612 Defend the Emperor!? Five go abroad to fight local tyrants!

According to the Central News Agency, today, the Military Committee of the National "Government" issued a war briefing, announcing the successful end of the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, in which the Army of the People's ** Army of our country annihilated a total of 12,687 Japanese Taiwan troops, of which more than 11,400 were killed and more than 1,200 were captured; killed the commander of the Japanese Taiwan Army, Yodotaro Watanabe, and the chief of staff, Takeshi Kosugi; Countless guns and ammunition were seized. In this battle, the navy of the Nationalist Army sank two Japanese aircraft carriers, one heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, and three destroyers...... As of press time, Taiwan and Penghu have all recovered from this war, swept away the resentment since the First Sino-Japanese War, and revived the majesty of China."

According to the Central News Agency, Chairman Hu of the Nationalist "Government" delivered a speech to the people of the whole country, and "Chairman Hu" said in his speech that the victory in the Battle of the Taiwan Strait shows that the days of Japanese imperialism dominating the East Ocean are gone forever, and that China has risen to become the leading force in East Asia, and that the flames of war provoked by Japanese imperialism are about to burn to Japanese soil, and that Japanese militarists will pay an unimaginably heavy price for this war......

With a bang, the radio was turned off, and Ugaki Kazunari looked at the conference room, and the Japanese army and navy generals with pale faces shook their heads slightly, not knowing whether it was for their own situation or for the situation of the Great Japanese Empire.

After the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, the Japanese Navy has basically lost the capital and courage to go to sea for a decisive battle, and can only harbor around the Japanese archipelago, and China, which has already changed hands in the East Sea and has seized sea power, can freely choose the place of attack, and Okinawa, Kyushu, Jeju Island, the west coast of Korea, the Liaodong Peninsula, or any place in the Bohai Bay may become the landing site of the squadron.

Under these circumstances, the officers of the Japanese army and navy were naturally in a state of panic, but they gritted their teeth and refused to withdraw the main forces from Manchuria and strengthen the defense of the mainland and the coastal areas of Korea.

As for the proposal to end the war through negotiations, it caused an uproar at the Cabinet meeting, and the members of the Cabinet and the base camp had no opinion on the peace talks themselves, but there were huge differences between the parties on the specific conditions.

Foreign Minister Inu Yangyi believes that the Taiwan issue can be put aside and an armistice agreement can be signed to end the war first, so that financial resources and energy can be put into domestic construction so as to lay the foundation for a future war of revenge. However, this proposal was unanimously opposed by the army and navy, and Muto Nobuyoshi, who had just taken over as land minister, and Taniguchi Naoma, who had just taken over as land minister, held that the Taiwan issue could not be shelved. Because the Taiwanese are originally Chinese, their loyalty to the Japanese Empire and the Emperor is almost zero, once they are allowed to return to China, Japan will be completely forgotten in a few years, and in the future, China can completely turn Taiwan into its territory through a referendum, and the international powers will also recognize it, and Japan will no longer have the possibility of retaking Taiwan at that time. What is even more unacceptable to the army and navy is that if Taiwan is lost, it will lose its way to the south, and in the future, Japan will not be able to move westward into the mainland or the South Seas, but will only be trapped forever in the narrow Japanese archipelago and the tiny Korean Peninsula, and even the Korean Peninsula will eventually lose its ......

The meeting quarreled for several hours, and no final result was reached, until the secretary walked in and informed him that the Chinese Nationalist "Government" had declared the end of the battle in the Taiwan Strait and that Hu Hanmin, the "chairman" of the Nationalist "Government", would also make a speech. After that, all the cabinet members temporarily stopped arguing and came to listen to the Chinese radio broadcast, and there were several translators on the scene to translate the Chinese broadcast into Japanese at any time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Hu Hanmin, the 'chairman' of the 'government' of the people of China, has already made clear in his speech the intention of invading Japan, do you have any thoughts?" Ugaki Kazunari glanced at the stunned cabinet members and the representatives of the base camp, and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, the defense of the homeland should now be the top priority of the army and navy, and I suggest that the defense of the west coast of Korea, Jeju Island, Okinawa Island, Kyushu Island and other places be immediately strengthened. In addition, the defense of the entire coastal area of the Japanese archipelago must also be strengthened, and the people of China must not be allowed to set foot on the land of the Japanese archipelago, because it will threaten the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, which is absolutely unacceptable," said Tetsuyama Nagata, director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, who was the first to stand up and speak.

"Nagata-kun, what are you talking nonsense?" War Minister Muto Nobuyoshi slammed the table and scolded, "How can the safety of His Majesty the Emperor be threatened? Could it be that the people of China can still land in Honshu? ”

Nagata Tetsuyama stood up, snapped upright, and saluted stiffly: "Your Excellency, Japan is an island country, an island country surrounded by the sea on all sides, and now that the sea control has been lost, of course the Shina Navy may land in Honshu, and even directly in Tokyo Bay. According to intelligence, China will also have one aircraft carrier and two 'Polish Legion' class armored ships built this year, and then China will be able to come up with three aircraft carriers and three capital ships, and what can the navy come up with to resist? ”

There was silence in the room, and then all eyes were on the Admiralty Minister Taniguchi Naoma. And Taniguchi Naoma hung his head helplessly and didn't say a word. Now the Japanese Navy still has three battleships, one battlecruiser and one aircraft carrier, and it looks like it is also capable of fighting a war. However, the air force of the Japanese Navy and Army was too weak, and although planes had now been ordered from the British, where did the pilots come from? In the past six months, the pilots of the Japanese army and navy have been killed and wounded in the fighting, and the remaining dozens have been kept as seeds, and if they are exhausted, there will not even be flight instructors in the future...... And it is absolutely impossible to train new pilots without two years.

"Nagata-kun still filtered." War Minister Muto Nobuyoshi waved his hand: "Taiwan is only a few dozen kilometers away from the mainland of China, and the people of China can land even with fishing boats, and the Japanese archipelago is more than 1,000 kilometers away from China, and they are not capable of successfully landing, if they really dare to come, there are 500,000 troops enough to defend the mainland." ”

Nagata's face was solemn, and his chest rose and fell violently: "What about the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and the Ryukyu Islands?" If the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island were lost, the 700,000-strong Kwantung Army in Manchuria would be in danger of being wiped out, and the Ryukyu Islands would probably be the next target of the Kuomintang invasion in China. ”

"The North Korean garrison is strong enough to protect the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island." Sadao Araki, the deputy chief of staff, replied loudly: "Now it is only necessary to strengthen the defense of the Ryukyus to ensure the security of the homeland, and the war in Manchuria can continue until the people of China are willing to exchange Taiwan for the withdrawal of imperial troops." ”

Nagata Tetsuyama laughed, full of mockery, and just wanted to open his mouth to refute, only to hear a bang, and the door of the conference room was slammed open.

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see an adjutant of Ugaki Kazunari walking in with a pale face, holding a telegram in his hand: "Commander of the Korean garrison Lin Mijuro is in a hurry, a Chinese fleet has raided and occupied Baeknyeong Island on the coast of the West Sea of Korea this morning."

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April 2, 1931, 6 o'clock.

Dozens of small sampans pierced through the fog of the sea in the early morning and leaned on the tidal flats of Baeknyeong Island, just 10 kilometers off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula.

The sampan had not yet stopped, and it was full of Red officers and soldiers who had jumped off. One of the Red Army commanders in front of him was holding a machete, and his expression was solemn. The soldiers also rumbled down, looking nervous one by one.

"Comrades, this is the land of North Korea, and it is worth sacrificing here for the liberation of the oppressed Korean people."

Lu Zheng, commander of the Special Service Battalion of the 26th Division of the Ninth Army Corps of the Red Army, was already sweating profusely with a machete in his hand. Looking back, on the sea after the fog cleared, the Red Navy fleet and transport ships for this landing operation were clearly recognizable. Five light cruisers, six gunboats, transports were being replaced, and large numbers of soldiers were climbing down the rope nets and onto all sorts of small boats. When they had finished disembarking, the sailors who were "maneuvering" the sampans had turned around and sailed back to pick up the next group of Red Army soldiers who had landed.

On the sea, not a single Japanese ship or boat could be seen, and it seemed that the sea control really belonged to the Kuomintang

After Zhang Xueliang returned to Tianjin, the Red Navy fleet, which had been in Dagukou in Tianjin for nearly half a year, finally began to move, and five old light cruisers, a few small gunboats, and a few merchant ships, transported half a division of the Red Army, and under Zhang Xueliang's personal command, they came straight to the Korean Peninsula

However, for this invasion of Japanese territory, from General Zhang Xueliang himself to the lowest level of soldiers, they all felt that it was more than lucky. Korea is now Japanese territory, Japan has 3 million army and the world's seventh-largest navy (the latest ranking, only Italy), with five light cruisers and half a division of the Red Army reorganized from the Northeast Army, they dare to come to "touch" the tiger's buttocks, no matter how you look at it, they are crazy, just afraid that they will be killed by fierce fire as soon as they land

The death squad led by Lu Zheng "Cao" was all worried in the process of flooding and in the sea fog, and they were worried that bullets and shells would hit their heads and faces on the tidal flats. Because they were a sneak attack this time, and did not use naval artillery support, the whole division was counting on their selected elite infantry to raid and control the landing field, and they were also expected to do whatever it takes. Thankfully, until they set foot on the beach, not a single bullet hit

Lu Zheng took a deep breath of excitement, and ordered loudly to let the soldiers quickly "plant" a small flag on the tidal flat they had just docked to mark the landing site. Then, with a wave of his hand, he led more than 100 soldiers to a hill that controlled the tidal flats in front. Their landing this time was completely unprepared, and I don't know if there are Japanese troops on this Bailing Island, but they have to be prepared for fierce battles no matter what, and the combat effectiveness of these Japanese soldiers, the Red Army adapted from the Northeast Army, is very fearful.

More than 100 Red officers and soldiers clenched their rifles and rushed desperately towards the hills. The soft tidal flats made their footsteps unfast, and in the blink of an eye, everyone was sweating profusely, but there was still more than half of the distance of a few hundred meters.

Lu Zheng rushed to the front with a big knife in his hand, repeating in his heart. There should be no enemies, right? It is better that there are no enemies, and even if there are, there should be only one or two, and at the sight of our heroic Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army they flee in terror

If this is the case, this campaign to liberate the Korean people can be regarded as a victory in the first battle

The gunshots that Lu Zheng was worried about never rang out, and more than 100 Red Army soldiers rushed up the hill like a whirlwind. Dozens of North Korean men and women stood at the gate of the village, stunned as they looked at the Red Army soldiers carrying large knives and holding rifles

Where did all these men in blue-gray clothes and strange hats come from? Is it the legendary pirates? Or is it the invading army of China as mentioned in the newspapers......

Lu Zheng exhaled heavily, turned around and shouted to a naval soldier who was in charge of the flag: "Give a signal to the sea, I have landed, the landing ground is safe, and no Japanese garrison has been found on Bailing Island."

At this time, on the bridge of the cruiser Hairong, the flagship of the Red Navy, Zhang Xueliang, Shen Honglie, and Li Zhilong were anxiously waiting for the news from the front.

Report. News came from the front that the Japanese army did not have a single soldier on Bailing Island, and our army had successfully controlled the whole island, in addition to discovering a small Korean fishing village and hundreds of Korean fishermen. ”

Zhang Xueliang nodded with satisfaction and took a long breath, he was actually not sure about this sneak attack at all. It is a miracle that it can be said that it is possible to succeed now, but I did not expect that the three million Japanese army and the seventh largest navy in the world could not even defend the small island in front of their own home, which really makes people laugh and lose their big teeth.

"Comrade Political Commissar, this time it's really hanging" Zhang Xueliang smiled at Li Zhilong beside him and said, "What should I do next?" Is it to withdraw troops and return home? ”

Li Zhilong frowned: "Withdraw the army? Why? ”

Zhang Xueliang thought for a while and said, "Didn't we encircle Wei to save Zhao?" ”。 Li Zhilong shook his head and said: "This Bailing Island is not small, and the distance from the west coast of North Korea is far enough, and the nearest point is ten kilometers, and there is also a place on the island that can directly take off and land planes, which is a very key strategic location. We can open up this island into a Soviet zone, and then use it as a base to attack and harass the west coast of Korea, fight the local tyrants, divide the land, and develop the land** so that the Japanese will be unbearable and withdraw the main forces from Manchuria. ”

"What? Fight local tyrants and divide the land? But this is a foreign country."

Li Zhilong blinked his eyes and said with a straight face: "We proletarians in the world are not divided between each other, and it is the duty of our Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to help the poor middle peasants of North Korea fight the local tyrants and divide the land."

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"Your Excellency dares to ask for the deployment of the main force of the Kwantung Army to the west coast of Korea, Jeju Island, the Japanese archipelago and the Ryukyu Islands, and we must no longer take the territorial defense lightly, now only the weak Shina Red Navy can send thousands of people to the affiliated islands of the Korean Peninsula, if it is replaced by the Shina Kuomintang Navy, it is also possible to send troops to Honshu Island."

The Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Kasumigaseki in Tokyo continues, but no one dares to say that the Japanese mainland will never be attacked. Several generals of the army and navy have proposed to strengthen coastal defense in various localities in order to prevent the recurrence of the Bailing Island incident. In addition, they were roaring to regain the lost territory, but what was embarrassing was that the sea surface that was only 10 kilometers wide had now become an impassable moat, and this Bailing Island was only 200 kilometers away from the Shandong Peninsula, which was exactly within the combat radius of the Kuomintang planes, and the Japanese navy did not dare to send the remaining fleet to death.

"Taniguchi-kun, is there really no way?". Kazunari Ugaki looked at Naoma Taniguchi, Minister of the Navy, with anticipation in his eyes.

Taniguchi Naoma's face turned red, his head was lowered, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into: "Your Excellency is not without a way, you can drop the shore defense artillery and deploy it on the west coast of North Korea near Bailing Island, block Bailing Island with shore artillery fire, and then let the marines land and expel the Red Army in China." ”

Ugaki Kazunari sighed, "Then how much time will it take to recover Bailing Island?" ”

Taniguchi Naoma frowned and thought hard: "If you want to block the ocean near Shiraei Island, at least you need to use a 150 mm heavy cannon, Meiji 45 or Taisho 7, this kind of artillery has a range of more than 20 kilometers, but it weighs more than 20 tons...... The army did not know when it would be able to transport them to North Korea. ”

"The Hakodate Heavy Artillery Wing, the Yokosuka Heavy Artillery Wing, and the Mashan Heavy Artillery Wing are all equipped with 150-mm heavy cannons that can be mobilized at any time." War Minister Muto hurriedly reported the numbers of the three fortress artillery wings.

"There is no need to be so troublesome at all, as long as there is a field cannon." Nagata Tieshan on the side reminded: "There is no problem in recovering Bailing Island, I estimate that as soon as the main force of the imperial army arrives, the Red Army will take the initiative to retreat." However, the tactics of this kind of rogue attack of the Chinese must be worthy of our vigilance, and now the sea control is in the hands of the Chinese people, and the empire is an island country, and the coastline is particularly long, and there are places where the Chinese people may land. If the people of China take advantage of the weakness and retreat immediately after going ashore, burning, killing and looting, how should we deal with it? ”

"The Imperial Army's immediate priority now is to strengthen the coastal defenses in various places, as well as the defenses of Jeju Island, Okinawa Island, the Korean Peninsula, and Kyushu Island, and the Chinese must not be allowed to take advantage of it. In addition, the coastal defense of Tokyo Bay should also be strengthened, including artillery batteries, mine blockades, and army deployments. In case the Kuomintang army in China attacked Tokyo from the sea with elite troops and harmed His Majesty the Emperor"

As soon as Nagata Tetsuyama's words came out, there was a faint sound of inhalation in the room. How did the whole of Japan become a leaky sieve overnight? It seems that the Chinese army may land at any place at any time

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