February 5, 92 A.D. (None.) , pop-ups

Japan, in Iwate Prefecture.

The cold wind and goose feather-like snowflakes whistled across the wasteland mountains, blowing all the qiē in the northern snow country.

Under such a wind and snow, two teams without ending in sight were marching mightily on the road that had just been cleared of snow. Each soldier carried a backpack and wore a thick military coat with a rifle on his shoulder, and marched forward with his head buried in his head. There is also a flag with a red background and a golden sun fluttering in the wind and snow!

Takeda Heng, the general political commissar of the Japanese Red Army, rode on horseback, surrounded by senior officers and staff officers of the Red Army, as well as Yasuo Yasuda's defense fighters, all of whom carried submachine guns on their backs, and immediately stood on a high slope in the snow, holding the Red Army brigade that had just completed its reorganization and was rushing to the front line in the snow.

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The cold wind blew across Takeda's face, barely keeping him open, and the sound of the wind drowned out his muttering in his native Korean language.

"It's amazing...... Command the Japanese to kill the Japanese! It's a great feeling, it's so good...... Comrades-in-arms who died in the Korean independence movement, where are your heroic souls? Come on, the blood of the Japanese will stain the whole snow country! ”

A Red Army officer, who was in charge of directing the marching order, rode up and reported loudly: "Comrade General Political Commissar, the headquarters column can advance!" ”

As soon as Takeda Heng reined in his horse and was about to go downhill, Muto Nobuyoshi, commander of the First Front Army of the Red Army next to him, suddenly said loudly: "Comrade General Political Commissar, this decisive battle in the snow is related to the rise and fall of our Red Army, and you don't plan to issue any instructions." Let the armies listen to it and cheer it up? It's like Marshal Heihachiro Togo did in the Battle of Tsushima! ”

Before the war, it has long been the practice of the Japanese army to say something such as "the rise and fall of the imperial state, and the war will be fought here." As a member of the General Political Committee, Takeda Heng had of course made preparations for a long time, but he forgot about it because he was too excited for a while. Hear Muto Nobuyoshi's reminder. He lowered his head and said loudly: "The old Japanese empire has fallen in the storm of September, and a more powerful new Japan will come to the world in the bloody battle of the snow country, and the red background and golden sun flag will be planted all over New Japan and New Asia from now on!" New Japan, onboard! New Asia, onboard! Japan GCD. Onboard! ”

As he spoke, he shouted slogans loudly and rode his horse down the high slope, followed closely by dozens of cavalry generals, and the horses' hooves stepped over. Bursts of snow and mist were raised, as if they had come from a dream. When the Japanese officers and men who were marching at the foot of the hill saw this scene, they couldn't help but shout loudly the slogan of long live!

At this moment, who would have thought that the red background and golden sun flag would stir up on the Japanese archipelago what a terrible bloody storm it would be?

……

This time. A wilderness and hilly area on the northern outskirts of Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The 2nd Division of the Okuwa Front of Japan is constructing fortifications near various communication points in and out of Sendai City. Of course, this second division was not the one that was almost completely wiped out by the Chinese Defense Forces in the Far Eastern State, but the original 02nd Division. During this time, the Japanese Provisional Government's army was also reorganized, and several elite divisions that had been eliminated or participated in the rebellion were given the designation of special divisions formed from their reserves. The foundation of the 02nd Division was the 2nd Division, so it was no surprise that it was now the 2nd Division, and it was sent to defend their hometown of Sendai. It really showed a little high morale, at least when digging trenches and repairing fortifications, it was quite hard.

Lieutenant General Shuichi Miwa, as the new division commander of the 2nd Division. Standing on a high place, with a large group of staff, using binoculars to dig trenches in the heavy snow, the officers and soldiers under his command dug trenches. Today, it is also snowing heavily around Osaki City, and the temperature has dropped to minus 10 degrees Celsius. But he stood still in the cold wind, and from time to time he was discussing something with the staff officers around him, and of course his face was extremely difficult.

There are really few army and navy generals on the Tokyo side who are willing to fight this civil war. The lost territories in the Far East, Korea, and Taiwan have not yet been recovered, and tens of millions of compatriots have become slaves of the country. As a soldier, it is already ashamed to be unable to go into battle to kill the enemy at this time, and then command the troops to fight with their compatriots, where can they still have the face to live in the world?

Therefore, Tokyo's Minister of War General Tian Zhongzhong Shige was unable to find a lieutenant general willing to command the second division, which was on the front line of the civil war. In the end, in desperation, he promoted Shuichi Miwa, who had only been a major general for a short time, to a lieutenant general and sent him to Miyagi Prefecture. However, Shuichi Miwa can't forget the rolls of his colleagues when he was packing up in the office of the former War Department...... He couldn't understand why the whole country blamed the Provisional Government for misleading the country in the civil war, and regarded the Japanese GCD, which was bent on fighting the civil war, as an anti-Chinese fighter? This world is really incomprehensible! But fortunately, the Japanese finally found out in conscience that they agreed to make peace two days ago, probably knowing that Japan, which is in a difficult situation at home and abroad, really can't fight a civil war anymore, right?

Thinking of this, he sighed and asked the staff officers beside him, "How is the morale of the troops now?" Knowing the news of the start of peace talks, morale should have been boosted, right? ”

The staff officer was sighing, he was an elderly officer, because he was not admitted to the Army University, and his grades in the Army Non-commissioned Officer School were not good, so he was promoted to a captain and retired, but he did not expect to receive an order to be called up again after leaving the army for more than ten years. He is no better than those young officers who have no home and no mouth, and a lot of wives and children in the family are counting on him to make money to make ends meet, but now the salary of an officer is about to depreciate Japan into a pile of waste paper. The family can only live on pawns, and there can still be a fart morale? As soon as he became an officer, what could the soldiers below who were digging trenches in the ice and snow get better?

Seeing that he didn't speak with a dead face, Miwa Shuichi had no choice but to smile bitterly and comfort: "It's going to get better, it's going to be fine, as long as there is no civil war, Japan will definitely get better slowly." ”

When I was talking. I saw a few horses hurrying in the heavy snow in front of me, and the people on the horses were all wearing khaki Japanese military uniforms, which turned out to be cavalry belonging to the Second Division. The first one was probably an officer like a squad leader. Seeing that their division commander was standing on a high slope, he drove his horse over, and a staff officer of the division headquarters greeted him and talked to him for a few words, and then galloped to Miwa Shuichi in a rage. He reported loudly: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, there is a big situation!" The 2nd Cavalry Wing was on a routine patrol when it ran into a group of cavalrymen in white overcoats in the snow around Kurihara! They all wore pointed hats with a red five-pointed star on them. What a great Japanese Red Army they call themselves! ”

"Nani!" Miwa Shuichi gasped. Kurihara City is under the jurisdiction of Miyagi Prefecture! According to the provisional agreement reached between the Provisional Government of Tokyo and the National Salvation Committee, Miyagi Prefecture was not the territory of the Red Army, so why did they break into it on their own?

"Your Excellency the division commander, do you want to send troops to Kurihara City to deploy defenses?" Qin Zhenci, chief of staff of the Second Division, was also stunned by the news. Dizzy, I began to build yì.

"Arming? The 2nd Division is now being deployed around Osaki City! Shuichi Miwa glared at his chief of staff angrily. Hurriedly sent a telegram to the headquarters of the front army, saying that a small group of Red Army cavalry had crossed the border into the territory of Miyagi Prefecture and asked for instructions. He took a breath. Almost with a sad face, he issued an order: "Order all units to be ready for combat at the first level!" The Red Army may be coming! ”

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On February 5, crossing the border of Iwate Prefecture and attacking Miyagi Prefecture, it was the 4th Division under the 1st Front Army of the Japanese Red Army, the predecessor of which was the famous Osaka 4th Division of the Japanese Army! This division was incorporated into the First Army in the previous Sino-Japanese War and participated in the military operation of the surprise attack on North Manchuria. Although it did not achieve any remarkable results, it was not severely attacked by the Chinese army. Finally, it was safely retreated into the territory of the Soviet Union. Succeeded in preserving the strength.

So he was sent by Takeda Heng and Muto Nobuyoshi to take the lead and fight against the Sendai Second Division. Regarding the war with the Second Division, which is known as the first elite division of the Japanese army, the Fourth Division of the Red Army did not feel any fear. These Red Army soldiers from Osaka had already inquired clearly, knowing that the so-called Second Division was nothing more than an empty shelf, and that the real Second Division had long been basically broken in the Far Eastern State, and the remaining seeds had also been incorporated into the Eighteenth Division, which is now the Seventh Division of the Red Army.

As for the division commander of the Fourth Division of the Red Army, Muraoka Chotaro and political commissar Hiroshi Kato, they were even more confident. Their Fourth Division had two brigades and four wings, plus one artillery wing, one cavalry company, with a total strength of more than 25,000 men. Well equipped and well trained. The 4th Artillery Wing, which is directly under the division, also has 4 cannons, 2 of which are Soviet-aided 52mm howitzers! Tens of thousands of Japanese laborers and more than 1,000 carts that marched with the army were also loaded with sufficient food and ammunition. The total strength of the Second Division on the side of the Provisional Government was only more than 20,000 men. Moreover, most of them are newly recruited recruits or reserve officers and soldiers, and their training level is not a little worse than that of the Red Fourth Division! The armament is even more outdated, although the artillery wing of the division is also equipped with 6 cannons, but the heavy artillery only has 2 50mm howitzers, and it is still the old Meiji style, the maximum firing range is only a pitiful 590 meters, it is estimated that it will not be able to shoot a few shots before it will be knocked out by the long-range artillery of the Red Fourth Division.

With such superiority in strength and firepower, Muraoka Chotaro and Hiroshi Kato did not hesitate at all to command the army into Miyagi Prefecture. After expelling a small number of government cavalry, the city of Kurihara was occupied at around 11 a.m. that day. After that, it moved about 0 kilometers in the direction of Osaki City, and occupied the starting position less than 5 kilometers away from the front of the 2nd Division of the Government Army, and put on a posture for an all-out attack.

At this time, the 2nd Division on the side of the Provisional Government had also received the order to go to war. Cavalry units and small groups of infantry were immediately dispatched to begin a tentative attack, and the Red Fourth Division was not to be outdone by sending infantry and cavalry units to compete with the opponent for control of the battlefield. The outposts of the two sides were immediately fought, with the cavalry charging each other and the infantry firing fiercely. Staff officers at all levels of the 4th Red Division began to survey the terrain under the cover of the troops and prepared to formulate an offensive plan. The situation has become obvious by now that the Japanese GCD and the Red Army have no sincerity in negotiating at all, and are just playing the trick of peace to confuse their opponents!

When the headquarters of Takeda Hiroshi, the general political commissar of the Japanese Red Army, and Muto Nobuyoshi, commander of the First Front, arrived in Kurihara City at dawn on 6 February after a day's and a night's march to establish a command post for the former enemy, Muraoka Chotaro and Kato Hiroshi almost immediately sent them reports of victory in the first battle.

Kato Hiroshi, a member of the regimental political committee of the Red Fourth Division, seemed to have gone down to the front line to watch the battle, and when he came to the front army's former enemy headquarters, he was covered with the smell of gunsmoke. As soon as he saw Takeda and Muto, he reported with a smile on his face: "The army of the national thieves has retreated, and I have arrived less than a kilometer away from their forward position, and the Ou defense line is just a pile of field fortifications. The firepower and fighting will of the defenders are not good, they are not the opponent of our revolutionary army at all, no wonder they will lose to the Chinese in the Far East! ”

Hearing this, Muto Nobuyoshi's eyebrows furrowed. He has been in the Japanese army for most of his life, and he knows very well what troops can and cannot fight. The Osaka people in the Red Fourth Division have always been the object of headaches for all officers. How could they easily beat up the Sendai 2nd Division? Even if the other party is composed of reserve soldiers, it is impossible! He said with a solemn expression: "The second division is known as the elite, we still can't underestimate the enemy, let's wait for the follow-up troops to come up before launching an attack." ”

Takeda Heng sighed: "Comrade Commander, we are still too young for the Red Army." He paused. He added: "This time, we are not fighting a national war but a revolutionary war, and the nature of the Great Japanese Red Army is that it is a revolutionary army, and it is used to fight a revolutionary war, and the whole army knows the significance of this revolutionary war." So it is inevitable to fight bravely. On the other hand, the second division of the White Army is known as elite. But it is an army that is used to wage foreign wars. If they are sent to Yanpo and North Korea to fight against the Chinese army, they may be able to exert their strongest combat power. But the reactionary Provisional Government did not allow them to defend the country, but used it to fight a civil war and turn their guns on their own countrymen. Comrade commander, do you think that the vast number of patriotic officers and men of the Second Division of the White Army are willing to really work for national thieves like Xiyuanji Gongwang and Kita Yihui? ”

Muto was stunned for a moment, and was silent for a long time before he asked rhetorically: "General Political Commissar, Yiyàng is fighting a civil war, why are the officers and soldiers of the Red Fourth Division able to be high-spirited?" ”

Takeda Heng smiled and said, "That's a question of who to fight for." The officers and men of the White Army fought for the government of national thieves, for the plutocratic capitalists, and for the landlords and rich peasants. However, the moths of these countries do not care for the white officers and soldiers, and the military salaries they receive are not even enough to make ends meet. Where did the white officers and men get their fighting spirit? We, the Red Army, were different, for we wanted to overthrow the three mountains of national thieves, plutocratic capitalists, and landlords and rich peasants, and take away from the enemy what should have belonged to the officers and men of the Red Army and distribute them among them. When the three mountains are overthrown in the future, the officers and men of the Red Army will be the heroes of the revolution, and it will be this revolutionary war that will determine their future and fate. ”

"I see!" After listening to this analysis, Muto Nobuyoshi strengthened his belief in the victory of the revolution. He stood up and said to Takeda Heng: "General Political Commissar, you sit at the headquarters, and I and the commander of the Muraoka Division will go to the front, we must set the offensive plan today, and the general attack will be tomorrow morning at the latest!" ”

Contrary to the revolutionary army's belief in victory, the counter-revolutionary army was simultaneously in a state of panic about war. Senior General Shintaro Kikuchi, commander of the Okuba Front of the Japanese government army, was originally the director of education of the army, but some time ago most of the cadets and instructors of the army non-commissioned officer school under his jurisdiction had joined the Communist Party with Principal Lu Shi, so he could only take the blame and resign. But within a few days, he was appointed commander of the Ou Front to make up for it. However, this old guy's enthusiasm for the ** civil war is indeed higher than that of other senior Japanese generals. Because on September Day, he also followed Emperor Taisho and Crown Prince Hirohito to the Yasukuni Shrine to worship ghosts, and heard with his own ears that Emperor Taisho deposed Crown Prince Hirohito as crown prince and made Yongren the crown prince. When he came, Emperor Taisho issued the edict, his mind was completely clear, so the edict was completely legal and valid! Hirohito's crown prince was deposed on September 2, and his accession to the throne on September 2 was a great rebellion! Now that Emperor Taisho and Crown Prince Yonghito are in Tokyo, they will be restored sooner or later, so there is no doubt that the Tokyo Provisional Government is orthodox, and Hirohito and the Japanese GCD are the enemies of the national thieves.

During the more than a month that he had been the commander of the Okuwa Front, he had endlessly instilled this doctrine in his subordinates, telling them that they were fighting for Emperor Taisho and Crown Prince Yonghito. But the effect, of course, is frustrating, if it weren't for the Tokodai Divine Stick and the Great Kanto Earthquake, of course these Japanese troops would have been willing to fight for His Majesty the Emperor. But now that the emperor's throne and godhead are gone, and Japan is already a Republic of China, most of the officers and soldiers under the restoration of the emperor system do not approve of it, let alone die for the sake of this liar emperor?

So after more than a month, the morale of the Okuba Front not only did not improve, but became even more sluggish! Today, as soon as the guns of the battle on the front line were heard, various departments reported that soldiers refused to fight and fled! In desperation, General Shintaro Kikuchi had no choice but to order all troops to immediately organize a battle team to suppress the formation, and urgently contacted the Tokyo side, asking the Saionji government to raise a sum of really useful money other than yen banknotes and send it over anyway, so that he could use the reward to encourage the officers and soldiers below to fight! (To be continued.) )

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