Chen Dazhang lowered his head helplessly and smiled inadvertently.

In his heart, Marshal Zhang was really frightened by the Soviet Union. The shadow of the China Eastern Railway incident has not yet disappeared from his mind.

At the same time, Chen Dazhang couldn't help but worry about Zhang Xinghan's Northeastern New Army. The young marshal was right, the Soviet Union was not comparable to Japan's.

They are connected to the northeastern land, and the Trans-Siberian Railway reaches directly to the Far East. It will be more convenient to dispatch troops than to enter Japan.

Moscow, Kremlin.

"Leader, Commander of the Far East Army Vasily Konstantinovich Bluukher sent an urgent military intelligence report." An SDL guard reported to him respectfully.

"What's going on?" SDL's tone revealed a heart-stopping majesty...

"The offensive launched by the Far East Army in the direction of Manchuria and Aihun suffered a failure, especially in the direction of Manzhouli. Our offensive troops were besieged by the powerful tank and armored forces of China's Northeastern New Army, and suffered extremely heavy losses.

General Blucher said in the report that the New Northeast Army has a huge number of tanks and armored vehicles, and its firepower, mobility and other capabilities are comprehensively superior to our tanks.

General Blücher requested that additional tanks, aircraft and artillery be sent to the Far East immediately, otherwise we will not be able to win this crusade." The guard reported walking on thin ice.

"Order the General Staff Headquarters and the Logistics Department to immediately formulate assistance to the Far East Army. We must ensure the victory of this war to demonstrate to China the powerful force of our Sulian Red Army, thereby ensuring that our interests in the Far East region are not infringed upon."

…………………………Manzhouli.

Zhang Xinghan, accompanied by Li Zhenyuan, Wu Chengfeng and others, arrived at the border line in armored vehicles and tanks. It was September, and when he looked out with his telescope, he saw an endless sea of ​​green.

"Commander, more than 70 kilometers north of here is Borgia." Li Zhenyuan pointed to Zhang Xinghan in the distance.

"Borja, Krasnoyarsk, and the Ulaanbaatar Prairie were once our Chinese territory." Zhang Xinghan sighed as he faced the refreshing cool breeze.

"Commander, why don't we use our armored forces to push northward and go straight to Krasnoyarsk?" said Wu Chengfeng, commander of Duli's 5th Division.

"No, the time is not yet ripe. We do not yet have the strength to start a full-scale war with Lao Maozi. Therefore, we can only defend instead of attack. As long as Lao Maozi takes the initiative to invade our land, then we will be in the Patriotic War. Politically, it is a war.

Just." Zhang Xinghan shook his head and objected.

In fact, he still has something to say, that is, once he leads his army to capture Krasnoyarsk, the biggest city in the Far East, the war situation between the two sides will immediately escalate to a terrifying situation.

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At that time, the angry Russian army will most likely devote all its national strength to attack the northeast. This is what Zhang Xinghan does not want to see at the moment.

As long as the Northeastern New Army does not cross the current boundary line, it can use fighting to promote peace and force Lao Maozi to sit at the negotiating table.

"Let's go back to Manzhouli." Zhang Xinghan put down the telescope, turned around and walked back.

Li Zhenyuan, Wu Chengfeng and others quickly followed, and soon they got into two armored vehicles. When the tanks and armored vehicles started to turn around one after another.

About hundreds of infantrymen who were on alert within a few miles radius gathered up and returned to Manchuria in military trucks.

Riding in an armored vehicle along the China-Eastern Railway, Zhang Xinghan and his party returned to the vicinity of Manzhouli Railway Station.

Along the way, there were everywhere the new Northeast Army officers and soldiers who were digging and building defensive positions and thousands of strong Manchurian laborers.

It was midsummer, and the soil in Manzhouli at this time was soft, making it much easier to dig fortifications than in winter when the ground was freezing.

In less than a few days, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers from the Duli 5th Division and the Duli 8th Division built several defenses with the help of local people.

The next time is to strengthen and improve it.

Returning to the temporary headquarters located in the center of Manzhouli City, an agent from the reconnaissance battalion directly under the headquarters quietly came to Zhang Xinghan's temporary residence.

"Commander, our army on the Eastern Front has stabilized the Aihui defense line, and the Russians have retreated to the east bank of Heilongjiang."

"Oh." Zhang Xinghan nodded and said, "Tell the chief of staff to tell the commanders of the divisions on the front line not to be careless. Russia will never give up when it comes to this. It must be prepared for a war."

"Yes!" The agent lowered his head and responded, then turned and left.

…………… While Zhang Xinghan led his troops to the border to fight against Russia, he had already moved outside the gate of the Zhang family residence in Gulin City.

A military Gup truck came flying over. As soon as the car stopped, Zhang Xinghua, wearing a flight suit, jumped down from it and hurried towards the yard.

When Zhang Xinghua came to the inner courtyard, he saw his father Zhang Yuxi and his mother Liu Liping waiting anxiously in the courtyard with Zhang Xinghan's two thousand sons.

Father Zhang Yuxi kept pacing back and forth, taking a puff of the dry tobacco stick in his hand from time to time.

"Father, mother, Hanyun, how is she?" Zhang Xinghua asked hurriedly.

When they saw their son coming back, before the two elders had time to answer, they heard Su Hanyun's heart-rending shouts suddenly rang out in the room.

"Han Yun!" Zhang Xinghua was very anxious when he heard the voice and was about to open the door and enter the house.

Zhang Yuxi stopped him: "Don't go in. Your sister-in-law Zhou, your sister-in-law Ruoying and the midwife are all here. If you go in now, you will only cause trouble."

It turned out that Su Hanyun was already nine months pregnant, and when it came time to give birth, there were signs of redness in the morning. However, Zhang Xinghua was ordered to fly a fighter plane on duty. Not only did he return to the base and get off the fighter plane, he didn't even have time to change out of his flight suit.

Driving a Gup car and driving back home.

Su Hanyun in the room made heart-wrenching cries of pain from time to time. Zhang Xinghua was extremely nervous. He had never smoked and took a cigarette stick from his father, but he choked after not taking two puffs.

Just when he was almost impatient with waiting, a loud cry of a baby finally came from the room.

Soon, the door was pushed open. Wang Ruoying's forehead was dripping with sweat, and she said excitedly to Zhang Xinghua and Zhang Yuxi: "Xinghua, father, mother, my brother and sister have given birth to a big fat boy!"

Zhang Yuxi and his wife immediately beamed when they heard this. Zhang Xinghua was so excited that he did not forget to ask with concern: "Sister-in-law, Hanyun, is she okay?"

"It's okay, mother and son are safe." Wang Ruoying said with a smile.

"Can I go in now?" Zhang Xinghua asked impatiently.

"Well, hurry in, Han Yun has worked hard." Wang Ruoying nodded with a smile and stepped aside to make way.

Zhang Xinghua quickly ran in.

…………………… Manzhouli, Liu Guodong, commander of Duli’s 5th Division, came to Zhang Xinghan’s residence excitedly, stood at attention, saluted and shouted: “Report.”

"Guodong? Come in."

Liu Guodong walked in with a smile and said: "Commander, I have good news for you."

"What good news?" Zhang Xinghan disagreed.

"Your sister-in-law has given birth to a son. Mother and son are safe. I just received a happy message from Director Huang from Gulin." Liu Guodong said with a smile.

"Huh? Real or fake?" Zhang Xinghan was delighted when he heard this.

"Of course it's true."

"Great, this way our old Zhang family can be considered rich." Zhang Xinghan stood up and said excitedly.

"By the way, your brother has a request in the message. He wants you, Commander, to name his child." Liu Guodong added.

"Name?" Zhang Xinghan pondered for a moment after hearing this, and said: "Now that we are fighting fiercely with Lao Maozi at the border, let's call him Zhang Weiguo, with the courtesy name Junzhi."

"Zhang Weiguo, Zhang Junzhi, huh, good name."

……………………Gulin City, Zhang Family Residence.

Zhang Xinghua held his newborn son in his arms and said to Su Hanyun who was lying on the bed during confinement: "Hanyun, our son has a name, Zhang Weiguo, Zhang Junzhi, haha, the name given by the eldest brother is not bad, right?"

"Yes." Su Hanyun looked at her father and son with a happy face and nodded lightly.

"By the way, I'm going back to the base later, and I may not be able to accompany you, mother and son." Zhang Xinghua looked at Su Hanyun apologetically.

Although Su Hanyun was reluctant to give up, she still nodded and said: "It's okay. Now in this difficult time for the nation, you and your eldest brother are fighting for the country and the nation. I won't blame you, but you must promise to do well."

Come back safely, my son and I are waiting for you."

"Yes, I will." Zhang Xinghua nodded solemnly, looked at his son in his arms dotingly, placed him next to Su Hanyun, lightly tapped the foreheads of mother and son, and turned to leave.

………… Half a month later, Russia transferred three tank armored divisions and five artillery regiments through Siberia, as well as large-scale reinforcements with more than 100 combat aircraft and a large amount of logistics materials.

After receiving these reinforcements, Russian commander Blucher immediately transferred five artillery regiments and more than fifty aircraft to Vladivostok.

However, three tank divisions were sent to the direction of Manzhouli, and together with two Russian infantry divisions, two artillery regiments, and a cavalry division from Krasnokamensk, totaling more than 80,000 troops, they began to march toward Manzhouli again.

On the Eastern Front battlefield, after receiving reinforcements from five artillery regiments and more than 50 combat aircraft, Blyukher assembled four infantry divisions from Vladivostok and other places, with a total of about 70,000 troops, and resumed the attack on Aihun.

Lao Maozi's air force and artillery took the lead in attacking and launched rapid artillery and bombing attacks on the Duli 7th Division stationed in Aihun.

Wang Tiehan, commander of Duli's 7th Division, immediately called the Air Force for reinforcements. More than 20 BF109s from the flight group that had been stationed in Jiamusi took off and rushed to the Aihui front line to meet the enemy.

At the same time, Aihun's 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade also fired back at the Russian artillery on the other side of Heilongjiang, and the two sides launched a fierce artillery battle.

, so the air battle between the two sides lasted less than ten minutes over Heilongjiang.
Chapter completed!