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.    ?Chapter 384 The myth is shattered (3)

    Liaoyang Mansion, by the Prince River.

    Under the setting sun, Yue Peng, the newly appointed commander of the Northeast Theater Command of the National Defense Force, and Zhang Zuolin, the chief of staff, were protected by a team of cavalry. They were enjoying watching the boats on the river. The engineers on the boats were fixing several huge subway pontoons and then transporting them from Hubei.  Standard steel structure assembled bridge.

    Although the South Manchuria Railway can directly cross the wider Liaohe River, there are few bridges on the rest of the river, and even if there are, they are pedestrian bridges with very low traffic capacity. Today, as the military equipment becomes more and more heavy, bridges and roads have become  The biggest obstacle to curbing the development of the combat effectiveness of the troops and inhibiting people-to-people exchanges, so when Yang Qiucai inspected Chongqing a year ago, he handed over all the Bailey Bridge technology to Zheng Tingxiang, who had designed the Brooklyn Bridge, for research. Finally, after nearly a year of hard work, Zheng Tingxiang successfully built the  Sichuan and Sichuan provinces took the lead in promoting the use of 5 tons.

    After Yang Qiu, who had long expected this war, learned about it, he also asked the military to place an order to purchase 200 sets of steel structure standard parts and delivered them to the engineering troops for exploration and use.

    What is being erected on the river now is a Bailey Bridge with a capacity of 20 tons. Because the river is wide, it needs to be supported by 16 large iron pontoons. Even though there are no special bridge-building vehicles and equipment like later generations, it is purely manual operation.  The Bailey Bridge was erected very quickly using standard parts and fixed with nuts. From yesterday afternoon to today, nearly half of it was completed in just one day. It was the first time for Zhang Zuolin to see such speed.  Very curious.

    "Good guy, you can build a bridge in two days!" Zhang Zuolin was speechless: "Zian, is this thing really designed by the commander?"

    Yue Peng smiled slightly. As one of the people who knew him best, he was already numb to the various inventions and technologies in Yang Qiu's mind. He said, "I'm not very clear about this matter, but since the engineers and soldiers say so,  I think it should be credible.¡±

    Zhang Zuolin has seen a lot of Yang Qiu's methods over the past year. It seems that it is not impossible to design such a convenient and easy-to-erect bridge, so he turned to the current battle situation: "Benxi Nanfen Coal and Iron Mine is Japan's largest  Fengtian¡¯s largest investment, I heard that the investment in mining equipment and ore refinery alone is more than 30 million yen. There is also an engineering regiment stationed there, plus the road protection team, there are at least 2,000 people, and there are only two of us.  Is the grouptoo thin?"

    Yue Peng looked at him and thought that these people still lacked self-confidence, but this cannot be blamed on them. With their current status, they have not been able to see the rapid development of the National Defense Forces. Not to mention that the total military expenditure of the National Defense Forces last year alone was already  RMB 250 million is the same as Japan's. However, because of the need to maintain a huge navy, more than half of Japan's military expenditures are misappropriated by the navy. After the army pays military salaries, officer salaries and daily expenses, the actual cost of purchasing equipment is less than  20000000.  A German-made Krupp 105mm howitzer, including a spare barrel, tractor and other components, costs 50,000 yuan. This means that the Japanese Army can only purchase 400 bare cannons per year.  Including more expensive ammunition.

    Had it not been for the Dongying Incident at the end of the year, which forced Yamagata Youto and other army veterans to pressure Congress to allocate special military expenditures, two divisions would not have been born. On the other hand, the total expenditure spent on ordnance procurement alone exceeded 100 million.  If you add in the expenses of the Southwest in the past two years, the purchase cost of military equipment alone in the past four years has exceeded 300 million. Coupled with the unique technical ingenuity, it is no longer the case that a few 57mm cannons can dominate the world in the early years of the Republic of China."  A mixed bag of troops."

    Take the 22nd Regiment and the 442nd Regiment as an example. The two regiments have a total of 18 cannons of various types, a total of 97 grenade launchers, and 81 light and heavy machine guns. If they face an engineer regiment and a railway guard with only light weapons, they will not be able to fight.  If he wins, Fang Wei can directly announce that he is taking off his military uniform.

    Therefore, he admired Yang Qiu's order to go to war now, because now is Japan's weakest period in ten years. If Europe starts the war, it may help Japan's economy improve. Moreover, the unexpected speed this time also caught Japan off guard. From the time the order was issued to  It is almost ten days now, but the Japanese army has only two brigades mobilized, which shows its weak nature.

    However, just when he was about to give the horse bandit bearded commander some confidence, the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard in the distance. He turned to look at Jiang Zuobin, who had just been transferred to the Northeast Theater Command as combat staff, and Zhang Zuoxiang, the staff officer of the 14th Division, riding their horses.  From afar, the two of them cheered: "Commander, Chief of Staff! Great victory, great victory!"

    A great victory?  !

    Hearing these two words, Zhang Zuolin twitched the corners of his mouth twice. Apart from Nanfen, how can there be any great victory now!  Could it be that the news of the exchange of fire came back in the morning, and Baofen was captured in the afternoon?  When he was still doubting, Jiang Zuobin had jumped off his horse and rushed to the two of them, handing over the telegram with a flushed face: "Great victory in Benxi, the 22nd Regiment and the 442nd Regiment jointly annihilated the Baofen Japanese invaders, killed the engineer captain Ai Takeda, and captured 1,000  The rest were killed!"

      "Yes, yes." Zhang Zuoxiang also jumped off his horse, as if he was afraid of being deprived of all the limelight, and said happily: "With more than 400 casualties, more than 2,000 men and horses were wiped out.  They also occupied the Japanese ore sand factory and mining field there. The machinery and equipment there alonehehe are worth a lot of money. Lao Feng and the others also found more than one million yuan in the mine vault.  If the Japanese yen and a lot of gold and silver are brought backhehe."

    "What a fool. Just bring good news. What the hell do you think you are? You still think you are a bandit! Coal and iron mines are our national property! Do you still want me to tell you what the country is? I will go back to me later.  Write an inspection report ten times and inform the entire division and Feng Delin that all seizures in this war must be handed over. Anyone found to have hidden possessions will be shot!" Seeing that Zhang Zuoxiang showed his old tricks again, Zhang Zuolin was so angry that he cursed  After that, he kicked his head and said, "Commander, don't take it to heart. Last time we went to Nanjing for a meeting, Lao Zhang assured the Commander-in-Chief that there should be a clear distinction between national property and private individuals."

    Let¡¯s talk about the good news, how can this guy go so far?  Although he knew that Zhang Zuolin wanted to show his loyalty, Yue Peng had nothing to say to these old bandits. He smiled and said: "Brother Yu Ting, don't blame them. The amount of money seized must be calculated according to the military merit. Keep a good count."  It¡¯s a great achievement to hand it over.¡±

    "Haha Commander Yue is right. I will send people to check it out soon. Don't even think about missing a big man from our old Zhang." Zhang Zuolin finished laughing and rubbed his hands excitedly.  Eyes shining: "But having said that, this battle is really important. I, Old Zhang, didn't expect to win so easily. But looking at the commander just now I'm afraid he thought of it earlier, right?"

    At this time, Zhang Zuolin was not the Marshal Zhang who dominated the Northeast and peered into the world. Although he was not as careless and scheming as he appeared, after seeing Yang Qiu's methods, he had no intention of confrontation and just wanted to run errands on his shoulders.  With a few more flowers, it would be possible for his ancestors to return home in glory in the future, so even Yue Peng felt that he could be friends with this person.

    Jiang Zuobin was also very happy. He did not expect to witness a victory when he first arrived in the Northeast Theater. However, he was much calmer than Zhang Zuolin and others. As a military graduate who had studied in Japan for many years, he understood that the Engineer Regiment was actually the only one in the Japanese Army.  Calculating the second-line force, he said: "It is good to win, but the engineer regiment is not very good at fighting. The real trump cards of the Japanese Army are those infantry and cavalry regiments that can receive the flag from the emperor."

    His words made Zhang Zuolin and others calm down quickly. Yue Peng, who was not too excited at first, nodded in agreement after hearing what he said: "Brother Yuyan is right. Before he could be happy, the Japanese 16th Division came from Sinuiju.  The 38th Regiment of the Regiment has arrived at Fengcheng, and the 74th Regiment of the 19th Division has also gone north and blocked Yingkou. If we hurry up, the 38th Regiment will arrive at Motianlingwei the day after tomorrow and threaten Benxi."

    Zhang Zuolin had experienced the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, and had always been deeply impressed by the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. Especially in the Russo-Japanese War, the scenes of Japanese regiments charging desperately against the Russian army's overwhelming machine guns and artillery made him even more impressed by this  The neighbor felt a little more fearful from the bottom of his heart and said, "Yes, a team we still have to be careful."

    "This is the intelligence of the Sixteenth Division." Jiang Zuobin took out the information he had prepared and handed it to Yue Peng and introduced: "After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan drastically reduced its army to reduce expenditures. The four regiments of each division  There are only two full complements, and the other two only retain their numbers. Although the Sixteenth Division is retained as a standing division and is stationed in southern Manchuria, it has also been affected. Among its four regiments, the 20th and 33rd regiments are currently  Only the numbers exist, leaving only the 9th and 38th regiments. However, it should be noted that Army veterans such as Yamagata Aritomo deliberately confused the scope of the abolition in order to preserve their strength, and transferred the veterans of the regiments who only retained the numbers to the remaining two regiments.  teams, so currently all the wings in Japan's permanent divisions are super-staffed.

    The approaching 38th Regiment falls into this category. The total number of infantrymen in the entire regiment is 4,132, plus the logistics and artillery and cavalry regiments brought in, the total strength is about 7,200, which is already more than one of our brigade and the entire division.  The total number of people in the group is 18,000!  The current commander of the regiment is Colonel Sadao Araki. He studied at the Japanese Army Military Academy and the Army University. He once won the title of the first person in the mainland. Intelligence shows that he is a famous Russian expert in the Japanese army. He is brave in combat and proficient in tactics. This person  He was one of the front-line officers who most actively promoted Japan's annexation of Manchuria and Mongolia. He was also the first officer to send a telegram to the War Department asking for war after learning that we were taking action.  "

    Yue Peng listened and flipped through the information. When the last photo of the 38th Regiment's alliance flag appeared, his eyes suddenly shrank into a little cold star and asked: "Brother Yuyan has been in Japan for many years. He should have heard of the alliance flag."  Something about that, right?"

    Speaking of the regiment flag, Jiang Zuobin's face became solemn, and he introduced: "Since the Japanese Emperor Meiji personally awarded the military flag to the 1st and 2nd Guards Infantry Regiments in 1874, all newly formed infantry and cavalry regiments of the Japanese army will have to be  The emperor personally awarded the military flag to serve as the core of the unity of the troops, enhance the soldiers' sense of honor, and establish the spirit of the military flag. BecauseThe flag is personally awarded by the emperor and can only be owned by the infantry regiment and the cavalry regiment, so it is also called the regiment flag.  According to the regulations of the Japanese Army, if the military flag is present, it will be organized, and if the military flag is lost, it will be sanctioned.  Therefore, the regiment flag is a very important thing in the Japanese army. The flag bearers are all selected from the most elite majors in the regiment, and a flag guard squadron is specially set up to protect it.

    Since the Japanese Army divisions do not have military flags, the regiment flag is also regarded as a symbol of the Japanese Army.

    I heard when I was studying at Lu Shi that the Japanese Army has always had the tradition of losing people under the flag when the flag is under the flag. Once the flag cannot be saved, the flag guard will immediately burn the flag and launch a "Jade Crushing" attack, or simply  suicide by committing suicide!  "Although Zhang Zuolin and others knew that only the infantry regiments of the Japanese Army had military flags, this was the first time they heard about this allusion. When they heard that they would commit suicide if the flag was gone, they all gasped.

    "The supply truck convoy set off immediately and ordered the 21st and 23rd regiments to rush to Motianling to set up a defense line. The armored battalion and the 1st brigade did not stop after crossing Nanfen and went south overnight to set up an ambush at the mouth of Caohe. The division's artillery regiment accelerated to the southeast of Qingchengzi.  Insert, the 3rd Brigade and the 43rd Brigade continue to move towards Haicheng along the South Manchuria Line. Telegraph the 10th Division and the 12th Division to speed up. I will see them in their positions in five days." Yue Peng's expression remained unchanged and he closed his eyes on the document with a snap.  Sweeping through the crowd.

    "Seven years ago, the Japanese army defeated the Russian army with superior equipment in one fell swoop, which was called the Miracle of the Far East in Europe. Since the signing of the Portsmouth Treaty, the Japanese army flag has been called another name among European people. Do you know what it is?  "While Jiang Zuobin and others shook their heads, Yue Peng held up the information in his hands and asked himself with serious eyes: "Europeans call it the mythical flag!"

    "We now have a chance to unplugit!"

    !#.

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