Night, Novosibirsk, post-Ural Front command.

"Bareyev hasn't been telegraphed yet?" The lanky commander of the Front, Colonel-General Brusilov, rubbed his bloodshot eyes and asked the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Nakasidze, who was lying at the table, in a tired tone.

"No – 30 minutes ago, we lost contact with the Zima garrison." Nacasidzer sighed.

"What does the base camp say?"

Nakasidze shrugged: "Same, no news." ”

Brusilov's eyebrows tightened, and he slammed his fist on the table, making the teacups clange.

"It's all like this, what else is there to think about? If you can break through, you will break through, if you can't break through, you will hold the fortress, and if you don't decide quickly, Krasnoyarsk will be finished! ”

"No one is willing to bear the responsibility for the annihilation of the whole army...... Base camp included. Nakasidze smiled bitterly.

"Duty, responsibility, damn responsibility! I wonder if they knew they were at war, maybe they thought they were just dealing with a rape case involving a relative of the Emperor, and their minds were full of what - trapped me. Brusilov scolded indignantly, turned around, and slammed his body into the sofa by the wall.

"All three of Nikolov's divisions were sent to Krasnoyarsk, is it okay?" Nakasidze asked, a little uneasy.

Brusilov turned over and pulled a blanket over half of his body: "It will weaken the defense on our side for the time being, but it will not affect the overall situation, and I am still worried that the enemy will not rush over." Let go of Semey (Semipalatinsk), and when the enemy's main forces reach Barnaul, it is time to deploy from all the Western European ministries, and then attack from all sides and wrap a big pie. Eat it, and there is a silver lining to the mess of Siberia. ”

Nakasidze smiled wryly again: "Can we eat such a hard pie?" It's like biting a stone with your teeth. ”

"Didn't you feel confident the last time we had a meeting? It's exciting. Brusilov muttered with his head covered.

"I can't spread the mood of failure." Nakashize shrugged helplessly, "I have seen the power of the Chinese armored forces with my own eyes, and to be honest, our preparation is not enough, far from enough. ”

"There is never enough time, even if it is gambling, we must gamble, the motherland is facing life and death, we can only do our best."

"We ......," Nacasidzer deliberately lowered his voice as if he were a thief. Presumptuous, do you think we can win the last victory? Since the beginning of the war, with the exception of the Turkish front, we have been defeated repeatedly, the troops of the whole division and army have been destroyed one after another, the enemy has completely overwhelmed our army in terms of the quantity and quality of the army, we have a serious shortage of weapons and ammunition, the domestic factories have limited output, and the British and French aid is pitiful......"

"That's enough, that's not what we're considering." Brusilov yawned. His eyes were staring blankly at the ceiling.

"It will be enough to do our own thing—and prepare a telegram for me. It was sent to Bareyev and the base camp overnight, telling them that before 8 o'clock tomorrow night, if no clear answer was given, and in order to prevent the front troops from falling into a flank attack from the enemy, the commander would make his own decision and order the blowing up of all iron bridges east of Krasnoyarsk. ”

………

1,000 kilometers away, on the open grassy slope on the side of the Jima Railway Bridge, six STG-5T "Longyunte" spy airships were ejecting rope anchors on the side of the boats one by one, and the half-man-high iron anchors were falling diagonally from the air of 50 or 60 meters, raking deep into the soft black Siberian soil.

After being held in place by three rope anchors on the left and right. Under the belly of the airship, a bag of rope net was slowly lowered, and inside was a large vat of gasoline wrapped in a cushion layer of cotton wool.

It was like a swarm of flies smelling blood, and in an instant, the trucks with their headlights wide on all around surrounded them with shirtless and empty-handed soldiers.

The exhausted soldiers fought their spirits. Untie the rope nets, unload the drums, and carry them to the truck. Until the car was full and the tires were deflated...... By the time the truck started, many people had fallen asleep on the ground, their faces pressed against the grass, and the saliva at the corners of their mouths hung into a line.

The oil could be flown in by air, but one could not fail to rest, and the sound of snoring was soon swallowed up by the shrill hum of the airship's engine starting......

Two hundred and fifty kilometers southeast of Zima, Shelikhov, 4 Army Headquarters.

"Staff Officer Shangguan, what are you gaining today?"

Before going to bed, the army commander Xing Xiaoqiang had half a glass of wine and talked with Shangguan Huaiyuan, a special staff officer of the Front Army who had been invited to sleep on the sofa in his room.

Shangguan Huaiyuan, who was lying on the sofa writing a report, heard the army commander asking, put down the pen in his hand, and turned back without thinking: "The harvest is very great, I have confirmed with my own eyes that the armored composite forces are attacking in clusters, and it is completely unilateral slaughter of the infantry who lack anti-armor means......"

"Commander Wang should know this better than we do, so tomorrow we will cross the river again to clean up the two remaining armies on the other side of the river." Xing Xiaoqiang took a sip of wine, reclining on a hard pine bed covered with clean bedding, his eyes half-closed and half-open sleepily.

"I'm thinking...... How long can we have such benefits to ourselves? Shangguan Huaiyuan was not tired, and his voice was full of thinking passion.

"The enemy is not without tanks, nor is it completely without anti-tank ground means, any kind of field gun in their hands, as long as it directly hits any of our tanks, even if it cannot penetrate the armor, it is enough to stun and hurt the crew...... Either way, hit it and it's over. ”

"It is true that in today's battle, if the enemy's artillery positions had strong fortifications and complete camouflage, the losses of our army would be far more than a dozen vehicles. Furthermore, if the enemy has a considerable amount of air power that can attack and obstruct our army's aerial reconnaissance and attack, I am afraid that it will be very difficult for us to deal with the enemy's entire army in just one day. Shangguan Huaiyuan analyzed.

"They don't have anything, we have everything, that's a matter of strategy, we don't need to bother." Xing Xiaoqiang yawned and swallowed the watermelon, rubbed his neck lazily, and put the wine glass back on the table with his other hand. "Young man, aren't you sleepy? Tomorrow, the three brigades of our army will be entangled in a group to kill the past, and the scene will not lose today, do you want to watch the play in a drowsy state? It's not easy to write a drama review, right? ”

"I'll sort out my thoughts again, commander, you can sleep first." Shangguan Huaiyuan picked up the pen again.

"Young people are really spiritual, I think back then, I ......"

Accompanied by the rhythmic snoring sound of purring, Shangguan Huaiyuan bowed his pen and used his intuitive impression to provide Commander Wang Zhi with the most concise and reliable front-line military reference for the top-secret organization he served, the "Eagle Wolf Team", an intelligence agency directly under Her Majesty the Empress.

It is possible to present the report in front of Her Majesty, so it is natural to be as flawless as possible, on the other hand, in order to eliminate the sense of shame that constantly pierced the bottom of his heart because of yesterday's battle, Shangguan Huaiyuan accumulated double the pressure on his not thick shoulders.

The crumpled waste paper rustles down, some people snore, some people laugh, and the cobwebs of fate stretch vertically and horizontally, but there is always a starting center point...... For Shangguan Huaiyuan, the master who created and manipulated the network cable at this central point was not an empress, not a goddess, but everything in his life...