Episode 177 Kyoshi: Preparing for the Dawn
In the past few days, the world's eyeballs have been divided by two major battles at the east and west ends of the earth. On one side was the Battle of Madrid (Battle of Madrid) in Southwest Europe, and on the other side was the Battle of Beijing, Tianjin and Tang in Northeast Asia. Both of these battles marked the arrival of their respective wars in the Gao Qi Dynasty.
Madrid was already surrounded by Franco's legions, but now the government forces are fighting back, and the tragic melody of "The Internationale" is waving through the streets of Madrid. An international column of poets, writers, artists, and students of the left, together with the discordant armed factions of the left and the citizens of the left (there is nothing left of the right), is almost a romantic and tragic resistance with the Paris Commune-style omissions. The so-called "republican government army" is mostly these people. On their opposite side was the well-disciplined, well-trained, well-armed, and commanded Franco Legion, which was composed of the former Spanish regular army, which was later the so-called "rebel army" in the textbooks of the Soviet camp countries. In addition to this there was a part of the Italian army.
It was an asymmetrical confrontation that would continue to be fought until the end of March 1939, when the Franco army completely captured Madrid.
In Northeast Asia, the situation seems to be similar, with a white-hot stalemate. It's just that the forces of both sides are opposite, both sides are well-trained regular armies, and the defenders are several times stronger than the attackers. It is not the capital that is under attack, but the nearby city of Tianjin. The siege here is far less romantic and rich than Madrid's:
- Unlike the fiery Spanish citizens, the citizens of the Northern Qing Battlefield were completely dormant, and they all closed their doors and windows tightly, with no intention of participating at all. Moreover, it has been snowing in North China in recent days, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang region has been snowing more than the calves, and both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties are fighting fiercely in the ice and snow. Because of the weather, the planes of the Ming army could not be used, and the personnel and vehicles of the Ming army, which was composed of southerners, were in poor condition, and the non-combat attrition was serious, and the attack was not so fierce.
Therefore, these days, the world's attention is also more focused on the Spanish Civil War. Because there is a more leaky, more romantic, more tragic battle for Madrid.
Even now, the anti-Qing generals of the Ming army wearing Hanfu and the Manchu Gege wearing cheongsam are engaged, this kind of explosive news in the Southern Ming Dynasty is not very noticeable in the world. In addition to the great changes in Nanming's domestic stocks, the market of various strategic materials in the world has not moved.
Soon, however, the world's attention will refocus on Northeast Asia.
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In the remnants of the control area of the Northern Qing Dynasty, the "Daqing Daily" is still running every day, and the situation above is still "a great good", and it is "getting better and better". The Qing army continued to break the Ming army on other fronts, and the captured Ming army prisoners were about to exceed one million. The commentator encouraged the Qing officers and soldiers and the people on the front page, saying that although the northern front had encountered some minor difficulties, the Qing army on the southern front had almost reached Nanjing, and the Nanming royal family was panicked and was preparing to move the capital to the interior.
The newspaper also published a large photo of the battlefield: under the banner of the sweeping Qing Dragon, two handsome and dashing Qing soldiers with thick eyebrows and big eyes were standing on a ruined city wall, crossing and waving their hands, talking and laughing proudly. Below is a row of obscene-looking Ming prisoners of war. Two words can be vaguely recognized on the broken city wall next to it: Zhenjiang.
But at the same time, the planes of the Ming army would drop a large number of leaflets into the positions of the Qing army every day. Even in the weather when the planes could not take off, the artillery of the Ming army would hit the side of the Qing army with propaganda bombs, and many leaflets would be blown up when they were blown up. On the side of the Qing army, dozens to hundreds of soldiers were shot every day for picking up leaflets from the Ming army.
Mu Hu, deputy commander of the Beijing Praetorian Guard, sat in his office, listlessly flipping through a thick stack of "Daqing Daily", with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth. Almost all the troops outside are busy now, but the Praetorian Guards are quite quiet here. The Janissary Army's mission now was clear: to hold Beijing firmly and prevent people from rebelling, and at the same time to prevent the troops from outside from surrendering to the Ming army.
The sound of "rumbling" outside the window came from far and near, shaking the glass. After a while, it gradually faded away.
This is the daily routine of tank patrols on the streets outside. Heavily armed Praetorian Guards soldiers stood on tanks, muzzles and machine guns on their backs, rumbling through the windows of every house, intimidating any thoughts that were ready to move.
After a while, there was another sound of armored vehicles driving outside, and loudspeakers kept coming into the house. Behind them, there was the desperate cries of women and children, and the shouts of soldiers.
It's also a daily routine. When citizens come out to buy groceries, there will always be some people who can't help but pick up leaflets to read, and think that others can't see them...... Now, these people have to parade through the streets with signs and hang in the back of their cars, and then they are pulled to the gates of several vegetable markets and shot in public.
The original tank power has not been able to produce many tanks now. With the loss of land in several large arsenals in North China and Shanxi, the only arsenal that can produce tanks in large quantities is Zhangjiakou Tank City. But this is the only one, and it is always bombed by Ming army planes when the weather is good, and production is intermittent.
Now in the public propaganda, it is still "three thousand armor of the Qing Dynasty". But Mu Hu knows very well that the remaining tanks and armored vehicles of the entire Qing army now add up, that is, five or six hundred, and it is difficult to increase significantly in the short term. But of these five or six hundred, there are about 80 in Beijing. There was a car parked at almost every major intersection, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the houses, and the Praetorian Guard soldiers next to it were hiding behind sandbags, machine guns, and aiming at the citizens who were lining up to buy food, as if they were facing a great enemy.
Don't talk about Guangwu now, even the people with a little brains below know that the biggest enemy of the Qing Dynasty is inside. That is, the officials who only think about their own back, the generals at both ends of the rat, the army that may mutiny at any time, and the people as a whole.
"I'm one of them."
Mu Hu said quietly in his heart.
"Report!"
The guards outside shouted.
Mu Hu put down the newspaper and said majestically:
"Come in!"
The guard pushed the door open, and the secretary came in with a stack of papers.
After the guards withdrew and closed the door, Na Shun lowered his voice and said excitedly:
"Look, my lord!"
He pushed the stack of papers in front of Mu Hu.
"Huh?" Mu Hu roughly flipped through it, "Nanming's new flyer?" ”
"Yes!"
As the main force to maintain the stability of the capital, the high-ranking officers of the Praetorian Guard could legally hold the leaflets of the Ming army. But it is also limited to "holding", reading is still not allowed. At present, the main force in searching for and identifying army leaflets and arresting those who possess them privately is the Praetorian Guard. And the Praetorian Guards are now under surveillance at the sticky pole. Those who can legally read the leaflets of the Ming army are only at the sticky pole.
However, the rules are used to violate.
Mu Hu buried his head in looking at the latest leaflet of the Ming Army, and the more he looked at it, the more excited he became, and his breath became short.
"It's true!" He closed the flyer, looked up and excitedly said, "That's right, it's true!" The south side really got a kiss! Look, there's a picture! It's ten ......."
He looked around nervously, lowered his voice, and said:
"It's fourteen grids!"
"My lord," Nashun shivered nervously, "and then we should ......?" ”
Mu Hu squinted his eyes and nodded:
"We can finally get started."
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