Chapter 167: Unifying China, Unifying Foreign Countries
On November 8, the Fuxing Daily published an article titled "National War, National War! Unified China... to the External World".
"China is a unified China, and national war is also a national war between provinces. If the national war between 400 million compatriots, victory will lay the foundation for China's national destiny. All 400 million compatriots can benefit. Now all provinces are unanimous to the outside world, and there will be no reason to fail..."
This article completely brought the national war craze in various provinces across the country to the peak. The first batch of personnel from the Third Army of the Beiyang Army, commanded by the Sichuan Army and Cao Guan, had arrived in Shandong by train.
Behind them, there are a steady stream of Sichuan children taking trains to Shandong. The 300,000 Sichuan troops are expected to be able to arrive in Shandong in only ten days.
Cai Che arrived in Shandong on November 9th, and along with him were Sichuan warlord Xiong Kewu and others, as well as Jiang Baili, the staff officer who assisted him in the War to Protect the Country.
The Beiyang Army was also very fast, especially those Beiyang troops that took the initiative to respond to the national war, Cao Kun, Wu Peihu, and Feng Yuxiang were all arriving in Shandong on November 9th.
The speed of mobilizing 100,000 people in Yunnan was relatively slow because there was a railway to Vietnam in Yunnan, which was built by the French. However, Yunnan did not have a railway to other provinces, so it had to take the railway by walking to Sichuan, and it would take at least half a month to reach Shandong.
Even if the other provinces did not really want to participate in this war, they sent at least thousands of people to avoid being accused by the people of the country.
Although the Beiyang government will mobilize 200,000 people, the speed of mobilization is very slow. Except for the troops that actively respond to the national war, other troops will probably take some time to arrive, or they are just verbally, and actually do not want to mobilize so many people to Shandong.
When Cai Che and Jiang Baili arrived at Saofang Railway Station, Chen Xuanyu, the chief of staff of the East China Army, came to greet him. The people of Saofang also welcomed him at the railway station, waving the small flags warmly to welcome the arrival of the National War Army of each province.
When we arrived in Weifang, Cai E, Jiang Baili and others saw a busy scene at the train station, and many East China militias also walked off the train one by one.
On the road not far away, it seemed extremely busy, and trucks were transporting trucks of supplies to the front line.
When they got off the train, Chen Xuanyu quickly met them, shook hands warmly, and then arranged them to the camp that had been prepared long ago.
Hearing that Cao Guan, Feng Yuxiang and others of the Beiyang Army would arrive later, Cai Qiao asked his subordinates to take the Sichuan Army to the camp to rest, and he and the main personnel of the Sichuan Army also stayed at the railway station.
Seeing that East China militias have been arriving at Hokkien, Cai Kai said to Jiang Baili, "It seems that the East China Army has mobilized a lot of people again." Jiang Baili nodded and said, "Now the strongest mobilization ability in China is East China."
However, it is not clear how many there are, but it seems that there are indeed quite a lot.
About two hours later, the Beiyang Army also took the train to Zhifang, Cao Shang, Wu Peihu, Feng Yuxiang and others also walked off the train.
After a warm welcome, a group of people came to the camp that had been prepared.
Cai Che and the generals of the Beiyang Army became friendly forces at this time, and a few months ago, they were still confronting each other in Sichuan.
The campsite is very large and it is already crowded at this time.
The Sichuan Army and the Beiyang Army were properly arranged in the camp, and a large amount of supplies were transported from the warehouse, and the first thing they were distributed was a large amount of canned food.
The treatment of the national war army of each province is similar to that of the East China Army, and the food is the same.
I believe that after fighting this national war, no military in any province will not yearn for the treatment of the East China Army in the future. This also provides a good foundation for future unification.
The canned food tastes very good, especially for soldiers who don’t eat canned food for a long time, this food is really great.
In addition to canned beef, canned fruits, etc., the army had to be amazed at the good treatment of the East China Army, which was really not comparable to that of anyone.
Chen Xuanyu held a diligence meeting with the commanders of each army and explained the subsequent arrangements clearly.
"This time, the East China Army mobilized 500,000 militias, and each province will arrive in advance, which is about 400,000, which will be more than 900,000 people together." Chen Xuanyu said to everyone sitting there: "This war does not require everyone to take the lead or fight hard battles. Our East China Army will solve these. Your main task is to press the formation in the rear to meet the needs of time."
Chen Xuanyu's words relieved some people. After all, they would not be treated as cannon fodder. However, some people had objections. Cai E interrupted Chen Xuanyu's words and said: "Chief of Staff Chen, our Sichuan Army came to Shandong to fight the national war, not to waving flags and shouting."
"General Cai is at ease, there will definitely be a battle. However, there are only 200,000 front-line combat quotas between the armies for the time being. Our East China militia requires at least 100,000 places, and the remaining national war troops in various provinces have 100,000 places."
As soon as Chen Xuanyu finished speaking, Cai E said, "Then we will have all the 100,000 places."
"General Cai's gamble is so big. Isn't we coming to Shandong to fight the national war?" Wu Peihu asked, and Feng Yurong also said at this time: "Our brigade can go to battle with the entire army, and we are definitely not afraid of fighting."
Chen Xuanyu continued at this time: "All those who go to the front line will receive treatment and pensions according to the standards of the East China Army. Soldiers can receive fifteen silver dollars per month, and the pension for deaths is one thousand silver dollars. As long as they go to the front line, they will issue our East China Army's standard equipment to the back... "The military pay of ten silver dollars per month and the food will be in line with the daily supply of the East China Army."
Everyone was stunned. The treatment was so high?
After reacting, he immediately began to compete fiercely for the quota to go to the front line.
At this time, the Japanese senior officials were in disagreement. At the beginning of the response of all Chinese provinces to the Shandong battlefield, the Japanese government felt something was wrong.
China has a population of 400 million. At this time, the war craze has been driven. So how many more people can China mobilize?
The anti-war faction said at the meeting: "According to data provided by the Allies, the East China Autonomous Government exported nearly three million guns and guns to the Allies this year, and they also exported a lot of combat materials to Germany. The specific amount is unknown."
"If China fights the Shandong War with all its might, then they are either a person or a lack of weapons. It is very likely that there will be a situation where the Imperial Army will continue to block the Imperial Army. At that time, there is no possibility that our Imperial Army will make the Zhiren surrender."
"You are too naive. The man from Zhizhu absolutely does not have that kind of cohesion. Maybe we can buy some people a fatal blow from the man from Zhizhu's back."
"Don't you think this is a good opportunity to let the man in the blood of the throne?" The warlord stood up and whispered: "Even if there are many people in the throne, we have 800,000 invincible imperial army, which can definitely cause ten injuries in Shandong, which is to give the man in the throne eight million injuries."
"It is obviously impossible to withdraw troops. We have invested so much force in Shandong. If we retreat, the Japanese Empire will be faceless. The current problem is whether it is an offense or a defense."
Offense? Defensive?
This issue has caused heated debate. The party who is worried about the situation believes that it should take advantage of the East China government that the East China Army should quickly defeat the East China Army in Shandong before mobilizing enough power, otherwise the more it drags on, the more it will be, the more unfavorable it will be.
Although the optimists also feel that more and more people from the East China Army are worried, if they stick to it, they can at least cause millions of people to kill and damage to China, and then attack and counterattack again...
"We don't know what the man in the battle is now. Maybe they want to attack, maybe they will defend on the spot. We must have more than two plans..."
The generals of the Japanese Army had very disagreements... However, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army in Shandong, Nai San Xiaojiro, had his own plans.
Uchiyama Kojiro is the first general of the "Tenbao Qian Group" of the Japanese Army. He graduated from the Army University as the chief of the fourth phase.
This also means that the Japanese Army will gradually be mastered by graduates of the Japanese Army Academy.
After a long period of selection, the Japanese Army selected Kojiro Uchiyama from many candidates and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of Shandong.
Kojiro Uchiyama knew that the situation was far more dangerous than the surface, because the Japanese Empire of the Great Dragon lost its air superiority again.
If the last Shandong War had air supremacy, then this war is still very likely to repeat the same mistakes.
At this time, the Japanese Army asked the Navy to ensure transportation lines, while the Japanese Navy asked the Army to attack as soon as possible to destroy the airport of the Zhinun.
It seems difficult to find a balance point between the two. This balance point itself is held by the Air Force, and of course the Air Force is also commanded by the Army.
However, the Japanese Air Force was still defeated in the previous air competition, and the facts proved that Japan was far inferior to China in its own aircraft development.
Without air supremacy, there is no sea supremacy. Although this concept is novel, the Japanese Navy suffered a great loss last time, and even the Fusang and Hiei were salvaged by the East China government.
Kojiro Uchiyama knew that this would not work. If he defended at this time, the Chinese people's defense line would become stronger and stronger. If they did not attack, the war would only continue to stalemate. At the same time, the future that would be accompanied by sea blockade. He really had no confidence in the navy's air defense battleships.
He felt that there were only two choices at this time, one was to attack and the other was to withdraw troops.
The latter is obviously unrealistic. Even if it is to withdraw, it is too late now. Japan has invested too much manpower, material resources and financial resources in Shandong, so the huge amount of materials hoarded in Shandong cannot be transferred.
Then you can only attack and attack again
The Imperial Japanese Army must use a fierce offensive to destroy the will of the Zhiruan man and destroy all their coastal airports to ensure the smooth flow of maritime traffic.
If it continues, then the big Japanese Yellow Army will really have no hope of breaking through the barbed wire and the trenches that stretch for hundreds of kilometers.
After nearly half an hour of debate, the National War Army reached a barely acceptable share.
The Beiyang Army and the Southwest factions each divided half of the quota, Cao Ying got 40,000 places, and the remaining 10,000 was given to Feng Yuxiang and some other Beiyang troops, while Cai Uh got 50,000 places.
Although the Sichuan Army mobilized 300,000 people, there were few professional soldiers after all, and it was very good to win 50,000. The Beiyang Army had a little foundation, although the number of people was not as large as that of the Sichuan Army.
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