Chapter 485: The Power of Guerrilla Warfare
"The Japanese army is massacring your compatriots and killing your friends on your land, look at these photos, this is what the Japanese are doing."
Xue Ju was in front of a group of young Russians, giving them a lecture, and as he spoke, he took out a large number of pictures and placed them in front of these Russians, all of which were taken by war correspondents from various countries at their own risk, and among these pictures, the Japanese did a detailed record of what the Japanese did.
Looting wealth, defiling women, seizing land, slaughtering people. There were also photographs documenting the situation in the laboratory, all of which were put in front of the eyes of these Russians. This is a group of young and vigorous young men, many of whom have been soldiers, they have fled to China because of the war, but their hearts are still in Russia after all, and when they see such a picture, most of them are filled with righteous indignation, and their fists are clenched unconsciously.
Xue Ju saw this situation and a satisfied smile appeared on his face, this was exactly what he wanted to achieve.
"There are now two ways before you, which is to continue to be like a coward, evading the responsibilities of war, and sitting back and watching your fellow citizens be slaughtered; Or stand up bravely and use your hands to destroy the damned Japanese and send them to hell? ”
In the face of questioning, a few Russians seemed to want to shout some bloody slogans, but there were also many more Russians who were terrified, they were a bunch of bare-handed guys who wanted to fight the Japanese regular army armed to the teeth, it was purely for death, and no one wanted to do that.
Xue Ju continued: "You don't have to be afraid, the Japanese are not as strong as you imagined, and you can defeat them with appropriate tactics. In the vast wilderness of the Far East, the only lifeline is the Trans-Siberian Railway, and if you open it, the train will not be able to pass. The Japanese would lose their supply of arms and food. All you have to do is shoot them outside their barracks and you can keep them awake all night. This is the essence of guerrilla warfare, constant harassment, constant destruction, and one day, the Japanese will not be able to bear it, and then the victory you are hoping for will come. ”
Since Zhang Tinglan decided to use the method of driving away the tiger and devouring the wolf, he naturally wanted to let the Russians give full play to their value. Agitation to the Far East in vain is all goods sent to death, and only basic combat skills are handed over to them. Especially the idea of guerrilla warfare, so that the Russians could hold out for a while longer and the Japanese would pay more.
"In times of war, no one was able to escape, and more and more refugees fled to China. We will not be able to take you in, and we will soon have to expel all the refugees. If you still rely on China, you don't go. You have to pay a huge life bond. Or they enter a labor camp and rely on hard labor in exchange for subsistence funds. ”
Xue Ju walked around this group of Russians and said with a sneer: "Go back to Russia and fight bravely, you have the opportunity to become a hero and stay in China." You're just a reptile that no one cares about. From now on, all you have to do is promise to return to the Far East, you can take twenty of your men with you, and you can get weapons. If you still want to be cowards, get out of here and be a coolie until I'm exhausted!" ”
These Russians have heard Xue Ju's words, they have no way out, China has decided to deal with them, stay as coolies, the chance of survival will not be too great, it is better to fight, more and more young Russians nodded in agreement.
Xue Ju asked someone to take them to the refugees to find the middle-aged soldiers, and after selecting them, he took them to the weapons depot. For these guerrillas, there is no need for any good weapons at all, and if a real standard rifle is handed over to them, not only will it not be used, but it will also cause trouble.
Therefore, all the guns provided by the Feng army were obsolete and scrapped, all of them were old-fashioned rifles, and there was also a little bit of Japanese-made equipment. In the past two years, the Feng army has already completed the redress, and the garbage of the past has been thrown off, except for the sale to the Tu Emperor in the northwest, the rest has been given to these guerrillas.
In addition to the guns, each team was given a map, twenty days' rations, and two hundred pounds of explosives. In addition to these basic supplies, the Feng army also generously gave 200,000 yen to each team. The Russians had basically never seen so much money, and they were all stunned, and the money alone was worth their fight.
According to Zhang Tinglan's style of acting, how can he do a loss-making business, all this money is a holiday yuan printed by Fengtian. When these guerrillas returned to the Far East with huge sums of money, their currency was perhaps more powerful than guns. It can directly destroy the financial order in the Far East, completely collapse the logistics system of the Japanese, and play an unparalleled lethality.
After everything was ready, these people were quietly sent across the Heilongjiang River by fishing boats at night and returned to Russian soil. There is a long border between China and Russia, which is simply unguardable, and several hundred guerrillas return to the Far East in one night, and nearly 2,000 can be sent over in one night.
After these Russians returned to the Far East, most of them did not have the courage to confront the Japanese, so they could only hide and live on a large amount of yen. But among these people, there are always those who are unwilling, and there are always those who want to gamble.
In addition, the Feng army revealed the news to Ivanov, at this time Ivanov was desperately fighting with the Japanese, the Japanese soldiers in the direction of Vladivostok were desperately attacking Boli, Ivanov's subordinates suffered heavy casualties, and if they continued to fight like this, the whole army would definitely be scattered. Moreover, what is even more fatal is that Japan has mobilized troops from Chita and other places to form a situation of a north-south flank, so that Ivanov will definitely be defeated.
So when he got the available soldiers, he was simply crazy. Underground organizations in various localities were immediately mobilized to bring them forward to integrate these guerrillas.
The arrangement of the Feng army was very reasonable, a squad of twenty people and a leader was enough to complete a small attack. If you gather three or five squads, you can easily destroy a section of railroad, or even attack a small logistics base.
As soon as the gang was sent to the Far East, a series of attacks began. The Far East itself is sparsely populated and the Trans-Siberian Railway is long, which means that it is full of loopholes and is extremely vulnerable to attack.
What's worse is that the Trans-Siberian Railway is built on semi-permanent permafrost, which requires frequent maintenance, and it is very difficult to repair it after a little damage.
Some of the attack squads included Russian veterans, who were very experienced, and they were able to bury hundreds of pounds of explosives under the railway at a time, which could blow up a large crater of several tens of meters. After they blew up the railway, they would take the railroad tracks away, which would make it more difficult to repair it, and they wouldn't have half a day to solve the problem.
On the entire line, once there are so many destroyed points, the transportation of the entire line will be affected, and the Japanese still want to transfer troops from Chita and other places, but after this situation occurs, their troop transport Jihua is completely paralyzed.
After these guerrillas succeeded in succession, their courage continued to grow, and the local residents were dissatisfied with Japanese rule, and they all became troublesome. Picking up railways, attacking military camps, firing cold guns and cannons, destroying logistics points, and capturing and killing pro-Japanese factions, the Far East was as lively as if it had started a big show.
After the chaos spread, the Japanese cabinet was finally shaken, and they were not idiots, they were still thinking about quickly eliminating the majority party, but according to the current trend, their garrisons in Chita and other places would be in trouble. If the logistics line is not opened, Chita's troops will face the dilemma of running out of food and ammunition.
Tens of thousands of troops are deep in the hinterland of other countries, lacking logistical supplies, and they can figure out the fate of the next step with their toes. And not only the situation in the Far East has deteriorated, but the sanctions imposed by the great powers have also made the Japanese feel painful, and if this continues, Japan's domestic economy will collapse.
These days there is no news everywhere, and Japanese Prime Minister Hara Kei finally couldn't sit still, and he gathered all the cabinet members to discuss countermeasures.
Admiral Minister Yuzaburo Kato was the first to speak: "Recently, the empire is facing a series of troubles, there is pressure from the United States and Britain, there is resistance from China, and there is also turmoil in the Far East, it seems that things are complicated, but there is always one most critical crux, as long as we find here, we can solve the problem!" ”
"Well said, then do you think weishenme is the key?" Yuan Jing couldn't help but ask.
"I think the cause of the incident is Zhang Zuolin, and it is precisely because of the Zhang Zuolin incident that we have a dispute with Fengjun. Immediately after that, the United States and Britain and other countries believed that the empire intended to expand, and they would use every opportunity to put pressure on the empire. Later, due to the non-cooperation between China and the United States and Britain, we had trouble in the Far East, so I think the key is for His Excellency the Foreign Minister and Fengjun to reach a settlement. ”
"I'm against it!" Tanaka Yoshiichi said loudly on the side: "Reconciling with the Feng army means giving in to the people of China, which is a desecration of the dignity of the empire, and it must not be agreed!" ”
"There are more than 60,000 Japanese warriors in Chita and other places, who are starving for food and clothing, and if they don't have supplies, they are in danger of annihilation. Once we have reconciled with the Feng army, we can use the Middle East Road to send them supplies and mobilize our troops, so that the Russian majority can be easily eliminated. ”
Kato did not argue with Tanaka about any dignity issues, but directly said the benefits of cooperating with the Fengjun, and it is true that the Middle East Road was originally a double line of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and if it could be opened to Japan, the benefits for them would indeed be amazing!
One is face, the other is real benefits, it is indeed a little difficult to choose, at this time, suddenly a secret message was sent to Yuan Jing's hand.
Yuan Jing opened it and looked at it, and suddenly his eyes were dark, and he almost fell on the table, and after a while, he said: "Lieutenant General Tachibana Koichiro was martyred in the Far East." (To be continued......)