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The North-South Peace Negotiation Behind the Black Screen Chapter 746: Blood-stained Sea Borders 2

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    Xi'an, outside the General Staff Headquarters of Xincheng Administrative District, two rows of soldiers with live ammunition are stationed outside the General Staff Headquarters holding steel guns. Several streets in Zhouw¨¦i are heavily guarded. Anyone who attempts to approach the General Staff Headquarters must at least accept  The inventory of six levels can only be solved.

    An assassination that shocked the top brass of the Republic of China stung the nerves of the Republic of China's intelligence agencies and government. Seven days ago, Chief of General Staff of the North China Military Region Yang Guanglie, who came to Xi'an to attend the Republic of China's highest military coordination meeting, was shot only 700 meters away from the General Staff Headquarters.  , because the gangster¡¯s bullets were poisonous, even though the security forces stationed outside the General Staff headquarters responded quickly enough, they still could not save his life. The 37-year-old defense force lieutenant general stopped breathing before he was sent to the hospital.  He became the highest-ranking general killed in the Republic of China since the all-out war between China and Japan. He was also the fourth high-ranking military officer to be assassinated in the Republic of China since the war began.

    Although there is no intelligence that the perpetrators were Japanese, Japan is the only country that is now in a life-and-death all-out war with the Republic of China.  What's more, many senior government and military officials of the Republic of China had been assassinated or poisoned by Japanese spies lurking in China before. Therefore, when this murder occurred, almost everyone believed that the murder must have been committed by the Japanese.

    After the assassination, the President was furious and ordered the Ministry of Public Security to hunt down the murderer as soon as possible. However, after failing to arrest the murderer for many days in a row, in the face of increasing domestic accusations, the Xi'an Police Department, which is directly under the Ministry of Public Security,  Chief Deng Nian took the blame and resigned.  Taking into account the frequent incidents of Japanese spies assassinating Republican politicians in the country, the President submitted a bill to Congress to upgrade the Bureau of Land and Resources Investigation, an intelligence organization that was originally lower than the 14th Cabinet Department and directly under his own leadership, to a 'national  The Ministry of Security', whose status is second only to the 14th Cabinet Department, is the 15th Department of the new Cabinet and is still only responsible to the President.

    After the establishment of the Ministry of National Security, Li Han immediately issued an order for the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Security to conduct domestic intelligence exchanges, work together to eliminate all Japanese latent spies in China, and organize an assassination team to carry out counter-assassinations of high-level Japanese political figures.

    Of course, the reason why the security force outside the General Staff Gate was several times greater than usual today was entirely because the President was coming to inspect the General Staff today and communicate with Jiang Fangzhen and others about the war situation.

    In the First War Situation Analysis Office of the General Staff, Li Han, Jiang Fangzhen, Cai E, Tang Xiangming and many other senior army and navy officials gathered together and stood in front of a huge sand table, communicating in low voices.

    "The Army fought well and displayed invincible morale and determination. I believe that as long as we take over the Liaodong Peninsula tomorrow, once the news of the recapture of the Port Arthur Fortress is announced, it will surely shock the entire Far East and even the whole world."

    Li Han took a long baton and drew a circle on the Liaodong Peninsula on the sand table. The joy on his face could not be concealed.

    ¡°Well done, well played!¡±

    Cai E couldn't hide the excitement on his face. He witnessed with his own eyes the army's recovery of lost territory, and even defeated Japan, the most powerful military power in the Far East, on the battlefield.  The student defeated the teacher (Cai E once studied in Japan), and the excitement in his heart could not be suppressed. The president praised him non-stop, and he also smiled and said: "Those kids in the Army did a good job.  We originally thought that it would take at least a week to capture the Port Arthur Fortress, but we did not expect that the task could be completed so quickly. However, the navy¡¯s contribution to n¨¦nggoun¨¤me¡¯s quick capture of Port Arthur cannot be ignored. Ruguo is not the Navy¡¯s dispatch of many ships.  The battleships have transported a large amount of supplies and dozens of large-caliber heavy artillery for us. The five permanent fortresses in Lushun alone are enough for us to drink a pot. And the Army Aviation"

    "Yes, no one can ignore the Army Aviation. Since the war began, the Army Aviation has dispatched more than 17,000 times in total. On the Liaodong Peninsula alone, nearly 10,000 tons of bombs were used to bypass Japan from the air.  The Japanese defense positions were destroyed one by one. In the past month, more than 30 pilots in Yijing had serious flight accidents due to overwork. While we saw the victory in the Liaodong Peninsula, we must not ignore the mainland  Contribution to aviation!¡±

    Jiang Fangzhen lamented on the sidelines that as the chief of the general staff, he received no less military intelligence than the president and the chiefs of the army and navy. Naturally, the army aviation made a huge contribution to the victory of the war.

    Li Han nodded, "It's a shame for them!"

    He let out a long sigh, "But everyone still has to be tired for a while. The war has just begun, and we have only completed half of the task. Taiwan Island has not yet been recovered, and Japan's powerful navy is still attacking our southeastern coast and the Liaodong Peninsula  "

    He looked at Tang Xiangming, who nodded quickly and said: "The navy has made all preparations, and our ambush fleet should have arrived at the location. But unexpectedly, within the next two days, we will launch an ambush against the Japanese navy's special fleet  ""I hope n¨¦nggou goes well!"

    When he thought of the navy, Li Han felt a pang in his heart.  Naturally, he knew what kind of order he had given.  But this order must still be issued, because only by temporarily sacrificing the Republic of China's navy, or to be precise, the surface fleet, can the Republic of China's stronger development speed in the next twenty years be exchanged. This choice he had to make.  I hope n¨¦nggou can leave some flesh and blood as much as possible!

    He frowned slightly and sighed inwardly.

    "Mr. Baili, come and analyze the current situation for everyone!"

    "Okay!" Jiang Fangzhen took the baton, walked to the sand table, glanced at several people one by one, and then said: "Before the war, we formulated the basic strategy for this Sino-Japanese war. This basic strategy is to establish  In terms of the outcome that our country must achieve victory, the two major strategies are to "recover the Liaodong Peninsula" and "to recover the Taiwan Island and its affiliated islands". The second strategy is to "severely inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army and navy, rendering it powerless for the next twenty years."  Coveting our Republic of China'. Yesterday, with the desperate efforts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of our National Defense Army, one of our three major strategies, 'recovering the Liaodong Peninsula', was achieved. The last fortress that Japan held on the Liaodong Peninsula, Lushun Yijing, was captured by me.  , except for a very small number of defeated Japanese troops who are still on the move, and we are still stepping up the cleanup, the entire Liaodong Peninsula has been completely recovered by me!"

    This is of course the best news. The Liaodong Peninsula has been occupied by Russia and Japan since the late Qing Dynasty. It is like a poisonous thorn inserted by the great powers into China. In Shihou, the former capital of the Republic of China, Beijing, this  The poisonous thorn has the ability to penetrate directly into the heart of the Republic of China, which is very important to the development of the Republic of China.  Even now that the Republic of China has moved its capital to Xi'an, as long as Japan still occupies the Liaodong Peninsula, the Republic of China's military preparedness cannot be relaxed for a day, and we must be careful to warn the Japanese of taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

    "As for Taiwan Island" He frowned, "We have already deployed four divisions on Taiwan Island. However, after the Japanese reacted, we lost the ability to continue transporting troops to Taiwan Island. Now we can only  We relied on airships and submarines to sneak around the Japanese blockade at night and replenish the army's supplies on Taiwan Island. The Japanese have been operating on Taiwan Island for many years. We have underestimated this situation and the importance of the Japanese to Taiwan.  Take it seriously, a week ago, after they mobilized many main warships from China to Taiwan, we yijing lost the ability to quickly recover Taiwan Island. At present, the main force of our navy has hit the Yellow Sea, and with the cooperation of the navy, we yijing only rely on the army  We cannot control the situation on Taiwan Island. At present, the best situation is for our submarine force to wait for an opportunity to attack the Japanese transport ship, forcing it to be unable to send more troops to Taiwan Island. It can only recruit new troops nearby on the island, so that our army on the island can  Stay undefeated for half a year!¡±

    "What about the worst case scenario?"

    "The worst situation is that our strength on the island is not enough to support the negotiation stage in the later stages of the war. Within three months, because material consumption cannot keep up with the supply speed, we are forced to surrender to the Japanese!" Jiang Fangzhen hesitated, but still  Answered his questions seriously.

    "Three months?"

    Li Han frowned slightly.

    Taiwan Island, the pearl of China's southeast coast, is rich and beautiful. It is not only an important barrier for the defense of southeast China, but also a treasure island rich in natural resources.  However, it became the first colony that Japan seized from China. Since acquiring this colony, Japan has been bent on turning this place into "Eastern India" and a "colonial model" for Japan.

    Japan has used shiji¨¡n for more than 20 years to not only establish a complete colonial rule order on the island of Taiwan, but also found a good way to extract the economic value of the colony. On the island of Taiwan, Japanese businessmen and enterprises established a modern  factory.  The wood processing industry, paper industry, sugar industry, and shipping industry, these modern industries and enterprises have indeed changed the face of Taiwan.  At the same time, the number of 'submissive people' on the island is increasing.  They are the "means" used by Japan to rule Taiwan, because the Japanese need to use them to show their superior status. Therefore, these so-called "submissive people" who are loyal to the Japanese government and the emperor generally have good living conditions, and even for  Due to their status and identity, they voluntarily became the sword in the hands of the Japanese, bloody suppressing the 'mobs' who were able to return and resist Japanese rule on the island.

    Jiang Fangzhen said that Ruguo had lost support from the mainland and that the four divisions on the island could be destroyed within three months. Li Han thought about it and felt that what he said could become a reality.

    He pondered for a moment before shaking his head, "Three months? The war may not last long, but we still have to be prepared to fight for more than a year!"

    The reason why he said that the war may not last three months is entirely because just yesterday, on the same day as the National Defense Forces regained the Port Arthur Fortress, another battle in EuropeThe massive battle of Milan and Cremona ended.

    From November 24 to December 9, 1917, the Austro-Hungarian army launched the Battle of Caporetto, causing the Italian Army to lose more than 300,000 people. The Austro-Hungarian army invaded Italy and occupied the north of the Piave River.  large tracts of Italian territory.

    In August 1918, the Austro-Hungarian army launched another large-scale offensive in an attempt to break through Piave's Italian defense line and end the war on the southern front. On the one hand, the Austrian army stormed the Tonale Pass and Lombardy, and on the other hand, it attacked the Central Venice area.  The forces were divided into two attack spearheads, one pointing to Trento in the southeast and the other to the Lower Piave River area in the southwest. Although the Austro-Hungarian army lost 100,000 troops under the command of poor commanders,  In the end, the Italian army was successfully repelled, but unfortunately it failed to severely damage the Italian army. The Italian army still stubbornly blocked the Austro-Hungarian army from moving south.

    By early 1919, the rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire realized that they might lose the war.  Karl I summoned his generals, and finally the Austro-Hungarian Empire reached an agreement in early March. They decided to give it a go, mobilized the last strength of 46 divisions, and decided to fight the Italians again to destroy Italy in one fell swoop and force the country to withdraw.  war.  Their goals are only Cremona on the Po River Plain and Milan, an important town in northwest Italy, in an attempt to occupy the Po River Plain, Italy's main grain producing area, and Milan, an important industrial town in northwest Italy.

    The war broke out on April 5, 1919, and lasted until yesterday, May 14, for more than a month.  The Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy gathered nearly one million troops to fight to the death here. At one time, the two sides mobilized nearly 5,000 artillery pieces to fire at each other. In the sky, more than 400 fighter planes from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy launched battles again and again.  jili¨¨ confrontation.

    In the end, after paying a heavy price of nearly 300,000 casualties, the Italian army tenaciously defended Milan and the Po River Plain, and drove the Austro-Hungarian army to Caporetto. The Austro-Hungarian Empire lost 27 main divisions and a large amount of ordnance supplies.  , since then it has completely lost its dominant position on the southern line.

    According to the intelligence sent back from Europe by the National Security Agency, the internal conflicts in the Austro-Hungarian Empire were seriously intensified due to the defeat in this battle.  Austrian high-level leaders continued to advocate war, but the Hungarian nobles strongly demanded to withdraw from the war. The Hungarian Prime Minister even crossed Austria and ordered the Hungarian troops on the front line to evacuate and return home.

    ruguoLi Hanm¨¦iyou have mistakenly remembered that in history, it was the Hungarian Prime Minister¡¯s order to withdraw troops from the front line that completely intensified the conflict between Austria and Hungary. In just one month, the oldest empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was disintegrated.  , and withdrew from the European war.  Two months later, Germany, which was alone, was unable to take care of the war situation. Amid the uprisings and revolutionary slogans in the country, what was the future?

    The news of the Battle of Cremona in Milan had just returned to China from Europe. Li Han knew in his heart that the European War was likely to end in the next three to four months, and the end of the European War would also affect the  The Sino-Japanese War in the Far East.

    Once the European War is over, once the United States withdraws from the quagmire of the war, it will definitely turn more energy to the Far East. Even if it does not take the initiative to intervene, it will definitely support Tongguo with military supplies and enhance the combat power of the Republic of China.  Compared with the Republic of China, which has a weak navy, it has a fourth navy. For Japan, which has a huge w¨¥ixi¨¦ in the US Philippine colonies and the US west coastline, it has been on the US blacklist early.

    Furthermore, the Japanese must also be wary of their allies, the Allies.  Don¡¯t forget how the East Indies colony currently occupied by the Japanese came from. It was snatched from the Netherlands, one of the members of the Allied Powers, and the British were also interested in it. Once the European War is over, the Japanese  We must be wary of Britain, France and other Allied powers settling their scores in the fall.  The East Indies colonies, which now contribute hundreds of millions of wealth to Japan every year, will not give up easily due to the greed of the Japanese. Therefore, when the European War ends, the Sino-Japanese War in the Far East may not be sustainable.

    The next few months will be a critical period in determining the Sino-Japanese war.
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