Recruits are afraid of guns, veterans are afraid of guns. As a veteran among veterans, Wu Shengli, the deputy division commander in charge of battlefield traffic command of the 3rd Division of the 15th Army, was not even afraid of artillery. A shell of more than 200 calibers came over, and you couldn't dodge it even if you wanted to. Death or life, leave it to fate.

Therefore, Deputy Division Commander Wu Shengli simply stood straight on a small slope out of the battlefield, completely ignoring that he was within the range of the enemy's heavy artillery of more than 200 calibers, and concentrated on directing the traffic below. His mind was not on dodging the shells, but Deputy Division Commander Wu Shengli completely forgot about the possibility that he might be hit by a shell at any time. Seeing a shell explode at a distance of 300 meters, the air wave overturned a nearby tricycle. He immediately ordered someone to come and help. "Save people first, then plant the flag there, and direct the vehicles behind to pass through the other road."

It's 10:18 a.m., and 10 hours have passed since the shelling began at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and Wu Shengli feels like a blink of an eye. The worst did not happen, the Japanese navy and army had not been able to achieve joint defense until now, and in the earliest plan, if the Japanese navy joined the battle, the artillery units would send rocket artillery units to the sea to bombard the Japanese warships near the coast, regardless of casualties.

By now, the siege troops of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army had reached the bottom of the fortress, and in half an hour at most, a frontal battle would begin. Wu Shengli was in a very high mood at this time, and the casualties so far were even more optimistic than expected.

As soon as I thought of this, the Japanese artillery flew over a few shells again, this time the accuracy was relatively poor, except for blowing up a few large craters on the ground, Wu Shengli did not see new casualties for the time being.

Fort Arthur is a large fortress complex consisting of a large number of small fortresses. The successive attacks were doomed to suffer heavy casualties, so the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army simply started the game with rocket artillery. The Japanese did not expect that they would suddenly encounter an unprecedented level of artillery fire, and not only did the original defense plan be completely scrapped. Now there are no new plans in place.

The infantry bunker positions that were originally used to defend the fortress had now been reduced to dust along with the infantry inside, and the remaining generals and colonels of the new command had distorted faces one by one, and they could not think of a new way at all. More than 10,000 Japanese troops were placed on the infantry positions outside, and a quarter of the strength of the entire fortress was finished in a few hours.

The troops sent out after the first shelling were again smoked back with poison gas, and the troops that were forcibly left outside were completely wiped out under the second shelling by the Chinese army. Continuing to send troops out in this way is already a trend of death. But staying in isolated strongholds can only end up being destroyed one by one. The Chinese artillery fire was so heavy that the shallow telephone lines had been blown up, and some of the forts had become isolated islands. What once seemed like a formidable defense system is now crumbling like a fortress of sand built on the beach.

"Is there a result of calling the Navy?" The commander of the fortress defense asked with red eyes. He had called the Navy several times, but the Navy's unusual silence had not yet been answered.

"The Navy still hasn't responded." The staff officer replied. After seeing the navy near Port Arthur bombed by the Chinese Air Force, the army observers immediately withdrew to the farther sea. The joint artillery blockade by land and sea, which was originally thought to be absolutely reliable, is now so unreliable.

"Send a telegram to the War Department! Send a telegram to the General Staff Headquarters! Ask them to send reinforcements immediately! The Interim Commander almost howled.

The War Department had already received a telegram that the Luda area was being attacked by the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and Tanaka Yoshishikashi did not expect that the Chinese would attack the Luda area at this time. This plain man can be regarded as a well-talkative and laughing army leader of the War Department, and his face at this time is no better than that of the Japanese army in the brigade area facing the fierce attack of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.

Tanaka Yoshiichi was most annoyed that he still underestimated the speed of the People's Party's decision. On September 21, Chinese personnel who sent relief supplies to Tokyo were attacked by a group of men with ulterior motives while picking up Chinese nationals to return to China. On September 25, the Chinese government sent a telegram to the Japanese government, demanding that the Luda area either withdraw from the Luda area before 0:00 on the 27th, or surrender its weapons to the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and temporarily put it under the supervision of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.

Of course, the Japanese side knew that this kind of thing could not be good, but in fact, the Japanese War Department did not expect that someone would attack the Chinese transporting disaster relief materials. Six days later, the Japanese side did not find out who had instigated the incident, only that some people had instigated the Japanese victims to say that the Chinese would withdraw from Tokyo with a large amount of gold and silver earned from Japan. As a result, the Youth League surrounded the evacuated Chinese with a large group of disaster victims, and the Japanese army certainly did not dare to shoot at the outnumbered and powerful victims, and the disaster victims stoned the Chinese disaster relief personnel and the expatriates. More than a dozen Chinese were injured, two of them seriously injured by stones in the head.

In the eyes of the Japanese authorities, this matter is not a big deal at all, but in the international arena, it makes the People's Party completely reasonable. An attack on a diplomat in a hostile country is enough to provoke a war, let alone an attack on a foreign country transporting relief supplies.

Moreover, the Chinese disaster relief personnel were not Li Hongzhang of the Manchu government, and after being attacked, they could still stay in Japan with a shy face to sign the treaty. They did not pay any attention to the Japanese government's kind words and persuasions, and immediately boarded the ship and evacuated. This leaves the Japanese government with an opportunity to take remedial action.

There will certainly be a military conflict between China and Japan because of the Luda area, and Tanaka Yoshiichi knows very well that the attack will become the handle of the War Department, and some people in the government and the opposition will certainly use this incident as an excuse to attack the War Department.

If it had been before, the War Department would certainly have used the pretext of China's declaration of war to divert contradictions. The problem is not what it used to be, and members of the Japanese ruling class, as long as they are not fools, know very well that China is far more expected than Japan to declare war on China. Japan wanted precisely to avoid a full-scale war.

With a heavy heart, Yoshiichi Tanaka attended the Cabinet Meeting, which was held at half past nine. Contrary to what he thought, no one said anything, and no one attacked the War Department, which was in charge of security in Tokyo. The current situation is already clear, this sudden war, no matter what, it is impossible to win. Yoshiichi Tanaka was not clear, and the Admiralty also received a telegram from the Combined Fleet. It was reported about the attack on the United Fleet by the Chinese Air Force, as well as about the attack by submarines. In the telegram, the Combined Fleet did not dare to tell nonsense, they did not raise the question of whether the Combined Fleet sank the attacking submarine at all. That means that the Chinese submarine retreated after hitting the combined fleet.

In such a predicament, neither the War Department nor the Admiralty wanted to make any effort to expand the war. Everyone in the cabinet smokes cigarettes and drinks tea, but they just don't want to talk. At this moment, the prince's attendant walked into the cabinet conference room, and some people in the crowd were shocked, thinking that Crown Prince Hirohito was about to press the cabinet to discuss the results, and some people obviously showed a look of expectation on their faces.

The attendant said, "Your Highness wants to end the war through diplomacy. A senseless war is not something that Japan needs right now. ”

All the members of the cabinet breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, these people had long thought about the surrender of the Luda region. The problem is that no one dares to open this mouth. None of the cabinet members are fools, and to use Japan's unique ventriloquist to explain, Hirohito has given the order to allow surrender. The cabinet was immediately lively. Prime Minister Gonbei Yamamoto immediately replied, "Obey the will of His Highness." ”

After saying this, without even waiting for Hirohito's attendants to leave, Yamamoto Gonbei asked Foreign Minister Nobuaki Makino to contact the Chinese ambassador to Japan and ask for an unconditional truce.

The Japanese Cabinet has displayed unprecedented efficiency, and the Chinese Embassy in Japan has long made all kinds of preparations, and immediately sent a telegram to the Chinese Government after receiving the notice from the Japanese side at 10:17 a.m. At 10:30, the Chinese government replied, "The Japanese defenders of Arthur can first send an armistice representative to the Chinese side." An immediate truce was negotiated. ”

At 11 o'clock, when the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was just about to pull out the defense group of the Lushun Fortress, many batteries in the Lushun Fortress were raised with white flags. And the general command of the campaign also sent a message, "If the Japanese side raises the white flag, the offensive can be suspended." ”

At 12 o'clock, representatives of the two sides of the Chinese and Japanese fronts began face-to-face negotiations. The Japanese side expressed its willingness to withdraw from Lushun, but the Japanese side could not surrender to the Chinese side as prisoners of war. Moreover, Japan can only withdraw after all the weapons and ammunition in Lushun have been withdrawn. The Chinese side demanded that the combat ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet must first withdraw from Chinese waters.

After Mu Hu waited for Mi Feng to send a telegram to the central authorities, he said: "There are capable people on the Japanese side. ”

Mi Feng was not unhappy because Mu Husan did not praise the exquisite arrangement of his early attack, and he also nodded seriously, "I can afford to put it down, such a Japan is really difficult to deal with." ”

Mu Husan nodded and said, "Anyway, our troops won't suffer more damage." That's just one thing that can be called gratifying. ”

Hearing Mu Husan say that the troops would not suffer more casualties, Mi Feng showed a real smile. It is a normal deduction plan to attack such a strong fortress as Luda and suffer more than 10,000 casualties. In fact, the progress of this war so far has been smooth, and the casualties are much smaller than Mi Feng imagined. He said to Mu Husan: "Commander Mu, the pattern of war has changed. The future war will be completely different from before, if our enemies also have such a level......"

Mu Husan's face was gloomy and he nodded silently.

When Li Hongzhang signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" with Japan, the Japanese representative said that he would get Taiwan and other places no matter what. This time, the Chinese negotiator also opened his mouth and said, "In any case, all Japanese troops must withdraw from the Luda area by September 30." If the Japanese troops refuse to withdraw, then let us carry them out. ”

Now that the war had already been fought, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army not only did not withdraw from its positions, but began to intensify preparations for offensive warfare on its positions. The Japanese representatives in the Lushun fortress also protested, but the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was not moved at all and still prepared on its own.

However, the Japanese cabinet also knew that the war could not be fought, and during the armistice, detailed reports from the front were returned to Japan. As soon as I heard that the Lushun fortress had killed nearly 20,000 soldiers in just a few hours, and nearly 10,000 soldiers had been poisoned by poison gas, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. Although the Japanese cabinet also scolded the cruel methods of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, it no longer dared to raise any idea of continuing the war.

In the end, an agreement was reached between the two sides, and the Japanese troops could leave behind some of the evacuating personnel, and the combat troops would withdraw from the brigade area by 12 noon on September 30. Subsequent arms shipments and material withdrawals could be completed by 5 November 1923.

This agreement also took care of the face of both sides, and the Politburo immediately agreed to the agreement. On the contrary, the comrades in the Central Military Commission were very indignant about this. The Battle of Arthur has been prepared for too long, and since the recapture of the Northeast, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army has been preparing for this battle. The final result was such a hasty end, and the comrades of the Central Military Commission felt uncomfortable.

He Zudao suppressed this attitude alone, even if it was the vice chairman of the Military Commission who was the first to raise objections, it was Wu Xingchen, who was now in charge of military orders, "Comrade Wu Xingchen, the purpose of our campaign is to recover the brigade area. Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need to continue the pursuit. ”

Wu Xingchen was a person who had suffered a lot at the hands of the Japanese, and even if he fully understood this, he still shook his head. The comrades represented by Wu Xingchen very much hoped to take this opportunity to enter North Korea, and he said in a depressed tone: "Speaking of which, are you still afraid of the British?" ”

He Zudao did not feel angry, he replied calmly: "That's right, our current strength is not enough to shake Britain. Moreover, the British managed to block the Americans for us, and this time it was so easy because our industrial strength far surpassed that of Japan. But our industrial strength has not yet reached that of the United States and Great Britain combined. ”

After listening to He Zudao's serious analysis, Wu Xingchen suddenly felt a burst of excitement in his heart. Even though he has known Chen Ke for almost 20 years, Wu Xingchen still feels that he can't figure out what Chen Ke is thinking, this person always seems to be different from others, and Chen Ke is always bold when others will be timid. When everyone is ready to take advantage of the victory, Chen Ke will always hold the pace. But after listening to He Zudao's words, Wu Xingchen suddenly felt that he actually understood Chen Ke a little, and he felt that Chen Ke's goal was to completely defeat Britain and the United States. Even before he met Wu Xingchen, when Wu Xingchen was still confused and at a loss, Chen Ke had already set a goal and persevered.

Then Wu Xingchen's attitude suddenly changed.

Having lost its spokesman, the CMC's attitude quickly calmed down. Even if tens of thousands of Japanese troops were spared at Luda, it did not mean that the Japanese would be spared in Korea.

Before the National Day, the Central Military Commission issued a new order to concentrate all Korean personnel in the army. In addition, the troops were given more confidential information, and all Koreans in China were registered in detail and sent back to Korea after the liberation of Korea. These orders are enough to prove that China's strategic direction has shifted to the DPRK.

On September 30, Nagata Tetsuyama found Okamura Ninji, and after the earthquake, Japan finally returned to peace. Okamura Ninji was in charge of news control, and no news about the University was allowed to be published. The retreat of the Japanese army did not affect the country.

Because of the light, a layer of light was reflected on Nagata Tetsuyama's glasses, "Okamura-kun, there are rumors outside, it was you who gave up the brigade to His Royal Highness Hirohito." ”

Okamura Ninji was summoned to the palace by Hirohito at 8 o'clock on September 27 for questioning, but the two were talking about nothing to do with the affairs of the Luda area at that time. But Okamura Ninji did not deny it, because Okamura Ninji had talked to Hirohito about the issue of the University earlier. At that time, Okamura Ninji seriously analyzed the situation of the University to Hirohito. Unless the British decided to declare war on China, China and Japan would not have been able to get foreign interference in the battle of the two countries. The Americans are eyeing each other, and the French are too busy to take care of themselves. China and the newly established Soviet Union signed the Sino-Soviet Friendship and Peace Agreement, in which China and the Soviet Union did not reach a military alliance, but the agreement stipulated that although China and the Soviet Union did not have to assume any military obligations to each other, if one of the two countries was invaded by other countries, the other country would not open its territorial waters to other countries, and neither country would establish bases in their own countries for the military presence of other countries against the other. The treaty is for a period of five years and is renewed every five years.

Such a treaty with limited obligations is precisely the easiest to abide by, and China and the Soviet Union are both big countries, and it is naturally impossible for their own territory to accept the troops of other countries. As long as there is no direct military conflict between China and the Soviet Union, there is no possibility of opening up the right of territorial airspace passage to other countries. Behind the scenes, the Soviet Union could block the invasion from the west, and China could easily block the attack from the east by its own strength. Even if China was able to make a comeback after many defeats in the Luda area, and the Anglo-Japanese alliance could only keep China from attacking Korea, Britain could not send troops to participate in the war of the Chinese on Chinese soil.

It is clear that Hirohito understands and accepts such a strategic analysis. And in the event of an emergency, rather clever instructions were given.

"What do the War and Admiralty think of His Highness?" Okamura asked.

"They don't dare say anything." A smile appeared on Nagata Tetsuyama's face. In Japan, not daring to say anything has a profound meaning in itself. Especially when he didn't dare to say anything to the future emperor, it meant that Hirohito had gained a considerable advantage through this matter.

Without waiting for Okamura Ninji to breathe a sigh of relief, Nagata Tetsuyama smiled: "They don't dare to say anything to His Highness, but I heard that your application to go to North Korea was stopped." ”

Okamura Ninji didn't show any disappointment, he nodded and replied, "I see." ”

Nagata Tetsuyama is too smart, and there are some things that Okamura Ninji doesn't want to say to Nagata Tetsuyama. If the University was still in the hands of Japan, Okamura would dare to go to North Korea. After China regained Luda, the next strategic direction is definitely North Korea. Okamura Ninji is not afraid of death, but he also knows that now as a big sa, he will only be betrayed if he goes to North Korea. Even if you want to go to North Korea, you have to wait until the current army guys are bleeding.

Two of the Baden-Baden tritori feathers exchanged views and then went about their work.