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Chapter 9 Declaration of War

In 1895, on August 26, 2018, the sky had just dimmed, and street lights were lit up early on Chang'an Street. At this time, many high-end cars suddenly appeared on the road, and their direction and purpose were the same, that is, the Parliament Building on Chang'an Street.

The Parliament Building, one of the landmark buildings since the establishment of the Republic, always happens to the country. It is the busiest area. A large number of police officers have already received orders and appeared on both sides of the road to maintain order early. Only luxury cars with special passes can drive on Chang'an Street. At the same time, all the national flags in Beijing are lowered at half-staff, which indicates that the country has suffered a huge disaster.

With such a big scene, the residents of Beixiang City have not seen it for many years. All cable broadcasts in Beixiang City are constantly repeating this ridiculous voice: "Attention, pay attention, at 8 o'clock tonight, our beloved leader, great head of state, and the supreme leader of the country, Yang Shentong will deliver an important speech to the whole country." The interval between each message is 3 minutes. During this period, the national anthem of the Republic of China "The Dragon Starts from the East" is constantly playing.

As long as the cable radio speakers appear in Beijing, a large number of people quickly gathered together. People were tilting their heads and waiting for the voice that could determine the country and nation.

At about 8 o'clock, the parliament building was already full, and all the members of the two houses who could achieve attended the conference. When Yang Yi appeared on the rostrum with steady and resolute steps, the entire venue immediately fell into silence.

There is no need for hosting or prestige. Yang Yi stood on the rostrum, looked around for a week, and slowly took the microphone. He issued the famous "Declaration of Peace"

“All the people, gentlemen, ladies and

Today is a painful day for the Chinese nation. Why do I say that? Now I want to read a telegram to everyone. This telegram is a 100,000-year-old telegram forwarded by the East China Sea Fleet to Beijing three hours and twenty-two minutes ago. "When Yang Yi said this, his voice suddenly became gloomy and slightly choked. The people in the venue and the people in front of the radio suddenly felt their heartbeats being accelerated, and they held their breath, for fear of missing every word Yang Yi said.

"100,000 urgent! Commander-in-chief Deng of the East China Sea Fleet was transferred to President Yang of the Beijing Central Government. The British warships were four times the land of our warships. All warships had sunk. The enemy Adam battleship was sunk by our submarine. The Gulang hit the Ying-Wrestless Class Battleship King Arthur. All the combatants were not alive. Now we are the only one left. We will use our blood and life to defend the dignity of the Chinese nation. It is better to break jade than to be completely broken. This is just a matter of this. On August 26, 32, the Republic, at 4:05 pm. Major Salem, the Eighth Transport Brigade of the East China Sea Fleet."

Yang Yi read this not-too-long telegram very slowly. After five minutes, Yang Yi almost used all his strength to read the telegram word by word. After reading the telegram, Yang Yi's eyes were blurred, the eyes of the congressmen in the audience were blurred, and the eyes of the people on the field broadcast were blurred. People's thoughts were brought into the Atlantic Ocean surface filled with smoke. The short telegram contained the passionate blood of 2,635 officers and soldiers, and the unyielding fighting spirit over the Atlantic Ocean.

"Now it's only four hours before the end of that battle. I can tell you frankly that according to our information, all the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Transportation Brigade have also fought to the last moment. No one surrendered, and no one survived. The smoke of gunpowders over the Atlantic Ocean has not yet dissipated, and the heroes of the warriors are still watching us in the sky! Let's condolences to all the sacrificed warriors!" Yang Yi slowly lowered his head after saying this. At this time, people inside and outside the venue lowered their heads speechlessly, expressing deep condolences to the victims! The silence lasted for about five minutes. Yang Yi raised his head, coughed and watched the audience continue his speech.

"The British Navy launched a stern attack on my transport fleet without declaring war. This shameless act is a naked aggression. If you want to know how I will deal with this aggression, I can tell you now that it is war! We will use all the power that can be used to launch the most cruel war against the invaders!

Thirty years ago, we won the war against aggression and also achieved a leap from the country and the nation. We are never afraid of the war of aggression imposed on us by imperialism. We were able to defeat them before, and now we can still achieve the final victory!

Now I am solemnly proclaiming to the world as President of the Republic of China. The Republic of China declares war on Britain, France, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, all members of the Allied Powers, and join the allies with Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire as the core to fight alongside it.”

At the same time as Yang Yi's speech ended, thunderous applause rang out inside and outside the venue, and all the members of the parliament were shouting: "Declare war! Declare war! Avenge the war for the dead warriors and fight for the dignity of the Chinese nation! The Chinese nation is invincible! Long live the Chinese nation!"

The shouts start from the Parliament Building and quickly spread to the entire Beijing. The shouts cross the mountains, cross the plains, and spread to the whole of China. The shouts fly across the ocean and roar towards the world, as if they want to make the world understand that the Chinese nation is an unyielding nation and the Chinese nation will win! Any act that dares to provoke China will be subject to the cruelest revenge. This shouts shake the sky and earth, hovering over the world for a long time, indicating that a giant dragon will rise in the east of the world!

Yang Yi's speech was like a thunderclap, shocking the whole world. The night on August 26, 1895 was destined to be uneasy. The Allies were in chaos and Asia was in chaos.

Just at 6 a.m. the next morning, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore all announced to the world at the same time that they would join the battle sequence of allies and declare war on all the Allies.

Only Japan in Asia was in a panic all day long. The Japanese emperor held a cabinet meeting overnight to discuss the response policy, and also issued a message at 7 a.m. saying that Japan has always been China's friendly neighbor, and that Japan can completely give up its hostile stance against Germany and can immediately withdraw from the Allies and join China's camp.

After the Japanese nature of being fickle was undoubtedly exposed, it was immediately despised by countries around the world. Japanese diplomats could not even meet Chinese diplomats. The Japanese embassy was also besieged by the Chinese team overnight. All Japanese personnel in China were escorted back to Japan by armed forces.

The Chinese war is the most unwilling place for the Allies to see. Even the British regretted listening to Japan's instigation to provoke the Chinese fleet. They originally thought that the Chinese fleet would be inspected very cooperatively under the threat of the powerful British fleet. Unexpectedly, the Chinese Navy was so rebellious that a small transport fleet actually fought to the last person. This battle can be said to be a huge shame for the Royal Navy, with a quantity of 5:1, and a quality of occupancy.

The Royal Navy, which had the advantage, did not catch a prisoner, and paid the price of two fearless-class battleships, and the casualties were equal to those of the Chinese Navy. No wonder Jason wrote in his memoir after the war, "This nation is terrible, such an opponent will make the enemy tremble in front of them, and such an army will be invincible. When the Royal Navy's special mixed fleet went to sea to intercept the Chinese transport fleet, the end of this war was already destined!"

However, regret is useless, and there is no regret medicine in this world. All member states of the Allied Powers also declared war on China and the Asian countries to which China belongs at the same time on the morning of the 27th. A real world war has become a true name due to the joining of China.

As the participating countries, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were the happiest. Even they did not expect that the British would be so stupid that they would provoke China. If they were too late to hide, the allies would cheer for China to participate in the war. The German government delivered a speech at 5 a.m. on the 27th, welcoming China to join the Allies. What made the Allies most angry was that at 10 a.m. on the 27th, Italy, which had always had a very ambiguous relationship with both sides of the war, also shook his face at this time, announcing its joining the Allies led by China, Germany, and announced its troops to Tunisia, a French colony.

In China, Northeast China, two hours after Yang Yi's speech ended, the original exercise plan of the Northeast War Zone was immediately cancelled, replaced by a practical plan, with the goal directly aimed at the Russian important Russian town on the east bank of Lake Berga. The exercise troops originally planned to capture Irekuzke, and now the plan does not require too many changes. After all the troops entered the designated position as planned, they quietly waited for the issuance of combat orders.

An off-road vehicle drove into Sanhekou, a border town, and finally stopped in front of a military camp. This was the location of the 28th Regiment of the reorganized 7th Division. After Shenyang hurriedly got out of the car, the subordinate officers of the regiment were waiting at the door.

"Is it Captain Shen?" A group of officers who were fighting against the ranks of school officials and lieutenants on their shoulders came up to see Shenyang, and a burly man who led the lead told Shenyang.

"I am Shenyang, the new leader of the 28th Regiment. I am just a newcomer. Please introduce myself first?" Shenyang smiled and greeted everyone, and saluted everyone.

All the officers returned the salute to Shenyang unanimously, and then the leading officer said: "Captain Shen, the situation has changed. As soon as he received the order from his superiors, the troops immediately entered the state of war. The mission has come. The vanguard troops have set off. Now we are waiting for you to come. Let's talk while walking."

Shenyang was shocked when he heard this. He didn't hear anything when he came. He just talked about the exercise. Could it be...? With a group of doubts, Shenyang got into the off-road vehicle again, and followed two majors from the regiment headquarters. Among them was the one who was talking to Shenyang just now.

Following the vehicle leading the way, under the formation of a military vehicle leading the way and a military vehicle broke out, the convoy headed northwest in the dark.

"Hello! I am Li San, the political commissar of the regiment, and the stairs are the deputy regiment commander Han Ping." The man who had just talked to Shenyang got in the car and immediately introduced himself. Chen Yang turned around and shook hands with them one by one and asked, "What happened?"

"When you were on the way, we just received an order from the division headquarters that China had already joined the war!" After Li San solemnly reported the news to Chen Yang, Chen Yang could hardly believe his ears. How could this happen? Didn't it mean that he would reap profits and wait until Europe was exhausted before intervening? Could it be that Tang Tingshu lied to himself? It's impossible!

Chen Yang took a car for ten hours to arrive at the army. Before he could officially take over the army, the war broke out. This matter was too sudden. Chen Yang looked at his watch first, and it was 11:5 pm. After Chen Yang sorted out his thoughts, he rubbed his face with his hands and let himself wake up before continuing to ask: "What's going on in the specific situation? Tell me quickly!"

It turned out that Yang Yidi spoke in the parliament. He had already transferred to the Northeast War Zone in the form of a telegram. At the same time, he arrived the first combat order issued by the military headquarters, which was to directly turn the original exercise into an attack on Russia, with the purpose of forcing Irkuzke, a bridgehead for marching into Russia. The troops where Chen Yang was located also received a combat order, and the mission was to occupy an unknown highland outside Irkuzke within two hours after the battle began.

Chen Yang, who understood everything, immediately took out a flashlight from his bag and said to Li San: "Map!" Chen Yang put down the front seats, and Han Ping immediately spread the map. Under the dim light of the flashlight, Chen Yang began to look at the map carefully.

"Tell me about the specific situation!" Chen Yang said.

Han Ping seemed to have a better understanding of the situation of the troops. He was also familiar with the terrain and the enemy situation in this area. He took the initiative to take the flashlight and said, "Let's talk about our local situation first. Our regiment is a reinforced regiment, equipped with four infantry battalions, one heavy machine gun battalion, one light mortar company, one guard company, and a special mortar platoon. The entire regiment has a total of 2,856 people, and they are all here at present."

"Wait, what is a special mortar platoon?" Why is there such a system in the field troops?" Chen Yang asked in wonder.

Li San also said a little depressedly: "I don't know much about this. They were temporarily sent by the division headquarters to strengthen our territory. You were only half an hour earlier than the commander. I don't understand what they are doing now."

"They were received by me. A platoon leader actually had the rank of major, but they were actually chemical artillery." Han Ping took the speech.

"Okay, let's not talk about them for now, talk about our opponents."

"The specific situation is this, the target we want to capture..."

Beijing, Zhongnanhai. The night on August 26, 1895 was a sleepless night.

Yang Yi did not appear in his presidential office, but in the combat hall of the military headquarters. A huge sand table in the hall clearly showed the terrain on the Sino-Russian border. Yang Yi lay in front of the sand table and looked carefully, but did not speak for a long time. Minister of the Military Department Liu Mingchuan and Chief of Staff of the Army Li Xiucheng (also served as the commander of the Beijing Military Region) stood aside and watched without saying anything.

"Tell me, how sure is this battle?" Yang Yi first spoke.

Yang Yi's question was answered by Li Xiucheng: "Based on the intelligence we have collected in recent years, the Russians did not arrange heavy troops in Irekuzk because they were afraid of causing our misunderstandings. Interestingly, we only deployed two infantry divisions in this area. This time, due to large-scale exercises, the Northeast Military Region's troops in this area have increased dramatically. At present, there are as many as six divisions, one cavalry brigade, and one special artillery brigade. Two of them are reorganized divisions. The Russians have only two infantry divisions in this area. According to the organization of the Russian infantry division, one division is over 12,000, so the Russians' troops in this area will not exceed 30,000, while our ordinary division is 18,000, and the reorganized division is more than 30,000. Our troops are four times more than the Russians. In addition to our advantage in weapons and equipment, it can be said that occupying Irekuzk is easy to dominate."

"Okay! This is the first battle we participated in the war, we must win beautifully." Yang Yi hammered the table hard and thought to himself: It's time for the Russians to be unlucky. It's okay to have a border with us. We are going to carry out exercises on the eve of the declaration of war, so we should take the Russians to take action first.

"The war must be fought well, but we cannot put the cart before the horse. Russia is too big, so it is obviously unrealistic to launch a full-scale attack now. Just fight first so that the Russians dare not fight Germany with all their might. We still have to deal with the Asian issue first." Yang Yi continued.

"The General Staff has already sorted out the combat plan according to your instructions." Li Xiucheng and Yang Yi always talked respectfully.

Yang Yi walked to a huge world map and pointed to the map and said, "Look, we must concentrate our superior naval forces in the shortest time, conquer Japan first, and at the same time send submarine troops to go out of Malacca to enter the Indian Ocean. We must use submarines to block India. At most, we must end the Japanese battle in half a year, and then turn back to India from the sea to completely solve the British's power in Asia. Then consider Europe."

"In my opinion, with our current naval strength, we can completely separate some of the strength and send troops to Oceania to force Australia and New Zealand to surrender. This will not only strengthen our country's power, but also attack the British's maritime arrogance!" A voice suddenly penetrated. Yang Yi looked up and saw that at some point, Zhang Jian, who was recuperating at home, also came here, and the naval commander-in-chief Liu Yuan, was also here.

"Sir, why are you here too? Are you taking good care of yourself at home? Which stupid doctor agreed to you?" Yang Yi complained.

"Not blame others. In this case, why can I sit still? I am very happy to hear your idea. It means you are not confused yet. You know the importance of the primary and secondary. But we were forced to fight this battle in advance, but we can't fight a fool. How did the information leak? Have you found out?"
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