Episode 4: Fight back to Liaodong and regain the whole of China!

By 5:30 am on the day of the day, within half an hour, the five crossings had already broken through four. The last one was still landing in battle was the section between Nanjing and Ma'anshan. Because this section of the Yangtze River had the mother and son of the Ming army and the Xinjizhou Fortress, the Qing army's river defense on the other side was relatively strong.

At this time, it was almost dawn, so the legendary "air superiority" of the Ming army made a grand debut in the first battle to support the ground.

The Ming army quickly gathered a brigade of 36 dive bombers and a squadron of 16 fighters to bomb and strafuse the Qing army's 10-kilometer-wide position by the Qing army's river. In the good visibility during the day, the results of the Ming army's long-term hard training were fully demonstrated. Under the precise strike of the Ming army's dive bomber "surgical surgery", in less than five minutes, the Qing army's ten-kilometer-wide river defense collapsed. All from officials to soldiers collapsed.

After the bombing, there were only four types of people left on the beach: the first type was the dead Qing soldiers, the second type was the disabled Qing soldiers, the third type was the mentally collapsed Qing soldiers, and the fourth type was the Ming soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, shouting and rushing up the beach.

Five major landing sites have been established on the 450-kilometer-long river bank from Anqing to Zhenjiang, and are rapidly expanding to both sides. In the Qing army controlled area in the middle, it has quickly become an isolated island.

The Ming army military police quickly established order on the river beach, guided traffic, and cleared out the landing ground for the engineers and the prefecture bridge troops to build floating bridges. At the same time, a large number of Qing army prisoners were also continuously escorted.

More assault boats were continuously docking on the beach. The soldiers on the boat jumped down, took off their life jackets and threw them back into the boat, and their legs were paddled with water to climb up the river embankment. The driver drove the assault boat back to the other shore and transported the troops again.

In addition to assault boats, many larger diesel barges have appeared on the river. These barges carry the most urgent heavy weapons, such as light artillery, mortars, heavy machine guns, ammunition, engineer equipment, tanks supporting infantry, etc. On the east and south banks, the boat bridge troops are already busy. The beginning of the five breakthrough areas and the beginning of the pontoon bridges has appeared on the river.

The engineers of the boat bridge unit were as excited as the infantry. They were wearing life jackets and helmets, working very enthusiastically. The crane stretched out its long steel arms and hung boards, and there were engineers standing on the boards. These engineers held small flags, held whistles, waved their arms and directed the crane to put them down in the right position. The loudspeaker on the crane played passionate military songs, and the engineers around them sang in unison while working. Everyone was full of energy and they were full of energy. The infantry on both sides also looked excited, lined up the assault boat, sang military songs, and headed to the land in the controlled area of ​​Beiqing.

This kind of scene was everywhere on the front of the attack of the Yangtze River, which was hundreds of kilometers long. The morale of millions of Ming soldiers was so high that this was the first time since 1644.

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At altitude, there were dozens of roaring bombers and fighters. They were already advancing towards the deep target, bombing the railway hub on the Jinpu Line to prevent the Qing army from reacting and transporting troops to the south.

At low altitude, there were three dive bombers whistling and rushing past. These dive bombers were all clearing the way for the advancing Ming army and attacking the front station.

Where the Ming army ground troops had not yet arrived, they always heard the terrifying screams in the air first. These "air demons" yelled and rushed down in the air, firing black bombs. Large areas of Qing army barracks collapsed, and countless Qing soldiers were killed and injured and buried alive. The ammunition depots and garages, and the livestock sheds also exploded in the bombs, and the fires soared into the sky. The military horses covered in blood rushed out of the shed in a woeful manner and ran around.

The ammunition depot exploded one after another like a crater, and one fireball after another rushed into the sky.

The Qing soldiers rushed out of the barracks with their butts and covered their heads, rolled and crawled on the ground, looking for a place to hide. No one tried to organize the army, and everyone was only concerned about their own lives and could only drill wherever they were safe. Wherever the Ming army plane went, the Qing army below had completely lost its establishment and became a scattered sand that only focused on escaping. Although it was still an army at this time, it was no different from the common people.

Accompanying the dive bomber were more agile fighters. The sweat left by these fighter pilots during their hard training was found at this time. They all played with their skills, pressing the plane low, almost rubbing against the treetops and roofs, and could see the expressions of the Qing soldiers running below. The four machine guns of the fighter sprayed fire tongues, and the bullets exploded two strips of dust on the ground. The Qing soldiers below fled in all directions like rats that exploded a nest, leaving behind a corpse.

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The battle in the first hour went on very smoothly, because most of the Qing army were sleeping, and they were almost rushed to the edge of the bed by the Ming army and lifted it from the bed. The Qing army that had reacted was basically blown out of the bed by bombs. They were still looking for clothes, guns, and commanders, and the Ming army rushed to the front of them. So they all surrendered in a daze.

Because the People's Guard's long-distance tank troops were too concentrated, they could not pass until the pontoon bridge was built. Now, those who carried the river by barges were all supported infantry tanks from various divisions of the army. Each division had only 32 vehicles, which seemed very sporadic on the long attack front and could be transported across the river first.

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There are now two types of tank troops in the Ming army, one is the short-range support infantry tank troops, and the second is the long-range tank troops.

In the 1930s, the armies of various countries generally did not divide this way, and the tank troops were only supported by infantry and tank troops. This was also the arrangement made by Xiang Xiaoqiang when upgrading the Ming army based on the Soviet army's theory of deep combat and the actual experience of World War II.

The "close-range support infantry tank unit" in the Ming army was a tank battalion in the Infantry Division of the Mo, with 32 Lightning-3 heavy tanks. These 32 tanks will always advance with the infantry division, providing combat support to the infantry, and their role is tactical. Now this is the tank unit of various countries.

The "far-fighting tank troops" in the Ming army basically refer to the five armored divisions and five mechanized infantry divisions of the People's Guard.

The ten divisions of the People's Guard concentrated half of all Ming army tanks. Each armored division has two tank regiments, about 200 medium and heavy tanks. Each division of the Mechanized Infantry Division has one light tank regiment and about 100 light tanks. They are responsible for the task of long-distance and large-scale deep breakthroughs, that is, the vanguard of "blitzkrieg". Their role is strategic.

According to Li Gensheng and Gao Dayi and others' wishes, these five mechanic divisions should also be called "armored divisions", or at least "light armored divisions". In this way, the People's Guard will have ten armored divisions.

However, Xiang Xiaoqiang never agreed. These five mechanics and stance divisions were later formed, and the tanks equipped were all "Lightning-1" light tanks eliminated by the armored division, and there were very few Lightning-2. There were only 100 vehicles in total, and they were not as good as the "Armored Division" standard.

He knew that the German army called this division "Armored Grenadier Division", but he could not stand the weird name "Grenadier", so he adopted the name "Mechanized Infantry Division". In fact, in addition to tanks, the soldiers of these five divisions also rode completely in armored personnel carriers, and their artillery was also self-propelled artillery, which fully met the standards of "Mechanized Infantry".

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The infantry tanks of each division were transported to the north and west coasts one after another, roaring, squirting blue smoke, driving the river embankment from the wooden boards, and joining the infantry's offensive.

The emergence of tanks on the battlefield is very motivated to the morale of our own infantry. Even if we are now winning one after another, we will be one-sided and down-to-earth battles.

On the rural dirt roads, on the roads, and in the fields, there were marching Ming soldiers everywhere.

The roar of the tank engine appeared behind him. The soldiers carrying the rifles all turned around and saw that it was a tank. They cheered, holding the rifle, waving the helmet, and whistling wildly. The captain on the tank was also exposed outside the turret, grinning proudly, and bowing to the brothers below, as if they had won the top scorer and rode a horse back home in glory.

"Sir," a infantryman shouted to the captain of the tank, "Do you know where our target is?"

The captain didn't know either. However, he pointed forward very coolly and shouted heroically:

"I know, it's Beijing!"

Suddenly, the soldiers around him cheered wildly, and their admiration for the captain reached its peak.

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As soon as this example begins, soldiers are constantly shouting:

"How can I fight to Beijing? Go back to the outside of the pass!"

"Recover Liaodong!"

"Recover the entire Nurgandus!"

"Fight until Russia!"

"Catch all the land that the Qing throne cut off!"

"Yes! No inch is missing!"

"Catch back to Liaodong and regain the whole of China!"

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Above his head was a plane that whizzed by from time to time. Every time a plane passed, the Ming soldiers below would raise their heads and wave and cheer.

The soldiers knew very well that they had won so easily and had few casualties. Now, in their eyes, as long as there was their own plane in the sky, it meant that there would be victory ahead.

Correspondingly, there was a line of Qing army prisoners of war that could not be seen at first sight. These Qing soldiers were covered in dust, covered in clothes, covered in blood, short legs and folded arms, leaned on crutches, carried stretchers, supported each other, and marched in the opposite direction on the road.

In the first hour and a half of the beginning of the War of Unity, victory was everywhere. In addition to victory, victory was also victory.

Soon, the slogan "Catch back to Liaodong and recover the whole of China" spread throughout the offensive front hundreds of kilometers. Inspired by this slogan, the morale on the whole line was high.

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At 6:30 am on October 4, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Empire, the Foreign Minister formally summoned the ambassador to the Ming Dynasty from the world's major powers.

These diplomats have always had a keen sense of political smell. They have noticed something big about to happen since the radio was silent yesterday, and are waiting for this moment. Now, they are all gathered in the reception room of the Foreign Minister, each with their own ulterior motives, glanced at each other, and didn't talk to each other, waiting for the moment when the door was opened.

At 6:40, the door to the minister's office was opened. Foreign Minister He Ziguang came out, and greeted the ambassadors very solemnly and politely. Then, without much greeting, the few secretary behind him presented a gorgeous gold-plated document to each ambassador.

The ambassadors immediately felt heavy when they received it. Sure enough, something big happened.

I opened it and saw that it was a formal note.

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The ambassador of the special order and plenipotentiary of the country xx:

I am instructing you to the will of His Majesty the Queen of Our country: At 5:00 am today, our country has begun a war to regain the land of the north, eliminate the pseudo-Qing rebels, and rescue the people in the occupied areas.

During the civil war, the expatriates and various assets of your country in the pseudo-Qing controlled areas will be protected by our imperial government forces.

In this just war, Her Majesty the Queen of our country and all the subjects will continue to cherish the friendship of your country and fulfill the various agreements and obligations between the two countries as always.

Please convey the greetings of Her Majesty the Queen of our country to His Majesty (President\Prince) on my behalf.

And take this opportunity to pay our most sincere respect to you.

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Foreign Minister of the Ming Empire He Ziguang
Chapter completed!