Chapter 280 Snatch the National Fortune from Here ()!

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"War has broken out!"

The command post of the 38th Infantry Wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army in Sinuiju, North Korea, cheered, and the wing commander Sadao Araki raised his fist vigorously, he had waited for this day for too long, too long!

Ten years ago, he went on a campaign as an adjutant of the Reserve Guards Mixed Brigade, but he did not expect to be attacked by the Russian fleet at sea, and the troop carrier Hitachi Maru, which was carrying three squadrons, was sunk and ended in a tragic end.

This incident was regarded by him as a lifelong regret, a dignified Lu Shi graduate, and later went to Lu University to win the first place, but he failed to lead the department to contribute in the most important war of the rise of the empire, it is too embarrassing to say, so since he became the commander of the 38th Wing, it is very impossible to immediately encroach on Manchuria, and then enter Russia.

Yes, it is against Russia, not China, compared with the weak squadron, the Russian army is his dream, of course, there is also the idea of revenge, so he has spent most of his time studying the Russian army over the years, just to find an opportunity to prove himself. In the end, he found the answer, if he wants to take Siberia, he must first take Manchuria, go north along the Eastern Railway all the way north to Lake Belga, as long as he occupies the fortress of Irkutsk next to Lake Belga, cuts off the main artery of Russian Siberia, kills all the 1 million Russians living east of Lake Belga, and quickly immigrates more than 500,000 nationals to the region, then even if a million Russian troops come there is no need to worry ().

But the problem was that the British allies did not want the war between Japan and Russia to continue, nor did they want Japan to continue to expand in Manchurian and Mongolian until annexation, so this plan could only be stillborn. But! Today is different, the Chinese National Defense Forces, under the command of that political clown, are attacking the allies of the Empire of Japan, which is really a godsend.

"God bless Yamato!"

Sadao Araki also shouted excitedly and shouted, "Go and contact General Nagaoka, the troops are ready to go!" By the way, send a telegram to the Benxi Matsui Engineer Brigade and ask them to immediately prepare for the arrival of the main force. ”

While the Araki Wing was actively preparing for war, Japan was also stunned by the sudden military action of the Wehrmacht, and the War Department thought that the Chinese side would not make a big move before Manchuria-Mongolia officially announced the founding of the People's Republic of China, so as long as they waited patiently, they could usher in a turnaround, but no one expected that a madman would directly announce the order to start war at the negotiating table in Beijing!

It is said that after returning to the mansion, Matsudaira Tsuneo smashed his favorite inkstone.

"In the past five days, the three brigades of the 1st Division of the Squadron and the two brigades of the 14th Infantry Division have crossed the Liaohe River on the whole line, and the forwards of the 10th and 12th Infantry Divisions have also moved south from Rehe and Changchun respectively, and the forward regiment of the 101st Division stationed in Beijing boarded the train last night to escort 6 ammunition trucks from Hankou out of the customs, and the 4th and 16th Divisions stationed in Henan have also made abnormal movements, and it is expected that in a month, at least 6 divisions will be assembled outside Shanhaiguan!"

The generals and officers of the Japanese Army General Staff gathered, and Tanaka Yoshiichi was briefing the generals: "In addition to the north, the squadron also began to assemble in Xuzhou, Anyang and Cangzhou on the periphery of Shandong, and it is now known that the 9th Infantry Division and the 103rd Infantry Division are stationed in Xuzhou, and the 11th Infantry Division in Jiangsu is sorting out their belongings behind them. The 15th Infantry Divisions are currently stationed in Anyang and Cangzhou, and they may be supported by the 13th Infantry Division in Anhui, as well as the 102nd and 104th Central Guard Divisions, which have been stationed in Wuchang for training. ”

"Strange." After listening to Tanaka Yoshiichi's introduction, Hasegawa Yoshimichi, the current chief of the General Staff of the Japanese Army, frowned, turned his head and asked Kato Kenkichi beside him: "Why are they gathering troops to the periphery of Shandong?" ”

"Could it be an alliance with Germany?"

"If you form an alliance, you shouldn't have mobilized so many troops? If all the deployments are completed, there will be 5 divisions around Shandong ()! ”

"Could it be that they are ready for an all-out war with us?"

The unexpected transfer made the generals talk a lot, and they couldn't figure out what Yang Qiu was paying attention to, but in any case, one thing has been confirmed, China is mobilizing at least 6 divisions in the northeast, while Japan only has three divisions and the overwhelmed Manchurian army there, and there is no doubt about the numerical inferiority.

"The Fifth Division has been stationed in Korea before, and I think it is necessary for Otani Kikuzo and the Fifth Division to set out to strengthen the strength of Korea and Manchuria, and if there are four divisions, it will be enough to ensure that the squadron that is more than twice as large as us will be defeated." Yusaku Uehara's face was ruddy, and he seemed to have seen the battle flags of the Great Japanese Empire planted all over the picture.

Four divisions against six or seven Chinese divisions, enough!

Hasegawa Yoshimichi also thinks that enough, and the remaining question is when to attack, and if the squadron continues to go deeper south, then whether it should be blocked immediately or wait for a major change in the situation in Europe.

"Report, Sadao Araki sent a letter of request from Sinuiju, willing to lead the troops to teach the squadron a lesson, and ensure that our allies pass through the founding period smoothly." Kenkichi Ueda rushed into the conference room with the 38th Wing's battle request, and Hasegawa Yoshimichi frowned, sitting straight but not speaking, as if waiting for something.

As the current Chief of the General Staff of the Japanese Army, what exactly is he waiting for? The answer soon appeared, the phone bell on the conference table rang rapidly, and after picking up the phone and hearing the voice clearly, he suddenly stood up straight and nodded his head feverishly, and when he put down the phone, he raised his head and swept everyone: "Send a telegram to Nagaoka-kun, his 38th Wing can go, the coal and iron in Benxi are resources that the empire must control." Tell him that if he is attacked, he can return fire immediately. ”

"But ()." Yoshiichi Tanaka was a little confused, why didn't these old guys mention the declaration of war? Thinking that they had forgotten, he reminded: "Your Excellency, we have not declared war yet. ”

"I know, but at the moment we have some minor diplomatic problems, so we have to wait a little longer." Hasegawa sat down helplessly, he had already learned on the phone just now that the allies were obviously not willing to provoke a war in the Far East, but the empire had no time to wait, so let's try it first.

Although the Japanese army did not directly declare war on Japan, leaving a glimmer of opportunity for the future, Yang Qiu's earth-shattering slap in the face still caused a nationwide chaos after Wu Tingfang sent the news back to Nanjing. From the First Sino-Japanese War, to the tragic situation in the year of Gengzi, until the miraculous Russo-Japanese War, the three wars that determined the pattern of the Far East made the Chinese people have a deep fear of the foreign powers, even if the Wehrmacht swept the whole country, but still no one thought that they could defeat the invincible Japan, as long as they thought of the steel-armored giant ships, even the most determined people would shake their confidence, so when Yang Qiu bluntly announced the launch of a military operation against Manchuria, it is conceivable how much people's panic will reach.

Yang Qiu didn't know if Nanjing had fallen into chaos, but Cai Ye in front of him was already very restrained, sitting on the sofa and moving his seat vigorously, as if a ton of explosives had been stuffed under his buttocks, seeing that he finally dropped his pen to grab the teacup, he saw the stitches and asked, "Commander-in-chief, why are you in such a hurry?" Moreover, the German envoy Traun had already come twice and wanted us to explain the purpose of the reinforcement of troops to the periphery of Shandong. ”

Yang Qiu was not in a hurry, and answered the question: "How is Duan Qirui?" ”

Cai Ye was stunned for a moment when he was asked, and said with a bitter face: "Commander-in-chief, you are really idle, the National Security Bureau and the Prime Minister's Office have intervened in this matter, and the president has also asked him to explain Wu Guangxin's matter, in my opinion, you can rest assured, this time he can't figure out how to leave the relationship, and it is only a matter of time before he retires." ”

"That's good." After Yang Qiu learned that Wu Guangxin was involved in the Xihuamen incident, he didn't think about leaving Duan Qirui behind, and removing Duan Qirui would mean the fall of the largest flagpole in Beiyang, so he got up and walked to the map with a teacup in his hand. To Cai Ye's surprise, his eyes did not stop at the most important Fengtian, but kept browsing the Jiaodong Peninsula, what could be the problem here? Is it really going to be an alliance with Germany? Before he could ask, Yang Qiu's eyebrows had gradually twisted: "I'll make a hypothesis, I hope Brother Songpo will solve his doubts." ”

Yang Qiu pointed his left hand on Qingdao as he spoke: "If I tell Brother Songpa that Britain and Japan will attack Qingdao in three months at most, then what do you say we should do?" ”

Cai Ye suddenly rose, his eyes revealed a thick disbelief, although the General Staff will explain the current situation in Europe in detail at its weekly regular meetings, and the students and ministers studying in Europe are also required not to be afraid of spending money, and must submit a telegram on the local situation every week, so the General Staff has long mastered the smell of gunpowder that cannot be concealed, but is it possible that there will be problems within three months? Even Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun, who know Germany best, think that the war should break out at the end of 15, while Sa Zhenbing, who knows Britain, thinks that it should be at the beginning of 16, and the main reason for the difference in the predictions of the two sides is that the delivery time of the powerful Bavaria-class battleships and the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships cannot use their strongest sea power to seek a decisive battle at the first time, which will be very, very bad for both Britain and Germany.

The expected service time of the Bavaria-class battleships will be at the end of 15 years, and at that time, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships that Britain can compete with may only be launched for sea trials, so it was the strongest German navy at that time, and it was also a window period for the British navy. Fifty percent! For the navy of a continental country, this is already very rare, and any good general will gamble that as long as he can defeat Britain's maritime supremacy, Germany will win half of the war.

But now it has advanced the time by almost two years, which means that both Germany and Britain will go to war before they are ready, is it possible? Yang Qiu knew that no one would believe his prediction, in fact, after returning to this era, he was also worried that the guns would not go off, so he would face a three-line attack from Britain and Japan, and perhaps Russia, so he could write a surrender announcement in advance.

Seeing that he didn't give any explanation, Cai Ye could only speculate on this groundless condition: "If the facts are true, then after our alliance with Germany, Britain will definitely encourage Japan to attack Qingdao, first, to eliminate Germany's military power in the Far East, and second, Japan can also use this to open up a second battlefield and contain our ability to operate in the northeast. So I think Chenhua, you must seriously consider the matter of an alliance with Germany this time. ”

Hearing him call his name, Yang Qiu knew that this was a disguised attempt to persuade him not to easily ally with Germany, and said with a smile: "Brother Songpa, when did I say that I wanted to ally with Germany?" ”

"You don't align with Germany?" Cai Yi's mind is full of black lines, why did he come out so loudly without alignment? Even the British newspapers said that the British Empire had been insulted and demanded that the Far East Fleet attack to punish him.

"I know that the whole country is saying that I am in a hurry, and you all think that as long as there is a year, even half a year of preparation, you can have a better chance of winning, but what I can tell you now is that it will not work!" Yang Qiu didn't want to continue to buy Guanzi, so he raised his voice, and just at this time, Cai Gongshi came in with Jiang Fangzhen overnight, and also stood in front of the map and listened to him say in detail: "If my guess is true, in three months there will be major changes in Europe, and the Entente led by Britain, France, and Russia and the Allied powers led by Germany and Austria will launch an unprecedented strangulation on the eastern and western fronts at the same time, and Japan, as the only Entente member in Asia, will also actively cooperate with Britain and France to carry out the strangulation of Germany's Far Eastern forces."

I can wait, but diplomatically I can't wait! If these two major military blocs declare war on each other in three months' time, then we will attack Manchurian and Mongolian again, and Japan will obstruct it, then we will undoubtedly declare war on the entire Entente! Even if it is useless to shout neutrality, as long as the shot is a shot against the entire Entente, then we will have only one way to go, to form an alliance with Germany.

After forming an alliance with Germany, our choice will become very small, and we will have to face five battlefields in the north, from Yunnan-Guizhou, Tibet, Xinjiang to Vladivostok, as well as the northeast and the Jiaodong Peninsula. Therefore, we must not form an alliance with Germany, no matter how strong Germany is, as long as it cannot break through the naval blockade, it is doomed to achieve nothing, and the reason why I released the news is to deliberately attract Britain and France, telling them not to push me into a hurry, and if I am in a hurry, I have a second choice. Because if we risk our lives and abandon the north, we will be able to reach India and the southeastern peninsula, and this war will not be worth the loss for Britain and France.

But I want you to be clear that the fate of the country must not be gambled! So I can only do it now, and play Manmeng! As long as we declare war on Japan earlier than Europe, then at least diplomatically we will be able to push it all out, as long as we can hurt Japan, Britain and France may be willing to stand up and let our two conclude a peace treaty (). ”

Although Jiang Fangzhen had just arrived, he also heard some meanings and asked: "This assumption can be completely realized, these years have been the weakest time for Japan, the army has not received decent ordnance replenishment for ten years, tactics and equipment are still stuck in the period of the Russo-Japanese War, and its domestic economic conditions do not allow it to be consumed for a long time, I think it will be a year at most!" As long as it persists for one year, if Japan does not stop its finances, it will be completely bankrupt, and the domestic environment will also be violently turbulent, forcing the Japanese army to withdraw from the war. ”

"What about the Navy? And what about the Navy? Cai Gongshi worried: "The army can fight, but it can't fight against the Japanese navy." ”

"Battleships can't sail on land, and we don't have the means to check and balance, not to mention that Britain and France may not allow the Japanese navy to be fully engaged in combat." Yang Qiu waved his hand, and even gloated a little: "Actually, I wish the navy came out, China's coastal areas are currently controlled by Britain and France except for Qingdao, and it is not suitable for him to hit anywhere, and it is not realistic to send marines south of the Yangtze River for a long distance, and the strength of no division cannot stop our four divisions deployed in the coastal areas, not to mention that if we can't take the northeast, we will rush south, and Japan can only be more suspicious of Britain and France." ”

Jiang Fangzhen nodded in agreement: "The commander-in-chief is right, it is the sorrow of our country that the main prosperous areas along the coast are occupied by colonists, but it is our luck for this battle, which means that we do not need to defend the long coastline, as long as we are concentrated in a few positions." The key is to jam the mouth of the Yangtze River and the mouth of the Yellow River in Dongying, the Wusongkou Fort has a certain strength, and it is still possible to cooperate with the submarine and fleet to block it for a period of time, I suggest that 2 be deployed in the direction of Dongying immediately, no! With three heavy artillery battalions, the Yellow River can only sail cruisers, and this level has little chance of winning in the face of three battalions of 150-mm heavy guns, and it can also prepare a few minelayers in the Yellow River waterway, but if it can't be done, it will be completely blocked. ”

"Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan are troublesome, if we can't get back Liugong Island and Lushun for a day, we can't ensure the safety of Bohai Bay for a day, and the Beijing-Fenghai Railway needs to cross Shanhaiguan and is easy to be shelled by the sea, what should we do?" Cai Gongshi continued to worry.

Yang Qiu has also been worried about supplying this railway, because the nearest place at the time of construction is less than ten kilometers away from the coastline, the battleship can cover almost the whole way, seriously threatening the safety of the supply line, said: "I have asked the sappers to build an airfield fifty kilometers north of Shanhaiguan, the flight team will be stationed in the next few days, and the two armored trains purchased from Austria-Hungary will also arrive in Beijing in ten days, and the cannons on them can slightly curb the activities of the fleet ()." ”

Airplanes hit warships? Cai Ye and Jiang Fangzhen both shook their heads, although last time I heard that Chongqing was already making every effort to build two new aircraft, one of which could take off with a weight of several hundred kilograms, but the effect was actually even unknown to Yang Qiu himself.

The affairs of the navy can only be seen step by step, but the army must win this time, Cai Yi thought about it and suddenly smiled: "For more than a year, the commander-in-chief deliberately did not let Yue Peng go to Manchuria, only to step up training, did you deliberately seduce Japan now?" ”

He begged noncommittally and said with a smile: "Everyone is valuable, and so is the enemy." Shandong will be handed over to you and Zhang Xiaozhun, Jiang Zuobin, I am going to transfer him to the Northeast to exercise, Brother Baili is going to hurry again, go back to Nanjing with me and explain the matter to the president. ”

"I just got off the train." Jiang Fangzhen snorted and bumped into Cai Yi teasingly: "Songpo, why don't we change it?" ”

Cai Songpo was just about to meet with the Economic Bureau, when Jiang Zuobin, who came from Jinan, rushed in with a serious expression: "Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff, the Japanese troops stationed in Korea have been dispatched!" An hour earlier, the reconnaissance planes of the Flying Group had spotted that Japanese troops were crossing the Yalu River from the direction of Sinuiju, and we suspected that the target was likely Bengye. ”

An hour ago, this news would have made Cai Yi and the others nervous, but now if Yang Qiu's prediction is accurate, then the Japanese army has come at the right time. But if it's not accurate, it's going to be a tough battle.

Benxi!

Yang Qiu didn't look at the faces of a few people, his eyes suddenly shot to the location of Benxi on the map, and his tone was as sharp as a needle: "Everyone, do your best!" From here, take back the fortunes of the country. ”

"National fortune? Take back the country! The three of them shook their shoulders, and their eyes were all focused on the location of the largest open-pit coal mine in Northeast China.

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