In the past few days, the world's attention has been divided by two major battles at the east and west ends of the earth. On one side is the Battle of Madrid (Battle of Madrid) in Southwest Europe, and on the other side is the Battle of Beijing, Tianjin and Tang in Northeast Asia. These two battles are symbols of
As their respective wars reached their climax.
Madrid has been surrounded by Franco's legions, but now the government troops are fighting back hard. The tragic melody of the "Internationale" is flying everywhere in the streets of Madrid. The International Brigade, basically composed of left-wing poets, writers, artists and students, and various mutual
The discordant left-wing armed factions and left-wing citizens (there are no right-wing ones left), are almost using Paris Commune style
Passionate, romantic and tragic resistance. Most of the so-called "Republican Government Army" are these people. Opposite them are well-disciplined, well-trained, advanced weapons, unified command, composed of the former Spanish regular army.
Franco's Legion was what was later called the "rebels" in the national textbooks of the Soviet camp. In addition, there was also a part of the Italian army.
This was an asymmetric confrontation, and this asymmetric confrontation would last until the end of March 1939, when Franco's army completely captured Madrid.
In Northeast Asia, the situation seems to be similar, and it is also a white-hot stalemate. However, the strength of the two sides is exactly the opposite. Both sides are well-trained regular troops, and the strength of the defender is several times that of the attacker. The two sides are under fierce attack.
Not the capital, but Tianjin, a city near the capital. The siege here is far less romantic and passionate than in Madrid:
——Unlike the fiery Spanish citizens, the citizens in the Beiqing battlefield were completely dormant. They closed their doors and windows tightly and had no intention of participating. Moreover, it has been snowing in North China in the past few days, and it has been snowing heavily in the Beijing, Tianjin and Tang areas.
Crossing the calf, both the Ming and Qing Dynasties fought fiercely in the ice and snow. Due to the weather, the Ming Army's aircraft could not function, and the Ming Army's personnel and vehicles, composed of southerners, were in poor condition. Non-combat attrition was serious, and the offensive force was also weak.
So fierce.
Therefore, in the past few days, the world's attention has focused more on the Spanish Civil War, because there was a more passionate, romantic, and tragic defense of Madrid.
Even now, the Ming army anti-Qing general wearing Hanfu and the Manchu Qing princess wearing cheongsam are engaged. Such explosive news in Nanming is not very noticeable in the world. Except for the large changes in Nanming's domestic stocks
In addition, the international market prices of various strategic materials have not moved at all.
However, the world's attention will soon return to Northeast Asia.
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In the remaining areas controlled by the Northern Qing Dynasty, the "Qing Daily" was still published every day, and the situation above was still "very good" and "getting better and better." The Qing army continued to defeat the Ming army on other fronts, capturing
The number of prisoners captured by the Ming army is about to exceed one million
. Commentators encouraged the Qing officers and soldiers and people in the front-page article, saying that although the northern front was encountering some minor difficulties, the Qing army on the southern front was almost reaching Nanjing. The Nanming royal family was in panic and was in the process of fighting.
Prepare to move the capital to the mainland.
The newspaper also published large photos of the battlefield: under the banner of the Qing Dragon, two handsome Qing soldiers with thick eyebrows and big eyes were standing on a broken city wall, crossing their arms and waving their hands, chatting and laughing with great enthusiasm.
Below is a row of wretched-looking Ming army prisoners of war. Two words can be vaguely discerned on the dilapidated city wall next to it: Zhenjiang.
But at the same time, the Ming army's planes would drop a large number of leaflets into the Qing army's positions every day. Even in weather when the planes could not take off, the Ming army's artillery would hit the Qing army's side with propaganda bombs, and once they exploded, they would
Many leaflets would be blown up. On the Qing army's side, dozens to hundreds of soldiers would be shot every day for picking up Ming army leaflets.
Mu Hu, the deputy commander of the Beijing Guards, was sitting in his office, listlessly flipping through a thick stack of "Qing Daily" with a sarcastic smile on his lips. Now almost all the troops outside are busy, just a few.
The Imperial Guard is quite quiet here. The Imperial Guard's current mission is very clear: firmly suppress Beijing and prevent people from rebelling, and at the same time, strictly prevent the troops outside from defecting after surrendering to the Ming army.
The sound of "rumbling" outside the window came from far and near, making the glass tremble. After a while, it gradually faded away.
This is a routine tank patrol on the street outside. Heavily armed Guardsmen stood on the tank, tilted the muzzle, and mounted the machine gun. They rumbled past the windows of every house to intimidate all those who were ready to move.
idea.
After a while, there was another sound of armored vehicles driving by outside, and loudspeakers kept coming into the house. Behind, there was a burst of desperate cries of women and children, and the scolding of soldiers.
This is also a routine program every day. When people go out to buy groceries, there will always be some people who can't help but pick up the flyers and read them, thinking that others can't see them... Now, these people have to put up signs and hang them on the back of their cars.
They were paraded through the streets, then taken to the entrance of several vegetable markets and shot to death in public.
The country that used to be a big tank country can no longer produce many tanks. Several large arsenals in North China and Shanxi Province have lost their land, and the only arsenal that can produce tanks in large quantities is Zhangjiakou Tank City. But that's it.
The only one that was always bombed by Ming army planes when the weather was good, and production was intermittent.
In current publicity, it is still "three thousand armored vehicles of the Qing Dynasty". But Mu Hu knows very well that the total number of remaining tanks and armored vehicles in the entire Qing army now totals five or six hundred, and it is difficult to increase significantly in the short term.
But among these five or six hundred vehicles, there are eight
There are about ten of them in the city of Beijing. One is parked at almost every major intersection, the muzzle of the gun is eyeing people's houses, and the Guards soldiers nearby are hiding behind sandbags, holding machine guns, aiming at people lining up.
Citizens buying food are in danger.
Now let alone Guangwu, even those with a little bit of brains below know that the biggest enemies of the Qing Dynasty are within. That is the officials who only think about their own way out, the generals on both ends of the spectrum, the troops who may mutiny and defect at any time, and
All the people.
"I'm one of them."
Mu Hu said quietly in his heart.
"Report!"
shouted the guard outside.
Mu Hu put down the newspaper and said majestically:
"Come in!"
The guard opened the door and the secretary came in with a stack of paper.
After the guard exited and closed the door, Na Shuncai lowered his voice and said excitedly:
"Sir, look!"
He pushed the stack of papers in front of Mu Hu.
"Huh?" Mu Hu glanced through it briefly, "Nanming's new flyer?"
"right!"
As the main force in maintaining stability in the capital, high-ranking officers of the Imperial Guard can legally hold Ming Army leaflets. But it is limited to "possession", and reading is still not allowed. Now search for Ming Army leaflets and seize privately hidden leaflets.
The main force of the Ming Dynasty was the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards were now monitored by the sticky pole. Only the sticky pole could legally read Ming army leaflets.
But rules are meant to be broken.
Mu Hu buried his head in reading the latest leaflet of the Ming Army. He became more and more excited as he read it, and his breathing became rapid.
"It's true!" He closed the flyer, raised his head and said excitedly, "Yes, it's true! Nanfang really got married! Look, there are photos here! That's ten..."
He looked around nervously and lowered his voice and said:
"That's fourteen grids!"
"Sir," Nashun trembled nervously, "Then what should we...?"