Episode 130 One pound and one Mingyang

At noon on August 13, Xiang Xiaoqiang took Xiuxiu, Wu Yanbin, Hu Jiong and a set of other entourages, and this time he had to go to the front war zone in person. This is the final battle of the Japanese army, and the main forces of the Ming army are all the People's Guards, all of which are under his own command, so he will go there in person if he says anything.

The front command is located in Changchun, 180 kilometers from the front lines of both sides. The plane could have flown directly from Nanjing to Changchun, but it was bound to fly over the Bohai Sea and over the area of Jilin near North Korea, which was an airspace where Japanese planes frequently frequented and belonged to a place where the two sides often fought in the air. In view of the fact that he almost didn't come back in Northern Xinjiang last time, the command, Xiang Xiaoqiang's wives, and Zhu Yourong absolutely did not allow him to take this risk. Therefore, Xiang Xiaoqiang could only take a train out of Shanhaiguan to Changchun after getting off the plane in Beijing.

On the afternoon of August 14, the special train to Xiaoqiang entered Changchun Station. Officers of the People's Guard Corps and the Army of the Changchun Headquarters lined up on the platform to greet them, and dozens of domestic and foreign reporters also carried cameras and spotlights, scrambling to follow the interview.

"Lord Xiang, your coming to Changchun, does it mean that the Ming army is about to launch a general attack on the Japanese army in the near future?"

"Lord Xiang, will you go to the front line of the battle this time?"

"Your Royal Highness Princess, as a princess of the Ryukyus, does this coming to the front line of the war against Japan represent some kind of political meaning?"

"Lord Xiang, in addition to annihilating the Japanese army, will the Ming army also exchange fire with the Soviet Far East Army this time?"

"Your Royal Highness Princess, do you want the Ming Dynasty to make a request to Japan for 'Ryukyu **'?"

"Your Royal Highness Princess, if Ryukyu is **, will you go to Ryukyu? Will you inherit the throne? ”

"Your Royal Highness, do you speak Ryukyuan?"

"...... to adults"

"Her Royal Highness the Princess......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang stopped, turned to face the large group of reporters, smiled and waved his hand, and quieted the scene.

Then he took a deep breath and said in as loud a voice as he could:

"Ladies and gentlemen, brother, I am obviously not here to travel to Changchun this time! So what am I here for? This is the obvious thing: to fight the Japanese army! There's nothing to keep secret, just go and report it, I just want the Japanese to see, hear, and know that I'm coming to someone! Their end is near! Ladies and gentlemen, every time I go to a certain place to someone, the enemies of the Ming Empire will soon be unlucky! This time is no exception! Let them hurry up to dig trenches, hurry to pull barbed wire, hurry to open the rest of the cans, and everyone will share the food. Don't save it, it's useless to save it again. Because as we Chinese doctors often say, we can eat something if you want to eat, and it's not going to be a few days......"

The surrounding officers and reporters all burst into laughter. waved his hand to Xiaoqiang, and then said:

"Brother, I am here this time, that is, I must go to the front line and visit my brothers! But after all, my rank and responsibilities are here, and it is unlikely that I will go to the front line of the battle. As for whether we will exchange fire with the Soviet Far East Army, brother, I can only say here that we will not actively seek to engage in an exchange of fire with them. Because of this military operation, it is expected that the scope will not go beyond the border between the Ming and the Soviet Union. It is known that our army comprehensively surpassed the Japanese army in mobility. Therefore, this time, our army will still be a pincer offensive on the north and south flanks, encircling and annihilating the Japanese army within our national borders. ”

Speaking of this, the surrounding reporters were already surprised. What surprised me was not Xiang Xiaoqiang's arrogant tone, but Xiang Xiaoqiang's fact that he was on the train platform and told the reporters the battle plan so aggressively.

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said:

"Don't be surprised, I just want to tell those Japanese staff officers that my Ming army is going to use the old method, break through on both flanks, attack in a pincer shape, and encircle and annihilate it. Now that they know, they are faced with two choices: either stay where they are and continue to defend themselves, waiting to be surrounded by us; Either we should retreat now, and retreat as soon as possible while our army has not yet attacked, and withdraw as far as we can, and it is best to withdraw to the Daxing'an Mountains to fight guerrillas, so as to prevent being surrounded by us. As long as they stay on the Northeast Plains, with their two legs, plus the four legs of military horses and mules, they will not be able to escape the fate of being outflanked by our two wings and surrounded by the center, wahahahaha......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang's big mouth triumphantly "let out nonsense" here, the reporters around him were naturally very happy, the camera "clicked", and the pencil notebook also remembered "swish".

In the end, Xiang Xiaoqiang put his face on the board, waved his right hand, and said categorically:

"They started this war! We are a peace-loving country, and the people are peace-loving people! But 'peace-loving' and 'soft persimmon' are two different things! We just want to make some people understand - provoke Da Ming, they have picked the wrong opponent! Now, brace yourself and be brave enough to take the consequences!! ”

After speaking, he gestured slightly to the left and right, and the guards on the left and right began to separate a road in front, held a sword to Xiao Qiang, put on white gloves, held Xiuxiu, and led the officers behind him to stride forward.

Of course, there were many spies left behind when the Japanese army retreated, and there were many people in Changchun. Soon, the words that Xiang Xiaoqiang said to reporters at the station reached the ears of the spy. Subsequently, the spy sent a secret telegram to the Japanese "Mainland Dispatch Command" in Suihua to convey the gist of Xiang Xiaoqiang's speech, especially the meaning of "pincer offensive, encirclement and annihilation."

When the mainland dispatch army headquarters received this secret telegram, it was naturally full of smoke and was about to vomit blood. And what they feel the most desolate is not only Xiang Xiaoqiang's arrogance, but also Xiang Xiaoqiang's arrogance is very reasonable. Basically everything he said was true. is like what Xiang Xiaoqiang said: Okay, now even if you know that the Ming army will repeat its old tricks, and will once again use the set of "outflanking on both wings, encircling and annihilating", what can the Japanese army do? It's really the same as he said, except to continue to dig trenches and defend strictly, there is no way at all. Is it possible to retreat from reality? Where did you evacuate to? Did you really retreat to the Great Khing'an Mountains to fight guerrillas?

After a brief discussion, the Japanese staff officers resolutely decided to adopt the current strategic countermeasures -- strict defense and decisive battle in position. After this bloody land war, the Japanese army completely understood. On this vast continental battlefield, fighting a sports war with the Ming army and trying to maneuver around is simply looking for death.

After analysis, the staff officers of the Japanese army headquarters generally believed that Xiang Xiaoqiang's ostentatious and provocative speech with a big mouth revealed some useful information to some extent. Originally, the Japanese army judged that the Ming army might launch an attack within a week to ten days, but now this estimated period has been greatly shortened. The staff officers made a rather pessimistic judgment: the Ming army would most likely launch a general offensive in three to five days. It's really "a few days".

However, the staff officers of the Mainland Dispatch Army Command never expected that all this would befall them that night, or in the early morning of the second day to be exact.

At half past two in the morning of August 15, a staff officer on duty at the Japanese army headquarters in Suihua called a regimental headquarters on the front line and asked about the movements of the Ming army on the opposite side as usual. But he found that there was no sound on the phone. No matter how hard you shake the handle, there is no sound on the phone.

There was a problem with the phone line.

This staff officer immediately went to the communications section. But when he arrived at the communication class, his eyes widened, and the communication class had become a pot of porridge, and every communication soldier was constantly pulling plugs, wearing headsets, and shouting profusely:

"Moses Moses, Moses Moses......"

But few of them are connected. It seems that **10% of the calls are not connected.

"Baga !!"

He scolded, stomped his foot, turned and ran to the commander.

In the middle of the night, the telephone network around Suihua City was suddenly severely damaged. The hundreds of telephone lines that extended from the city, whether they were permanent before the war or temporary field telephone lines set up by the Japanese army, were largely unconnected at this time. It was as if thousands of rats had come out of the ground and bitten off the telephone lines. In the Suihua Headquarters, all the signal troops were discharged to overhaul the telephone lines.

In desperation, the communication between the headquarters and the front line was changed to non-wire-electricity. But in this case, the clear code does not dare to be sent, and the password has to be encrypted and decrypted by both parties every time, and the efficiency is dozens of times slower.

After contacting the troops at the front by wireless, none of them were attacked. There was still silence on the other side, and there was a deep darkness.

After an hour like this, these senior officers of the Japanese headquarters wiped the sweat from their faces and relaxed slightly.

It's just that the telephone network is still basically semi-paralyzed. In the middle of the night, the communications corps was too limited in manpower, and those who couldn't see their fingers went out of the city to feel the telephone lines inch by inch...... It is estimated that it will be good to be able to repair half of it by dawn.

At about half-past four, the night outside the window gradually faded to a deep blue. The headquarters that tossed in the middle of the night was already sleepy. But none of them dared to doze off yet, because according to experience, this is usually the most dangerous time of day. The Ming army, in particular, liked to attack at this time.

At this time, suddenly several gendarmes accompanied a communications soldier to come in and look for the head of the communications section.

The head of the communications section lifted his gold-wire glasses, brushed the mustache on his lips, and looked at the private-class majestically.

"Private of the Private."

"Roar!"

"Report it to me."

"Hey!"

The communications soldier stood tall and reported in a loud voice that he had been repairing telephone lines outside the city and had found a leaflet on a telephone line pole next to the road in the field. He knew some Chinese, and guessed that it seemed to be a despicable conspiracy by the Ming army.

As he spoke, he stepped forward, pulled out the leaflet, lowered his head, and handed it forward with both hands, placing it on the table. Then take a step back, still standing in place.

The head of the communications section also understands Chinese. And he's not half-understood, but quite proficient. And because of that. Only this time he was specially transferred to the "Mainland Dispatch Force Command" to serve as the head of the communications section.

He picked up the flyer in front of him and looked at it carefully.

As soon as he saw half of it, the head of the communications section was so angry that his face turned blue, and his mustache shook and shook.

"Baga!" He slapped the leaflet on the table and scolded angrily, "The Ming army is too despicable!" They actually bought our army's military telephone lines from the villagers! Purchase by the pound, one pound and one Mingyang!! …… Flow...... Rogues, scoundrels!! ”

As soon as he finished scolding, a terrifying voice came into the window.

"Woo————"

Air defense alert!

He stood up at once, pushed open the window with both hands, and listened carefully.

This is no longer a pre-warning, it is already a hasty air raid alarm. This shows that the enemy aircraft is already very close.

Yes! It's tonight!

He immediately closed the window and tightened the black curtains to keep the light from leaking out.

"Quick!" The section commander waved at a few soldiers in the room, "You guys go and ......."

"Boom !!"

Before he could finish speaking, there was a tremor under his feet, and then a loud explosion was heard in the distance. At the same time, the roar of the large group of aircraft also appeared clearly in the head.