Zhu Yourong's good mood immersed in the happiness of the newlywed was ruthlessly broken.

She sat gloomily on the sofa in the study, listening to Xiang Xiaoqiang's narration, and looked out the window with lost eyes. At his feet, lying a book he was reading.

After a while, Zhu Yourong hid his face and said:

"Unified ...... What did the High Command say......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang sat next to her, comforted her softly, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears. Zhu Yourong sobbed, took the handkerchief, wiped it twice, and said in a low voice:

"Thank you."

Xiang Xiaoqiang patted her gently, and said while thinking:

"The details of this matter have been reported to the Commander-in-Command. I guess the High Command is in an emergency meeting at this time to study it. As for the final decision, most of the time it was also a military adjustment of the battle plan and the intensification of the pace of the offensive. This is a matter for the High Command. Politically, it is better to publicize this matter vigorously and further isolate the Soviet Union, preferably to initiate a vote in the League of Nations on sanctions against the Soviet Union, and to impose an embargo on war materials against the Soviet Union. This was of great benefit to us for the war in the USSR. Of course, that's the Cabinet's business. ”

Zhu Yourong listened and nodded, as if he had received some comfort from Xiang Xiaoqiang's words. She sighed, rested her head on Xiang Xiaoqiang's shoulder, and without saying a word, she let Xiang Xiaoqiang pat her like this and coax her.

After a while, Zhu Yourong whispered again:

"It's ......"

"Huh?"

"I want to ......," Zhu Yourong said while thinking, "I want you to take me, and the two of us will go northwest again, to those famine places, and ......."

Xiang Xiaoqiang was taken aback, and said in his heart that he would go to the northwest? Where further northwest? That is Jiuquan, Yumen, Guazhou. After Guazhou, the famine began, and the body of the Empress of the Ming Dynasty would not run to the northwest of Guazhou, right? There's not even a place to stay, and they're still fighting.

But when he thought about it, he felt that this was not a good opportunity, and that it was time to draw the world's attention to that place. And now this newlywed couple is definitely one of the focal points of the world, and naturally a large number of reporters from all over the world gather wherever they go. …… But Zhu Yourong, as the empress, is really unrealistic to go to a place that is still a "battlefield" at this time. If you don't hear it, it's just going to make a mess. and had to send troops to protect her.

Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately suggested to Zhu Yourong that she, the empress, should not go for the time being, stay in Lanzhou first, and let him, the prince, go on patrol, which can also have a good effect.

Of course Zhu Yourong was unwilling, she wanted to see the disaster area with her own eyes. 朱优榕 says:

"Well, you misunderstood. I don't want anything, I just want to see the victims with my own eyes. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang hurriedly persuaded her again, saying that there is no famine east of Guazhou, and you can't see anything if you go, and although the west of Guazhou has also occupied a part, it is equivalent to a battlefield, and the mines are still buried in the east and west, and the air battle overhead is clanging, and there is sporadic fighting on the ground...... Didn't you add to the chaos when you went? As the empress of a country, it is impossible for you not to allocate a large number of troops to protect you, which will affect military operations and delay the liberation of the people in the occupied areas.

After such persuasion, Zhu Yourong finally agreed to stay in Lanzhou temporarily. She asked Xiang Xiaoqiang to inspect and visit the victims instead of her, and she must work hard with the front-line generals to direct the operation, advance the front to the west as soon as possible, and clear the remnants of resistance in the rear as soon as possible, so that she can also go west to inspect as soon as possible.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was naturally full of promises. In fact, he couldn't wait to quickly attack Dihua and recover the entire territory of the two frontiers, so that he could take Zhu Yourong to inspect the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.

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As Xiang Xiaoqiang expected, the headquarters immediately ordered the Lanzhou command to speed up the pace of the offensive and collect as much as possible the situation in the Soviet-occupied areas ahead as much as possible with the attack. At the same time, the intelligence agency of the Ming Dynasty against the Soviet Union also stepped up its operation to collect more evidence about the man-made famine. If there is sufficient evidence that the Soviet Union is carrying out a great famine similar to that of Ukraine in 31, then the high command will have to strategically revise its military plan, and it will have to massively increase its troops and intensify the war.

But Nanjing's cabinet was different from what Xiang Xiaoqiang expected, and did not immediately hype up the matter, but did the same as before, what to do, silently. Xiang Xiaoqiang also understood immediately. As for the "artificially created famine" of the Soviet Union, it is still at the stage of speculation, and the army at the front has not seen a single person starved to death, and there is no evidence. Now that there is a stir in the international community, it is easy for Daming to fall into passivity. At the very least, it is necessary to wait for the troops at the front to liberate more Soviet-occupied areas and expose living evidence before they can speak publicly.

On May 22, just as the Ming army's offensive on the north and south was approaching the area of 100 kilometers southeast of Hami and launching another battle of 1,000-ton tanks, the commander of the People's Guard, Prince Fuming, drove out of Lanzhou with Xiaoqiang's armored convoy and marched northwest along the road. Several of the military vehicles in the convoy carried more than a dozen war correspondents, half of whom were foreign correspondents from several well-known newspapers in the world.

The highways are congested, just like the highways during the holidays in later generations. All kinds of vehicles lined up in a long line, driving forward at a speed of more than 20 kilometers per hour. Because the width of this highway built during the Northern Qing Dynasty is not large, and the quality is very poor, the traffic capacity is not very high. Most of the places are gravel roads, and many places are dirt roads, but they are now relatively hard due to the countless vehicles that have passed them. Fortunately, the weather here is dry, and there are no rains a few times a year, so the dirt roads will not get muddy.

Priority is now given to heavy vehicles, such as flatbed trucks carrying tanks, water and fuel tankers, ammunition trucks, grain trucks, and some trucks towing large-caliber heavy guns. These vehicles are so heavy that it is difficult to get off the road. Other, lighter vehicles, such as small officers' cars, light wheeled armored vehicles, ordinary military trucks carrying soldiers, ambulances, cooking vehicles, and the like, traveled on the saline sands on both sides of the road. Fortunately, the ground is fairly flat, and it is not difficult for wheeled vehicles to drive.

Although Xiang Xiaoqiang is a prince, his convoy can only drive under the road. A large-caliber anti-aircraft gun was erected at intervals on both sides of the road, and between the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns were also medium- and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, in addition to 12-mm machine guns, two or four mounted on anti-aircraft gun mounts, plus bulletproof baffles. Wearing steel helmets and heavy bulletproof vests, soldiers manipulated guns and monitored the sky in the fortifications surrounded by sandbags, guarding the main artery of the Central Asian battlefield.

In the sky, every once in a while, the roar of airplanes was heard from far and near, and the anti-aircraft gun crews on the side of the road nervously turned the barrels of their guns and moved in that direction. Most of the time, though, it's Ming fighter jets patrolling the sky.

Occasionally, several Soviet dive bombers would appear, screaming and rushing down, strafing and dropping bombs, and the red stars could be clearly seen on the wings. At this time, a large number of guns on both sides of the road began to roar in unison, forming a large black cloud belt in the sky. In a few moments, Ming fighters will appear from the sky to drive away Soviet bombers.

At this time, it is the time when the war correspondents in the car are most excited. They jumped down and lay on the ground with their hand-cranked cameras, taking great shots.

And Xiang Xiaoqiang was in the armored command vehicle, and at this time he always continued to read documents and telegrams, turning a deaf ear. But sometimes he would come out and join in the fun, such as opening the car door, leaning against the door frame, lighting a cigarette, and glancing calmly at the sky with gunfire. And every time he came out, he always attracted several reporters to pull the camera away from the battlefield and turn to him.

On the one hand, Xiang Xiaoqiang has already experienced the battlefield, and this is just a small scene for him, and on the other hand, he really needs to show an indifferent appearance in front of these reporters and soldiers. It can also pretend to be cool, and it can also inspire morale. Why not.

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