Chapter 61: Entering the Northeast, Lushun
China is an ancient country on the Asian continent, while the United States dominates North America. These two countries have an area of more than 20 million square kilometers and a population of about 50 million. They have an unparalleled influence in their surrounding areas. If these two countries are united, the meaning of this is very bad for Europe.
Although China has been in the hands of the Qing Dynasty for a long time, the rebirth of the Chinese Empire showed unexpected strength. From the current military power, it is enough to resist the invasion of any powerful country. If industrial capital from the United States can develop the huge potential contained in this land of China, it will definitely be a terrifying country in the future.
The United States, a rebel who has always been away from the ranks of the great powers on the European continent, has always had a huge gap in values from Europe. In the international political situation, its rules and interests have always been famous for its uniqueness.
Moreover, in recent years, with its advantageous geographical location and abundant resources, the United States' science and technology industry has made rapid progress, and its social form has shown great power in the fierce international competition. Now, its country's comprehensive industrial strength has undoubtedly become the first among countries in the world.
If such a country can finally find partners with it in international competition and form a new force, then the European continent's powers will no longer be able to exclude the international forces it represents.
This is a competitor with endless future potential.
After seeing these future threats, in an instant, the European continent's powers looked around and found that the former colonial lands around the traditional world center, the European continent, and the distant ocean, seemed to have the tendency to break free from the shackles of the old European civilization world's influence and rise again with a new world civilization center. This future undoubtedly made all powerful countries afraid!
However, under the current situation, no country has the strength to curb this trend, and can only watch it happen and develop, and become stronger without any scruples.
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On November 6, 1911, China formally declared war on Japan. On the same day, in the northeast, the war between the Seventh Army of the Chinese Empire and Japan began.
In Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin and other places, the local Chinese team rushed into the gathering place of the Japanese, disarmed the local Japanese self-defense armed forces, and expelled the Japanese from the country. Because most Japanese did not expect, the progress was relatively smooth in most parts of the Northeast. Although the Japanese troops here were once armed personnel, their equipment was backward and they were still outnumbered compared with the local armed forces.
But even so, in Harbin, there was still a war between the local patrol battalion and the Japanese escort team, and the patrol battalion was defeated by Japanese armed personnel from the Manchurian Railway. This made Zhang Zuolin, the newly released governor of the Northeast local government, very shameless.
As for the end of the Qing garrison troops stationed in Beijing, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Shanhaiguan and other places in the south, the outcome was more tragic.
After receiving the declaration of war from China, the Japanese military headquarters was furious. Although the Japanese army had long planned to attack China, due to the uncooperation of the Japanese cabinet at that time, the logistics preparations of the entire Japanese army were not in place. The mobilization of the local army, the troops stationed in North Korea, and the troops stationed in Lushun were not completely over. At this time, the Chinese had already arrived. This was a great humiliation for Japan.
Of course, in the face of crisis, the Japanese military headquarters could not forget to shift the responsibility to the navy. Faced with the slander of the army, the navy was already dying at this time, so naturally he had to take on all the responsibilities and was scolded by the whole country of Japan. Even the general Heihachiro, who was praised by the military headquarters in the past, became a sinner of the Japanese nation at this moment.
The Japanese military headquarters gave orders to all the Qing garrison soldiers to resist on the spot. However, these poor garrison troops were only a few hundred or hundreds, and their equipment was not advanced. They were at most a deterrent existence on China's territory. If they really fought, they would be useless. Almost at the beginning of the war, they were trapped in the vast ocean of people's war. They were divided and surrounded by China's northbound army in various places, and all died tragically under the siege.
On November 8, the vanguard of the First Army of the Chinese ** Army cleared Qinhuangdao. On November 10, they passed Shanhaiguan and surrounded the Second Army that advanced from the sea, and headed directly to Lushun. At this time, at the headquarters of the Seventh Army in Fengtian, the cleanup of the Fengtian Japanese was also completed. After the mobilization was completed, they began to move south.
On November 13, the army entered Anshan and other places in Liaoyang.
At this time, the subsidiaries of South Manchuria Railway Corporation, a Japanese subsidiary in China, which is located in the entire northeast of China, similar to the colonial management agency, South Manchuria Railway Corporation: Anshan Ironmaking Institute, Manchuria Gold Mining, Manchuria Lead Mining, Manchuria Mining Development, Manchuria Light Metal Manchuria Magnesium Industry, Tonghe Automobile, Manchuria Electricity Industry, Manchuria Chemical Industry, Manchuria Salt Industry, Yamato Hotel, etc. were successively blocked.
Japan's entire economic colonial system in China was completely destroyed. A large number of unarmed Japanese immigrants were directly shot dead by shouting loudly and yelling to resist to the death. The Japanese, who were honestly not resisting, were locked up in several concentrated concentration camps waiting to be investigated. The army's military front pointed out that it was the last gathering place for Japan's military forces in China - Lushun.
So far, the war started in just a few days, and China had completed its strategic deployment, and its actions were thunderous. By the 20th, in the areas along the Yalu River such as Phoenix City, Dandong, Changdian, Xingdian, Shihezi, etc., the Chinese team had formed a defensive posture against the Korean and Japanese army's large-scale battle. Even if the Japanese army wanted to rescue Lushun, it would be difficult to cross the wings.
Lushun has become an isolated city surrounded by the Chinese team!
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"Your Excellency! I think it is time for the British Empire to exercise its responsibilities as an ally. China is the common enemy of Japan and the British Empire. When China and Japan go to war, it means going to war with Britain. Your Minister, please be sure to urge your cabinet to make a decision as soon as possible and send troops to China. Please!"
Japanese Prime Minister Kanetaro bowed deeply to the British ambassador to Japan, Dou Nale, and said.
Since China started the war against Japan, although the battle has been taking place on China's territory, the attack on Japan's economy has increased day by day. Seeing that the Chinese army has already suppressed the Sino-North Korea border, the troops mobilized by the Japanese army have not yet arrived to transport them all over the sea.
At this time, North Korea had very few troops and was distributed throughout North Korea, so it was useless in combat. There were only three Japanese troops that had arrived in North Korea. Facing the main force of the ** army with a total of four armies in China, it was unable to attack at all. It could only watch the Chinese team on the other side beating Lushun, and felt extremely distressed.
In Japan, there are also people who advocate that the army will take a life-saving strike, which is shocked by the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army and more those who advocate caution. The legendary deterrence of the airship airship unit of the Chinese army has always been hanging over the heads of the decision-makers of the General Staff Department, which is terrifying.
In the city of Lushun, the commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army and the governor of Kanto, Umeze Daoji, shouted and wanted the entire army to break the city of Lushun and let the Chinese team pay at least 100,000 lives in the face of the city of Lushun.
On December 5, after the army besieged Lushun for more than ten days, the legendary Chinese Air Force airship finally appeared in front of the Japanese army.
It was like a thick dark cloud covering the sky. The two brigades of the First Air Force Regiment of the Air Force were tyrants, with a total of 73 ships, with a total load of more than 4,000 tons, all turned into high-explosive incendiary bombs. This time the arrival of the Air Force was not prepared to fight a siege with the enemy, but came specifically to fulfill the great wish of the Japanese and Lushun to survive and die together.
Therefore, in this era, Lushun, a small city full of fortifications. The cluster bombing of incendiary bombs turned it into a burning hell. The entire city became a huge furnace of fire. In the central area of the bombing, all the air was burned out, and all the organic proteins in the human body were completely burned and melted, becoming bait for the fire. The fire soared into the sky, and the brave Japanese soldiers hidden deep in the fortifications also suffocated to death under high temperature and lack of oxygen.
Lushun, a city that carries the wronged souls of Chinese and Russians who died unjustly and fought, left tens of thousands of Japanese here again. After the fire burned for a few days and nights, Lushun's city became a completely abandoned city. Among the bones, no one was willing to survive here. It was only after many years that it was restored to its population.
After the recapture of Lushun, the Chinese ** army did not stop and once again pressed the Yalu River, preparing to march towards North Korea.
At this moment, after experiencing heavy blows and the initial fanaticism passed, the Japanese finally realized the current situation.
The so-called monopoly of China has become a delusion. If the navy fails, Japan has even lost its ability to protect itself! Now, China may use its naval advantages to cut off the supply of the Japanese army at any time, encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in North Korea, Taiwan and other places one by one, and then attack the Japanese mainland. At this point, this kind of thing is no longer impossible.
Even the most arrogant and arrogant person suddenly realized the problem that Japan is facing now, that is, the loss of the navy, North Korea, Okinawa, and Taiwan have become isolated islands and may lose contact with Japan at any time. That is, the Japanese army has exerted its combat effectiveness like a god. In the face of the Chinese navy's blockade, it will eventually end up with exhausting ammunition and food.
Now it is no longer a question of whether to attack China or not, but Japan may perish under the invasion of China!
Chapter completed!