The communication cables here are uniformly used by the Post and Telecommunications Department of the Manchu Qing government. The cables laid over the years, including the long-distance cross-border communication cables of the Republican Army, also use these facilities.

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the Qing Dynasty laid more than 70,000 kilometers of communication cables across the country in these years, and there were nearly a thousand terminals for sending and receiving telegraphs. Basically, every state capital and large county had a telegraph office or station.

This does not include military cables and temporary auxiliary equipment during wartime.

The small tent next to it is the office of Qiu Wei, the telecommunications director of the Central Route Army. There is a system for sending and receiving messages.

In the evening, this is the telecommunications room on duty, and top-secret messages are sometimes sent and received.

Telecommunications spark-type transceivers should not be used for a long time, otherwise their service life and service quality will be affected, and the components will also be burned out due to overheating.

Therefore, the telegraph machine is generally turned on in batches for on-duty work. In times of emergency, all telegraph machines are turned on but cannot be turned on 24 hours a day. They must be turned off for cooling after a few hours of use.

After midnight, only single-machine duty is used during non-war times.

Qiu Wei, about thirty years old, with the rank of vice-camp, graduated from Baoding Military Academy, and Ouyang Ming were from the same county. They had a close relationship in the Northern Army and trusted each other very much.

The Qiu Wei in front of Yu Yang was a well-mannered, tall and thin man with fair skin. To be precise, he rarely got sunlight and his complexion lacked vitality.

Ouyang Ming took a step forward and whispered:

"Let me introduce you to each other. These two are Yu Zhengwei and Han Xiewei sent from the Zhengzhou General Headquarters. They are responsible for intelligence liaison with the General Headquarters and the Beijing Army Department. This is Qiu Qiu, Director of the Telecommunications Department of the Central Route Army.

Vice-Chancellor."

"Hello, Vice Colonel Qiu!" Yu Yang and Han Jing stood at attention and saluted.

"Hello everyone, welcome to send personnel from the General Headquarters to the Central Army. I will definitely cooperate with your work."

"..."

Qiu Wei had no doubts about the people brought directly by Ouyang Ming. He believed that their identity checks had been completed by the security camp.

The telegraph office building in Zhengzhou was bombed and the code book was stolen. The Telecommunications Bureau of the Northern Army Headquarters sent a specialist down to activate a new code to maintain communication. This is understandable.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, they had to get back to work immediately.

"Use this set in my room. Only I can use it normally!"

"Okay, thank you Vice Colonel Qiu!"

Yu Yang and Han Jing went into the small tent to work without hesitation.

Power on...Call...Lock...

The official report was sent, and Han Jing personally operated it.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The message contained a lot of content, and it took a lot of time to send it all out. It was signed: Yang Jing.

The cables here can only lead to the Xinyang Telegraph Office, and Xinyang has been occupied by the Republican Army. The telegraph office and communication cables are of course under the control of the Republican Army.

Xinyang received the message and transmitted it through military cables to the headquarters of Luo Erhu of the Left Route Army and Luo Longyun of the Right Route Army.

Chen Tianhua was in the right army, so of course he was the first to see him.

According to the enemy's dispatch plan, he immediately took countermeasures and sent orders with telegrams overnight.

More than an hour passed before Xinyang called back: Received, execution has been arranged, sir.

Yu Yang and Han Jing looked at each other and finally breathed a sigh of relief after turning off their phones.

In the following days, every late night, Yu Yang and Han Jing would be in Qiu Wei's small tent, making arrangements for the Northern Army's Middle Route Army and the entire Northeast Henan Army, as well as new military deployments and combat plans.

Send it to Chen Tianhua's headquarters in a timely manner.

…

Luo Erhu's left army concentrated its superior forces to capture Queshan, Runan and other counties, and then successfully captured Zhumadian City.

The Northern Army's Central Army suffered heavy losses. Xie Hongxing, commander of the Central Army and commander of the 11th Division, was seriously injured by a stray bullet and died in the hospital.

As a result, the Northern Army retreated in defeat.

On the right, after occupying Zhoukou, the Republican Army Luo Longyun united with Li Xinghong's additional troops to defeat the Beiyang East Route Army, and then attacked Xuchang, flanking the main Beiyang force.

Yang Geng and Huncheng Division of Li Chun of the Beiyang West Route Army were outnumbered and had no choice but to retreat to Changge, and Xuchang fell.

After Chen Er's reinforcements arrived, Luo Erhu continued to attack the Luohe defenders, and after a fierce battle, Luohe City was captured.

The Yang Genghe Division and Zheng Junshan Division of the Beiyang Army gathered together to set up defenses on the Changge and Yuzhou lines to confront the Republican Army.

…

Night falls.

The fifth platform of Zhengzhou Railway Station is a military platform.

A military train stopped at this platform, surrounded by guards and heavily guarded.

The steam turbine generator set on the train was working "tap-tat-tat-tat", the entire carriage was as bright as daylight, and there were crowds of people inside and outside.

"...beep, beep...beep...beep..." the telegraph sound.

"Hello, where is..." the phone sounded.

"???"

Loud verbal orders were heard outside the platform.

This is where the Beiyang Army of the Qing Dynasty and the headquarters of the Eastern Henan Campaign are located.

In the middle luxury carriage, there was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing the uniform of a general. He was the Beiyang Army Minister Duan Gong.

I saw him pacing back and forth in the cabin with his hands on his hips, his eyebrows pinched, his face ashen, and his triangular eyes as big as green beans were so wide that they could spit out flames. He was like a trapped beast in a fight, suffering from pain.

The injury is waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

Last night, Xuchang and Luohe were defeated one after another. This was another major defeat after the losses of Zhoukou and Zhumadian.

The successive double blows made him cry and heartbroken.

This has seriously threatened the safety of Zhengzhou Prefecture, Zhili Prefecture. To be on the safe side, he can only work on a special military train. If the situation is not good, his headquarters will be withdrawn to Nanyang Prefecture.

The death of Xie Hongxing, the commander of the Central Route Army, made both Duan Gong and Li Chun sad. He was a strong general in the Beiyang faction. Since Beiyang Gong Yuan became famous, he has been following Duan Gong and Li Chun to open up territories for them.

, charge into battle.

Xie Hongxing has repeatedly taken the lead and is one of the few top warriors in the Beiyang Army who dares to fight and fight hard.

Even as the commander of the Central Army, he would personally go to the front line to direct the battle every time. When charging, he would always rush to the front with a machete in hand.

Two days ago, the General Headquarters had strictly ordered Li Chun's West Route Army to reinforce Zhumadian at night.

Li Chun also promptly sent Yang Geng and the mixed division at the front to cross the river for reinforcements, and at the same time sent Zheng Junshan Division as the second echelon.

The plan is correct and the action is timely, but...

It was reported that Yang Geng and his troops were violently blocked after crossing the river, and reinforcements were delayed, causing Xie Hongxing's troops stationed in Zhumadian to be surrounded and annihilated.

Is there any issue of intelligence leakage or espionage?

Duan Gong has been thinking hard.

Since the telegraph building in Zhengzhou was blown up by Republican agents and the code book was stolen, the command system of the Beiyang Army Headquarters has been in a state of semi-paralysis.

During the repair period, the cavalry could only rely on manual transmission of orders and feedback information, and the reaction speed was seriously lagging behind.

Since the Republican Army sabotaged Zhengzhou's telecommunications, similar sabotage will also occur in other locations. What is even more terrifying than the sabotage is the theft of intelligence.

Regarding intelligence leaks, Mr. Duan has ordered Lei Zhenchun and others from the Intelligence Department of the Army Ministry to conduct a strict investigation.

In the afternoon, he held a meeting with Japanese advisers, division commanders and chiefs of staff to formulate a new combat plan.

The operational plan is codenamed "Zhili Prefecture Plan".

The plan has the highest level of confidentiality, and two trusted lieutenants will send sealed copies of the combat plans directly to the commanders of each army, without telegrams or phone calls.
Chapter completed!