The Battle of Tianjin was fought strangely, and there was a dark wind within the Chinese people. According to normal military regulations, Jiang Lie and others discovered the enemy's strategy. After knowing the danger of Tianjin, they should be on standby according to common sense.
There are many purposes for standing on standby. On the one hand, they can wait for subsequent reinforcements to come and directly command the battle. If no Chinese troops come, they should also serve as military observation posts to inquire about all the details of the war at close range.
There is absolutely no reason to leave, so how can we directly recall it? What is the essential difference between this and desertion?
Tianjin Wei's geographical location is very important. Before the railway, it was the land and water hub of the Qing Dynasty. The Grand Canal and the Haihe River system were connected here, and land transportation was also very convenient.
Communication between the north and the south, including your goods going out of customs and going to the Northeast, has to go here. Nowadays, railway access is even more important!
There is a danger of war in Tianjin Wei, and the Chinese people must not ignore matters that have nothing to do with themselves!
Someone said that Tianjin Wei is not a Chinese concession area, and there is no industrial area. If you send troops brazenly, aren't you just like foreign devils?
This is a big mistake. The world has no chance to study the details of the Beijing-Tianjin railway construction treaty. The Chinese and Manchus accounted for a full 70% of the shares of this railway, while the foreign devils only had 30% of the shares.
Why did Xiao Letian form a railway corps? The purpose was to control the railways along the Qing Dynasty in the future. This was a rapidly mobile combat readiness force.
It is clearly written in the treaty that once an evil act of damaging the railway occurs, no matter who is destroying the railway or which force it is, the Chinese railway soldiers have the right to intervene militarily!
This is authorization. This is a very big concession made by Zai Chun. In fact, it also adds a safety valve to himself!
On the night of the bloody battle in Zhuozhou, the railway soldiers directly participated in the battle. Guiziliu was helpless because he knew very well that this was what the treaty said. When there was a lawsuit in the future, Luo Huo took out the treaty and said that you had destroyed the railway, and they would have an excuse to intervene.
You are just saying that the railway soldiers intervened too harshly and killed too many people, but you cannot say that the intervention was wrong!
The loss of a dynasty's sovereignty is sad at this point!
Last night, Jiang Lie, Ma Hui and others deduced the danger. First of all, we should consider that this railway will be in great danger, so there is absolutely an excuse for the railway soldiers to intervene.
It is difficult for people in this era to understand how important railways are, but if you study the history of the nineteenth century carefully, many wars were actually fought over the control of a railway.
The Russo-Japanese War was actually fought over the control of the Kanto Railway. Even the young marshal that year went crazy and declared war on the Red War Bear, also for the control of the Eastern Railway.
Railways were a lifeline in the 19th century and the foundation for political power to control places. Money, power, military, and politics would all be extended because of a railway.
To put it bluntly, if Tsarist Russia had not built the Siberian Railway, the modern history of the world would have definitely been rewritten!
Without this railway connecting the east and the west, Tsarist Russia would not have been able to resist the Russo-Japanese War for long. Without logistical supplies, the Far East would have been occupied by little Japan!
Without this railway, during World War II, when encountering the German Blitzkrieg, the Soviet Union would not have had such a vast rear area to provide resources to resist step by step.
Without railways, the so-called strategic depth is nonsense, and industry cannot develop!
Without this lifeline, Moscow would have been lost long ago, and all Soviet territory in Europe might not be able to be saved!
The railway is the lifeline of the continental empire and the steel arm extending the maritime rights inland. This importance is worth the sacrifice of tens of millions of lives to protect!
The Beijing-Tianjin Railway was the first railway in the Qing Dynasty. With its Chinese iron army, it took half a day to reach the capital. Isn't this important?
But when such an important railway encounters a military threat, many people have already judged that someone is going to blow it up.
Jiang Lie, Ma Hui and others were actually transferred back by telegram, and were transferred back to the industrial zone!
But after they took the train back to the industrial area, the strange atmosphere appeared again. They were actually 'emptied' in the small military building.
The so-called keeping people under house arrest does not mean putting them under house arrest, but politely asking them to have midnight snacks and rest, and letting them wait for the latest order from Naha, but no one knows when the order will come.
Jiang Lie and the others were like ants on a hot pot. The conference room was so smoked by cigars and tobacco that they couldn't even open their eyes. The huge military map on the table was marked with important symbols one after another.
They have actually deduced the general direction of the attack, which is the Yangcun area.
Urgent military intelligence telegrams sent from Tanggu to Naha continued one after another, but each one fell silent without any response.
They knew very well that King Luo Huo was on duty tonight. He should be staying up late in the small building on the seaside of the military headquarters to deal with urgent military situations? How could you not respond? This is an emergency telegram sent to the superior in the name of the railway soldiers!
Naha's response did not come, but the telegrams from Tianjin Wei for help continued one after another. Xiang Lang from the Jingwu Heroes Association forwarded all emergencies that occurred in Tianjin Wei.
"A violent explosion occurred in Yangcun. The situation is unknown. General Hunchun's life and death are unknown... Urgent request for help, please ask the Railway Corps to send troops immediately..."
"A large number of rebels appeared in the outer city of Tianjin Wei, urgently asking for help..."
"Urgent... urgent... Chonghou surrendered without resistance... The rebels have entered the city and requested the railway troops to fight..."
"The old city of Tianjin has changed its flag... Why the hell haven't you sent out troops... Tianjin has been lost!"
"There is an urgent need... The rebels are attacking Tianjin Railway Station... They want to cut off the Beijing-Tianjin Railway... This is the responsibility of your railway soldiers. Don't you even want the railway?"
"Damn it... the Jingwu Heroes Association has already joined the war... the Hunchun Fourth Battalion has joined the war... whether your love comes or not, I will go to the King of Hell to sue you if I die in the battle!"
In the end, the telegram was no longer a request for help, but a rant, with words that could be sprayed out of the telegraph newspaper.
Jiang Lie and the others' faces were so red that they could bleed, "Damn it, I can't wait any longer... I've sent more than 20 telegrams to Naha, why haven't there been any responses?"
"Order troops...Railway troops are gathering...The Kuilong armored train is already on standby and ready for war...Order 1,500 railway troops to go to Tianjin immediately..."
The armored train, Kuilong, is full of water and coal, the boiler pressure is maintained, and it can set off as soon as there is an order.
There are also soldiers. The Northern Industrial Zone can pull out 10,000 railway soldiers at any time, and 1,500 are simply a small number!
But there is no way to send troops, because without military orders, no one dares to act without authorization!
"Jiang Lie... Ma Hui... Lao Pang... calm down, calm down... this is going to a military court!"
A group of civilian officers and executives from the industrial zone rushed over and surrounded them with sweat profusely to prevent these people from being impulsive!
"I understand your feelings, but the armored train cannot leave without a military order! Silly boy, have you forgotten that the King of Heaven was impeached in the Grand Council a few days ago?"
"The prince personally took action to help the king of heaven to rescue him. Otherwise, who knows what the consequences would be!"
"Why are you causing trouble for the Heavenly King at this juncture? Do you have to force the Heavenly King to go out?"
"The Battle of Zhuozhou is over, but those bastards are still trying to accuse the King of Heaven for acting without permission! How strong are your shoulders? Can you hold on?"
