Chapter 528: Gathering of Storms and Clouds in the North Ocean (1)

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On the battlefield of Xu Beng, the confrontation between the Wehrmacht and the Beiyang Army did not last long, and the Wehrmacht took the lead in attacking. Jiang Baili personally went to the front line in Xuzhou to command the operation.

In order to test the situation, the Wehrmacht took the lead in attacking, and the elite of the three divisions began to attack the positions of the Beiyang Army, which was the first time that such a large-scale dispatch of troops had been made since the establishment of the Wehrmacht. Beiyang fought-for-tat, and even in order to make up for the gap in the quality of soldiers, Beiyang used more than 100,000 troops at a time. The collision between the two sides was extremely tragic, and both the Wehrmacht and the Beiyang Army fought to the death under the orders of the high-level. The battlefield consumed a large number of living beings in a short period of time.

As the battlefield continued, more and more troops were thrown into the battlefield under the cold orders of the commanders of both sides, and the confrontation between the two sides changed from a confrontation of hundreds of thousands to a great confrontation of hundreds of thousands of people and millions of people. A large number of soldiers fell, and the battle between the two sides was extremely fierce.

Boom Boom!

The heavy artillery units of the Wehrmacht inflicted huge losses on the Beiyang Army, and one by one the Beiyang Army was torn apart by Wehrmacht shells. In the face of the miserable howls on the front line, Wu Peifu's heart was as strong as iron. With his orders, one by one, the troops were thrown in. For the Beiyang soldiers, the battlefield is the slaughterhouse, and they are the lambs to the slaughter.

"Yushuai, the strength of the National Defense Force does not need to be small, we have been completely suppressed now." The chief of staff of the Beiyang Army said in a deep voice. There are too many recruits under Wu Peifu's command, and there is a big gap between the weapons and equipment and the national defense force.

"Got it." Wu Peifu said indifferently. It wasn't that he didn't know that his troops were losing fast. But he didn't have the slightest solution. The gap in armament is not something that can be smoothed out by numbers. And the strength of the Wehrmacht is still converging. Now it has the upper hand in terms of total forces. If Beiyang cannot make a breakthrough on the battlefield, the superiority of the national defense force will continue to expand, and at that time, Beiyang will really not have the slightest chance.

"How's the death squad preparing?"

"It is ready, a total of a thousand people, divided into five detachments, ready to be put into the rear at any time." said the chief of staff.

"Let's go! Hope they succeed! Wu Peifu said.

"Yes!" The chief of staff nodded, and the Beiyang people had long heard that there were some elite small units in the Wehrmacht army, which often carried out some infiltration and assassination missions. Originally, Wu Peifu looked down on this very much, thinking that these were too inferior and not what orthodox soldiers should do. But now it is different, Beiyang has been completely suppressed, and Wu Peifu knows that the southwest has taken refuge in Beiyang, and the strength of the national defense force has further soared. For the sake of Beiyang, Wu Peifu can only choose this kind of tactics that he can't look down on.

"Small-unit infiltration operations were invented by the Wehrmacht and are not currently used by all forces. There is certainly not much defense within the Wehrmacht, and this is our chance. Wu Peifu said in a deep voice.

More than a million troops were strangled together, attracting the attention of all forces. You must know that since the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there has never been a war of such scale in China, and everyone who cares knows that this war will be a war related to the fate of China. If Beiyang wins, then China may still maintain everything it has now, and if the Wehrmacht wins. China is really about to face a huge change. With the consistent strength of the Beijing government, all forces in the country will certainly be violently impacted. Judging by the current situation. The victory of the Wehrmacht was likely, and the forces in the South were finally beginning to think about how to deal with future changes.

The Young Marshal's Mansion in Beijing.

The Battle of Xu Beng, as a possible last battle in China, Feng Yong had to pay attention. Telegrams from the front line continued to reach Feng Yong. The huge sand table deduction shows the form of a huge battlefield in the Huaihe River Valley. ..., "Wu Peifu's movements are a little strange?" Feng Yong said with a frown. In the past two years, although he has only sat at the headquarters most of the time, he has commanded only a handful of battles. However, in every big battle, Feng Yong would personally receive news from the front line and conduct sand table deductions. His ability to command troops may not be very strong, but his vision has indeed been tempered. Coupled with the exchange with first-class military generals like Jiang Baili and Li Jun, Feng Yong's ability and military attainments have been greatly improved.

Li Jun also frowned and nodded. He also felt that something was not quite right. You must know that the number of troops concentrated in Jiang Baili's hands has now exceeded 500,000, and the elite troops put into operation on the battlefield have reached nearly 300,000. Coupled with the superiority of the Wehrmacht in weapons and equipment, Beiyang will definitely be at a disadvantage. And Wu Peifu is not a reckless man, so such desperate means should not appear on him.

"Wu Peifu is just fighting hard now, does he have anything to rely on?" Feng Yong said with a frown.

"It's hard to say, as the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. After all, Beiyang has ruled China for many years, and there may be some potential for it. Li Jun said cautiously.

"Anyway, it's very advantageous for us on the battlefield right now. I believe that the eldest brother will definitely be able to seize Jin Hui and defeat the Beiyang Army in one fell swoop. Feng Yong smiled and said. Since Jiang Baili joined the Wehrmacht, he has won several large-scale battles, and this time is no exception.

Li Jun thought for a while, nodded and said, "We have already suppressed the frontal battlefield, and it is time for other aspects to take action." ”

"Yes, calculate the time, it should be about the same by now!"

In Shanghai, under the cover of gray fog, a huge fleet of chaotic models appeared on the Bund in Shanghai. In order to deceive the eyes and ears of the Japanese, almost all of this fleet traveled at night. These merchant ships were controlled by the Beijing government and the Maosfield Chamber of Commerce, and were requisitioned by the government for temporary use as troop carriers. After a few days of sailing, we finally arrived at the Bund Pier in Shanghai.

One by one, small boats were lowered from the large merchant ships, and small boats full of soldiers quickly approached the shore, and soon a large number of Wehrmacht soldiers gathered in the secret places of the docks.

"Enemy attack!" A shrill siren sounded on the docks. The soldiers of the Beiyang Army stationed at the pier finally spotted the Wehrmacht soldiers who were going ashore through the small boat, and sounded the siren, causing chaos throughout the Bund Pier.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the Beiyang military camp was blown up, and a naval fleet of more than a dozen steel ships appeared in the fog, which was the first Chinese fleet escorting merchant ships.

"It's the Wehrmacht's fleet! Evacuate! The general of the Beiyang defenders led his troops to retreat quickly. You know, the barracks they are in are within the range of the navy, and their task is to be vigilant, not to use their flesh and blood against steel ships.

The retreat of the Beiyang Army made it easy for the Wehrmacht to go ashore. A navy blue uniform distinguishes this unit from that of the Wehrmacht soldiers. They were none other than the first Marine Brigade of the Wehrmacht. At present, there are only more than 5,000 people. But each is elite.

As soon as the Marine Brigade came ashore, it showed great attacking power, and with the support of the heavy guns of the warships, the Wehrmacht soon captured the docks on the Bund in Shanghai and quickly advanced inward.

The whole of Shanghai was shocked by the sound of artillery. You know, Shanghai is the top bustling metropolis in China and even in the entire Far East. China's full-scale civil war did not cause unrest in Shanghai. This is not because the people of Shanghai have much confidence in Shanghai's defense, on the contrary, Shanghai's armed defense is very weak, and the Beiyang Army does not have many troops here, and a brigade is less than 5,000 people in full battle, and the armament is incomplete, and the combat effectiveness is very limited. The reason why Shanghai remained quiet and peaceful in the face of the civil war in the whole country was because of the Western concessions that Shanghai was all over the place. After the outbreak of the Western War, the garrison in the concession was reduced a lot, but after all, Western countries have been in China for many years, and their prestige is very deep. Therefore, no one believed that the Wehrmacht would dare to use force in Shanghai at the risk of offending the Western powers. It has to be said that a world-class metropolis should rely on foreign concessions to ensure security, which has to be said to be the sorrow of the Chinese. ..., the war on the Bund in Shanghai shook the whole of Shanghai, followed by an unparalleled panic. As an international metropolis, Shanghai has a high proportion of foreigners, but the main ones are Chinese, and a large part of them come to Shanghai to avoid military disasters, but they did not expect that even Shanghai could not avoid war. The citizens of Shanghai packed their bags as soon as possible, of course, not to escape from Shanghai, but to flee into the concession. For a time, the population of all the concessions in Shanghai increased dramatically, and the three religions and nine streams converged, causing turmoil in the concessions.

Faced with this situation, the managers of the Western countries in the Shanghai concession immediately sent a telegram to their ambassadors in Beijing, asking them to protest against the Chinese government's dispatch of troops to Shanghai. It also states that Shanghai is a condominium between China and the West. Refused to allow the Wehrmacht to use force in Shanghai.

This request was rejected by Li Yuanhongyan, the president of the Beijing government. Li Yuanhong, with the support of Feng Yong, made an unprecedentedly strong life, declaring that Shanghai is China's territory, that Western countries are only concession land, not the owner of Shanghai, and that Shanghai's sovereignty will always belong to China. And how the Chinese army operates on its own soil is really a matter for the Chinese government, and foreigners have no right to interfere.

As soon as this statement came out, Western ambassadors to China were shaken. They have finally come to appreciate the assertiveness of the Chinese government, which has cast a shadow over the hearts of Western countries with many interests in China. With the Chinese Government's toughness, there will certainly be a conflict with Western countries over the territorial issue of the concession in the near future.

At this time, the Japanese envoy secretly appeared in Beijing and began to contact the envoys of Western countries in China, wanting to form an anti-China alliance in tandem. Unfortunately, a new situation emerged in the Western War, and the Russians withdrew early, which greatly freed the German army and regained the initiative in the western European theater. Even if the Americans joined the battlefield, they still did not achieve an absolute victory in a short period of time. Britain, France and other countries are preparing to draw troops from the colonies again. If this policy is implemented, the strength of the Western powers in the Far East will be further weakened, not to mention that they will be at odds with a big country in the Far East, and even small independent countries will be terrified and powerless to deal with. Therefore, although the Western envoys to China were impressed by the Japanese proposal, they did not have the strength to do so.

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