In the middle of June, the weather was hot and dry. The domestic situation was also changing rapidly. On one hand, the National Government actively proposed to resist the Japanese invaders and develop the industry. On the other hand, the chairman officially proposed the basic national policy of "resisting foreign aggression and first stabilizing the domestic situation". It seemed to be contradictory. The targets of pacification were some independent warlords in the southwest and northwest. Of course, Han Fuqu in Shandong was not one of them. After all, he had already defected to the National Government!
(Because of the harmony, this place is a little different from the original history.)
Han Fuqu was also aware of the news that Gu Weiming's Iron Blood Army had taken root in Shandong. However, there was no contact between the two sides at the moment. On the one hand, Han Fuqu did not want to become the target of public criticism. If he started a war with the Iron Blood Army, regardless of whether he succeeded or not, he would be reviled by the people. On the other hand, it was because Gu Weiming had brought a large number of soldiers with him to the north. Moreover, they were all veterans who had survived the Songhu battlefield. If he really heard the Chairman's secret message... Han Fuqu was probably a huge idiot!!
On Gu Weiming's side, his main goal was to start a war with the Japanese stationed on the Jiaozhou Peninsula. From Jiaozhou to Sunshine, and then to Weifang in the north, the east of this line was the current division of the Japanese military control area!
Zaozhuang, where Gu Weiming was located, happened to be between Han Fuqu's 16th Army and the Japanese army's 12th Division stationed on the Jiaozhou Peninsula. The few counties closest to Zaozhuang were mainly Yongde, Ande, and Xinde counties, forming a horn formation. Neither the Japanese nor Han Fuqu stationed their troops here, mainly because of the inconvenient transportation, or even the extreme blockage!
Zaozhuang's Iron Blood Army Command Center had already been built into a two-story office building, and it looked even more magnificent. At present, the nearby villages had all joined the independent autonomous government established by Gu Weiming. It seemed that this would be able to gather more people's hearts!
On the busy construction site, all kinds of basic facilities were quickly entering people's sights. As time passed, the Iron Blood Army's military structure was also restored to full strength from the original infantry regiment. The size of the three infantry regiments was close to 7,000 people. Compared to the previous independent 44th regiment, the strength was even greater!
China had a natural advantage in terms of population. No other country could compare to it…
Meanwhile, the few profitable factories in Zaozhuang, such as the match factory, textile factory, or soap factory, had already opened up a market for their industrial products. Their huge technological advantage allowed Zaozhuang's products to gain a huge sales advantage…It was also because of this that Gu Weiming could maintain such a high development cost!
The conference room!
The huge military map of Shandong was unfolded before everyone's eyes. Chen Zhiwen, the backbone of Meng Xiaosong's Iron Blood Army, was among them. In just three months, it had grown to such a scale. Whether it was the army, the regime, or the industry, under Gu Weiming's crazy development, it had grown into a base camp that had begun to take shape!
" Iron Blood Army Chief of Staff Chen Zhiwen, Iron Blood Army Artillery Regiment Meng Xiaosong, Iron Blood Army 1st Infantry Regiment Commander Sun Qichang, 2nd Infantry Regiment Commander Wang Anxin, 3rd Infantry Regiment Commander Zheng Zhiwen…"
" Everyone, stand up!!"
As the current highest decision-maker of the Iron Blood Army, Gu Weiming was becoming more and more like a commander. The new military uniform made him look more comfortable, and his gaze was cold and stern!
"Everyone, going north to resist the Japanese is not a joke. Now that the Iron Blood Army has taken shape and the supply of firearms can be sufficiently distributed, I have decided to launch a war against the Japanese army along the Jiaoji railway.!”
When Chen Zhiwen heard the news that Gu Weiming was going to start a war against the Japanese army, he was shocked. Gu Weiming was too bold. He had thought that he would need some time to develop. Those new recruits had not even been trained for a month. Now that they were dragged to the battlefield to fight against the Japanese army, there was no doubt that the difference was huge!
However, since they were going north to resist the Japanese, they could not stop. The chairman of Nanjing could sit by and do nothing, but the Iron Blood Army could not. Although their strength was weak, as long as they continued to do so, the people would be able to see it. With the accumulation of popularity, would the Iron Blood Army be afraid of not being able to expand?
The Jiaoji railway connected Jiaozhou and Jinan. It was the transportation lifeline of Shandong Province. Along the way, there were all kinds of mineral resources, as well as the two major port cities of Jiaozhou and Jiaozhou. Therefore, the Japanese army also stationed a lot of troops!
There was a section of the Jiaoji railway that passed through the Zaozhuang area, so Gu Weiming had this idea. Although the Beiyang government redeemed the management rights of the Jiaoji railway from the Japanese in 1922, due to historical reasons, the Japanese army still had their own network along the Jiaoji railway!
"I agree to this battle!"
"The territory of our Iron-Blood Army is still too small. Although the nearby villages have been incorporated into the autonomous government, it is less than 50 square kilometers in size. There is not even a town-level center.!!”
The one who spoke this time was the artillery regiment commander, Meng Xiaosong. The Iron Blood Army's artillery unit was extremely powerful. Just the 105mm caliber howitzers alone had reached 20. With the firepower configuration of the national army, even if a group army was gathered together, it would not be as many as Meng Xiaosong's artillery regiment. Thinking about it this way, every time Meng Xiaosong touched those ferocious cannons, he would always laugh shamelessly...
Damn it, he really wanted to pull these cannons to the Japanese's command center and fire a few shots. Didn't the Japanese say that China didn't have any heavy weapons?
"The Japanese only have one division on the Jiaozhou Peninsula, and their forces are scattered. It is impossible for them to gather their forces from the three directions of Taizhou, Sunshine, and Jiaozhou in a short period of time. Therefore, in this war, we will definitely succeed if we fight fast!”
Meng Xiaosong stared at the railway map. The nearest railway station to Zaozhuang was the Tangde railway station. The Japanese troops were an infantry brigade with about 1100 soldiers. The Iron Blood Army had an infantry regiment with about 2,000 soldiers. With twice the strength and the firepower of the Iron Blood Army, logically speaking, it should not be a one-to-ten loss on the Songhu battlefield!!
After Meng Xiaosong finished speaking, the rest of the people nodded. They were more than happy to start a war with the Japanese army. The soldiers under them needed to be promoted, and the Iron Blood Army needed to be strengthened. Where would they get the space to develop? Naturally, they would fight for territory with the Japanese!
At this moment, Gu Weiming had also made his decision. He had rested for more than three months, and if he did not fight another battle, the muzzle of his gun would be rusty. Therefore, as the highest leader of the Iron Blood Army, Gu Weiming gave the order to attack Tang De Train Station!!
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