Beiyang reactionaries

What Seishiro Itagaki and other young officers meant was simple.

Make things big first, but don't expand the scale of the war.Make the current situation tense and force the Japanese military and cabinet to send more troops to the Korean peninsula.As long as there are more troops on the Korean peninsula, there will be opportunities to compete with China in the future.As for the Chinese government and army, although there was a war two years ago, these Japanese military officers still underestimate China.I don't think that the Chinese government dares to expand the war, at most it is self-defense.

"it is good."

Okamura Ningji finally nodded.

do it.

It has come to this point, there is no room for retreat.

"Report."

"what happened?"

"The captain, the plane, the plane of the Chinese army. Our observation post found a large number of Chinese planes and flew north."

"North?"

Gangcun Ningci was stunned for a moment, but quickly said: "No, the Chinese army is going to attack our troops assembled on the opposite side of the river. How dare the Chinese army, how dare they air attack our troops."

Neiji Okamura and Seishiro Itagaki rushed out.From a distance, you can see the planes of the Chinese army flying to the north. There are dozens of planes.The young military officers like Gangcun Ningci originally thought that they were going to stir up trouble and bring in their own military and cabinet.But they haven't done anything too serious yet, so why did the Chinese army fight back first.

"Itagaki-kun, your judgment is wrong, and our judgment is wrong. The Chinese government and the Chinese army are not afraid of fighting at all now. Quickly, call the Governor's Office, the Chinese army is likely to make a big move."

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"Bastard, bastard."

Neiji Okamura and Seishiro Itagaki hurried to the north, and what they saw was a mess.In order to focus the attention of the Chinese army here and give their own regiment a chance to attack sideways, three regiments with about 8000 troops were gathered on the opposite side of Linjiang across the Yalu River.

This time, the gendarmerie that wiped out North Korean resistance forces in the North Hamgyong and South Hamgyong regions was almost completely concentrated on the Linjiang side.Of course, there are many other troops in the northern part of the Korean peninsula, but they will not be able to catch up for a while.

Of course, with so many troops concentrated, the Japanese army never thought about fighting directly with the Chinese army.

Just for a confrontation, let the Chinese army release the surrounded Japanese army.It is the idea of ​​some young officers who want to attack the Chinese army in a roundabout way.But who would have thought that the Chinese army took the lead in counterattacking before the Japanese army made a detour. On the morning of May 1925, 5, the planes of the Chinese army suddenly launched an air strike against the concentrated Japanese army.

More than 20 fighter jets and more than 40 bombers participated in the air strike.Regardless of the small number of aircraft, aerial bombs and machine gun fire caused huge casualties to the newly assembled Japanese troops.The Japanese army did not expect that the Chinese army would attack them suddenly, and they were much less prepared.

Duan Xun's development of the army is completely different from that of the Japanese army.

Japan develops the army, and most of the military expenditure is currently spent on the navy.This has a lot to do with Japan being an island country.But China is a mainland country, and the most important thing is the army.Although it also has a long coastline, the Chinese government has neither money nor technology accumulation.The development of the navy is not something that will produce results in a short while.Therefore, after Duan Xun took over Beijing, the military expenditure for the navy was pitifully small.

Even what the Chinese navy is currently doing is not the navy's business.

Duan Xun wished that the navy would be directly assigned to the General Administration of Customs, and let them be responsible for suppressing pirates and inspecting smuggling, as a maritime police force.Although some new warships have been added in recent years, they are all built by Wuchang Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard themselves, and no new warships have been purchased from abroad.Wuchang Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard built warships not for the development of the navy, but more for the accumulation of technology.

As China's economy develops, so does shipping.Many shipping companies in China now buy ships from abroad.The price of a ship is very expensive, especially those ocean-going ships, the price is even more expensive.China also hopes to be able to manufacture its own ships and seize this market.Therefore, China is also trying its best to develop its own shipbuilding industry. The few warships received by the navy are completely taking advantage of it.

The navy needs too much money and a lot of technology.At present, financial difficulties and insufficient technical reserves, so Duan Xun mainly focuses on the army and air force in the development of the army.Military expenditures are spent on these two aspects.

In order to guard against Japan's naval superiority, Duan Xun paid great attention to the construction of the air force.Among the military expenditures, the military expenditures of the Air Force are reviewed and allocated separately.

Among the international students sent abroad in recent years, there are not a few foreign students who study aircraft manufacturing.It is to build China's aviation industry.

But Japan is different.

Japan has suffered financial difficulties in the past few years and has been reducing military expenditures, but mainly to reduce military expenditures for the army.The navy is still supported, and the reduction of military expenditure is far less than that of the army.

Even the army and navy are like this, and there is not much support for the air force.It should be said that in the current situation in Japan, Japan has no air force at all.The strength of the Japanese military is divided between the army and navy, and it is impossible for a new branch to be born.Regardless of whether it is the army or the navy, they will not allow other forces to divide power.Therefore, the so-called air force in Japan was developed by the Japanese army and navy themselves.

The Japanese army and navy have spent less and less military expenditures in recent years.The army can only take the road of elite soldiers, while many warships of the navy are currently in shipyards, and they have no money to continue building halfway through.So where do they have the funds to form their own aviation unit.

The Japanese Army and Navy have just begun to form aviation headquarters at the end of last year.At present, the total number of aircraft in Japan is only about [-], and more than half of them are trainer aircraft and transport aircraft.

In terms of air force construction, the Japanese army is already far behind China.

"Where's General Honda?"

"Brigade leader, brigade leader..."

"roll."

Gangcun Ningci was furious.

I have already understood that in this air strike, the Chinese plane actually killed the brigade commander and a general of the Japanese army.The head of the brigade was killed, and many people who followed him must have been killed too.

Seeing the mess and casualties here, Okamura Ningji's face became more and more ugly.Neiji Okamura yelled at Seishiro Itagaki: "We are all wrong, all wrong. The Chinese government is no longer the former Chinese government, and the Chinese army is not the former Chinese army. Our thinking is too simple. The Chinese government and The Chinese army dared to go to war and dared to fight back."

"Itagaki-kun, look at it, look at it. General Sugiyamahara has asked the military department to attach importance to the development of aviation units several times, but the military department has not fully paid attention to it. The Ministry of Army Aviation Headquarters was only established at the end of last year. And after its establishment, until now There is no specific plan, and the development of the aviation force is too slow. What is the result? You can see for yourself that the planes of the Chinese army bombarded our troops recklessly. In the war two years ago, the Chinese planes brought huge casualties to the imperial army But we don’t pay attention to it, the anti-aircraft guns equipped by the troops are limited. If we don’t develop our own aircraft force, even if our idea is successful, can we defeat the Chinese army? How can we defend against the Chinese army’s overwhelming aircraft.”

"Okamura-kun, calm down."

Seeing Ningji Gangcun so excited, Seishiro Itagaki immediately pulled Ningji Gangcun.But Okamura Ningji didn't calm down, instead he shook off Itagaki Seishiro's hand at once.

"Calm down, how can I be calm. The situation on the peninsula is going to be completely broken."

Okamura Ningji pointed to the mess after the air raid, and said: "Itagaki-san, the troops here are the main force of our military police division. Look, look, although I don't know the exact number of casualties, but The casualties will definitely not be less than a thousand people, and so many weapons and ammunition have been lost. The vitality is severely damaged. The entire northern part of the peninsula does not have enough troops to maintain the situation. It is chaotic, it is going to be chaotic. Hurry up, here The Governor's Office reports the situation here. It is required that the Governor's Office seek help from the country as soon as possible, and the reinforcements must arrive as soon as possible. Otherwise, the situation on the peninsula will be completely out of control. When the strength of the rebels on the peninsula continues to increase, it will not be easy to suppress them .”

"kindness."

Seishiro Itagaki nodded.

Itagaki Seishiro is a senior staff officer of the North Korean Governor's Mansion, a staff officer with the rank of Dazuo, and is very highly regarded by the above.All he has to do is to report his judgment to him as soon as possible.

"Mr. Okamura, your analysis is correct. In the past few months, the strength of the rebels has become stronger and stronger, their numbers are increasing, and their weapons and equipment are getting better and better. We can only stabilize the situation. Those rebels must be getting more and more arrogant."

Itagaki Seishiro's face also became serious.In recent months, the situation on the Korean peninsula has been chaotic.In the beginning, the Korean Independence Army became more and more active, but with the activeness of the Korean Independence Army, a large number of resistance forces also emerged in North Korea.

More importantly, those rebel forces in North Korea have more and more weapons.Although those people didn't have much military training, they couldn't stand the crowd.

Some powerful resistance forces even have thousands of people.And those small-scale resistance forces also have dozens or hundreds of people.There are hundreds of such resistance forces, or even more.

These people cooperated with the Korean Independence Army to attack those Japanese grassroots institutions and attacked some small units of the Japanese army that were left alone. It is still very effective.There are only two divisions in the hands of the North Korean Governor's Office, and it is currently barely maintaining the situation on the Korean Peninsula.Now that the gendarmerie division has lost so much, the situation is about to collapse.

"Mr. Okamura, I can't stay on the front line anymore, I want to return to the Governor's Mansion as soon as possible."

Itagaki Seishiro came to the front line this time just to stir up trouble.Now that such a change has taken place, he must return to the Governor's Mansion.Not only to complete the work, but also to contact people in China to see what to do in the current situation.

"En. I'll arrange a car for you so that you can feel the train station as soon as possible."

"it is good."

"United Captain."

"what happened?"