Expedition to Europe

On October 19, Xie Rundong led the fleet to the outer sea of ​​the Ryukyu Islands.

The Ryukyu Islands, whose main island is Okinawa in another time and space, are of little importance to the Republic of China. For Lan Fang, it is just a small stone on the way north.

Xie Rundong did not want to waste too much time here, so when he arrived at the Ryukyu Islands, he just ordered the destroyers to go forward and sink all the ships in the port of the Ryukyu Islands.

"Commander, let us go with the Marines. I promise to clear all the military forces on the island and ensure that the tricolor flag flies high in every corner of the Ryukyu Islands." Xu Zhenpeng came to show his presence again.

Xie Rundong still looked at Xu Zhenpeng strangely, and then said indifferently: "Okay, you go, but I tell you, the fleet will only come this time, and there will be no follow-up support after you land."

Xu Zhenpeng was stunned.

Xie Rundong was right. The advice given by the staff was to sink all the Japanese ships and then go straight to Yokosuka.

This tactic was actually developed in World War II and was named "leapfrog tactics".

The core of the leapfrog tactics is to win without fighting.

In World War II, MacArthur led the US military and the Japanese in a fierce battle in the Pacific. The war was fought to the point of fighting for every inch of land. In order to fight back to the Philippines as soon as possible, MacArthur implemented the "leapfrog tactics" in the Pacific.

This "leapfrog tactics" is actually nothing special. It means sinking all Japanese ships, completely cutting off the Japanese logistics transportation, and then letting the Japanese fend for themselves.

Under the premise that the United States had complete control of territorial waters and airspace at that time, MacArthur had the capital to implement this tactic.

The same is true for Lan Fang. The Japanese Combined Fleet has now been destroyed and is powerless to "control the sea". At the same time, the Japanese army has no air force at all, and can only watch Lan Fang's air force act recklessly and powerlessly.

So now Lan Fang also has the conditions to implement the "leapfrog tactics".

Xie Rundong naturally didn't have any sympathy. Anyway, the dead were all Japanese, and the more dead, the better.

"Hehe, I'll go and calm the soldiers." Xu Zhenpeng heard Xie Rundong say this, and immediately ran away.

So the "France" finally found an opportunity to dominate, and the captain of the "France", Yang Jinqiu, almost burst into tears.

Yang Jinqiu really felt aggrieved recently. Once upon a time, when Yang Jinqiu, who had served in the French Navy, was promoted to the captain of the "France", Yang Jinqiu was also full of ambition and wanted to make a career to repay Qin Zhiyuan's kindness.

After Lan Fang declared war on Japan, Yang Jinqiu almost thought that the "France" was finally going to show its skills. Unfortunately, since Lan Fang declared war on Japan, the "France" has become a key protected object and has never had the opportunity to go to the battlefield. It can only hide in Cam Ranh Bay as a mascot, which makes Yang Jinqiu feel dead.

Fortunately, the Lan Fang Air Force defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the "France" finally got a chance to play, which made Yang Jinqiu feel as happy as a tiger out of a cage, but the battle of Keelung Port was another blow to Yang Jinqiu.

The only battleship of Lan Fang, this sounds so great, but in fact, there is no chance to participate in the war. The Lan Fang Air Force has already taken care of all the battles. The "France" has become the largest destroyer in the Northern Expedition Fleet.

Yang Jinqiu's mood is really not worth telling to outsiders.

Now it's finally good. From Cam Ranh Bay to Keelung, and then to Ryukyu, the "France" finally got a chance to go to the battlefield, which made Yang Jinqiu's voice almost tremble when he gave orders.

There are still restrictions. Yang Jinqiu cannot use the main guns of the "France" and can only use the secondary guns to attack.

The main guns of battleships have a lifespan. When the lifespan reaches a certain extent, the barrels of the main guns must be replaced. Lan Fang cannot currently produce 340mm caliber barrels and must import them from France, so they should not be used if possible.

Even if it is only a secondary gun, it is not something that civilian ships anchored in Naha Port can compete with. The 22 Mle1910 guns installed in the ship fort even fired only one round, and there was no target in Naha Port.

When Lan Fang and Japan just went to war, the naval battle was considered a battle related to the fate of the country. In order to form two fleets that were capable of defeating all the warships of Lan Fang alone, the Japanese government almost gave everything.

This led to the fact that when the Japanese fleet heading south and the Japanese fleet heading north were completely annihilated, the essence of the Japanese navy was almost lost.

This is also the usual way of fighting for the Japanese. No matter what this country does, it always likes to gamble with all its strength. If it wins, it will get everything, and if it loses, it will lose everything.

In the previous Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese won by chance, which gave them unparalleled confidence and made their originally insufficient self-confidence extremely inflated. However, in the battle against Lan Fang, the Japanese finally ran into a snag and lost everything.

It cannot be said that everything was lost. At least in the current Yokosuka Naval Port, the last battleship of the Japanese army, the Kirishima, is still parked, and the Nagato, which has not yet been equipped, is also in the slipway. The battleship Mutsu is also under construction. If the Japanese are given some more time, Japan will still be a naval power.

Of course, having a ship does not mean that everything is available.

In the Battle of Ningbei Port, the Battle of Cam Ranh Bay, and the Battle of Laut Island, a total of 35 Japanese naval ships of various types were sunk, and more than 20,000 naval officers and soldiers were killed, including nearly 10,000 naval officers and soldiers on just seven battleships. This was a disaster for the Japanese Navy.

After decades of hard work, it was back to the time before liberation.

Seeing that all the Japanese ships docked in the port of Naha had capsized, Xie Rundong ordered the fleet to turn and head to the next target, Miyako Island.

Anyway, Keelung could not land in the past few days, so let's sweep these small islands, anyway, these tasks will be done sooner or later.

With this idea in mind, Xie Rundong began a large-scale sweep of the archipelago from Yingzhou to the Japanese mainland.

Just as Xie Rundong began to sweep the islands, Vladivostok finally sent troops into the Northeast of the Republic of China and began to sweep the Japanese forces in the Northeast of the Republic of China.

Since the Russo-Japanese War, Japan has obtained all the rights of the Russian Empire in the Northeast of the Republic of China, including railways and exclusive economic zones on both sides of the railways.

In these exclusive economic zones, the Republic of China government had no rights, and all matters were under the jurisdiction of the "Kwantung Army" newly established by the Japanese government in Northeast China. In addition to Japanese soldiers, immigrants from Korea and Japan lived in the exclusive economic zones.

That's right, while Lan Fang was desperately trying to immigrate people from the Republic of China to Lan Fang, the Japanese government was also desperately trying to immigrate people from Japan and Korea to Northeast China. This sounds a bit funny, but it is actually true.

After Lan Fang and Japan went to war, the President of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang, was limited by the opposition of pro-Japanese forces in the Republic of China and did not dare to declare war on Japan, nor could he declare war on Japan, but at the same time, Xu Shichang must have hated the Japanese in his heart.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

So after Tang Xinzhi, the Lan Fang ambassador to China, visited Xu Shichang twice, Qin Zhiyuan finally decided to march into Northeast China and completely drive the Japanese forces out of Northeast China.

On December 20, Liu Zizheng led the First and Second Divisions of the Foreign Legion who had returned from the Russian battlefield, as well as the Second Armored Division of Lan Fang, into the Northeast of the Republic of China from Mudanjiang Station and began a large-scale sweep of the "Kwantung Army".

Mudanjiang Station is the predecessor of the later Mudanjiang City. It is not a city yet, not even a county. It was only because the Russians set up Mudanjiang Station on the north bank of Mudanjiang when they built the Middle East Railway that people gradually settled here.

At this time, on the south bank of Mudanjiang River, a group of hundreds of beards were looking at Mudanjiang Station from a distance.

"Master Cheng, are we really going to attack Mudanjiang Station?" A thin man with a mustache frowned in the crowd.

"We'll see whether we fight or not. After all, we've already promised Mr. Liu that if the Vladivostok army really comes, we can lead the way. If the Vladivostok army doesn't come, we'll just take it as a walk down the mountain and go back later." Master Cheng rode a completely black Mongolian horse, looking at Mudanjiang Station with a complicated look.

Yes, this is the group of beards from Shizizhai.

"Mr. Liu" from Vladivostok killed Yamada that day, which was equivalent to cutting off the way for Shizizhai to surrender to the Japanese. Master Cheng was also ruthless. He killed Lao Si and Lao Wu, who were very close to Yamada, on the spot, and led the beards of Shizizhai to formally surrender to Vladivostok.

Master Cheng's original name was Cheng Jingxian. He currently holds the rank of major in the Vladivostok coalition forces. Although he is not wearing a military uniform, he has received a month's salary, which can be regarded as eating royal food.

In this respect, "Mr. Liu" is also true to his words.

Mr. Liu really did what he said. He not only gave the people in the Lion Village a month's salary, but also sent brand new weapons to the Lion Village, including rapid-fire rifles and even light machine guns, which made Cheng Jingxian feel relieved.

Vladivostok has invested so much, they should not give up their gang of bandits easily.

"The brothers who went to Mudanjiang Station to pick up the thousand yesterday reported that the little devils have increased their troops again, and there are probably thousands of them. The head of the Jiangbei Huanghuadian led people to surrender to the Japanese. Damn, they actually served as watchdogs for the Japanese at the door. Let's go pick up the thousand..." The second brother took over from the side.

"Second brother, since we have official status now, we must be careful when we speak, don't speak in a slang way, we are no longer bandits." Mr. Cheng has aspirations.

"Catching the thousand" is the so-called "jianghu jargon" circulated among the Northeast bandits in the Republic of China, referring to the bandits responsible for investigation.

"Damn, I can't get around this corner." The second brother looked shocked.

The second brother's original name was Ren Ruzhuang. He currently holds the rank of captain in the Vladivostok coalition forces and is considered a serious officer.

"Master Cheng, Master Cheng, here we come, here we come..." The sixth brother came over with a few people on horseback, shouting.

Here they come?

Cheng Jingxian was immediately refreshed.