the world is at stake

The strength of the two sides is extremely different.But after a sudden encounter, the company commander ordered the headlights to be turned on, accelerated towards the enemy's marching ranks, and at the same time set up machine guns to fire on both sides.

Inoue's squadron was at the forefront, and was immediately blinded by the headlights, followed by more than a dozen impacting trucks.More than 50 corpses of Japanese soldiers fell on both sides of the railroad tracks, and they were killed by a wave of raids by the opponents.

The corpse was frozen stiff before it could bleed, and fell to the ground in a mess. The casualties were not bad.Inoue also reacted quickly, and immediately organized a team to counterattack.

However, the [-]mm Arisaka rifle bullets cannot penetrate these trucks, and even the "Bao-style Machine Gun" that is rarely equipped by the squadron is powerless.

Chinese trucks are ugly as hell, like a monster spliced ​​out of a few iron plates.

Its vitals such as the front, fuel tank, and cab are firmly protected.The Japanese army fought lively and lively for a long time, and the bullets were only tinkling, and there was no deterrence at all.

A dozen trucks did not stop, appearing from the darkness and disappearing into the darkness.Quanlian turned off the headlights after a few hundred meters away, and disappeared in a flash.

The Japanese army was on the march, and Lieutenant Inoue didn't understand why his opponent dared to run into him until his own side suffered heavy casualties. It was clearly because he was bullying himself that his equipment was too poor and he couldn't run fast on his legs.

"Damn it, when did the Chinese become so courageous?" The Japanese troops who attacked were stunned from top to bottom after being shocked and educated.

In the darkness, the lieutenant of the Wehrmacht who directed the attack was also sweating profusely, leading the whole company tremblingly.

The reconnaissance company has a small organization, with only a dozen or so people in the company, plus a dozen or so armored trucks.Next to the railway line, there are two Japanese guards, nearly 2000 people.

"Head, why do you want to hit it directly?" Quanlian counted the casualties, and the orderly in the company asked his company commander in the truck, "When the headlights came on, I saw densely packed heads on the opposite side. I was frightened at that time."

The company commander's expression was not good, but he gritted his teeth and shouted: "What can I think? Anyway, I can't avoid it, so what should I do if I don't rush? As I said above, Little Japan has good training but poor firepower. There is nothing we can do about it. Let's try it tonight. , as expected.”

After a while, the company deputy came from the next car, "Wang Mazi, one of us died and five were injured. The medical staff said that one of them was seriously injured, and I'm afraid it won't survive.

But the fourteen cars are all okay, the steel plates on the car body are solid, and the little devil really can't break through.But the rear compartment is too thin to hold bullets.

Next time you play this kind of impact, you have to let the infantry in the company get out of the car first, and accompany the attack.In addition, the quality of this batch of cars is better than that of the past, and there is no breakdown. "

"The summary of experience is in place. But don't call me pockmarked, I also came out of Baoding Armed Forces Academy, but there are a few holes in my face."

The company commander pushed open the steel plate-covered car door, and glanced at the illuminated bomb that lit up in the distance, "This little devil reacts so fast, he can't bite it without a single steel tooth."

The lieutenant also looked at the flares, "The devils were marching just now, and we were stunned. Now they spread out and hide behind the ditches. It will be difficult to charge again."

"Why are we rushing?"

Company Commander Mazi chuckled.

"It's not like I spent two years in the military academy for nothing. There's no way for the little devils to march. We are more flexible than them, and we can just use it up.

Let the infantry get out of the car and search the road, we move to a position and wait.If the little devil dares to march by force, I will stab his ass.Besides, we still have two companies, so we may not know where to squat and set up an ambush. "

The two low-ranking officers looked at each other and smiled, and were still very satisfied with the encounter tonight.Being able to fight, resist and run, there is nothing more comfortable than this.

Next to the railway line, flares fell slowly, falling to the ground and turning into a ball of burning light.

Lieutenant Inoue received an order from his superiors to deploy to the left and right wings, serving as the vanguard for the large force.Hearing the order from the Lieutenant Commander, he angrily shouted to the orderly:

"Please explain to Your Excellency, the Lieutenant Commander, that our rifles cannot penetrate the enemy's trucks. It is even more difficult to deal with it after the team disperses. The Chinese may gather to break through the defense line at any time."

It is difficult for people who have not experienced armor shock to understand the embarrassment of infantry facing land overlords such as tanks.The infantry of later generations tried every means to popularize targeted anti-tank weapons because tanks were too difficult to deal with.

Inoue said the key point in one sentence - the armored combat vehicle can maneuver in a wide range to choose a breakthrough point, and it can also ignore damage.If the infantry can't catch up, fight or escape, they will die.

But when the messenger ran again, what he brought back was a ruthless sentence...

"Your Excellency, Zhong Zuo asked you to act as the vanguard to separate the firepower of the large army. If the enemy makes a surprise attack, it can also give the main force an early warning time. We must rush to Anshan as soon as possible."

Finished!

Inoue knew that he was only afraid of going to 'Kudanzaka', his lips trembled, but he was powerless to say anything.It was already a great offense for him to argue with his superiors, and it would be good if the lieutenant of the brigade didn't let him do seppuku.

After all, if Anshan Station cannot be won, this trial operation will be a complete failure.

But Inoue screamed wildly in his heart, "We are infantry, infantry with only rifles and no position defense. How can we outrun those with wheels in the wild?"

There are sorghum fields along the railway line and the surrounding countryside. It is easy to find a relatively flat dirt road and launch another surprise attack on the Japanese army from any position.

Too dark is difficult for both sides in the war.The armored reconnaissance battalion did not choose to run around.Behind Company Commander Wang Mazi, the remaining two companies were stuck on the left and right sides of the railway line.

Several soldiers are planting explosives under the land base.The battalion commander himself was on the front line, and when he heard the vibration of the railway tracks, he shouted loudly: "Are you ready? The little devil's train is about to slip."

Two trains are returning to Haizhou from the double-track track, and their task is to bring up the rear troops and military supplies as much as possible.Among them, the shells of the "Type [-] Heavy Artillery" must be transported by train, not by manpower.

Soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion who played guest engineers used iron picks to dig on the land base. After digging for a long time, they only knocked out a dozen white spots on the ground.They also said anxiously: "Battle Commander, the ground is completely frozen and cannot be dug."

"Stupid, if you can't dig it out, put the explosives on the rails. If you don't put them, it will be too late." The battalion commander was furious. If he hadn't been stopped by the political commissar, he would have put the explosives himself.

The soldiers threw more than ten kilograms of yellow explosives on the two rails, connected the detonators, pulled out hundreds of meters of detonating wires, and ran away in a hurry.

Two Japanese steam trains with more than [-] carriages hung up and came back with a bang. The Japanese fireman of the 'Manchurian Railway' poked his head out from the front of the car and looked back. He couldn't see anything except his brain hurt from the wind.

The reconnaissance battalion could see the lights of the locomotive, and Hei Junjun's carriage slowly approaching.The battalion commander rubbed his hands excitedly and took control of the detonator himself.

The battalion political commissar 'persuaded' from the side: "Take it easy, don't be in a hurry, wait for the train to come and blow it off the rails, so the little devil can't repair it."

Waiting for the train to pass by the side of the track where the explosives were placed, the detonator was heavily pressed down.Then there was a bang, and the railroad track of more than ten meters and two carriages were blown into tatters and twisted twists flying all over the sky.

The Japanese driver who was driving the train hurriedly pulled the brakes, and the fireman even screamed.The reversing train then detached from the track and tilted to a stop.

It was difficult to see the explosion scene in the dark, but the violent movement spread to the field with the howling north wind, and the two Japanese troops who were trying to take Anshan Station were all frightened.

The railway is blocked, this is really troublesome.

Chapter 59 National War

December 12, 8:7 am.

The imperial capital, Zhongnanhai, the State Council.

Qin Qing took over the "Plan for Studying in Europe and the List of Personnel for the First Phase" submitted by the Ministry of Education from the secretary.It took her 10 minutes to quickly browse through more than 50 pages of text at a glance, sign her name, and annotate it as 'implement as soon as possible'.

The secretary also handed over the "National Medium- and Long-Term Development Outline" and "The Central Committee's Decision on Expediting the Development of Major Technical Equipment".

Qin Qing picked out the important personnel and financial parts of the content draft of two to three hundred pages, and signed it again after half an hour. The relevant documents will become national policies and be implemented.

At 7:40, the life secretary delivered breakfast and a summary of the latest domestic and foreign intelligence.

The headline is the "Northeast Military Briefing - [-] troops of the Lushun Division of the Japanese Army launched a tentative attack on us in the direction of Anshan" compiled by the Ministry of National Defense.

Qin Qing was not in a hurry to read, but quickly settled the breakfast, and asked the secretary by the way: "Where is my husband?"

"Mr. Zhou is in Shenyang." The secretary replied.

"Is there any news about him in the report?"

"No."

"That's not a big problem."

In 3 minutes, Qin Qing finished his breakfast with a cup of tea and continued to review the documents that the secretariat kept sending.

She seems to be browsing simply, but she can always find clues from the details of manpower and material resources scheduling and work progress, and gives opinions in the instructions, requiring departments or localities to implement or track down.

Within a year, the State Council expanded from a few hundred to tens of thousands of civil servants in more than a dozen departments, and the Secretariat also expanded from a dozen to more than a hundred.

In the central government, people with outstanding talents and learning are like crucian carp crossing the river, but everyone admires the female prime minister's strong coordination and decision-making ability.

No matter how difficult domestic and foreign affairs are, they can always be resolved in the Prime Minister's Office of the State Council.She can work more than ten hours a day, but eats, drinks and rests regularly, is energetic, sharp in thinking, and never makes mistakes.

There are more than 2000 people with similar abilities in China, even President Xiao Jinlang.

Just being smart isn't enough to describe this team's ability to work.After all, a large country with a population of 5000 million can always screen out tens of thousands of naturally intelligent minds.

The difference is that these people in the center are either well-informed or expected for anything.

Many things that need to be discussed for several months, they came up with solutions to chronic diseases and problems through a few phone calls or simple written reports, as if they were inhuman.

Practical experience is not obtained by being smart, which is the rarest thing.

The central administrative efficiency of the Republic is high, and the policy promotion is fast, as if a precise clock is moving, with a complex internal structure and a tight fit.

But any organization will always encounter some difficulties that cannot be easily overcome.For example, the secretary who sent the briefing this time had his hands tightened and his tone heavy.

The Japanese started to fight, and they just found an excuse to go to war.A posture of 'I am like this, what can you do with me'.For decades, the great powers have been doing this, and everything depends on their strength.

But Qin Qing only learned about the battle situation after work, and only asked what her husband was doing.

The big secretary learned about the situation on the front line last night, he was angry and worried, and stayed up all night.Hearing Qin Qing's reassurance, he couldn't help asking: "Prime Minister, do we want to protest to the Japanese ambassador?"

"What is the protest for?"

Qin Qing sneered.

"Severe diplomatic relations directly. The current Japanese navy is still a bit rich, but its army is a bunch of poor ghosts. The president should be discussing with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is estimated that the "Anti-Japanese Declaration" will be broadcast to the whole country at ten o'clock."

Ah... again!

Qin Qing can also take things like breaking off diplomatic relations and starting a war calmly.She was neither angry nor excited, and said 'oh' after receiving a call from the Ministry of Defense last night, indicating that everything was as expected.

At ten o'clock, the newly established 'Central People's Broadcasting Station' sent signals to relay stations in various provinces and cities.President Xiao Jinlang announced to the people of the whole country with a heavy tone that the despicable Japanese aggressors have undeclared war on us and attacked the National Defense Forces in the Northeast.

With the help of the semiconductor materials obtained by the Korean candidates, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized a breakthrough to obtain high-power radio transceiver equipment, and was able to roll out the broadcasting system across the country within two to three months.

This is an information dissemination system covering more than 1000 million square kilometers and a population of 5000 million.

Xiao Jinlang's voice was low and hoarse, full of anger and strength, and it sounded in the radios or loudspeakers of factories, mines, enterprises, schools, hospitals, and local governments, covering the north and south, the ends of the earth.

"In the past half a century, the Chinese nation has been humiliated and forced to sign more than 1000 traitorous treaties. But this time is different. The enemy can choose when to start the war, but we will have the final say on when to end the war.

The people's army is fighting bloody battles on the front line, and the broad masses of the people must actively cooperate with the government in production and construction.They need more guns, more steel, and more food.

Grass-roots party organizations must act to prevent the enemy from spreading rumors to the masses, buying officials, and destroying factories and machinery.This is a national war, and every citizen must participate.

The current government swears to the people of the whole country that it will never stop fighting until the final victory.The enemy must be completely driven out of our country. "

The declaration of war lasted for half an hour, and the broadcast system directly conveyed the will and decisions of the central government to the grassroots.One tenth of the country's population heard the scrolling broadcast of the speech in one day, and they were all outraged and excited.

Qin Qing listened to the beginning of Xiao Jinlang's speech in the office, and then continued to deal with his own work - before the war, various departments of the State Council had a response plan.

The national sentiment needs to be guided, and 'smashing, smashing and looting' is absolutely not allowed.Turn your anger into a nation-building force, not a pointless outlet.

Students must study hard, workers must step up production, engineers must research and develop day and night, civil servants must be willing to contribute, and everyone must be dedicated to their respective positions.

Even the tens of thousands of Japanese working in factories in China have to work hard, and there are more than 3000 scholars and technicians recruited through the UK-those with poor skills or ulterior motives were repatriated, and the rest basically worked honestly industrial worker.

These "useful people" who can contribute to the country's construction still need to be protected. They can be prisoners of war first.

The staff of the embassy in Japan organized the return of overseas Chinese and students studying in Japan, and the complete expulsion of Japanese diplomats stationed in China—the two countries entered a state of war and severed diplomatic relations.

For China's decisive and nationwide mobilization, Japan's reaction was obviously 'slow'.Its diplomats also tried to explain to the Chinese side that this was the young men of the military going alone, and it had nothing to do with the Japanese imperial government.

Fuck off 'it's okay', this war is never ending.

The "Sacred Light" team put on a "National War" posture, but the Japanese Minister of War Masaoshi Terauchi did not take it seriously, and the Katsura cabinet did not feel that there was any threat from China's anger.

These Japanese military and political leaders have long known what the Kanto Governor's Mansion is going to do, but they are watching one by one.It probably means the idea of ​​'even if there is no advantage, there should be no loss'.

Terauchi Masaki sent a telegram to Oshima Yoshisawa in Lushun, inquiring about the front-line war and wishing the other party 'long luck'.Oshima Yoshimasa expressed his thanks in the reply call, but frowned while reading the battle reports sent back by several railway guards on the front line.

According to the plan of the staff of the Army Department of the Kanto Governor's Mansion, three "Manchurian" garrison teams arrived at Anshan along the railway at the same time, with a total strength of [-] troops. They should have defeated the two battalions of the National Defense Army that night.

After taking Anshan, the other three "Manchurian Railway" guards continued to assault Shenyang, and at the same time sent engineers to repair the railway and regain control of the "South Manchurian Railway".

Overnight, the report sent back by the Japanese army on the front line was optimistic, describing that the Chinese army had too many recruits, poor combat skills, weak fighting will, and was constantly retreating.

The battle report can at most add a sentence at the end-the first division of the Baozhi National Defense Forces is well equipped, especially a large number of armored trucks maneuvering along the railway line, harassing the rear of our army.

But after a night of hard fighting, the National Defense Forces retreated two kilometers.The Japanese forward can already see the triangular roof of Anshan Station through the binoculars, which is really 'progressing rapidly'!

Oshima Yoshisaka didn't sleep all night. Last night, he learned that the Chinese army reacted extremely quickly. They did not stand rigidly in the face of the Japanese attack. The train and the tracks were blown up.

This is not a good sign.

The Chinese army does not feel that it is a weak side, showing a strong desire to attack, and can find effective tactics and tactics.This determines that the battle is difficult to appear one-sided.

Now the Japanese army in Haizhou can only redeploy the trains to send supplies to the front line, especially the [-]-type heavy artillery consumes a lot of shells and must be replenished quickly.

The chief of staff of the Kanto Governor's Mansion, Major General Notoyoshi, marked a dozen locations of firefights between China and Japan on the map, and he was shocked to find that the fighting situation of both sides was not good.

The Japanese army has strong mobility and efficient organization, but they can only fight along the railway line.A small number of cavalry failed to play a role at night, basically relying on the two legs of infantry to maneuver on the battlefield.

The National Defense Forces on the opposite side are much less organized. It often seems that there is only one battalion, but there is only one company in the fight.But they either have positions or trucks, and defense and harassment are still possible.

"The Second Guard just sent someone to pull through the telegraph line, saying that they sent two squadrons to make a detour, but both of them were hit by the impact of the opponent's armored truck. They suffered a lot of damage and had to withdraw."

"The third and fourth garrison troops marched to join the second garrison last night. They also mentioned that the Chinese armored trucks made it difficult for them to deploy their troops. Once the troops are dispersed, they will be hit."

"At present, it seems that violent armies especially like to use armored trucks to launch attacks in field battles. It poses a great threat to troops that have not established positions."

Facing the report from the chief of staff, Yoshimasa Oshima said in a low voice: "Send out the cavalry regiment of the Second Division, and make sure to drive away the Chinese armored trucks and protect the flanks of the troops.

The shelling effect at night was poor, and it was normal to fail to capture the strong positions of the Chinese.It is daytime now, let the Lushun Heavy Artillery Regiment be loaded onto the train and go to the front line to be used as train guns.The Chinese lacked heavy artillery and it was impossible to resist.

In addition, pay attention to the weather, and let the plane go out once it is sunny. "