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Zhang Hanqing smiled after answering the call. Yang Zengxin's move was tantamount to showing himself a non-malicious attitude, which was good. Faced with the chaos at home and abroad, he has no intention of doing anything in Xinjiang now.
Because it is the nature of the Japanese to retaliate, the Japanese army refused to give up after being groundlessly accused of stealing this priceless gold. They reiterated an old incident that happened in the Far East last year, which disturbed Zhang Hanqing's idea of ??using the opportunity to enter Xinjiang.
Japan¡¯s offensive in the Far East went smoothly at first. In order to carry out this aggressive war, Japan mobilized active military and reserve troops, and specially organized the so-called Vladivostok Expeditionary Army Headquarters.
To be honest, with the current good situation and development momentum of Fengjun, it is wrong to provoke the Japanese at this time. It¡¯s not that I don¡¯t dare, it¡¯s that it¡¯s not worth it. Zhang Hanqing is well aware of the opportunities and challenges that this period of history has brought to China. Therefore, after rejecting the Japanese request to requisition the China-Eastern Railway and instead have China send troops to "escort" its baggage, the Fengtian clique took the initiative to ease relations with Japan.
"Allowing Japanese soldiers to use the Middle East Railway to transport troops through Manchuria using the method of separating men and guns is the best result, because after the slow progress in Vladivostok and Hailanpao, the United States also began to put pressure on the Chinese government.
There is no need to conflict with them at this time, because Japan has been trapped in the Far East and Siberia for four years since then, and basically has not interfered with the rise of the Fengtian faction. This is very important for the Fengjun who is still in the stage of hiding its power and biding its time. What a timely help!
Since August last year, the leading troops of the Japanese 12th Division (one brigade of infantry, one regiment of cavalry and artillery, and one battalion of engineers) landed in Vladivostok from the sea on the 11th. The dispatched army headquarters landed on the 18th of the same month. Thus, a bridgehead for the invasion of Siberia and a base camp for commanding the invasion troops were established in Vladivostok.
When the battle began, the Japanese army mobilized the 12th Division, the 7th Division, and the 3rd Division (the 7th Division was originally a force stationed in Manchuria, and the 3rd Division set out for Manchuria in early September) and divided the forces into two groups to launch an attack on the Far East area of ??Suzhou. One road is based in Vladivostok and goes north along the Ussuri railway line, approaching Khabarovsk; the other road is based in Manzhouli and goes straight to Chita along the Middle East railway line.
The situation in the Soviet Union at that time was that there were only 300,000 regular troops before and after Japan sent troops, and they were all fighting foreign "intervention forces" in Europe. There are only about 25,000 irregular troops in the Far East.
What is particularly noteworthy is that when Japan sent troops, the Siberian Railway, except for the Ussuri and Amur sections, was under the control of anti-Soviet forces. Therefore, the Soviets were unable and unable to support the Far East at the beginning or even the middle of the Japanese invasion. of. Even when Zhang Hanqing led his troops to occupy Hulunbuir and regained Mongolia by force, the polar bear only expressed serious concern and was helpless, leaving Zhang Hanqing with a happy time lag.
One of the reasons why the Japanese army used Vladivostok as its military base was that Vladivostok was connected to the Siberian Railway. The Japanese army fought along important transportation lines and attacked quickly. On September 5, the vanguard of the Japanese army captured a Soviet military train (the military train departed from Khabarovsk and was filled with explosives and was originally used to destroy railway bridges) and then boarded the military train and broke into Khabarovsk. force.
At that time, the Soviet Union had a total of 10,000 garrison troops in Khabarovsk, but the lack of unified command, poor coordination, and low vigilance gave the Japanese troops an opportunity to easily occupy Khabarovsk and seize a large number of guns, ammunition, and combat supplies. . Among them are more than 50 artillery pieces, more than 900 rifles and pistols, more than 20 machine guns, more than 270 passenger trucks, more than 50,000 rounds of various artillery shells, more than 30 combat ships, and tens of thousands of military maps.
The Japanese army used these guns and ammunition to replenish their troops, and used captured trains and warships to launch a new offensive against Hailanpao from railways and waterways.
The other Japanese Seventh Division occupied Chita on September 8. Subsequently, the Japanese army attacked Hailanpao from the east, west and south. On September 19, the Japanese army occupied Hailanpao and Svobodny. On September 22, several groups of Japanese troops met near Skovorodino.
At this point, all the Siberian Railway lines east of Lake Baikal were controlled by the Japanese army.
Less than two months after dispatching troops, the Japanese army occupied the then Primorye Oblast, Amur Oblast, Transbaikal Oblast (now Chita Oblast and Buryat Autonomous Republic) and Sakhalin Oblast (now the large area of ??Khabarovsk Border District). and Sakhalin), controlled the entire Siberian Railway east of Lake Baikal and the water channels of the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers, with brilliant achievements.
The Japanese government believed that the expected combat objectives had been achieved, and the continuous wars had worsened the domestic economic situation, so it decided to end the war.
In addition to leaving the 12th Division to garrison Primorsky Oblast, Amur Oblast and Temple Street (Nikolaevsk), the 3rd Division was stationed in Zabaikal Oblast east of Bolzia, and the 7th Division was stationed in Zabaikal Oblast west of Borzia. TransbaikalOutside of China and North Manchuria (now Heilongjiang Province, China), only three divisions were left, and all other armies were withdrawn.
As a sign of entering the garrison stage, Japan transported back most of its mountain artillery and heavy artillery to its country, lifted the call for reserves and reserves, reduced its number of troops, and changed its troops to a quasi-peacetime establishment.
Such a small number of troops obviously cannot control such a vast territory. This is also the pain of Japan's small country and small people. It has to adopt the method of "using barbarians to control barbarians" to support the puppet regime of the Semyonov Organization in Eastern Siberia in an attempt to completely control this area.
However, since the winter, the Soviet army has adopted guerrilla warfare, mobilizing and organizing the masses to strengthen the guerrilla team, and taking advantage of the favorable conditions of the Japanese army's difficulty in operating in winter, it has taken advantage of the cold winter to carry out extensive guerrilla activities, destroying railways everywhere, cutting off telephone lines, and causing great harm to the Japanese army. threaten. Therefore, the Japanese government decided to send 5,000 additional troops to garrison the eastern end of Siberia.
This move does not seem abrupt on the surface, but Zhang Zuolin really felt their eye on the Northeastern Autonomous Government, because the increased troops were not mainly used to deal with the guerrillas, but they were deployed in the Wusuli River. , On the other side of the Heilongjiang River, there is the possibility of crossing the river into Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces at any time.
In addition, the Japanese interventionist army set up a military station in Harbin. If you are not careful, the Japanese troops in the two areas may communicate with each other.
" Thousands of miles of fortification will not help, and it will not be enough to fill in all the troops. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin worked actively and asked the Central Committee to send naval support. As long as there are a few warships cruising in the river from time to time, the possibility of the Japanese army crossing the river can be eliminated. After all, the cost of cruising warships is much smaller than simply using the army to deploy defenses everywhere.
Under the big issue of national territorial integrity, Duan Qirui¡¯s government is still very courageous. Because the main cruiser "Hairong" of the Chinese intervention force and its fleet commander Lin Jianzhang had left Vladivostok in the summer to withdraw with the participating armies of other countries, they are preparing to send another small fleet north to support, with the task of establishing a Chinese political | The government's northern water force, the Jiang Defense Fleet, is permanently stationed in Heilongjiang. Whether it can arrive and be established as scheduled is related to the integrity of China's northern territory.
The Japanese are well aware of the Chinese government¡¯s actions, and of course they are opposed to them. Of course, overt opposition will not work, because the war also threatens the more than one million Chinese expatriates stranded in the Far East, most of whom are concentrated in the Temple Street and Vladivostok areas. The Chinese government's foreign negotiations, including with Japan, are based on withdrawal Overseas Chinese as an excuse.
"Japanese expatriates are expatriates. It can't be China's turn. You won't allow it, right?"
It is said that it is very convenient to enter Northeast China by land. However, the Japanese interventionist army implemented military control on various important roads, coupled with the inconvenience of transportation in winter, so it became necessary to pick up the overseas Chinese by sea. Therefore, it is reasonable for the fleet to go north.
The Northward Fleet is said to be a fleet, but in fact it can only be regarded as a gunboat formation, because its flagship "Jiang Heng" is just a coastal defense gunboat from the Yangtze River Fleet, with a displacement of 550 tons. The other two shallow-water gunboats "Lijie" and "Lisui" and the transport ship "Jing'an" were all warships surrendered from Germany. Among them, the role of the "Jing'an" is not only for transportation, but also has the task of towing the "Lijie" and "Lisui" because they are shallow-water ships and cannot withstand navigation.
The formation set off from Shanghai and experienced many stormy waves along the way, passing through the East China Sea, the Korean Strait, and the Sea of ??Japan to Vladivostok. After a short stop, we continue to go north, going back from Temple Street to Heilongjiang.
These few warships, which were not ranked in the Japanese Navy, were already the few treasures that the Chinese Navy could get rid of at that time. Although their combat effectiveness is not strong, they are of great symbolic significance.
If the fleet is allowed to enter the Heilongjiang Basin, with the support of army artillery, it can control Heilongjiang to the west and the Ussuri River to the south, and the Northeast Autonomous Government can use this to completely block traffic with Russia. In addition, the Tumen River entering Jilin from North Korea has been effectively cut off, and the Japanese army will not be able to penetrate into the heart of Northeast China from the back - after all, contact on land is easy and trouble-prone. Unless there is a conflict between warships on the river, Otherwise, if you send a large number of Japanese soldiers across the river to the Northeast, no matter what excuse you use, it will not be justified.
Therefore, the Japanese soldiers in Khabarovsk followed domestic orders and refused to allow the northbound fleet to enter, and even fired cannons in demonstration. Fleet Commander Chen Shiying had no choice but to park the fleet in Temple Street and wait for government negotiations.
It can be seen from the map that the lower reaches of Heilongjiang, that is, the section from the Ussuri River to its outlet, the Amur River, is the only way to enter the Northeast by sea. And Khabarovsk happens to block the Chinese section of Heilongjiang and Ussuri Rivers. While the fleet heading north was negotiating with the central government of the Republic of China, the weather had turned cold. Local expats on Temple Street told Chen Shiying that Heilongjiang will be frozen in ten days.
Chen Shiying was extremely anxious. His fleet was small, traveled far across the ocean, and was severely lacking in supplies. Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Hanqing was battling with the Soviet Union over the issue of Mokuowei's return. When he heard the news that the fleet going north was in trouble, he gathered a batch of winter supplies from the northeast and sent them to them via the ships of Tuchang Shipping Company.
This is the first time Chen Shiying and Zhang Hanqing have interacted, and he accepted it with gratitude.
Reminiscing about the barbarity and rudeness towards them by the Japanese garrison in Khabarovsk some time ago, this also made Chen Shiying even more disgusted with the Japanese. At this time, a request from the Soviet Red Army made him want to take revenge.
He then played a ruthless move. Although it was extremely satisfying, it was both dangerous and dangerous. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)After hearing the news of the disaster, they gathered a batch of winter supplies from the Northeast and sent them to them via the ships of Tuchang Shipping Company.
This is the first time Chen Shiying and Zhang Hanqing have interacted, and he accepted it with gratitude.
Reminiscing about the barbarity and rudeness towards them by the Japanese garrison in Khabarovsk some time ago, this also made Chen Shiying even more disgusted with the Japanese. At this time, a request from the Soviet Red Army made him want to take revenge.
He then played a ruthless move. Although it was extremely satisfying, it was both dangerous and dangerous. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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