The "21 Articles" are a secret clause of the Japanese imperialists in their vain attempt to annihilate China.

Taking advantage of the fact that Europe and the United States had no time to look east during the First World War, on January 18, 1915, the Japanese Minister to China ~Nichi-to-yi~ met with Yuan Shikai, the president of the Republic of China, and submitted the documents demanded by the 21 articles, and demanded that the Beiyang government "keep it absolutely confidential and reply as soon as possible".

After that, Japanese imperialism used threats and inducements to negotiate for five months in an attempt to force the Yuan Shikai government to sign 21 unreasonable demands in an attempt to put China's territory, politics, military, and finance under Japanese control, which were called the "21 Articles" between China and Japan.

However, it should be noted that the "21 Articles" cannot be equated with the "Sino-Japanese Treaty IV".

At the Washington Conference in 1922, some of the provisions were repealed. The treaty was rewritten until it was completely abrogated in 1945 after Japan's defeat in World War II.

(The above content is excerpted from the Internet, not the original text of the author of this book, hereby declare!) ）

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After Lu Jianzhang heard the shouts of the New First Army, he hurriedly called the signal troops.

"Did the people in our city arrest Zhang Dudu? Isn't it said that it is a young man who comes to the door to propose marriage? ”

"Report sir! The first battalion has been out of contact for an hour. ”

"What's going on? What about heralds? ”

Lu Jianzhang, with the intuition of a veteran, has a problem! He sensed danger!

"Immediately send a signal corps to inquire about the specific situation of the first battalion, and report immediately!"

He also luckily thought that the first battalion would not arrest Zhang Dudu. Otherwise, his Lu Jianzhang's soldiers arrested a senior member appointed by the central government, first of all, he Lu Jianzhang would not be able to eat and walk around!

Just as Lu Jianzhang was anxiously waiting for the news, the ten-minute time given by the New First Army was about to arrive.

I saw that on the two small slopes of the east-west flank, the New First Army had opened up two temporary artillery positions. At each position, there were more than 20 mortars lined up.

The gunners, in groups of three, had already preset their respective shelling elements and were ready for shelling.

The deputy gunner stared at the standard-bearer standing in the distance, waiting for further orders from the command.

All regiments and battalions of the New First Army encircling Lu Jianzhang's unit have already set up their own blocking positions, and the officers and men of the unit have made up their minds to strive not to let go of any fish that slips through the net.

So, why did the officers and men of the new first army hate Lu Jianzhang's Beiyang Army so much?

On the one hand, there is the hatred between the two sides of the previous Hanzhong resettlement site.

On the other hand, every time the second master arrives at a stationing point and passes through a place where soldiers must fight, he will put out a military map to teach all the officers on the spot.

In addition, the local folk customs, river trends, historical origins, and the bad deeds of local bandits and bullies were all printed in detail and distributed to the commanders and fighters of the whole army.

Which propaganda effect ~~~ That's leverage!

Because the second master's army is the only cultural soldier of the whole army in the country at present, there is no one in the whole army who is illiterate! The advantage is that the propaganda effect of the text is multiplied!

The association of cultural people is much richer than that of uneducated! The cognition of national hatred and family hatred is also much deeper!

Its propaganda effect is not inferior to that of the old revolutionaries in the previous life.

Therefore, before entering the Xi'an territory, the second master had already sent the printed brochure to every commander and fighter.

And in this issue of the brochure, this product focuses on how Lu Jianzhang's department oppressed the good and all kinds of evil deeds, anyway, how bad it is, how to write it, how miserable the people are, how to publicize!

As a result, the new army is now hating the same hatred and hatred for Lu Jianzhang's broken corpses.

The second master always remembers that propaganda and education must keep pace with the times, and the means of propaganda must be in the hands of their own people. Therefore, each regiment headquarters of the New First Army had its own wax printing machine and its own propaganda officer.

This is also the unique organization of the new army, which is different from other armies.

10 seconds countdown before the battle~~~

At this time, this military camp on the outskirts of Xi'an suddenly seemed dead silent! Even the cicadas in the summer suddenly quieted down~~~

As the red flags of the flag-bearers of the two artillery positions waved down together, "Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! "~~~ The scream of continuous shells tearing through the air streaked across the valley ~~~~~~

Lu Jianzhang, who was waiting for the news, heard the screaming sound and was suddenly stunned! followed by a big change in face ~~~

"Shelling!! ~~~”

Pity! He woke up too late~~~

The gunners of the New First Army, the first to concentrate on shelling, were his ammunition depots and artillery stations.

In a burst of "Boom! Rumble! In the continuous explosions, the ammunition depot and the mountain artillery storage camp were destroyed in an instant. For a while, the whole camp was overturned!

Immediately after that, a second round of shelling came at the barracks, and the camp became even more chaotic.

The mortars that the PLA called "magic artillery" in the previous life were not bragged!

That's a real record! At that time, there was a record in the southern battlefield of killing 40 enemy soldiers with one shot. Can you believe it? It's just a 60mm light mortar!

Not to mention his terrifying rate of fire of 20 rounds/1 minute! So Lu Jianzhang felt that he was being bombarded by hundreds of artillery.

In fact, the New First Army was just a five-shot rapid fire. And the special "Bellman's Tears" was issued only one per gun position, and the remaining four were just regular grenades.

Otherwise, how could Lu Jianzhang's barracks be in a mess, if it was all "Bellman's tears" shelling, the camp at this time would have been dead and silent!

This is also the selfishness of the second master, the space is "hungry"! How can such a good fertilizer be wasted?

"All of them! Compress the encirclement and annihilate the bandit army! ”

With the promulgation of the order, the encirclement and annihilation units were based on companies and platoons. Quickly searched and advanced in a skirmish line, compressing towards the large camp.

A fierce shootout ensued on the outskirts of the battalion.

After all, Lu Jianzhang's troops were veterans of actual combat, and after the shelling stopped, officers at all levels quickly organized effective resistance.

For the first time since the founding of the New First Army, there have been casualties, and those are all "seeds" of culture!

Although the second master was very distressed, he had to endure the pain and continue to order the troops to attack. If a unit does not gnaw on the "hard bones" of iron-blooded spirit, it is like a patient with hypochondriasis.

Zhang Muzhi also understood this truth, so the two supreme commanders tacitly did not say a word and continued to observe the progress of the battle.

Fortunately, the New First Army knocked out the mountain artillery and most of the heavy machine guns under Lu Jianzhang's department as soon as possible. Losing these two, the Beiyang Army was like a tiger that had lost its minions, and under the attack of the semi-automatic rifles of the New First Army, it was quickly defeated and lost the outer positions of the large battalion, while the New First Army took advantage of the situation to attack the large battalion.

In the case of Lu Jianzhang's troops retreating, after two hours of fighting, the encirclement of the new First Army was finally compressed to the core of the camp, in front of a strong warehouse built with stones~~~

I saw that four heavy machine gun emplacements had been set up with sandbags in front of the warehouse. It seems that Lu Jianzhang has pulled all the remaining heavy machine guns here.

The second master took the telescope and looked at the sturdy warehouse and shook his head! It seems that the shelling will not be able to stop this warehouse made of huge stones.

"Zhang San!"

"Here!"

"Order three groups of artillery, all tear shells, to clear the heavy machine gun positions on the periphery of the warehouse first!"

"Yes!"

So the screaming shelling began again, only this time the screech of the shells was followed by the sound of explosions and the sound of a dense rain hitting the plantains.

I saw that the shelling site was flooded with the reflection of a steel ball flying, and with the rainbow of flesh and blood, a "rain fog" of steel balls flying horizontally formed in the local area~~~

Hundreds of thousands of steel balls of different sizes and diameters flew crosswise, mixed with red minced meat, showing a strange beauty, but this beauty came at the cost of life! ~~~~~~

Three rapid fires from three mortar crews quickly cleared the rudimentary positions around the warehouse, and after the explosion, the entire battlefield gradually returned to quiet.

For the first time, the commanders and fighters of the New First Army on the periphery saw the terrifying scene of the actual combat of "Bellman's Tears", and many young soldiers vomited in a stress reaction.

"Herald! Shout! Lu Jianzhang came out and surrendered! Otherwise, I will burn down the company camp! ”

"Hehe~~~" Zhang Muzhi couldn't help laughing when he heard the second master's nonsensical order.

But the second master himself knew that he was telling the truth, he had already ordered Zhang San to collect the corpse and bring 50 barrels of gasoline from the automobile soldiers, he had made up his mind, no matter whether Lu Jianzhang surrendered or not, he would set fire to the camp and destroy the traces of the shelling "Bellman tears".

The later this shell is made known to the outside world, the better it will be for itself.

Lu Jianzhang left the last dignity in the end, and never surrendered! After the fire of the camp burned for three days and three nights, it was finally completely extinguished under a torrential downpour.

Under the leadership of the regiment commander Zhang San, the soldiers of the guard regiment at the end finally used a crowbar to open the stone that had been burned by the high temperature, opened the closed steel gate, and then a smell of barbecue wafted out.

A few soldiers who opened the door hurriedly covered their noses, and Zhang San looked inside, okay! The whole oven stewed meat, Lu Jianzhang and several of his guards were all simmered.

The ocean and gourds full of warehouses were scattered from the crispy wooden boxes. There are also mountains of smoke.

Zhang San hurriedly pulled aside several piles of "barbecue" that were no longer human, and ordered the soldiers to load all the gold and silver into the car, and the whole three truckloads of ocean and 15 golden melons were pulled back to the camp of the New First Army by Zhang San~~~