Chapter 265(1/2)
Before this, almost no one knew who Guo Haiqing was?
who is he?
Even Song Biao didn't know about this problem.
The hero slept in the depths of the sea.
At that moment, it is really incomprehensible how he made that tragic and resolute choice. This may be because Asians have always had the spirit of sacrifice that is to belittle me and value the country and nation, as well as national awakening
The strong nationalist spirit at the time.
Of course, there is no conclusion at this stage whether Guo Haiqing and driver Li Hunting can be considered heroes.
Whether it is the Central Military Department of China or the Japanese Department, both sides want to drag the captain of the Nagano cruiser, Kyoshi Hasegawa, out to whip the body, in the words of Japanese Navy Minister Miyoshi Takahashi-"Kyoshi Hasegawa
Is that guy crazy? How could he fire a fire recklessly?"
It is also difficult for the Central Military Department to understand Guo Haiqing's direct impact on the Japanese Navy Nagaoka cruiser.
In short, Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Guo Haiqing's confrontation in a moment directly brought the Chinese and Japanese navy into a state of war. Before that, although the Japanese Navy Province made a point of "even if they wanted to go to war with the Chinese navy, they would not hesitate to safeguard the dignity of the empire."
Crazy tough stance, and the Chinese Central Military Commission and the South Pacific Naval Command also made a stubborn stance of "restraining Japan's expansion even if a war broke out", but neither side actually had a real plan to start a war, and even this way
No determination.
In fact, both sides just wanted to use this tense and tough attitude to force the other party to make concessions, or continue to force the Netherlands to make concessions like the first Indonesian crisis, and both sides made profits from it.
The result of this situation really makes it difficult for both the top naval leaders and the cabinet governments on both sides to accept it. This is really terrifying. The officers in the lower levels must be crazy, right?
Everyone cursed in such a horror.
Especially this guy Hasegawa Kiyoshi, before the SNY40315 patrol plane hit the Nagaoka heavy cruiser behind him, about ten technical officers and soldiers of the Chinese Navy were parachuted from the plane. Because the distance of the parachuting was too low, only a few of them were
Several people actually opened the parachute and landed on the sea, but these people were killed by Hasegawa Kiyoshi's orders to fire with machine guns.
Because the Nagaoka heavy cruiser has lost its power, and the Chinese Navy's aircraft and warships are rushing over. In order to prevent the Nagaoka heavy cruiser from falling into the opponent, Colonel Hasegawa Kiyoshi ordered the Nagaoka cruiser to sink, but
The Nagano cruiser did not escape, and the two patrol planes that arrived later locked it firmly. The next morning, four submarines successfully ambushed in the northern waters of the Seran Sea, interfering with the patrol planes and seaplanes.
The opponent and delayed the speed of the Nagano cruiser's cruiser, fired six torpedoes in the form of submarine wolves fighting to sink it.
This is the Nagano incident.
No matter how the history of both sides will evaluate this matter in the future, there is no doubt that at least at this moment, the top leaders of the military headquarters on both sides are extremely hated and painful. No one could have expected that this small thing would be over before.
The Japanese navy was dragged into the abyss.
The Imperial Japanese Navy, which lost two heavy cruisers, could not give up, and the Imperial Navy could not stop revenge. However, for both sides, it would be not worth the loss to start the Sino-Japanese naval battle in such a bizarre and unacceptable way.
Two hours after the Nagano was sunk retaliated, Shu Fangde took a plane from Europe and rushed back to Beijing. There are three airports in Beijing, namely Beijing Chaoyang Airport, Central International Airport and Central Air Force Airport. Central Air Force Airport is directly affiliated to the Central Air Force Airport.
The Central Military Department is a dedicated airport under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Department and the Ministry of National Defense.
Shu Fangde flew all the way for sixteen hours and could only rest on the bumpy plane. When he got off the plane, he was almost disbanded. The feeling was like a pain and dizziness like surging over the mountains and seas.
What's worse than this is that as soon as he got off the plane, he heard the Nagano incident when the Minister of Defense Chen Qicai, who came to pick him up, talked about the Nagano incident. Shu Fangde felt a palpitation, his eyes turned dark, and he almost fainted on the spot.
With the support of his entourage, Shu Fangde barely recovered from the moment when his blood pressure was rising. It took him a while to recover.
There are several military-department-specific aircraft about to take off at the airport. The loud noise of the propeller roars and the strong wind swept. Shu Fangde received the latest military information notice from Chen Qicai and looked at the report presented by the South Pacific Naval Command.
There was a buzzing inside, and he was a little overwhelmed.
After reading the report, Shu Fangde still looked at Chen Qicai in surprise, as if he wanted to find the answer from Chen Qicai, and asked him again: "Have you reported to Your Majesty?"
Because he was injured in the European battlefield, his right hand was cracked by shrapnel and covered with scars. Even though he was wearing white gloves, Chen Qicai would habitually put his right hand in his pants pocket and smoke with a cigarette in his left hand, with a solemn expression.
Reply to Shu Fangde: "It has been reported and His Majesty has also approved it."
Shu Fangde asked anxiously: "How will your Majesty choose?"
Chen Qicai replied calmly: "Your Majesty said that it is better to act first, and then to act again will be affected."
After a moment of pause, he added his opinion: "It has come to this point. Except for the formal war, both sides can no longer maintain a decent state of confrontation without fighting. Gui Yongqing, the bastard, sank two Japanese heavy ships in succession.
What else do you want to do now? You can only wait until the war is over before you settle the accounts."
Shu Fangde was still not so sure about the situation of the navy and asked Chen Qicai: "Is the navy confident?"
Chen Qicai thought for a while and said, "Fight... If the Army and the Air Force start faster and advance directly to the Korean Strait, the situation will be much better. However, based on our understanding of Japan, even so, Japan will not accept it.
A truce treaty will be a very complicated situation in any case, but no matter what, you will always have the advantage when you start first. As far as we know, Japan has mobilized comprehensively and an extremely powerful war is inevitable, but I hope this
One battle can win ten years of peace for the empire."
Shu Fangde handed the military information report back to Chen Qicai, sighed in a heavy mood, and said, "It's true, it's like this."
yes.
This is actually the case.
It can be said that China and Japan have experienced all kinds of storms and waves, and no real war has broken out. Who would have thought that at this moment, a war broke out for the little conflict between the Netherlands and Japan.
Both sides were originally just intimidating attempts to stop each other, and there was absolutely no plan to break out in a war. As Japan speculated, China would definitely prevent Japan from expanding and be the biggest beneficiary of the South Pacific waters, especially in
The naval strength is only 1/2 of that of Britain and the United States, and equivalent to the Japanese Navy 70, China's most hope is to maintain the current situation. Of course, if Japan forces the Netherlands to continue to give in, China will have a chance to profit from it.
, that would naturally be an acceptable and good ending.
Shu Fangde couldn't help but ask Chen Qicai: "Who is the captain of the Japanese Nagano?"
Chen Qicai thought for a while and said, "It should be the extreme ** faction of Hasegawa Kiyoshi. It is praised for saying that he is a ** faction. In fact, he is a Qihua faction with obvious neuroticism and a dilemma in the imperial world."
Shu Fangde cursed hatefully: "Is that guy really crazy? Or is he crazy?"
Chen Qicai said: "It is obvious that both are, and there are countless such people in the Japanese military. I don't know if it is their tragedy or our unlucky."
Both of them are full of complaints. Although they are always warlike as soldiers, neither of them belongs to hawks. Among the Central Military Department, the generals of the peace faction are actually the majority, especially the general.
Among the high-level generals at the level, there are basically only people with fierce personalities like Zhang Yahu who are strictly hawks, and most of the others belong to the peaceful faction and do not want a war to break out with Japan.
The Chinese are not a nation that is keen on foreign development. They are now vast. In addition, their special status as a world power and the Sino-French alliance have enough room for development in the world. Obviously, they are not as active as Japan, so they are eager for expansion.
Instead, we pursue stability and peace, and gradually govern the territory and overseas provinces and protected areas that we already have in peace.
Having said that, Japan is a poor hedgehog with strong military power and average national economic strength. What can China get if it spends huge amounts of money and manpower to defeat Japan?
The two got on a jeep from the military headquarters and took a car to the General Hospital of the Central Military Office together.
As the head of the inner court, Shu Fangde can make decisions and sign orders on behalf of the emperor when the emperor is not in the country. This is also the reason why Emperor Song temporarily arranged for him to fly back to the country. As long as he comes back, whether it is a war or a peaceful negotiation.
, He can temporarily perform his duties on behalf of the emperor.
There are two first-class eunuchs left in China, among which the most experienced is Major General Fang Dingying. He was born in the Central Military Staff Department and has prepared to hold a sect meeting in advance. He just waited for the emperor to come back urgently. Will the emperor return?
Come, the head of the inner court, Shu Fangde, can also hold the Central Training Council according to the specifications when he comes back.
There was also chaos on the cabinet. Whether it was a war or a peace talks, the cabinet had nowhere to go.
Before this, Prime Minister Ouyang Geng had originally planned to arrange for Minister of Transportation Wang Zhaoming to visit Japan and took the opportunity to negotiate and contact the Indonesian incident, but he never expected to enter a state of war directly.
When he heard that Shu Fangde had returned to Beijing, Ouyang Geng immediately went to the Central Palace in person, waiting for the convening of the Central Commission for Training and Administration.
The Chinese Empire is roughly the same as Japan, and the same is true for Germany. The government cannot control the military. It is difficult to determine whether a war begins or not depends on the government. The struggles with German parties, as well as the Japanese cabinet and military struggles, because
The imperial family was in a strong position, and the royal family was above the cabinet and the military. The royal family coordinated various issues between the cabinet and the military, and implemented a strict military-political separation system so that the two sides would not fight each other.
After Shu Fangde returned to the Central Palace, because the queen was also in Europe, he first went to the inner court to meet Concubine Qiao and briefed the royal concubine about the situation of convening the Central Secretariat, but this was just a procedural rule, regardless of
Neither Concubine Qiao nor Empress Shu have the right to preside over the work of the royal family.
After informing Concubine Qiao, the royal representative, Shu Fangde returned to the Propaganda Department to preside over the Central Training Council.
When Shu Fangde arrived at the Propaganda Hall, the cabinet ministers and important leaders of the military headquarters had arrived, sitting in two rows on both sides of the conference table. Shu Fangde quickly walked into the conference room, still feeling a little nervous
I sat down and read the military information summary of the General Office again, and then I formally presided over the meeting.
Without the emperor here to control the market, the cabinet and military department will inevitably lose control and blame each other. Finally, Shu Fangde decided to inform the emperor and make a decision. Only then did everyone calm down again, but decided to follow the emperor's decision to take action first and wait for victory.
After the loss has been divided, the cabinet will send diplomats to negotiate a ceasefire.
The war rewards that Japan can get from is very small. Both the military and the cabinet hope to fight a war of dignity to maintain the status and dignity of the empire's world power. There is no need to fight to the death. Adhering to the empire's consistent style. Since we have to
The game must start with fierceness, take the lead and prepare for the subsequent negotiations. After all, if the battle continues for a long time, it will only make profits for Britain, the United States and other countries, which is not conducive to the empire's continued pursuit of the seat of the world economic hegemon.
After communicating with the central cabinet through the Central Training Council, Shu Fangde and Jiang Fangzhen, Chen Qicai and Zhao Tingzhu of the Central Military Department continued to discuss the military's next detailed countermeasures in the talks room.
The imperial military system is quite different from that of foreign countries. After implementing the reform of the large military system, in order to avoid internal conflicts between the imperial navy, army and air force like the Japanese navy and army, the imperial government merged the Army Department, the Air Force Department, the Navy Department and the General Administration of Patrol.
It became the Ministry of National Defense, and established the Central Defense Commission and the Central Military Commission as the highest military institutions.
Emperor Song was the chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Empire. Under this, the Central Military General Staff Department was established, that is, the Central Military Department. The Central Military Department was established with the Army General Staff Department, the Navy General Staff Department, the Air Force General Staff Department, the Logistics Department, and the Operations Department.
The Training Department, the Ministry of Military Education, the Ministry of Culture and Administration, the State Administration of Military Science and Technology (Science and Technology) and the State Administration of Military Intelligence, and the Third Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force shall each have a chief of staff responsible for the daily work of the service.
Overall, the Ministry of Defense is responsible for policy formulation and overall arrangements, while the Central Military Department is responsible for implementation, but the agency that is truly responsible for formulating policies is the Central Military Commission.
Cai E was forced to retire from active service because he had once protected the cavalry too much, and became the Minister of Land and Resources. Duan Qirui, Zhang Xianren, Zhu Qian and other generals who were not of this department also retired due to age and other reasons.
Chen Wu was dealt with for violating military law and was demoted to retire with the rank of major general forcibly. Yang Tiesheng retired from active service due to illness.
In addition, Shu Fangde was transferred to the position of the chief of the inner court, and the fourteen army generals and an air force general of the empire. Now only Jiang Fangzhen, Jiang Yanxing, Zhao Tingzhu, Chen Qicai, Zhang Xiaohuai, Zhang Yahu, and Fu Liangzuo are still in the Central Military Department.
, Zhang Hongkui and eight others.
To be continued...