Northern Cluster Command.

"I really can't imagine that the old man can fulfill his long-cherished wish before retirement, hahaha......" Admiral Zhao Erfeng was so happy that his face was red, and he felt pleasing to the eye when he saw everything now.

He had just finished lunch and was discussing the order he had received at noon with the senior officers at the headquarters.

According to the rules of the republic, the retirement age at the rank of general is 70 years old, and if the body can support it and the country needs it, you can continue to work, but at most you will have to work until the age of 75 to reach the second line. Zhao Laosan is 73 years old this year, and under the maintenance of modern medicine, his health is still great, but he should take a back seat in the year after tomorrow. But he really didn't expect that when it was time to retire, he would be able to get this opportunity for thousands of years.

Restoring the homeland of the Han and Tang dynasties, the leaping horses, and leaving a name in history are temptations that are difficult for any Chinese general to refuse. A LONG TIME AGO, ZHAO LAOSAN HAD A YY, BUT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IT WILL NEVER BE REALIZED IN MY DAQING STYLE, EVEN IF MAO ZI IS IN TROUBLE, I DAQING WILL NOT DARE TO DO ANYTHING, AND ONLY AFTER THE FOUNDING OF NEW CHINA, THIS WISH CAN BE REALIZED.

The Northwest Military Region was the main force in the reconquest of Central Asia, which dispatched a total of six group armies, 28 divisions (8 infantry divisions, 4 mountain divisions, 5 armored divisions, 5 mechanized infantry divisions, and 6 motorized infantry divisions), and 14 brigades (4 mixed brigades, 3 heavy artillery brigades, 2 tank brigades, 2 cavalry brigades, and 3 army aviation brigades), with a total strength of 660,000 troops. There are also four air divisions responsible for seizing air supremacy and ground strikes. If we add the eight joint logistics brigades responsible for second-line tasks such as medical care, repair, and logistical supply, as well as the garrison and armed police units that maintain order and law and order in the rear, the total number of mobilized officers and men has reached 800,000.

These forces were divided into three groups, and the eastern group targeted Tajik, Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan, which were mainly on the Pamirs and were therefore dominated by mountain divisions and lightly armed units.

The targets of the southern cluster were Turkmenistan and eastern Uzbekistan. The target of the northern cluster is Kazakhstan, because their combat area is basically the plain, and these two clusters are mainly mechanized troops. Once China's armored clusters rush into the Central Asian steppes, it doesn't feel too sour.

"Hey, it's just that my country's two billion dollars are not worth it, with our current strength, we can just fight it, where do we need to spend money?" Zhao Erfeng couldn't help but sigh. This time, he was in charge of commanding the northern cluster, which had the largest number of troops, and had under his command the second, seventh, and eighth armies, as well as 21 divisions and brigades. It's when you're in high spirits, where do you still put Maozi in your eyes?

So when he thought of the 2 billion spent by the central government, he felt so painful, and the 2 billion Chinese yuan was converted into the official silver of the former Qing Dynasty, which was 14. 400 million taels, which is equivalent to the annual income of seven or eight years of my Qing Dynasty.

Hearing this, political commissar Zhou Ruowen smiled: "Hehe, commander, this account can't be calculated like this, this money is worth it." First, it is we who have bought the name of righteousness, which means that we are not invading in the past, but accepting. With the name of righteousness, it will be much easier for us to do things. You see, isn't this the Belarusian people coming to us to lead the way? Moreover, the international opposition is much smaller. If we don't have this righteous name, if we call directly, the foreign powers will have reason to make irresponsible remarks, although we are not afraid of them, but now those white-skinned devils are our big customers, if they blockade us trade, or reduce the trade quota, our losses will be great. Commander, the most important thing in this war is not to win the war, but whether you can earn enough benefits......"

"Hahahaha, Bo Fu, listening to you say this, this war is the same as doing business......" Zhao Erfeng touched his beard and laughed.

Zhou Ruowen smiled: "Hehe, you're right, this war is just like doing business." It is not the same when a country fights and an individual fights, if it is an individual, it is nothing to fight because of the blood and blood. If a country always fights the kind of war without interests, it will be a poor soldier to redeem its army, and no matter how thick the foundation is, it will not be able to cover it. That's why the ancients said that the Son of Heaven should not be angry and raise a teacher. ”

Zhou Ruoru's character Bo Fu, a senior biochemical person. Since Zhao Laosan was transferred from Tibet to the commander of the Northwest Military Region, Zhou Ruowen has partnered with him as the political commissar of the Northwest Military Region, and now he is also the political commissar of the Northern Cluster. At first, Lao Zhao was very unimpressed with the matter of setting up political officers in the army, he thought that the political work of the People's Liberation Army was the former "supervising army" and changing its name, but sending the supervising army was a tradition since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. If any general commanded the army and the court did not send a supervising army, it would be a rare thing, so Lao Zhao didn't take it seriously.

After waiting for a while, Lao Zhao found out that the work of these political cadres was really not the supervision of the army in the traditional sense, and it was much stronger than that of the supervision army. "Supervising the army" is nothing more than the task of supervising the army, and it is also aimed at generals rather than soldiers, and political work is far more than that. They spend more time in charge of the ideological and political work of the officers and men, as well as the work of education, psychological counseling, propaganda, and public opinion guidance, and they are also responsible for caring for the lives of the soldiers, even caring about the affairs of the officers and men's families, and even robbing the errands of the matchmakers......

It didn't take long for Lao Zhao to discover that the People's Liberation Army, which had set up political work cadres, had completely exploded all kinds of "strong armies" in his mind, both in terms of morale and cohesion. So he was convinced in the face of the facts, and he asked himself if he had this kind of ability. I couldn't help but sigh: "The old man has never seen such a powerful prison army in half his life!" The relationship between him and Zhou Ruoyu has improved, and he regards him as his right-hand man. The two of them got along quite well, and last year they were promoted to general without Zhou Ruoru, and Lao Zhao went to the Military Commission to fight grievances.

Lao Zhao nodded and said, "Well, indeed, this old war has no benefit, and it is indeed detrimental to the national strength." This foreign devil fights a war, and the more he fights, the stronger he becomes, that's the reason...... So, are there any other benefits for us to buy land for Belarus? I still think it's a bit ......."

Zhou Ruoyu smiled: "Of course, there are benefits, and the second benefit is that it can keep White Russia." Now the white-skinned devils in Europe and the United States are fighting lively, and they can't take care of them at all, if we don't care about it anymore, this White Russia will not have a few days to live. This Red Russia is much more powerful than the White Russia, and it will not be a good thing for us to let them unify Russia. If Red Russia is allowed to unify Russia, I am afraid that we will have more than this amount of money to defend against Red Russia. This 2 billion is even a paid aid to Belarus, as long as Belarus can support it, our strategic situation will be much better. A divided Russia is a good Russia, such an opportunity cannot be bought with more money, and we can buy a split of Russia with 2 billion, which is already quite cheap. If you really want me to say, this Central Asia and the Outer Northeast are just an addition......"

"Yes, these damn Rakshasa ghosts are thinking about our land all day long, it's time for them to be unlucky......," Lao Zhao said viciously.

"Commander, if you still think it's too much. This time, the target of our cluster is the Autonomous Republic of Arash, and the magnates in this place are all local tyrants who have accumulated for many years, and these local upper-level elements are the targets of purge......" Zhou Ruoyu said in a meaningful whisper.

"Hehehe......" Lao Zhao smiled knowingly. He secretly made up his mind that if he entered Kazakhstan this time, he would definitely scrape the ground against these local wealthy families! He's all too familiar with this kind of thing.

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At this time, a non-commissioned officer on duty ran to report: "Report to the commander, the heads of the 122nd and 123rd divisions are here and are already ...... in the conference room"

"Oh, it's Ziyu and Youzheng them, hehe, it's so fast, I guess they haven't even finished their meal......" Zhao Erfeng stood up.

Zhou Ruoyu smiled: "Hahaha, these two are urgent, and they will definitely not come after eating." It's time for us to go to the conference room......"

Lao Zhao and the others had just walked outside the door of the conference room when they heard Xu Shuzheng's arrogant voice.

"Ziyu, no wonder your face is so ugly, it turns out that your group hasn't arrived yet? Hahaha, our 123rd Division is already full. That's right, your armored division is indeed more combat-effective, but our mobile division is a little faster than you......"

Immediately, I heard Wu Peifu say angrily: "Your mobile division is all wheeled vehicles, and you don't have to squeeze the railway, of course you can run fast this time." If you put it in the field, I'll see how fast your car can go. ”

"Ahem......" Lao Zhao coughed twice after entering the door.

"Salute!" The two of them, who were fighting cocks just now, suddenly had a spirit, and they stood up and saluted as if they were reflexive. The political commissars of the two divisions all looked helpless, and it was not a day or two that these two people did not deal with each other, and this was the case when they were in Beiyang, and there was no sign of improvement after joining the PLA, and they basically quarreled as soon as they met.

"Let's have a meeting when everyone is ready, you guys came so fast, you didn't eat lunch, right?" Lao Zhao glanced at them.

"Well, I was eating, and I received a notification, so I rushed over immediately......" Wu Peifu replied honestly.

"Today's meeting is relatively long, I don't want to hear anyone screaming during ......the meeting" Zhou Ruoyu instructed the non-commissioned officer next to him: "Go to the canteen and move a cage of meat buns to ......"

"Report, Hu Chenghe (Yucun) of the Second Army has arrived!" After a while, two more officers with the rank of lieutenant general walked in.

"Lao Hu, Lao Yu is here, sit down for a while, and the meeting will be held when everyone is ready......" Zhou Ruoyu greeted with a smile.

After Hu Chenghe, the commander of the Second Group Army, signed in the meeting minutes, he saw a few people eating steamed buns, and couldn't help but quip: "Yo, Ziyu, and Zheng, you even ran to Mr. Zhao for lunch?"

"I came in too much of a hurry, and I didn't have a meal at home...... I didn't ......finish eating," Wu Peifu said with some embarrassment. Xu Shuzheng was embarrassed and embarrassed to speak.

The orderly also brought tea and snacks at this time. The crowd chatted for a while, and people from other units also arrived one after another.

The military meeting was presided over by the chief of staff, and Qi Ehao, chief of staff of the Northern Cluster, announced the opening of the meeting when he saw that everyone had arrived.

Qi Ehao looked at the appearance of gearing up one by one, and said with a smile: "I think, the content of this meeting is almost guessed by now." The Central Military Commission has decided that the [Han and Tang Chongguang] operation will be officially launched at 4 a.m. on 2 July, and the first action will be the air force, army aviation, and long-range artillery, and the attack time of our ground troops will be 7 o'clock in the morning......

"Papapa......" everyone couldn't help but applaud warmly.

Qi Ehao paused and continued: "In addition, I would like to tell you another piece of news, the war in the Outer Northeast has basically ended, and the recalcitrant Red Russian army has basically been annihilated. The time given by the Military Commission was to basically end the fighting in Central Asia and push the border to a new national border by November. ”

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At five o'clock in the morning on July 2, the 122nd Division.

"Are you all ready?" Wu Peifu asked.

"The reports of all the ministries are ready to go!" replied the chief of staff.

"Okay, order the whole division, go!" Wu Peifu finished speaking, and jumped on the armored command vehicle next to him.

The first to start was 45 armored vehicles of various types of armored reconnaissance battalion, followed by 78 Red Wolf tanks of the first regiment, followed by the Wolverine tanks of the second regiment, the infantry fighting vehicles of the third regiment, the self-propelled guns of the fourth regiment, the division headquarters and direct units...... More than 1,000 vehicles of all kinds converged into a long line, and the smoke and dust billowed and drove towards the west.

In a new village on the side of the road, many families were awakened by the earth-shattering sound on the road, and they went out to see, and everyone was stunned when they saw this endless army. The village cadres who received the notice yesterday had already organized the militia and security teams to maintain order.

"Folks, this is our People's Liberation Army, which is now on a military mission, don't be afraid, don't be nervous. You can watch it, but don't go out of the village, just watch it from your own upstairs......" At this time, the village radio sounded the familiar voice of the village chief. Other cadres also shouted all over the village with loudspeakers.

After the "merging of villages and villages", the Chinese villagers were trained to obey the command (the disobedient thorns were sent to labor camps). Hearing the words of the cadres, they all ran to the roof of their houses to look. In particular, the tallest buildings, such as rural apartments, have become popular, and the little kids are scrambling to run up.

At this time, bachelors and bachelors living in rural apartments take advantage of the most, and they watch directly from the balcony. I heard the girls and boys in the building crying out in surprise from time to time. A group of thirteen or fourteen-year-old bear children also ran to the rooftops of rural apartments out of breath.

"Red wolf, red wolf, see no, the one following the wolverine, that is the red wolf armored fighting vehicle!the best armored fighting vehicle in the world!" a bear child exclaimed excitedly.

"That's a wildebeest! a wildebeest 155mm self-propelled howitzer! Wow, that's a lot...... That is, it seems to be a gazelle, a 105-mm armored destroyer...... "Another bear child also cried.

These bear children are all military fans in the village, and they are extremely excited to see so many real objects in front of them at this moment.

"What are they doing here?" asked a little Lori weakly.

Xiong Zijia said with an affirmative face: "Of course it's to fight Lao Maozi! Lao Maozi has robbed us of a lot of territory, let's go and grab it back! Didn't you listen to Mr. Wang, all the territory in the west is our stuff since ancient times!"

Xiong Ziyi said: "Hey, I just hope that the uncles and brothers of the People's Liberation Army will not take it back too much, leave some for me, and when I grow up, I will rob the ...... myself."