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In March, the war in Europe continued to be anxious, and the Allies and Allied Powers were seeking opportunities to defeat each other in one fell swoop. Germany set its sights on the Eastern Front against Russia. Britain and France took advantage of Germany's focus on the Eastern Front and launched frequent attacks on the Western Front. Unfortunately, due to outdated tactics and the lack of powerful firepower that could break through the German trench defenses, the coalition forces not only failed to achieve the expected results, but caused heavy losses to their own side, and tens of thousands of people died on the way to attack.

After the signing of the Wardro-Austrian Treaty, Germany began to send troops into East Prussia on a large scale. According to the plan formulated by the German General Staff, Germany will organize a battle group of nearly [-] divisions to launch a large-scale attack on the Russian Army on the Eastern Front, trying to The Russian army was forced to encircle and wipe out the territory of Poland.

In order to cooperate with the German offensive, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Ottoman Turkey also began to mobilize troops to contain the Russian army.

Xin Ci, the envoy to China, sent a telegram to Lou Xiao, hoping that Huaxia would fulfill its previous promise and give Germany a certain degree of support.

Marshal Lou's call back was quick, and there were only two short words in the telegram: "Yes."

This telegram, together with Kaiser Wilhelm II's verbal promise to the envoys of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the outbreak of World War I, is called the two most famous "empty checks" in history.

After receiving the answer, Xin Ci immediately telegraphed to the country that the German army in East Prussia soon launched an attack on the Russian army.

After the telegram was sent, Lou Xiao immediately held a military meeting.

"Young commander, are you really going to beat the old man?"

Du Yuzhang, the commander of the second division, frowned. It is absolutely fine to beat the old man, but he signed an agreement with Russia after the negotiation. If he fights immediately, will he be criticized by outsiders?

Qian Boxi, the commander of the first division, didn't think too much about it, since the young marshal wanted to fight, he would fight.As for the thing signed with Lao Maozi, if you are willing to admit it, it is a contract, but if you don't want to admit it, it is a piece of waste paper.Don't say that his surname is Qian, isn't that the way the relationship between countries is?

Great Wisdom Ruoyu refers to people like Qian Boxi.

Wei Zongguo, Commander of the [-]th Division and Du Lanqing, Commander of the [-]th Division, who also attended the meeting, agreed with Qian Boxi. The young commander ordered that they never hesitate to lead troops to the battlefield!When those foreigners bullied Huaxia before, what morality did you talk to them?

Tang Yuhuang, the commander of the Sixth Division, and Pang Tianyi, the commander of the No. 60 First Division, hoped that Marshal Lou would give them the main task of attacking.

Although the two divisions have been integrated into the military system of the six northern provinces and have gained a firm foothold, they are not enough!

If you want to go one step further, military merit is the most real and most attainable!

The Battle of Manzhouli, the recovery of the South Manchuria Railway, and the border guards' actions in Siberia. Now Zhao Yue's third division has made great achievements in North Korea. Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi are more eye-catching than others. Similarly, their regiment commander and battalion commander They also wandered around the division headquarters all day long, just to see if there was any battle for them.Even the new recruits of the three new divisions have made a splash in Mongolia and Siberia. It makes no sense that veterans like them have no chance to make meritorious service on the battlefield.

Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi glanced at each other, both of them understood each other's meaning, and at the same time looked at Young Marshal Lou in front of the conference table.

Young Marshal Lou got up and walked to the map hanging on the wall, and the discussions in the room immediately stopped.

"The time is set in mid-April." Young Marshal Lou scanned the audience. Except for his voice, there was no other sound in the meeting room. "The attacking location, Khabarovsk."

After the Aigun Treaty of the Qing Dynasty and the Beijing Treaty, Tsarist Russia divided and occupied nearly 40 square kilometers of land from China. Khabarovsk, as an important military town in the Far East, was also assigned to its own plate by greedy polar bears.

Khabarovsk is what the Russian population calls Khabarovsk, the northwest is Hailanpao, which was just recovered not long ago, and the south is Vladivostok, which was also seized by Tsarist Russia.This town, located at the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Ussuri Rivers, has been seized by Tsarist Russia for more than half a century.

What the young marshal wants to fight is not Siberia, but Khabarovsk?

Marshal Lou raised his hand, his slender fingers slid from Hailanpao to Khabarovsk, stopped, continued down, and finally landed in Vladivostok.Everyone's hearts beat violently along with the line he drew until he stopped.

"Young commander, it's not a problem to take Khabarovsk." Wei Zongguo, commander of the Eighth Division, said, "But the Russian fleet is very difficult to deal with."

Vladivostok is an important seaport in the Far East. Even though the main fleet is in Europe, Russia still has a cruiser fleet patrolling and defending there.

"Vladivostok must be taken." Young Marshal Lou's voice was low, with an unquestionable determination, "First hit Khabarovsk and cut off the land traffic. As for the sea, there are other ways."

His words are orders!

The teachers stood up at the same time, "Yes!"

At the same time, the Third Division of the North Six Provinces in North Korea bombarded Pyongyang again.

In just 10 minutes, hundreds of shells smashed into Pyongyang. The barracks of the No. 19 Division of the Japanese Army and the location of the division commander's headquarters were all places of focus.

Not long ago, the Korean National Independence Organization headed by Li Dongdao erected the signboard of "National Salvation Army of Korea" and shouted the slogan "Expel Japanese colonists, Korea Independence". People with lofty ideals", from the initial 200 people to more than 3000 people.

These gathered people continued to harass the Japanese army garrison and attack the patrol team.The single Japanese army is walking on the road, 100% will encounter cold guns.

The nearby North Koreans also kept tipping them off.The reason why the bombing point of this bombardment was so precise that it almost killed Tachibana, the first division commander of the No.19 Division, in the house was also "inside" information obtained from the North Koreans in Pyongyang.

Li Dongdao and others, who were lying in ambush at the preset location, waiting for the shelling to end and taking advantage of the chaos to attack, looked at the black smoke and flames rising continuously in Pyongyang, with different expressions.

Li Dongdao and others were excited because they were able to recognize the situation clearly, switched from Japan to Huaxia intelligently, and bet on the right treasure, while others were stunned by the fierce artillery fire from the Huaxia people.

Many members of the Korean National Salvation Army defected from Seoul or even further south. Most of them have heard that the Chinese army has become very powerful. This is the first time they have seen how powerful it is.

Witnessing this shelling with their own eyes, they were absolutely not shocked at all.

With such a terrifying strength, if Japan is driven away, will North Korea be ruled by China again?

"Jin Xianzheng, what are you in a daze for?"

"Ah, sorry!"

"Don't be dazed anymore. After the shelling is over, we will launch an attack. We must show our strength so that the Huaxia people can continue to help us!"

"Yes!"

Jin Xianzheng responded immediately, and immediately put aside the thoughts that suddenly popped up in his head. In any case, their first task was to drive the Japanese away. As for whether they would be ruled by the Chinese again, it was not what they should think about now.Even if things really come to that point, they can turn to Western countries for help.

No matter how powerful the Chinese people are, can they fight against Western countries?

It has to be said that whether it is the "king" of North Korea or the "revolutionary" of North Korea, the structure of the brain is really not generally similar.

The so-called house slaves with three surnames are absolutely well-deserved.

The bombardment of Pyongyang was ordered by Marshal Lou, in order to give others the illusion that the troops of the six northern provinces were attacking the Japanese troops stationed in North Korea with all their strength, and to serve as a cover for the dispatch of troops to places such as Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.

As for why they suddenly launched an attack on the Japanese troops stationed in North Korea, it is easy to find an excuse. This is revenge for the previous assassination!

Although the six northern provinces have not announced the mastermind of the assassination, both domestic and foreign forces in China can find out one or two things behind the assassination.

The Japanese think they are doing it flawlessly. In fact, even the Italians can guess what these rice dumplings are made of when they are eating noodles.

The six northern provinces have completely grasped the initiative in this matter without announcing the assassination mastermind.Britain, France and other countries are still carrying suspicions, but they have to "thank" Lou Xiao for this.Who let the British have nothing to do and signed an alliance with the Japanese. Once the Japanese plot to assassinate Lou Xiao was exposed, the British would not be able to clean up even if they jumped into the Yellow River.What's more, John Bull's subordinates are not clean, otherwise, how can the intelligence personnel from the six southern provinces who were bought by the British explain it?Did he really just happen to enter the six northern provinces with Japanese intelligence personnel?

No one may believe that the head has been hit by a stone.

Whether France and Russia have a hand in this matter is completely unimportant, and everyone will bear the blame together.After all, the coalition forces of several countries are still fighting against Germany in the European battlefield, and it is not good for anyone to tear themselves apart with Britain.

As for Japan, Huaxia is willing to retaliate, so feel free.

Zhao Yue, the commander of the third division, put down the binoculars and looked at the watch on his wrist. When the minute hand slipped past another mark, the sound of the guns stopped abruptly.

At the same time, the Korean National Salvation Army ambushed in various locations, holding their rifles and shouting slogans, rushed towards the Japanese army who had been blown dizzy by the bombardment and their ears were still ringing.

The North Koreans moved quickly, and their morale was high. The Japanese were not slow to respond. Machine guns were set up quickly, and the sound of rattling bullets sounded one after another, and the momentum of the attack suddenly stagnated.Some North Koreans wanted to rush forward unwillingly, some turned around and ran back, and more lay on the ground and did not dare to move.

The Chinese soldiers who watched the battle stretched out their tongues. Didn't these North Koreans say that the North Korean soldiers were brave and invincible?Why did you get scared when you heard the gunshot?Back then, the frontier soldiers relied on rifles, grenades, and Russian cannons to fight, and if they died, they would drag one of them.As soon as the machine gun rang out, before the cannon rang out, the North Koreans just lay on the ground and didn't move?

Is this still called an army, or a war?

"Master, should we send someone up?"

"No need." Zhao Yue shook his head, and said to the staff officer standing beside him, "Let them call, let's not join in the fun."

"But, if the North Koreans lose..."

"If you lose, you lose. If you die, you can pull the team again. Li Dongdao is dead, and there are Jin Dongdao and Min Dongdao." Zhao Yue's voice was full of cruelty, "You have to remember, don't be in the wrong place." When the heart is soft, the heart is soft, in the final analysis, these North Koreans are not good people, and they used the power of the Japanese to commit crimes in the six northern provinces, killing one and killing one less."

The staff officer stopped talking, Master Zhao patted him on the shoulder, and turned to look at the combat map laid out on the table.This attack on Pyongyang did not intend to completely drive the No.19 Division out of Pyongyang from the very beginning, otherwise, he would not have to work hard to let the North Koreans rush forward.

Those Korean soldiers from the six northern provinces who mixed into this team were ordered from the very beginning not to rush forward if they had nothing to do. Their main task was to completely control this armed force, not to shed blood for the North Koreans.

North Koreans are notoriously ungrateful. If you do your best for them, you will come back and bite you back. There are many lessons learned from the past.

In later generations, the actions of these Smectas are even more heinous. Maybe people in this era have not experienced it personally, but Li Jinyan knows a lot.

The battle lasted for nearly three hours. The North Korean National Salvation Army led by Lee Dong-do launched another attack on the Komatsu Regiment of the No. 19 Division stationed in southern Pyongyang, but they were still unable to break into the temporarily dug positions and bunkers built by the opponent. .After the arrival of the Japanese reinforcements, more than 3000 National Salvation Army had killed 600 people.

Regardless of the fact that the Japanese were beaten up by soldiers from the six northern provinces, when facing the North Koreans, no matter whether they were running forward or running backwards or laying still on the ground, they were absolutely accurate, and they almost never missed.

Li Dongdao had no choice but to order a suspension of the attack, and sent someone to ask the Huaxia army for help. He wanted to show the Huaxia people his strength through this battle, but he didn't expect to fall to this point.If he doesn't ask for help, even if all of his subordinates are dead, they won't be able to win the Komatsu United team.

"Help?" Zhao Yue snorted, "Yes, half a base bombardment."

It is said to be half the base number, but in fact, the artillerymen of the third division only pulled out three seven-five mountain cannons, and stopped after three rounds of salvo. The scalp continued to flush.

The attack was repulsed again, and the attacker got nothing but dozens of extra corpses.

Towards evening, the gunfire finally stopped.The North Koreans are helping the wounded, and the Japanese are strengthening their positions. As for what will happen on the battlefield tomorrow, no one knows.

Guanbei City

Li Jinyan was sorting out the documents in his study, and happened to see Lou Xiao’s battle plan against Russia. With just one word, the proposal in his hand was suddenly taken away.

Looking up, Young Marshal Lou was standing behind him, "Interested?"

"En." Li Jinyan twitched the corners of his lips. Since Young Marshal Lou put this plan in such a "conspicuous" place in his study, it proves that he can't show it to him. They have slept on the same bed for three years, and if they play hypocritical again It's so boring.

"This is just a preliminary plan." Young Marshal Lou went around the desk, opened the drawer, and took out another document from it, "This is the complete plan."

"Show me?" Li Jinyan froze for a moment.

Young Marshal Lou raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you interested?"

Li Jinyan: "..."

Should he be moved or admit that Young Marshal Lou has the potential to be a "faint king"?

If Young Master Lou became a fool, what would he become?

The roots of troubles?

Couldn't help shivering, Li Jinyan was shocked by himself.

Lei Guilei, Li Sanshao still took the paper bag containing the battle plan, opened it, and leaned against the table to read it seriously.After he read the entire battle plan, he looked up and found that Marshal Lou was sitting on a chair with his long legs crossed and his chin resting on one hand.Looking at him for a moment.

"Young commander, what are you doing?"

"Look at you."

"...does it look good?"

"kindness."

"Actually, you are prettier than me."

"..."

Soon, Li Sanshao once again understood why disaster came from his mouth, and his back was pressed against the cold table, feeling the heat in his body that seemed to melt his whole body, his consciousness began to become blurred...

From late March to mid-April, the gunfire in North Korea never stopped, and Germany finally completed the assembly of 2000 divisions on the Eastern Front. With more than [-] cannons, Grand Duke Nicholas, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, always lacked a little bit of confidence... maybe a lot of confidence.

The first division, the eighth division, the sixth division and the No.60 first division of the six northern provinces have also completed their assembly. According to the "commitment" to Germany, the army under Marshal Lou's command will launch an attack on Tsarist Russia, but the battlefield is not chosen in Germany as expected Siberia, but Khabarovsk, an important military town in the Far East.

In the early morning of April [-], just as the sun jumped above the horizon, there was a sudden sound of rumbling guns along the Ussuri River.

The six northern provinces gathered four divisions and more than 200 artillery pieces to attack the Russian army stationed in Khabarovsk.

Amidst the sound of gunfire, a battle formation composed of [-] aircraft flew over Khabarovsk, and dropped nearly a hundred five- to ten-pound bombs according to the previously drawn map and set coordinates.

While thirty planes were bombing at low altitude, another eight planes with machine guns rained bullets on the Russian troops on the ground.

Splashing dust, broken shrapnel, and raging flames soaring into the sky made the Russian garrison in Khabarovsk feel like hell... They could only hide in the fortifications built with reinforced concrete, and use rifles and pistols to fight against the enemy. A lot of damage was done during the shelling, and the bombs and rain of bullets constantly dropped from the planes gave them no chance to set up machine gun positions.

The continuous falling of heavy artillery shells made the ground tremble.

Many Russian soldiers died in their sleep. Many of the Russian soldiers who entered the fortifications had no weapons in their hands, and some even had time to put on a pair of trousers. They were not much luckier than their companions who died in their sleep...

The shelling finally stopped, and the Russian commander who also entered the fortification blew his whistle and kept kicking and beating the soldiers, telling them to set up machine guns quickly, and those with weapons in their hands must go to the defensive position immediately.

"You damn animals! The Chinese are coming up!"

The attack came too suddenly, and with such fierce artillery fire, some Russian troops who switched from the Eastern Front to Burleigh thought they were being attacked by the Germans.But when they saw the military uniforms on the Chinese soldiers and the helmets on their heads, they suddenly realized that it was not the German army that attacked Khabarovsk, but the Chinese army!

"Damn it, hasn't the telegram been sent yet?!"

Khabarovsk's only telegraph failed to work properly, completely cutting off the connection between this important Far Eastern town and the outside world.

"God, what is that?!"

A Russian soldier suddenly let out an exclamation. In the thick smoke and flames after the bombardment, five black behemoths, just like the mythical beasts of hell, crushed towards them...