Baoding is located on the Ping-Han Line in central Hebei Province. It is an ancient city with a history of more than 2,200 years. It has been a strategic place to protect Beijing and Tianjin since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. It has experienced more than 500 years of wind and rain with its towering city walls and towering city walls.
The city tower stood silently in the cold wind, looking extremely lonely and lonely under the gloomy sky.
Baoding Railway Station is built outside Xiguan of the old city. Along the wide Xiguan Street, across the stone bridge over the moat and through the city gate, you can enter the city. After years of development, the area from the moat to the railway line is more than 600 meters wide from east to west.
meters, an area three kilometers long from north to south has become a distribution center for industry, commerce and transportation in central Hebei Province.
The commercial shops and shops are bustling with activity, and the streets and lanes that run through the southeast and northwest are lined with residential buildings. There is a buzz of people, chickens and dogs, cries, horses neighing, the sound of axles, and shouts coming one after another, as if slowly coming from outside the pass.
The clouds of war coming from the south have not affected the prosperity of this important military and industrial and commercial town in Hebei.
At ten o'clock in the morning, when the Xiguan business district started to get busy, some well-informed person shouted a few times, and many shop owners and leisurely people all flocked to the famous Hongda freight yard on the north bank of the Quan River south of the station and west of the railway.
, was surprised to find that the large cargo yard that originally belonged to the city's richest man and covered an area of more than 20 acres was completely different. Groups of officers and soldiers from the Northeast Army's garrison brigade, armed with live ammunition, had surrounded the cargo yard. From the south,
On the Chaoyang Bridge leading to the freight yard, there were horses wrapped with a circle of barbed wire. More than a dozen tank wagons that should have been parked at the station were parked unscrupulously on the railway track outside the gate of the freight yard.
Thousands of outfits never seen before
Officers and soldiers wearing old military uniforms and carrying long and short guns are sweating and busy. Brand-new wooden boxes are being moved out of the train cars one by one, piled on the carts and truck boards, and are continuously being transported between the train and the heavily guarded warehouse to the west.
Busy time shuttle.
More and more citizens are watching from a distance. No one knows which part of the army is wearing strange military uniforms and colorful helmets.
Many people secretly speculated that the heavy wooden boxes of more than a dozen unloaded wagons were all filled with arms, but no one knew what kind of arms they were. What was very different from ordinary arms packaging boxes was that these boxes were solidly made.
There was no text on the fine wooden box. The citizens and people from all over the country just looked at it stupidly. All kinds of speculations and conjectures seemed to have wings, and soon spread throughout the ancient city and beyond.
The "Jinlong Tavern" on Zhanqian Street is opposite the exit of the station. It is a simple two-story restaurant imitating the Ming Dynasty style building. It has gray tiles and red doors, and blue brick cornices. It is filled with a strong atmosphere of ancient culture. The lintel is high above the door.
In the center of the hanging bright yellow piping flag banner is a big word "wine". At a glance, you can tell that this restaurant, which covers an area of more than 600 square meters and has a central courtyard and a back room, is extraordinary.
At this time, in a private room facing the street on the second floor of the restaurant, a man in his mid-thirties, with a tall nose, a broad mouth, and a rosy face was sitting by the window, drinking tea leisurely, with eyes that were so calm and emotionless that he casually
He glanced at the streets where people were passing by, as a person
When a tall figure in a black police uniform walked out of the crowded waiting room diagonally across the street, the red-faced man touched the stubble on his chin and whispered to the old man in his early fifties opposite him: "Second uncle, Shijun is here, you
Go down and tell him that I'm waiting for him here."
"OK."
Wearing reading glasses and looking like a accountant, the thin man stood up, straightened his dark gray cotton robe a little, walked out of the private room with square steps, closed the door and glanced at the diners arriving in the lobby on the second floor, showing a cordial expression.
Smiling, laughing and saying some thoughtful words, but without stopping at all, he walked down the stairs after a while and walked towards the spacious door as if nothing had happened.
A few minutes later, the tall policeman with thick eyebrows and fierce eyebrows quietly entered the private room. After closing the door, he naturally sat down opposite the red-faced man. He picked up the tea cup in front of him, drank it in a few sips, and wiped his lips.
The man with a shiny black beard nodded slightly to the red-faced man who was refilling his tea:
"Brother, I went to the station and asked the representative of the Northeastern Army. It was the Anjia Army that the eldest brother guessed was the one who suddenly requisitioned the Zhoujiahongda cargo yard overnight. But which part it belongs to, what is the specific number, and what is the military representative?
I don’t know, I told my little brother it’s Shuai Mansion
The orders issued by the headquarters in person are the highest military secrets. No one is allowed to ask or discuss them. They only need to do everything they can to satisfy the friendly forces stationed there. I think about it, this unit with more than 2,000 officers and soldiers has a lot of background.
It's probably a unit directly under Boss An."
The red-faced man pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then asked: "What do the Zhou family think about the requisition of the goods yard?"
"My younger brother sent two patrol captains in the bureau to inquire about it. The stingy shopkeeper Zhou Da didn't have any objections this time. His butler was also smiling happily and seemed very willing to have his Baoding city requisitioned by the army.
No.1 Cargo Yard. Brother, according to your instructions, my police station and Tiezhu’s special service team are working closely
Monitor the movements around the cargo yard to ensure the smooth entry of the An Jiajun brothers. Judging from the current situation, the trains will be unloaded in another hour. Listening to the tone of the representative of the Northeast Army station, the security brigade that went to assist completed the unloading and handover of the cargo.
They will withdraw, and the defense will be left to the Anjia Army." Li Shijun, who was in his early thirties, replied.
The red-faced man nodded slightly, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Li Shijun: "This is the fifth brother's handwriting, please read it."
When Li Shijun heard this, his face became very serious. He took the note and opened it. There was a look of surprise on his face, and then he asked happily: "I have been waiting for this day. I didn't expect it to come so soon. Brother
I was a little confused for a moment... Fifth brother has returned to Peiping?"
"I'm back. He probably won't be worried if he's not in Peiping for such a big operation. An hour and a half ago, he got on the train from Zhengzhou. He asked me to tell you that he can't visit your old man because of time constraints.
, leaving two boxes of special
The effective medicine will be placed at your uncle's counter next door. When you leave here, go over there and call Dr. Zhang by the way. We will go back together to give your old man an injection. The treatment will be cured as soon as possible, so that the old man will not suffer from coughing. "
The red-faced man whispered.
Li Shijun was very grateful: "Fifth brother's love... I don't know how to repay it!"
"Alas...aren't we both the same? Last year you were still a frustrated little policeman. With the help of fifth brother, you have now been promoted to deputy director. Big brother, I fled the country last year and had a family that I couldn't return to. When can I think of it?
Fifth brother can actually cancel the wanted order for me in five provinces and buy this restaurant and inn so that my family can live a stable and prosperous life? Your sister-in-law often nags in my ear, saying that she and the second elder
You have been worried about me for more than ten years, and you and I never dreamed that your two sons would be able to study abroad in the United States. If you and my family knew that our brothers are now colonels directly under the Central Military Staff Headquarters, I am afraid they would be so excited.
It fell to the ground. This love is so heavy! Don't say any more disrespectful words. Just like the elder brother, it is enough for a confidant to die!" The red-faced man whispered with great emotion.
Li Shijun nodded heavily: "Yes! We must not embarrass the fifth brother. Don't worry, brother... By the way, the newspaper said that Boss An is still in Peiping and did not accompany the young marshal to the south to meet Chairman Chiang. I am afraid that at this time
They are waiting for news from us. As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise an army, but it takes only a short time to use it. Now is the time for us to repay the favor."
The red-faced man lowered his voice again: "Su Qing led his seven brothers and fifth brother to Peking. We are a little tight on manpower here, but we must not be careless. If my guess is correct, Shijiazhuang, Langfang, Tangshan
Even the brothers from various stations in Tianjin
They will all be launched at the same time in the next two days to prevent the little Japanese spies from slipping away after the news gets out. In this comprehensive operation of this scale, there must be no mistakes between you and me, otherwise our Baoding Station will not be able to see Kisuke on the ground.
There are brothers from all walks of life."
"I understand that nothing will go wrong. I will go back and inform the brothers in the special service team to get ready." Li Shijun stood up, grabbed the big cap and put it on his head.
"Wait!"
The red-faced man then stood up: "Ito Trading Company must be left to me. I will personally take care of those sons of bitches and avenge the four girls of Uncle Wu's family in the south of the city!"
"Okay! I will listen to my elder brother. I will leave the other three points to my own hands."
…
Three o'clock in the afternoon, Tangshan Hotel.
An Yi and Huang Shaohong led the generals on their left and right to stride out of the door, standing neatly on the steps and waiting with smiles. Soon, three black cars drove into the entrance of the compound amidst the salutes of the officers and soldiers on duty, and drove slowly along the curved cement road.
Stopped in front of An Yi and others.
Shang Zhen, the former deputy commander of the Jinsui Army in the second car and now the commander of the 32nd Army of the Northeast Army, pushed open the door and got out of the car before the adjutant opened the door. He solemnly returned the salute to An Yi and others who were saluting respectfully, and lowered his hands.
He greeted him warmly and smiled: "Secretary An, Brother Ji Kuan, you two are in vain to welcome each other, I can't stand it! Haha..."
Huang Shaohong was also very happy and stretched out his hands to his senior brother Qiyu: "Brother Qiyu, why do you say this? You are the junior senior brother and a senior in the army. The junior brother and An Laodie learned that Brother Qiyu came to visit, so they could not stay away.
Welcome, I’m still worried about the lack of etiquette, brother, I can’t be polite anymore, otherwise I’ll be ashamed to kill my little brother, haha!”
After Shang Zhen shook hands with Huang Shaohong affectionately, he turned to An Yi and saw that An Yi did not face him, but raised his feet and walked behind him. He turned around knowingly, gently pulled Huang Shaohong's hand, and laughed softly.
Said: "Ji Kuan, don't be surprised later, we can just watch quietly."
Among the five or six generals brought by Shang Zhen, a tall colonel wearing a gray-blue officer's coat of the Shanxi-Sui Army stepped forward, suppressing his excitement, saluted An Yi who came in front of him and reported: "The Thirty-second Army
Sun Jiaqi, Colonel and Commander of the Independent Brigade directly under the Central Government, would like to express his sincere respect to Commander An! Please give me instructions, sir!"
"You stupid little jealous person, you're not dead, are you? Why don't you stupid little one reply to me..."
An Yi stepped forward excitedly and slapped away Sun Jiaqi's saluting hand. The senior brothers who had not seen each other for more than six years after graduating from Huangpu hugged him tightly, his eyes were moist, and the group of generals nearby were all stunned.
Sun Jiaqi wiped away the tears that overflowed from the corners of his eyes, and gently pushed An Yi away who looked at him up and down: "It's okay. The wound on his abdomen has long been healed, and the shrapnel on his leg has been taken out. It's okay... But you, who was in Northwest China back then
Pang Guojun
Brother Yu wrote a letter to Brother Yu, saying that you were seriously injured in Wuchang. Soon there was news that you were injured in Fengxin. I was very anxious. But at that time, Brother Yu had just joined our Shanxi-Sui Army and was working as an engineer instructor in the teaching brigade of the headquarters.
No way to go south
Look at you... Later, when the Second Northern Expedition reached Beijing, Brother Yu's engineering battalion was transferred to Zhangjiakou, and I heard the news of your assassination. I finally got leave and rushed to Beijing, but you had already been sent back to Nanjing. What's next?
You also know the matter. When I received your letter, it was not that I didn’t want to reply, but that you were commanding the army to fight the Northwest Army on the Nanyang front line. Brother Yu became your enemy. After doing so many things, he became homeless in the end.
Yes, why do I have the nerve to reply to you?"
An Yi's tears were about to flow again: "When I heard the news that Monkey (Pang Guojun, a fourth-phase engineer scientist at Huangpu) and our First Army of the Central Army died in the fierce battle in Lanfeng, I was so sad that I couldn't eat for several days, and I still feel sad.
There is a dull pain..."
The words of Sun Jiaqi and An Yi made the surrounding generals sigh. They thought of the heart-wrenching war in the Central Plains and the years when they worked together as one in the Northern Expedition. Who could control the fate of friends, enemies, and enemies?
One by one, they stood in front of the steps and sighed with emotion, forgetting what they should do.