stonecrandall Chapter 575
Chapter 575
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: 0.038s Scan: 0.036sJust when the foot basin people were thinking about how to make concessions to Hans so that Hans would no longer support the Celestial Empire.
Inside the Celestial Empire, the situation in Europe also spread here.
The situation in the Celestial Empire at this time can only be described as turbulent.
After the Japanese army occupied the Northeast, they were gradually infiltrating into the interior of the country and the Great Wall, with a great posture of entering the country in a large-scale manner.
Due to the lack of weapons and equipment, Zhang Zuolin’s Northeast Army had no choice but to retreat all the way, retreating from the Northeast to the interior of the country and stationed in the area around Peking.
At this time, the Fengtian warlords controlled only a small area around Peking.
Their original territories in the Central Plains and Northwest regions had been annexed by other warlords when they were invaded by the foot basin.
Therefore, facing the step-by-step pressure of the foot basin, the Northeast Army had no way to retreat and could only be forced to fight. The two sides launched a fierce fight around the Great Wall. With the equipment at a disadvantage, the Northeast Army relied on the tactics of the broadsword team and night attack to defeat the Japanese attack in the Xifengkou area, severely damaging a Japanese division, killing and wounding more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers!
This victory greatly inspired the morale of the Northeast Army, allowing them to recover their morale, which had been declining due to the loss of the Northeast!
However, the casualties of the Japanese army were not heavy, far less than the losses they caused to the Japanese army in the Battle of Fengtian, so Zhang Zuolin knew very well in his heart that this level of victory alone could not repel the invaders!
And they couldn’t always use broadswords to fight the devils. After losing their old nest in the Northeast, they also lost the industrial bases and military factories that they had worked hard to operate in the Northeast for decades, which made the already increasingly tight supply of weapons and ammunition even more scarce!
Zhang Zuolin knew very well that if the supply of weapons, ammunition and medicines for treating the wounded could not be solved as soon as possible, his army might not last until the second half of next year!
At this time, it was already midwinter, and the Japanese offensive gradually began to pause. They had fought for a full year before, so the Japanese troops invading the Northeast should be very tired at this time. They needed time to rest and digest the territory they occupied!
However, this time would not be long. At the latest by April or May next year, the Japanese army should have recovered. At that time, they would definitely move south in a big way. Judging from the current strength of the Japanese army, the Japanese army would have at least one million troops to block the pass next year!
Such a scale is not something that the Northeast Army can resist at all. Even if the power of the entire Celestial Empire is gathered, it may not be able to stop it!
Moreover, the Japanese army also has the advantage of the navy. They can land from the sea, launch landings from coastal areas such as Tianjin, Jiaodong and Zhili, outflank their rear, open up a battlefield from behind, and attack them from both sides!
If this happens, their situation will be even worse!
“”If I had known earlier, I should not have hesitated. I should have bought more weapons and equipment from Hans, and I should have bought some naval warships. Even if we can’t compete for sea control, we should at least lay some mines in the navigation zone to prevent the Japanese navy from getting close to our coastal waters!”
Zhang Zuolin said with some regret. When the war did not break out, he should have bought more weapons from Hans and stockpiled them, then he would not have ended up like this now!
Sun Liechen sighed:”What’s the point of saying all this? We have to contact the young marshal in Bolin and ask him to purchase equipment from Hans as soon as possible. If we don’t replenish our weapons and equipment, we will really die without a burial place next year!”
Sun Liechen’s suggestion reminded Zhang Zuolin that their only support now is the Hans people in Europe. If Hans can come forward to help them, then they may be able to rescue them, but if Hans doesn’t help them, then they really can only wait to die!
“”Okay, I’ll send a telegram to my son and ask him to deal with this matter immediately!”
The news of the war in Europe was only reported to the Celestial Empire in the past few days. Zhang Zuolin thought, since Hans has defeated Gaul, then their war on the European battlefield is basically over. Since it is over, they should be able to free up some equipment to assist themselves, right?
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When the Northeast Army in the north was trapped and even at the critical moment of life and death, the revolutionary government in the south was unstoppable. They went all the way north and captured six southern provinces in less than three months. At this time, the peak of the army was pointing directly to the Central Plains, and it was about to break through the Central Plains and go north to Zhili!
At this time, the founding father Sun Zhongshan had already passed away, and he was replaced by President Jiang of the Whampoa Military Academy.
President Jiang was ambitious. He saw the powerful combat effectiveness of the Northern Expedition Army and the weakness of the warlords in various places who were unable to resist the Northern Expedition Army! The
Fengtian warlord, the strongest among the warlords, was crippled by the foot basin people at this time. No one in the entire Celestial Empire could stop them now!
So, his ambition expanded rapidly. He wanted to take advantage of this great opportunity to eliminate all the warlords in the country in one fell swoop and unify the country!
However, he knew very well in his heart that the foot basin people were expanding their invasion of the Celestial Empire at this time. If the Northeast Army had not blocked the foot basin people in the north, the foot basin people might have already killed them to the heart of the Celestial Empire!
Therefore, even if they unified the Celestial Empire, they still had to face the attack of the Foot Basin people.
Although the Northern Expedition Army performed very well in the previous battles, they were only facing a group of corrupt and decadent old warlords.
These warlords themselves did not have much strength, and it was not worth celebrating to defeat them, nor did it mean that the combat effectiveness of the Northern Expedition Army really reached the point of being the best in the world!
Although Principal Jiang had not fought head-on with the Foot Basin Army, he made a clear judgment through his research on the industrial strength of the Foot Basin, the weapons configuration of the Foot Basin troops, and the combat training of the soldiers!
If a fight really broke out, the Northern Expedition Army would never be the opponent of the Japanese army!
Not only did they have a big gap with the Japanese army in terms of weapons and equipment and training level, but they also had a huge gap with the Japanese army in terms of the size of the troops and the total number of troops!
At this time, although the Northern Expedition Army had expanded to 20 armies, the number of people had rapidly expanded from 00,000 at the beginning to 400,000!
However, their total strength was still far inferior to the Foot Basin, and even inferior to the previous Northeast Army.
It’s just that the Northeast Army was crippled by the Japanese army at this time, and the number of people decreased a lot, so they became the strongest army in the Celestial Empire.
However, with only 400,000 people, and they still can’t supply their own weapons and equipment, all of which need to rely on imports, to fight against a foot basin with a complete industrial system that can produce weapons and equipment by itself!
This battle has no chance of winning!
Therefore, Principal Jiang, like Zhang Zuolin, thought of foreign aid in his heart!
As an army officer, Principal Jiang’s most admired person is naturally Hans, who has the strongest army in the world!