It is precisely because of this idea that Chen Qimei turned to attack Hangzhou after parting ways with Wang Yiting and others.I hope to seize the capital of Ningjiang Province in one fell swoop and establish my own strength.

Zhou Jianping didn't know that there had been a split within the Revolutionary Party. He thought that the other party had other good plans, so he dared to divide his troops into two ways to seize various key points.No matter where the opponent captures, at least he must take Guanghai City into his hands now.

The fierce battle by the Huangpu River lasted for several hours. After dawn, the entire post-gold army in Guanghai City began to gather in this direction, and the pressure on the factory guard team was increasing.In order to increase the effect of killing the enemy, many soldiers established positions on the bank building. They relied on the scarcity of Houjin army artillery to destroy the building, and used the high and low firepower distribution of windows on several floors to kill the Houjin army from all directions.

Even so, the battle of the factory protection team is still very difficult.Zhou Jianping mobilized troops from the factory twice in a row, but he was still unable to stop the attack of the Hou Jin army.I don't know what kind of benefits Master Daotai promised the soldiers this time, but the Hou Jin Army showed rare combat effectiveness.

Even though they were beaten with heavy casualties, the soldiers of the Hou Jin Army continued to charge repeatedly.By noon, the guard team had been forced to abandon two lines of defense, and the guard had to retreat to the last few blocks near the two bank buildings.

After all, the members of the factory protection team were not from regular military training camps, and their technical and tactical level was far behind that of the Zhongchuan regular army.In such a fierce battle, this gap was undoubtedly revealed, and Zhou Jianping only felt that it was very difficult to deploy manpower.

In fact, commanding the factory protection team was already very difficult for Zhou Jianping, who had just arrived in Guanghai City for a few months.It is very difficult to accept such a team that is not professionally trained and the personnel are very unfamiliar, and it is very difficult to do it well in such a short period of time.What's more, Zhou Jianping still needs to allocate insufficient manpower to defend the two industrial areas. With such a command level, even if Cai E comes, he can't be stronger.

Now that the Hou Jin army is attacking head-on, no matter how powerful Zhou Jianping is, it is difficult to compete.At this time, he began to consider whether to order people to move all the money in the bank vault across the Huangpu River, and the army withdraw to the factory area, relying on the help of the Huangpu River and the navy to stick to the position along the river, so that the defense effect will be better.

Chapter 4: Trends of Great Powers

Zhou Jianping is considering the gains and losses of withdrawing across the Huangpu River, and the battle situation on the front line is getting more and more severe.The firepower of the factory protection team was too high and the firepower was getting weaker and weaker, and the warships on the Huangpu River were afraid of accidentally injuring their own people and could not shoot. It seemed that the third line of defense was about to be breached.Suddenly a loud bugle sound resounded through the sky, accompanied by the soaring shouts of killing, countless soldiers in grass-green military uniforms appeared from everywhere.While shooting at the Hou Jin Army with the weapons in their hands, they attacked the rear of the Hou Jin Army from both wings and completely surrounded it.

Threatened by the rear, the Hou Jin army, which had been going forward bravely, suddenly became a mess.The bullets fired from all directions left the Hou Jin army nowhere to hide, and the completely blocked escape route made them nowhere to retreat.In desperation, Liu Yanyi of Guanghai City Road had no choice but to order surrender.The factory protection team immediately cooperated with the reinforcements to disarm the Hou Jin army, and at the same time dispatched a large number of small teams, quickly occupying important places in the city.

"Zhou Jianping, you played well." As soon as he met Zhu Daizhen, he excitedly gave the elementary school boy a bear hug.Two top students in different grades have known each other since their school days, and they both admire each other's abilities very much.Under the sympathy of each other, the two officers, who were six years apart, became good friends.

This time Zhu Daizhen personally led troops to rescue Zhou Jianping. He was extremely anxious along the way, otherwise he would not have been so hasty with the tasks along the way, and set off as soon as he captured the fort along the river.Fortunately, Zhu Daizhen made rapid progress. It only took more than ten days to fight all the way from Zhongchuan to Guanghai City. Only then did Zhou Jianping be rescued at a critical moment, otherwise the Guangming Group would suffer some losses.

Although the factory guard team in Guanghai City suffered heavy casualties, its flaws were not concealed. The staff headquarters used such a risky leapfrog tactic to preemptively occupy Guanghai City, the economic center in the southeast of Hualan, and at the same time control a series of forts along the river.It can be said that from this time on, Zhao Shouhong has become the biggest beneficiary of this national revolution.

"Report, there is movement in the garrison in the concession, and they seem to be gathering." An officer came to report the emergency military situation.Zhou Jianping has thought carefully. He has long thought that under the civil strife in Hualan, those imperialist countries will definitely not let go of this opportunity to reap benefits.So he sent elite soldiers to monitor the concession early in the morning, and the other side really made moves after dawn.

In fact, in the public concession, the Japanese people have long wanted to fish in troubled waters.However, the public concession is jointly managed by thirteen countries, among which the Saar people are the most powerful, followed by the people of the White Eagle Kingdom.As for the Japanese people who don't even have a seat on the board of directors of the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, they can only yell at the periphery.

The consulates of various countries are placed in the concession, and according to the "Gengzi Treaty", they have the right to send a small amount of garrison guards.Since the last stock market crash, in order to better invade the Houjin Empire and squeeze the blood and sweat of the Hualan people to alleviate the country's economic crisis, the Wa Kingdom has continued to increase troops to the consulate.In the name of defending the consulate, they secretly increased the strength of the troops stationed in Guanghai City to a brigade of 800 people.

This time there was a riot in Gwanghae City, and the Japanese people felt that they saw an opportunity to gain benefits. After calling the government, the consulate decided to send all the Japanese troops of the entire brigade into the urban area of ​​Gwanghae City, taking advantage of the fierce battle between the Jin army and the revolutionary army. , wantonly looting.

Although there was no consent from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Japanese people secretly assembled an army and sent troops at night.The Gauls also had the same thoughts as the Japanese. When the public concession was first established, the Gauls did not join the public concession because of conflicts with the Saar people.As a result, Guanghai City has always maintained two major concessions, one is the public concession formed by the alliance of thirteen countries, and the other is the isolated Gaul concession.

Now seeing the Hualan people messing up themselves, they also want to profit from it.It's just that today's Gauls have long lost the bravery of Napoleon's era, and the troops stationed in the concession are all colonial troops, and their quality is even lower.The gathering speed of the Gauls slowly increased, and they fell behind the Wa people.Sometimes being slow is not a bad thing. It is precisely because the Gauls were procrastinating in doing things that they escaped later.

Hearing that the foreign troops in the concession had moved, Zhu Daizhen frowned: "These guys want to take advantage of the fire? It seems that if you don't beat them, Guanghai City will be out of control in the future. Let's go and see which country it is from." The army, we need to find a weaker power to act, so as not to cause trouble for the chairman."

"Those people are all faces from the Eastern Continent, and they look like Japanese people." The officer replied.

Zhou Jianping nodded: "That's right, among the countries in the public concession, only the Wa Kingdom is a country in the Eastern Continent. If there are people from the Eastern Continent participating in the war, they must be from the Wa Kingdom."

"That's great. I'm just worried that I won't have the opportunity to try Japanese swords with Japanese people. They are here." Zhao Shouhong has always instilled in his subordinates the concept of hostility to Japanese people, so that there are always people in the army who use Japanese swords. Thoughts, now that the other party comes to your door, Zhu Daizhen doesn't want to let it go.

The ignorant Japanese soldiers were marching south along Jing'an Temple Road from Hongkou District under the leadership of Kishi Nobuzaburo.They wanted to bypass the French Concession and secretly plunder the wealthy Guanghaicheng County.It's a pity that they didn't know that a small team had already targeted them.

The Japanese brigade crossed Jing'an Temple Road and entered the Alpe Road along the edge of the Gaul Concession. This was built by the Gauls who crossed the border to build roads, and it is now the edge of the Gaul Concession.The Japanese did not dare to invade the Gaul Concession, so they marched southward along this road.Zhu Daizhen received the news very quickly. He knew that if the Wa people were allowed to go on like this, it would be very difficult for him to eat up this small army.Therefore, Zhu Daizhen immediately ordered to send a reconnaissance platoon to actively attack the Japanese people and lure them into his ambush circle.

When Wa Kingdom was about to cross the Gaul Concession and was about to enter the residential area of ​​Guanghaicheng County, a series of bullets suddenly shot from the flanks of their team.The sudden attack did not disrupt the Japanese team, and these well-trained soldiers immediately fell down and started shooting at each other.

Seeing that the Japanese had attracted their attention, the reconnaissance platoon immediately pretended not to support and retreated quickly.Kishi Shinsaburo, Lieutenant General, had never looked down on the Hualan people. He retreated immediately after seeing the opponent fighting. He thought it was because the Hualan people's fighting awareness was too weak.Excited, he immediately commanded the whole army to pursue, hoping to capture these Hualan soldiers alive, so that he could bargain with the Houjin government for some benefits in the future.

In this way, lured by the reconnaissance platoon, the Japanese chased down along Lafayette Road.The reconnaissance platoon fought and retreated, but the Japanese pursued them without any hesitation. They were very angry that the small Hualan troops dared to challenge the majesty of the Japanese army, so they had to teach them a lesson.

Chapter 4 and Three Ambush the Japanese Army

Unknowingly, the Japanese brigade led by Kishi Shinsaburo crashed into the ambush circle carefully arranged by Zhu Daizhen.The dense bullets suddenly shot from the roofs on both sides, knocking down the Japanese who had been chasing them in marching formation.Kishi Shinsaburo was taken aback by the sudden attack, and only then did he realize that he had been fooled.Annoyed, Nobuzaburo Kishi didn't believe that the Hualan army could cause much damage to the Japanese army. He immediately drew out his command knife and yelled at the soldiers, "Give it up."

"Banzai." As the Japanese soldiers chanted long live, they charged towards the front line of defense that was spouting flames with bayonet-mounted golden hook rifles.Using flesh and blood against machine guns is a pig-rushing tactic created by Nogi Noki, the Japanese army god.In order to reduce the consumption of resources, the Wa people always try to overwhelm the opponent with momentum and resolve the battle with bayonets.Nogi Xidian has already tried it once outside Lushunkou, and it turned out to be very unsuccessful. Unexpectedly, the Japanese people remember to eat but not to fight. Many years later, they still use this pig-like tactic to fight intensive shooting.

For the stupidity of the Japanese people, Zhu Daizhen would not appreciate it, and the blocking troops immediately responded with fierce machine gun fire.In the narrow streets, the Wa people were attacked from three sides, but they still wanted to break down the opponent's spirit with a group charge in the spirit of Bushido. This is simply a stupid way.

Japanese soldiers rushed forward one after another, but in the face of intensive machine gun fire, they were still unable to cross the thunder pool.Kishi Nobuzaburo stared at the front with absent-minded eyes. He couldn't believe that the 800-man Japanese army brigade was killed and wounded in just 10 minutes.

Thinking that he had lost to the weak Hualan people, Kishi Nobuzaburo couldn't help but his face was hot, and his blood-red eyes looked at the sharp command knife in his hand.Convinced of the Bushido spirit, he turned his command knife without hesitation, and stabbed the tip of the knife into his abdomen.

The Japanese military officer who invaded Hualan ended his sinful life by cutting open his stomach in a very irregular way.It's a pity that he didn't know that because of his untimely death, General Nobusuke Kishi, who should have had a prominent position in the history of the Japanese country, would become an orphan.

Zhu Daizhen also did not expect that the Japanese people would be so stupid to fight against the machine gun fire with their flesh and blood, and the battle ended so quickly.It was too late to clean up the battlefield, Zhu Daizhen immediately took people to the next battlefield, because the scouts came to report, and the Gauls were also dispatched.

The slow-moving Gauls spent two hours just gathering their troops. This 300-strong Gaul infantry battalion is actually just a colonial army. Most of the soldiers are either retired veterans or Jing people recruited from the southeastern peninsula. Just enough to suppress ordinary people.

Seeing that the number of people was almost assembled, and the gunfire in the city gradually subsided, Major Henry, the Gaul battalion commander, thought that the time had come, and he immediately led the team to set off.The goals of the Gauls and the Wa people are different. The Wa people just want to rob and make a fortune, while the Gauls want to cross the border to occupy some areas and expand the scope of the Gaul Concession.

The Gauls chose the same route as the Japanese by mistake. Soon after Major Henry led the team out of the Gaul Concession, they found that they were blocked by a temporary position piled up with sandbags.Facing the black muzzle of the gun, the proud Gaul also felt a little scared.

After seeing the Hualan people on the opposite side, Major Henry stepped forward and shouted in Hualan: "Where are you from the army? How dare you block the way of the Gaul Army. I solemnly tell you that if you don't get out of the way, I will regard you as a war against Gaul."

The officer blocking the road was the infantry battalion commanded by Liu Wenhui. He was so angry that he heard the unreasonable words of the Gauls.Because he didn't want to be an enemy of the Gauls, Zhu Daizhen didn't carry out an ambush this time, but blocked it openly, hoping that the Gauls would retreat in spite of difficulties, but now the Gauls obviously don't want to retreat.

Liu Wenhui still shouted with his sleeves behind the sandbag: "Who are you to invade Hualan's land?"

"We are the Gallic Army. Get out of the way quickly, or we will shoot." Major Henry was extremely arrogant. In his opinion, the Hualan people were soft-boned. Just a few words of scaring would be enough to scare them away, but this time he Clearly miscalculated.

Hearing what the other party said, Liu Wenhui sneered and said, "If you dare to shoot, this is not the Gaul Concession. If you shoot, it is equivalent to an invasion of Hualan. I advise you to return to the concession as soon as possible, otherwise we will Take all necessary action."

"You bastard, you're talking to me like that. I'll let you know how powerful the Gaul Army is." Major Henry said angrily.If he was driven back in such a disheveled manner, he would lose face in the future.

"All the officers and soldiers obey the order, and the bullets are loaded and ready for battle. As long as the opponent dares to shoot, we will resolutely fight back." Liu Wenhui gave the order, and there were sounds of pulling the bolts of the guns.Behind the sandbags, there were at least ten Mark machine guns sticking out, aiming at the Gauls in front.Suddenly, a large number of soldiers appeared on the roofs on both sides. They held rifles and aimed at the Gauls in the middle of the street.

Major Henry was so frightened that his hair stood on end. He didn't expect that he would fall into the trap set up by the Hualan people without a sound, which made him feel extremely humiliated.Just when Major Henry wanted to desperately order the troops to open fire to save face, several foreigners suddenly rushed over.They ran and shouted: "Stop, put down your guns, don't fire."

Everyone followed the prestige and found that it was the directors of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the public concession.Seeing that it was a native of the White Eagle Country, Major Henry had no choice but to order the soldiers to close their guns and wait for the opponent's arrival.

Out of breath, Mike, the director of the White Eagle State, ran to the front and shouted at the Sichuan army: "Please put away your guns, we have communicated with the Zhongchuan government, and hope that everyone can live in peace."

"Put away the guns first, and be vigilant." Liu Wenhui waved his hand, telling the soldiers to raise their rifles, but those machine guns were always pointed at the Gauls.

Mike turned to the Gauls again and said, "Major Henry, you are really reckless this time. We are not barbarians. If you want to send troops to Hualan Kingdom, you must have a suitable reason. Now you have not communicated with any allies, and you are doing it without authorization." Taking military action will greatly dampen the feelings of all the allies, and I have lodged a formal protest to Gaul on behalf of the eleven countries of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.”

Major Henry was taken aback by Mike's words. Before he arrived, he was instructed by the Gaul minister. At that time, the minister said that he had communicated with the embassies of various countries, and the Gaul army could act at will.But now Mike, the director of the White Eagle Country, said that the ministers of various countries did not know about it, which is really unbelievable.

Chapter 4 and Four: Controlling Guanghai City

In fact, this matter is easy to explain. The Gauls have always been unwilling to merge the Gaul Concession into the public concession, which makes the countries of the great powers somewhat grudged.In particular, although the Saars signed an agreement with the Gauls, they were feuds in history after all.Although they are now united under the pressure of the Teutonic state, they are still wary of each other.

Seeing the Gauls want to expand the concession now, the Saar people feel very uncomfortable, but they are allies after all, and they always have to live with face.Fortunately, Shen Ruoxue's Hollywood consortium can speak to the White Eagle Consulate in Guanghai City, and four of the five White Eagle country directors in the public concession are from the Hollywood consortium.Therefore, under her instruction, the directors of White Eagle Country supported Director Saar to intervene in this matter.

With the support of the people of the White Eagle Country, and the fact that the White Eagle Country contacted several other national directors in the public concession, this gave the Saar people the confidence to intervene.Of course, in consideration of the face of the allies, this matter must be handled by the people of White Eagle.After the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry passed the motion to intervene in this matter, several directors of the White Eagle Kingdom took on the heavy responsibility of stopping the Gauls.That's why they appeared in front of the Gauls at this time and said those very tough words.

"The order I received was to occupy the nearby blocks and establish a defense line. The civil unrest in Hualan has seriously disturbed the safety of the Gaul Concession. We must establish a quarantine area to prevent the mob from directly attacking the Gaul Concession." Major Henry's remarks can be described as Hooligans to the extreme.But today's big power countries are not like street hooligans. As long as they are strong, they will bully others. It is already a great face to find an excuse.

Hearing Major Henry's shameless remarks, Liu Wenhui said loudly: "According to the previous signed treaties, the Gaul Concession does not seem to be that big. You crossed the border and built roads, which has violated Hualan's sovereignty. Isn't this quarantine area too big? I I advise you to give up unrealistic delusions, otherwise you will bear all the consequences." The battalion commander Zhu Daizhen chose is definitely a talent.As one of the biggest warlords in Zhongchuan in later generations, Liu Wenhui had a clear mind and quick thinking. Major Henry was speechless and didn't know how to answer what he said.

Mike bit the bullet and said: "Major Henry, I think it is inappropriate for the Gaul army to dispatch at this time. You should lead the team back to the concession area and wait for the negotiation with the Hualan government. We should not change the status quo at will. Axiom.” In fact, Mike didn’t want to come this way, and he didn’t understand why the backstage boss was so partial to the Hualan people.For this strange policy, he can only explain that the White Eagle Kingdom hopes to suppress the Gauls' influence in Hualan and replace them.

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