Years of the Republic of China 1913

The Japanese navy and army deployed troops to the Korean peninsula on the grounds of military exercises, and used this as a springboard to gather in the direction of Kanto Prefecture.In addition to the 15th Division of North Korea continuing to guarantee the defense of North Korea, the 18th Division cooperated with the 12th Division of Kanto Prefecture to operate together with the local army, plus the No. Division, Kamio Mitsuomi's No.[-] division, the general mobilization in the early stage is a first-class A division and four second-class B divisions, with a total strength of [-]. Da Shanyan personally serves as the commander-in-chief and chief of staff of the army Isamu Uehara served as chief of staff.

In order to cooperate with the Army's operations, the Navy dispatched the Second Fleet this time, under the command of Lieutenant General Yatsushiro Rokuro, the commander of the Second Fleet. Destroyer Squadron and No.13 Destroyer Squadron formed a squadron and began to blockade the nearby waters.

Such a large scale and such a huge military operation can be described as desperate in today's Japan.After the counterfeit banknote incident, the financial system of Japan's political system almost collapsed. In order to save the finances, the Japanese cabinet imposed a new monetary policy in spite of international opposition. Although the implementation of this policy temporarily stopped the continued decline of Japan's domestic economy, but The overall loss is still huge.It can be said that since the beginning of the First World War, the wealth earned by the Japanese government in the primary industry through the war has disappeared. Not much better.

The military plan led by Oyamayan's army was extremely expensive. Also in order to save face, Cabinet Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma did not directly vote in favor of it at the meeting.But in private, there is no lack of fuel.In view of the poor economic situation of the Japanese government, Okuma Shigenobu instructed the Ministry of Finance to issue "war bonds" called construction bonds with a total amount of 300 million pounds to various countries.

Someone once said that imperialism is unreliable, and this is true. Japan blatantly targets China. Although all the countries of the Allied Powers expressed "regret" for this and accused Japan through diplomatic channels, they also vowed to assure China We must do our best to stabilize the Allies and prevent Japan from launching a war against China.Can be behind.Countries such as Britain, France, and even neutral countries like the United States have secretly bought Japan's "war bonds" one by one, in their view.Japan, which has Asia's first navy and Europe's second-rate army, is definitely stronger than China, which has just recovered from chaos. If this war really breaks out, China now cannot be Japan's opponent at all.Since it is impossible to mobilize power from Europe to prevent Japan from extending its claws to China and plundering part of their original interests in the Far East, from a commercial point of view, it is normal to buy Japan's "war bonds" to gain some economic benefits of.

According to Dashanyan's plan, eight divisions and half of the navy will be used in the entire war, which is almost half of Japan's overall military strength.As the saying goes, the war of all the power is not to put all the strength into the war. After all, Japan, North Korea, Taiwan * Taiwan and other places need troops to be stationed. Apart from maintenance and stationing in the surrounding waters of the mainland, all fleets can use this Half of the military strength is already a great limitation.not to mention. Japan's economy is not optimistic. Although there are debts to support it, don't forget that when the cannon is fired, the gold is ten thousand taels. With the dispatch of the eight divisions and the second fleet, Japan's economic strength can only support it for one year.

In addition to the six divisions in the first batch, two divisions in the second batch will arrive in North Korea and Kanto Prefecture one after another.To October 1916th, 10.In the early stage, the three divisions landed on the Korean Peninsula via naval transportation, and led by the Yamaguchi Katsushi 13th Division that had just assembled, they began to march towards Kanto Prefecture and Fengtian.

"Damn it, Xiaori is about to get serious."

The entire Fengtian has now entered a state of high combat readiness. On the second day of the Japanese "Military Exercise", Zhang Zuolin received news from various sources.Read the telegram.Zhang Zuolin couldn't help shivering, the six divisions, with the cooperation of Japan's Second Fleet, were heading towards Fengtian, such a huge force made Zhang Zuolin feel terrified.

After counting and counting for a long time, even if Japan himself only used three divisions to attack Nanman in the end, Zhang Zuolin's 27th Army would not be able to stop it at all.As the commander of the group army, Zhang Zuolin is very aware of the situation of these troops under his command. The 27th group army has not been transformed from a division to an army for a long time. Although the equipment is not inferior to the Japanese army, it is far inferior to the Japanese side in terms of training and command.Moreover, even if the opponent only uses three divisions, Zhang Zuolin's 27th Army is not superior in numbers, and this battle is the result of losing.But Zhang Zuolin, who has already let out big words and refuses to be a "traitor", must resist it anyway and show the whole country and even the central government that his 27th Army can still bear heavy responsibilities.For this reason, Zhang Zuolin hurriedly dispatched troops and generals, and took the initiative to withdraw the line of defense, so as to avoid facing the Japanese army while facing the more powerful Japanese navy.On the other hand, Zhang Zuolin stepped up the construction of fortifications around Fengtian and deployed the most capable troops to garrison. At the same time, he sent urgent telegrams to Beijing and the 28th Army, requesting that troops be deployed to defend the two wings to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through from the two wings.

"Marshal, it's okay to talk about Zhong Yang's side, but Feng Delin's side..." Yang Yuting said worriedly. The nearest army to Fengtian is Feng Delin's 28th Army. Although the combat effectiveness is not as strong as that of the central yang army, as long as Feng Delin is willing to help Zhang Zuolin defend the east wing, the pressure on Fengtian will be greatly reduced.However, the relationship between Feng Delin and Zhang Zuolin is also clear to everyone. Since the fallout of the Fengtian Warlord, the two righteous brothers have disliked each other, and they hardly communicate with each other on weekdays. In this situation, Zhang Zuolin asked Feng Delin for help. Could it be that Feng Delin would come here so righteously?

"Although Feng Delin is not a good old boy, he still has the loyalty of the green forest." Zhang Zuolin said confidently, and waved Yang Yuting to send a telegram to Feng Delin immediately, and at the same time asked him to tell the troops to prepare for the 28th Army.

Yang Yuting left suspiciously, he couldn't understand why Feng Delin would come to help Zhang Zuolin at this time, and where was Zhang Zuolin's confidence.In his view, even if Zhong Yang directly gave Feng Delin an order, it would be good to be able to send a brigade to deal with the errand with Feng Delin's personality and calculations, but Zhang Zuolin seemed very confident and generally believed that Feng Delin would definitely lead the 28th Army Yang Yuting really couldn't understand such a situation.

It doesn't matter if Yang Yuting doesn't understand, as long as Zhang Zuolin is sure.In fact, it's easy to say, although Feng Delin and Zhang Zuolin didn't deal with each other very much, and the two sides have ignored each other because of the Fengtian warlord incident, but there is still a brotherhood, everyone is from a beard, the most important thing to be a beard It is about loyalty, Zhang Zuolin asked Feng Delin for help this time, in other words, he bowed his head in disguise, Feng Delin had to reach out to help Zhang Zuolin no matter what.

In addition, there is another important reason.Don't look at Feng Delin holding a heavy soldier in his hand and calling the wind and rain on one side, but he is a henpecked person at home.Feng Delin's wife is usually not very conspicuous, even if Feng Delin is in a small nursing home, she just doesn't know about it.But in major matters, she can almost be half of Feng Delin's master, and Feng Delin often follows his wife's persuasion willingly.More importantly, Feng Delin's wife and Zhang Zuolin were still cousins. Feng Delin and Zhang Zuolin had an unhappy fight over the warlord, but she and Zhang Zuolin were still close. Under Madam's persuasion, she will still help.

While preparing for the war, Zhang Zuolin asked Zhang Zuo to implement temporary military control over Fengtian, especially to closely monitor Japanese institutions such as Manchurian Railway.Before the war officially broke out, Zhang Zuolin couldn't be the first to seize Mantie, so as to give Japan an excuse.However, Zhang Zuolin can still do it by making preparations first. In addition, he has made a series of other preparations to avoid emergency measures after the situation worsens.

On October 10, under the order of the General Staff, the Ninth Army of the Central Yang Army left the customs from Chengde to the northeast, and cooperated with Zhang Zuolin to station on the left wing at Zhang Zuolin's request. On October 14th, Feng Delin, who was entangled, finally sent troops, and sent two divisions south to garrison Fengtian right wing.By around October 10th, there were more than 15 squadrons gathered in Fengtian area.

All over the country, especially the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff Headquarters and the Fengtian front line, everyone's eyes are fixed on Fengtian, Kanto Prefecture, and North Korea, and they are all paying close attention to the situation.Everyone knew in their hearts that the war was about to start. By the evening of October 10th, all three Japanese divisions had arrived at the front line, and a big battle would begin.

In order to seize the moral high ground, Zhong Yang and Fengtian strictly ordered the front-line soldiers not to fire the first shot, and they could only fight back once the Japanese army attacked first. In the early morning of the 21st, the fortifications on the front line were quiet, and the Chinese soldiers hiding in the trenches nervously waited for the upcoming attack from the Japanese army on the opposite side.According to the order and analysis of the General Staff, Japan is likely to be guided by the long-range bombing of the fleet's naval guns first, and then the army's artillery will launch an attack.But the strange thing is that from early morning to afternoon, there has been no movement in Kanto State, as if Japan himself had no intention of attacking at all.

Ri himself didn't move on the second day, and Ri himself still didn't move on the third day until the fourth day.

"Damn it, what kind of tricks is Little Ri's doing?" Not to mention the ordinary soldiers below, even the generals leading the troops couldn't figure it out. Ri himself was clearly ready for war, so why did he not do it right? moved?Zhang Zuolin, who couldn't sit still, even went to the front line in person, holding up a telescope to observe the opposite side, hoping that the war would start soon, and at the same time hope that such peace would continue.

At this time, Fang Zida who was far away in Beijing suddenly received an urgent message from Zhou Yuanliang. When he saw what was written in the message, he opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time. He stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, incredulously Xiang Zhou Yuanliang repeatedly asked: "Is this information true? Is there no mistake?" (To be continued...)

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