fell, and he looked much more energetic.

The two sat down to drink and chat, and after three rounds of drinking, Andrei suddenly changed his Russian language and said: "It must be not easy to maintain so many troops, right?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "I, the commander, is different from the commander of the general national army, I don't care about the march and war, I am only responsible for raising money to feed these tens of thousands of mouths, and it is not easy to survive when the strong enemy looks around." ”

Andre glanced left and right, lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "I know the whereabouts of a treasure, if I can dig it up, it will be enough for you to feed a million troops." ”

Chen Zikun remained silent: "How much?" ”

"Five hundred tons of gold." Andrei held out five fingers and flipped them over and over to emphasize the enormity of the number.

Rao is Chen Zikun is determined, and he was also stunned by this number, five hundred tons of gold, that is, sixteen million taels of gold, converted into silver, it is even more exaggerated, there is only one word to describe the huge amount of money, rich and rivaling the country!

Dizzy for a while, Chen Zikun hurriedly took a sip of wine and pressed it, and said, "Really? ”

"Absolutely." The voice of the second cabinet was lowered, for fear of being heard: "This money was left by the tsar, it was originally used for restoration, His Excellency Admiral Kolchak crossed Siberia with this gold, hundreds of thousands of people froze to death on the way, and the convoy of the gold-pulling army was also wiped out, except for me......"

Chen Zikun swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "So, gold in Siberia? ”

"Yes, in a very secluded place, no one knows but me."

"You didn't mention this to Zhang Zongchang?"

"Are you kidding, how could I tell him?"

Chen Zikun rubbed his hands excitedly, eager to try and plan to embark on the road of treasure hunting tomorrow, but when he thought that Siberia was the territory of Soviet Russia, and it was a frozen wasteland, it would be a dead end if he went, and his restless heart was cold again.

"Let's think about it for the long term." He sighed helplessly.

……

The next day, Zhang Pengcheng, the commander of the first division, fled back to the provincial capital, Chen Zikun soothed him with kind words, and then removed him from his military post and sent him to the provincial police department as deputy director.

In terms of the provincial government, Liu Yuzheng is an empty frame that does not care about things, but the appointment and dismissal of county magistrates in various counties in the province always have to be approved by the provincial government.

Although Zhang Zongchang had released his goodwill, Chen Zikun still maintained a posture of being ready for battle, and the officers of the Second and Third Divisions were purged and dismissed, and he personally served as the commander of the First Division and appointed Chen Shou as the commander of the Second Division, which was regarded as a complete purge of Sun Kaiqin's remnants.

Zhang Xueliang sent another telegram, claiming that the previous conflict was a misunderstanding and that such incidents would never happen again in the future, and invited Chen Zikun to send troops to solve Qi Xieyuan.

Chen Zikun believed Zhang Xueliang's words, he asked Andre, Zhang Zongchang is very independent, and he is not a descendant of the Feng army, most of his subordinates are bandits in the mountains and forests of the northeast, and they have incorporated direct defeated soldiers and White Russian mercenaries.

At present, Sun Chuanfang has withdrawn his troops and returned to Zhejiang, only Qi Xieyuan's troops are left in the Shanghai area, and the Fengjun army is pressing the border, and defeat is only a matter of time.

He mobilized the 3rd Division and the 7th Mixed Brigade, which had the strongest combat effectiveness under his command, plus a White Russian mercenary regiment and an army air force with only one aircraft, and telegraphed the whole country, demanding that all troops withdraw from Shanghai, and abolish the Songhu Protector Army Embassy Office, so that Shanghai would no longer be garrisoned!

As soon as the power came out, it immediately won the strong support of the Western countries and the strong approval of the Jiangnan gentry, and people from all walks of life supported it one after another, once again winning a good reputation for Chen Zikun.

Of course, there are also some people who scold Chen Zikun for being shameless, including the bosses of Sanxin Company, the Jiangdong Army garrison in Shanghai was reorganized into an anti-smoking law enforcement corps, changing the soup but not the medicine, still stationed in Shanghai, pinching the throat of opium imports, this Chen Zikun is really both a bitch and a memorial arch!

But no matter how angry they are, it won't help, the smoking ban is a thing supported by the whole society, and the non-garrison of troops in Shanghai is a dream thing for people from all walks of life in Jiangnan who have suffered from military disasters.

Two months ago, Chen Zikun and Qi Xieyuan were allies who fought side by side, but now they have become neutral mediators, in fact, they are pulling the shelf, helping the Feng army force Qi Xieyuan to go into the field.

The direct line has fallen apart, Wu Peifu is dormant in Hubei, Sun Chuanfang retreats to Zhejiang to protect himself, Chen Zikun and Feng Jun hook up, the situation is quite unfavorable to Qi Xieyuan, he wants to be prosperous, and he can only go to the field with electricity.

In less than a month, Anhui in Jiangsu Province became the world of the Feng army, and tens of thousands of troops and horses of the Jiangdong Army and the Feng Army were stationed in the suburbs of Shanghai.

Shanghai Longhua, in the former Songhu Protector Military Embassy Office, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, all of them came out and went in wearing khaki military uniforms and dogskin hats, and they were all waiting, waiting for the arrival of the big men.

Ten minutes after the arrival of the generals of the Feng army, Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Zongchang, five Ford cars of the same style roared under the escort of thirteen motorcycles, followed by two trucks full of soldiers, and finally more than 50 cavalrymen, kicking up a large cloud of smoke and dust, which was extremely majestic.

After the car stopped, they were not in a hurry to open the door, the guards standing on the pedals jumped out of the car, pressed the shell gun to protect the car door, and watched fiercely, and the guards on the truck behind jumped down first, all wearing gray-blue tweed military uniforms, wearing American-style steel helmets, and holding American-made Thompson hand-held machine guns, Jiangdong Army marched into the office in large leather shoes, and arrogantly squeezed aside the Fengjun soldiers standing guard to carry out the guard task.

The soldiers of the Feng army were all outsiders, and their tempers were very hot, and their eyes were about to go crazy, and those Kwantung troops on horseback also broke in, and a smell of wine rushed to their noses, yellow hair and gray eyes, gray tweed coats that reached to the ankles, large horse boots and Chashik sabers all showed their identities and were White Russian soldiers.

Zhang Zongchang has an old Maozi team, composed of White Russian soldiers, they are dressed like this, the military salary is three times higher than other troops, but the combat effectiveness is also three times stronger, fighting with a wine bottle and a pistol, like a mad dog, the soldiers of the army are afraid of them for three points, the old Maozi team has a white armband wrapped around their arms, on which are written the three words "Zhang Zongchang", but in front of these White Russians there is a big "Chen" word written on the arm.

Okay, Chen Zikun also has an old Maozi team, no wonder it is so horizontal, the leader is bigger than the young marshal, the small soldiers of the Feng army don't know about an old Maozi team switching to Chen Zikun, and they think that these White Russian soldiers are originally from the Jiangdong Army, so they don't dare to underestimate them, and a conflict is resolved.

After the guards were in place, Chen Zikun got out of the car, wearing a straight blue tweed general's uniform, with a straight trouser line, a command knife hanging from his waist, a five-color star emblem symbolizing the republic of the five ethnic groups on his golden hat band, and a big medal on his chest.

"Salute!" An officer shouted hoarsely, and everyone present folded their heels and saluted with their guns held high.

Chen Zikun put his right hand wearing white gloves next to the brim of his hat, returned an American-style military salute, strode into the office, and echoed all the way: "Chen Dashuai has arrived!" ”

There are four people standing at the door of the lobby of the office, the tallest one is more fierce than Chen Zikun, forty years old, with a mustache, a pair of ringed eyes and bright eyes, probably Zhang Zongchang, standing next to him is Zhang Xueliang, I haven't seen him for many years, the young marshal is getting thinner and thinner, wearing a yellow tweed military uniform, and the cowhide armed belt is very tight, which shows that the body is thin.

The other two people, Chen Zikun knows, the younger one is Lu Xiaojia, who owes him 100,000 oceans, and the older one is similar to Lu Xiaojia's eyebrows, and the three gold stars on the military uniform must be the legendary Su Wan Xuanfu Lu Yongxiang.