Episode 27 A generation of famous generals

In the military conference room of the high command, the generals at the long table stood up one after another, bowed slightly, .

It is undeniable that His Majesty is now wearing the uniform of the Supreme Commander, and the effect is really good. On the snow-white blouse, there is a long row of copper buckles, and there is no superfluous decoration in front of the neckline, all relying on exquisite cutting and just the right body to reflect the noble status, and with snow-white gloves and high leather boots, it looks really good.

But in addition to the image of the empress's military uniform, what surprised the generals even more was that His Majesty did not even sleep on the night he first lived in the fortress, and went straight to attend the military meeting.

These generals were very unprepared. Since His Majesty had the People's Guard in his hands after the coup d'état, interference in military and political affairs has become more and more "blatant". Last time, we quietly allocated half of the more than 100 tanks that had just appeared to the People's Guard, and then allocated a large number of armored vehicles, trucks, artillery, and other equipment to the People's Guard. Although the next few things are not as precious as the tank, this is too favoritism. Now those things in the People's Guard, in the eyes of other generals, are enough to arm an army.

The conference room was extremely quiet, Zhu Yourong stood by the map by the wall and looked at it for a while, and after half-understanding studying the arrows and villains on it, he turned around and smiled:

"Everyone, Aiqing, can anyone explain the battle situation to me?"

The generals glanced at each other a few times, and the chief of the army staff walked to the map and said softly:

"Your Majesty, you have worked very hard, now the battle situation is changing rapidly, every minute is precious, you can rest assured that the war will be handed over to your subordinates. You are the king of a country, and it is important to be healthy, so you should take a break. This...... The map is complex. ”

The faces of the room changed slightly, and the heart said that it was too bad to speak. Especially the last sentence, which simply means: Your Majesty, you don't understand anything, don't follow it, let's go back and sleep with the doll in your arms. - Of course, even though this is the case, I can't say that.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yourong was not angry, and still said with a smile:

"Then I'll see for myself."

She picked up the baton, drew circles on the diagram, and said to herself:

"Well, I can barely understand it...... The red ones are the enemy troops, and the blue ones are our troops...... A small man represents a battalion...... Well, this is clear, now the Qing captured the landing ground ten kilometers south of Nanjing. Well, it seems that **10,000 people have come over...... Well, it seems that our army has very few troops in front of it, only one, two, three...... There are more than 20 battalions, and now there are less than 20,000 people...... And what about the other divisions of the capital garrison? Oh, here, oh, there are four in Qixia and two in Jiangning...... Why not come for reinforcements? Oh yes, beware of the Qing captives crossing the river from the east. It seems that the only ones who can form reinforcements are the two divisions of Jiangning. Alas, I didn't know that the war was already so severe...... Isn't there a strategic reserve army in Lishui that is relatively close, and when will it arrive? ”

Zhu Yourong turned around and found that the generals were already stunned.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Army came back to his senses and said with some embarrassment:

"Back to Your Majesty, all the motorized infantry units of that army have been gathered and formed into a motorized infantry division as the vanguard to reinforce. This is available before midnight...... The main force is afraid that it will not be until the early morning of the day after tomorrow. ”

Not only him, but almost everyone in the conference room didn't expect His Majesty to be able to understand military maps, and analyze them so clearly, every sentence was on point. When did Your Majesty's military literacy reach this level? Many people know that His Majesty has recently been studying military affairs with the commander of the People's Guard, but this has not been a long time, and his talent is too powerful.

Zhu Yourong gestured a few more times with a small stick, frowned and said:

"It will be a few hours before two infantry divisions and one motorized infantry division will be reinforced...... Aiqing, you also know in your hearts, if it is really a few hours later, we are afraid that we will face hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, right? ”

The crowd did not speak, but it was.

After a moment, the highest-ranking old man in the conference room spoke:

"Since Your Majesty can see it so clearly, if you have any experience, please tell your subordinates."

This is Marshal Zhang Zhaoxian, Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Command. He can be said to be the highest-ranking person in the current Ming army.

The Ming army has always been two systems separated by decrees, one is the administrative system, that is, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy. The highest status in this system is the Minister of the Army and Navy. They are generally military veterans and belong to the cabinet. The War Department and the Navy Department do not direct the war, but are only responsible for the construction and development of the army, logistics, financial allocation, personnel training, and so on.

But now it is the people of the military order system who command the war in the conference room. This system is actually the army itself, the highest department is the high command, the supreme commander is the empress herself, and the actual highest commander is the chief of the general staff of the high command. There is also the Army General Staff and the Navy General Staff, each with its own Chief of General Staff, who directly commands the Army and Navy.

Zhu Yourong knocked on the piece of Xiaolingwei with the indicator stick and said:

"My People's Guards are still here, and if they are ordered now, they can be on the battlefield within an hour. Because they have a motorized infantry regiment, and three mechanized infantry regiments. ”

The generals looked at each other a few times. At present, the People's Guard Force obviously has only one machine infantry regiment and three motorized infantry regiments. The so-called "mechanized infantry" refers to a combat unit composed mainly of tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled guns, and soldiers can fight without getting out of the vehicle. In today's era, mechanized infantry is a very modern and ultra-luxurious configuration. The so-called "motorized infantry" simply means that the infantry marches in a car and comes down during the battle.

Looking at Her Majesty the Empress, who said this very confidently, the people in the conference room couldn't help but think that she could confuse even such a basic question, and that what she said just now might have been taught to her by someone else. Most of the time it's Xiang Xiaoqiang. How so? The young man is young and too eager to make meritorious contributions.

At this time, Wang Hantang, the commander of the capital garrison, looked at everyone and said:

"Your Majesty, the People's Guards are responsible for defending Nanjing, and they must not be moved lightly!"

Zhang Zhao, chief of staff of the General Headquarters, thought about it for a moment and said:

"Your Majesty, it is true. Now that the battle in the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River defense line is fierce, and the fog on the river is thick, if the People's Guards are dropped out prematurely, in case the Qinglu again forms a breakthrough like the mother continent, then ...... Nanjing was lost. ”

A "Nanjing will be lost" sounds like an understatement, but anyone can read the bloody taste behind it. Zhu Yourong's heart was also knocked by these four words, and it was difficult to answer correctly for a while.

Zhang Zhaoguang turned his head and asked Wang Hantang:

"Commander Wang, how far are the two divisions of your Jiangning Division? How long does it take to go into battle? ”

Wang Hantang stood up and said with a full heart:

"Lord Zhang, the 48th Division of our division has now passed through the Niushou Mountain defense area and is continuing to advance. The 22nd Division has now crossed the Guli River and is expected to be in contact with the enemy within an hour! ”

Then he looked at Zhu Yourong and said:

"The pioneer infantry division in Lishui has been marching along the Ningyi Highway at this moment, and it was reported that it had arrived in Lukou Town ten minutes ago, and it could reach the battlefield in three hours at the earliest!"

Zhu Yourong looked at the map with his eyes, and nodded after a long time:

"Oh...... Oh, that's fine, well, I'm worried about the difficulty of the war, and I want to see if I can help. Hehe......"

Zhang Zhaoxian said to Wang Hantang again:

"Commander Wang, your four divisions in Qixia haven't moved, have they?"

"Yes, the four divisions are fully equipped, and like the other divisions of the garrison, they are all elite divisions of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Zhao nodded first and said:

"If the war is really tight, Commander Wang should mobilize two and three divisions to the south for reinforcements. Of course, this is for Commander Wang to control himself, and he must not shake Qi Xia's defense in front of him because of this. ”

Wang Hantang stood up straight and replied:

"Please rest assured, Lord Zhang, his subordinates will do their best to ensure that Nanjing is safe! …… The subordinates themselves are already ready to live and die with Nanjing! ”

Zhu Yourong was already very optimistic when he heard it, but the last sentence "live and die with Nanjing" was a bit scary. She wanted to ask again, but at this time the conference room was silent, and all the generals were looking at her and no longer discuss. Zhang Zhaoguang was still smiling and patient, and asked after a while:

"If Your Majesty has any questions, the ministers can answer them."

Seeing this, Zhu Yourong didn't have anything to say, she glanced at the wall clock on the wall, and everyone else also glanced at the wall clock. The atmosphere was awkward for a while.

Zhu Yourong coughed and said with a smile:

"In this case, the heavy responsibility of defending Nanjing will be entrusted to all Aiqing."

Everyone stood up to see each other, Zhang Zhaoguang took the lead, and the others followed:

"The ministers will live up to Your Majesty's high expectations!"

Zhu Yourong was faintly uneasy, after all, she trusted Teacher Xiang very much. She was also very impressed by Teacher Xiang's military skills. Since it is dangerous to Xiaoqiang, it is always a little dangerous. Of course, Teacher Xiang is younger after all, not as experienced as these veterans, and it may not be as serious as he said.

After Zhu Yourong came out, he stood in the corridor and thought quietly, while the two palace maids beside him were standing. …… Although the People's Guard has only one division, it is better to have one more division on the battlefield than one less.

She walked to another conference room, wanting to ask if there was any danger of being broken through the Nanjing River defense, and if not, she was ready to make her own decisions and send reinforcements from the People's Guards.

Surprisingly, his uncle Zheng Gongyin was also here to observe. Looking at his nervous appearance, he must also be worried about the situation in Nanjing.

"Back to Your Majesty's words," Cao Mingqin, commander of the eastern section of the Yangtze River defense line, stood up, gritted his teeth, and said with difficulty, "The Nanjing River defense will never be breached." The ministers will never let the Qing prisoners into Nanjing. Minister...... The minister vouched for his life. ”

When he spoke, his eyes were almost closed, his face was purple, and his hands trembled slightly in his trousers, as if he were saying his last words.

Zhu Yourong looked at him, and felt sad for a while, and he had already guessed seven or eight points. Nanjing Jiangfang is already struggling.

She didn't say anything and came out silently. Zheng Gongyin quietly followed, and there were only two palace maids on the left and right, so he asked:

"But someone suggested to His Majesty that the People's Guard be transferred to the war?"

Zhu Yourong was a little surprised and nodded.

Zheng Gongyin said urgently:

"Don't!"

朱优榕 says:

"Well, I know, Nanjing's Jiangfang is tight."

Zheng Gongyin shook his head and said:

"That's not it."

He waved his hand and only opened the two palace maids, and whispered:

"Rong Rong, we have to stabilize this matter, just now someone here advocated instigating His Majesty to drop the People's Guard and fight south. Rong Rong, you think, it's true that the battle situation is tense, but it is a big battle of tens of thousands of people, and the People's Guard is 10,000 people? There are fewer people now, but there will be reinforcements tomorrow, so why can't they hold on? But what is the People's Guard? That's our lifeline, it's our talisman. Now many people really want you to drop the People's Guard Force to fight, and they must all hope that all these 10,000 people will be wiped out. You think, if the People's Guard is really wiped out, then we really don't have a single person except for these thousands of Praetorian Guards! At that time, what did we use to press the cabinet government? …… To say that it is light to return to the previous state.

"In the past, Dongchang was on our side, and the cabinet at that time didn't have any skills...... Now Dongchang and the cabinet are already one boss, and Shen Rongxuan's wrist strength is not comparable to the group of Hongru people in front of him. We don't have any more soldiers in our hands, that's what we call ...... We still rely on coup d'état to take power, this example is too bad......"

"Uncle!" Zhu Yourong's face changed color and stopped him, "Don't say it...... Say no more! Shen Ge Lao is not that kind of person. ”

Zheng Gongyin said bitterly:

"Rong Rong!"

Zhu Yourong took a deep breath and said silently:

"I don't tune the People's Guard."

……

Xiang Xiaoqiang was napping on the sofa in a lounge, covered with a military coat and a big-brimmed hat stuck on his face. An orderly hurriedly woke him up:

"Lord Xiang, Lord Xiang, wake up, Your Majesty is coming from here!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang jumped up and rushed out, and saw Zhu Yourong pacing alone from the end of the corridor.

"Hey, Teacher Xiang is still here?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang heard from her tone that things were not good, and still asked:

"Your Majesty, when will the ministers leave?"

"Oh, let's go, hehe," Zhu Yourong shook his head and sighed, "Teacher Xiang, don't set off, the Yangtze River defense line here is tight, and it is important to guard Nanjing." To the south, they assured me that reinforcements would arrive soon. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned for a while, feeling incredible. Now the Qing troops in the south are going ashore every minute, and if they do not seize this opportunity to strike, they must seek the near and far, and pin their hopes on distant reinforcements, and once the Qing army is deployed, they will encircle Nanjing, or set aside enough troops to encircle Nanjing, and the main force will go straight to the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Yourong looked at him, smiled sadly, and said:

"Teacher Xiang, you and I...... We are all too young. ”

After speaking, Xiang Xiaoqiang, who was stunned, went back to the room alone.

……

Xiang Xiao ** walked out of the fortress restlessly, an inexplicable frustration rising in his body, and he himself didn't know why this happened. Originally, since he didn't need to charge into battle by himself, according to his usual tendency to save his life, he should be happy.

When he left the command hall, the captain who returned him with a gun rubbed a little, and he yelled at him and scolded him happily. The captain turned white with fright. When he came out of the fortress, he excused the boots of the guards who were standing guard and did not wipe them clean, and he gave another harsh training.

One of the guards looked at his back and said with trepidation:

"Who's that? It's just a colonel, how can you be so powerful? ”

Another guard said:

"Didn't you see that he was from the People's Guard? The people of the People's Guard are fanatical, almost all of them are crazy. ”

……

It was already night when Xiang Xiaoqiang returned to the People's Guard station, but the station was ready to go, the tanks and vehicles had been activated, and the main officers under his command had gathered in front of him.

Xiang Xiaoqiang ordered the departure to cancel, and then called a few of his henchmen to tell him about it. Several people looked at each other for a while, and Li Gensheng said:

"Maybe people aren't bad at all. …… Although we are all tanks and armored vehicles, this kind of weather is not of much use. Hmph, if it was usual, they would all rush to ask for it. In addition, maybe the defense line on Nanjing's side is really a little hanging, and the command thinks that it is better to stay here and play a role than letting us go to a drop in the bucket. ”

The snail thought for a while, and muttered:

"Perhaps...... That's what happened. ”

Then he slowly said the reason that Zheng Gongyin said to Zhu Yourong. When a few people heard it, they immediately felt that it made sense, and felt that this was the main reason.

Only then did Xiang Xiaoqiang understand what Zhu Yourong's last sentence "We are all too young" meant. Obviously, this politically motivated reason was not something she came up with, but someone close to her told her.

Everyone thinks that if there is such consideration, it is better for them not to ask for war anymore and wait and see what happens. This already has a political dimension.

Xiang Xiaoqiang stood up and looked at the large map on the wall. As Zhu Yourong moved into the fortress, Xiang Xiaoqiang's headquarters moved from establishment to the barracks at the foot of the Purple Mountain. Now it is much more fully equipped, and this large war room has a map and a large-scale sand table, on which you can mark the battle situation at all times. Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at the more and more red villains on the map, and the direction of Nanjing was more and more prosperous, as if he wanted to besiege Nanjing with all his might, and did not intersperse it to the southeast. Looking at the large group of strategic reserves gathered in the southeast, he felt a little more relieved in his heart. Maybe your worries are unnecessary, because you really have no experience? Let's hope so.

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"Let's all go and rest, but be vigilant, don't let Qingyu touch the pillow in the middle of the night."

Stomach ache smiled:

"My lord, if you are not sleepy, I will take you to meet a few people."

"Who?"

Several people burst out laughing. They already knew it when they went out to Xiaoqiang.

Xiang Xiaoqiang suspiciously followed the stomachache to the camp's "guest house". It is a small two-story building, which is intended for visitors staying in the barracks. When he came to the second floor, he pointed to a few rooms on his left hand with a stomachache, and said with a smile:

"Sir, guess who's in there?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang glared at him, and said angrily:

"Hurry up."

With a stomachache and a shrunk of his head, he quickly said:

"They are the people in the Nazi Party office. Didn't we check on them two days ago? Today, the Qing captives attacked, and they didn't seem to be able to sit still, and before we could check on them, a group of people came to the door by themselves. ”

"Want to go back to China too?" Xiang Xiaoqiang twitched the corner of his mouth and waved his hand, "Come on, let them go, let's go, the embassy offices of other countries have been withdrawn, let them also withdraw, anyway, we also know that they are not spies, and they are gone." ”

Stomach ache smiled:

"If they're leaving, then the subordinates won't invite adults here, will they? They came to the door and asked for help in the war. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"Why, they Germans didn't get any promises, so they were willing to help Daming fight first?"

With a stomachache and a wave of his hand, an orderly ran down the hallway. Stomach ache smiled:

"Xiao Liu is arranged here by his subordinates, he is not an orderly, but a security police officer of our security team, he can understand German, and there are small microphones in these rooms, and Xiao Liu is responsible for listening. Xiao Liu, tell the adults, what did they say? ”

Xiao Liu replied:

"Yes. There were nine of them, and they were debating all night whether to go back or stay. Most of them said that the task given to them by the Führer was to contact and test the official attitude of the Ming Dynasty, and now that nothing has been done, they will stay and help people fight first, and they will not be able to explain when they go back. But their leaders disagreed. The leader was a lieutenant colonel, surnamed Yomi, Lieutenant Colonel Yomi. Lieutenant Colonel Yomi resolutely decided to stay behind his men and say that he would go back, and he was furious. It was as if he was addicted to fighting wars and did not care at all about political tasks. When he went in to deliver hot water, he saw him doing push-ups on the ground. Hehe, he seems to be a weirdo. ”

As soon as Xiao Liu said this, Xiang Xiaoqiang said that he was a little interested in this Lieutenant Colonel Yomi:

"Okay, let's talk to him."

The door was unlocked, and when he pushed them open, he saw that there was only one table lamp in the guest room, which was very dazzling in the surrounding darkness. At the table lay a small man in a German shirt and tweed breeches tucked into his boots.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was amazed at his ability to resist the cold, although there was heating in the house, it was only a dozen degrees, he was only wearing a single shirt, and he was not too cold.

The man turned his back to Xiang Xiaoqiang, engrossed in studying the map spread out on the desk, constantly comparing them with compasses and triangles, and from time to time grabbed a pencil and calculated quickly on the paper, not noticing that there were three more people in the room. He was muttering to himself, and Xiao Liu behind Xiang Xiaoqiang whispered in Xiang Xiaoqiang's ear. It's nothing more than some troop calculations, firepower, mileage calculations, and so on. Xiang Xiaoqiang understood that he was studying the current battle situation by the river.

Suddenly, Lieutenant Colonel Yomi didn't look back, but just put his hand back and shouted something. Xiao Liu immediately translated to:

"He said, 'Ah Tie, my map pack!'

Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned, Ah Tie? Isn't that the kid they set up to detain? He was probably Lieutenant Colonel Yomi's orderly. This Lieutenant Colonel Yomi was so involved that he simply forgot that Ah Tie was no longer around.

Xiang Xiaoqiang saw a map bag thrown on the bed, smiled slightly, and personally stepped forward to pick it up and handed it to Lieutenant Colonel Yomi.

"Dangke."

Lieutenant Colonel Yomi said without replying.

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"You're welcome."

Hearing a sentence in Chinese, Lieutenant Colonel Yomi turned his head in surprise and looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang.

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at him and was stunned at the moment.

The man was in his forties, with a thin square face, a hooked nose, thin lips, deep eye sockets, and a cunning and sharp light from his small eyes.

Xiang Xiaoqiang read softly:

"Yomi...... Yomi...... rommel…… rommel…… Rommel. Day, Lao Tzu was almost pitted by this ghost transliteration. ”