In the middle of June, the weather was hot and the domestic situation was changing rapidly. On the one hand, the National Government actively proposed to resist the Japanese invaders and develop the industry. On the other hand, Jinling officially proposed the basic national policy of " to resist foreign aggression, first to stabilize 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 Dongshan was not one of them. After all, he had defected to the National Government!
(Because of the harmony, this place is a little different from the original history.)
Han Fuqu was also aware that Li Yao's Iron-Blood Army had taken root on East Mountain. However, the two parties had not contacted each other yet. On the one hand, Han Fuqu did not want to be the target of public criticism. If he started a war with the Iron-Blood Army, he would be reviled by the people regardless of whether he succeeded or not. On the other hand, Li Yao had brought quite a number of soldiers with him to the north. Moreover, they were all veterans who had survived the battle in Songhu. If he really heard the chairman's secret message, he would be killed. Han Fuqu was probably a huge idiot!!
On Li Yao's side, his main goal was to start a war with the Japanese who were stationed on the Jiaozhou Peninsula. From Jiaozhou to Sunshine, and then to Weifang in the north, the east of this line was the area that the Japanese military was currently taking over!
Zaozhuang, where Li Yao was located, happened to be between the Sixteenth Army of Han Fuqu and the Twelfth Division of the Japanese army stationed on the Jiaozhou Peninsula. The few counties closest to Zaozhuang were mainly Yongde, Ande, and Xinde, which formed a horn. Neither the Japanese nor Han Fuqu had stationed their troops here, mainly because of the inconvenient traffic, or even the extreme blockage!
The command center of the Iron-Blooded Army in Zaozhuang had already been built into a two-story office building, which looked even more magnificent. At present, the nearby villages had all joined the independent autonomous government established by Li Yao. 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…
The few profitable factories in Zaozhuang, such as the match factory, the textile factory, or the soap factory, had already opened up a market and slowly radiated their industrial products. The huge technological advantage allowed Zaozhuang's products to obtain a huge sales advantage…It was also because of this that Li Yao could maintain such a high development cost!
The conference room!
The enormous military map of East Mountain was unfolded before everyone's eyes. Chen Zhiwen, the backbone of Meng Xiaosong's Iron-Blood Army, was among them. After more than three months, the military, the regime, and the industry had grown into a base camp that was beginning to take shape under Li Yao's crazy development!
" Chief of Staff of the Iron Blood Army, Chen Zhiwen; Artillery Regiment of the Iron Blood Army, Meng Xiaosong; Infantry Regiment Commander of the Iron Blood Army, Sun Qichang; Infantry Regiment Commander of the Second Regiment, Wang Anxin; Infantry Regiment Commander of the Third Regiment, Zheng Lin…"
" Everyone, stand up!!"
As the highest decision-maker of the Iron-Blood Army at present, Li Yao was more and more like a commander. The new military uniform made him look more comfortable. His eyes were cold and stern!
"Everyone, going north to resist the Japanese is not an empty name. Now that the Iron Blood Army has taken shape, the supply of firearms can be sufficiently distributed. Therefore, I have decided to launch a war against the Japanese army along the Jiaoji railway.!”
When Chen Zhiwen heard the news that Li Yao was going to start a war against the Japanese army, he was still shocked. Li Yao was too bold. He had thought that he would have to develop for a while more. However, those new recruits had been trained for less than a month. Now that they were on the battlefield and fighting against the Japanese army, there was no doubt that the gap 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 Dongshan Province. Along the way, there were various mineral resources and the two major port cities of Jiaozhou and Jiaozhou. Therefore, the Japanese army had stationed quite a number of troops!
There was a section of the Jiaoji railway that passed through the Zaozhuang area, which was why Li Yao had such an idea. Although the Beiyang government redeemed the right to operate the Jiaoji railway from the Japanese in 1922, the Japanese army still had their own network along the Jiaoji railway due to historical reasons!
"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...
F * ck, I really want to pull these cannons to the Japanese command center and fire a few shots. Didn't the Japanese say that Yan Huang 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 Yan City, Sunshine, and Jiaozhou in a short period of time. Therefore, in this war, if we fight fast, we will definitely succeed!”
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, Li Yao had also made up his mind. He had rested for more than three months. If he did not fight a war soon, the muzzle of his gun would be rusty. Therefore, Li Yao gave the order to attack Tang De Train Station as the highest leader of the Iron-Blood Army!!
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