After several hours of flight, the special plane finally landed at Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport. As soon as he got off the plane, Huang Ke went straight to the Ministry of National Defense.

At this time, in the hall of the command center, all kinds of intelligence data continued to gather from the front line, officers in military uniforms shuttled back and forth, and the sound of typewriters, telegram ticking, and shouting with microphones were intertwined.

Huang Ke walked quickly to the conference room inside, and at this time, a staff officer was explaining the large-scale map of the northwest. Jiang Baili, chief of the military staff, clasped his hands behind his back and listened to the staff officer's explanation without saying a word. War Minister Jiang Zhongzheng also stared at the map of the situation in front of him, his brows furrowed. Next to him, there are also a number of senior generals and staff officers, Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren and others are also among them.

"Just the latest information, the Soviet side has dispatched the air force to help the war, the national army under the Northwest Army has suffered heavy losses, Sheng Shicai's troops and the Soviet Red Army converged and began to march eastward, the vanguard has arrived in Dihua, and now it is in full swing, and there is a ......possibility of marching east at any time."

After the staff officer introduced the situation, Jiang Baili said: "Which team is the closest to the National Defense Force directly under the central government?" ”

"The nearest to the Wehrmacht is the Fifth Army in Lanzhou, and the 45th Mechanized Army of the Steppe Grasslands stationed in Mongolia, the Fifth Army is under the jurisdiction of General Lin Zuo, and the 45th Army is under the jurisdiction of General Batu." An officer in charge of the report said.

"Oh! It's two tiger generals! Jiang Baili said: "I think it's appropriate to transfer the Fifth Army, Lin Zuoda is a veteran of the Northern Expedition, and he has a good set of battles." In addition, Mongolia also borders the Soviet Union, and if the 45th Army is transferred over, I am afraid that the Soviets will also make some small moves from there. ”

Jiang Zhongzheng thought for a moment and said: "I also agree to send the Fifth Army over, but it is not appropriate to send troops for the time being, after all, Ma Zhongying's team is also in a semi-independent state in Xinjiang." ”

After listening to Jiang Zhongzheng's words, everyone thought for a moment. Indeed, whether it is Ma Zhongying or Sheng Shicai, although the new national army under their command is subordinate to the central government, they are all independent of the national defense force, and it was because of the Northern Expedition that Wang Maocai's army pressed the border to make submission, conform to the Nanjing government, and be reorganized into the national army, but in Xinjiang, they are the local emperors, which is quite a bit of a division of land as a king, and the central government's decree is not so smooth.

Now that the two armies are fighting, if they can defeat both, it will naturally be the most beneficial for Nanjing, and all those present are some political leaders, so they naturally understand the reason.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Huang Ke had a plan in his heart, and when everyone turned their eyes to him, he pondered for a moment and said, "Fight!" This battle must be fought, but it must be done with a lot of thunder and a little rain. ”

Everyone didn't understand what he meant, he smiled and said: "It's still suitable to tear your face with Lao Maozi, if you are in a hurry, Lao Maozi will join forces with Little Japan, and then we will be surrounded by enemies." ”

Before everyone could respond, Huang Ke changed his words and said: "However, we naturally have no reason to retreat from the invasion of foreign enemies, and you and I, as soldiers, have the responsibility to defend the territory." The Soviets are the same as the Japanese, if they don't hurt them, they don't know how to retreat, and besides, whether it is Sheng Shicai or Ma Zhongying, there are internal contradictions between them and the central government, but the Soviets are involved in a different situation, and the nature of the matter has changed. ”

When he said this, Huang Ke did not specifically refer to anyone, and his position was plotting his own government, and the proposal to postpone the invasion of Xinjiang was also out of overall considerations.

"I just drafted a telegram on the plane, take a look, if you don't have any opinions, I think we can jointly call the telegram."

As he spoke, Huang Ke took out the telegram written on the plane in his pocket, and as soon as he spread it out, a few big words on the title of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing came into view - although China is big, our generation of soldiers has no way out!

Jiang Baili took it and couldn't help but read it out when he read it, "...... Xinjiang has been an inseparable part of China since ancient times, and Chinese soldiers have the ability and determination to defend the integrity of every inch of territory! ……”

After a cursory reading, Jiang Baili said excitedly: "Okay! The words express the courage of our Chinese soldiers, and let the world know the determination of our Chinese soldiers to defend the land. ”

After speaking, Jiang Baili took out a pen from his jacket pocket and neatly signed his name at the end. Immediately afterwards, Xu Shaozhou, Chen Shaokuan and others also signed one after another.

When it was Jiang Zhongzheng's turn, he picked it up and quickly skimmed it, then smiled slightly and said, "Brother Xinghua's ancient texts still need to be practiced, but I also agree with your opinion." ”

After that, he also signed his name at the end of the article. Seeing that the members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission had signed their names, Huang Ke took it to the people to immediately announce the telegram, and "presented" a copy to the Soviet embassy in China and various concessions.

Anyone who understands a little bit can see clearly that Huang Ke is expressing his stance to the Soviet Union, and at the same time reminding other countries that the Soviet Union has always been a powerful opponent of capitalism.

The messenger sent a telegram, and Huang Ke continued to discuss the military deployment with you. In accordance with the operational arrangements just drawn up by the General Staff, troops in Shaanxi, northwest, and other places were mobilized to aid Lanzhou, and after obtaining superior troops, they continued to advance and gradually regain the lost territory.

However, the gradual and steady plan was unceremoniously rejected by Huang Ke.

"The Soviets will definitely not be able to defeat Lanzhou, there is no doubt about that! Stalin would not have been so stupid, he just wanted to gain some benefits, he did not have the ability to fully occupy China, the Fifth Army stationed in Gansu was mobilized in the past, other troops were assembled in Gansu and other places, and all the border troops entered a state of first-class combat readiness. ”

After saying this, Huang Ke said to Xu Shaozhou again: "The air force in the northwest is relatively weak, you can see which other teams will be mobilized immediately." ”

Xu Shaozhou thought for a moment and said: "Xi'an still has available troops to deploy, if the troops are not enough, they can also be transferred from Luoyang, Xinyang and other garrisons, the air force can rest assured, we will not let the Soviets spread wild in our sky!" ”

After receiving a satisfactory answer, the military council voted on the next military deployment, and since it was wartime, the vote proceeded quickly. As expected, the military commissars present at the meeting all agreed with the central authorities' dispatch of troops, and the detailed rules for sending troops were discussed by the military staff in a scientific manner.

That night, Lin Zuoda, who received the order, immediately ordered that all units of the Fifth Army quickly assemble and go to the front line in Xinjiang; At the same time, hundreds of fighters, transport planes, and bombers of various types also began to rush to the front line of Lanzhou Airport; A movement of hundreds of thousands of troops began overnight.

As the combat units were mobilized to the front, the armies and armed forces of the Wehrmacht began to enter a state of first-class combat readiness, and the previously idle barracks were soon guarded back and forth by heavily armed guards wearing steel helmets and becoming forbidden places; The B units were also immediately replenished, and the reserve units began to distribute live ammunition for patrol and combat readiness......

The whole country was shrouded in the passion of war, and Lin Zuo, the commander of the Northwest Theater who was in charge of the operation at this time, was full of emotion, and he was eager to make meritorious contributions to himself, and this was undoubtedly an important opportunity for him.

A few years ago, Cui Wu took up the post of commander of the Southwest Theater, and he was transferred to the Northwest Theater because of his outstanding military exploits, replacing Cui Wu as commander of the Northwest Theater.

There are not only problems such as local warlords, factions left behind by various armies, and corruption in the armed forces, but most importantly, there are many ethnic groups in the areas to which the Northwest Theater belongs, and ethnic contradictions are also a problem that we have to face in military operations.

Carrying out military reform under such circumstances is really a headache.

Fortunately, Lin Zuoda was bold enough, and he took advantage of the heavy industry construction in Xi'an and other places to rebuild the units under the Northwest Theater and set up two modern group armies, the 45 th Group Army dominated by the Northwest Army and the 63 rd Group Army dominated by the Western Route Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

At the same time as carrying out drastic reforms in the Northwest Theater, Lin Zuoda also vigorously eliminated corruption in the army, minimizing the influence of Wang Maocai, Cui Wu and others in the Northwest Region, and these achievements were commended by the Ministry of National Defense.

However, the areas west of Gansu are under the control of the national army, and the national defense forces have only symbolically dispatched some supervision stations and working groups to station, and he has no right to intervene in the appointment and transfer of personnel to the national army.

The central government believes that on the issue of Xinjiang, it is necessary to adopt a policy of cherishing glory, not to mention that the warlords in many places in Xinjiang support the central government and support national reunification, and there is no reason to use troops against them, and rashly sending troops into the country may lead to a worse situation.

Lin Zuoda also understands that this is not only a military operation, but also has a deeper political meaning.

Now it can be calculated, the Soviets led troops to invade, and the most odious thing is Sheng Shicai, who actually colluded with Lao Maozi in an attempt to split the country. When he received the news, Lin Zuoda began to prepare, and when the order came, he mobilized troops to the front line overnight.

The team set out from all over Gansu, went to Jiayuguan to assemble, and then drove to Dihua. The autumn wind rose again, blowing up a place of yellow sand, in the vast northwest desert, the mechanized Fifth Army was marching forward in a long line, Lin Zuoda, who was sitting in a canvas convertible, was wearing a fur coat and goggles, he looked at the map and said: "Inform the troops, all vehicles turn off their headlights and speed up!" ”

"Yes!"

Looking at the fast-moving mechanized team and the wind and sand on the side of the road that were swept up by the wind, Lin Zuoda couldn't help but murmur: "I can hold the bow like a full moon, look northwest, and shoot the wolf!" ”