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He glanced at the gray sky, muttered a few words, and got on his horse.Hundreds of cavalry followed behind him, walking towards the No. [-] Pass in the World at the foot of the mountain.

Why do the wicked always do it for us... Luo Youjun, chief of staff of the Second Division of the Youth Army, said to himself.

At this time, in the Northeast Army's garrison in Shanhaiguan, it was already a deserted scene.This garrison originally occupied a large area. There used to be a route army's Northeast Army stationed here, which was the first route army commanded by Guo Songling.However, after Zhang Xueliang made up his mind to head for the light, he transferred the First Route Army back to Tianjin to prepare for reorganization.At this time, only a 500-man cavalry regiment was left on guard with guns.Confronting them were more than 7000 people from the Third Brigade of the Second Division of the Youth Army. However, seeing the resolute look of the defenders of the Northeast Army and the leveling of their guns, these youth troops did not dare to step forward for a while.There was only one officer holding a trumpet made of iron sheet and shouting there.

"The Chinese don't fight the Chinese! We are all members of the Republic of China's army, don't kill each other! Our youth army is just to fight against the Beijing government that is trying to abolish the Republic of China, not to be an enemy of your Northeast Army. We are still fighting against Japan together. Comrades, or brothers..."

He Zhuguo looked at everything outside from the window of the tower, at his own cavalry lying on the crenels of the city wall, and at the brigade of youth troops who had completed deployment and were digging trenches outside, and sighed a long time.The Chief of Staff of the Cavalry Brigade came in and stood at attention to salute him.He Zhuguo asked: "Did Vice Chairman Zhang from Tianjin call?" Vice Chairman Zhang was referring to Zhang Xueliang, who had sworn to join the Chinese Communist Party yesterday, became a glorious member of the Communist Party, and was by-elected as the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Member of the Politburo, Vice Chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission!

The Chief of Staff nodded and sighed: "Comrade Brigadier, Vice Chairman Zhang ordered us to resolutely fight back, and resolutely fight head-on against the civil war conspiracy of the Kuomintang reactionaries and Youth Party reactionaries. Reinforcements are on the way and will arrive soon. "

The two smiled wryly at each other, and He Zhuguo ordered: "Let all the officers go to the conference room for a meeting."

It didn't take long for officers above the second lieutenant of the Second Regiment of the First Cavalry Brigade of the Northeast Army to fill the conference room of the Shanhaiguan Camp, a total of 80 to [-] people.He Zhuguo saw that they all looked serious, and squeezed out a smile: "Brothers, now our Commander-in-Chief Zhang has joined the Communist Party, and has been elected as a member of the Communist Party's Politburo and a vice chairman of the Military Commission. Our Northeast Army will immediately It will also be reorganized into the Red Army! Today's battle is probably our last battle as the Northeast Army? We can't say anything to Commander Zhang, but to embarrass General Zhang, right?"

The head of the second regiment of the cavalry suddenly said loudly: "Traveler, brothers have not been paid for two months. I heard that after becoming the Red Army, there will be no salary, right?"

"Traveler, our Commander-in-Chief Zhang joined the Communist Party, so we don't want us? What else are we going to do? Why don't we just disarm?"

"Yes, we are all soldiers of the Republic of China, and we are fighting for the Republic of China...not the army of their Soviet state."

"That's right, it's fine if we didn't fight to the death to defend our country and our homeland. How come we died in vain for this Soviet state that popped up from nowhere? What kind of thing is this?"

"Isn't the Soviet state just old men? We are not men, so why should we go to fight for men? And we don't give our lives for nothing? Even if we can agree to this, the brothers below will not agree."

Hearing these young officers yelling nonsense, He Zhuguo's heart was also chilled.In the end, I still controlled my emotions, shook my head and sighed: "Brothers, we have eaten Zhang's food and worn Zhang's clothes for so many years. Now it's time to work hard, how can we not let go of a single shot? Feel your conscience, In that way, can we be worthy of Vice Chairman Zhang and the spirit of the veteran in heaven?" He stood up abruptly as he spoke, "No matter what, we have to fight, even if it's just a shot!"

On February 5, [-], what the CCP called "the first shot of the Kuomintang reactionaries to create friction, sabotage the War of Resistance, and provoke a civil war" was fired in front of Shanhaiguan!No one knows who fired the first shot.Anyway, when Luo Youjun rushed to the city of Shanhaiguan, the "Shanhaiguan Incident" that was said to have shocked the world was over.Hundreds of cavalrymen of the Northeast Army stationed at Shanhaiguan fired a few shots indiscriminately, then got on their horses and fled.The exchange between the two sides lasted less than [-] minutes, and even the officers and soldiers of the two armies had never met face to face.

However, the CCP’s reaction to this matter was unexpectedly strong.On the second day of the Shanhaiguan incident, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing sent a murderous telegram.

Said that the Kuomintang reactionaries did not give an explanation for the Shanhaiguan incident, punished the culprits, and withdrew from Shanhaiguan to compensate the CCP for its losses.The CCP army will act freely, punish the culprits and regain lost ground on its own!From the day the power was sent out, the CCP and the Beijing government had completely cut off all communication with the Kuomintang reactionaries and Wuhan, and the north-south communication was also cut off.

At the same time, the Beijing government also issued a telegram in the name of Mao Zedong, President of the Republic of China, declaring that the Central Government's Fifth Army (Youth Army) colluded with the puppet National Government, launched a rebellion, resisted the Central Committee, and sabotaged the War of Resistance. It is a heinous crime!If you don't rein in the precipice and try to blackmail the central government with private soldiers, then the central government will resolutely attack it!The Central Army and the Northeast Army of the CCP began to mobilize one after another, marching to deploy defenses on the three main railway lines of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway, the Jinpu Railway and the Beining Railway.Moored at Dagu Port in Tianjin, the former Northeast Army Navy, which is waiting to be reorganized, is also fully prepared for battle, ready to attack Bohai Bay at any time...

The leftists of the Kuomintang and the democrats and the Democratic Party also followed the Beijing government to send out telegrams, believing that what the Youth Army did was completely instigated by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and it was a shameful act of taking refuge in the Kuomintang reactionaries and the Wuhan Puppet National Government!The proposal to establish a Soviet state discussed at the Political Consultative Conference completely represented the wishes of the people of all nationalities in the country and was an irresistible historical trend.The Youth Army and Wang Zixing should recognize the reality, return to the correct path as soon as possible, cancel the so-called independent status of the so-called local autonomy of the three provinces under their jurisdiction as soon as possible, and plead guilty to the central government as soon as possible.If the war starts and the central government punishes rebels with obedience, the annihilation of the youth army is just around the corner.

Wang Zixing, commander-in-chief of the Youth Army, the "villain" who provoked the incident, issued a statement on the day of the incident, declaring that the Youth Army's expulsion of the First Cavalry Brigade of the Northeast Army stationed in Shanhaiguan was entirely for the purpose of safeguarding the state system and constitution of the Republic of China. A warning to the Communist Party of China who is trying to change the state system and abolish the constitution.If the CCP continues to make mistakes again and again on the road of "abolishing the Republic of China and establishing a Soviet state".The youth army and the three northwestern provinces will leave the Beijing government and join the Wuhan national government. The youth party will also fight with the Kuomintang, punish the national traitors at home, resist the powerful outside, and never compromise!

As the "behind the scenes" of the incident, the reaction of the Kuomintang after the incident can be described as slow.Until the third day of the incident, the national government had not issued a statement or sent a telegram to Xiangguan, nor had it expressed any attitude towards the Shanhaiguan Incident.It was just an order from the Northeast Theater to the Beiyang Fleet, ordering permission to attack any Northeast Army naval ships that left Dagu Port in Tianjin.

In addition, the Harbin Anti-Japanese Alliance and the Alliance still stayed in the Tianjin Concession. Chen Duxiu, who declared that he would run for the presidency or the election for the chairman of the Soviet government, and his fellow Trotskyites sent telegrams to hope that all parties involved in the incident would exercise restraint and that all parties concerned would Focus on resisting Japan, and do not take actions that will worsen the situation, lest the Japanese invaders reap the benefits and become the biggest winner of this incident.

In the days before and after the Spring Festival in 1931, the cloud of a full-scale civil war seemed to hang over China, which was undergoing a national war of resistance.

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Northeast, Lushun.

The gate of the Kwantung Army Headquarters was heavily guarded as usual. The soldiers standing guard at the gate wore thick winter clothes, hats were pulled down on both sides to cover their ears, and gloves were on their hands. Except for their faces, everything else was exposed. was closely guarded.But even so, the sentinels were still shivering from the cold.The temperature dropped sharply in the past two days, and the entire Northeast was swept by the cold current.

Vice Admiral Hidesuke Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet who had just arrived in Lushun, felt a little strange as soon as he entered the Kwantung Army headquarters building. The officers on the corridor were obviously happy, and there were whispers from time to time.It seems to be talking about "China's civil war". Did the Chinese people start killing each other?

Eisuke Yamamoto raised his eyebrows slightly, just about to ask a question.Those young officers saw his navy uniform and rank of lieutenant general, and they all stopped talking immediately, looking at him with complicated and dissatisfied eyes.Eisuke Yamamoto has long been a little numb to this mutual contempt for the army and the navy, and since the outbreak of the "Manchurian Incident", the navy seems to have been working without effort, and has not made a decision to enter the Bohai Bay for a long time. The army's anger has long been difficult to suppress.But now, the senior officials of the navy have finally gritted their teeth and made the determination to make a big move. Eisuke Yamamoto himself came to Lushun to discuss this matter with Kwantung Army Commander Takashi Ryokan.

The plan he proposed was to strengthen the strength of the First Expeditionary Fleet, so that it would have a King Kong-class battleship, two heavy cruisers, two first-class coastal defense ships, as well as several light cruisers and destroyers.Then use the night to break into Bohai Bay from the waters near Lushunkou where there are few mines, and then go north to the sea off Huludao, and use the eight 356mm naval guns of the King Kong-class battleship to completely destroy the Huludao fortress!

However, this proposal was opposed by Koichi Shiozawa, the commander of the First Expeditionary Fleet of the Navy. Koichi Shiozawa believed that relying on a battleship and four heavy cruisers (sea defense ships) was not enough to break through the blockade of the Chinese Navy. Wire!Because if you want to break through the blockade line composed of mines and submarines at night, you must bear the risk of losing battleships.If there is only one battleship to perform this task, once the battleship hits a mine or is sunk by a Chinese navy submarine, it will mean the complete failure of the entire operation.Because the 200mm/203mm naval guns relying on the remaining heavy cruisers and coastal defense ships are not at all the opponents of the 210mm howitzers and 280mm coastal defense guns of the Chinese army.To complete the task of destroying the Huludao fortress, the only way is to dispatch the main force of the joint fleet, and be prepared to lose one or even two battleships!

Koichi Shiozawa's suggestion shocked Eisuke Yamamoto, and lost battleships, maybe two!When did China's navy become so powerful?If the Chinese navy, which has no battleships right now, can cause Japan to lose its battleships... then when the four "Karl Marx" class battleships of the Chinese people are launched in the future, wouldn't it be the end of the Japanese navy?

But Koichi Shiozawa produced a lot of loss reports to prove his point of view.In the past few days, Japanese transport ships sailing to Lushunkou have been attacked by Chinese submarines and planes one after another even with escorts!In particular, the Naval Air Force of China seems to have a new dive bomber with greatly increased range and ammunition capacity, and its appearance is significantly different from the previous A-1 series.This dive bomber can carry a 200kg bomb, even a heavy cruiser can't stand its attack!Fortunately, the number is not large, otherwise the navy really doesn't know how to fight.

Eisuke Yamamoto was also extremely shocked by this. As the first head of the Japanese Navy Aviation Headquarters, he has long realized the huge role of aircraft in future naval battles!However, the Japanese navy is dominated by warships, and the research and development of aircraft in Japan as a whole lags behind the rising China.

"Your Excellency Commander Yamamoto."

Just when Yamamoto was worried about the new dive bombers, the voice of Lieutenant General Miyake Miyake, Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army suddenly rang in his ears.He turned his head and saw Miyake looking beaming, looking at him with a smile.

"Miyake-kun, what's the matter today? Is there any happy event?"

"You don't know? The Nationalist Government of China fought a battle with the Communist Party in Shanhaiguan!" Although Miyake Miyake was a little surprised, he didn't take it seriously.

"What? The civil war broke out in China?" Eisuke Yamamoto was a little surprised, and Miyake Miyake nodded: "Almost, let's go up together. General Ling has decided to use the opportunity of the Chinese people to kill each other to launch an attack. I hope the navy can do something. Do your best to cooperate.”

Miyake was unaware of the disagreement between Eisuke Yamamoto and Koichi Shiozawa.This is the Navy's top secret!Uh, even Emperor Hirohito didn’t know about it, only the Chief of Navy Command and the Minister of the Navy knew about it.Therefore, the Kwantung Army thought that the navy was deliberately delaying and was unwilling to send battleships into Bohai Bay.Miyake Miyake made a solemn gesture to Eisuke Yamamoto, and then led the way upstairs.Eisuke Yamamoto followed behind him, and Koichi Shiozawa who appeared out of nowhere also followed closely.

The Kwantung Army Headquarters Building has three floors, Hishikari Takashi’s office is on the third floor, and Miyake Miyake invited Yamamoto and Shiozawa into this spacious and luxurious office. very atmospheric.This headquarters is much more luxurious than the combined fleet headquarters in Hiyoshidai, Hiroshima.

"Yamamoto-kun, you're welcome, feel free." Hishikari Takashi stood up to greet him with a smile on his face.The ranks of the Japanese army are strict, with a clear distinction between superiority and inferiority. Takashi Hishikarari is a general, while Eisuke Yamamoto is still a lieutenant general. Although both of them are "one party princes", Yamamoto is still a head shorter than him.Therefore, he can sit in the office and wait in a grandiose manner, instead of standing at the door to greet him.

"Thank you." Eisuke Yamamoto just nodded in gratitude. After all, he is the commander-in-chief of the joint fleet and represents the face of the entire Japanese navy, so he should not be too humble.

After greeting each other for a while, several people sat down respectively, and the orderly served tea.

Eisuke Yamamoto looked at Takashi Hishiwari and shook his head slightly: "Your Excellency, I am very excited today."

"It's okay." Ling Jialong picked up the tea and took a sip: "I just received the news that the Kuomintang in China has captured Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao, and the Communist Party of China has begun to mobilize. Haha, it's really great. The Manchurian Incident Finally, victory is in sight.”

"What? The Chinese Army captured Qinhuangdao? It's also a good deep-water port." Koichi Shiozawa, who was sitting next to Yamamoto, exclaimed.He also just heard about the Shanhaiguan incident from the staff members of the Kwantung Army downstairs, but he didn't know the specifics.

Takashi Hishikari was slightly puzzled, looked at Koichi Shiozawa, and asked, "What's the matter? Mr. Shiozawa, isn't it a good thing for Chinese people to kill each other?"

Yan Zexing sighed slightly, walked to the map hanging on the wall, picked up the pointer, pointed at Qinhuangdao, and said with a wry smile: "Qinhuangdao is only 260 kilometers away from Penglai. That is to say, the sea area between Qinhuangdao and Penglai can be Controlled by the aircraft of the Chinese Kuomintang! It is almost impossible for our navy to block Qinhuangdao... What's more troublesome is that if the navy wants to destroy the two ports of Qinhuangdao and Huludao, it must stay in Bohai Bay for three days, because it takes two It took one night to complete the attack."

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"It takes two nights, isn't it okay?" Takashi Hisashi frowned slightly. In his opinion, those battleships covered with hard steel plates were almost unsinkable.But why are the heads of the two navies so cautious, as if it wasn't a battleship... but an antique vase?

"There is a certain risk." Hidesuke Yamamoto took over the topic: "The navy's idea is to break into the Bohai Bay from the waters near Lushunkou, where there are few mines, after dark, and then sail all the way north to the sea off Huludao... there is about One hundred nautical miles and a speed of 15 knots, it can be reached in about 6 hours. If you break in at 6 o'clock in the evening, you can reach Huludao Fortress at around [-]:[-] am the next day. Use the battleship's naval guns before dawn It is enough to destroy the port and airport of Huludao. After destroying the Huludao airport, the fleet can safely and boldly use naval guns to support the army in the battle to capture Huludao. Wait until after dark to return and leave the dangerous Bohai Bay. "

"That's it?" Lingjialong was taken aback. He never imagined that the navy's support plan would be like this. He sneaked in like a thief, fired a few shots and then escaped: "Then is it because there is an extra port in Qinhuangdao? How about staying one more day in Bohai Bay? Isn’t that all right?”

"Is it as simple as staying one more day?" Eisuke Yamamoto shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Zhang Xueliang once built a large airport in Qinhuangdao, and his air force was stationed there before. Now that the KMT owns this airport, it is very likely that the Hulu In this way, even if we destroy Huludao Airport, we will not be able to eliminate the Chinese Nationalist Air Force. Moreover, after the fleet enters Bohai Bay, the target will be exposed...that is to say, the fleet must not enter the Chinese Air Force and Naval Air Force during the daytime. within the radius. It is about 200 to [-] nautical miles, which is basically a one-night voyage. But if the fleet approaches Qinhuangdao in one night, there is no way to complete the task and leave before dawn. The Chinese dive bombers that took off from Longkou attacked. The Chinese army now has a dive bomber that can carry [-] kg bombs, and we will suffer heavy losses!"

Ryu's eyebrows were gradually furrowed, and his face was gloomy.These navies are always afraid of losses, and cherish those disbanded warships as porcelain dolls.But what about the army?When the army fought Vladivostok, Shandong, and western Liaoning, which time did it not cause casualties?But when was the army afraid of death?After a long time, he took a deep breath and said coldly, "Could it be that the navy didn't come to support the army in the battle to attack western Liaoning because they were afraid of death? Well then, the army will complete this battle alone."

Eisuke Yamamoto also frowned, and was about to explain, but Koichi Shiozawa interrupted at this moment: "Your Excellency, Commander Yamamoto, I think that now is not the time to feel sorry for battleships. No matter how precious battleships are, they are not as important as winning the war." , is not as important as Manchuria. So this battle must mobilize the Combined Fleet instead of the First Expeditionary Fleet."

Eisuke Yamamoto smiled bitterly in his heart. When did the Japanese navy become as reckless and short-sighted as the army?At present, the combined fleet will not be able to defeat the Chinese army and seize Manchuria, but the four "Polish Legion" class armored ships of the Chinese Navy will be put into active service next year, and the four "Karl Marx" class battleships will be in service in two years. , What will Japan do then?Without enough battleships, what can be used to fight against the 20-ton battleship of the Chinese?Is it possible to use the aircraft on the aircraft carrier?In this regard, it seems that the Chinese people are ahead, right?

Thinking of airplanes, Yamamoto couldn't help but want to cry. According to intelligence, there are more than 400 strictly trained pilots in the China Nationalist Air Force and Naval Air Force!And the outstanding pilots of the Japanese Army and Navy add up to only 150 people, which is less than one-third of others... Uh, no, there are not so many now, and the Manchurian Incident in the past few months has lost at least [-] people!Moreover, Japanese aircraft are at least one generation behind the Chinese, and their output is less than a quarter of that of the Chinese.How can it go on like this!

But Eisuke Yamamoto had to support Koichi Shiozawa at this time.Because in this war right now, Japan and China are betting on their national fortunes!Now that the entire empire is betting on it, how can the navy not put all its wealth on it?If the empire loses the war, what is the use of keeping the navy?

"Use the United Fleet?" Yamamoto Hidesuke silently calculated in his heart, but smiled bitterly: "Now the Hiei and Ise are undergoing a major refit, and there are eight battleships available for the United Fleet. Do we have to invest all of them at once? ?"

"At least four battleships should be deployed. After breaking into the Bohai Bay, divide into two teams and go straight to Qinhuangdao and Huludao! Try to destroy these two ports within a day." What Koichi Shiozawa didn't say was that in his plan, The Combined Fleet must be prepared for the loss of two battleships!This is the price necessary to win the war, otherwise the troops should be withdrawn as soon as possible.