1925, February 28, Kunming. Driven by the orders of the instructor, outside Tang Jirao's Overseer's Mansion, the Yunnan troops guarding the Overseer's Mansion suddenly opened fire on the unarmed demonstrators. In broad daylight, the executioners' heavy machine guns fired at the dense crowd of students, without warning or warning, and shot the unsuspecting students in the street, killing and wounding nearly 300 people on the spot.

The whole scene was full of corpses and rivers of blood, and the progressive students who cared about the nation could not understand why they were subjected to such an unwarranted massacre in their own country at the moment of death. But according to the law, don't students have the right to march peacefully?

On the same day, an agent of the Special Intelligence Department of the militia who was preparing to record the demonstration in front of the Overseer's Mansion used a special camera to photograph the parade from the beginning of the march to the exit of several instructors from the inner courtyard of the Overseer's Mansion.

Judging from the high-definition black-and-white photos secretly taken by this agent of the Secret Intelligence Department, the whole process is very clear, the instructor is not only the one who gave the order, but even relied on the detachment of instructors in the Overseer's Mansion to suppress the disgruntled Yunnan army officers, so as to coerce the unknown Yunnan army to fire at the Chinese students.

What Okamura Ninji didn't expect was that the incident was recorded by the agents of the Special Intelligence Department of the militia as soon as it happened, and then Dongchuan District issued an emergency telegram again, immediately telegraphing the world of this shocking bloody case, and calling on 40,000 people to condemn Tang together. At any cost, he issued a long telegram to express his resolute anti-Tang stance, and even took the initiative to promise that he would be responsible for the aftermath treatment and resettlement of the dead and injured students, of which Zhang Shusheng's personal contribution and the contribution of the militia group amounted to hundreds of thousands.

And then a photo sent to the major newspapers, so that all the newspapers almost took out the whole page to report, clear black and white photos, even the photo himself was specially marked, and two of the instructor captains were also marked with their names.

As soon as the incident came out, the first to get the news were, of course, the military and political chiefs of various localities. However, even the warlords did not believe that the massacre was real. It is not unheard of before when civilians were slaughtered, but compared to this time when students were fired with heavy machine guns in the street, it is not the same thing. In the evening, the urgent printing of special issues of newspapers of all sizes revealed the truth to the world.

In this massacre, which was called the '28 Massacre' in Dongchuan District, the reluctant cooperation between Tang Jirao and Yue himself could no longer be concealed and justified. People everywhere couldn't believe their eyes the moment they saw the newspaper, and when they saw the scene in the photo, the bloody streets, the hideous faces, and the stumps everywhere were clearly visible, and many people were crying bitterly on the streets.

Although China has always been weak, the people's hearts still have the idea that the land of China is vast and rich, believing that as long as they keep to themselves, they can always survive by making up for the seams. But this earth-shattering tragedy has made everyone understand a truth, life is so fragile. If this is true for students, what about the general public? Where is the hope in this country of warlords?

Just when the people are confused, the intellectuals are wailing, and the politicians and warlords are speechless. On the second day of the incident, the militia once again sent a news commentary personally drafted by Zhang Shusheng to all newspapers and newspapers through various channels.

“…… Up and down for 5,000 years, China has been the land of China since ancient times, protected by the gods of the heavens, and has the right path of Langlang Qiankun. However, in recent decades, foreign invaders have repeatedly violated the territory of China, killed our Han people, kidnapped our Han property, and humiliated our Han Tianwei. Now there are traitors to the country, colluding with the people, and openly slaughtering my weak-crowned people under the condition of Lang Lang Qiankun. Students, the hope of the nation. Students, the fundamental future of the nation. In this way, it is said that the people and the Tang Dynasty have the extremely vicious intention of cutting off the luck of our great Han, destroying the foundation of our great Han, messing with the rivers and mountains of our great Han, and destroying the seeds of our great Han!!!

If the internal annihilation of the foreign thief, the country will not be a country. At this time, all my Han people should take this as a wake-up call, refuse to say goods outside, and punish Han annihilation internally...... We hope that all our citizens must recognize the faces of the people, plunder the economy, disrupt our internal affairs, and kill our people. If he does not wake up, he will be in danger of destroying his country!!

…… He is cautious as a small official in northern Yunnan, and he does not dare to speak of high righteousness, but he knows how to respect the old and protect the young, and greatly promote education. Now that the warlords are fighting, the country has no peace, and it is prudent not to seek a prominent side, but only to ask talented students with lofty aspirations in the world to study under my rule. However, all students from all over the country should enjoy a number of preferential treatments such as tuition exemption with students under their rule, and the specific details will be published separately. He said that if he succeeds in his studies, he must be the prosperity of my Han Dynasty, and the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people......"

Zhang Shusheng's signed comment immediately stirred up a thousand waves. And the follow-up comments of other enlightened people that followed raised the tragedy to the height of a national alarm. As Zhang Shusheng said in his commentary, now there are internal and external troubles, and the whole people do not seek enlightenment, but those with lofty ideals should think more in order to make some preparations for the future.

It is regrettable that in this commentary, Zhang Shusheng did not mention the more acute issues of the concession, and did not even dare to incite the Chinese people to kill the people in China. Because he knows that at this time, China is not ready, and he is not ready. However, he fully seized this opportunity and made at least some of the Chinese people understand the situation of a small number of nationalities, which will have a major impact on the war of resistance that will inevitably occur in the future.

At least there will not be a situation in the future when he has already captured the important towns in the north and entered the customs with iron hooves, and many people are still looking forward to saying that his ambitions will be satisfied, so he will stop and just steal the north.

The reason why Zhang Shusheng seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for national education was that he knew that some things would still have to happen, such as the Shanghai tragedy that would have happened in 1925.

It is said that this nation is a typical animal nation, so Zhang Shusheng not only has a super high sober understanding, but also fully collects evidence and preserves evidence of the incident. There are photos and video materials, and I said that I was slandered hundreds of years later, and I couldn't escape these mountains of ironclad evidence that filled the whole room.

However, although the 28th tragedy is ahead, it is difficult to guarantee that the Shanghai tragedy will not happen, and it may even happen earlier. This is because at a time when this kind of national contradiction is suddenly acute, it is entirely possible that a major conflict will break out in advance between the Chinese capital, represented by the Chinese factories, and the laborers, represented by the poor workers.

Therefore, he did not shout everything by just one mouth, but made absolutely careful preparations.

In 1925, on March 1, Zhang Shusheng called Chu Feiyang, commander-in-chief of the special operations force of the militia regiment, Zhao Ziyun, deputy director of the special intelligence department of the militia, and He An, captain of the Longya special forces brigade.

Without exception, all three of them had red and swollen eyes, and they saw that their people were slaughtered, but they did not have time to come to the rescue, which was very uncomfortable. And letting people commit murder on the land of China made people including Zhao Ziyun, a non-combat unit, full of fighting spirit.

"Teacher, let me go to Kunming!!"

"District Chief, let's go to the special forces!!"

"I think everyone is very clear about what happened in Kunming. The dead are gone, and what we should do is turn grief into strength. Although Kunming, which was attacked by the 1st Division and other main forces, could be taken in two or three days at most, we had to prevent ourselves from jumping off the wall in a hurry. ”

Zhang Shusheng took out a cursive combat mission and gave it to the three of them, "In this plan, in addition to sending a special forces unit into Kunming to carry out special operations missions, after completing the Kunming mission, we must immediately secretly go to the following cities to conduct hidden operations." ”

After looking at the battle plan, Chu Feiyang, as the commander-in-chief of the special forces, said first: "The combat mission in Kunming is not difficult, the key is the task part later. He An, come on. ”

He An, as the captain of the Dragon's Tooth Special Forces, needs to personally lead the team to act, nodded, and asked rigorously: "District Chief, if you want to go to these cities to fight in ambush over a long distance, will the equipment of the troops be brought by yourself or find another way?" ”

Zhang Shusheng looked at Zhao Ziyun and said, "This time, the special forces personnel only need to rush to each city as quickly as possible, and our agents from the local special intelligence department will make all the preparations for you." Zhao Ziyun, is there a problem? ”

"Report to the district chief, there is no problem." Zhao Ziyun was leading the way.

Zhang Shusheng nodded with satisfaction, and glanced at the three of them seriously, "This combat mission is mainly prevention, in the event of an emergency similar to a tragedy, I authorize the combat troops to fire at the executioner as underworld elements and civilian righteous men." ”

As the direct person in charge of the operation, He An will be sent to Shanghai Tang, and he has experienced the hatred of the slaughter of the village, his eyes are blood-red at this time, and he seems to have seen one by one executioners die under his own gun.

"Don't worry, the district magistrate, if you can't complete the task, He An will definitely apologize!!"

In the high-level operations conference room of the ―――――――――― militia regiment, the generals who remained in Dongchuan District attended the briefing meeting on the battle.

Zhang Shusheng was wearing a military uniform without ranks, ribbons, or medals, knocked on the table, and made a start: "Before the meeting starts, I will say a few words. Tang Jirao defied the world's condemnation and brazenly opened fire on the students who were demonstrating at about 1 noon on 28 February. For this kind of blatant crime against the nation, I ask every military commander and instructor to work hard to supervise the propaganda of this incident in accordance with the propaganda documents issued by the General Headquarters. The tragedy is painful, but we should all the more use it as a negative teaching material to enhance the ideological understanding of the soldiers. Whoever is perfunctory, once discovered by the comrades of the Special Intelligence Department, I will send him to a military court. ”

"Yes!!" The generals of the militia stood up and saluted and received the order. In fact, there is no need for Zhang Shusheng to say that these commanders and fighters are doing the work of their subordinates every day. Every day, there is an endless stream of grassroots officers who block the opportunity for the command headquarters of the unit to go to war. This professional army, which was originally warlike and life-threatening, has now been branded with a deep national brand.

There is a sentence in the document issued by the headquarters, which was read to the soldiers by all the commanders and fighters as the top priority, "In this country where warlords are fighting, politicians are incompetent, and politics is [***], only our Dongchuan Army can save the Han Dynasty, protect China, and protect the people." ”

The militia was a professional army, from officers to soldiers, and was full of strong self-confidence, which automatically turned itself into the last force to save this desperate nation.

Then, the combat staff began to give a briefing on the situation of the battle.

“…… On the Guizhou side, the troops of the two routes have already arrived in Guiyang, and due to logistical constraints, it is expected to launch a general offensive on March 4 or later. However, it should be noted that the combat effectiveness of the Guizhou army was low, and it did not participate in the reorganization of the Yunnan system, and its equipment was also very inferior. The strength of our participating troops is sufficient, the first division of the militia reserve, the second division of the Guangxi reserve, and the first division of the Guangxi garrison, a total of about two relatively elite divisions will be enough to level Guiyang.

In the territory of Yunnan Province, we adopted the same means of warfare, smashing the Yellow Dragon and pressing heavily on Kunming. It successively annihilated the 6th Division reorganized by Tang Jirao and the 4th Division reinforced. Defeat the enemy who blocked the enemy, reorganized the elite 2nd Division, and reorganized the 3rd Division. At present, in addition to the Yunnan garrisons in several other important towns in Yunnan, Kunming still has nearly two integrated armouring divisions and two units with multiple integrated ordinary divisions. Together with other forces, the total is about 50,000 or 60,000 people.

Our offensive forces consisted mainly of the 1st Division, the 1st Division, the 1st Division, the Reserve Armored Regiment, and the Air Force Bomber Units. Although the army was inferior in numbers, the staff fully trusted them and was able to take Kunming.

In other areas, in accordance with the instructions of the headquarters, we have also made defensive and operational preparations in the direction of Sichuan, Guangdong, and Hubei. Any unit that wants to snatch the fruits of victory will be fiercely blocked. ”

Zhang Shusheng listened silently, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, there were still too few combat troops in the militia group. Two integrated divisions, three reserve divisions, three garrison divisions in Guangxi, and even if one general reserve division for emergency mobilization is added, the militia will have nine divisions. Although the equipment of these troops is far more elite than that of the warlords in Sichuan, Hubei, and Guangdong, the training is even more heaven and earth. But now that the strength of these nine divisions is spread to the land of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou, I suddenly feel a little difficult.

After all, at this time, the military establishment of the militia was not really in the middle of a big war.

In the end, Zhang Shusheng said, "Since it is a war, there must be victory and defeat." All remaining troops should be ready to get on the bus and rush to the aid at any time. In his view, even if it is a stable combat operation, it is necessary to ensure that there is a follow-up move, and the economic and industrial center of Dongchuan District is the most important, but the battle in Kunming cannot be lost.

"Yes!!"

―――――――――――― at about 5 o'clock in the morning on March 2, 1925, on the outskirts of Kunming, the most elite first division of the militia regiment, suddenly launched a fierce attack on the first line of defense personally arranged by Okamura Ningji.

This attack was different from the battle in Songming County, at the beginning, in addition to the artillery fire, there were also bombers that were very unfamiliar to the Dian army from the white fish belly in the sky just now.

This batch of 42 militia fighters consisted of two types of aircraft. As soon as the fighters flew over the battlefield, nearly 20 Jian-1 fighters escorted by the escort first swooped down and strafed with their airborne large-caliber machine guns, naming all the heavy machine-gun fortifications and the artillery fortifications and mortar fire groups that were visible to the naked eye. Regardless of the fact that it has been more than a year since the Jian-1 fighter was successfully developed, this is the first time it has participated in actual combat.

The H-1 bomber, which was followed by the Jian-1 fighter, was rather bloated and could not carry out a dive-type attack like the J-1 fighter, but could only dive at a small angle at a high altitude; after the bomb compartment door in the bomber's belly was opened, heavy aerial bombs fell one after another, blowing up a large area of fortifications specially built by Okamura Ninji to block the militia armored units.

Those 50kg, 100kg, and even 500kg aerial bombs have an extraordinary destructive effect on those cement-poured barriers.

Although the bombers did not carry out large-scale bombing of the Yunnan army, the appearance of these dozens of planes not only made every Yunnan army have the idea of escaping, but also shattered the hearts of all the instructors in Yunnan, including Okamura Ningji.

In this battle, it seems that there is little hope.

Okamura Ningji on the rear front put down his binoculars a little tiredly, he originally wanted to deal with Zhang Shusheng by the instructor and the reorganization and arming of the Dian army, but now it seems that it is delusional.

He was familiar with the battlefield, and the moment he saw those fighters flying, he was desperate. The Yunnan army had no courage to fight, no superior equipment, no tanks, and no air force. When he saw more than a hundred tanks of the militia armored regiment rushing in through the gap blown by the bombers, Okamura Ninji still had a little last hope.

However, when the tanks tore through the defense line back and forth and drove away the Dian army, and the Dongchuan District quickly broke through the gap opened by the tanks to break through the attack of the remaining mortars of the Dian army, his last glimmer of hope was gone.

If nothing else, if an instructor picks up the heavy machine gun that has just died and fires a few bullets, he will be killed by the sharpshooter bullets fired from a distance. The mortar squad and grenadier soldiers were even more miserable, as soon as they raised their bodies and were ready to fire, or just fired a shell, they were hit by a deadly shell from the muzzle of the opposing tank, and if they couldn't, the fighters hovering in the sky began to dive down again.

In a big battle with tens of thousands of participants, Okamura Ninji didn't even see the opponent's main army attack force, and the defense line was about to collapse.

And when the assault unit of the militia combat unit charged with a strange repeating gun, and the marksmanship was generally very accurate, Okamura Ninji had already made a decision.

Whether it is the battlefield situation or these strange combat equipment, no one in Yunnan at this time understands what these things mean better than Okamura Ningji.

Not only was the Dian army unable to resist them, but they were even qualified to become the opponents of the Great Empire.

This kind of equipment is already at the same level as several ace divisions in China. Moreover, Zhang Shusheng's army was clearly not a local warlord army originally assessed, but a well-trained and professional Western-style army.

"Okamura Jun ......" Although the first line of defense is still far from here, Miyai Nagao knows that not to mention the rest of the defense line, even Kunming City behind him, cannot be defended. Listening to the fierce gunfire coming from ahead, Miyai Nagao felt that he needed to remind the rising star of the military department, "We have too little information about Zhang Shusheng's troops, it is too inaccurate, and we underestimate the opponent too much. And the will of the Dian army is too poor, and the equipment is at a disadvantage, and this battle cannot be won. The War Department had received information that Britain and France were massing troops on the Sino-Burmese and Sino-Vietnamese borders, and the Reich would not be able to give an account to Britain and France without immediately carrying out the order to abandon this southwestern plan. ”

Miyai Nagao reminded that in his current opinion, the plan of this new star of the military department is very risky, and now that it has failed, then he should abandon the plan and return to the military department to accept the punishment of the military department. Of course, Nagao Miyai also believed that as the planner, the rising star of the military department should bravely stand up and explain the incident to Britain and France.

"Miyai-kun, do you think even we are going to lose?" Okamura Ninji said with a somewhat gloomy face.

"Yes, although Zhang Shusheng only has more than 100 tanks and dozens of planes, the Dian army is not an emperor [***] team, and they cannot resist this kind of attack. Okamura-kun, they are just a local warlord's army, unless the emperor's [***] team is here, otherwise, Kunming will definitely not be able to hold it. In Miyai Nagao's view, it will be impossible to change the result, although Zhang Shusheng's munitions bought back by doing everything possible are just mantis arms compared to the huge military power of the empire, but outside the city of Kunming, the Dian army has become a praying mantis blocking the car.

"Yo Xi, thank you Miyai-kun for reminding me, I almost made a big mistake." Okamura Ninji stepped forward and hugged Miyai Nagao deeply.

Miyai Nagao was still a little stunned, how could Okamura Ninji suddenly hug him, instinctively wanted to get out of the way, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and wanted to shout but couldn't shout, and his mouth was covered tightly.

"Miyai-kun, the military department needs me to go back, and the future expansion plan of the empire needs me, so here, I will leave it to you. I will report to the military department and say that you have the courage to take responsibility and have broken the jade for the emperor. Of course, the British and French sides also want to borrow your name, and I hope you don't mind. ”

Okamura Ninji slowly helped the twitching Miyai Nagao to sit down, and in the hand between the two of them, he was holding the handle of a bayonet.

Watching Nagao Miyai slowly stop his convulsions, and finally walk away with his eyes open, Okamura Ninji didn't regret it in his heart. I didn't hesitate to break the jade for the emperor, but now is not the time. Compared with himself, a future military command genius, Miyai Nagao is just a little grasshopper.

In his own plan, in the detailed rules of the plan supplemented by the Ministry of War, the reason why he chose to let Miyai Nagao serve as the apparent negotiator was also based on the same consideration.

When the plan was originally formulated, both I and the military department understood that this southwest plan would be the same adventure as the northern plan. Once the risk fails, it must not be you who is responsible.

The sound of artillery behind him, like a hypnotic bell, frightened many Dian troops to rout in all directions of the battlefield, although there were still two defense lines and troops ready for counter-charge, but Okamura Ninji was no longer ready to stay here. There was no need for him to wait to see the rout of the Dian army, and he was not willing to continue to enjoy the taste of defeat.

The only ones who need to stay here are the instructors and Nagao Miyai, and of course, Taro Aamiya, who died earlier, will also be waiting for them on the road ahead. Because, in addition to this very big Asamiya Taro and the negotiator Miyai Nagao, and even the female spy, the military department gave a death order of "if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent".

What Okamura Ningji needs to do now is not to wait for the Dian army to be used to be defeated by Zhang Shusheng's troops, but to face up to the facts, rush back to Yuben, and bring the post-incident summary report in the southwest back to the military headquarters in detail. Perhaps, because of this future king of the southwest, the military department will change some of the established strategic guidelines and formulate combat operations that are more suitable for China.

In Okamura Ninji's heart, although it was a pity that this plan failed, deep down he was actually a little happy. Happily, I have discovered a future opponent of the empire in advance, and as long as the empire is better prepared in advance, the future operation will be smoother.

After changing into a military uniform of a communications staff officer in the front-line command post, Okamura Ningji went straight to Tang Jirao's mansion in the city. As long as he was sure that Tang Jirao was killed by the explosives planted in advance, he would be able to pass through Kunming City and escape through a car placed outside the city in the other direction.

Although Tang Jirao was so angry that he fell unconscious, he still felt the need to give him a ride. The father and son of the Tang family really know too much, and it is not suitable for them to stay in this world and discredit the Great Empire.

In an alley 150 meters away from Tang Jirao's Mansion, Okamura Ninji found the agent who was ambushed in a back street house in advance.

"Detonate the explosives immediately." After entering the room and closing the door, and after carefully inspecting it, Okamura Ninji ordered the spy to detonate the explosives, and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha...... What if the plan fails, the most dead are still the stupid Shina people. ”

"Ahem, excuse me, is it Mr. Ninji Okamura?"

When the spy went in to detonate the explosives on Tang Jirao's house through the wires that had been buried a long time ago, a person suddenly walked up to Okamura Ninji, who couldn't stop laughing.

"Yaga, how did you get in!!"

Okamura Ninji was suddenly shocked, how could this person enter the house without a sound? When I came in, I checked this simple house. When he felt the sunlight streaming through the roof, he finally understood that the man who wanted his life was coming.

"Eight, your uncle, fuck, Lao Tzu specially came to invite you."

The special forces soldier smashed Okamura Ninji who was about to draw a gun in front of him with a knife, and when the special agent heard the movement and ran out with a gun, he was directly inserted into his throat by an oncoming dagger, and immediately fell backwards.

"Damn, what else is this military department new star. Captain, take him back this time, let's turn his new star into a death star......"

Seeing the captain He An who pushed the door in, the soldier reluctantly kicked his feet and lay on the ground unconscious, and Okamura Ningji, whose hands were twisted and dislocated, said with some joy.

He An, who led the team in, walked up, raised his foot and stepped on a brute face of Okamura Ningji, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the district chief said, the death row prisoners and miners in the mine prison haven't seen a woman for several years, and when the interrogation is over, knock out his teeth, tie them up, and give them to the miners to play with." How fine skin and tender meat, those big black men will like it. ”

Thinking of the district chief's explanation, He An was in a surprisingly good mood, why did the district chief always have so many magical ideas, but he was still very clever, and if he caught the senior personnel of Yuben in the future, he would just do it. (The starting point of this book is Chinese Net)――

(To be continued)