Chapter 455: The Battle of National Fortunes (3)
"Yaga Yalu!" Yuheng Yicheng let out an astonishing roar in the dispatch army headquarters in Qingdao, and all kinds of staff officers in the headquarters were silenced one after another to avoid being shot.
Honjo Shigeru is still an honest man, and he lost an entire brigade, and it is really unjustifiable if he does not report such a defeat. This is also a fine tradition of Japanese soldiers, and the shameless behavior of politicians who whitewash their achievements will never appear at the level of Shigeru Honjo. However, this also attracted him to be reprimanded by the commander of the Dispatch Command, General Utsune Kazunari, and in the telegram, Utsune Kazunari made the most severe criticism of Honjo Shigeru's lone advance. He told Honjo Shigeru very clearly that if a similar incident occurred again, then he would immediately commit suicide and apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, and the Dispatch Army Command would not be interested in giving him any punishment.
Honjo Shigeru first looked at the message in his hand, and then looked at his wine belly, which was already slightly bulging, and felt cold. Although there is no chance of seppuku, fools know that it is certainly not a comfortable thing to use a knife to cut a hole in their stomach. At the same time, out of anger, he actually ordered his subordinates to carry out a horrific rape and massacre of more than 10,000 Chinese civilians in Linzi County, which is said to be to punish them for their stupid behavior of not cooperating with the Japanese Imperial Army......
After the incident, both the Chinese side and the Japanese side expressed great anger at Honjo's move, and the Nanjing Nationalist Government ordered that all officers and soldiers of the Honjo Fan's division would not accept surrender, and that all captured should be executed on the spot. On the Japanese side, Prime Minister Yuan Kei and Tanaka Riku sent telegrams one after another to reprimand the commander of the Shandong Dispatch Army, Yuheng Issei, do they know the purpose of the imperial army's dispatch to Shandong, whether it is to punish the rebel army in South China or conquer China?
On the third day of the massacre, the newspaper obtained oral accounts from the survivors with the help of the Young People's Army, and angrily denounced the atrocities of the Japanese army in the form of serial publications. The Nationalist Government immediately authorized decisive action through the two houses of the National Assembly to forcibly expel Japanese diplomats in China. At the same time, with the support of Wang Zhenyu, Xiong Xiling, in his capacity as prime minister of the Nationalist Government, issued an order in his capacity as prime minister of the Nationalist Government to take over all Japanese businessmen's industries in China during wartime, forcibly expelling all Japanese personnel in China, and leaving the city within a week limit, otherwise they would be regarded as spies and executed.
In Shanghai, the Japanese concession at Hongkou was also taken back by the Chinese army the day after the Nationalist government order was issued, and the 600 Japanese marines stationed in the area naturally refused the Chinese army's persuasion to surrender and resisted stubbornly. Under the personal command of General Long Yun, Chief of Staff, the 803rd Regiment of the 8th Division of the Eighth Division stationed in the Shanghai area relied on 12 armored vehicles specially allocated by the Central Military Commission to attack the Japanese army. The 8th Division, which had an overall superiority in firepower and strength, quickly crushed the resistance of the Japanese army, and entered the Hongkou area in one fell swoop despite the protests of the British and French consuls!!
Before the Japanese side could lodge a protest with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, all its diplomats were expelled, and even the chargΓ© d'affaires were not allowed to be set up. In the end, the Japanese side had no choice but to protest to the Beijing government, which now does not even have a president.
Although there is no president, the troubles of the Beijing government are equally alarming, and the anger of the May Fourth Movement accumulated in the first half of the year was rekindled after students at universities in the capital heard the news of the Linzi massacre. The angry students directly attacked the State Council and other administrative organs in Beijing, demanding the severance of diplomatic relations with Japan and the declaration of war. They also tried to go over, but when they saw that the bandit soldiers of the Feng army suddenly began to take off their pants in public, the female students turned around in fright, and the boys had to follow and turn. The students also stormed Dongjiaomin Lane and demanded that the envoys of the great powers intervene. I don't know if the effect is obviously not obvious, anyway, Zhang Zuolin in Jurentang is restless now. Moreover, Yang Yuting, who had just secretly returned from the Shanxi front, also brought very bad news, the troops of about five divisions of the Youth Army under Wang Zhenyu had entered Shanxi, and the Shanxi operation of the Feng Army had missed the best opportunity, and now there was no need to exchange fire, and Sun Liechen and Zhang Jinghui, who were intimidated by the prestige of the Youth Army, both issued orders to their subordinates to stop the attack. If it weren't for Zhang Zuolin still pressing on top, it is estimated that they would have retreated on all fronts this time.
Zhang Zuolin looked at the situation in front of him, and sighed with tears and laughter: "Could it be that this world is destined to be his Wang Zhenyu's, I am unwilling!" I'm really unwilling! β
And Yang Yuting, known as Xiao Zhuge stood beside him but didn't know how to comfort the old handsome, so he could only say to the old handsome: "Dashuai, things are not so bad, the key is Shandong, the key is Shandong!" You see, should we send Zhang Zongchang and them to help the Japanese. β
Zhang Zuolin's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this, but it dimmed again in an instant: "No, no, it's okay if this matter doesn't come out in Linzi, now let Little Japan do this, we have to send troops to beat Wang Zhenyu at this time, then we will become a fucking traitor." This is a small matter, if you are scolded as a traitor, it will be a big matter if your children and grandchildren can't raise their heads. Don't mention this matter again, I'm dead and I'm dead, and they still have to continue to be human beings. β
Seeing Zhang Zuolin's resolute attitude, Yang Yuting could only sigh......
The impact of the Linzi massacre in Shandong Province is still fermenting, and Wang Zhenyu, who is already a national political leader, can only grit his teeth on it, he has more important things to do, because Kolchak is coming.
In Xinjiang, Kolchak was surprised enough to stuff an egg in his mouth, and 1.25 million Russian immigrants were temporarily resettled in three places: Ili, Tacheng, and Aksu. This separation was also intended to avoid the risk of a possible rebellion, since Wang Zhenyu risked being exported by the Bolsheviks to accept these White Russians in order to strengthen himself. If the final result is that these White Russians are in turmoil on their own turf and stand on their own feet, like the Ukraine of later generations, then Wang Zhenyu will have a lot of fun.
What really surprised Kolchak was that the Chinese seemed to have known for a long time that they would have such a day. Gu Zhenglun requisitioned 600,000 Muslims early, ordered them to build houses enough for one million people, and also sent a large number of supplies enough for so many people to survive the winter. You must know that at this time, there was no railway in Xinjiang, and every grain was sent by these Muslims from Lanzhou to Dihua, and then from Dihua to the above three locations.
As for Kolchak's 400,000 troops, they were naturally disarmed by the order of the extremely arrogant General Wu Peifu. It is false to say that Kolchak did not have a little care, but the 300,000 border guards in Wu Peifu's hands were not vegetarians, and Kolchak decided to be an honest Russian peasant after a rough estimate of the combat effectiveness through the soldiers' mental outlook and equipment.
However, Wu Peifu did not do anything wrong, the so-called disarming was actually very face-saving to Kolchak, and he did not confiscate the rifles of these Russians, but only collected their heavy weapons and bullets. Each Russian soldier was allowed to keep only one bullet and four blank rounds for a symbolic basis, which was already the maximum, and the Russian soldiers were ordered to be separated from other Russian immigrants, and they were assigned to be stationed in the Luntai area, although officers with families were allowed to report to the area a month later.
Next, the question of the whereabouts of these Russians required Kolchak to go to Wuhan to meet with Wang Zhenyu, the supreme commander of the Youth Army.
Kolchak flew from Ili in a small passenger plane with 17 people to Dihua, where he and his 12 main lieutenants flew to Lanzhou in a 38-seater medium-sized plane.
Staying in Lanzhou for a day, Gu Zhenglun, who is currently feared by the entire Northwest, actually set up a banquet to invite Kolchak and his party, because the big demon king in the eyes of Northwest Muslims has gotten a little wind through his relationship in Wuhan, and Wuhan intends to turn these White Russians into the backbone of the construction of the Northwest, and he is now working so hard in the Northwest, and when Wu Peifu is transferred in the future, the position of the King of the Northwest is not his own......
When Kolchak arrived in Wuhan, it was already the afternoon of November 28, and he was taken aback again when he entered the city from the airport. After four years after the end of the Protectorate War, Wuhan has been built into an international metropolis. With a population of millions of people, a large number of new European modern style and traditional Chinese classical style buildings abound, cars and trams can be seen in this city at any time, and the whole city is full of people wearing all kinds of clothes and working and living in this city.
From this scene, Kolchak had a vague sense that a country full of vitality was rising, although the country was currently fighting with Japan, one of the great powers.
And when Kolchak drove past the newly completed Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and entered the East Lake Special Zone, where the Military Commission is located, they were once again shocked. The well-planned special zone, the imposing buildings, and the well-disciplined vigilance force all demonstrate the strength of the rulers of this ancient oriental country.
When the round land edifice appeared in front of these Russians, they were completely stunned, and such a building with strong military colors actually appeared in an ancient eastern country, and such a country and power could not be underestimated by others.
However, when Kolchak praised Wang Zhenyu in person out of European habits, Wang Zhenyu smiled very casually and said: "It's just some face-saving projects, you can do it with money, and the strength of a country can't rely on these useless face-saving projects, it has to rely on brave soldiers and hard-working citizens, as well as imaginative scientific and technical personnel." β