Chapter 431: Change

"Everything out there looks exactly like history. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info" Chen Kan said as he looked at the report in his hand.

On July 7, 1937, Japan provoked the Lugou Bridge Incident and launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, and on July 31, the "Letter to All the Soldiers of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" was published, announcing the full-scale outbreak of the war.

On July 28, 1937, the Japanese army stormed Nanyuan in Beiping, and the next day, Beiping fell. On the 30th, Tianjin fell. The general policy of "exchanging space for time, accumulating small victories for big victories" was officially introduced, and under Chen Cheng's suggestion, he took the initiative to open up a second battlefield in Shanghai.

Although the secret was leaked because the secrecy work was not done well, this was a great innovation in terms of strategy, and Japan sent troops to Shanghai, and in addition to the discord between the navy and the army within Japan, Shanghai held Japan back for three months.

After the capture of Shanghai, what was placed in front of Japan's eyes was a big piece of fat meat, the capital Nanjing, and it was naturally impossible not to eat such a piece of fat, and then Japan's strategic direction was completely deviated, from the original north to south to east to west.

Although the Chinese side paid a great price, it was a strategic victory, and the Battle of Taiyuan was also fought at the same time as the battle in Shanghai began, and in mid-September 1937, the Battle of Taiyuan broke out.

In Chinese history, the location of Taiyuan is very important, after the capture of Taiyuan, if the Japanese army concentrates its forces, then there are three "roads to heaven" in front of the Japanese army.

The first is to go to Shaanxi and Sichuan, and complete the strategic encirclement, which is the road to the victory of Mongolia in destroying the Southern Song Dynasty and our party; The second, entering Henan and going down to Wuhan, divided China into two, which was the way for Zhao Kuangyin to unify the south and establish the Northern Song Dynasty; The third, the troops sent to Hebei, went down to Xuzhou, and the troops came to Nanjing, which was the path of the Jingkang Revolution and the Qing Dynasty.

Since ancient times, China has achieved unification, except for the Ming Dynasty (because the Ming Dynasty is the only dynasty in Chinese history to unify China from the south to the north), basically these three paths, although the specific path is deviated, but the general direction is not much different.

This is why it is said that taking the initiative to open up a second battlefield in Shanghai is a great strategic victory, and China's stepped geographical environment determines that it is difficult to unify from east to west.

The Shanghai battlefield dispersed a large number of Japanese troops, and at the same time gave China more opportunities to arrange troops, the time dragged on for half a year, in February 1938, in order to realize the North China Front's attempt to go south and meet with the Central China Dispatch Army, it could only be fought again in Xuzhou, and Taierzhuang became a meat grinder again.

On June 6, 1938, Kaifeng fell, and on June 9, the Yellow River Huayuankou burst its embankment, directly blocking the southward movement of the Japanese army with the power of nature.

This is what Chen Kan asked Wang Xiaohu before, the Huayuankou embankment burst is undoubtedly a strategic success, and it has bought time for the Wuhan War, but standing at this time, looking at this matter, Chen Kan doesn't know how to evaluate it, the Yellow River burst its embankment, and at least millions of people died.

Chen Kan's current focus is on Hong Kong, and he has no time to take care of anything else, and the situation in Hong Kong is very complicated, unlike the real world, Hong Kong has become internationally recognized as an undefended and permanently neutral city.

This is similar to a permanent neutral country, because Hong Kong is not a country, so it is called a "permanent neutral city", the meaning is actually similar to that of a permanent neutral country, and has been unanimously recognized by relevant countries including the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, China, France, etc., that is to say, in this plane, there will be no defense of Hong Kong in the future, and there will be no such things as Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation.

The most famous permanent neutral country is Switzerland, which is in the heart of Europe, which was not affected by two world wars, and was respected by both sides during the Cold War.

There are many reasons for the existence of neutral countries or neutral countries, political, economic, and military influences, and one of the reasons is that although everyone fights to the death, there is still a need for a diplomatic platform, and there needs to be a place that everyone can recognize, so that everyone can sit down and chat.

Because of the establishment of this neutral city, Hong Kong's associations and gang organizations have undergone tremendous changes, after all, it is a city, so it still needs to have a certain amount of power here, so that the diplomatic arena can be launched, so Hong Kong has undergone a major reshuffle in this year.

First of all, the three major forces have completely disappeared, and the four crocodiles in Chai Wan have long been wiped out, not to mention them.

The Hong Gang, because of the death of the pillar Hong Tianba, was shattered, although Hong San was a first-class top master, but he still couldn't hold up such a big field as the Hong Gang, coupled with civil strife, the Hong Gang had been disbanded, and Hong San left Hong Kong with some of the original Hong Gang's brothers and sisters, and he didn't know where to go.

Guangfa Hall is the strangest, everyone doesn't know what's going on, so there is no news, just like people don't know how it came about, and now they don't know how it disappeared.

The disintegration of the three major forces did not allow other associations or gangs to take advantage of the situation, on the contrary, the original associations and gangs gradually declined because of the entry of foreign forces.

The first to intervene was the Hong Kong government, which took back the law and order power in these associations and gangs, and the police became the representatives of the British power, because there was no defense, so there was almost no army.

The second is Japan, the largest force in Japan and Japan, the Rakshasa Gate entered Hong Kong, which is the largest smuggling business gang in Asia, and the huge commercial profits make the Hong Kong underground world for his use.

Moreover, France, France did not intervene on its own, mainly relying on the sectarian forces in Southeast Asia, because it drove Southeast Asians, they were not very willing to do things for France, so it was just a foothold, and it did not have much impact.

There is also China and the United States, Longhumen has become the representative of China's forces with its strength and Chen Kan's skill, coupled with Chen Kan's business relationship, and has a good relationship with the upper echelons of the United States, and the United States directly built the relationship network on Longhumen.

Hong Kong has changed from just a microcosm of Chinese martial arts to a microcosm of the world's martial arts, because there are more interests involved, so there are more disputes, especially the Dragon Tiger Gate and the Rakshasa Gate.

The Rakshasa Gate mainly controls the underground business, and many later societies cooperate with the Rakshasa Gate for those who have not seen the light; Longhumen is just the opposite, doing fair and honest business, and China and Japan are now at war, these two forces must not be able to pee in the same pot, so disputes are frequent.

However, so far the two sides are relatively restrained, the Rakshasa Gate is because the stall is too large, it is not only in China, Hong Kong, but also in Southeast Asia, after all, the source of underground business is somewhat complicated, so the forces are relatively scattered, and the strength in Hong Kong is not strong enough, plus Chen Kan and Invincible are tied, which makes the Japanese quite jealous of Chen Kan, and dare not force excessively.

Longhumen is because Chen Kan's strength has not fully recovered, and he can only be used as a deterrent, so he is also relatively restrained and does not make much action.

However, with the gradual stabilization of the Rakshasa Gate market and the recovery of Chen Kan's strength, both sides have enough confidence......