46_46454 From dawn to the capture of Dagou and Tainan, the Second Brigade only took six hours, in addition to the fact that there were dive bombers to help the battle, the more important reason is that the Second Brigade drove under the noses of the Japanese army in a very short period of time, and they were caught off guard.

However, there is also a commander factor in such a smooth way. The previous plan in Tainan was not a direct assault by train, but the cooperation between the peripheral siege troops and the small detachment that broke into the railway station, but when did the Lu Brigade Commander, who is known as the auspicious fortune of the Fuxing Army, follow the established battle plan? When the train was suspended outside the city of Tainan, he implemented a new battle plan, that is, he abandoned the previous plan of attacking the city with the main force and disrupting the squads, and changed to a plan for the main force to storm the city by train and fight from the railway station. It was actually very risky to change the battle plan in this way, although a normal telegram was sent from the city, but what if it was deliberately arranged by the Japanese army? What if they set up an ambush at the train station?

The political commissar did not intervene in the affairs of the operation, and Chief of Staff Chen Ziming put aside others to ask why the Japanese army was not prepared, Lu Wan spread his hands over this, and reluctantly reiterated that he did not look at the plan and only relied on his feelings to fight the war, and at the same time said that the established battle plan was only a response to the previous situation, and that the situation was changing in the course of the operation, and it may not be in line with the assumptions in the battle plan, and when the situation that supported the original battle plan changed, the plan should be changed.

People's talents are not the same, what circumstances determine the battle plan, and what circumstances do not determine the battle plan, may be acquired through experience and education; How can you tell if the situation has changed? How is the situation changing? It requires the talent of a commander, which is perhaps what Schlieffen meant when he said that a commander is not appointed, but innate. With blind obedience to the brigade commander, Chen Ziming reassigned the combat objectives according to the new plan, which enabled Tainan to take it in two and a half hours.

The entire Taiwanese campaign. From the point of view of comprehensive analysis after the fact, if the Second Brigade is a dagger that kills people closely, then the First Brigade is a kitchen knife with a blunt one. When Lu Wan's telegram was sent to the Hsinchu Division, the division commander Lu Mengxiong laughed and scolded after reading the telegram: "What a fucking shit luck!" Then he frowned and asked, "Where did the first brigade go?" ”

took Lu Mengxiong's telegram. Chief of Staff Hu Cheng smiled after seeing it, and said, "Just take Taoyuan, it is estimated that it will be at night before you can attack Taipei." You can't be too anxious, we are fighting steadily and steadily, step by step, fast and slow, Keelung and Tamsui estuaries are blocked by submarines, and the Japanese can't run; Lu Xiangrui is there, he is there. Can the Japanese not be harmed? ”

"Hey!" Lu Mengxiong thought of the current war, very discouraged, the landing was not smooth at the beginning, first a storm, so that the fleet deviated from the voyage, originally to Taoyuan, did not expect to arrive at Hsinchu more than 20 kilometers away, although Hsinchu was quickly taken after landing, but the Japanese police fled a lot during the siege of the city, these people went all the way north. The abruptness of their own existence and, most importantly, the ascension of the Baath Army to power will soon cause an international uproar. If the British really abide by the Anglo-Japanese alliance agreement and try to help Japan keep Taiwan, then things will be in trouble.

"Give Zhu Yujie a death order, you must take Taipei City before dark!" After thinking about things for a while, Lu Mengxiong said categorically. "Also, don't be idle over there in the Second Brigade, there is still a brigade of Japanese troops in Taichung, so I'll leave it to him."

"Yes, Commander!" The chief of staff did not squeak. The adjutant immediately gave the order.

After the telegram was sent to the 1st Brigade, Brigade Commander Zhu Jiande was anxious after reading it. He only took Taoyuan at this time. And the vanguard only reached Yingge, which was still more than 20 kilometers away from Taipei City. Moreover, Dahan Creek, Xindian Creek, and Tamsui River are intertwined, and there are many mountains between Taoyuan and Taipei, so the Japanese army really has to defend it, and I am afraid that it will also arrive under Taipei tomorrow.

"Is there any other way?" Zhu Jiande asked the local leader of the volunteers, but the Fujian people could not understand the Sichuan dialect, but fortunately, there was an adjutant interpreter.

"There's another road, but not the railroad." Lin Taizong of the volunteer team said, he pointed to the east of Taoyuan on the map and said, "Enter the mountain from Hutou Mountain, walk 20 miles along the mountain to Huilong, and you can see Taipei City here." It's just that this is not a big road, and I am afraid that I will not be able to carry much baggage, and I am afraid that the Japanese will ambush me in the mountains......"

There were 2,000 mules with the army, and the mountain guns could be disassembled and dragged by mules, and the shells could also be placed on the mules' backs; However, hearing the Japanese ambush, Zhu Jiande hesitated, "Are you familiar with the mountain road?" He asked, thoughtfully.

"Familiar, we walk this road every day, I said that the ambush is just in case," Lin Taizong said.

"Let's go here!" Zhu Jiande clapped his hands and said, "The first regiment is under the command of the chief of staff and continues to attack Yingge Railway Station and Shanjia Railway Station along the railway line, and I will take the second regiment to go around lightly from here!" ”

"Jade Ladder ......" Chief of Staff Lu Yuequan said, "The mountain road is difficult, let's take the second regiment there, if there is an ambush in Little Japan, there will be good fruits for them to eat." ”

Lu Yuequan is a native of Shengzhou, born in the Yanzhou base area, and mountain warfare is commonplace, so he said that Zhu Jiande was not reluctant, and only said: "Then you can go." Remember to break through the mountains as quickly as possible, and don't make a detour when you reach Huilong, just attack Taipei directly. According to the intelligence, there are about 2,000 Japanese troops in Taipei, and there will be no more than 4,000 policemen. ”

"Understood!" Lu Yuequan took off the cloth hat on his head and replaced it with a steel helmet, saluted and went out.

Although Governor Sakuma Zomathei transferred about a brigade of troops to Hualien in an attempt to eliminate the two resistance forces of Taroko and the Volunteers, Taipei, as an important place in Taiwan, still garrisoned about 2,000 Japanese troops, which was actually the strength of Taiwan's 1st Wing. At eight o'clock in the morning, after learning that the Chinese army had landed in Hsinchu, the entire Taiwan Governor's Office was in a panic, and only the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Uchida Gyorge, laughed when he heard the news.

A bunch of people panicked but Uchida Cargill laughed, and finally someone asked Your Excellency why he was laughing, Uchida Cargill was waiting for this question, he said happily: "China and Kyoto are about to be occupied by the Empire, and attacking Taiwan is just a strategy to attack the east and west, and there will not be too many troops landing, so if we are scattered, it is better to flee into the mountains and wait for an opportunity to resist with the living domain." Didn't the Renaissance Army do this in Zhejiang before seizing the whole of China? So this time the Zhina army was just a feint, and what they really had to do was to support the resistance forces in Taroko. ”

Uchida Cargill said. The bureaucrats of the Governor's Mansion immediately felt a lot more at ease, but when everyone walked back, Uchida Gyagi asked the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Tasho Hiromi Daisa, to contact the Navy immediately. He also ordered the 1st Infantry Wing Suzuki Shugoro to lead the team to hold the line of Kashika Yingkayama, and finally he personally wrote a letter to several heralds. Demand that it be immediately delivered to His Excellency the Governor, who is besieging Taroko. After this qiē was dealt with, he hurriedly asked the British consul in Tamsui to inform him of the attack of the Chinese army, so as to seek diplomatic support.

Uchida Cargill's arrangement is not proper, but his actions in Taipei directly caused Yang Rui, who had just had lunch, to be approached by Zhu Erdian.

"Your Excellency, your country is attacking Taiwan......" Zhu Erdian originally wanted to talk about aggression, but he thought that the Japanese army was still on the territory of China. The word aggression was really unspeakable, so I had to change my words: "...... The war would be made larger, and the fact that the Anglo-Japanese alliance would make Great Britain obliged to fight in concert with the attacking allies. In the spirit of friendship between Britain and China, I strongly urge your team to immediately stop the war in Taiwan and immediately withdraw to Fujian. ”

The British had already guessed that they would come, Yang Rui looked at Zhu Erdian's extremely angry appearance, yawned and said, "Mr. Minister, you weren't bought by the Germans, were you?" The Germans have been persuading us to join the Allies these days. and declared war on Britain and France, to which I did not agree, but Your Excellency. As soon as they came, they said that they were going to go to war against our country, what is the reason? ”

Yang Rui has been paying attention to the battle on stage last night, and only went back to the room in the morning to squint, he was too sleepy, and now he was talking and yawning, and Zhu Erdian was unhappy for a while, especially the meaning of Yang Rui's words was threats and accusations, which made him even more unhappy. Unable to hold back, he stood up suddenly, and finally warned: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister. There was a limit to Great Britain's patience, even as war was going on in Europe. Great Britain's fleet was still capable of sinking any provocateur to the bottom of the sea. I now solemnly inform your country that if you do not withdraw your troops from Taiwan. That would face the wrath of Great Britain! ”

Zhu Erdian seemed to be giving an ultimatum, and Yang Rui also got up and said after hearing it: "Mr. Minister, this is the most shameless blackmail I have ever heard, my country and Japan are in a state of war, the Japanese can attack our China, but my China can't attack Japan?" What's more, Taiwan is the territory of China! Your Far Eastern Fleet can sink any provocateur to the bottom of the sea, but please think carefully about the consequences of doing so, Mr. Minister, is it really necessary to go to war for the sake of the Japanese and our country, and every Qiē that your country has gained here for 70 years will be buried? Is it worth it for a worthless Japan? ”

Unlike before, Zhu Erdian bowed down after listening to Yang Rui's answer after the threat, and he left extremely calmly, as if nothing had happened. However, with Yang Rui's understanding of him in the past few years, he knows that this time has really made the British really angry, and they have no room for maneuver, if Britain really gives up Japan for the sake of interests in China this time, then it will be criticized morally in the international sense, after all, since the alliance treaty has been signed, it must always be fulfilled.

Seeing Zhu Erdian's back disappear into the courtyard, Yang Rui took steps and then ordered Li Zilong to invite Xie Zhangtai over, and then asked Xu Jingxi, "How is it in Taiwan?" ”

"Shun lì for the time being." Xu Jingxi said a little vaguely, "The progress of the Tainan side is going well, and the Taipei side is only occupying Taoyuan now because of the deviation course, and it is estimated that it will not be able to reach Taipei at night." ”

"What about Taroko?" Yang Rui does not seek to occupy Taiwan within a day, what he thinks is to settle the problem within three days.

"The fighting over there was also fierce, but the Japanese had not yet entered the mountains, and the fighting was basically fought outside the mountains. Once the Japanese army learns that our army has landed and Taipei is unstable, then they will be in a dilemma, and then they will ......" Xu Jingxi elaborated on the plan behind it, but Yang Rui listened absent-mindedly, he thought about how the British would say anything about their landing in Taiwan? There is no fear of declaring war, but it is better not to declare war. I was thinking about these things here, and Xie Jintai came after a while.

"Actually, isn't Zhu Erdian here?" Xie Zhangtai knew what the Renaissance Army would do today, so he guessed why Yang Rui came to him.

"Well, it's been here." Yang Rui extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, then took out another cigarette, paused it on the cigarette box twice, and put it in his mouth to light it again. "The rhetoric is very intense, and I think 80% is the worst outcome."

Xie Jintai looked at the way he lit a cigarette and found that he was a little distracted today, so he smiled and said, "Didn't you discuss the worst outcome before?" Now that the Germans have not invaded France, they will not be so arrogant if they really wait for the fire. ”

Watching the war between China and Japan. Xie Jintai was fully aware of the cruelty of the war, and now there was no large-scale exchange of fire in Europe, and the British certainly had no pressure. If you really want to play for several years as Yang Rui said, then things will be easy to do.

"It did. In your judgment, between us and Germany, in the eyes of the British, who is the greatest threat? In the silence of the study, Xie Jintai asked again.

"Germany, of course." Yang Rui exhaled a puff of cigarette and leaned softly on the back of the chair, somehow, he was very tired today.

"As long as we don't threaten India, we don't do anything that threatens India. Britain I don't think it's going to declare war. "In fact, the role of Britain in the fight in Europe cannot be underestimated, and Sir Grey may have been able to mediate the conflicts between the countries in the last few days, but he has done nothing, and it is said that two days before Germany declared war on Russia, he was still fishing for the weekend." That is to say, it was Britain who allowed the situation in Europe to deteriorate, and eventually led countries to war; And, without the support of France. Russia did not dare to support Serbia with all its might, and without the support of Great Britain, France did not dare to promise Russia. This shows that in the eyes of Britain, Europe is its most important place, and Germany is its worst enemy.

The British had already made a choice last month, and between us and Germany, they chose to deal with Germany first. I think they all think that the war in Europe will not last, and that it will not be too late to punish us when Germany has been defeated. ”

"But I'm just worried that they think the war in Europe won't last long!" Yang Rui interrupted. "If Britain goes to war against me, business will be delayed. Although the U.S. side has already said it, this means that we can only focus on the Americans......"

As far as the situation in Eurasia is concerned. At the beginning, Britain and Russia played the offensive and defensive games, and waited for Germany to replace Russia's role. During the Russo-Japanese War, Germany tried in vain to break the situation and support Russia's eastward invasion, but Britain, Japan and the United States joined forces to beat Russia back; At the time of Xinhai, Europe was in a hurry, and China took a free ride on the head; However, the start of the Sino-Japanese war last year brought East Asia to a downward spiral, and it was only last month that the situation finally reversed. In this floating around, China has so many windows of time, if you really don't catch it, it will really be ......

"Let's make an appointment with the French minister." Yang Rui thought about it for a long time, and felt that he still had to do something.

"See the French?" Xie Jintai said strangely, "Actually, thousands of mechanics are in Germany at this time, if you are too friendly to France, then the Germans will be unhappy." ”

"There's no way to be unhappy!" Yang Rui said, "Now I can only find the French." In my opinion, in recent years, the first important thing is Taiwan, the second is to make money, the third is to make trades, and the fourth is North Korea. Whether Taiwan can be occupied, between making money and technicians, or making money, how can you run factories, build schools, and build railways without money? Those mechanics Germany will not do anything to them, at most they will just ignore them where they are. ”

"What about Qingdao?" Xie Jintai also roughly understood the importance of Yang Rui's choice, but he felt that Yang Rui's approach was too inappropriate, would Britain declare war? As far as Xie Jintai's judgment is concerned, it will not be possible, and it will take at least a few months of mediation, and wait for the war situation in Europe to be clear, and also wait for the war in Gyeonggi to be clear, and then the final decision will be made. There is really no need to make overtures to the French now.

"If the Germans don't return Qingdao, then let's go get it." Yang Rui said.

"Hey! If you want me to say, it is better to find the French than to announce the war against Russia in the northeast. It is better to shock the French than to ask the French, and the army made the posture of going north to Harbin and entering Vladivostok. Once there is a crisis in the Far East, Russia will be distracted in Europe, but now Germany is fighting westward with a tendon, and if Russia really wants to draw troops to the Far East, the French will be the first to scream. Xie Jintai suggested, and after he finished speaking, he added, "It's done, the rule of the law of the jungle, but it's better to show favor than to show the knife!" ”

Xie Jintai's last sentence of 'It's better to show favor than to show the knife' made Yang Rui suddenly sober up, he patted his head and laughed at himself: "If you care, it's messy!" If you care, it's messy! Then do as Brother Chong'an said, and immediately hold a press conference to report on the annihilation of the Russian army......" But he said that he thought of the little Japan outside the capital, and was afraid of his head again: "But in this case, the Japanese outside will not be able to sit still." ”

"Can you withstand it?" Xie Jintai asked with concern. Although the announcement of the annihilation of the Russian army can deter Britain and France from acting rashly, the Japanese are afraid that their buttocks are about to catch fire.

"If you can stand it, you have to stand it!" Yang Rui said. "Right now! Hurry up! Press conference!! ”

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the leftover girl Lu Bicheng, who was dressed in full costume and graceful, showed her demeanor on her stage again, but this time the news in her mouth was much more attractive than her whole person, when she heard the words "the Russian army has been completely annihilated yesterday......", there was a sudden buzz in the venue, even Chinese reporters couldn't believe this extremely shocking news, after the noise, when Lu Bicheng announced that the following questions could be asked, countless arms were raised.

"May I ask Lord Lu, did our army defeat the Russian army, or did it completely eliminate the Russian army?" The first to be named was Huang Yuansheng, a reporter for the Imperial Daily. As soon as he said that the Russian army was annihilated just now, his mind was buzzing, and he didn't hear what Lu Bicheng was saying clearly, and then he asked the reporter next to him, and everyone said that they didn't hear it clearly.

"Wipe them all!" Lu Bicheng's eyes scanned the manuscript again and replied. In fact, she was also shocked by this, thinking that Japan and Russia were also 200,000 against 200,000, but they had been fighting for more than a year, and now they have surrounded and annihilated 200,000 Russian troops in three days, which is really unimaginable.

Lu Bicheng once again confirmed that the Russian army had been completely annihilated, which caused a commotion in the hall, and before he could ask questions, a foreigner reporter stood up and shouted loudly in half-baked Chinese, "This is impossible!" It's a scam at all! ”

The foreigner was so unaware of him, and Lu Bicheng pointed at Morison again. In the noisy hall, Mo Lixun was actually confused, and it was only when Lu Bicheng answered Huang Yuansheng's question that he felt that the matter seemed to be true, at least the government really announced it. After Mo Lixun was called, because of the noise, he said twice in a row that Lu Bicheng did not hear the question, so the woman got up, picked up the gavel used by the judge and slammed the table a few times, and shouted, "Silence! Quiet! Quiet! ”

The woman shouted, and the hall finally fell silent, and only then did Moritson's voice be heard by everyone: "Just now I heard that your ** team has annihilated the Russian Siberian Legion and is preparing to march north. How many troops are moving north, and what is the purpose of the northward march? Is it to capture Vladivostok? ”

"The commander of the Russian Siberian Corps, Colonel-General Samsolov, has committed suicide in defeat, Lieutenant General Misichenko of the 1st Corps has been captured, Lieutenant General Kamv of the 2nd Corps was killed last night on the bank of the Liao River, and our troops found his body early this morning. The photos of these three people killed and captured will be published in the newspaper tomorrow and the day after tomorrow," Lu Bicheng once again emphasized the authenticity of the news he had released, and then answered Morisun's question: "After our army annihilates the Russian Siberian Army, according to the established plan, we will send the Sixth Army Li Liezu's division to the north, which has three regular divisions and six reserve divisions, totaling more than 110,000 people. As for whether the ministry will go east to capture Vladivostok after purging the Russian troops in Harbin and other places, it depends on the actions of the Russian army in Mongolia and other circumstances. ”

"May I ask Ms. Lu, what is the other situation?" The reporter's acumen allowed Morrison to grasp this word worthy of deep study.

"Other circumstances that qiē deems necessary." Lu Bicheng replied. She then called on the next reporter, this time French.

"May I ask Ms. Lu, your country has signed a contract with Russia, if you attack Vladivostok, does it mean that the contract is invalid?" The Frenchman asked. Before he came, he wanted to ask about the capture of Taiwan by the Renaissance Army, but now that the Russian army has been completely annihilated, the Far East will also be lost, and Taiwan was thrown aside by him in an instant.

"The contract only promised our country not to intervene in the war in Europe, but our country and Russia are in a state of war, as long as the war takes place in Asia, it is not a breach of contract by our country." Lu Bicheng Road. This was the first time that the government had admitted to signing a secret treaty with Russia, and it was also the first time that the scope of the war against Russia had been announced. (To be continued).