Xin'an Tucheng is located in the central part of the Far East Prefecture of Japan, near the Ussuri River. It was expanded on the basis of the Russian town of Dalinetchensk after Japan occupied the Far East Prefecture. It is a semi-military and semi-civilian border fortress city. It is also the capital of Antu Prefecture and an important station on the Far East Railway. Now the division headquarters of the Japanese Army Second Division and the 30th Regiment belonging to the division. These troops have been mobilized in May in the pre-war period and have all been fully replenished. In addition, there are nearly 200,000 Japanese immigrants near Xin'an Tucheng, of which nearly 10,000 were also organized into volunteer teams and distributed weapons. They can cooperate with the Japanese regular army at any time.

But even such a powerful force, in the view of Lieutenant General Nagasaka Yansuke, the commander of the Second Division, is still not enough to ensure the safety of Xin'antu and Far East Railway. Because on the land of Heilongjiang Province, China, which is separated from Xin'antu, there is also a large military fortress built by the Chinese in recent years. This fortress is built on a flat ground not far from the Ussuri River, and is only three or four kilometers away from the Far East Railway and Xin'antu. Not to mention using heavy artillery, even using 75mm mountain cannons can easily block railway traffic with firepower.

Cut off the Japanese troops' retreat on the Amur River! While building the Hutou Fortress, China also paved a light railway connecting the fortress and the Central and Eastern Railway. A large number of barracks and fortifications were built around the fortress, and a large area of ​​nearby areas were even classified as military restricted areas. Recently, a large number of troops were transferred from Harbin to deploy them on the Chinese land on the west bank of the Ussuri River. All this shows that the Chinese team is also actively preparing for war, and it doesn't look so easy to deal with!

But what really made Lieutenant General Kensuke Nagasaka feel was not the Central Team on the other side of the Usuri River, but the new Colonel Captain of the 30th Regiment under his jurisdiction, Seishiro Itagaki! Uh, a lieutenant general division commander was actually afraid of a Colonel Captain! This Nagasaka is really cowardly, but Nagasaka also has his own difficulties. Colonel Itagaki's official is not as big as himself, but he can't stand the backstage like a steel plate. That's the confidant of His Highness Hirohito! This time he went to the 30th Regiment to be the roster captain, but he was the Crown Prince of the Crown Prince... It was nothing, at most it was just a gilded and then promoted.

But things were not that simple. The commander of the Second Division had long heard the news. His Royal Highness was extremely dissatisfied with the current "national policy of going south" and "weak diplomacy against the branch". During this visit to the Soviet Union, he also signed some secret agreement with the Soviet Union behind his back and prepared to join forces with the Soviet Union to start a war against China! He was so hot that he was so excited that he was tiny that he was tiny. The "Mainland faction" who had originally had little voice in the army has now been greatly boosted. The young and strong officers in the Far East Army seemed to have become the bones of the "Mainland faction" overnight.

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The Colonel Seishiro Itagaki was still discussing the issue of "war against the branch" in the division and regiment headquarters, so Colonel Hirohito became the core of these people in a short period of time.

The head boss of Nagasaka Division, Muto Nobuyoshi, who was appointed as the commander of the Far East Army under the rank of Lieutenant General, said a few words to him after hearing Nagasaka's complaints: "Nagasaka, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, now he has taken charge of major affairs. His meaning is His Majesty the Emperor, and we can only follow... Unfortunately, the Prime Minister does not understand this and is still trying to fight with Your Highness. Now the real danger is here. The palace and the cabinet cannot work together. The cabinet does not act in accordance with the will of the palace, and the palace does not implement the major affairs through the cabinet. The two sides are guarding against each other and restraining each other. In the end, I am afraid that nothing will be achieved. Our Far East Army cannot commit the mistakes of Nagata Kr Itagaki Kr is now executing His Majesty the Crown Prince's will. We cannot assist from the side, which has violated the way of the ministers. If we still want to obstruct, can we still be considered a minister loyal to His Majesty the Emperor?"

What this heartfelt word in Nagasaka Kensuke probably means: Now the Crown Prince is making trouble, we can't control ourselves as ministers, so just turn a blind eye and let him go. Anyway, this Japanese Empire belongs to their family, so you can do whatever you want.

Since the commander said so, Nagasaka Kensuke naturally had to suffer from selective blindness, Mao Pu, who was allowed to let Itagaki Seishiro do whatever he wanted.

In fact, Nagata Tetsuyama Itagaki Seishiro Kawamoto's master of Tada Kum-Meijiro Umezu, and others who were responsible for creating an excuse to start a war in the Far East were still very meticulous in their actions, and they did not have any intention of making a mistake. They were all real elites of the Japanese army. Naturally, they knew that "the estimation of the situation must be based on facts" The principle in the Prussian military theory, so they made two completely different situation estimates based on the fact that Chang Ruiqing was alive or dead, and formulated a complete strategy that seemed to be able to advance or retreat. Well, if their opponents were not so foolish,

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Colonel Seishiro Itagaki, who was responsible for implementing this perfect strategy, took the moonlight to look at the watch in his hand. It was already 10:28 pm on June 7th. Although it was already late at night, the weather was very good, so with the help of the moonlight, he could still see the situation on the slowly flowing Ussuri River not far away clearly. Behind him was the defensive position guarded by more than 3,000 officers and soldiers of the 30th Regiment of the Second Division of the Far East Army. Since last night, they drove out from the Xin'an Tucheng station in the name of exercises, waiting for the opportunity to lurk here, eating cold rice balls and drinking cold water, waiting for the victory of the King Kong to come. In Xin'an Tucheng, the 12 150mm howitzers and 105mm howitzers and 12 75mm were in the Second Artillery Regiment.

"The field cannons are all ready. As long as the news of the stabbing is often successful, they will spit out flames at any time. More than 3,000 officers and soldiers of the 30th Regiment will jump out of the defense line and use assault boats to cross the Ussuri River. By suddenly attacking, the Hutou Fortress, a large stronghold used by the Chinese team to threaten the Far East Railway, and fired the first shot of the Far East Army's massive westward into Manchuria! But why hasn't the news of the King Kong been heard yet? He watched the second hand of the watch rotate in circles, and a somewhat ominous premonition began to gradually surge into his heart.

Due to the time difference, it is almost 8:30 near the Strait of Malacca. Although it is close to the equator and the day is long, the night should have come at this time? If the King Kong had not found Chang Ruiqing's ship when it was dark, something might be wrong? He turned his head and looked at the direction of the corps. There was a long-wave radio station waiting for the King Kong's "successful operation" or "no target found" telegram sent by the King Kong at any time.

In addition, on the playground of the wing station, there were about forty Koreans who had put on the uniforms of the Chinese National Defense Army. They were evidence of the legality of the raid! Just when the victory of the King Kong came, they would be dragged to the side of the railway near the 30th Regiment barracks, and a small bag of ** would be detonated on the side of the railway tracks of the Far East Railway. This would cause the evidence of the Chinese team's crime of destroying the Far East Railway. With these evidences, Japan could legitimately start war against China, and seize this wealthy land of Manchuria after Chang Ruiqing's death!

At this time, the Japanese Far East Army also completed the mobilization of eight divisions and a cavalry group in the name of "China's Mobilization" and reached a full-scale state! Moreover, Commander Muto Nobuyi also secretly mobilized the main force of the troops from the coast of the Amur River to the Far East Railway 200,000 fully armed officers and soldiers and nearly 500 cannons of various calibers were ready, just waiting for the full start of the war, although they also knew that in the Manchuria area of ​​China, there were 8 troops with a total of more than 400,000 national defense troops, equipped at least 15

00 artillery types, and an air force far stronger than the Japanese Army Air Force. However, the top leaders of the Japanese Far East Army still believe that as long as the Chinese dictator Chang Ruiqing dies, this seemingly powerful Chinese team will immediately fall into chaos without a leader. The entire empire behind the Japanese Far East Army will follow without hesitation. Under the wise leadership of Prince Hirohito, the fallen China will be defeated again, establishing the Japanese Empire's dominance on the East Asian continent, and then head south to compete with Britain and the United States! This is the national policy that Japan should adopt.

Tigerhead Fortress on the other side of the Ussuri River

"Hurry, hurry up, everyone moves quickly!" The commander of the Tigerhead Fortress and the 11th Army Fortress Brigade" Iron Blood Republic of China

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The beginning of the war is chaos

"The brigade commander Colonel Fu Zuoyi was standing on the fortress artillery position in his military uniform, and with a stern face, loudly urging the artillery officers and soldiers under his command to quickly get ready for battle! Lieutenant Colonel Hao Mengling, the chief of staff of the Tiger Head Fortress and the 11th Fortress Brigade, held a folder and issued a pre-measurement to the company commanders of each artillery company. The biggest function of this Tiger Head Fortress, which cost tens of millions of Chinese Yuans, was to bombard the fortress with cannons attached to the fortress.

Attacking the Japanese garrison and Far East Railway on the other side of the Ussuri River, the fortress artillery is not as strong as Chenda. It is equipped with 12 7-inch shore defense cannons, 155mm field cannons, 12 155mm field heavy howitzers, 12 75mm mountain cannons, 12 88mm anti-aircraft cannons and 12 37mm rapid-fire cannons! Except for the 12 rapid-fire cannons used for tanks, the other 60 cannons can all obtain the Japanese Xin'an Tucheng and Far East Railway.

After receiving the joint issuance of the General Staff Army Department, the "Start into the wartime state" issued by the Northeast Security Command, and the instructions to "execute the No. 1 combat order" issued by the Northeast Security Command, the battle alarm sounded immediately. Nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers took less than 10 minutes to dress up and go to their respective combat posts. Then, 16 cannons from the four artillery companies who were preparing to commit to the artillery fire also pointed their high muzzles at the Japanese base and railway in the east. They were waiting for the scheduled artillery time to arrive at 10:30.

Fu Zuoyi looked at the officers and soldiers who had already entered the state of combat, and a satisfied smile flashed across his face. It seemed that the long-term rigorous training was still quite effective. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was already 10:28.

Now on the long Sino-Japanese border between the two sides of the Hutou Fortress, the three infantry troops of the Chinese National Defense Forces and the nine infantry divisions of the military divisions received orders to enter the wartime state almost at the same time! More than 150,000 fully armed Chinese officers and soldiers have been waiting for a long time, waiting for a Sino-Soviet or Sino-Japanese war to test China's achievements in the past few years!

The minute and second hands of Fu Zuoyi and Itagaki Seishiro's watches point to the Arabic numerals at almost the same time.

"Let the fire! Open the fire! Let the Japanese know how powerful we are!" With Fu Zuoyi's order, he gave a call.

The sixteen cannons roared almost at the same time, and the flames were spitting out, and smoke filled the smoke. In a blink of an eye, the Japanese army rose up in the barracks and positions near Xin'an Tucheng and the Far East Railway everywhere!

The huge explosion kept ringing and orange flames illuminated the barracks of the 30th Regiment of the Japanese Army outside the Tucheng City of Xin'an into a bloody and huge mushroom clouds rolled and rose in the sky. It looked like this momentum was not like a 150mm-level cannon! The sand, stone, steel rail sleepers and human flesh were lifted up at the same time, and they kept rushing into the sky! After the "Iron Blood Republic of China" round of artillery attacks, the Far East Railway connecting the north and south of the Japanese front had been given two pieces of bullet craters several meters deep with a radius of dozens of meters!

Seishiro Itagaki and several captains of his 30th Regiment were immediately frightened by the amazing scene in front of him. The Chinese people actually took action without regard to the ancient saying of "being polite and then being soldier"! What's going on? Seishiro Itagaki was the first to react from the shock, rolled and crawled back to his front command post, found the field phone, shook his hand and picked up his headphones and was about to call the second division headquarters, shouted at the top of his voice: "The Chinese people have taken action, they have bombarded the Far East Railway, are real Chinese people! They have really fired! The railway line has been seriously damaged and cannot be passed!" I don't know how many times I repeated the shouts, and I have to emphasize that it is true, not the evidence of the Chinese attack they forged!

The news that "the Chinese really started attacking" was uploaded layer by layer through the command system of the Second Division and the Far East Army. All the Chinese Navy ships that could go out to sea to fight were quietly leaving their docks under the cover of the night. Of course, some Chinese and foreign ship crew members witnessed their departure. The reason why this happened was because the main major ports in China were too lively this night. Marines sailing small boats or officers and soldiers from local security forces searched everywhere in the port with Japanese flags hanging everywhere.

The passenger and cargo ships of the flag made them one by one! Moreover, during the mission, there were frequent fire exchanges. Many Japanese ship sailors were beaten to death in the resistance, and more people were honestly taken to the camp where they were centrally guarded. In addition, in several free markets where Japanese people were concentrated, all Japanese companies, factories, financial institutions, and Japanese brothels were also sealed off. Of course, the scene was quite chaotic, and there were sporadic gunfires from time to time... All of this seemed to show that China and Japan were already in a state of full-scale war!

However, at this time, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka seemed to have no idea that his country was already fighting with the Chinese. In the days since Prince Hirohito returned from the Soviet Union, the prince, who had been quite happy, had promised in front of him that in addition to the "Japan-Soviet Joint Statement", he did not sign any secret treaties with the Soviet Union behind his back. After exchanging opinions with Kitaichiko, Yoshiichi Tanaka also believed Hirohito's promise. In the following days, the regent prince seemed to have returned to the peaceful but boring palace life. Tanaka felt that perhaps after Emperor Taisho's death, His Highness Hirohito would jump out to cause trouble for the cabinet. But now, with a powerful prime minister like himself, this prince should not make any tricks? He is a powerful prime minister who controls the parliament and the army at the same time.

And this afternoon, the Japanese consulate in Chita's ""an had an emergency telegram from the Soviet Far Eastern Republic. The Soviet Far Eastern Republic seemed to have triggered a large-scale riot due to the government's oppression of peasants! There were also regular troops involved in the riot. Chita, the capital of the Far Eastern Republic, was also attacked. As of 12 noon local time, the riots' military and civilians had already attacked Chita city and launched street fighting with some armed personnel from the Soviet Union... This should be good news? Tanaka thought: "No matter whether His Highness Hirohito had reached a conspiracy with the Soviet Union, the Soviet civil strife can always make this conspiracy unimplementable for the time being. At least before the Soviet Union quelled the civil strife, how many days can I live as a prime minister?

So on this night, Tanaka Yoshihide hugged his wife and went to bed early. When he was sleeping to the sweetest, suddenly a voice shouted in his ear: "Master! Master! Wake up quickly! War! Wake up quickly..."

Tanaka Yoshiichi vaguely heard the word "war". His years of experience as a professional soldier made him wake up from his deepest sleep. He yawned up from the tatami and looked around with a pair of sleepy eyes. He saw his confidant, Army Intelligence Director Okamura Nagaji and Foreign Minister Kitaichiko, actually knelt in his bedroom, and they were both angry! (To be continued
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