The situation soon exceeded people's imagination, and on September 5, the East China Autonomous Government officially declared war on Yueben.

Subsequently, he declared war on the East China Autonomous Political Axe.

Yuan Shikai is neutral, he is also happy to see the current situation, let Xia Jun go and fight to the death with him, he is naturally watching from the wall.

People couldn't understand why the East China Autonomous Political Axe had such a big reaction, and even Yu Ben didn't understand that the people of China would be stupid enough to challenge their strongest army.

If the defeat of the navy made the navy a little timid, then the navy has absolute confidence in the army.

Kamio Mitsutomi was eager to try it and was looking forward to the upcoming army battle.

On the other hand, on the side of the East China Autonomous Political Axe, Xia Jun is also eager to try, since the establishment of the East China Army, it has been five years, and it has been hard training for five years, but it lacks the baptism of war.

A strong army not only needs good equipment, training, discipline, command, and logistics, but also self-confidence and experience.

Only an army that has experienced actual combat can be regarded as a real army.

On September 3, the East China Autonomous Government mobilized eight divisions, including three infantry divisions and one artillery division, all of which were professional divisions, and four long-term production corps, which belonged to compulsory soldiers.

These four production corps have also been training for more than two years and have initially become combat-ready.

These eight divisions formed two corps.

The 1st Army had the 01 and 02 infantry divisions, as well as the 05 Production Corps.

The Second Army had the 03 Infantry Division, as well as the 06, 07, 08 Production Corps. At the same time there was an artillery unit consisting of a rapid-fire artillery brigade, a howitzer division.

The two armies quickly assembled at Lianyungang and entered Shandong from Jiangsu to fight. The railway line was not taken in this operation, because the railway line had to go around in a circle, and the East China Army had a large number of trucks as a transport team, so it was possible to use the railway.

Xia Jun decided to personally command this battle!

No one objected to his decision, because in order to fight the Yue army, three professional infantry divisions had to be put into the battlefield, but if the first infantry division was transferred to the battlefield, Hangzhou would have no elite seats.

As long as Xia Jun personally commanded this battle, Hangzhou would not need to be elite.

Take the surrounding warlords as an example, there are five production corps and five mixed brigades in the seven autonomous provinces, which are more than enough for defense.

As long as Xia Jun is still safe, then there will be no internal rebellion.

Even if there is a rebellion, as long as Xia Jun stands up, any rebellion will be wiped out by the people who support him.

At the same time, on September 5, the East China Autonomous Government issued a mobilization order, transferring 100,000 militia from the local government to be responsible for protecting the logistics troops.

…… At 9 o'clock in the morning on September 5, Xia Jun delivered his speech on the radio.

"To the fathers and elders of the seven provinces of East China Autonomous Province, to all Chinese compatriots, today the Kou invaded, and wanted to invade and occupy Jiaozhou Bay in China. Fellow citizens, do not grieve, do not fear, and do not hesitate, and do not doubt whether we are doing the right thing. We just need to know that China does not need tears, it does not need mercy, China needs war.

Only war can lift us out of the gloomy sky, only war can enable us to win dignity, only war can lead us to rejuvenation, and only war can eliminate all threats. Let us burn with iron and blood to create the glory of China. One day, we will let the world know that we are the center, the land of the center! ”

Xia Jun's speech was regarded by the Western media as arrogance.

However, people in later generations believe that this is the first time that Xia Jun has unabashedly declared his ambition and the first time that he has openly expressed his pursuit of world hegemony.

Also...... Let China go to the beginning of war!

It's even more ...... The beginning of the war fanatics taking control of China.

After the people heard Xia Jun's speech, they were boiling!

Everyone is boiling!

…… The seven autonomous provinces of East China all functioned with the advent of the war.

Truckloads of war supplies were transported out of warehouses, factories worked overtime to produce war supplies, and the mobilized 100,000 militia, who were responsible for protecting the railways, roads, and logistics forces, began to move north.

All soldiers' salaries were increased to 10 yuan a month, and even the militia received 6 yuan a month.

The military department has even promulgated a new bereavement pension system, raising the death pension to 1,000 yuan, and the minimum disability pension is 50 yuan, and the maximum is 1,000 yuan.

At the same time, it was announced that the families of the fallen soldiers would enjoy special treatment. Medical care and education are free of charge, and basic living materials are guaranteed every month.

The new pension system applies to all casualties of the East China Army after July 13, 1909, that is, the officers and men who were previously killed and wounded will receive the vacancy that has not reached the new standard.

For Xia Jun, what he has now is money. The First World War is all in between, and money will no longer be an issue.

As soon as the new system was promulgated, the morale of the armed forces skyrocketed.

When you go to the battlefield, you only need to be loyal to the country, and your wife and children will help you raise them, and you will never treat the families of martyrs badly.

…… On September 6, Xia Junfei arrived at the Lianyungang headquarters, and before leaving, Li Shijing was reluctant, and Tana wanted to go with Xia Jun.

Someone must be in charge of Hangzhou, so Xia Jun left Li Shijing in Hangzhou, and as for Tana, it was nothing to take with her, so he took her with him.

At the same time, Xia Jun also brought a group of hundreds of Chinese and foreign reporters to Lianyungang by car like a spring outing.

As soon as he arrived at the Lianyungang headquarters, Xia Jun asked, "How is the situation?" Where did the troops advance? ”

"Report to the chairman, the First Army and the Second Army have advanced to Zhucheng." Chen Xuanyu reported.

"Where is the main force of the army?" Xia Jun asked.

"According to the reconnaissance plane's reconnaissance, the main force of 50,000 people is mainly concentrated in Weifang." Liu Wenhong took out the investigation documents and handed them to Xia Jun and said.

Xia Jun read the information on the document and ordered: "Bomber troops, bomb Weifang tomorrow, don't be afraid of no bombs, bomb me hard." ”

"Yes."

"Let the sappers build airfields in Zhucheng and transfer planes to Zhucheng."

"Yes."

"Let the First Army and the Second Army temporarily stop advancing, and the headquarters will immediately move to Zhucheng."

"Chairman, isn't it too close?" Chen Xuanyu asked worriedly, Xia Jun smiled: "It's okay, it's more convenient to command recently, as long as you don't get hit by Xiao Yuben's cannon." ”

At Xia Jun's insistence, others were not easy to object, so they agreed to move the headquarters to Zhucheng, and at the same time, the bomber formation would also be transferred to Zhucheng.

This way it is closer to the battlefield, and the bomber sorties are more efficient.

"Headmaster, what about those journalists? You can't let them shoot casually! Liu Wenhong was a little suspicious of those reporters, what if they leaked information.

"A company was specially arranged to watch them out and take them to some inconsequential places to shoot." Xia Jun said, "In addition, they are not allowed to send telegrams. ”

"Yes!"

…… On the other side, the army had quickly assembled in Weifang under the urging of Shenwei Guangchen, and only the supplies were transported later.

The planes of both sides began to spy on each other.

However, soon the planes of the Japanese army were hit, and the East China Army sent Fokker fighters and Eagle 3 fighters.

On 7 September, a reconnaissance plane was shot down by Fokker fighters when it was flying over Lianyungang, and only 20 minutes later, three more reconnaissance planes flew over Lianyungang and were shot down by Eagle fighters of the East China Army.

The army did not know anything about this, and they did not know at all why the reconnaissance plane did not fly back, and there were not many planes in the army, and there were only about 20 reconnaissance planes.

For comparison, the East China Army had one hundred and fifty reconnaissance aircraft.

The reconnaissance plane flew in the sky every day, and from time to time there were exchanges of fire with the reconnaissance planes of the Yue army, and the reconnaissance plane of the East China military was the Hsiang-2, while the reconnaisance plane of the Yue military was the Hsiang-1, which was obviously purchased from the East China Aircraft Factory.

The characteristic of these two types of reconnaissance planes is that they are equipped with heavy machine guns on both sides of the fuselage, but the Eagle 1 used by the company is obviously outdated, and the speed is not comparable to that of the Eagle 2 at all.

Air supremacy is easily obtained.

The East China Army and the East China Army fought in Shandong, and the British did not have the slightest intention of intermediating, but only strictly ordered the two sides to expand the situation to the sea.

Britain was at war with Germany, and both the East China Autonomous Axe were relatively important exporters, and it would be disadvantageous for Britain if their routes were blocked from each other.

…… September 7th.

Lianyungang Airport was busy, all planes were busy loading bombs and refueling.

In order to cope with this war, Lianyungang has assembled one hundred and fifty Heavy Hammer 2 and 400 Heavy Hammer 3, as well as fifty Kunpeng 2 bombers.

Hammer 2 with a bomb load of 1100 kg!

Hammer 3 with a bomb load of 1800 kg!

The Kunpeng 2 has a bomb load of 1400 kg!

These planes are made of wood, made of plywood, and are very inexpensive. The current number of Hammer 2 and Hammer 3 combined, that is, 885 tons of bombs.

These bombers have a characteristic, that is, they lack air combat capabilities, not even a single machine gun is installed, and in the case of air supremacy, it is useless to install machine guns, anyway, there are no real fighters in the countries of the world.

One by one, the bombs were loaded onto the plane, and the fuel was filled up one by one.

One after another, the planes were prepared, and the pilots boarded the planes, some eager to try their might, waiting for the time to take off en masse and go to bomb the designated targets.

Soon, the pilots saw that several planes in the sky were really fighting, and it was a reconnaissance plane, and as soon as it flew close to Lianyungang, more than a dozen fighters flew up and quickly shot down the reconnaissance plane.

Xia Jun and Tana arrived at the airport at 9:45, and Tana saw so many planes and exclaimed, "It's spectacular!" ”

"Of course, China is now the world's number one air power." Xia Jun looked at the planes at the entire airport and smiled happily, several army officers looked sideways on the side, and they were very curious about the tall and heroic girl in military uniform next to Xia Jun, they had met a few times before, but they didn't know what the relationship was with the chairman.

It is rumored that this woman has an unusual relationship with the chairman.

"Headmaster, it's time." Liu Wenhong looked at his watch, leaned over and said to Xia Jun.

"Let the plane take off!" Xia Jun nodded.

(To be continued)