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The meeting quarreled for several hours without a final result, until the secretary walked in to inform the Chinese Nationalist Government that the Taiwan Strait War had ended and that the Nationalist Government Chairman Hu Hanmin would give a speech.Afterwards, all the cabinet members temporarily stopped their quarrel and came to listen to the Chinese radio broadcast. There were also several translators on the scene, who could translate the Chinese broadcast into Japanese at any time.

"Gentlemen, Hu Hanmin, Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China, has expressed his intention to invade Japan in his speech. Do you have any ideas?" Ugaki Kazunari glanced at the stunned cabinet members and representatives of the headquarters, and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, defending the homeland should be the top priority of the army and navy. I suggest that the defense of the west coast of North Korea, Jeju Island, Okinawa Island, and Kyushu Island be strengthened immediately. In addition, the defense of the entire coast of the Japanese archipelago must also be strengthened. Absolutely not Let Chinese people set foot on the land of the Japanese archipelago! Because it will threaten the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, which is absolutely unacceptable!" Nagata Tieshan, director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Army Ministry, was the first to stand up and speak.

"Nagata-kun, what nonsense are you talking about?" Minister of War Nobuyoshi Muto slammed the table and scolded, "How could the safety of His Majesty the Emperor be threatened? Could it be that the Chinese can still land in Honshu?"

Nagata Tieshan stood up, snapped to attention, and saluted with a stiff head: "Your Excellency! Japan is an island country, an island country surrounded by oceans on all sides! Now that the command of the sea has been lost, of course the Chinese navy may land in Honshu, or even directly There is no problem with landing in Tokyo Bay. According to intelligence, China will also have an aircraft carrier and two "Polish Legion"-class armored ships built this year, and China will be able to produce three aircraft carriers and three capital ships by then! And the navy can What do you have to resist?"

There was awe in the room, and then all eyes were on Naomi Taniguchi, Minister of the Navy.But Naoshin Taniguchi lowered his head helplessly, without saying a word.Now the Japanese Navy still has three battleships, a battlecruiser and an aircraft carrier, and it seems to be capable of fighting.However, the air force of the Japanese Navy and Army is too weak. Although the aircraft has been ordered from the United Kingdom, where do the pilots come from?In the past six months, the pilots of the Japanese Army and Navy have lost all their casualties in the battle, and the remaining dozens are kept as seeds. It is absolutely impossible to train new pilots without two years.

"Nagata-kun still filtered it." Minister of War Muto Nobuyoshi waved his hand: "Taiwan is only a few tens of kilometers away from the mainland of China. Chinese people can land there even with fishing boats. The Japanese archipelago is more than 1000 kilometers away from China. They are Those who are not capable of successfully landing, if they really dare to come, 50 troops are enough to defend the mainland."

Nagata's face was solemn, and his chest heaved violently: "What about the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and the Ryukyu Islands? If the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island are lost, the 70 Kwantung Army in Manchuria may be in danger of being wiped out, and the Ryukyu Islands are in danger of being wiped out." The archipelago is very likely to be the next target of the Chinese Nationalist Army’s aggression.”

"North Korea's garrison troops are sufficient to protect the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island." Deputy Chief of Staff Araki Sadao replied loudly: "Now we only need to strengthen the defense of Ryukyu to ensure the safety of the mainland. The war in Manchuria can continue until China People are willing to exchange Taiwan for the withdrawal of imperial troops.”

Yongtian Tieshan laughed out loud, full of sarcasm, and just about to refute, he heard a bang, and the door of the conference room was slammed open.

Everyone turned their heads and saw an adjutant of Ugaki Kazunari walking in with a pale face, holding a telegram in his hand: "Commander Lim Mijuro of the North Korean Garrison has an urgent message, a Chinese fleet raided and occupied this morning. Baengryeong Island off the coast of the West Sea of ​​Korea!"

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April 1931, 4 AD, at 2 o'clock.

Dozens of small sampans pierced through the mist on the sea in the early morning, and leaned against the beach of Baeknyeongdo Island, which is only 10 kilometers away from the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, with a bang.

Before the sampan stopped, the Red Army officers and soldiers fully loaded on it had already jumped off.The leading Red Army commander held a machete with a solemn expression.The soldiers also rumbled down, each with a nervous expression.

"Comrades! This is the land of North Korea. We have set foot on it! In order to liberate the oppressed North Korean people, it is worth sacrificing here!"

Lu Zhengcao, commander of the No. 20 Sixth Division Special Service Battalion of the Ninth Army Regiment of the Red Army, was already sweating profusely with a machete in his hand.Looking back, on the sea after the fog has cleared, the Red Navy fleet and transport ships that landed this time are already clearly identifiable.Five light cruisers and six gunboats were patrolling back and forth, the transport ships were being replaced one after another, and a large number of soldiers were climbing off the rope nets and boarding various small boats and boats.They had just disembarked, and the sailors operating the sampan had already turned around and headed back to pick up the next batch of Red Army soldiers who had landed.

On the sea, there are no Japanese ships or boats. It seems that the control of the sea really belongs to the Kuomintang!

After Zhang Xueliang returned to Tianjin, the Red Navy Fleet, which has been in Dagukou, Tianjin for nearly half a year, finally started to move. Five old light cruisers, a few small gunboats and a few merchant ships transported half a division of the Red Army. Under Zhang Xueliang's personal command, they came straight to the Korean peninsula!

However, for the invasion of Japanese territory, General Zhang Xueliang himself, down to the lowest level soldiers, felt that there was more than good luck.North Korea is now Japanese territory!Japan has an army of 300 million and the seventh largest navy in the world (the latest ranking, second only to Italy). With five light cruisers and half a division reorganized from the Northeast Army, the Red Army dares to touch the tiger's ass!No matter how you look at it, they are going crazy, I am afraid that they will be killed by fierce firepower as soon as they land!

The Death Squad led by Lu Zhengcao, during the process of flooding and amidst the sea fog, was all on tenterhooks, worried that bullets and shells would hit their heads and faces on the tidal flat.Because they were a sneak attack this time and did not use naval guns to support them, the whole division was counting on their selected elite infantry to raid and control the landing field, and they were required to do whatever it took.But fortunately, until they set foot on the beach, there was still not a single bullet fired!

Lu Zhengcao took a deep breath excitedly, and ordered the soldiers to quickly plant small flags on the tidal flats where they landed just now to mark the landing site.Then with a wave of his hand, he led more than a hundred soldiers to a hill that controlled the tidal flat in front.Their landing this time was completely unprepared. I don't know if there are Japanese troops on Bailing Island, but they have to be prepared for a fierce battle no matter what!The combat effectiveness of these Japanese soldiers, they, the Red Army adapted from the Northeast Army, are very afraid of them.

More than a hundred officers and soldiers of the Red Army clutched their rifles tightly and rushed towards the hills desperately.The soft tidal flat made it difficult for them to walk fast. Everyone was sweating profusely in a blink of an eye, but there was still more than half of the distance of a few hundred meters.

Lu Zhengcao rushed to the front with a broadsword in hand, repeating in his heart.There should be no enemies, right?It is best to have no enemies, and even if there are, there should be only one or two. Seeing our heroic Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, they will run away in fright!

If this is the case, this time the battle to liberate the Korean people can be regarded as a victory in the first battle!

The gunfire that Lu Zhengcao was worried about never sounded, and more than a hundred Red Army soldiers rushed up the hill like a whirlwind.It is a quiet and peaceful small fishing village in North Korea. Dozens of North Korean men and women stand at the gate of the village, staring dumbfoundedly at the Red Army soldiers carrying big knives and rifles. Surprised!

Where did all these men in blue and gray suits and strange hats come from?Is it the legendary pirate?Or the Chinese invading army mentioned in the newspaper...

Lu Zhengcao let out a deep breath, turned around and yelled at a navy soldier in charge of the semaphore: "Signal to the sea, I have landed, the landing site is safe, no Japanese garrison has been found on Bailing Island!"

At this time, Zhang Xueliang, Shen Honglie, and Li Zhilong were anxiously waiting for the news from the front on the bridge of the cruiser Hai Rong, the flagship of the Red Navy.

"Report. News came from the front that the Japanese army did not have a single soldier on Bailing Island. Our army has successfully controlled the entire island. In addition, a small North Korean fishing village and hundreds of North Korean fishermen were discovered."

Zhang Xueliang nodded in satisfaction and let out a long breath. He was actually not sure about this sneak attack at all.It is a miracle that it can be successful now!I didn't expect that the 300 million Japanese army and the seventh largest navy in the world couldn't even defend the small island in front of their own door. It really made people laugh.

"Comrade political commissar, this time it's really dangerous!" Zhang Xueliang smiled at Li Zhilong beside him, and said, "What should we do next? Should we withdraw the troops and return to the country?"

Li Zhilong frowned: "Withdraw troops? Why?"

Zhang Xueliang thought for a while and said, "Aren't we besieging Wei and saving Zhao?" Li Zhilong shook his head and said, "This Baekling Island is not small, and it is far enough away from the west coast of North Korea. Taking off and landing planes directly is a very critical strategic location. We can turn this island into a Soviet area, and then use this as a base to harass the west coast of North Korea, divide the land by the local tyrants, and carry out the agrarian revolution! This will make the Japanese unbearable, and will The main force was withdrawn from Manchuria."

"What? Hit the local tyrants to divide the land!? But this is a foreign country!"

Li Zhilong blinked his eyes and said with a straight face: "We workers all over the world don't distinguish between each other. It is our duty to help the poor and lower-middle peasants in North Korea to fight the local tyrants and divide their land!"

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"Your Excellency! Dare to deploy the main force of the Kwantung Army to the west coast of North Korea, Jeju Island, the Japanese Islands and the Ryukyu Islands. You must not take homeland defense lightly anymore! Now only the weak Chinese Red Navy can send thousands of people to the Korean Peninsula If it is replaced by the Chinese Nationalist Navy, it is possible to send troops to Honshu Island!"

The cabinet meeting in Prime Minister Kasumigaseki's official residence in Tokyo is still going on, but now no one dares to say that Japan will never be attacked.Several generals of the army and navy proposed to strengthen the coastal defenses of various places in order to avoid the recurrence of the Bailing Island incident.In addition, it is roaring to regain the lost ground, but what is embarrassing is that the mere ten kilometers wide sea has now become an insurmountable moat!This Bailing Island is only [-] kilometers away from the Shandong Peninsula, just within the combat radius of the Kuomintang aircraft, and the Japanese Navy dare not send the remaining fleet to die at all.

"Taniguchi-kun, is there really no other way?" Ugaki Kazunari looked at the Minister of the Navy Taniguchi Naoma, his eyes full of expectation.

Taniguchi Shangzhen's face was flushed red, and he lowered his head, wishing to find a crack in the ground to get in: "Your Excellency! It is not impossible, you can drop the coastal defense artillery and deploy it on the west coast of North Korea near Baengling Island, and use shore artillery fire to block Baekling Island, and then let the marines land to expel the Chinese Red Army."

Ugaki Kazushige sighed: "How long will it take to regain Baekling Island?"

Taniguchi frowned and thought hard: "If you want to block the ocean near Bailing Island, you must use at least a 150mm heavy cannon, the Meiji 45th or Taisho 7th. The range is more than 20 kilometers, but the weight is more than [-] tons... The army does not know when they will be able to transport them to North Korea."

"The Hakodate Heavy Artillery Regiment, Yokosuka Heavy Artillery Regiment, and Mashan Heavy Artillery Regiment are all equipped with 150mm heavy cannons and can be mobilized at any time." Minister of the Army Muto quickly reported the numbers of the three fortress artillery regiments.

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome at all, as long as there are field cannons." Yongtian Tieshan reminded: "There is no problem in recovering Baekling Island. I guess as soon as the main force of the imperial army arrives, the Chinese Red Army will take the initiative to retreat. However, the rogue-style attack tactics of the Chinese people must be worthy of our vigilance. Now the Chinese control the sea, and the empire is an island country with a very long coastline! There are places where the Chinese people may land. If the Chinese people take advantage of it How do we deal with entering in vain, burning, killing, looting and retreating immediately after landing?"

"The most urgent task for the imperial army now is to strengthen the coastal defenses of various places, as well as the defenses of several important locations on Jeju Island, Okinawa Island, the Korean Peninsula, and Kyushu Island. We must not allow the Chinese people to take advantage of them. In addition, the coastal defenses of Tokyo Bay must also be strengthened. , Including forts, mine blockade and army deployment must be strengthened. In order to prevent the Chinese Nationalist Army from raiding Tokyo with elite troops from the sea and harming His Majesty the Emperor!"

As soon as Yongtian Tieshan's words came out, there was a faint sound of breathing in the room.How did the whole of Japan become a sieve that leaks air overnight?It seems that the Chinese army may land anywhere at any time!

Chapter 0604 defend the emperor! ? ([-]) Curve to save the country

Okinawa, Naha Prefecture.

Although it is only early spring, the island is already full of scorching summer weather.When Lieutenant General Sadao Araki got off the plane, even though he was only wearing a shirt, a thin layer of sweat still oozed from his forehead.On the side of the runway at the airport, several officers had been waiting for him.They are all staff officers who have just been transferred to Okinawa to rebuild the Japanese Taiwan Army.Araki Sadao came here this time as the commander of Japan's Taiwan Army to command the military operations to "counterattack" Taiwan.

Of course, this so-called counterattack against Taiwan is nothing more than self-deception. Even if millions of troops are concentrated in Okinawa, they can only look at the ocean and sigh when they lose their control of the sea.In the past few decades, the Japanese army has always looked down on the navy, hoping that these guys who think they are superior will be unlucky... I didn't expect the navy to be really unlucky, and even their rustic army will be with them Suffering, the battle situation that was clearly maintained, turned into a sharp turnaround almost overnight.

It is impossible to counterattack Taiwan, but the Ryukyu Islands must stick to it.This was proposed by Nagata Tieshan at the joint meeting of the cabinet headquarters. Although Araki and Nagata belong to two factions and have always been incompatible, he still voted for Nagata Tieshan's suggestion to stick to Ryukyu and volunteered to serve as This is the commander of the "Taiwan Army" who sticks to Ryukyu.

The Ryukyu Islands are so important to Japan at the moment. Anyone with a little military knowledge knows that this archipelago, which is placed like an iron chain at the gate of the Chinese mainland, is a crucial stronghold for containing China. !Once the Ryukyu Islands are captured by China, Japan's role as a chess piece to contain China will be greatly reduced.At that time, it will be difficult to say whether the British guy who has become stingy is willing to spend a few pounds to support Japan.It is even possible to appease China at the expense of Japan... When Nagata Tieshan put forward this point of view at the cabinet meeting, everyone immediately agreed to deploy elite troops from Manchuria to strengthen the defense of the Ryukyu Islands.At the same time, the defense of Jeju Island has also been strengthened. This island located between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago is as important as a lifeline to Japan, which has lost its command of the sea. If Jeju Island is captured by China, the Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula The traffic between them will be blocked immediately, so it will not be a question of whether Taiwan can be regained or whether the interests of Manchuria can be preserved.It is whether North Korea will be lost, and whether the Japanese archipelago will be invaded.Therefore, another Imperial Dao faction giant, Masaki Jinsaburo, was also entrusted with the important task of serving as the commander of the Japanese Fourth Army guarding Jeju Island.

In this way, Nagata Tieshan unknowingly pushed out the two giants of the Emperor's Dao faction from the center, and Araki Sadao felt that something was wrong, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Several staff officers saw Sadao Araki get off the plane.They all let out a burst of joyful cheers, and surrounded them with smiles: "Your Excellency, Commander, I'm looking forward to you!"

Sadao Araki greeted them, and kept his eyes on a slightly reserved army officer, who had the highest rank and was also the most famous among the officers who greeted him.Sadao Araki stretched out his hand to him: "Ohata-kun, it's really great that you can serve as the chief of staff of the Taiwan Army. Taiwan will be recovered by you and me."

This Colonel named Obata is Colonel Toshishiro Obata who is listed as one of the three heroes of the Japanese Army together with Nagata Tieshan and Okamura Ningji.He, Nagata and Okamura both graduated from the 16th class of Lu Shi. In October 1921, the three of them held a meeting in Baden-Baden in southern Germany and reached a "Baden-Baden" with the goal of overthrowing the army's Sachang faction. Deng secret agreement", and Hideki Tojo gave them three guards outside at that time.

Obata Toshishiro bowed politely to Araki, beckoned to disperse the staff officers surrounding Araki, approached him and whispered: "The situation is very bad, hundreds of islands need to be guarded, and our strength is still insufficient. "

Araki Sadao's eyes became serious for a while, and he asked in a low voice: "Why is this happening? Isn't there already two divisions?"

Toshishiro Obata replied with a little helplessness: "Your Excellency, the two divisions are enough. They can only guard Okinawa Main Island and Amami Oshima respectively. There are no soldiers to defend the other dozens of islands. Now the control of the sea is back. China, they can occupy any island that is not heavily defended at will... If all these islands fall, then Okinawa Main Island and Amami Island will not be able to defend.”