Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Kolchak nodded. On November 11, 6 million Russians who followed Kolchak left Omsk. However, unlike in history, they did not follow the railway to the Far East, but went south to Ala. In the Republic of China, the world was shocked for a while. Where is Kolchak going? . .

Wang Zhenyu didn't know that the goddess of luck was already waving to him. He had just approved a secret telegram sent by the general staff of the Northern Expedition Army at this moment, and he was not in a good mood. . .

A day later, by the Yellow River, Jiang Zhiqing, the chief of staff of the Third Division of the Youth Army in military uniform, was looking at Shanxi on the other side of the river with a telescope.

It's funny to say that when Wang Zhenyu recruited Jiang Zhiqing back then, this kid didn't give any face at all, and directly rejected the recruitment.But later, under the pressure of life, Jiang Zhiqing entered the European Expeditionary Force as a political cadre on the recommendation of Dai Jitao.After two years of hard work, he only got the rank of brigadier general in the youth army. At this time, Jiang Zhiqing's mentality also changed dramatically.From a follower of Sun Wen to a backbone member of the Youth Army.He realized that the future of political cadres was very limited. In order to change this, in order to continue to maintain a life of having a car in and out and a servant at home, Jiang Zhiqing threw all his revolutionary ideals back to Sun Wen, and he chose to become a military cadre.The chief of staff of the third division major general is a good position, but Jiang Zhiqingzhi is not here. What he wants is to become the division commander and the core figure of the youth army.

And this battle in Shanxi may be a rare opportunity for him to realize his ambition.Jiang Zhiqing is already a general, it is absolutely impossible for you to let him go back to be a bum in Shanghai.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhiqing coughed and said: "Order to go down and cross the river..."

Chapter 454 Battle of National Fortune ([-])

Just as the security department made a major breakthrough in Russia and the Northern Expeditionary Army's Left Army entered the Shanxi area to fight, on the Shandong battlefield, a very intense debate took place within the Northern Expeditionary Army.

This debate was unprecedented, and it was the first time that Bai Chongxi had a major disagreement with Jiang Baili.

"Jiansheng, with your approach, we are going to have big problems. Have you considered the political impact and risks?" Jiang Baili was taken aback by Bai Chongxi's plan just now.Lao Bai is Lao Bai, his ideas are really wild, and the original battle plan has been completely negated by him.According to the original plan, the youth army took advantage of Jinan, a place that the Japanese army must attack, to concentrate its superior forces to carry out a defensive operation, and strive to consume the active forces of the Japanese army to the greatest extent.But when Wuhan decided to liquidate at once, Bai Chongxi quickly vetoed the original plan.It was replaced by a bolder and more terrifying plan, at least Jiang Baili thought so.

According to Bai Chongxi's strategic thinking, the original Jinan defense war eventually turned into a siege and annihilation war.Specifically, Bai Chongxi planned to use Zhang Zizhong's first division as a bait to continuously attract the main force of the Japanese army to Jinan, and then pretended to be defeated and threw the big bait of Jinan to the Japanese army.As long as the Japanese army entered Jinan, the various departments of the Northern Expeditionary Army immediately encircled it, cut off its communication lines, and controlled the key terrain around Jinan.

Having recognized this point, Bai Chongxi did not waver in the face of Jiang Baili's doubts: "The loss of Jinan can have any political impact. Our final annihilation of the Japanese army is a main goal of this war. I believe the commander-in-chief is I understand, as long as he is satisfied with the final answer sheet we handed over, he won't care about the little things before."

Jiang Baili knew that Bai Chongxi was a stubborn person in essence, and he would not look back on things he was sure of.He sighed and said, "What about the people in Jinan? There are 10,000+ people."

"All transfers, the city's walls were cleared, and our army began to build defensive positions facing Jinan from the west and south of Jinan. The artillery calibrated the shooting elements. In addition, the armored forces and the air force were on standby. I guess the Japanese army was Zhang Zizhong. I wouldn't be so stupid as to drive all three divisions into Jinan. The logistics support line must be focused on defense. But they are too arrogant. Three divisions and such a long communication line, even if I don't show my unique skills, The bandit soldiers under Sun Meiyao alone are enough for them to drink a pot, and I have never met such a stupid opponent in all these years of leading troops."

Jiang Baili shook his head in disapproval and said: "Don't think that they are easy to deal with. Even if the Japanese army made a mistake in strategy, we may not be able to get any advantage at the tactical level. We are the one who suffers accidentally. Jiansheng, defensive warfare and Siege warfare is completely two different styles of play, you have to think carefully, the number of casualties alone is very different."

Bai Chongxi said very disdainfully: "How can anyone survive in a war? What does it matter how many people die?"

"You..." Jiang Baili was choked and speechless this time, and he suddenly remembered what kind of person Bai Chongxi was.All the way from the Yuan Dynasty, Bai Chongxi, who bears the title of the No.1 general of the Youth Army, is full of bones of soldiers from both the enemy and us. This is a guy who will do whatever it takes to win.

The upper management reached a consensus on strategic decision-making, and the order conveyed to Zhang Zizhong was much clearer, just two words "lure the enemy".

This lure to the enemy is easy to say but not easy to do. It is too unbelievable. After all, the youth army is famous. If you are defeated at the first touch, it is estimated that the commander of the Japanese army will give up the pursuit.Similarly, it's not okay to be too fierce. If you behave too vigorously and destroy the young mind of the imperial army, the consequences will also be very bad.If the Japanese finally retreated to Qingdao, relying on the navy's firepower advantage, it would be enough to cause headaches for the entire youth army.So luring the enemy is really a technical job, and not ordinary people can play it well.

Zhang Zizhong was obviously not as loyal and honest as he appeared on the outside. He had already drawn up a whole set of plans to lure the enemy. This plan was absolutely unprecedented, so that Zhang Zizhong's subordinates were amazed as soon as he threw it out.

However, Zhang Zizhong had already established absolute prestige in the entire First Division through a series of military exploits, so although everyone expressed serious incomprehension of his order, they still chose to carry it out.

As the arrow of the entire Japanese army, Shigeru Honjo's division rushed towards Linzi without hesitation. On November 11, the vanguard troops of China and Japan had an encounter. The battle lasted only 19 minutes. * The team voluntarily withdrew and the battle ended.A total of 15 Japanese soldiers were killed and 21 were injured.What shocked Ben Zhuangfan was that the Chinese soldiers did not leave even a single corpse behind, which shows how leisurely their retreat was.In the next two days, there were eleven battles between the Chinese and Japanese armies, all of which ended in victory for the Japanese army without exception, but the casualties were also increasing. In the largest battle, the Japanese army suffered more than 35 casualties.The only thing that pleased Shigeru Honjo was that although the Chinese army fought very tenaciously, a large number of corpses began to appear on the battlefield, which shows that the Chinese people lost their previous calmness.

On November 11, less than five miles away from Linzi, the Chinese and Japanese armies launched a relatively large-scale fierce battle.During the battle, Zhang Zizhong's first division bombarded the Japanese army with heavy artillery. One battalion leader and two squadron leaders of the Japanese army were accidentally hit, and they went back to see their Amaterasu.In this battle, the Japanese casualties directly broke five hundred.However, the Chinese army obviously had a problem with the use of firepower. Soon their infantry defense line was broken through, and the two French heavy artillery were killed by the Chinese army before they could retreat in time. On November 22, Honzhuang Fan ordered the attack on Linzi regardless of the fatigue of the Japanese army's days of fighting.

But Zhang Zizhong ordered to defend to the death, and the battle lasted for two full days. The Japanese army took Linzi after paying the price of more than a thousand people.Zhang Zizhong organized the first division to continue to retreat.Shigeru Honjo was very worried about his failure to defeat the No. [-] combat unit of Southern China. He couldn't wait for the two divisions that were still on the way, and he was determined to continue to pursue them.

But they immediately suffered a big loss, because Zhang Zizhong didn't have much appetite for a division of Benzhuang Fan.

The battle took place in Zhoucun, and this battle had to be fought.In the past five days, due to Zhang Zizhong's order, the First Division lost all the way. The upper-level officers knew that this was to lure the enemy in, but the lower-level officers and soldiers did not understand this.What's more terrible is that the cultural literacy of the officers and soldiers of the first division is generally higher than that of other divisions, which also makes them less blind to obey the orders of their superiors.They are very dissatisfied with the continuous retreat. You must know that these guys usually rely on themselves as soldiers of the first division, and see that other brother troops use their nostrils. Although the other brother troops hate this, they are helpless. Yu's First Division had outstanding military exploits, so he endured it.If the First Division loses all the way and eats it all the way this time, then it is probably my turn to look at other people's nostrils in the future. Thinking of this, the officers and soldiers of the First Division will stop doing it. They have found their respective officers and asked for a good job Fight against Little Japan.

The morale of the army is available, and Zhang Zizhong, who is worried that Fanzhuang Fan's solitary advance will eventually destroy his overall situation, also decided to deal a heavy blow to this arrogant Japanese division.

Zhoucun, a place not far from Linzi City, became Zhang Zizhong's first choice. He summoned the officers above the battalion and gave a lecture: "We must give Little Japan a head-on blow at this place, lest they be too arrogant and destroy our plan to lure the enemy into deep." plan. I ask you to show your best form and give Little Japan a lesson that will be unforgettable for their entire lives."

When the Miyagi Brigade, the vanguard brigade of the Honjo Fanshi Regiment, appeared in Zhoucun, it was first hit by a volley of artillery from the First Division.For the first time since the Shandong landing, the soldiers of the Miyaki Battalion felt fear. They really couldn't imagine that the firepower of the Chinese army could be so fast, so fast that they couldn't bear it.In this first round of shelling, the [-] Japanese soldiers in the entire Miyaki brigade immediately suffered more than one-fifth of the casualties, and the entire marching ranks were also in chaos.

Immediately after the first division, the 103rd and 104th regiments launched a charge, and rushed directly to the road where the Miyaki brigade was located, and beat up the Miyaki brigade who had not yet figured out the situation.

The power of grenades and bayonets has always been advocated by the Japanese army, but this time it was used on the Japanese army without exception.The grenades of the Chinese army slammed towards the Japanese army like raindrops as if they didn't need money. Captain Miyagi himself was hit by a grenade in this round of grenade rain, and was thrown violently by the impact of the explosion. Towards the sky, Miyaki struggled hard when he landed, and then rushed to the Yasukuni Shrine.

The Japanese army was really tenacious. After losing the captain, they still tenaciously searched for all bunkers and tried their best to fight against the Chinese squadrons that flooded in like a tide.They frantically pulled the trigger and fired the bullets in their rifles desperately. When the Chinese soldiers got closer and closer to them, they knew they were doomed and they would roar and jump up again, bravely using bayonets to fight The Chinese people risked their lives.It's a pity that they are like stones thrown into a wave of waves, they disappear as soon as they stir up a little wave.

The battle lasted only 15 minutes and ended. The First Division also created a tactical precedent this time. Zhang Zizhong ordered to use all the MP18 submachine guns that had just been issued. common means of the enemy.The Japanese army was the first batch of victims, and the concentrated use of [-] submachine guns had a very obvious effect. Those brave Japanese soldiers were unceremoniously knocked down by the submachine guns as soon as they jumped up. All the officers and soldiers can only die collectively. . .

Chapter 455 Battle of National Fortune ([-])

"Bagaya Road!" Yuheng Yicheng let out an astonishing roar in the headquarters of the dispatched army in Qingdao, and all the staff officers of the headquarters kept silent to avoid being shot.

Ben Zhuangfan is still an honest person, and the loss of a whole brigade would be unjustifiable if he didn't report it.This is also a fine tradition of Japanese soldiers, and the behavior of shameless politicians who whitewash their achievements will never appear at the level of Shigeru Honjo.But this also brought him a reprimand from General Yuheng Yicheng, the commander of the dispatched army headquarters. In the telegram, Yuheng Yicheng made the most severe criticism of Benzhuang Fan's solitary advance.He told Benzhuang Shige very clearly that if similar incidents happened again, he would immediately commit seppuku and apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, and the dispatched army headquarters was not interested in giving him any punishment.

Benzhuang Shige first looked at the telegram in his hand, and then at his slightly swollen wine belly, feeling chilly.Although there is no chance of seppuku, any fool knows that it is definitely not a comfortable thing to cut a hole in one's stomach with a small knife.So Fan Zhuang immediately ordered to stop the attack and wait for reinforcements. At the same time, out of anger, he actually ordered his troops to rape and massacre more than 1 Chinese people in Linzi County. It is said that he wanted to punish them for not cooperating with the Imperial Japanese Army. For his stupid behavior, Linzi became a hell on earth for a while. . .

Afterwards, both China and Japan expressed great anger at Shigeru Honjo's actions. The Nanjing Nationalist Government ordered that all officers and soldiers of Fanjo's division would not accept surrender, and that any captured prisoners would be executed on the spot.As for Japan, Prime Minister Keihara Hara and Minister Lu Tanaka reprimanded Yuheng Kazushige, the commander of the Shandong Dispatch Army. Do they know the purpose of the imperial army sending troops to Shandong this time? Is it to punish the Southern China tyrants or to conquer China?

In China, it was the "Shenzhen" that first disclosed the Linzi massacre. On the third day of the massacre, the newspaper obtained the oral materials of the survivors through the help of the youth army, and angrily reprimanded the Japanese army in a series of publications. atrocities.The Nationalist Government then authorized the two houses of the National Assembly to take decisive action to forcibly expel Japanese diplomats stationed in China.At the same time, with the support of Wang Zhenyu, Xiong Xiling ignored the opposition of Sun Wen, the chairman of the National Government, and issued an order as the Prime Minister of the National Government to take over all Japanese businessmen's industries in China during wartime, and forcibly expel all Japanese personnel in China. Executed as a spy.

In Shanghai, the Japanese Concession in Hongkou was taken back by force by the Squadron the day after the National Government’s order was issued. The 600 Japanese Marines stationed in the area naturally rejected the Squadron’s persuasion and surrendered. Recalcitrant.The 802nd Regiment of the Chen Yuxin Department of the Eighth Division stationed in the Shanghai area, and the 803rd Regiment, under the personal command of the chief of staff, General Long Yun, attacked the Japanese army relying on twelve armored vehicles specially equipped by the Military Commission.The 2200th Division, which had an overall superiority in firepower and troops, smashed the resistance of the Japanese army very quickly, and broke into the Hongkou area in one fell swoop despite the protests of the British and French consulates. It is conceivable what happened afterwards. All the Japanese in the concession area totaled [-]. Everyone is missing! ! !

However, before the Japanese had time to protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nanjing Nationalist Government, all diplomatic personnel were expelled, and even the representative office was not given up.In the end, the Japanese side could only protest to the Beijing government in embarrassment, and the Beijing government does not even have a president now.

Although there is no president, the troubles of the Beijing government are equally astonishing. After hearing the news of the Linzi massacre among college students in the capital, the anger accumulated in the May [-]th Movement in the first half of the year was once again ignited.The angry students directly attacked the Beijing State Council and other administrative agencies, demanding the severance of diplomatic relations with Japan and the declaration of war.They also tried to go to the Generalissimo's Mansion, but seeing Feng Jun's bandit soldiers suddenly began to take off their pants in public, the female students turned around in fright, and the boys had to follow behind.The students also stormed Dongjiaomin Lane and demanded that the ministers of the great powers intervene.I don't know if the effect is obvious or not. Anyway, Zhang Zuolin in Ju Ren Tang is now fidgeting.Moreover, Yang Yuting, who just came back secretly from the front line in Shanxi, also brought a very bad news. About five divisions of Wang Zhenyu's youth army have entered Shanxi, and Feng Jun's Shanxi operation has missed the best time. Sun Liechen and Zhang Jinghui, who were intimidated by the reputation of the youth army, both gave orders to the troops to stop the attack.If it wasn't for Zhang Zuolin who was still on top, they probably would have retreated across the board this time.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Zhang Zuolin looked up to the sky and sighed dumbfoundingly: "Could it be that this world is destined to belong to him, Wang Zhenyu? I'm not reconciled! I'm really not reconciled!"

But Yang Yuting, known as Little Zhuge, stood beside him but didn't know how to comfort the old man. He could only say to the old man: "Marshal, things are not that bad. The key is Shandong, the key is Shandong! Do you think we should send Zhang Zongchang and the others went to help the Japanese."

Zhang Zuolin's eyes lit up when he heard these words, but they dimmed in an instant: "No, no, it's okay if the incident in Linzi doesn't happen, now let Little Japan do this, we have to send troops to beat Wang Zhenyu at this time Then you will become a traitor to his mother. It is a small matter to lose the country. If you are called a traitor, your children and grandchildren will not be able to lift their heads. It will be a big problem. Don’t mention this matter again. I will die when I die, little Six sons and the others still have to continue to be human."

Seeing Zhang Zuolin's firm attitude, Yang Yuting could only sigh. . .

The impact of the Linzi massacre in Shandong is still further fermenting. Wang Zhenyu, who is already a national political leader, can only grit his teeth. He has more important things to do because Kolchak has come.

In Xinjiang, Kolchak was surprised enough to stuff an egg in his mouth, and 125 million Russian immigrants were temporarily resettled in Ili, Tacheng, and Aksu.This separate arrangement is also to avoid the possible risk of rebellion. After all, Wang Zhenyu took the risk of being exported by the Bolsheviks to accept these White Russians in order to strengthen himself.If the final result is that these White Russians make trouble on their own territory and stand on their own like the Ukraine of later generations, then Wang Zhenyu will have a lot of fun.

What really surprised Kolchak was that the Chinese seemed to have known they would have such a day.Gu Zhenglun conscripted 60 Muslims early on, ordered them to build houses enough for 100 million people to live in, and sent a large amount of supplies enough for so many people to survive the winter.You must know that there is no railway in Xinjiang at this time, and every grain of grain is sent by these Muslims from Lanzhou to Dihua, and then from Dihua to the above three places.

As for Kolchak's 40 troops, it was naturally ordered to be disarmed by the extremely arrogant General Wu Peifu.It would be a lie to say that Kolchak didn't have any careful thinking, but Wu Peifu's 30 border guards are not vegetarians. Kolchak decided to make an honest book after roughly estimating the combat effectiveness based on the soldiers' mental outlook and equipment. Part of the Russian peasants.

However, Wu Peifu didn't do anything wrong. The so-called disarmament was actually very face-saving to Kolchak. He didn't confiscate the rifles of these Russians, but only confiscated their heavy weapons and bullets.Each Russian soldier is only allowed to keep one round of ammunition and four blank rounds symbolically, which is already the maximum, and according to the order, these Russian soldiers were separated from other Russian immigrants, and they were arranged in the Luntai area Stationed, but officers with family members are allowed to report to the above-mentioned areas one month later.

Next, the whereabouts of these Russians will require Kolchak to go to Wuhan to have an interview with Wang Zhenyu, the supreme commander of the Youth Army.

Kolchak flew from Yili to Dihua in a small passenger plane with 17 people. Here he and his twelve main deputies transferred to a 38-seater medium-sized plane and flew to Lanzhou.

Staying in Lanzhou for a day, Gu Zhenglun, who is currently feared by the whole Northwest, actually hosted a special banquet for Kolchak and his party, because this big devil in the eyes of Muslims in the Northwest got a little wind through his relationship in Wuhan, and the Wuhan side planned to bring These White Russians have become the backbone of the construction of the Northwest, and I am working so hard in the Northwest now, and when Wu Peifu is transferred in the future, the seat of the Northwest King is not my own. . .

It was already the afternoon of November 11 when Kolchak arrived in Wuhan, and he was taken aback again when he entered the city from the airport.Counting from the end of the War to Protect the Country, after four years, Wuhan has been built into an international metropolis.With a population of over one million, a large number of brand-new European modern style buildings and traditional Chinese classical style buildings abound. Cars and trams can be seen in this city at any time. People in the whole city wear all kinds of clothes, full of Vigorously working and living in this city.

From this scene, Kolchak vaguely felt that a country full of vitality was rising, although Japan, one of the integrated powers, was currently fighting in this country.

And when Kolchak drove across the newly completed Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and entered the East Lake Special Zone where the Military Commission is located, they were shocked again.The well-planned special zone, imposing buildings, and well-disciplined security forces all demonstrate the strength of the ruler of this ancient oriental country.

When the Yuanfang Building appeared in front of these Russians, they were completely stunned. Such a building with a strong military color actually appeared in an ancient eastern country. Such a country and power should not be underestimated by others.

However, when Kolchak praised Wang Zhenyu face to face out of European habits, Wang Zhenyu smiled very casually and said: "It's just some face project, and it can be done if you have money. The strength of a country cannot be relied on." These useless vanity projects depend on brave soldiers, hardworking citizens, and imaginative scientists and technicians."

Chapter 456 The Battle of National Fortune ([-])