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Chapter 494 Unforeseen circumstances

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    The military order has been issued, and the current task of Dong Yanping Battalion is to collect relevant intelligence and facilitate the entry of subsequent large forces.  His battalion had three infantry companies, plus a machine gun company.  Because it was located on the frontier, the regiment headquarters also allocated a cavalry team of dozens of people, which constituted the main force of the entire battalion.

    Reconnaissance troops have been dispatched, and contact has been made with the Xinjiang garrison in Hami. The two sides have worked together to cut off the passage from the black lama's hometown to Xinjiang and Gansu provinces, allowing the black lama to become a blind lama and conquer the city first.

    At the same time, Zhang Hanqing was also accumulating grain and fodder in various places in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.  Since entering the northwest, due to transportation restrictions, the military has used many more horses than normal.  Fortunately, he had a thick waist, so all the divisional cavalry regiments must be in place, and many additional mules and horses were added to the artillery and baggage troops, which greatly increased the mobility of the People's Army in the northwest region.

    Because of this, his supplies are much more than those of normal troops.  To use troops against black lamas and to travel thousands of miles requires the role of cavalry: necessities such as food, fodder, and drinking water, tents, quilts and other cold-proof materials, and equipment such as artillery shells, bullets, and cannons. These cannot be transported long distances by manpower¡ª¡ª  The hardships of the Long March of later generations are neither necessary nor possible under the current situation.  Fortunately, the civil strife in Mongolia finally subsided. The Mongolian government with Nasutu as the governor purchased many horses for the people's army to requisition. Several divisions of the northwest people's army are about to reach an average ratio of one horse for every two people, becoming a popular horse.  The army with the highest proportion of horses in the world since the invention of weapons.

    On December 16, Zhang Hanqing took the oath of surrender in Lanzhou. Nearly 20,000 people from the main force of the 2nd Division and the 4th Cavalry Division participated in this event.  The pre-war mobilization has been carried out long ago, and all the officers and soldiers are full of fighting spirit for this time to suppress the black lama.  It is a shame that the People's Army, which has more than 10 times the strength and can recruit people's army soldiers who are good at fighting, cannot destroy this group of bandits.  As for entering Xinjiang, Yang Zengxin's troops and horses of more than 10,000 people can't use a mantis as a chariot no matter what.  This journey from Gansu to Xinjiang is basically a journey.

    On the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, the red flag is fluttering like a picture.  Zhang Hanqing was impassioned in the face of tens of thousands of soldiers.  A good politician must be a good speaker. He must at least be able to inspire courage and enthusiasm in his subordinates. This is a good leader.  In the past few years of his military career, Zhang Hanqing insisted on working hard at the grassroots level, learning strategies and tactics from war, and now he has become a veritable commander-in-chief.  Marshal, from the original honorific title to the current status symbol, is the result of Zhang Hanqing's hard work.

    It was originally a clear sky, but suddenly a burst of clouds came in, blocking out the sun and making the earth dark.  Then a strong wind blew up, rolling up the coarse sand and scattering it on everyone's heads.  Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers remained motionless, letting the red flags fly and the strong wind carrying sand hitting their faces.  The People's Army has become an elite fighting force and can withstand any test.

    But the horses that were sitting down and the mules that were transporting baggage and weapons were in panic. Some of them were crying and screaming, and some of them were shaking their trunks, as if they were trying to throw people away or run away with their hooves.  This is a very abnormal situation. Military horses are different from civilian horses, and artillery bombardments sometimes do not cause them to disrupt their formation.

    Han Linchun felt uneasy and said to Zhang Hanqing: "Young Marshal, strange things coming from the sky were not a good sign for sending troops in ancient times. Do you think we should wait for another day?" Although he had received modern military education, he was deeply opposed to some anti-human beings.  The phenomenon is full of fear.

    Who is Zhang Hanqing?  Having received modern higher education, I despise the exaggerated atmosphere and demonizing plots in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The so-called "auspiciousness" and "warning" are all hindered by human factors without exception.  When leading troops to fight a war, how can we postpone it just as long as it is postponed?  Man can conquer heaven!

    "There is always a lot of wind and sand in the northwest, and it is not uncommon for a strong wind to stir up a sand dune. The sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortunes and misfortune. It is amazing to me that Brother Han is afraid of this." Zhang Hanqing laughed so hard.  In later generations, when wind and sand blew up in Beijing and covered the sky, it was a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster.

    Yeah?  Han Linchun shook his head. He was too worried.  After a long career, a soldier like me suddenly had uneasy thoughts. Isn't this senior commander of the People's Army who relies on his feelings unreliable?  He smiled to himself.

    But strange things happened one after another: when we were getting water for dinner, the well water, which was originally calm and calm, suddenly became as thick as ink sweat, with mud floating up intermittently; the horses in the pen kept neighing, refused to eat, and some even broke the fence.  , regardless of the blood all over his body; it was dark in the middle of the night, the sky suddenly brightened, and the light shone, just like daytime

    The former reported to the headquarters and everyone was in a weird state, while the latter did not need to report because everyone was under the same sky. No, Zhang Hanqing was already stunned when he saw that the supposedly dark sky was so abnormal.

    Everything is said in the military camp, and officers at all levels are trying their best to restrain them.  No wonder many of these soldiers are illiterate.??These weirdness cannot be measured by common sense, so some uneasy thoughts naturally come to mind. Legends and superstitions are the soil for their spread.

    Zhang Hanqing racked his brains to think about what happened in the nine years of the Republic of China?  Over there, Guo Songling was also watching uneasily. Based on some experiences passed down by the old man, he felt that this time he could not treat it with common sense.

    ¡°Young Marshal, could it be an earthquake?¡±

    earthquake!  Zhang Hanqing was shocked.  Isn't it? These are scenes similar to the legendary earthquake!  After the Wenchuan earthquake that year, the various anomalies before the earthquake were widespread and particularly widespread, such as winter snakes coming out of their holes, fish leaping out of the water, pigs and cows jumping in hoops, chickens flying and dogs jumping around, etc.  Moreover, I seem to remember that as a post-earthquake science popularization, it was mentioned that in the ninth year of the Republic of China, a major earthquake occurred in China that shocked both China and the world.  It seems to be the middle of winter, it should be not far from now, the location is Haiyuan!  It¡¯s the Haiyuan Earthquake!

    Zhang Hanqing was horrified at the Lingtai. He actually faced this huge earthquake after traveling through time!  This was considered the largest earthquake to occur in inland China in modern history, with the final death toll reaching 270,000.  In the vast and sparsely populated remote northwest, and during the Republic of China, when the total population was only one-third of the later generations, the death toll exceeded that of the later Tangshan earthquake, which shows how tragic it was. It is conceivable that these 270,000 people represent  What a meaning!

    He did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly said to Guo Songling and others: "It's an earthquake! This will also be an unprecedented earthquake! Now convey my order, all officers and soldiers should leave the brick buildings and camp in the open space; immediately go to Gan, Ning, and  The provincial governments of Qinghai and Shaanxi sent electricity to ask them to issue earthquake prevention notices at all levels and start preparing for disaster relief; they sent electricity to the Shenyang Headquarters and asked them to quickly prepare cotton-padded clothes and tents for winter for emergency use; the People's Army in various places immediately mobilized for war preparations.  , prepare to devote all your efforts to disaster relief!"

    The series of orders surprised both Han and Guo. Guo Songling said uneasily: "Young Marshal, I am just guessing, not accurate." On the eve of this war, the People's Army still has many things to do. For such a  He himself found it unbelievable that he would go to war based on unreliable feelings and guesses.  ¡°If local disaster preparedness is required without certainty, I¡¯m afraid it will cause panic.¡±

    Zhang Hanqing almost jumped up at this time: "Definitely!" He has been feeling something heavy pressing on his chest these days, but he still doesn't know what it is. Now he knows it must be this.  Although the time cannot be completely determined, this event exists objectively. Therefore, if there is an opportunity to arrange it in advance, it will be a meritorious thing: "The troops entering Xinjiang suspended their actions and immediately established the earthquake prevention and relief headquarters.  Haiyuan is the center of gravity, and the surrounding areas of Lunde, Xiji, Jingtai, and Jingyuan are the hardest-hit areas, and other peripheral areas depend on the situation. Telegrams are sent out in the form of urgent messages, and communications must be fast to minimize losses."

    Why must the military participate in earthquake relief?  Because it prohibits the execution of orders, the efficiency is not generally high.  The order from the top military agency in the northwest region awakened the four top local administrators, including Ma Qi, Ma Fuxiang, Ma Tingxiang, and Yu Youren. They were completely confused and immediately took action based on whether they believed it or not.  , because the young marshal's message was short and urgent, giving them no chance to question it.

    It is this mentality of not being clear but not daring to mess up things that makes government orders extremely smooth and invisibly saves many people.  For example, Yu Youren, with his selfless admiration for the young marshal, immediately issued a decree and launched a large-scale mobilization in Xi'an late at night; the three northwest horses were already well-known in the local area, and their orders were notified as soon as possible.  counties.

    As for the next level, sorry, it¡¯s late.

    At 8:05 or 6 p.m., some abnormal phenomena were observed in some cities in China and neighboring countries.  It cannot be said that Chengdu, Daming, Shanghai and Haiphong are very close to each other. You must know that it is about 1,200 kilometers from Chengdu to Daming and about 1,900 kilometers from Shanghai to Haiphong.  However, at the above-mentioned moment, all the clocks in the French Consulate in Chengdu, the Jesuit Mission in Daimyo, the British Trust in Shanghai and the Observatory in Haiphong stopped immediately.

    In these cities and in many other settlements, people sitting at dinner tables suddenly saw chandeliers begin to swing;

    In Banxia, ??north of the daimyo, three chatting missionaries suddenly felt nauseous. They felt that the floor began to rock like the deck of a ship;

    In a place 1,250 kilometers away from the China Sea, housewives walking to the market suddenly felt seasick. Residents in Beijing and Tianjin also felt the same;

    A British passenger ship "Devanha" sailing from Shanghai to Hong Kong felt a strong earthquake-like vibration when it reached the sea off Shantou. The captain thought that the ship might have hit the submerged drifting objects

    This is the beginning of "China in 1920, a Disaster Ignored by the West" written by an anonymous Soviet writer. Almost the entire world felt the impact of the earthquake, and the most profound impact was undoubtedly on those who were affected by the earthquake.  Northwest, in the epicenter of Haiyuan.  This place has become the Abi Hell in Buddhism and is undergoing the cruel test of life, separation and death.

    ¡°In times of great chaos, there will be great disasters. This is a portrayal of the suffering of the Chinese people.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)Almost everyone felt the impact of the earthquake, and the one with the deepest impact was undoubtedly the northwest region that was hit by the earthquake, and the epicenter of Haiyuan.  This place has become the Abi Hell in Buddhism and is undergoing the cruel test of life, separation and death.

    ¡°In times of great chaos, there will be great disasters. This is a portrayal of the suffering of the Chinese people.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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