At ten o'clock in the morning, Queen Zhu Yourong gave a speech on the radio, severely condemning Japan's despicable acts and declaring war on Japan. At the same time, Foreign Minister He Ziguang summoned the Japanese ambassador and submitted a declaration of war.
From early morning to morning in East Asia, it is night in Europe and America. This period is also the time when the public and media in Europe and the United States are most active. Japan's raid on the Ming Dynasty surprised many countries. Originally, the mainstream view in the world was the same as that of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet.
, everyone thought that Japan would attack the Soviet Union sooner or later. Unexpectedly, Japan actually chose to attack the Ming Dynasty. Like the Ming Dynasty, other countries did not know what Japan was thinking.
However, Japan is already surrounded by a lot of criticism. At this time, the governments of various countries have not yet reacted, and they have to hold meetings to decide their stance. However, the private media of various countries have responded quickly, and it is clear at a glance which people's support is.
In Nanjing, all departments of the entire empire have also entered high-speed operation. In the past, they only had to deal with one side, but now they have to deal with both. And the new side is much more powerful. After the imperial meeting, each department held emergency meetings separately.
Meeting. Xiang Xiaoqiang and all senior generals went to the Supreme Command in the Purple Mountain Fortress and continued to direct the overall war here as they did during the Unification War.
After just one day's work, Xiang Xiaoqiang felt that his words were much more effective. First of all, Tang Yunsheng gave himself a lot of face. Tang Yunsheng paid great attention to any opinions he expressed, and no longer treated him as a young boy like before.
With Tang Yunsheng's behavior, other generals were also affected by it consciously or unconsciously, and felt that Xiang Xiaoqiang's level was really much higher than before.
Xiang Xiaoqiang stood proudly in front of the map, pointed with the pointing stick and said:
"... Therefore, we should quickly mobilize heavy troops in the Beijing-Tianjin area, take the train from the Liaoxi Corridor to Fengtian, resist the Japanese army, and ensure that Fengtian is not lost. Fengtian's position is crucial. Whether it is a land battlefield or a maritime battlefield, Fengtian is the capital
It is a strategically important place. Fengtian is in our hands, I
We have an offensive platform just outside the pass and can advance in all directions to the west at any time. We can attack Jilin and Heilongjiang controlled by the Japanese army, or cross the Yalu River and attack North Korea. And once we capture Jilin and southeastern Heilongjiang, we can attack the Soviet Union
The Far East part, here!”
He tapped hard on the map with his pointing stick and said:
"Vladivostok! Vladivostok is only more than thirty kilometers away from the Jilin border. Our armored forces can pounce on it in two hours! And after taking over Vladivostok and several small ports around it, the Soviet Union will basically have no ports in the Far East.
.Then, Japan’s Far East supply line will be completely cut off!
"In another sense, we have also opened up a second battlefield for the war against the Soviet Union. Now in the Central Asian battlefield, the supply lines of both sides are stretched very far. It is difficult for both armies to advance significantly, and it is difficult to fight a war in the short term.
The result comes. But it’s different in the Far East. For example, here in Vladivostok, the distance
Moscow is more than 9,000 kilometers away, but it is only more than 1,000 kilometers away from our customs. Although the Soviet Union is directly connected by railway, we have railways for most of the distance, and the distance is only one-tenth of theirs. We put the main battlefield here,
If you can concentrate your strength and attack fiercely, you will soon inflict pain on the Soviet Union.
"Therefore, the last general strongly advocated fighting to the death outside the Pass. It is not to defend to the death, but to fight to the death. Not only must we invest a large number of troops outside the Pass, but we must also invest the most elite troops outside the Pass. As long as we put in desperate measures in northern Liaoning and eastern Liaoning,
The decisive battle
Because of this situation, the Japanese army would not dare to land on the Liaodong Peninsula in the south. In this way, our Dongjiang fleet in Lushun would not have to worry about its rear, and would be able to fully defend the gateway to the Bohai Sea. Only then would we be able to compete with the Japanese fleet on the battlefield in the Yellow Sea.
capital."
Hearing this, Tang Yunsheng interjected:
"Come on, what do you mean, now we not only want to 'defend' Fengtian, but also use Fengtian as the main battlefield and the outpost of the attack?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said:
"Tang Gong is brilliant, and that's right!"
Tang Yunsheng pondered for a moment, looked around the crowd and said:
"What do you think? Soldiers are valuable and quick. We need to make a decision quickly. No matter how many additional troops there are, military orders must be sent within two hours."
The conference room immediately became lively. The army generals were discussing and quickly made a decision.
Tang Yunsheng finally looked at the troop allocation on the map and decided:
"The Japanese troops currently attacking me in Manchuria should be about ten divisions... Assuming they are all Type A divisions... I hope to maintain sufficient firepower advantage, as well as troop advantage... So... around Beijing
The four divisions should leave the customs as soon as possible. We will issue orders immediately to try to have them appear outside the customs tomorrow... Then, we will mobilize heavy troops from Shandong, Zhili, Shanxi and Henan to leave the customs."
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The high command decided to increase the number of troops, and a large number of officers below began to make phone calls, send telegrams, and send orders one after another from Nanjing to the north. Within an hour, the Ming army stationed in the vast northern area began to move.
While eating in the fortress canteen at noon, Xiuxiu ran over, sat next to him, and whispered for a while.
Xiang Xiaoqiang gradually frowned as he ate and listened.
This is what Xiuxiu learned from the Ministry of Navy. The Ministry of Navy is preparing to implement a new round of shipbuilding plan.
Ming Dynasty's new shipbuilding plan should actually have been implemented last year because the Washington Naval Agreement expired last year. Many countries that participated in the Washington Naval Agreement but later did not participate in the London Naval Agreement are now busy launching warship projects.
Shipbuilding begins. Japan
It is one of them. It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to watch Japan's massive shipbuilding and remain indifferent. But last year was the year when the Ming Dynasty launched the Northern Expedition. All its power was used to unify China, and all industrial forces were building tanks.
We build airplanes and cars, but we don’t even bother building warships.
Although I can't take it into account, the shipbuilding plan was drawn up several years ago. Most countries are like this, waiting patiently for the treaty to expire before starting a naval arms race. The Ming Dynasty is no exception.
Now that the Ming Dynasty had just unified China and was suddenly attacked by Ruben, it was only normal to implement the shipbuilding plan at this time.
Xiang Xiaoqiang also knows the specific content of the plan. And this content is what he is prepared to oppose. The main content is: to build three battleships, three heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, twenty destroyers, and thirty submarines within five years.
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He mainly objects to two things:
First, three battleships were planned, but not one aircraft carrier was planned. From the perspective of a time traveler, there is no need to explain who will dominate the sea in the future. And for the money to build one battleship, you can build
Two or three aircraft carriers. The price/performance ratio is here.
Second, the submarine plan is too small, only thirty ships in five years, which is a very useless number. If Japan is regarded as a long-term enemy, then the main way to attack Japan's Pacific communication line is to rely on submarines. And fifty ships plus
There are dozens of existing submarines, that is, more than a hundred, not counting those that have been scrapped and eliminated. And at most one-third can appear in the Pacific to perform tasks at the same time. So these more than thirty submarines are scattered across the vast ocean.
On the Pacific Ocean, if you say something unpleasant, it's the same as nothing.
As for the rest of the shipbuilding plan, that is, the cruisers and destroyers, Xiang Xiaoqiang is still very satisfied. Cruisers are very important, whether it is to protect one's own sea lines of communication or to attack the enemy's sea lines of communication. They are sharp weapons and will never be used.
It was too much. He even hoped to use the money left over from canceling the battleships to build a few more cruisers.
Xiang Xiaoqiang thought for a while and said:
"Xiuxiu, I have to go to the palace tonight to tell His Majesty about this shipbuilding plan. We can't delay it now."