July 1935 was a month of triumphant victory for the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in this plane.

First of all, although the country has been baptized by the nuclear bombing, and Tokyo and Osaka have been reduced to a radioactive wasteland, even under such circumstances, the fanatical Japanese army still refused to compromise and sue for peace, but announced the establishment of a wartime base camp on July 15, mobilized the whole country into the wartime system, and vowed to fight the war of "punishment of China" to the end! As a result, on July 17, the Shanghai Red Army sent a fifth nuclear bomb again, lighting up the sky of Kyoto with a rising mushroom cloud as the most gorgeous salute flower in the whole Shijie.

However, although the Japanese still refused to admit defeat with a stubborn mouth, the toughness of their rhetoric could not reverse the successive defeats on the battlefield on the mainland--the reinforcements and ammunition supplies from Japan had been completely cut off at this time; In the occupied areas of Henan, Hebei, and Shandong, riots erupted like volcanoes.

-- Through the extensive propaganda of the underground party and the gnashing of teeth and curses of the Japanese, many people throughout China, at least the well-informed urban residents, already knew about the five catastrophes that had occurred in Japan and the "powerful nuclear weapons for the destruction of the country" in the hands of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army...... And a preliminary consensus has been formed: as long as this war continues, Japan will soon be wiped off the face of the earth!

In this case, even the most hardcore traitor could not help but feel the drum in his heart and began to actively find a way back for himself.

As for the traitor troops, who had only defected to the Japanese in the previous two months, they became extremely unreliable.

However, the Japanese never had time to carry out a general mobilization of the whole people -- at first they despised the "inferior people of China". And with the support of Quan Shijie, the battle is going very smoothly, and it feels unnecessary; By the time a few nuclear bombs had been eaten, the domestic order had basically collapsed. It is impossible to mobilize even if it wants to engage in a general war -- so the Japanese army is still following the line of a few elite troops, and the core strength of the Japanese army is only one guard division plus 17 standing divisions, plus some miscellaneous units of the Korean army and the Taiwan army in the "overseas colonies."

As a result, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which did not play its cards according to common sense, soon suffered heavy losses -- four divisions were wiped out on the battlefield south of the Yangtze River, five divisions were destroyed by nuclear explosions at home, three divisions were relieved of disasters and bomb riots at home, and four divisions were left behind. More than 100,000 troops were deployed on a vast front of thousands of miles from Heilongjiang to Jiangsu and Shandong, and they disappeared like pepper noodles.

Not to mention. As Japan's homeland gradually turned into a radiant wasteland, the Japanese army on the front line in Chinese mainland was also increasingly fluctuating, and the will to fight and combat effectiveness plummeted together -- the motherland scattered with cherry blossoms was about to end, even if there were more victories in "Shina", what could it do?

In fact, after the withdrawal of the 4th Division to Beiping. From Shandong, Henan, Hebei to Jiangsu, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of battlefields. Of all the combat forces deployed by the Japanese army, only one Sixth Division and a number of scattered remnants of the defeated generals remained, and the full battle was less than 40,000 people. With such a pitiful number of troops, not to mention launching an attack, it is an impossible task to even hold the existing territory, and it is necessary to rely heavily on China's puppet army.

However, with the rapid deification of Japan, the loyalty of the puppet army was also sharply shaken, and various mutinies, flights, rebellions, and looting of arsenals and vaults emerged one after another. So much so that the Japanese army was in a hurry, and the eyes of these "allies" around them became more and more weird......

on this. The only countermeasure of Japan's wartime base camp was to do its utmost to dispatch the Korean army, the Taiwan army, and the puppet Manchukuo army to support the Shandong operation -- but unfortunately, the nuclear bombing seriously interfered with Japan's shipping and completely disrupted the regular operation of the military and political organs, thus delaying the completion of the troop transfer operation.

On the other hand, after learning that the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army possessed a super weapon of mass destruction that could "destroy the country with one shot" and could not be stopped by manpower at all, the warlords of all stripes in the country were suddenly completely frightened: in the face of such an irresistible and powerful enemy, any real military confrontation with real swords and guns was obviously meaningless; And if you tie up the common people as hostages...... How can such a terrorist policy, which lacks jishu content, be effective in the chaotic world of endless fighting?

Under these circumstances, the warlords and warlords in various parts of China, as well as the troops under these warlords, soon underwent tremendous changes in their attitude toward the Red Army -- seeing that the Red Army had even overturned the little Oriental devils, it was better not to carry this little body to the death.

Among them, Yan Xishan has sent a secret messenger to discuss the price code of Yi Zhi's adaptation. And Zhang Xueliang, who had lost all his territory and most of the army, sent a letter from Luoyang and recommended himself, saying that he could help in the battle to recover the Northeast. As for Long Yun in Yunnan, Yang Hucheng in Shaanxi, and Liu Xiang in Sichuan, they also vaguely issued an initiative of "peaceful nation-building," completely ignoring the two national governments in Beijing and Wuhan.

Even in Beijing and Wuhan, with the rapid changes in the times, quite a lot of "communists" have also emerged.

-- Beginning in early July, the Kuomintang troops dispatched by Chiang Kai-shek to clear out the revolutionary base area in Dabie Mountain began to disobey orders one after another, held back their troops, and even mutinied one after another -- After seeing the great defeat of the Japanese Army, the tragic situation of the Japanese Empire being scorched to the earth, and being offered by the underground party functionaries a super-exorbitant price of $3 million for a division commander, $200,000 for a regiment commander, and $50,000 for a company commander, the Kuomintang troops organized by the "principles of market economy" soon sold themselves and surrendered one after another. Then he counted the banknotes and planned to go abroad as a public servant.

Although this kind of "silver bullet strategy" that prevailed in the Republic of China era is very undisciplined, it is quite cost-effective, and even a little addictive - no way, for the traversers who have the super cheats of modern shijie governments, other things may be a little lacking, only banknotes are absolutely how many there are, and each one is really not true. If we can really use a pile of "genuine" foreign banknotes to directly avoid the flames of war and buy the victory of the national revolution. That's definitely a lot cheaper than squandering bullets and human lives.

The only regret is that as the Japanese Empire gradually turned into a wasteland of radiation, yen banknotes gradually became equivalent to waste paper. No matter where you get it, it will be rejected, which makes former Prime Minister Kotori Yumahiro feel very sorry.

On the battlefield in Hubei in July, the Kuomintang troops had retreated to the front line of the Jianghan Plain, and even the most die-hard reactionaries dared to hold only a few strongholds at the moment, and they did not have the courage to take the initiative to attack the Red Army base areas. Even if he is forced to take the initiative, he is as gentle as a sheep. Slowly, tepidly, and at the slightest hint of wind and grass hurriedly retracted at full speed. Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Wuhan, was greatly annoyed, and he made phone calls and telegrams everywhere to overstep the command of the troops, which caused more confusion and collapse, and also led to more centrifugation of the officers and soldiers.

So. Xu on Dabie Mountain immediately felt a sharp decrease in pressure on his front. In July, several turnaround battles were fought in succession -- the Japanese army was desperately short of troops, and could only use a few squadrons to meet tens of thousands of Red Army troops on the front, and the result was naturally that every battle was bound to be lost. With the collapse of the Japanese army and the increase in the bribery of the underground party, the combat effectiveness of the puppet army has hit new lows repeatedly. There was even a daxiao saying that a division of the puppet army surrendered to a platoon of the Red Army.

By the end of July, Xu Xiangqian's troops had already arrived at the city of Hefei, ready to join Su Yu along the Huai River.

In Hunan, the revolutionary situation was even more favorable -- Chairman Mao personally led his troops back to his hometown of Shaoshan and launched a peasant association to organize a major uprising. Open up the communication line with the Jiangxi Soviet District. He Long's old colleagues in the Hunan army lined up one by one with shy faces to discuss the treatment after Yi Zhi. Even the Kuomintang Whampoa faction, which was trapped in Changsha, was subjected to several rounds of indiscriminate bombardment by rockets and planes, and was threatened by the Red Army soldiers to "slaughter the city with nuclear bombs" (it was just a matter of letting loose their mouths), and tied up the governor Xue Yue and the chairman of Hunan Province, whom Chiang Kai-shek had just appointed, to surrender.

In this way, by mid-July, the two provincial capitals of Changsha and Guangzhou were recovered one after another. In late July, Nanchang once again raised the red flag.

Although the two inland river ports of Jiujiang and Yueyang were still in the hands of the Kuomintang diehards for the time being, with the help of the shallow gunboats of the United States, Britain and Japan, which had retreated into the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the fire support provided by the Kuomintang naval vessels, the two inland river ports of Jiujiang and Yueyang were still in the hands of the Kuomintang diehards for the time being, making it impossible for the Red Army troops in Jiangxi and Hunan to recover the whole province, but with the gradual advance of the Red Army fleet in Shanghai along the west, the Kuomintang navy, which relied entirely on "no tigers in the mountains and monkeys as kings," had not many days left.

In the midst of such a frenzy of red flags sweeping through China, the Japanese Navy's Truk Anchorage Detachment led by Rear Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi, after a long and exhausting trek, finally passed through the stormy seas of the summer Pacific Ocean and arrived at the Taiwan colony, where they were scheduled to rest and recuperate, carry the landing force provided by the army, and then launch a decisive raid on Shanghai together.

However, Major General Nagumo Tadaichi, who returned with generosity and tragedy, ushered in a cold blow in Taiwan......

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Keelung Port, Taiwan

This city, formerly known as the "chicken coop", is located in the northeast corner of Taiwan Island, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on one side. With the help of developed maritime transportation and new railway transportation, as well as a unique geographical location, it has accelerated its development under Japanese rule, and is now an important port where thousands of merchants gather.

At this moment, after 40 years of Japanese rule, the resistance of the Taiwanese has gradually waned, and they have begun to be assimilated by Japan one after another, so that the colonial rule has gradually been stabilized -- it is true that the Japanese regard themselves as superior to Taiwan, look down on the Taiwanese, and rule the Taiwanese as second-class citizens, but it cannot be denied that the Japanese have also brought some modern things to Taiwan, which has gradually integrated this socially backward subtropical island into modern society, and has also allowed the broad masses of the Taiwan people. Gradually, a certain sense of identity was developed with the rule of Japan.

Thus, even at a time when the Japanese Empire was rapidly reduced to a radioactive wasteland, and the vast occupation area of millions of square kilometers from Manchuria to Korea was all undercurrent, the island of Taiwan still maintained a rare and precious calm...... And this is also the reason why the Japanese army chose this place as the base for the Zuihou counterattack.

Japanese sailors who had traveled thousands of miles from the Truk Atoll at the equator finally got on-the-ground reports of several nuclear explosions in China at Keelung Harbor.

“…… The fireball that exploded over Mt. Fuji was about five kilometers in diameter. It can be seen as far away as Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido and the port of Pusan on the Korean Peninsula. The mushroom cloud that eventually erupts all the way up above the atmosphere; The hot wind from the explosion burned almost the entire Kanto Plain, and the flash of the explosion caused the citizens of Nagoya to feel severe pain and burns in their eyes. Even cataracts and blindness appeared. The scorching foehn wind from the explosion was also felt in Kyoto and the Ogasawara Islands. Even the United States, far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, detected a magnitude 5 seismic wave from the instrument......

…… Almost all wooden houses were destroyed in the whole of Tokyo; Only masonry or concrete houses remain, but doors, windows, and roofs are also blown away by strong winds; The ensuing fires made the current Tokyo city look like it was at the beginning of the Warring States period. Kyoto, in the midst of the Onin War, was completely burned to the ground. The palace of Emperor Bixia was also destroyed...... Millions of Tokyoites wander like ghosts in their homes reduced to rubble. What was once a prosperous metropolis in the Far East has now been reduced to a purgatory on earth with no law and order......

…… The fireball that exploded in Hiroshima not only leveled the entire city of Hiroshima, but also swept through the nearby Kure Port Town Guard House and the Etajima Naval School. The shipyards and fortresses of Kure Port were reduced to ruins. The cherry blossoms of Etajima have disappeared with the navy of the Empire......"

-- In accordance with the practice of the Japanese Empire. This kind of news that "spreads the idea of defeat" is not allowed to appear in the newspapers in times of war. However, the hastily established wartime stronghold was still in extreme chaos, and no one thought of introducing a law on censorship. As a result, almost every local newspaper in Taiwan reported on the tragic situation in Japan on the front page.

This made the sailors, who were still a little afraid of the war, all of them filled with righteous indignation in an instant, and vowed to fight the Chinese people to the death in Shanghai.

However. While the Japanese Navy, which had always been polite and polite, was aroused to be ferocious, the Japanese Army, which had a fierce reputation, unfortunately fell off the chain.

“…… What the hell is the Army doing? What is the government doing? Weishenme not only failed to assemble enough army in Taiwan?! ”

Rear Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi who was in the dust. After learning from the mouth of Lieutenant General Terauchi Shouyi, commander of the Taiwan Army, that the several army divisions scheduled to assemble in Keelung Harbor had not been in place, he could no longer care about the humility of the upper and lower levels for a while, and his forehead was bruised and he shouted, "...... Don't you know that the rise and fall of the imperial kingdom is fought here? No matter how strong our navy is, it will not be able to go ashore, and naval artillery alone will not be able to defeat the Shanghai Communist Army! ”

“…… I'm sorry, Nagumo-kun, but it's also difficult at home. Lieutenant General Terauchi wiped the spit that had been sprayed on his face with a handkerchief, and said as calmly as possible, "...... In order to ensure that Emperor Bixia's holy car was not disturbed by mobs, the base camp in Kyoto had to be left with sufficient troops to suppress it.

What is even more terrifying is that the Russians in the north have moved, and there are signs of gathering troops on Beiyetai Island (the Japanese name of Sakhalin Island, at this time the southern part of Sakhalin Island belongs to Japan), Kamchatka Peninsula and other places. And the Soviet Russian army on the front line of Heilongjiang completely broke the previous tacit understanding with the imperial army, openly provided a large number of arms and baggage to the Manchurian rebels (Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army), and even directly crossed the border and attacked our army outpost!

In order to prevent Russia from taking advantage of the fire and looting, the only garrison group in the country's Tohoku region (the northeastern region of Japan, that is, Sendai, Akita, and Hokkaido north of Tokyo) had to be put on alert and could not be easily mobilized. The Kwantung Army in Manchuria had already waged fierce battles with the Manchurian rebels, and at the same time had to deal with the pressure of the Soviet and Russian heavy military groups.

As for the North Korean military...... It had already been transferred to the Shandong battlefield to replace the Sixth Division, which was tired of men and horses and tired after a long battle. ”

But speaking of this, Shouichi Terauchi changed his words again, "...... After all the calculations, the only place in the country that is relatively calm is Taiwan, which is under the jurisdiction of this official. And this official also knows that if this counterattack is not won, Taiwan will not be protected! In order to ensure the implementation of the Shanghai Raid, this officer has evacuated all the forces of Taiwan, including the Taiwan garrison, the 1st Infantry Wing in Taipei, the 2nd Infantry Wing in Tainan, the 3rd Infantry Wing in Taichung, the Mountain Artillery Brigade in Taipei, the Heavy Artillery Brigade in Keelung, and the Magong Heavy Artillery Brigade in Penghu. He also summoned Taiwan's retired soldiers in the countryside to use the reserve ordnance to organize and train into two reserve brigades, totaling about 20,000 people, all of whom have been assembled in Keelung and can board the ship at any time and set off. Nangumo-kun, please take care of your fleet this time! ”

-- Looking at Lieutenant General Shouichi Terauchi, who suddenly lowered his head, Major General Nagumo Tadaichi couldn't help but burst into tears for a while.

What Major General Nagumo did not know, however, was that at the same time that the Japanese Navy and Army were searching for all their forces in Taiwan in an attempt to attack Shanghai, Kim Koo, Lee Dong-nin, and other Korean fighters of the "Republic of Korea's government-in-exile" were also sailing in high spirits on a number of brand-new sailing ships, loaded with Japanese-style guns and ammunition previously captured by the Chinese Red Army, preparing to return to Korea to set off an uprising and set a fire in the backyard of the Japanese Empire.

What Major General Nagumo Zhongyi didn't know was that the traversers had already packed up their belongings from Shanghai that had been looted, and took Ms. Jin Qina, Jin Xingzhen's little Lori, plus Mao Anying, Mao Anqing brothers and others, and transferred them to Guangzhou, which had just been occupied by the Red Army...... (To be continued......)