Chapter 303: Outbreak

The phone on Xue Ru's desk rang, and Gigi Xu said, "Ouyang Sari, I want to see you." ”

Xue Ru was stunned for a moment, there were a few special people in the Southern Han Dynasty, and there was no need to report when they came to see Xue Ru, as long as Xue Ru had nothing special, Gigi Xu would let them come in directly. Ouyang Sari is one of them, why did he ask in advance today, and he was stunned for a moment and said, "Let him come in." ”

Ouyang Sari came in from outside, and Xue Ru asked, "What's going on today, do you remember the report?" ”

Ouyang Sari said: "I don't know, today Miss Xu said that you have something important, and no one will see it, and she asked you if I have something important." ”

Xue Ru then remembered that she had indeed ordered it, and she hadn't seen anyone since yesterday, and she had been guarding the radio in the office until today. It was not easy to get news from the other side of the ocean in the United States, and although there were people in the intelligence department who were also in the United States, they wanted to reach Nanhan through the report, but they did not come as fast as the news radio waves.

In the early morning of the 7th American time, that is, the afternoon dusk of Asian China, it should be the 8th, and the Japanese fleet attacked Pearl Harbor until the news came out should be the 9th, but today it is already the 10th, and there is no news yet, which makes Xue Ru a little irritable. Some of her plans were based on the outbreak of the Pacific War.

The Southern Han army carried out strategic preparations for more than a year, and after the Battle of Halong Port ended and the Japanese army retreated to Sanya, the Southern Han Snow Fox Army did not make any military moves. In fact, Xue Ru was waiting, trying his best not to provoke Japan, if the Southern Han took the whole of Vietnam, and then made a move against Thailand and Burma, it may lead to Japan no longer having the Pacific War, and before the end of World War II, the Southern Han moved too much, which could lead to a direct confrontation with the United States, Britain and France, so that Japan would pick up the cheap.

To this end, Xue Ru persuaded the military and government to press on the ambition of expansion, and to strengthen the interior, stabilize the surrounding environment, build infrastructure, and accelerate the industrialization process of the Southern Han Dynasty, and promote urbanization along the main transportation routes.

The economic and industrial base is too weak, forcing Xue Ru to develop into light industry and electronics, and at the same time increase investment in the tertiary industry. Grain is mainly imported from Thailand and Burma, and the other is imported from China, and the export of industrial products is dominated by light industry, and the development is very rapid. In just over a year, the initial results have been achieved, and these livelihood products are urgently needed by Southeast Asian countries and China.

In order to speed up economic construction, the scientific and technological research institutes in Sangnucheng are polarized, one is the advanced research department of military industry and aerospace, and the other is the research and development of low-end civilian products. Especially in the development of low-end products, those researchers have worshiped Xue Ru as a god.

Their queen is so powerful, that mind is that they don't know how to describe it. Novelty and strange ideas have made some products of Nanhan popular all over the world. Technology patents and projects are great wealth, and the Southern Han Dynasty itself has developed to a higher level.

In terms of military industry, Xue Ru only has some ideas, but these ideas also amaze scientists hired from all over the world. In Sangnu City, Xue Ru is synonymous with immortals and demons, which makes the Southern Han Dynasty change greatly in a year. Because many experiments and projects do not take detours, direct experiments are successful, and they can continue to bring forth the new, a large number of weapons and ammunition high-tech equipment from overseas have entered the Southern Han Dynasty, and from the Southern Han Dynasty are the textile industry and people's livelihood products.

The Southern Han Dynasty did not have a parliament or a parliament, Xue Ru was the queen, and it could also be said that the Southern Han Dynasty was hers. No one can object to such a large military investment, after all, Xue Ru did not use it for his own enjoyment, nor did he spend extravagantly, but invested it in army construction. At this time, the war in Europe was in full swing, China in Asia was also fighting very fiercely, and coupled with Japan's increasing military power, there was no objection to the Southern Han Dynasty vigorously investing in armaments.

In addition, many high-level officials in the Southern Han Dynasty were transferred to the localities by military personnel, and the proportion of military personnel who actually controlled the country was very large, so they were supportive of the enhancement of military strength. In this case, the right of all parties to speak is restricted, and they also understand that Xue Ru is engaged in a centralized system, and of course support her decision within a certain range.

With such a strong army and strong people, of course, some people constantly proposed that it should expand to the surrounding areas, and at least increase the international influence of the Southern Han Dynasty and determine the status of a great power. Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, and Singapore were all countries that could easily destroy them in the eyes of the Southern Han.

At this time, the borders of Central and Southern China, South Thailand, South Burma and South Vietnam had been determined, and several politically influential powers had no reaction from the Soviet Union, and other countries had successively issued statements recognizing the political status of the Southern Han Dynasty. That is to say, in order to become a sovereign state recognized by the world, the Southern Han Dynasty naturally had to play an international role and expand and enhance its international prestige.

But even Zhang Donglin didn't understand why Xue Ru had always disagreed, but asked Nanhan to keep a low profile and not exert influence on the surroundings. Obviously, Japan wants to control Thailand and occupy Vietnam, which is a great threat to the Southern Han, but their queen lady just does not want to expand outward, and will not stop the Japanese.

Although she didn't understand it from top to bottom, Xue Ru didn't doubt the correctness of the young lady's decision with the fabulous prestige she had created. Why? It is Xue Ru who hopes that the Pacific War will break out, although the United States' participation in the war has many disadvantages for China, but the price paid by the Southern Han and China to defeat Japan is too great, and it may be protracted, and there is no possibility of failure.

After thinking about it again, Xue Ru thought that it was better to drag the United States into the war, solve future problems later, or defeat Japan as soon as possible. Based on these considerations, he ordered the Southern Han to keep quiet, reduce its influence, and not expand outward, and use Japan's ambitions in Southeast Asia to force Western countries to recognize the political status of the Southern Han Dynasty, so that their internal strength would not leak out, and show the Japanese army the weak side of the Southern Han Dynasty, so that they would despise the Southern Han Dynasty, and also make the countries of the world think that the Southern Han was weak, so that Japan could increase its ambitions and actions to conquer Southeast Asia.

If the Southern Han showed strong military strength, it would be impossible for Japan to attack, on the contrary, the Western countries would be wary of the rapidly rising and greatly strengthened Southern Han. If Xue Ru shows his ambition for expansion again, I am afraid that he will be attacked by all countries. Even Chairman Jiang was worried that Xue Ru would return to China and want to govern China, but he could imagine what others thought.

The time has finally come, since the thirty-seventh year when Xue Ru knew that she had come to the anti-Japanese battlefield, she had thought about this day. On December 7, 1941, the Pacific War began with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and from then on Japan began to fail, and in just four years, it was completely defeated.

But today is December 10, 41 years, but there is still no news on the other side of the ocean, which makes Xue Ru feel uncertain. Seeing Ouyang Sari, he asked, "What is the important matter?" ”

Ouyang Sari said: "There is news from the Intelligence Department and the First Army in the North that the 18th and 5th Divisions of the Japanese Army have been transferred. Entering Guangzhou, Qinzhou, Nanning, and Longzhou are the 21st and 56th Divisions of the Japanese Army, and the other two divisions are boarding ships and going to sea where they are unknown, and the Intelligence Department is learning about them. The reconnaissance planes of the 1st Air Force Group are also learning about it, and there is no definite information. The staff couldn't figure out why, so I came to hear Miss's opinion? ”

"Oh?" Xue Ru was stunned, those two divisions were from the original 21st Army, because the Southern Army was established and organized into the 22nd Army, why was it suddenly transferred? Staring at the map on the wall, Xue Ru didn't understand why. Painstakingly transferred two divisions and regiments, and replaced two new divisions, why?

Ouyang Sari said: "Qiao Han said that he also wanted to meet the commander of the division under Yamashita Fengwen, and I heard that he was the commander of the garrison army transferred from the northeast, and he had the reputation of the flower of the Japanese army's war, so he wanted to kill him, but he was suddenly transferred. ”

Xue Ru was shocked: "The commander of the 18th Division is Yamashita Fengwen?" Ouyang Sari nodded, and Xue Ru suddenly remembered a nickname by Yamashita Fengwen, who the Japanese called the Malay Tiger. The Japanese transferred the 18th Division to prepare for an attack on Malaysia. The Japanese began an all-out attack, and that was to say, they should have successfully attacked Pearl Harbor.

Xue Ru walked to the radio, turned on the radio, and tuned to the radio station on the Chinese side. This is Chongqing Radio, there was a rustling sound, and the voice of a female announcer came from the radio...... The Japanese 1st Air Fleet used despicable and shameless means to sneak attack the US naval base in Hawaii in the early morning of the day before yesterday, and the Pacific Fleet suffered heavy losses...... and other countries also jointly declared war on Japan, the government of the Republic of China also declared war on Japan at the same time, and the anti-fascist countries of the world formed an alliance to jointly deal with the war provoked by the Axis powers, Chairman Chiang .......

Xue Ru was stunned, why there was no signal on the radio station she listened to, she didn't know it, because there was no news, she turned off the radio, and she had to think about what she would do if there was no Pacific War.

Ouyang Sari said that the 18th Division was transferred, which reminded Xue Ru of Yamashita Fengwen's nickname, so he turned on the radio to listen to the news from the Chinese side, and sure enough, he knew the news he wanted to know.

She let out a long sigh of relief, Ouyang Sari looked shocked, and looked at Xue Ru, he was surprised not because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and the United States is not a good thing, so Japan and the United States will lose both?

He was surprised because it could be seen from Xue Ru's expression that Xue Ru seemed to have known that the Japanese army had this action for a long time, but had been waiting, and today it finally arrived. What does this mean? It shows that Xue Ru is really an unpredictable prophet, and combined with some strange decisions of Xue Ru, as the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Southern Han Dynasty, how can he have no brains. He could also tell all the time, what did Xue Ru seem to be waiting for? Is it just waiting for Japan and the United States to go to war? Seeing Xue Ru's relieved and relieved look, Ouyang Sari believed that his judgment was correct, how could this be possible, it was incredible.

Xue Ru, who was relieved of her mood, turned around and saw Ouyang Sari's expression and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Ouyang Sari stammered a little and said, "Little ...... Miss, Your Majesty...... Are you a fox immortal, or did you come down from Maoshan Mountain to cultivate? ”

Xue Ru was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You have a bad head, as the chief of the general staff of the three armed forces, you believe in gods and ghosts, I said that I am a cultivator of Mount Emei and just came out of the Leifeng Tower, do you also believe it?" ”

Ouyang Sari nodded again and again: "Believe, believe, you said that you are the daughter of the Jade Emperor, and I also believe it." ”

Xue Ru knew that Ouyang Sari saw it, but she couldn't explain it, so she said angrily: "Hurry up, inform the troops that the Japanese army has started an all-round attack, and give me a hard beating, so that they will not come back." ”

"Her Majesty." Ouyang Sariyi said loudly, turned around and ran out. According to Xue Ru's request, these high-level subordinates of the snow fox did not call Xue Ru His Majesty behind their backs, and still called Miss with the original title, but this time Ouyang Sari was so shocked that he changed his name to His Majesty, and he almost knelt down and called the fairy sister, a fairy fox fairy should be called the queen.

Looking at Ouyang Sari, who ran out, Xue Ru shook her head, she couldn't help it, no one wanted to see her this time, and she would talk about it when she heard the news, but she didn't get the news for two days, and the intelligence department didn't report it, so she didn't know the bottom of her heart, and she forgot that Ouyang Sari was there. smiled bitterly: "This kid has a very good head, which can also be seen." ”

Xue Ru put down her mind and shouted outside, "Gigi." Gigi Xu came in and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, Chief of Staff Ouyang, what's wrong, it's like smoking a big cigarette." ”

Xue Ru said: "Leave him alone, neurotic, inform Zhang Donglin that I will go to the government building immediately, and ask him to inform the cabinet members and ministers, and hold a cabinet meeting in thirty minutes, and prepare a press conference at the same time." ”

"Your Majesty." Gigi Xu turned around and left, and informed Zhang Donglin by phone.

A few hours later, Xue Ru, the queen of the United Kingdom of the Southern Han Dynasty, issued an order to the whole country through the radio, and the United Kingdom of the Southern Han Dynasty officially declared war on Japan and joined the anti-fascist camp.

The general staff of the three services issued a message to all units to enter a state of war, and the Southern Han finally stopped hiding, and the navy, land and air forces showed their fangs.

Just when Xue Ru and the others were waiting for the news to watch coldly, the Japanese army completed the final formation of the operation, and the military commander made further adjustments, especially the first-line offensive troops, forming the 25th, 15th, 16th, and 21st armies as the main forces of the Southern Army, and the 25th Army, which had the largest number of troops, was placed under the command of Yamashita Fengfumi, and the chief of staff, Suzuki Sosaku, mainly fought against Malaysia and Singapore.

The 21st Army was originally abolished, but in order to solve the problem of the Southern Han, the Japanese army temporarily adjusted the 5th Division and the 18th Division to the 25th Army, transferred the 21st Division and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade directly under the jurisdiction of the Front Army in the northern part of the Southern Han, and at the same time transferred the 56th Division to the 21st Army, with the division commander Lieutenant General Tanaka Kuichi as the commander, mainly to attack Yunnan in China, cut off the road from the Southern Han to China from the land, and at the same time attack the Southern Han from the Central and Southern Border to the Southern Han.

The 15th Army in the south, commanded by Shojiro Iida, entered Cambodia and Thailand, and attacked Burma to the west to cut off the Burma road. The commander of the 16th Army, Lieutenant General Jun Imamura, commanded the 2nd Division and the Guards Division to attack the Southern Han, and the 33rd Division attacked the Southern Han from the territory of Thailand. On the naval side, the 2nd Fleet cooperated with the Marine Corps to attack Halong Port and Haiphong Port.

The commander of the Japanese Southern Army, General Terauchi Shoyichi, sat in Saigon and finally gave the order to attack.

The voice of the telephone and radio in the General Staff of the Southern Han Dynasty was a little chaotic, and Ouyang Sari was a little nervous, although the operational authority was given to the four armies in four directions, but this was an unprecedented big war, the Japanese army was four divisions and one mixed brigade, and at the same time there was a fleet and two marines at sea, and there were as many as 350 planes concentrated in and around China, not including 144 planes on the naval side.

The Southern Han Dynasty only had more than 330 aircraft, and there were only a dozen battleships and boats, and the Japanese 2nd Fleet was six subfleets, with 13 heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and 32 destroyers.

Regarding Xue Ru's decentralization of combat power to the participating troops, Ouyang Sari was a little worried. The armies of the front have reported the beginning of the Japanese army's operation, and the offensive battle has begun.

But Xue Ru didn't come to the staff, too careless, right? Although Qiao Han and Chen Dong can also do it, sitting in the position of deputy chief of staff made Ouyang Sari start to distrust others and the emptiness of not being able to control the army, which made him feel bottomless.

Xue Ru was not as calm as she appeared, and she was very worried in her heart. This was a great battle between the navy, the army and the air force, and this time the Japanese army invested the strength of the 21st, 56th, Guard, 2nd and 33rd divisions, plus the two marines of the navy, which had reached 150,000 troops.

The 12 divisions of the Southern Han Dynasty plus the border guards totaled 130,000 troops, which was a big battle of more than 300,000 troops, and the naval and air forces invested by both sides were also unprecedented. This battle was no worse than the battles of Shanghai and Wuhan, but this battle was indeed aimed at the Southern Han Dynasty. Qiao Han, can they fight well?

In the case of such a big battle, small tricks and tricks did not work much, and Xue Ru was not much better than Chen Dong and Ding Fenglun. Ouyang Sari was also similar to the others, so Xue Ru did not ask for unified command, but divided the four fronts into five battlefields, which were completed by the commanders of their respective sides, separating a major battle, leaving only the Fourth Army as a mobile force, ready to reinforce the failed side at any time.

Generally speaking, unified command is carried out in order to strengthen combat effectiveness and facilitate the coordination of the army, Xue Ru proceeded from the actual situation, decentralized the command power, and brought into play the autonomy and initiative of each army, but can this really be done well?