After receiving the report of the Beijing garrison, the Central Military Commission immediately reported it to the Tianjin Executive Committee, which caused a strong shock ≈Chinese Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, and others.

So far, the crossing group is still a military government in the strict sense, although the separation of military and government has been partially realized, but three of the top five members of the executive committee are active soldiers, and now the Qingdao and Shandong areas controlled by the crossing group are basically controlled by the army. Of course, in the entire crossing group, except for a very small number of personnel, the vast majority of people have no objection to this situation, because since the crossing group ascended to the 6th, the war has hardly stopped, so at this time, the implementation of military rule is also completely necessary.

Moreover, since the establishment of the People's Army, it is generally satisfactory, which also makes Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun and others have some optimism in their hearts, thinking that although the People's Army cannot be compared with the People's Liberation Army in the old time and space, it has already prepared the prototype of a strong army, after all, the People's Army has only been in the army for half a year, and it is very good to be able to achieve such achievements.

Of course, during this period of time, it is not that no one has ever left the People's Army, and the current People's Army implements a conscription system, and when every soldier enlists in the army, he will be clearly told that he can leave the People's Army at any time, of course, according to the normal procedures, first submit an application, and the higher authorities will conduct the examination, and after passing the examination, they can be officially discharged. However, after being discharged from the army, the benefits enjoyed by the military personnel were gone, and so far, only 21 people in the entire army have applied to leave the KPA. This is, of course, a very small number compared to the total number of KPA.

There are generally three categories of people who join the People's Army; the first category is forced by life; after joining the People's Army, not only do they have a fixed military salary to get, but they also have considerable welfare benefits; those who live in the rural areas can be assigned to the fields and enjoy reduced or exempted land taxes, while those who live in the cities can arrange work for their families, and so on, even if the families of the dead can also receive pensions, they can basically ensure their livelihood, and this category of people accounts for the largest proportion in the People's Army; the second category is the unemployed, whose family members basically died in battle, or were captured and plundered by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and although they were rescued by the People's Army, they were single and had no place to liveThe number of such people was originally not much, but after the Battle of Shanhaiguan, a large number of residents outside the customs who were plundered by the Russian army joined the People's Army, so the number of them increased greatly; the third category was with other goals, such as killing foreigners to take revenge, but this kind of people were the least.

Generally speaking, the first category is the most stable, and unless there is a special reason, they will not be easily discharged from the army; the second category is also relatively stable, and under normal circumstances, they will not be discharged from the army; while the third category is less stable, and it is basically the third category of people who have left the people's army, and this kind of defection is indeed the first time.

At the same time, it also made Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun and others wake up from the optimistic situation, there is no halo of the protagonist in this era, and it is definitely not so easy to build a strong army.

However, since something happened, it was natural to deal with it as soon as possible, and it turned out that Qin Zheng would go out to Shanghai with the negotiation delegation tomorrow to participate in the negotiations, but he could only stay to negotiate a way to deal with it, and at the same time he summoned Xiao Jianjun back to Tianjin from Dagukou overnight.

At this time, the Shanghai side also reported back that it had destroyed a small number of intelligence agency bases aimed at the crossing group, and according to the information currently available, this intelligence agency was very much set up by Japan, and there was no information related to other countries for the time being, but a plan for plotting to destroy the Shanghai office by force and arrest the people crossing was found in the base, and there were also house drawings and on-site survey data of the Shanghai office, so the executive committee was requested to negotiate and decide as soon as possible, and instructed the Shanghai office on the next course of action.

This is really a wave of unsettled, which makes the Executive Committee feel a little overwhelmed. Although Japan was only a second-rate country in this era, based on the experience of the old time and space and national sentiments, the time-travelers still regarded Japan and Britain, France, and Russia as the first level of threat to the cross-movement group; the level was higher than that of the United States and Germany, and as long as Japan was involved, they should never be taken lightly. What's more, the intelligence capability of the Japanese was notoriously powerful in the old time and space, whether it was the First Sino-Japanese War or the Russo-Japanese War or the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the achievements of the Japanese on the intelligence front were even rumored to be miraculous.

In fact, these rumors are suspected of exaggeration; the Japanese intelligence mythical ability is actually basically based on the scattered sand of Chinese society in the old time and space, and the inability to organize a unified and effective counterintelligence front; the main battlefield of the Russo-Japanese War was fought on Chinese territory, so the Japanese, who have a similar appearance and culture to the Chinese, naturally have a lot of convenience in intelligence gathering; and the sneak attack on Pearl Alley is mainly the United States' own carelessness. Even in the old time and space, the intelligence myth of the Japanese did not take advantage of the predecessors who had a strong ability to control the grassroots, and after the United States strengthened its intelligence vigilance, Japan's intelligence collection was greatly reduced.

Moreover, in this era, the crossing group has a strong control in Tianjin, so a large number of conspiracies from various countries have been captured in Tianjin, of which Japan accounts for most of them, so that Japan has almost nothing to do. However, Shanghai is not Tianjin, and the control ability of the crossing group in Shanghai is extremely limited, so we must not take Japanese spies lightly; although we have just destroyed a Japanese intelligence base, who dares to guarantee that Japan has only one intelligence base.

The plan drawn up by Japan to destroy the Shanghai office by force put a strong pressure on the Executive Committee, because this time there were many members of the delegation, not only negotiators, but also a large number of performers. But now that the delegation has left Tianjin, and a propaganda campaign has also been launched in Shanghai, this is also an important means to counter this public opinion turmoil, and if it is stopped, it will also be a heavy setback to the crossing group.

Of course, it is very puzzling what Japan's motive was for doing this, because now Japan's main enemy is Russia and not the Transit Group, and the two sides even had a plan to join forces against Russia for a time, so it is not beneficial for Japan to destroy the Shanghai office and sabotage the Shanghai negotiations. However, the Japanese cannot be judged by normal logic, and the Japanese have always had a tradition of going their own way and going down to the top, and lower-level officers often act with actions that they think are beneficial to the country, but it is difficult to say whether these actions are really beneficial to the country.

However, since the matter has already arisen, then it is necessary to find a way to solve it, so I simply discuss these two things together.

After a day of discussion by the Executive Committee, the preliminary handling of the defection incident of the People's Army was first decided: An investigation team for the defection incident was immediately set up, headed by Zhu Yaping, commander of the Sixth Army, and personally rushed to Beijing to investigate the defection incident; In the investigation, all personnel should fully cooperate; Zhang Zhengjie should be removed from his post as commander of the Beijing garrison, and Zhu Yaping should temporarily serve as commander; and he should be accompanied by three regiments, an armored company, and three helicopters to prevent a large-scale mutiny in Beijing.

Of course, the Executive Committee has also laid down several principles for this investigation: First, the investigation should be limited to those involved in Li Zhuangyong's defection, and the scope of the investigation should not be arbitrarily expanded, and every effort should be made to appease the thoughts and emotions of the soldiers who had nothing to do with the incident, so as not to shake the morale of the whole army to the point of causing a mutiny; second, even if it is determined that those involved in Li Zhuangyong's defection are imprisoned temporarily, and the final external punishment will be decided by the Central Military Commission, and after investigation, it is confirmed that the soldiers who have nothing to do with the defection incident must also make efforts to appease their feelings; and third, during the investigation period, it is forbidden to extort confessions by torture and expand the scope of the attack, so that they cannot carry out a rebellion suppression action。 The final determination and handling of the defection incident will be discussed and decided at a meeting after the investigation report is released.

On the whole, the other executive committee members did not have much disagreement on the handling of the defection matter, mainly because the defection incident was born in the army, so naturally it should be handled by the military, and now the three giants of the military are all on the spot, so no matter how great the influence caused by the defection incident, others have no right to speak, and basically agree with the handling plan determined by the three giants.

On the other hand, the interest in the incident of the Japanese intelligence base in Shanghai was obviously much greater, and they expressed their stance one after another, and they soon divided into two factions: one group had a more radical viewpoint, advocating the immediate cessation of the Shanghai talks, demanding that the venue of the talks be changed to Tianjin, and not hesitating to use force to threaten the countries to accept this condition, and if the countries refused to come to Tianjin to negotiate and negotiate, they should occupy Shanghai by force; while the other group was more moderate, holding that the Shanghai talks, including the performance troupe, were all the more imperative, but they should also demand that the countries make a clear commitment to the crossing group to ensure the safety of the members of the delegation。

The views of the two sides are opposite, and they are also inextricably linked, but several permanent executive committee members still keep a clear head, and now it is the most beneficial thing to negotiate with other countries to cross the group, and now the cross group does not have enough strength to capture Shanghai, not because of military strength, but because of the lack of comprehensive strength, it is not difficult to take Shanghai, but it is not easy to manage Shanghai well.

At the same time, Li Sanjie was asked to release the news and the corresponding evidence to the press in Shanghai, so as to put pressure on all countries to make a public commitment to ensure the safety of the delegation, and to allow the People's Army to send troops to protect the delegation and see how the countries responded.