On April 27, the day after the Queen's wedding, in order to cooperate with the main offensive on the Central Asian battlefield on the Western Front, the Ming army on the Siberian battlefield on the Eastern Front launched a fierce attack. This fierce attack reached the scale of ten divisions, more than
The scale of any tug-of-war between the two sides throughout the winter was huge. This was a feint, designed to draw the Soviet Union's attention back to the Siberian battlefield as much as possible, at least not to allow the Soviet army to mobilize troops from the Eastern Front to reinforce the Western Front.
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However, in April in Siberia, there was still snow everywhere, the land had just begun to thaw, and the roads began to become muddy, which was a difficult time to travel. Neither side used armor and mechanized forces much. They mainly fought on foot and artillery battles.
There are also air battles. This kind of battle obviously allows the Ming army to take advantage of it. Although the Ming army has not yet equipped its entire army with F-38 automatic rifles, the troops on the front line have completely realized the popularization of automatic rifles.
The Soviet army, which was also equipped with 1891/1930 Mosin Nagant rifles and bulky Maxim heavy machine guns, faced the Ming army equipped with F38 automatic rifles and flexible general-purpose machine guns. In this kind of dense forest and muddy battle, almost
It was a one-sided loss. That is to say, relying on the fierce artillery and the trenches, the Soviet army barely held the battle line and did not allow the Ming army to break through.
On April 29, Zhu Yourong and Xiang Xiaoqiang took Wei Zijin and Wu Yanbin respectively, as well as a group of entourage and guards, and boarded a train bound for Jiangbei. The train was dismantled into several sections in the Xiaguan Station area of Nanjing.
The locomotive was pushed onto the train ferry and ferried to the Pukou station area on the other side. After that, the train was reassembled and continued to travel north along the Jinpu Railway.
At the end of April and the beginning of May, it is the time of spring and prosperity in the north and south. Xiang Xiaoqiang and Zhu Yourong are sitting in their own special carriages, with the windows open, letting the warm wind blow in, mixed with grass and
The fragrance of earth. The curtains were lifted by the spring breeze, blowing on Zhu Yourong's hair. She lifted it a few times, but the curtains seemed to be joking with her, and they kept tapping on the tip of her nose and ears, making her
Made me giggle.
Xiang Xiaoqiang knows that Zhu Yourong is no better than him. It is rare for her to leave the palace, and it is even rarer for her to go out of Nanjing and enjoy this beautiful land. Moreover, they have never traveled together. It is very rare like this. This time it is through
"Honeymoon", the two of them traveled thousands of miles together, but I'm afraid there won't be many such opportunities in the future. One of them is the queen, and the other is a prince and military and political official. It should be difficult for them to travel to Beijing at the same time.
Moreover, Xiang Xiaoqiang also knows that he will leave in more than two years. Therefore, he cherishes every second of the good time now. He plans to make his confidante as happy as possible, as long as he has not left yet.
, let them spend every day as happily as possible.
While talking and laughing, Xiang Xiaoqiang peeled tangerines for Zhu Yourong with his own hands, and then stuffed them into her mouth one by one. Zhu Yourong smiled happily, stretched out her mouth for him to feed, and ate them one by one.
With mandarin oranges.
"Rongrong, you know," Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled mysteriously, "I wrote a poem for you a long time ago, but I haven't taken it out yet. I'm just waiting for today."
Zhu Yourong was startled. She never thought that Xiang Xiaoqiang could write poems. Her eyes flashed and she smiled in surprise:
"Oh? Really? Well... I have never heard of Tingzhi's poem. It must be sincere. I must listen to it and read it quickly."
Xiang Xiaoqiang put down the orange, smiled, took a deep breath, and recited emotionally:
"ah--!!!"
Zhu Yourong seemed to be moved by the emotion he put into it. He held his chin, stared into Xiang Xiaoqiang's eyes, listened with concentration, and was ready to appreciate every word he recited.
"The sea..." Xiang Xiaoqiang pressed his chest with one hand, gently brushed it out with the other hand, and stared affectionately out of the window, "...it's all water."
Zhu Yourong was startled, and suddenly wanted to laugh, but she knew that it was rare to write a poem, and she would hurt him if she did, so she still tried hard to control her facial muscles, and still looked at it with concentration.
"A fine horse..." Xiang Xiaoqiang retracted his gaze from the window, turned to Zhu Yourong, stared at her affectionately, and said deeply, "...four legs."
Zhu Yourong squirted, but she immediately stopped it. She glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang apologetically, picked up a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her mouth, and whispered:
"Well... I accidentally choked... while eating an orange... I choked..."
But Xiang Xiaoqiang obviously didn't mind, and instead recited more and more affectionately:
"Rongrong, you are so beautiful...you also have a mouth under your nose."
"Pfft...hahaha!"
At this time, Zhu Yourong could no longer hold back and burst into laughter. But she laughed "haha" twice, then covered her mouth with her hands, leaned her head and body on the back of the seat, and her shoulders could not help shaking. Although she could not control it,
He didn't laugh out loud, but he must have been extremely happy.
Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at her affectionately, gently held her other hand, and read sentence by sentence:
"I still remember the moment we met, your figure immediately fascinated me.
How to describe your impression in my mind...probably like a white swan that has lost its feathers.
My heart... began to beat incessantly, and I felt as if I was going blind.
Is it just like what the book says...I have already boarded the big thief of love.
Ah! Rongrong, do you love me? I am a really good person.
I'm good at fighting and making money...and I'm a handsome guy after all.
How romantic it is for us to hook up... I, the toad, finally married a white swan."
When she finished reading the last sentence, Zhu Yourong had stopped laughing, and there were still a few tears in the corners of her eyes, which were caused by laughing just now. But now, she was also staring at Xiang Xiaoqiang, really attracted by these vulgar and humorous sentences, but every sentence
The sincere "poetry" moved me.
She and Xiang Xiaoqiang clasped their hands, stared at him, and said with a smile:
"That's right... you are not a toad, and I am not a white swan. How can a toad and a white swan be as happy as we are together? If you are a toad, then I am not a white swan, but an ugly duckling... If I were
White swan, then you are not a toad, but..."
Speaking of this, she paused deliberately, lowered her gaze, and showed a sly smile:
"Frog prince."
"Pfft...hahaha..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang laughed at this incident. While he was laughing, he pulled Zhu Yourong into his arms and played with her in various ways, making her giggle. Xiang Xiaoqiang played with her and laughed:
"My prince is just a prince, why am I still a 'frog' prince..."
The two of them just kept laughing and joking, and the whole warm and beautiful morning passed like this.
At noon, the Queen and the Prince did not call for food delivery, but came to the dining car to have lunch with everyone. Because the destination of this trip was Gansu, which was related to the safety of the Queen and the Prince, the current Mingsu issue was naturally discussed in the dining room.
fighting.
Under the influence of Xiang Xiaoqiang, Zhu Yourong is now becoming more and more expert in military and war knowledge, and is also becoming more and more interested. Now she has raised a serious concern: Although the queen and the prince are now on their "honeymoon"
"Travel", but the destination was chosen to be in Gansu, the forefront of the Ming-Soviet War. Anyone with a discerning eye could see what was going on. Stalin must have also seen that this was a prelude to the Ming army preparing to use troops in Central Asia.
And can the Ming army's feint attack in Siberia be effective? Can it be hidden from the wily Stalin?
To be honest, Zhu Yourong's concern is actually a concern of many people. At the meeting of the headquarters, many generals also raised this issue. However, another opinion prevailed.
In the dining car, Xiang Xiaoqiang was the well-deserved authority. He gave Zhu Yourong a brief explanation.
"Rongrong, the question you mentioned is indeed a good one. Many generals have also raised it like this."
While Xiang Xiaoqiang was talking, he noticed that when he called her "Rongrong" in front of everyone, Zhu Yourong glanced at the others unnaturally, looking a little embarrassed.
Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't pay much attention and continued:
"But Stalin was a very suspicious person. For such a suspicious person, even if you put a 'conspiracy' in front of him without using any conspiracy, he will wonder whether it is a 'conspiracy'. For example, this time, we
The actions seemed obvious, and even a fool could see that the eastern front was a feint attack, and the western front would be the main direction of attack. But Stalin did not necessarily see it that way. He would definitely think about it the other way around: Could the Ming army's obvious approach be such a false attack?
Is it a conspiracy? Could it be that the 'feint attack' on the Eastern Front was really the main attack? And when the Queen and Prince of the Ming Dynasty came to Gansu for their 'honeymoon', was it a feint attack?...Stalin was this kind of person.
Don't worry, Rongrong. Even if Stalin would not regard the Eastern Front as the main direction of attack, he would never dare to transfer troops from Siberia to Central Asia. He would rather strike later and wait and see what happens. Therefore, our feint attack on the Eastern Front will definitely work.