Chapter 916: Army General Mobilization
The second light is brilliant. The breeze caresses, the sea is blue and the sky is clear. Sand gulls fly set. The white mandarin oranges are "glowing underneath, and together with the crescent-like bay, this tropical landscape is vividly rendered."
This is Hainan Island, what's the matter. The bay is known locally as Yalong Bay due to its tropical location. And under the influence of warm currents, the sea temperature here is higher than 20 degrees Celsius all year round, and when the north country is frozen for thousands of miles, it is still warm and pleasant. It is indeed a good place to relax.
Now, the hustle and bustle of the industrial age has not disturbed the tranquility of Yalong Bay, now Yalong Bay, only coconut groves and palm beaches, no smoking factories, no drunken social scene, here still maintains that calm with a primitive atmosphere, the residents here are still implementing the traditional way of life of sunrise and sunset, if you must find something modern here, maybe. The few warships floating on the surface of the deep sea in Nayalong Bay prove that this bay is not a paradise, and that the breath of the industrial age has drifted here, and it is only a matter of time before it blends into the industrial age.
Sitting on the simple dock dedicated to fishing boats by the bay, Jiang Huwu held his homemade fishing rod and absentmindedly fished. There are a few coconut shells next to it, and the coconut shells contain various bait. There is also a tin bucket. It was filled with half a bucket of seawater, but it was obvious that there were no fish in this tin bucket, and it was obvious that Jiang Jianwu's fishing skills were indeed not very good.
As an army officer of the Wehrmacht, he is now somewhat idle, sitting on this simple dock, although he is holding a fishing rod in his hand, but his eyes are staring at the warships on the sea in the distance.
Those warships are all ships of the Chinese Navy. Among them was a seaplane carrier, but Jiang Huwu did not know whether the seaplane carrier was the "Bohai" that participated in the Nanyang War, and now the Chinese Navy has two new seaplane carriers, one is the "Bohai". He participated in the recent South Seas War and sent planes to bomb the military facilities of the Dutch army during the war, and the other was the "East Sea", which was on a goodwill visit to the west coast of the United States during the South Seas War. After the outbreak of the war, he was ordered to return home, but it seems that he did not make it in time to enter the war. After that, I don't know where I went, because the "Bohai" and the "Donghai" are the same type of ships, therefore, Jiang Huwu really can't tell which seaplane carrier is flying in the distance, the distance is too far, and he doesn't bring binoculars, so he can't see the port number clearly.
One thing is certain, though. According to published reports in newspapers, a little later. The bay will serve as a logistics base for a naval exercise between the Chinese Navy and the Japanese Navy in the waters south of Hainan Island. Originally, this naval military exercise was supposed to be held a long time ago, but it was postponed due to the sudden outbreak of the Nanyang War. It was not until China and Japan took full control of the situation in the South China Sea that the plan for the naval military exercise was finalized, and the purpose of the naval military exercise was not only to further strengthen the exchanges between China and Japan. And it was also performed for Britain and France, and its purpose was self-evident.
Jiang Mingwu also came to Hainan Island after the outbreak of the Nanyang War, when he had just finished his term as military attache at the Chinese Consulate in Manila, Philippines, and immediately received an order from the War Department. Soon after the landing, the army unit that had been ordered to start from Guangzhou landed on Hainan Island, and after that, Jiang Huwu was ordered to command an infantry brigade to gather notes in the area of Yalong Bay, ready to go to the Nanyang Islands to fight at any time. But what made the officers and soldiers very discouraged. Before the War Department's operational order was officially issued, news suddenly came from Europe that the Dutch government was accepting the mediation of various countries. The belligerents then began to negotiate peace in Switzerland, after which the flames of war in the South Sea Islands began to be extinguished, and by the time the War Department had sent the troops the new steel helmets that the troops urgently needed. The peace agreement has been officially signed.
Jiang Huwu was a little annoyed, he finally caught up with a war with European countries, he had long wanted to do a big job in Nanyang, but in the end it was empty joy, commanding the troops to gather at the ends of the earth full of coconut groves and mangroves for almost a month, but the war came to an abrupt end, which made Jiang Xiaowu a little depressed.
Watching the Navy go out of the limelight in the South Seas War. The Nanyang militia even attacked and plundered cities in Sumatra and Java, which was not happy. However, the regular troops of China's National Defense Forces are hiding on this tropical island for training, and the skin on the officers and soldiers is like the sun peeling off a layer, but they have not even seen the shadow of the enemy.
However, after the report was submitted to attack, it was like a mud cow entering the sea, never returning, neither replying nor criticizing, which made Jiang Huwu even more depressed, and he couldn't go and go, so he could only find a pastime here by himself, and this fishing pastime was what he had just learned.
The day before yesterday, the War Department suddenly came with an order to bring all army units to the first level of combat readiness. This is a general mobilization order issued by the center. This order immediately raised Jiang Huwu's sluggish mood, so from the day before yesterday when he received the order, Jiang Mingwu Jr. asked the troops to be ready to be pulled out. Just wait for the boss to send a boat to pick them up. β¦β¦
Of course, Jiang Mingwu knew that as soon as the general mobilization order was issued, the troops would immediately be in a state of combat readiness. He understands too. This battle is unlikely to break out on Hainan Island, because the situation here is very calm, there is neither a rebellion, nor a sign of an enemy landing, so the only explanation is that there is an emergency in other directions, although it is not clear what the emergency is, but as long as there is a battle to fight, then Jiang Bangwu is duty-bound, so. He eagerly waited for the transport ship to come and pick them up, wherever they went. As long as he can leave this place where only coconuts and monkeys can be seen except humans, he is satisfied.
But until now, no ship has been sent to pick up Jiang Lingwu and his infantry brigade. This really made Jiang Mingwu anxious, and while taking a telegram to urge, he simply sat on this simple dock. Keep an eye on the movement on the sea, once the transport ship arrives. He could be the first to see.
Just waited all morning. I still didn't see anything, except for the few naval ships that were training at sea, there was no shadow of the transport ship, only some sporadic scum ships coming and going.
"Is this army mobilization just an exercise? If it is not an exercise, in what direction will the center use troops? Is it a French Indochinese or a British Malaya? With this thought, Jiang Wuwu tilted his head and pondered. Indeed, there are now a number of army officers who are as full of thoughts as he is about how to occupy the colonies of the European powers in East Asia, although the views of the people are slightly different. But one thing is the same, they all think. Take advantage of the great war in Europe. By the time the European war was over, China would be among the great powers.
Although the idea is a little naΓ―ve, it is good to have something, and the big people in the War Department can also understand this, so they can only treat these officers' petitions as if they have not seen it.
Just when Jiang Wuwu was thinking nonsense, Xiao suddenly heard someone calling him.
"Brigadier Commander! Brigade! Hurry back to the brigade headquarters! The telegram is coming! β
"Telegram?"
Jiang Mingwu turned his head to look. I saw a ginseng rushing out of the coconut grove and yelling at him. And like Jiang Bangwu, the staff officer was also shorts, a short-sleeved undershirt, and straw sandals on his feet.
Jiang Mingwu immediately stood up, threw away the fishing rod, turned around and rushed towards the brigade headquarters, while the staff officer ran to the improvised dock, and Jiang Banwu packed up the scum.
Quickly rushed back to the brigade headquarters, picked up the telegram that had been diagnosed, Jiang Xiaowu slapped his thigh excitedly, and shouted: "Haha! After all, a transport ship was sent! Lao Tzu just said. This army mobilization, the time is not right, it is definitely not an exercise, it turns out that I really want to stare at Lao Maozi! β
This telegram was taken by the War Department, and the content was to inform Jiang Lingwu's headquarters to pack up and wait for the convoy to arrive in the afternoon, immediately board the ship, leave Hainan Island by boat, and land in Lushun, and the destination of the march is Heilongjiang. No wonder Jiang Huwu was so excited.
After receiving the telegram, Jiang Huwu immediately ordered the troops to pack up and immediately prepare for lunch. As for the barracks, they were taken over by the local government.
Jiang Huwu ordered, and the whole camp boiled, because it was an infantry brigade, there was not much heavy equipment, except for those cannons and artillery trucks, there were some trucks that lifted heavy troops and mules that dragged artillery. It didn't take long for the troops not only to finish their lunch, but also to pack up and wait for the convoy to arrive at Yalong Bay.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the transport fleet arrived on time, because the bay water was shallow, it could not dock, and could only carry personnel and materials through the general board, so it was delayed until late that night, and Jiang Lingwu's department left Hainan Island.
"Farewell, Hainan Island, farewell, Yalong Bay. Although the scenery here is good, it is not a soldier's dream place. Maybe one day. I will miss my days here, but now, I want to win glory on the battlefield and realize my dream of becoming a strong country. β
Standing on the side of the boat, looking at Yalong Bay in the night, Jiang Huwu suddenly felt something, and couldn't help waving his right hand in the dark. Say goodbye to the calm bay, but your mind has flown to the northern border.
In the past few days, the Wehrmacht garrisons in the north and south of China's great rivers have begun strategic movements, along the railways and by steamships, and the Wehrmacht Army units stationed in various places have marched to the northern border singing war songs, and the reporters accompanying the army have also reported the strategic movements of these troops in the newspapers in an open and honest manner.
At the same time as the army units were mobilized, China's navy and air forces also began to operate. There were signs that tensions between China and Russia were rapidly escalating because of the Far East Army, which caused great concern among the Entente bloc, while the Allied bloc with Germany was so excited that they were advocating the imminent outbreak of the Sino-Russian war, and the German Reichstag even passed a secret resolution. It was decided that once China declared war on Russia, the German Army would immediately and unconditionally cooperate with the military operations of the squadron and strive to solve the Eastern Front problem in one fell swoop.
It was in this tense situation that the Japanese government secretly sent a special envoy to China in the hope of holding in-depth consultations with the Chinese President on the current situation in Northeast Asia. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in. More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!