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    Xuzhou Railway Station, soldiers were armed with live ammunition.  Baicom

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    Almost all the four major railways, namely the Jinpu Line, the Beijing-Hankou Line, the Beijing-Fengcheng Line and the South Manchuria Control Section, are facing the enemy. In order to ensure the transportation of military supplies, the National Guard and police have been fully mobilized, covering every kilometer.  The railway ensures that 10 people are stationed to prevent possible damage to the railway line.

    Every half hour, a military train will fly north from the soldiers. After the construction of the Southwest Railway began, Yang Qiulu ordered a total of about 170 locomotives from the United States, Belgium and Germany, half of which have been invested in this project.  In transportation, even so, it still cannot reach the speed of one train per minute like Europe. In addition, the two main north-south lines are single-track, so this is already the largest transportation capacity in the country. For this reason, almost all railway civil transportation except the southwest has been stopped.  .  As for the sea transportation planned by the navy, it was rejected as soon as it was proposed. After all, the navy of the whole country is not enough for Japan to attack.

    Soldiers, ammunition, grain, and medicine were all being transported north at a fast pace. Due to the sudden outbreak of the war, Japan had a rare situation where its successor troops could not keep up after the 38th Regiment was eaten up. This also provided opportunities for the National Defense Forces to speed up the transfer of supplies.  Enough time has come.

    What's even more gratifying is that with the announcement of the victory at Motianling, the myth of the Japanese army's invincibility has been completely broken, and the morale of the army has increased significantly. The whole country has also seen the possibility of defeating Japan and wiping away the shame of Sino-Japanese War. Many people have begun to take the initiative.  The calls to engage in this war, boycott Japanese goods, stop exporting grain, raw silk and other resources to Japan have gradually become louder. This has made the Presidential Office and the General Staff, who have been worrying about low domestic confidence, breathe a sigh of relief. On the other hand, they also secretly admire them.  Yang Qiu was determined to destroy the 38th Regiment, and even did not hesitate to use 4 brigades and 2 powerful artillery regiments to achieve his determination.

    "The Prime Minister's telegram said that Shanghai, Nanjing, Changsha and Wuchang have all been mobilized, and the trade unions have decided to hold an anti-Japanese general strike and general resignations in Japanese-owned factories at the end of the month!! The police stations and governments in these places are well prepared. Once  Since the strike began, we have made every effort to ensure the safety of workers, and have also contacted similar domestic factories to absorb these laborers. Governor Lu Rongting yesterday contacted Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi to send a call to the Southwest National Socialist Party, calling on Southwest National Socialist Party members to lead the action  Get up and contact all walks of life across the country to take practical actions to increase production and income to ensure that soldiers can serve the country with peace of mind and ensure that this summer's harvest will provide military supplies.

    The situation in Guangdong is more complicated. The Kuomintang is still very powerful there, and there are more voices opposing war with Japan than here.  Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui are relatively stable, and several Central Plains provinces centered on Henan have also sent letters of support. Anti-Japanese demonstrations broke out in Jinan, Qingdao and Weihai in Shandong yesterday.  The Northeast has always suffered from Japan and Russia. In the past, they dared not speak out because of their great power. However, in the past few days after Motianling, the voices of various places to fight against Japan have become much louder. Many squires have also organized transportation teams to protect their families.  Recruit 10,000 civilians to prepare for the front line support.  "

    Cai Gongshi held the compiled telegram, smiling from ear to ear. The whole country's anti-Japanese movement finally had the potential to start a prairie fire. As long as the domestic supply of grain and other commodities to Japan could be fundamentally cut off and the purchase of all Japanese goods stopped, then Japan's war would be  Potential will be greatly consumed.  Song Ziqing waited for him to finish reading and then began to introduce the military and war preparations: "The Fujian Sanduao fort will be delivered before the end of the month, the Wusongkou fort is ready, the National Guard has also strengthened coastal patrols, and the troops in Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan  Already on alert, all goods exported to Japan from the Yangtze River basin have been seized. The navy has also seized 11 Japanese freighters parked on the southeast coast. Two gunboats entering the Yangtze River have been blocked in the section between Jiujiang and Nanjing.  No, the cruisers have already rushed to cooperate with the shore artillery to deal with them. The First Fleet promises to destroy them within three days.

    Ammunition and grain are not a big problem in the short term. The two lakes have had good harvests in the past two years. After last year's summer grain harvest, the Chongqing Fertilizer Factory began to provide fertilizer to the state-owned farms in the two lakes and Sichuan. The autumn grain output was 10% more than in previous years. Not surprisingly, the two lakes and  A bumper summer grain harvest in Sichuan can be expected.  The contract equipment for three fertilizer plants purchased from the United States last year has almost arrived. The three ammonia fertilizer and phosphate fertilizer plants in Changsha, Jiujiang and Xiaogan will definitely be put into initial production before the end of the year.  According to statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture, grain output in the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Guangdong can also increase by 10% compared with last year, and Guangxi is guaranteed to increase by 20%.  Henan and Shaanxi have also been very successful in expanding the planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes after the New Deal. They have greatly reduced the demand for grain from other provinces and can also provide a lot for starch factories.

    The steel aspect is also guaranteed. Hubei¡¯s crude steel output last year was 150,000 tons, and Chongqing¡¯s was 50,000 tons. These five included 6,000 tons of gun barrels and armored special steel. The Dangco coating plant was put into operation at the beginning of this month and there are no accurate figures yet, but Pan  Director Tianshuo has made plans with the Ministry of Industry to achieve at least the target of 50,000 tons, and will hit the target of 200,000 tons next year.?, its scale is larger than that of Hubei, with a designed production capacity of 500,000 tons, and the workers have all practiced in Chongqing, Hubei for a year, so I think it can be done.

    In terms of ammunition, raw material copper is only in short supply. Hubei and Chongqing have insisted on maximizing production capacity in three shifts since their establishment. In June last year, they began to adopt the method of casting projectiles proposed by the commander. The two factories can now produce 50 to 150 shells per day.  30,000. It is not a big problem to achieve 40,000 by the end of the year. We have already reserved 3 million of the main four types of 70, 75, 105 and 150 artillery shells. After the Zhengzhou factory was established in August last year, it gave priority to manufacturing ammunition. Currently, we are concentrating our efforts on grenades there.  On barrels, bullets and shells, 3,000 rounds can be made every day.

    In addition, Hubei and Chongqing can currently manufacture 150 cannons of various types, more than 8,000 rifles, 400 machine guns and submachine guns of various types, 20 aircraft and 30 trucks and armored vehicles every month.

    Wenjing and the others are already working on solving the problem of insufficient raw materials. Last month, they purchased 10,000 tons of copper ingots and 30,000 barrels of gasoline from the United States. They also purchased 16 additional 45-times heavy artillery barrels from Skoda. Germany promised to support 10,000 tons at half price.  Toluene, acetone and other chemical raw materials have been shipped in Europe, and Minister Hangel assured that they will all be delivered early next month. By then, the problem of insufficient production capacity of munitions and propellants will be alleviated.  In addition, the ammonia ** you proposed, Commander, has been successfully trial-produced, but it is less powerful than the yellow ** we use, and it will also delay the production of fertilizers, but it can be used if it is really insufficient.

    Since the end of last year, we have begun to accelerate the reserve of ammunition and various supplies to Fengtian. So far, we have shipped 500,000 artillery shells of various types, 30,000 special artillery shells, 4 million rounds of bullets, 10,000 barrels of gasoline, 600 tractors and trucks, and aircraft.  36 aircraft, 4 observation balloons, more than 10,000 tons of grain reserves, and 120 wagons of gauze quilts. After taking Baofen and Anshan, Zhang Zuolin has organized the miners to resume production and accelerate coal production. Fengtian Manufacturing Bureau has a Martin furnace, which can also produce some  equipment.

    Generally speaking, we are more prepared than Japan, and we act quickly. Therefore, most of the Japanese assets south of Shandong that are not in the concession have been sealed or seized. How to deal with these needs has to be decided by the post-war government and Congress.  The important South Manchuria Line from Changchun to Haicheng has been opened up, and Yue Peng has placed the forward base of the follow-up troops in Haicheng.  The 2nd brigade on the east road arrow has been escorted and captured and returned to Fengtian for rest and recuperation. The remaining four brigades have crossed Fengcheng. A brigade stationed by the Japanese army retreated to the Hushan Fortress in Jiuliancheng without resistance.  The 3rd brigade of the West Route Arrow stagnated in Haicheng. The 3rd brigade launched two attacks on Yingkou but was suppressed by naval guns on the sea and withdrew. Intelligence showed that the Kurama, which belonged to the First Fleet, had left Yingkou and returned to Japan to replace it.  It was the Second Fleet Tango, Chitose and Akitsusu, which also brought several destroyers.

    It seems that they are preparing to forcibly block us from the entrance of the camp.  "

    Everyone did not pay attention to the words "special artillery shells", but these words made them all understand how many cards they had in their hands. Feng Guozhang and Sa Zhenbing also nodded when they heard it. They just mentioned that the attack on Yingkou was blocked and was attacked by enemy naval guns.  Toki Sa Jin Bing sighed, but the Akitsusu aroused his anger again. Unfortunately, the navy was destined to play a supporting role in this war. Even if there were a few submarines, it would be impossible to break the Japanese navy's dominant position.  On the contrary, Feng Guozhang, the former most outstanding tactician in Beiyang, was a little excited. To be honest, who among the old Beiyang people of this generation did not have a dream of avenging the Sino-Japanese War?  It's a pity that the weak national power has been gradually smoothed by the years. Now that I suddenly see hope, it's fake. So this time Yang Qiu originally wanted to keep him in Nanjing, but he didn't care about it just before the train set off.  He got up regardless.

    He had a very good personal relationship with Sa Zhenbing. The land and sea were also one of the two pillars of land and sea in the late Qing Dynasty. Knowing his thoughts, he said: "Don't sigh, Ding Ming. If we can really regain the Northeast and recapture Lushun, the Japanese navy will be half useless.  As long as our country maintains stability for three to five years, it may not be impossible to buy a few large ships."

    Sa Zhenbing knew that he was comforting himself. The destroyer project had just begun, and the first ship had only been laid down not long ago. Even if Jiangnan went all out, it would not be launched until the end of the year, and it would not be commissioned until the middle of next year.  What's more, building warships is not something that can only be done by building cars with some steel ability. The distance from 2,000 to 20,000 million is an unreachable distance. However, he did not lose heart. Yang Qiu promised to give him two large warships within four years and said with a smile: "  Hua Fu, you got into the car before you left, are you itching to go and fight in the Northeast?"

    Feng Guozhang stroked his beard and chuckled, sliding his finger across the map: "The key to this battle is to be quick! Chen Hua had a foresight and started preparations at the end of last year. Although it was not enough, it was not far off. But Japan was obviously not ready. The two stretched out  One fist has been destroyed, and the remaining one will face three brigades when leaving the camp entrance. He does not dare to move, so what he has to do now is to be quick! Don¡¯t be afraid of death! 300,000 reserve troops have been trained for a year.  This hole can be blocked in a while, but it is really not possible to let the four Northeastern National Guard brigades also block it! In short, we must capture Jiuliancheng before the Korean Japanese army crosses the Yalu River, and block them in Baima Mountain and Sinui??!  There are also many heavy artillery purchased by the imperial court here. If you take this place and turn around, you can directly lock this section of the river.

    The upper reaches of the Yalu River in Sinuiju are surrounded by mountains. It is impossible to guarantee the numbers of Japanese troops if they want to cross the river. Now is the flood season. If you are not careful, the ship will be destroyed and people will be killed. Two brigades of the 12th Division are deployed along the river. What do you think if the National Guard is added?  They can also defend against it. Even if they lose it, it doesn't matter. As long as they can strangle the line from Jiuliancheng, Xiuyan to Yingkou, their main force will be blocked in Guandong Prefecture.  "

    Yang Qiu nodded secretly after hearing this. Feng Guozhang was indeed the best tactician in Beiyang. He saw through the key to the first phase of his battle at a glance.  In the parallel world, it took the Japanese army two months to gather troops and mobilize ships to attack Qingdao. Although they now have three divisions in North Korea and Kantung, half of the 16th Division has been destroyed, and the 19th and 20th Divisions are both new units.  , many people are still in North Korea and China and have not yet come. Even if the transition from peacetime to wartime is based on later generations, it will take half a month. Now it takes at least a month to be fully prepared, so the elite Fifth Division wants to cross  It will take some time before Yang La comes over.

    Calculating the time since the war started, it will take about half a month for Japan to complete all deployments, so!  Time is still in your own hands.

    Sa Zhenbing also knew that time was of the essence. If he could lock Kanto Prefecture before Japan was fully deployed, half of the battle would be won. But the problem was that he was worried about Jiuliancheng and Yingkou: "The Hushan Fort in the northeast of Jiuliancheng is not a trivial matter.  During the former Qing Dynasty, it cost hundreds of thousands and the Germans took two years to build it. The materials were all taken from local rocks and are very strong. I went there to see it a few years ago. It had been repaired and reinforced after the Japanese occupation. There were as many as 11 heavy guns on it.  , there are also many 75mm field guns and machine guns, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack. The entrance of the camp is even more troublesome, the terrain is flat and there is no danger to defend, and the Japanese army has naval guns to help."

    Song Ziqing didn¡¯t know much about the navy, so he asked: ¡°General Sa, I would like to ask if the Japanese warship guns in Yingkou can hit 20,000 meters?¡±

    "Twenty thousand? Hehe, Ziqing is joking." Sa Zhenbing waved his hand and affirmed: "There are not many Japanese naval guns that can shoot 20,000 meters, and these old warships are even less likely, because the sea surface is lower than the land, even on flat land.  There is a drop of several meters. Unless you can barely reach a high place, it will only be about 10,000 meters to survive. Besides, there is no need to use a balloon with a mast whistle of 10,000 meters, so when I was studying in the UK, my teacher said,  This is the reason why the fleet should never fight against the fortress unless necessary." After he finished speaking, he thought about it and said: "However, it is difficult for Ziqing to attack the fleet with land artillery. First, the density of projectiles must be high and it is best to be able to attack the fleet with land artillery.  With the cooperation of heavy artillery, because the shells of naval guns of the same caliber are 20% heavier than land guns and twice as fast, so without heavy artillery and density, it is impossible to deal with the fleet."

    Since the naval gun could not deal with the 10,000-meter target, Song Ziqing felt confident and turned to look at Yang Qiu.

    Just as the latter was about to speak, footsteps came from the end of the carriage. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, who were interns from the National Defense University, walked in hand in hand.  Both of them are currently sophomores at the National Defense University, and they are also Jiang Baili's darlings. Logically speaking, it will take two years to graduate. Fortunately, this stubborn guy also knows that this war will affect the fate of the country, so he let these sophomores go.  Give birth to an internship.

    Both of them studied in the command department, so they were assigned to the staff department as intern staff officers. After going north this time, Yang Qiu kept the two of them by his side to hone their abilities and overall vision.

    The two men wearing the badges of the Youth Corps put the telegram on the table and saluted: "Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff. This is Japanese intelligence just transferred by the Intelligence Department and Security Bureau. The Japanese Army Ministry has dispatched General Masaki Terauchi to go."  Lushun has been appointed as the commander-in-chief, and the Second Fleet has also been ordered to prepare to set off at the beginning of the month to protect the Fifth Division's landing in Jinzhou!"

    Bai Chongxi added: "The news of Jinzhou landing has been confirmed from many aspects."

    "Want to cut off my supply line and retreat?" Yang Qiu picked up the telegram and sneered a few times, raised his head and looked coldly: "Telegram to the Northeast Theater, their speed is still too slow! Armored vehicles and trucks are not for them.  Just for display! Don't be afraid of losses, and don't be afraid of dead people! After the fight, I will add to them and tell them that they must capture Jiulian City for me within three days! In the direction of Yingkou, wait for the mobile artillery regiment to attack immediately after it arrives, and then send a signal to the other transfer troops to speed up.  We don¡¯t have much time!¡±

    "Capture Jiulian City in three days?" Sa Zhenbing suspected that he heard wrongly. Even Feng Guozhang blinked in surprise. Just when he was about to confirm and ask, he saw Song Ziqing showing his white teeth and smiled at the two of them: "Two  The commander who heard me right has already prepared a big gift for the Japanese army!"

    "A big gift?! What kind of gift can capture a fortress in three days?"

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