Kedouka, Headquarters of the Northwest Front of the Chinese Army.

"The base camp envoy has arrived."

The heavy inlaid oak door opened towards the conference room, and a sturdy major who was twenty years old and looked like a Mongolian man strode in under the guidance of the chief of staff, General Yan Canglong.

General Liang Tianhe, commander of the front army, hurriedly stepped forward and took the initiative to shake hands with this young major who was a whole generation younger than himself.

The name of the person who came was Amur Linggui, the great-grandson of the former Qing Dynasty Prince Korqin monk Greenqin, the prince of Bodol Gatai in Inner Mongolia, graduated from the Baoding Land Academy, and served as the deputy company commander of the first company of the first regiment of the Guard's fat cavalry, and entered the palace as the empress's close attendant and adjutant since the first year of Chengxian, responsible for the liaison between the empress and the head of the army and navy.

"Commander Liang doesn't have to be polite." Amur Lingguisie pushed the cigarette handed by Liang Tianhe, put down the black suitcase that had been inseparable since leaving the base camp on the circular conference table, turned the mechanical code, opened it, took out the folder inside, and presented it to Liang Tianhe with both hands.

Liang Tianhe glanced at Yan Canglong, and the two got together and looked at each other.

After a while, Liang Tianhe raised his head and stared at Amur Linggui: "What else do you have to explain?" ”

"The intelligence inside cannot be fully confirmed, but Zhang Yao, the former chief of staff, insisted that the Northwest Army should be the primary target of the enemy's mobile corps." Amurlingwe replied programmatically.

Liang Tianhe sighed, saw Amur Linggui towering there like a pillar, and hurriedly beckoned: "Oh, envoy, please take a seat, come here." Serve tea. ”

Without waiting for Amur Linggui to sit down, Yan Canglong couldn't wait to ask: "What does Chief of General Staff Liu mean?" ”

"Chief of General Staff Liu believes that if the enemy's mobile corps goes all out to pounce on the Northwest Army, the Northern Army will have more time to complete the Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk attacks.

"In other words, we should make sacrifices for the Northern Army? Even if you know it's a trap, you want to jump? Yan Canglong's words were quite emotional. Liang Tianhe hurriedly pulled him underneath.

Amurlingwe smiled slightly: "Since you know that it is a trap, you should plan everything, destroy the enemy's mobile corps, and completely deprive the Russian army of the initiative." ”

"Using the existing strength of our army as bait, we will lure out the enemy's mobile corps and drag it into a long-term stalemate battle, and after the enemy is exhausted, the reserve corps reinforced from the interior will also be assembled, and the enemy will be attacked with a new division to defeat and annihilate it. That's what it means, right? Liang Tianhe lit a cigarette and analyzed briefly.

"That's exactly what the base camp means." Amurlingwe nodded. Sipping tea.

Yan Canglong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It would be good to send a telegram earlier, it will make everyone worried and suspicious——"

Liang Tianhe hurriedly stopped talking: "Sending a special envoy to explain this shows that the base camp attaches great importance to this matter, so much fragmentary information, all conveyed by telegraph, is not safe." ”

Amur Lingwe said with a smile: "Actually, Chief of General Staff Liu didn't believe that the Russian army had the ability to counterattack on a large scale at first, and he didn't want uncertain intelligence to affect Commander Liang's judgment, but the emperor proposed. Even if the situation is uncertain, it should be communicated with the front in a timely manner, and at the same time, the emperor is also very concerned about His Excellency the Marquis of Ningbei, who has lived in the middle of the country for a long time. That's why they sent me, the aide-de-camp, as an envoy. ”

After hearing this, Liang Tianhe felt that his heart was hot, and he replied casually: "Thank you for the emperor's concern." The old minister is very good, and the special envoy goes back to tell the emperor that when the war is over, the old minister will go back to the capital to hug his grandson, and when the time comes, if he wants to see the old minister, just make a phone call. ”

Here, Yan Canglong had already summoned all the staff officers of the headquarters to study the information that Amur Linggui had forwarded.

"What to do if you come across a large number of Mendeleev heavy tanks? It's hard enough for the northern army to fight that kind of monster, and our army is probably not much better than the main equipment of old chariots, right? The anti-tank capability of the forward troops needs to be strengthened urgently. ”

"Recently, the enemy's air force has been very active, the ground air defense force has become more and more powerful, and the losses of our air force have risen sharply; according to what is said here, the strength of the Second Air Group must be strengthened by at least 50 percent, and the ground forces must also strengthen their air defense capability.

"Don't forget that our trains from the mainland can't go straight to the front line! Rails, railways, and railways! No matter how chaotic the enemy's railway system is, it can be driven directly from the Eastern European battlefield to the Siberian battlefield—"

The staff officers put forward some preliminary opinions in a gossipy, and Liang Tianhe was upset when he heard it, so he got up and pressed his hands and said: "Get here first, whoever puts forward the opinion, who is responsible for writing the report, and hand it in tomorrow." The most important thing now is to get the assault group moving, and not let them sleep in the city. ”

"I don't think there's anything to say, the original plan still has to be implemented, the main force went to attack Rubtsovsk, Wang Tao's detachment attacked Ust-Kamenogorsk upstream, Li Ning's detachment searched and advanced to Paplodarsk in the lower reaches of Lu, and the 10 sets were transferred to two divisions and one brigade to form Erzhen to defend Semipalatinsk. The railway troops will speed up the progress and complete the permanent line between Akdouka and Ayaguz as soon as possible, and at the same time repair the iron bridge in Semipalatinsk - if you want me to say, even if there is a minefield ahead, you must first probe it, determine the location of the minefield, eliminate what can be eliminated, and what cannot be excluded, hold on, and wait for the reinforcements to arrive. After Yan Canglong finished speaking, Liang Tianhe only had to nod, and when he turned around and saw Amur Linggui writing a note there, he attached it to his ear and asked, "What does the envoy think?" ”

Amur Lingwe stopped his pen, shook his head and smiled: "I am just the mouthpiece of the emperor and the base camp, my personal opinion is not important at all, I can only pass on one more sentence of the emperor's edict - please Commander Liang to do it boldly, the emperor believes that Commander Liang's own judgment is the most correct judgment." ”

Liang Tianhe blinked, a little unconvinced: "Is this true?" ”

"Your Excellency General, how dare I, a small aide-de-camp, falsely pass on the holy decree, besides, what's the benefit of doing so?" Amurlingyu's face was full of grievances, and he almost shouted injustice to the sky.

Liang Tianhe was busy with a few words of reassurance, and invited Amur Linggui to eat roast whole sheep at a Kazakh restaurant in the city in the evening, but he didn't have a strange taste in his heart.

"Liu Bailiang, Liu Bailiang, I don't know my face but I don't know my heart, if it weren't for the empress daring to speak, it would be difficult, you really played Lao Tzu......"