At noon on August 13, Xiang Xiaoqiang took Xiu Xiu, Wu Yanbin, Hu Jiong and other entourage to fly to Beijing. This time he was going to the front theater in person. This time it was the final battle against the Japanese army.
The battle was going on, and the main force of the Ming army was the People's Guard, all under his own command. He insisted on going there in person no matter what.
The frontline headquarters is located in Changchun, 180 kilometers away from the front lines of both sides. The plane could have flown directly from Nanjing to Changchun, but this would have to fly over the Bohai Sea and over Jilin and the area close to North Korea. These are airspaces frequented by Japanese planes and belong to both sides' regular airspace.
The place where Chang Kong fought. Since he almost didn’t come back from northern Xinjiang last time, the headquarters, Xiang Xiaoqiang’s wives, and Zhu Yourong would never allow him to take this risk. Therefore, Xiang Xiaoqiang could only get off the plane in Beijing and take the
The train leaves Shanhaiguan and heads to Changchun.
On the afternoon of August 14, Xiang Xiaoqiang's special train entered Changchun Station. People's Guard and Army officers from the Changchun Command lined up on the platform to greet him, and dozens of domestic and foreign reporters also carried cameras and spotlights, rushing to follow him for interviews.
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"Sir Xiang, does your coming to Changchun mean that the Ming army will launch a general attack on the Japanese army in the near future?"
"Sir Xiang, will you go to the battle front to patrol this time?"
"Your Highness, as the Princess of Ryukyu, does your coming to the front line of the war against Japan mean some political meaning?"
"Sir Xiang, in addition to annihilating the Japanese army, will the Ming army also engage in firefights with the Soviet Far East Army this time?"
"Your Royal Highness, do you hope that Ming Dynasty will propose 'Ryukyu independence' to Japan?"
"Your Highness, if Ryukyu becomes independent, will you go to Ryukyu? Will you inherit the throne?"
"Your Highness, can you speak Ryukyuan?"
"Xiang Sir..."
"Your Highness the Princess..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang stopped, turned around and faced the large group of reporters, smiled and waved his hands to silence the scene.
Then he took a deep breath and said as loudly as possible:
"Everyone, brother, I am obviously not here for tourism this time in Changchun! So what am I here to do? This is an obvious thing: to fight the Japanese army! This is nothing to keep secret. You can go ahead and report it. I just want the Japanese to see it.
Arrive, hear, know that I am coming to someone! Their end is coming soon! Everyone, whenever I come to someone,
Earth, the enemies of the Ming Empire will be in bad luck soon! This time is no exception! Let them dig trenches quickly, pull up barbed wire, open all the remaining cans, and share them with everyone. Don’t save, save more
It’s useless. Because as our Chinese doctors often say: If you want to eat something, just eat something quickly. It’s only a few days away..."
The surrounding officers and reporters burst into laughter. They waved their hands to Xiaoqiang and continued:
"Brother, when I come here this time, I must go to the front line to visit my brothers! But after all, my military rank and responsibilities are here, and it is unlikely that I will go to the front line of the battle. As for whether we will fight with the Soviet Far East
Legions are fighting, brother, all I can say here is that we will not take the initiative
They actively seek exchanges of fire with them. Because this military operation is not expected to extend beyond the Ming-Soviet border. As we all know, our army completely surpasses the Japanese army in terms of mobility. Therefore, our army will still conduct a pincer offensive on the north and south wings this time.
Encircle the Japanese army and annihilate it within our borders."
At this point, the surrounding reporters were already in a state of surprise. What was surprising was not Xiang Xiaoqiang's arrogant tone, but that Xiang Xiaoqiang was actually on the train platform and told the reporters the battle plan so carelessly.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang laughed and said:
"You don't need to be surprised. I just want to tell those Japanese staff officers clearly that our Ming army is going to use the old method, breakthrough on two wings, pincer offensive, encirclement and annihilation. Now that they know it, they are faced with two choices: either stay where they are.
Continue to fortify the ground and wait to be surrounded by us; or retreat now and take advantage of our army
Before attacking, retreat as far as possible. It is best to retreat to the Daxingan Mountains to fight guerrillas to prevent being encircled by us. As long as they stay in the northeastern plains, they can rely on their two legs and the addition of
Even the four legs of army horses and mules cannot escape the fate of being surrounded by our two wings and encircled by our center, hahahaha..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang's big mouth was proudly "spouting nonsense" here, and the reporters around him were naturally very happy. The cameras clicked, and the pencils marked "swish" in the notebook.
Finally, Xiang Xiaoqiang straightened his face, waved his right hand, and said decisively:
"They started this war! We are a peace-loving country, and our people are peace-loving people! But 'peace-loving' and 'soft persimmon' are two different things! We just want some people to understand - provoking Daming,
They picked the wrong opponent! Now, cheer up and bear the consequences bravely!!!"
After saying that, he gestured slightly to the left and right, and the guards on the left and right began to separate a path in front. He held his sword to Xiaoqiang, put on his white gloves, took Xiuxiu on his arm, and strode forward with the officers behind him.
Of course, many spies were left behind when the Japanese army retreated, and there were many of them in Changchun. Soon, what Xiang Xiaoqiang told reporters at the station reached the ears of the spies. Then, the spies sent a secret telegram to Xiang Xiaoqiang.
The general meaning of the speech, especially the meaning of "pincer offensive, encirclement and annihilation", was sent to Japan's "Continental Expeditionary Force Headquarters" in Suihua.
When the headquarters of the Mainland Expeditionary Force received this secret message, they were naturally filled with smoke and were about to vomit blood. And what they felt most desolate was not only Xiang Xiaoqiang's arrogance, but also the fact that Xiang Xiaoqiang's arrogance was very reasonable. Those words he said,
The basic sentences are all facts. Just like what Xiang Xiaoqiang said: Okay, let’s forget it now
Knowing that the Ming army would repeat its old tricks and adopt the "outflank, encircle and annihilate" approach again, what could the Japanese army do? It was exactly as he said, except to continue digging trenches and defend to the death.
Is it possible to really retreat? Then to where? Or really retreat to the Daxingan Mountains to fight guerrillas?
The Japanese military staff briefly discussed and decided to adopt the current strategic response measures - strict defense and decisive battle in position. After this bloody land war, the Japanese army finally understood. On this vast mainland battlefield, and Ming
If the army engages in mobile warfare and attempts to maneuver, it is simply seeking death.
After analysis, the staff of the Japanese military headquarters generally believed that Xiang Xiaoqiang's ostentatious and provocative speech revealed some useful information. Originally, the Japanese army judged that the Ming army might attack within one week to ten days.
Now the estimated time limit for launching an offensive has been greatly shortened. The staff made a rather pessimistic judgment: the Ming army is likely to launch a general offensive within three to five days. It really is "only a few days away."
However, the staff officers at the Continental Expeditionary Force headquarters never expected that all this would happen that night, or to be precise, in the early morning of the next day.
At 2:30 in the morning on August 15, a staff officer on duty at the Japanese Army Headquarters in Suihua called a frontline regiment headquarters to inquire about the movements of the Ming army on the opposite side as usual. However, he found that there was no sound on the phone. No matter how hard he shook it,
Handle, there is no sound on the phone.
There's something wrong with the phone line.
The staff officer immediately went to the communications class. But when he arrived at the communications class, his eyes widened. The communications class had become a mess. Every communications soldier was unplugging and plugging in plugs, wearing headsets, and shouting with sweat.
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"Moses Moses, Moses Moses..."
But not many of them got through. Apparently, **10% of the calls couldn't be answered.
“Baga!!!”
He cursed, stamped his feet, turned around and ran to find the commander.
In the middle of the night, the telephone line network around Suihua City suddenly suffered major damage. Hundreds of telephone lines extending from the city, whether they were pre-war standing telephone lines or temporary field telephone lines set up by the Japanese army,
At this time, a large number of calls were unavailable. It was as if thousands of rats had emerged from the ground and chewed up the telephone lines. In the Suihua headquarters, all the communication soldiers were sent out to repair the telephone lines.
In desperation, the communication between the headquarters and the front line was switched to wireless. However, in this case, the clear password would not be sent, and the password would have to be encrypted and decrypted by both parties every time, which would slow down the efficiency by dozens of times.
After using radio to communicate with the troops in front, no one was attacked. The other side was still silent and filled with deep darkness.
After an hour of this, the senior officers of the Japanese military headquarters wiped the sweat from their faces and felt a little relieved.
It's just that the telephone network is still basically in a semi-paralyzed state. In the middle of the night, the manpower of the communication troops is too limited, so they can't see their fingers. They go out of the city to touch the phone lines and check inch by inch... It is estimated that half of them can be repaired by dawn.
At about 4:30, the night outside the window gradually faded, showing a dark blue color. After working up and down the whole night, the headquarters was already very sleepy. But they did not dare to doze off, because according to experience, this
Dawn is generally the most dangerous time. Especially the Ming army liked to attack at this time.
At this time, suddenly several military policemen came in accompanied by a communications soldier, looking for the head of the communications department.
The head of the communications section adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, smoothed the mustache on his lips, and looked at the private with dignity.
"Private."
"roar!"
"What's going on, please report it to me."
"Hi!"
The communications soldier stood at attention and raised his chest, and reported loudly that he was repairing telephone lines outside the city and found a leaflet on a telephone pole beside Tianjiantu Road. He knew some Chinese and guessed that this was from the Ming army.
A dastardly conspiracy.
As he spoke, he took a step forward, took out the flyer, lowered his head, handed it over with both hands, and placed it on the table. Then he took a step back and stood still at attention.
The Communications Section Chief also knows Chinese. And he is not just a smattering of it, but quite proficient. Because of this, he was specially transferred to the "Continental Expeditionary Forces Headquarters" this time as the Communications Section Chief.
He picked up the flyer in front of him and read it carefully.
Just halfway through watching it, the head of the communications department was so angry that his face turned blue and his mustache twitched.
"Baga!" He slapped the flyer on the table and cursed angrily, "The Ming army is too despicable! They actually bought our army's military telephone lines from the villagers! They bought it by the pound, and every pound is worth a mingyang!"
!!...Flow...rogue, scoundrel!!!"
As soon as he finished cursing, a terrifying sound came through the window.
"Woo————"
Air raid alert!
He stood up immediately, pushed open the window with both hands, and listened carefully.
This is no longer an advance warning, but a rapid air raid warning. This shows that the enemy plane is very close.
Ah! It’s actually tonight!
He immediately closed the window and tightened the black curtains to prevent light from leaking out.
"Quick!" The section chief waved to the soldiers in the room, "Go quickly..."
"boom!!!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a vibration under his feet, and then, loud explosions were heard in the distance. At the same time, the roar of a large fleet of aircraft also appeared clearly above his head.