The moonlit night is like water.
Lu Ming looked at Asaba Yoshiko opposite him feeling somewhat helpless.
It was already past three in the morning. I said I was admiring the moon in the garden, but in fact I was waiting for news. However, I didn't expect that Asaba Yoshiko saw me alone in the flower garden from the back window, so she came out to chat with me.
Asaba Yoshiko arrived at Chengjiaji in the evening and was arranged to stay in the Cheng family mansion, in a small courtyard behind the flower garden. The back window just happened to allow her to see what was going on in the flower garden.
While chatting casually with Asaba Yoshiko, Lu Ming was thinking about other things in his mind.
Lu Ming didn't have time to think about why Asaba Yoshiko came to Chengjiaji, because there would be an extremely important military operation taking place in Wanzhou Road tonight.
Come to think of it, ever since the civil strife in the imperial capital, everything has been going smoothly for me in Jiangning.
In fact, it was no wonder. Not to mention his secret power, just in this small area, economically, he was a billion-level chaebol. His net assets were not that much, but the resources he controlled were definitely over a billion level. He also had layouts in many high-tech industries, including the Sanmai Aviation Company, which was extremely important to him today. He was the largest shareholder with full control. When he first invested in the company, he did not expect the situation to develop to the current situation. Two years had passed, and it seemed like a lifetime ago.
In a few days, it will be my twenty-first birthday.
Politically, I am just a small pawn of the political faction that Lady Windsor belongs to. Naturally, I am not in the eyes of the important figures of this faction at all. It is only out of Sister Windsor's selfish desire to help me. In her opinion, it would be better if I can give her a surprise, but it is normal if I can't.
And with Christine's mother, the Duke of East China Sea's family naturally has not yet formed an alliance with the political faction that Sister Windsor belongs to, but from a personal relationship perspective, Christine had originally suggested that she come here to help her old friend Uncle Chuckson, so naturally it would play a beneficial role now.
Governor Chuckson was not really stupid. With the greetings of Lady Windsor and Christine, and the observation period for him, he was now quite nice to him and had become an important assistant to him. He even entrusted his grandson to his care.
In the military, most of the security companies that they had set up long ago, namely the United Matrix mercenary organization, took the opportunity to enter Montenegro.
Military, political and economic power, coupled with one's own secret power, such as the Baozhu Palace and Liuli Palace, which can play a unique role in specific scenarios.
To be honest, making waves in this small area can actually be said to be a dimensionality reduction attack.
So, it has been smooth sailing along the way.
However, as his status steadily improved, his military force expanded to 325 divisions.
It should be said that we have reached a bottleneck and it is not so easy to move forward.
No one paid attention to you before, but now, if you want to expand your influence, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of many warlords in Jiangbei, and even the Longbei governor Ren Zhonglin.
Tonight's military action will inevitably make Ren Zhonglin begin to re-examine himself.
After this military operation, we must stabilize ourselves temporarily. If Ren Zhonglin sees us as a potential threat, or even as a real enemy, it will bring us a lot of trouble.
Hmm? Lu Ming sat up straight and said with a smile, "Do you feel the ground shaking?"
Asaba Yoshiko was slightly startled and said, "Is it an earthquake?" She didn't feel anything, and she didn't know what was so good about an earthquake.
Lu Ming smiled without saying anything, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"Now, can Commissioner Zhang finally listen to me?" Asaba Yoshiko smiled slightly.
Lu Ming nodded: "Mrs. Qianyu, you are too polite. I have been listening." It seemed that Qianyu Fangzi saw that he was distracted and had not gotten to the point.
"Commissioner Zhang, I feel like you don't know what I'm going to say yet, otherwise you wouldn't be so cold to me." With a faint smile, Asaba Yoshiko looked at Lu Ming, "It turns out that Commissioner Zhang is one of General Lu's most trusted people. Commissioner Zhang knows everything about Erika."
Lu Ming was slightly stunned, "Yes, I know Miss Erika." He didn't know why she suddenly mentioned that evilly beautiful girl. She was a beauty on the same level as Hanzhu and Liuli, absolutely rare in the world.
Asaba Yoshiko sighed softly, "I was thinking that Erika is at the best age of her life, but because of doing things for General Lu, she has to hide from the public. It's impossible that Erika cannot see the light of day as long as Ren Zhonglin is alive, right?"
Lu Ming nodded, that's the truth.
"So, General Lu and I have sent secret telegrams several times to discuss how to arrange for this poor child. In fact, no one outside has ever seen her. Ren Zhonglin has only seen her in photos, which are much worse than her real self. When Ren Zhonglin met Erika face to face, he didn't recognize her. Now, the so-called Seventh Concubine incident has long been forgotten, and it's time to give Erika a new identity."
Lu Ming said: "That's right. Do I need to tell General Lu?" It seems that Liuli is still undecided. To her, her own safety is the most important. If she were given a choice, she might think that getting rid of Erika is the best solution.
Asaba Yoshiko smiled and said, "That's not true. General Lu called me back yesterday and asked me to marry Erika to the Commissioner. It seems that the Commissioner doesn't know about it?"
Lu Ming was stunned. What?!
Asaba Yoshiko saw his expression and smiled happily.
But she had many doubts in her eyes. She couldn't understand why Lu Ming was willing to give away such a beautiful woman like Erika. Not only was he not a human being, but he was also too cruel. In order to win people's hearts, he would do anything. Is this commissioner very capable? As for him winning people over like this
Lu Ming smiled bitterly in his heart at this moment. This Liuli really has many tricks.
I think that during the day, Liuli's secret telegram of apology will arrive, saying that she is working too hard outside, which is her great sin. With a concubine by her side, she will feel more at ease, and this arrangement is perfect.
Asaba Yoshiko continued, "Commissioner, although no one has seen Erika's true appearance, she is too beautiful and too eye-catching. It would be inappropriate to send her directly to the Commissioner's residence. Therefore, I have arranged a small house in Nanping. I can only inconvenience you and keep her in a golden house for the time being."
Obviously, she didn't think that Commissioner Zhang would dare to refuse General Lu's order.
Indeed, Lu Ming did not say anything and could not object. If Asaba Yoshiko felt that she and "General Lu" had second thoughts and started to alienate him or try to win him over and investigate his background, it would be a waste of unnecessary time and energy.
After working in the intelligence organization for a long time, even if Asaba Yoshiko and I are only temporary allies, it would be great if she could find the weakness of my generals and use them for her own benefit.
"Also, come to Chengjiaji, Fangzi wants to open a department store here." Asaba Fangzi said with a chuckle.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Of course, Chengjiaji also needs some new businesses to create a new trend."
A woman in kimono hurried over to the moon gate of the flower garden and whispered something in Asaba Yoshiko's ear. Asaba Yoshiko was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Ming and smiled: "The commissioner is here to admire the moon, are you waiting for news from Wanzhou Road? I just heard that there was a big explosion over there. My intelligence personnel don't know what happened exactly, but they only know that there was an explosion in the arsenal on the front line."
Lu Ming smiled but said nothing.
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On June 5, 1952, under the cover of night, the 325th Division of Jiangning dispatched an airship unit to blow up Cheng Dasui's arsenal in the front-line Mengdong Fortress. This was the arsenal with the largest storage of munitions by the Wanzhou Army. The huge explosion caused panic in the Mengdong County, and people thought the sky was falling and the earth was breaking.
At the same time, part of the 325th Division took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, occupied the county seat of Mengdong, and then attacked Sanjiang City in Wanzhou Road in one go.
The Wanzhou troops in the Mengdong Fortress retreated without a fight in panic.
On June 6, General Lu of Jiangning sent a telegram, which was a response to Cheng Dasui's Chengjiaji bloodbath. If the Wanzhou Dao warlord group still turned a deaf ear to the voice of justice and refused to punish the main culprit, the Black Mountain Corps would not rule out the possibility of taking further action.
On the 7th, Ren Zhonglin's special envoy arrived in the provincial capital of Jiangning.
The commander of the 325th Division, Lu Ming, was also summoned to the provincial capital by Governor Chakson to meet with Ren Zhonglin's secret envoy. It is unknown what the two sides talked about.
But soon, the Montenegrin Corps withdrew from Sanjiang City, but left a battalion in Mengdong County.
In addition, the Fifth Regiment of the Nanping Army, also known as the Cangyun Regiment, which cooperated with the Black Mountain Corps in military operations, also remained in Mengdong County.
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The new county governor of Mengdong County was appointed from Montenegro.
At the same time, the establishment of the Sujing Office came from the Nanping Security Bureau.
Lu Ming also arrived in Mengdong as soon as possible.
In the spacious office, Lu Ming felt helpless as he read the various reports of shock in the Northern Territory newspapers about the participation of airships in the war.
Nowadays, just like in the previous life, when a large-scale war breaks out, the Sophia Legion in the south and the Imperial Legion conflict, the first flying weapon they choose is the airship. It feels that the airship is more reliable, the technology is mature and easy to control, it is simpler to arm, and it is convenient for large-scale production.
However, because the technology in this world is much more advanced than that in the previous world's World War I, there has been no large-scale war, so people's thinking is limited. But people will become wiser sooner or later, so the era when propeller planes become the main force in air combat should soon come.
In fact, Sanmai's propeller fighters and bombers were undergoing rapid testing and prototypes were already available.
Take the location of the machine gun on a propeller fighter for example. It was a difficult problem that took a long time to solve in the past. Here, I came up with the idea myself and the engineers solved it quickly.
But nowadays, I naturally don’t want to enter an era of fighter jets flying everywhere soon.
I am not yet a player of this great era. When the scale of war expands to the air and space era, the later I come, the better.
Although, in Longgang, while laying the foundation stone for the steel plant and leveling the ground, a small airport was also built.
After all, propeller plane airports can be built very quickly, and they only need a flat concrete ground. Takeoff and landing do not require an extremely long runway like a jet plane.
However, this airport cannot be used at present, and we don’t want to use it.
From the perspective of the Northern Territory, the participation of airships in the war was enough to cause a huge shock.
In fact, the entire Sanmai Company is now secretly controlled by the United Matrix to prevent leaks. The new factory is located in Eaton State, which is close to the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.
Ayton State is not too far from the five provinces of Jiangnan, and at the same time belongs to the eastern economic circle headed by the East China Sea, and is its northernmost member.
Now Lu Ming thinks that the idea that came to him at the beginning was really a stroke of genius.