Although Yang Zhen has been famous for a long time, he has only been seen by later generations through photos and some documentaries during the Soviet-German War. His talent would not be revealed until a year later due to the outbreak of the Soviet-German War. A stage to show off one's abilities. But this person's name is definitely not unfamiliar to Yang Zhen. If Yang Zhen saw him, I'm afraid he would be shocked.
Although this man is now only the first deputy director of the Operations Department of the Soviet General Staff, he became the brains of the Soviet combat command on the Soviet-German battlefield a year later. He was promoted from major general to marshal in just one and a half years. .Referred to as the best strategic planner and chief of general staff of the Soviet army. After the end of the war on the Western Front, he marched eastward and commanded millions of Soviet troops to sweep across the Kwantung Army.
However, although Yang Zhen admired this man's ability and talent, this man obviously did not want Yang Zhen to know that he was in Outer Mongolia at this time. Not only did he deliberately hide his identity when he came to see him off, he even wore casual clothes at all. .If Yang Zhen had not seen the respectful manner of the Soviet major general who came to welcome him, it would be difficult for him to distinguish this person from the majestic Su he saw in photos and documentaries in later generations. Military marshal contacted.
Although his military rank at this time was the same as that of the Soviet general who was ordered to welcome Yang Zhen, he was a major general. But as the first deputy director of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters came to inspect, the people below must still respect him. Especially in The Kremlin attaches great importance to this person, and the supreme leader attaches great importance to some of his suggestions.
Although this major general's performance cannot be said to be groveling, he did not dare to act like an equal. After all, he is now a special representative of the People's Commissariat of Defense, and the supreme leader in Shenzhen highly values this person. Words can determine your future, even life or death.
Although the NKVD who was hated by all Soviet generals has been executed, the purge of counter-revolutionaries has not stopped. People sent from Moscow always have a terrible feeling for the Soviet generals below. No matter who he is The General Staff is also the NKVD and the newly established National Security Council.
For all Soviet generals and even all Soviet people, life in the past few years has been like hell. People always have a feeling of terror towards people from Moscow. They are afraid that one day they will suddenly be killed by people from Moscow. Once a stranger takes you away, you will never come back.
Especially in the Soviet Army, which was the hardest hit area by the Soviet Union's counter-revolutionary campaign, all generals have a deep fear of people coming from Moscow, no matter which department they belong to. This is why the Soviet Army generals in Mongolia, who also have the rank of major general, understand that Moscow is The reason why visitors are so respectful.
He did not want to be like his predecessor, who was taken away by people from Moscow and never heard from again. The commander of the Soviet army stationed in Mongolia before the Battle of Nomonhan was taken away by someone who was not wearing the uniform of the internal affairs force, but He was wearing a regular Soviet military uniform. With this experience, the major general did not dare to show any slightness to the imperial envoy who came from above.
After solemnly explaining the major general who came to greet Yang Zhen, this still mysterious figure took a special Li-2 plane parked not far from Yang Zhen's fleet and returned to Moscow. This person returned to Moscow He came and left quietly this time, as if he just came to see Yang Zhen.
At this time, Yang Zhen, who was on the plane and seemed to be concentrating with his eyes closed, but in fact no one knew what he was thinking, had no idea that he and the man whom later generations admired so much, was called the best in the entire World War II. He passed by the Chief of General Staff. He never thought that this man would come to Mongolia from faraway Moscow just to take a look at him.
Because of what happened the day before and the usual territorial sentiment in the Chinese people's hearts, Yang Zhen was not very interested in flying in Mongolia after leaving Saiyinshanda. Until he received the pilot's report that the plane had entered the sky over Suiyuan. , his mood relaxed a little.
After receiving the report, Yang Zhen opened his eyes that had been closed since taking off. He looked greedily at the grassland under the wing, the Gobi, and the dots of white on the ground, which should be the scene of Mongolian herdsmen herding sheep. It is difficult to see in the Northeast. In later generations, due to the desertification of the land, it is even more difficult to see.
When the fleet flew over Baotou, they looked at a big river like a yellow ribbon flowing under the wings. Although the pilot did not report it, Yang Zhen could tell at a glance that this was the river that had nurtured the Chinese nation for five thousand years. It has a long history of civilization, but it has also brought countless disasters to the Chinese nation.
Although he had seen the Yellow River many times in later generations, Yang Zhen's mood at this time was completely different from when he saw the river in later generations. He was far from the calmness of later generations. Looking at the Chinese nation under the wing The mother river, Yang Zhen couldn't help but hear the familiar melody from later generations in his mind.
"The mountains and rivers are only in my dreams, and I have not been close to my motherland for many years. But no matter what, it can't change my Chinese heart. Even though I wear a foreign dress, my heart is still Chinese. My ancestors have already imprinted everything on me. Seal of China. The Yangtze River, the Great Wall, the Huangshan Mountains, and the Yellow River weigh a thousand pounds in my heart. No matter when, no matter where, they are as dear to me."
"The blood flowing in my heart is surging with the voice of China. Even if I was born in a foreign country, it can't change my Chinese heart. The Yangtze River, the Great Wall, Huangshan, and the Yellow River weigh a thousand pounds in my heart. No matter when, no matter where, they are as dear to my heart. .The blood flowing in my heart is surging with the voice of China. Even if I was born in a foreign country, it cannot change my Chinese heart."
Looking at the Yellow River under the wing of the plane, Yang Zhen, who has been born in two generations, felt a rare excitement in the past two years. It can even be described as passionate. The famous song "My Chinese Heart" couldn't help but He hummed a sound. He sang it more than once, over and over again, until the Yellow River had gone far away, and then it calmed down.
Yuan Zhiruo, who was sitting next to Yang Zhen, heard the song humming from Yang Zhen's mouth and was involuntarily attracted by the deep melody of the song. She opened her eyes wide and listened carefully to Yang Zhen's mouth. It wasn't until Yang Zhen stopped that he said curiously: "No. 1, where did you learn this song from? It's really nice. However, it looks a bit like someone who kept samples."
Hearing Yuan Zhiruo's question, Yang Zhen, who had not noticed that he was singing because he was too excited before, couldn't help but was slightly stunned, only to find that he had lost his composure and hummed. Although it was a bit embarrassing, for Yuan Zhiruo's Yang Zhen had to answer the question.
After hesitating for a moment, Yang Zhen said: "The name of this song is "My Chinese Heart". When I was studying abroad in Peking, I heard it sung by an overseas Chinese in Peking. He went abroad with his family since he was a child. That time I did it out of excitement when I returned home and saw the familiar scenes when I was young. To show that I have not forgotten my motherland and that I am still a Chinese."
"After I joined the revolution, I had been fighting in the Yellow River Basin with the 129th Division before I was captured. Since I was captured, I have not seen this mother river of the Chinese nation for two full years. Now it is two years later. When I saw him again, he suddenly remembered this song with excitement."
"The overseas Chinese who sang this song left his motherland when he was young and became a wanderer in a foreign country. But besides the mountains and rivers of his hometown, what he most cherishes most is the Yellow River and the Great Wall, two symbols of the Chinese nation. I Although my experience is basically different from that of the overseas Chinese, it is somewhat similar."
"He went abroad since he was a child and became a wanderer in a foreign country. After I was captured fighting in Shanxi in 1938, I was forced to leave the army and the comrades who lived with me day and night, and became a lonely goose, just like a child leaving his parents. Just like a mother. The humiliation and abuse suffered as a prisoner of war are bearable. But after leaving the army, the pain is inescapable."
"Seeing the Yellow River now is like returning to the old army and to my mother. I was excited and remembered this song I heard a few years ago. This song is very well written. The blood flowing in my heart is surging with the voice of China. This is my favorite sentence."
At this point, Yang Zhen stopped talking. Not wanting to continue on this topic, Yang Zhen turned his head and looked at the scene under the wing again. At this time, the Yellow River had already gone away, and things began to appear under the wing. The prairie I had seen before was completely different, lacking vegetation and the typical Loess Plateau landform with crisscrossed ravines.
When the plane crossed the Yellow River and entered the sky over Shaanxi, he looked at the intermittent Great Wall under the wings and the large desert in the grasslands to the north of the Great Wall. Yang Zhen knew that Yan'an was close. After the Mu Us Desert in front of him, there was Yulin. And after Yulin, This is my destination, Yan'an.
After entering the country again, as his destination got closer and closer, Yang Zhen's initial worry gradually let go of the peace he gained from not encountering any interception by the Japanese army along the way. Although for this flight Yang Zhen was somewhat worried about whether he would be intercepted by Japanese aviation.
However, after a comprehensive analysis of the situation on the battlefield within the pass, as well as the Japanese troops stationed in North China transferred from the central government, and the strength of the Mongolian garrison aviation force, Yang Zhen did not pay too much attention to the safety issues of this trip. In his opinion, , although harassment is inevitable.
However, as the flight routes were kept strictly confidential, and without receiving accurate information in advance. The Japanese air raid route to Lanzhou was far away in southern Shanxi, it was almost impossible for the Japanese army to intercept a large-scale interception. Unless The Japanese army's intelligence system had penetrated into the top levels of the central government. Otherwise, even if they planted spies within the Soviet Army in Mongolia, they would never know Yang Zhen's exact route.
Because after Saiyinshanda took off, even the Soviet army did not know which route it would choose. In order to keep it secret, Yang Zhen specifically told the aviation force to stick to the old route when studying flight routes with the Soviet Union.
After landing in Lanzadagad to refuel, we detoured to Alxa.
In other words, Yang Zhen's route selection this time was not only kept extremely secret from the Japanese army, but also strictly kept secret from the Soviet Union when necessary. And this is not just Yang Zhen's.
requirements, and even more so, the requirements of the central government.