Chapter 659： break out

In the Kong Xiangxi delegation, while the purchased weapons and materials were still on board in Romania, a conflict on the land of North China was intensifying and gradually evolved into a war.

In early July, the Japanese army conducted an exercise near Beiping, using the disappearance of a soldier as an excuse to request a search of Wanping City. The local squadron refused their unreasonable request, and the Japanese army used this as an excuse to launch an offensive with Wanping City.

With the start of the battle in Wanping City, it also marked the outbreak of the War of Resistance. The Nanjing government, which cannot retreat, can only go to war, because northern China is an area that it cannot give up, and domestic public opinion has long been heated and there is no room for it to retreat.

Of course, in addition to the two parties involved, other countries are also paying attention to the war that broke out in the Far East. However, no one is more concerned than Romania, because the ink of the 250 million lei loan that has just been signed has not dried up yet.

"Damn it, do these Chinese people know that war is about to break out, that's why they borrowed such a large sum of money."

At the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Mihalaki couldn't help but report the foul language after the outbreak of the war in the Far East. When he got the news, he felt as uncomfortable as having eaten a fly.

Because after the outbreak of the war, the Nanjing government's ability to execute the repayment is questionable. And the thought that this loan was negotiated by him, it made him even more uncomfortable. Although His Majesty Edel also played a role in this, it was him who was in charge. Besides, did he dare to speak out about Edel?

Therefore, he has to recite the pot if he doesn't carry it. No one is in a good mood while carrying the pot, and Mihalaki, as the prime minister, is no exception.

"Do you want to park their supplies at the port?"

The secretary saw Mihalakai angry and couldn't help giving a suggestion, but in exchange for a roll of eyes.

What a bad idea to block weapons and materials at the port. For any reason, Romania's face is even worse.

The secretary, who knew he had said the wrong thing, hurriedly escaped.

And when the prime minister got angry, Edel took this telegram and thought. The outbreak of the War of Resistance was actually expected long ago, and Kong Xiangxi's visit was an obvious signal.

However, Romania is not able to give much help in this matter. But Edel tried his best to give some help. For example, if you sell the replaced equipment to Nanjing at half price, you can express some feelings. But Romania can only give so much help. There is no more, because Romania has its own interests, and it can guarantee the market and raw material base before. If it is more, it would be too conspicuous.

"Your Majesty, this is a war deduction report made by the military."

While Edel was thinking, a guard put a report on his desk. Thanks to Romania’s military advisory group in the Republic of China, Romania is very familiar with the intelligence of the Democratic Forces. In order to protect Romania’s interests, the military made this military exercise of the Sino-Japanese War, and the results have already come out.

Edel took this deduction report and looked at it. In the Romanian military's deduction, the Chinese side's results were not too good. First of all, in North China, the Romanian military's opinion is to abandon North China and defend it according to the Yellow River. The Taihang Mountains on the flanks need to be guarded firmly to ensure a geographical advantage.

In the Yangtze River Delta, the opinion of the Romanian military is to delay the actions of the Japanese. Take advantage of the dense local rivers to delay the enemy’s attack speed and buy time for the evacuation of the government, factories and people. In Guangzhou and Fujian in the south, it is necessary to organize government agencies, factories, and people to transfer as much as possible. Because the Japanese navy is incomparable to the Republic of China, it must avoid the enemy's advantage and try to extend the enemy's supply line as much as possible. As for the vital Yangtze River, it needs to be blocked to prevent it from being used by the enemy navy.

Of course, this plan is not a complete retreat. According to Romania’s estimate, the Japanese military industry needs to be blocked into three unconnected parts. The first is North China, the second is the Yangtze River Delta, and the third is the Pearl River Delta. The Romanian military believes that its main rear is in Wuhan, and the Japanese must not be threatened here as the essence of the rear food and human industry.

Then use the advantages of terrain and manpower to consume the opponents, until the Japanese army can't bear the consumption of war, and then launch a counterattack and gradually collect and pay for the lost ground.

In fact, this war game made by Romania is also a method of gaining advantage by using territory. However, the difference from history is that this plan uses Wuhan as the rear area instead of Chóng Qìng. The reason given is that the current civil affairs forces can protect the area from the threat of Japanese troops. In addition, the resistance of the people in the occupied areas can be used to prevent the Japanese army from using the manpower and resources of the occupied areas.

Of course, the military's deductions underestimated the brutality of the Japanese army, because in the previous wars in Europe, everyone had to talk about civilization. There is also that this is only from a military point of view, and lack of political considerations.

Because the first opinion of the military in the city of Shanghai is to give up. Because it is very simple, it is too close to the sea, which is very helpful for the Japanese army to use the advantage of the navy to consume **. The other is the problem of the capital Nanjing. In the opinion of the military, this city is to consume the opponent's use, and just give up when it is impossible to do.

Regarding the results given by the Romanian military, Edel looked at it and sighed. Although the Romanian military has become more and more capable in recent years, they still don't know much about the battle in the Far East, and a lot of thinking is based on the European model.

Edel looked at this erroneous deduction report, and called the guard after thinking about it. "Let them redo it, tell them that they don't understand, and send a telegram to ask Lieutenant General Mordelk. He is more familiar with the Far East."

Edel watched the guard leave, thinking of the Japanese army's unscrupulous use of poison gas, and called a guard again. "Calling Ambassador Zhu of the Republic of China, it means Romania wants to sell a batch of military supplies."

There is no way. When the brave warriors use towels to resist the poisonous gas of the enemy, Edel feels that he still needs to do something. Of course, this also has a lot to do with the gas masks being not too expensive. If they are too expensive, they are too embarrassed to give them away. He still understands the truth of looting without doing anything to commit crimes.

Speaking of gas masks, don’t think it’s not a big thing, and the value is not high, but it is an essential military material. Previously, the Kong Xiangxi delegation only bought 8,000 gas masks, which were not enough for the army. This also has a lot to do with the fact that the former Civil War squad had always been a civil war and did not know much about poison gas.

And Edel didn't want to wait until the Japanese army used it unscrupulously before the Republic of China remembered what was missing.