Chapter 914, intensive work

Wu Shaoting thought about Cai E's words with interest. Although the concession in Hanyang and Lushun has strengthened its fortifications, it is generally easy to break through these two places to take advantage of the two. Considering the bad behavior of the assassination, some "gun fire retaliation" should occur in response. Once the concession is successfully recovered, it can also be more powerful to gather the confidence of the entire people.

He said "hmm" and said decisively: "This matter is urgent. The Ministry of National Defense will issue a secret order to the Wuhan Central Third Army Command tomorrow, so that they can start the action the day after tomorrow. In addition, I not only want to recover all the privileges of the *** people in China, but also take all their industries and investments in China to their own. Do you understand?"

Everyone present hesitated for a while, and then the low-level officers on the outside gave an acknowledgement, and then swept the entire venue like an infectious disease.

"It should be, the little *** is so hateful, so I should break up with them to the end!"

"Since it's a war, there should be a warlike behavior. When the *** people invaded our China, they never showed mercy to our subordinates."

"That is, the other seven powers of the Boxer Indemnity will be returned in some way, but they are still a little bit unscathed. We are not robbing them at all now, we just want to get back the things we sent out earlier."

"Hmph, the *** people plunder the blood and sweat of our Chinese people, and simply collect it cleanly without leaving a single penny."

Seeing the excitement of the audience, the soldiers' primitive barbarity burst out one by one, Wu Shaoting not only did not blame him, but felt very relieved. The barbarity of soldiers represents attack power. Only the army that has the invasion war is a truly qualified army. Seeing this, his confidence in his heart has increased a little more, and the decisive battle between China and Japan will inevitably have a shocking effect.

At the end of the meeting, the Ministry of National Defense and the Army Command announced the latest plan for the Spring Army Training Camp and decided to continue to carry out military training at the previous time, but the three days of military training camps were reduced to two days, and after the end, they went to various departments to formulate stationing points that night. The engineering troops of each division of the army, as well as the civilians recruited locally in the three eastern provinces, will officially transfer to the expected stationing points of each division from today, and begin to repair military camps and battalion defense fortifications around the clock to facilitate the direct entry of each division.

Before the meeting ended, Wu Shaoting carried out a more detailed division of labor as usual, allowing the Ministry of National Defense, the Army Command, as well as the regiment departments, battalions, engineering departments, and logistics departments to know what their work focus was. At ten o'clock, the two and a half hours of coordination meeting finally ended, and everyone could devote themselves to the work after the show ended.

At noon, Sujiatun Military Camp issued a notice online on the news telegram, briefly announcing what happened last night, and everything was described according to the contents of the morning meeting. Just a few hours later, the news telegram was received and circulated by post and telecommunications bureaus across the country. The people of the whole country were shocked. The *** people actually sent someone to assassinate the Head of State Wu Shaoting? This was simply an untolerable crime!

In the evening, embassies of various countries and press stations of major Western newspapers received this news. Industry insiders were shocked and also made speculations about the Sino-Japanese conflict in the future. When Wu Shaoting held the Fengtian City Spring Third Army Training Camp, media and current affairs areas of various countries had already begun to speculate that China was dealing with the risk of increasing troops from the North Korean country. From the perspective of the country, under the leadership of a powerful and iron-blooded emerging head of state, the growing threat of the Republic of China also seriously threatened the interests of the people. Therefore, when it comes to the assassination of the head of state of Wu Shaoting, the action of the assassination of the head of state of Wu Shaoting, the conspiracy of the assassination also gave many international commentators another guess, that is, the country lacks confidence in dealing with the North First Army's entry into the three northeastern provinces, so it took a risk to assassinate.

All the major evening newspapers that night were able to change the versions in time. Some newspapers even reprinted the versions and delayed the delivery, and also put the report of Wu Shaoting's assassination on the front page.

Although the *** Consulate in Fengtian received news of the failed mission early in the morning, this was undoubtedly the most troublesome diplomatic crisis for the *** diplomats. The consulate sent the news to North Korea with encrypted telegrams at the first time, and then sent it back to the country by North Korea. Faced with such heavy pressure, the consulate's powers could no longer be dealt with, and the Ministry of Affairs of the Domestic and Foreign Affairs could only take over and handle it.

When it was night, the Governors of the Three East Provinces came to the *** Consulate District of Fengtian City. In name, it was to protect the consulate from the "imminent" unknown crisis. In fact, it was to completely adopt military martial law and prevent anyone from entering and leaving the *** Consulate. At six o'clock in the evening, the guard received another secret order, requiring the consulate to cut off the telegrams and telephone lines. At present, for China, there is no need to monitor the telegram exchanges of *** people and waste resources on deciphering the *** telegram password. Instead, it is the most important to implement a blow to *** from the situation.

*** The Consulate in Fengtian immediately fell into chaos. The consulate members strongly demanded that the guards outside evacuate, but the guard soldiers all looked cold and kept moving with rifles. They first forcibly blocked those who were trying to rush out of the embassy, ​​and then used batons to drive them away. In the end, they simply did nothing. When they saw someone intending to leave the museum, they immediately fired and intimidated them.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Wu Shaoting held another closed-door meeting at Sujiatun Military Camp. All the members who attended the meeting were core members participating in the "Asian Strategy". The content of the meeting was to formulate the time for formal declaration of war against Japan and the entry point for launching an offensive.

As leaders of the North First Army Command, Cai E and Wu Peifu had already begun planning the war, and basically completed the general framework on the best date of war and the steps after the war.

"With our current logistics dispatch and the transfer efficiency of each division, the best date for war should be May 22 or June 3. This period is exactly the sunny and warm weather before the rainy season in the three northeastern provinces, which is conducive to us to launch large-scale operations. The reason why two declaration dates for war were set, one before and one after another was to cope with the sudden diplomatic changes," said Wu Peifu.

"May 22nd is exactly one month later, but doesn't the military affairs rectification in the three northeastern provinces take 35 days?" Wu Shaoting glanced at Cai E and said.

"Yes, but if the Head of State decides to start the war on May 22, we can launch an attack according to the original plan, with the North First Army as the main force. While the attack, the Army Command can also handle the later work of the military rectification of the three northeastern provinces. Basically, there will be no too much work at that time. According to the original plan, we will take down the Lushun Fortress within three days and establish a route to attack North Korea in the next two days. When the war officially enters North Korea, the military affairs of the three northeastern provinces will be completed." Cai E said calmly.

"I have a new plan to let the local troops of the three eastern provinces recover Lushun, and the first army of the North will invade North Korea as quickly as possible, establishing the main battlefield within North Korea." Wu Shaoting's expression was a bit stern, but his tone was light.

Cai E and Wu Peifu looked at each other, and several other senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense present also showed some doubts. The head of state seemed to attach too much importance to the local troops in the three northeastern provinces. A certain number of local troops in the three northeastern provinces were recruited from bandits, and their weapons and equipment were all old equipment of the *** military. Although the Lushun Fortress was air strikes by airship troops in the Qingdao war, it has not been able to recover its vitality. The *** troops stationed on the Lushun and South Manchuria Railways, in addition to the previous Fifth Division, also have six railway guards. In any case, the total strength is more than 20,000. In addition, the *** expatriates in Manchuria can be called into mobilized troops, and the estimated strength can reach more than 30,000.

"First of the People's Republic of China, this is probably a bit difficult. The local army in the three northeastern provinces is not as good as the elite divisions. Weapons and equipment are one reason, and personnel quality is also one reason. Furthermore, the reorganized divisions of the three provinces are troops reorganized after being disbanded. The newly appointed generals may not understand the strength of their subordinates, and even lack tacit understanding after having a new face between the soldiers." A staff officer of the Group Army Command said immediately.

"One reorganized division has less than 20,000 troops, and the three reorganized divisions have a total of up to 50,000 troops. To be honest, it's a bit lingering." Zhang Xiaozhun sighed and said.

"Since we have to fight a decisive battle, we will naturally have to fight a large scale." At this time, Wu Shaoting, after waiting for everyone to express his doubts, expressed his views slowly, "I never thought that the local troops of the three northeastern provinces could successfully capture Lushun, but at least they could waste their time with the Japanese army in Lushun. *** is an island country with limited resources and must shoulder extremely heavy economic pressure for launching a protracted war. Although China is poor, it relies on the resources of the entire mainland and can carry out tug-of-war under difficult environmental conditions. I have only one goal. I want to turn the Lushun battlefield into a gold-burning cave. The people of *** must not only bear the pressure of land combat, but also bear the burden of maritime transportation, so as to drag down their combat efficiency on the frontal battlefield. Do you understand what I mean?"

After hearing this, everyone gradually realized that Wu Shaoting was making plans from a strategic perspective.

"However, Head of State, if the local troops in the three northeastern provinces fail to fight, will it still affect our efficiency on the front battlefield?" The staff officer of the Army Command asked again.

"You are right, of course we should pay more attention to this!" Wu Shaoting nodded slowly and said, "My plan is to dispatch the National Defense Forces to go north to prepare for support. The National Defense Forces are elite troops, but logistics dispatch and troops transfer will take some time. Therefore, local troops in the three eastern provinces can take the lead first, and wait until the National Defense Forces go north before the National Defense Forces take over."

The venue whispered for a while, and when it came to the National Defense Forces that had won battles in Qingdao, they naturally felt much more relieved. The National Defense Forces are new training for veterans, with weapons, equipment, and personnel qualities among all the best talents in the various armies of the Republic of China. In addition, they had combat experience with the people during the Qingdao War, so they went north to fight, so they naturally had nothing to say.

"If this is the case, the war start date will be set at the beginning of June. As for the declaration of war, it is OK at any time." Wu Peifu nodded slightly and said.
Chapter completed!