Under the moonlight in the latter half of the night, a long motorcade drove on the Shanghai-Nanjing Highway.
The "Fortress" exercise is over. This campaign-level real-force confrontation exercise involving eight divisions, 100,000 people, and 200 aircraft lasted only two days, less than 48 hours, and ended in only 45 hours.
What shocked everyone was not just the lightning speed. If it hadn't been for the last battle, when the Blue Army stormed Xinmengzhuang, it would have been equally shocking, and there would have been a one-sided casualty ratio.
The casualty ratio between the two sides is now: 75,000 people in six divisions of the Red Army were annihilated, and the Blue Army lost 6,000 people, which was only a fraction of the Red Army. Nearly 4,000 of them were in the last battle - the siege of Xinmeng
Zhuang suffered casualties.
However, considering that the total strength of the Blue Army is only 25,000, the casualties of these 6,000 are still not small for the Blue Army, equivalent to half a division or a quarter.
In this crucial exercise, the Blue Army won a complete victory. But Xiang Xiaoqiang was not happy at all. On the one hand, the Blue Army's victory was what he expected. One side completely possessed air supremacy and
We have the right to maneuver on land, and the opponent's strength is only three times our own instead of thirty times, so we should win. But this victory was too quick and too complete. As the commander of the red side and the highly respected Chief of General Staff of the Army,
Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't know what he would feel like at this time.
However, this was only minor. What hit him even more was that the Prince of Siam was about to come to Nanjing, and Zhu Yourong had already decided to marry him. Moreover, this girl also expected that after she got married, her "good friend" Xiang Xiaoqiang
Possible difficult situations have already prepared a way out for him!
Xiang Xiaoqiang's current mood makes him really want to send two people to Bangkok to castrate that bullshit prince and see how he marries Zhu Yourong.
But this can only be done with anger in his heart. Whether he really castrates someone or does it, with the power and resources he currently has at his disposal, Xiang Xiaoqiang can't do it. And even if the blame is placed on some "foreign country"
It is also very easy to defeat "hostile forces". But this matter cannot be done by conspiracy at all. This is a conspiracy, that is to say, no matter how beautiful or clever you do, as long as you are not mentally retarded, you will be able to do it.
You can see it.
When Her Majesty the Queen married into Siam, the person who suffered the most damage was Xiang Xiaoqiang, the royal celebrity and the commander of the People's Guard. Something happened to the prince of Siam and the Queen couldn't get married. The first person to benefit was Xiang Xiaoqiang. It can even be said that now we have to
If there is really any hostile force that wants to frame Xiang Xiaoqiang, it would be too simple, just kill the prince of Siam.
Thinking of this, Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't help but feel angry.
…
Xiang Xiaoqiang now feels the sense of crisis he had before. He is about to lose his political backing! He is about to lose the help that can make him rise to the top! Once lost, the "Northern Expedition Plan" that he has worked so hard to promote will most likely be ruined.
!
The most important thing is that he is going to lose his beloved girl-Zhu Yourong!
In the armored command vehicle, a poignant and gentle singing voice came from the radio loudspeaker:
“The tide of the spring river reaches the level of the sea, and the bright moon rises together on the sea.
The twinkling waves follow the waves for thousands of miles, but where is the spring river without the moonlight?
The river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlight shines on the flower forest like sleet.
The frost is flying in the sky unknowingly, and the white sand on the pavilion cannot be seen.
The river and the sky were all colorless, and there was only a solitary moon in the bright sky.
Who first saw the moon by the river? When did the moon on the river shine on people for the first time?
Life is endless from generation to generation, but the river and the moon are only similar year after year.
I don’t know who Jiang Yue is waiting for, but I see the Yangtze River sending water..."
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That's Car No. 1 playing a record. Car No. 1 is the "flagship" of the entire Queen's motorcade, which is Zhu Yourong's car.
As soon as Xiang Xiaoqiang heard this song, he knew that Zhu Yourong was expressing her emotions again.
Compared with later generations, the Ming Dynasty at this time was quite "cultured" in many places. For example, it liked to combine traditional classical poems with graceful songs and publish them. And the sales were usually pretty good, and there were also many "graceful singers" along the way.
Popular.
But at this time, the military exercise was successfully concluded, and on the way back to the capital in high spirits, Zhu Yourong's sourness came up again. She just didn't play military songs, and she even got such a petty bourgeois record to play...
The loudspeaker continued:
"At this moment, we look at each other but don't hear each other. May the moonlight shine on you..."
…
"Look at the dead head next door!"
He yelled at Xiaoqiang and kicked him on the armor plate, which shocked Xiuxiu.
This kind of command vehicle is similar to a trailer, with a front engine in front and a command vehicle towed behind it. It is like a reduced version of a container truck, with the front end in front and the "container" in the back being the command vehicle. The driver is in the front and the command vehicle is in the back.
The command vehicle is completely private.
In this command car, there were only Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiu Xiu. Xiu Xiu was guarding the radio station, observing Xiang Xiaoqiang calmly. Xiang Xiaoqiang was restless and distracted all the way, but Xiu Xiu had already noticed it.
And the general reason has been guessed for a long time. However, Xiu Xiu was still shocked when Xiang Xiaoqiang roared like this.
Xiuxiu silently held a cup of tea to calm Xiang Xiaoqiang's anger. Xiang Xiaoqiang asked her to put the tea on the small table. She didn't drink it, but stretched out two fingers and made gestures irritably.
Xiuxiu silently opened the cigarette on the table, took out a cigarette and put it between her lips, then picked up a lighter, lit it and put it to the end of the cigarette, inhaled gently, lit the cigarette, and then placed it on Xiang Xiaoqiang.
in hand.
Xiang Xiaoqiang held the cigarette between his fingers, took a big puff, sat in the chair, and puffed out a long puff of smoke.
He glanced at Xiuxiu inadvertently, and then continued to look at the lamp on the ceiling. The smoke slowly swirled, rose, and spread under the lamp. Xiuxiu was sitting opposite him, in this small space, slowly being absorbed by these
Smoke surrounded.
Xiang Xiaoqiang sighed softly and pointed to the side:
"Open the window."
Xiuxiu immediately stood up and opened the steel plate covers on the shooting windows on both sides.
Although the shooting window is small, the fresh cool breeze from outside immediately rushes in, and the smoke in the car is swept away in a blink of an eye.
Xiang Xiaoqiang glanced at Xiuxiu again, and a thought slowly emerged in his mind: With a wife as beautiful, smart, obedient, gentle, considerate, and loyal as Xiuxiu, am I too unsatisfied? Now sitting here
Opposite her, he was drinking the tea she made and smoking the cigarettes she lit, but what he was thinking about was how to chase other girls. Isn't it too unfair?
Xiang Xiaoqiang is almost certain that the dispute between him and Zhu Yourong has not been hidden from Xiuxiu's eyes at all. What does this little girl do? She was selected by Dongchang to be an undercover agent in the first place, and she can see through her little frivolity.
Is that still a problem?
To be honest, if the person sitting across from me now was a jealous wife who was crying and crying, Xiang Xiaoqiang would never feel the slightest regret in his heart. But the face became more and more gentle.
The obedient and considerate Xiuxiu, Xiang Xiaoqiang's soul was really tortured by herself.
He tried to convince himself:
This is not to feel sorry for Xiuxiu. If you lose Zhu Yourong, you will lose everything you have now. You can't give Xiuxiu a better life, and you can't give Xiuxiu's mother and brother better protection. Xiuxiu marries herself and works hard to please herself.
, isn’t that what it’s for?… Well, apart from love, isn’t that what it’s for?
Also, without Zhu Yourong's support, his idea of the Northern Expedition to Manchuria would come to naught. Then, the 400 million compatriots in the north will continue to live in darkness and continue to live in dire straits...
Therefore, we must overcome the "ego" and find ways to catch Zhu Yourong.
Go back to Zheng Yucong to find out the details, find out when that bullshit prince will come, and all his information, and discuss what to do.
Now that there is a problem, it must be solved. If it is not easy to solve, use your brain, unite all the forces that can be united, and work hard to achieve the goal. Xiang Xiaoqiang knows that since he climbed on the anchor of the Manchu destroyer that winter night, he has never been more important in this world.
I won't admit defeat again.
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After returning to Nanjing, Zhu Yourong returned to the Forbidden City, Xiang Xiaoqiang returned to his official residence, and each slept for half the night.
Xiang Xiaoqiang got up at noon the next day, finished lunch, and took his attaché to the General Staff Lu's press conference about the exercise. He didn't take Xiu Xiu with him, but only Hu Jiong. Xiu Xiu was usually very busy with him.
It's easy to use, but this is a formal news occasion. It would be too cool to bring Xiuxiu, a Ryukyu princess. But Xiang Xiaoqiang just wants to keep a low profile this time. The Blue Army (or his People's Guard) completely defeated the Red Army
(or the Ming Army), if it continues to be so popular, it will really be detrimental to stability and unity.
During lunch, he summoned several of his men to discuss it. Everyone thought that he should have done the right thing by instructing Xiaoqiang that the Blue Army should "give up" to the Red Army in the final battle. Originally, it was two divisions against the Sixth Army.
A division, as long as it wins, is already good in the eyes of many people. There is no need to win so absolutely. It is important for the Qing war, and the relationship with the top army officials is also very important.
This press conference was hosted by the General Staff and was located at the Army General Staff Headquarters. In addition to Zhang Zhaoxian, who represented the General Headquarters, the important figures present included Tang Yunsheng, who represented the Army and the Red Army Commander, and General Xi Jinping, who represented the People's Guard.
Xiao Qiang, Rommel representing the blue commander. Also attending on behalf of the Queen was Wei Zijin, Zhu Yourong's chief secretary.
A group of important people took their seats, and after a flash of spotlight, a reporter asked the first question:
"I am a reporter from the Qinhuai Newspaper. I would like to ask General Xiang Xiaoqiang about this military exercise. The officially reported exercise assumes that the Qing army will cross the river in large numbers. How will our army attack and annihilate them on the land south of the Yangtze River? There are some speculations widely circulated by the outside world.
, which shows that the assumption of this exercise is not to meet the invading Qing army, but the Ming army crossing the Yangtze River north and actively launching an attack on the Qing army. As the proposer and main planner of this exercise, can you share your views?
?”
Xiang Xiaoqiang picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, but his heart was a little drumming. It was not that he had not thought of this question beforehand. But the first question was directed at himself, and it was something that although he had thought of it, he had never thought about it.
How to answer the question? This is indeed a tricky question.