On the shunting yard of the marshalling station, the special train of prisoner cars was marshalled, lying on the steel rails, spitting steam, waiting for the order to depart.

There were five cars hanging behind the locomotive, two guard passenger cars, a fourteen-compartment luxury box, a freight car (prisoner of war car), and an ordinary passenger car.

A long military column had just come from the north, and there were flatbed wagons, on which were fixed with steel cables a cannon and anti-aircraft guns, covered with canvas.

Hundreds of soldiers jumped down from the military column, and the officers who took the lead had to requisition all the empty wagons at Jinan Station, add coal and water, and stand on the station to cook for the brothers.

Now the station is completely devoid of the tranquility just now, and it has become a pot of porridge, and there are Tianjin dialects, Beijing dialects, Zhili dialects, and Guanwai dialects everywhere, noisy and shouting, scolding, and almost fighting with the people on the station.

"It's such a mess on the stand," Xiang Xiaoqiang looked out from the front of the car and smiled, "but it helped us a lot." We just want to be chaotic now, and the more chaotic it is, the better it will be. ”

Li Changgui nodded and said:

"The Qing captives were in chaos like this on the first day of mobilization, and I don't know what the chaos will be like when the fight really starts."

Xiang Xiaoqiang said:

"Not necessarily, I think this new emperor still has some courage, it has only been less than twelve hours since he ascended the throne, and the general mobilization has only been about ten hours, and the first army column has already opened south. The military potential of the Northern Qing Dynasty was enormous, and it was terrible to be completely mobilized. ”

As he spoke, he squinted his eyes at the back of the long column, and far behind, in the blur of snow and fog, there was a flatbed car, much longer and taller than the others, with iron escalators, iron railings, and as if a simple pulley boom.

It was covered with a large canvas, and several soldiers with guns on their backs stood on it, clutching their cuffs and stomping their feet, as if they were not lightly frozen, but they did not dare to come down.

Li Changgui was also looking at the special flatbed car, squinting his eyes and muttering:

"That's long, what kind of guy pulled?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang swallowed his saliva and muttered:

"It's supposed to be a train cannon."

Columns...... Cart...... Cannon ......" Li Changgui also repeated in surprise, "Train cannon ...... I didn't hear Qing Yu had this thing......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang guessed:

"If I didn't have it before, I guess I bought it from the Soviet Union...... The Soviet Union is known as the world's largest armored train power, and there are many train guns ......"

Li Changgui almost forgot to shovel coal, and said in a daze:

"The train cannon of the Qing Dynasty was found at Jinan Station...... I'll have to report it back now! With this thing, Nanjing is not safe! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang said coldly:

"Nanjing is not safe in the first place. If the Qing army wanted to bomb Nanjing, it would not need train artillery at all, and ordinary artillery would do...... What's really serious is that such a guy swings to the north shore, not only Nanjing, but also Suzhou, Wuxi, and Shanghai are within range. ”

In fact, he knew in his heart that although this kind of giant cannon has a long range, the rate of fire is extremely slow, and it takes dozens of minutes to launch one, and there are at most one or two guns, and if it really wants to bombard the big cities in the Yangtze River Delta, the damage is limited, and the main role is to bring panic.

The real danger is not to bomb big cities, but to use them to bombard the Yangtze River defense line. Although Xiang Xiaoqiang is not superstitious about the defense line, he also knows from Qiu Qiu's mouth that the Yangtze River defense line of the Ming Dynasty is extremely strong and can play a strong role in resisting.

Although it is called the "Yangtze River Defense Line", in fact, the western and central parts are mainly mountainous defense lines, mainly based on the Hengduan Mountains, Daxue Mountain, Daba Mountain, Daxue Mountain, Dabie Mountain and other lofty mountains and mountains, mainly by virtue of the terrain, and the mountain defense line is recognized as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The plain area east of the Dabie Mountains is the real river defense line, which is only separated by a Yangtze River and belongs to a vulnerable area. This section of the fortifications was also the most sturdy, and the cement roofs of some of the main fortifications were several meters thick, which ordinary shells could not penetrate.

However, if this kind of 200 or 300 mm caliber cannon is specially transferred to smash the fortifications of the Yangtze River defense line, it will be really dangerous.

……

"I don't know what caliber it is, how long the range."

Xiang Xiaoqiang muttered. Looking at this length, the range is not close.

However, it can also be seen that the Qing army was mobilized at first glance and the degree of confusion. The train cannon should be a strategic weapon that should be hidden, at least stop outside the station, and it actually drove to Jinan Station, and everyone watched it, and they were seen by these "Nanming spies" at once.

The gendarmes who had stood in line on the platform to watch the escort of the fourteen squares and the prisoner wagons were now busy maintaining order and driving away the soldiers who were trespassing everywhere.

It took more than an hour to toss and turn before a company of gendarmes stood in front of the special train for prisoner cars, and the leading company commander ran from the front of the car to the back of the car, and then from the back of the car to the front of the car, only to find that Xiang Xiaoqiang was an officer, and one was upright:

"Sir, the first company of the military police battalion of the Jinan Garrison Headquarters has completed the formation and is on the escort mission of this car, please allow me to get on the bus!" …… Well, sir, are you the commander of this train? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang pointed behind him:

"The commander is Chief Miyamoto, and he is the new chief of our sticky pole, let's go find him!"

The company commander saluted and ran to the rear.

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Li Changgui both beat drums in their chests, and they don't know if the new governor of this sticky pole and this little Japan are fooled. They all have complete documents for sticking to the sticky pole, and during this period, they were arrested once and fought twice, and they did not use their identities at the sticky pole, nor did they meet anyone in the Qing army. Those who saw their faces in the Xuzhou Sticky Pole Branch were also killed. There was only one person left who had seen them, Fourteen Gege, locked up in the box at the back. But don't let her come out to recognize people for no reason.

"Fourteen Gege has spent a day with us," Li Changgui said worriedly, "She must have informed a group of Ming Dynasty elements who were acting at the pretending sticky pole." ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded:

"So we're going to gamble, if we don't change the emperor, we are very dangerous. But now, don't talk about escorting the female prisoners of the Ming Dynasty into Beijing, I guess it's not a big deal to escort fourteen Gege into Beijing. Their new emperor has just come to power, and with the general mobilization of the whole country, this is the big thing. Military and police officials everywhere are worried about their future, wondering whether they will stay where they are or whether they will be purged. You see, there is a lot of commotion everywhere right now, and they are busy expanding their armaments and moving troops and supplies. So, we bet that no one cares about them. ”

At first glance, this sounds very risky, but Li Changgui has been in the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and he knows very well how much gap the Qing Dynasty's prevarication and superfluity can bring. Now the change of the throne and the general mobilization are two major events, and the whole country is in chaos. Even if someone suspects them, they have strong credentials. Even if someone is really responsible and doubts the authenticity of the documents, they can call Beijing to inquire. Xiang Xiaoqiang doubted that anyone would answer his phone and help him take care of such trivial things.

……

There was a commotion in the box behind them, and the two of them looked out, only to see a person being carried out. It's like it's dead.

"Fourteen Gege committed suicide! The gunshot just now! Li Changgui whispered excitedly, "It's okay now, no one has seen us again!" And no one cares about our train anymore! ”

"No, Changgui, that's like a man."

Soon, the commander of the gendarmerie company ran over, pale with fright:

"Long ...... Sir, your Miyamoto chief...... He's dead! ”

"How did you die?!"

"Like...... It was as if he had been shot to death by Fourteen Gege. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Li Changgui looked at each other.

The commander of the gendarmerie company panicked, and the new supreme commander of the sticky pole division was killed under his protection. Everyone knows how big this matter is, and the company commander's face has become like a dead man, and he just feels that his head can't be saved.

Xiang Xiaoqiang's mind turned, but he felt that it was an opportunity. With a blushing face, he jumped out of the car to look at the corpse and paced in place a few times. His face became more and more ugly.

The surrounding gendarmes stared at him in horror. My own commander is definitely going to be unlucky, and I don't know what will happen to me.

"What's your name?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at him.

The company commander shook twice, with a resigned expression:

"Zhou Decai."

"Alas, Brother Zhou," Xiang Xiaoqiang sighed and patted Zhou Decai on the shoulder, "Forget it, I don't blame you for this, the former chief of the sticky pole killed the later chief, it was originally an internal matter of our sticky pole." Alas, don't get mixed up. ”

As soon as Zhou Decai heard that the captain at the sticky pole had taken all the responsibilities down, he was like being amnestied, and he was grateful:

"Thank you, sir, thank you...... The chief has saved our brothers......"

Wave your hand to Xiaoqiang:

"Alright, now I have the highest rank here, and it's sticky pole, I'll be in charge of this trip."

"Huh? This ......"

"Well, if there is a problem, forget it, then you can be responsible, or you can talk to the boss and ask them to send another commander to escort the car."

"No, no," Zhou De had just picked up a life, and he refused to take the matter on his body when he died, and said in a loud voice, "Sir, you are the best and most suitable to be responsible...... Then I'll let the brethren get on the bus. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded, a burst of joy in his heart, he didn't expect to really think about something, he didn't know why Fourteen Gege killed that Miyamoto Hachibei, but she shot it too well, and gave him the command of this train. It turned out that he planned to be able to mix in the train and follow the departure from the station, and the following was to act on the spot. Now he is the supreme commander of this trip, and many things can be arranged on his own initiative.

He looked at the platform, his stomach aching and he was wearing a sticky military uniform, wandering like a ghost, his eyes staring at the gendarmes like hooks. The gendarmes were stared at by him uncomfortably. He walked around there all night, and no one dared to come forward and ask a question.

Xiang Xiaoqiang arranged for a stomachache to wait for a signal there, and the truck was outside the marshalling station, and all the team members were on it. If Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't find an excuse to let them get on the train until the train started, then the team members had to drive the car to the side of the railway outside the station and wait for the opportunity to pick up the car.

But now it's different, the shot of Fourteen Gege has already beaten Xiang Xiaoqiang into a commander.

beckoned directly to Xiaoqiang, called his stomach ache over, and then asked him to go outside and call all the team members over.

"No way," Xiang Xiaoqiang took out a cigarette, and Zhou Decai hurriedly helped him light it, "This basket is too big, and I can't carry it alone." In addition, I will call a few more brothers to come over and escort Gege back to Beijing together, we are all banner people, and we will take care of Gege all the way. Alas, after all, it's our Gege. ”

Zhou Decai nodded yes, and he also looked emotional.

……

A group of people came over with their shoulders and their hands. Suitcases, military backpacks, canvas bags, and machine guns wrapped in tarpaulin......

Zhou Decai looked straight at it in a daze, after such a while, he had packed all the big bags and small bags? What's that long?

Xiang Xiaoqiang was also dizzy: I said everyone, you won't throw away a few things, isn't this suspicious......

What's more, in the back, Uncle Snail is carrying a little Lori on his shoulder, his hands are tied behind his back, his mouth is stuffed with a cloth, his feet are kicking, his head is shaking, and he screams "Uh-huh" desperately......

All the soldiers, gendarmes, and railway clerks at the station were stunned by this scene, and many of them were still rubbing their eyes.