Chapter 55: Unreasonable Demands

Under the public threats and intimidation of Japan, the provincial government announced on the 25th that it had decided to move the provincial government to Baoding.

As soon as this news came out, the Japanese not only did not stop the demonstration, but intensified it.

On the 29th, the Japanese Chinese garrison troops were fully armed, equipped with armored vehicles, machine guns, and steel cannons, and carried out an armed parade along the Hebei Dajing Road.

On the 30th, the Japanese army demonstrated in front of the provincial government and fired guns in front of Peiyang University to intimidate.

On the 31st, more than 100 Japanese soldiers openly broke into the Haigu Public Security Bureau to take pictures, insult them, and provoke them.

Shigeru Kawagoe, the Japanese consul general in Haigu, submitted an ultimatum to the Kuomintang Hebei Provincial Government.

The Kuomintang authorities in Hebei Province and Haigu City were terrified, and all the Kuomintang party members in Haigu City asked for leave and did not dare to go to work.

On June 1, the Kuomintang Hebei Provincial Government, under pressure from the Japanese army, moved from Haigu to Baoding.

Japan's arrogant and unreasonable provocation, the Nanjing government had no confidence to resist, and could only grovel.

In order to satisfy the Japanese side's demands, the Nanjing Government decided to appoint Haigu directly under the Executive Yuan and appoint Wang Zhiqiang as the mayor of Haigu.

It also issued an order to "strictly order all organs of the Haigu military, government, and gendarmerie police to strictly ban secret groups that are harmful to diplomatic relations."

The actions of the Nanjing government, as well as the Hebei provincial government and the Haigu city government, did not satisfy Japan.

Instead, they see greater benefits in the cowardly Chinese government.

In just one month, the Hebei Provincial Government and the Haigu Municipal Government all moved to Baoding, and the Nanjing Government was so tolerant of Japan, Lu Chengzhou was also very helpless when he learned about it.

The most fundamental reason why Japan is so bold is that their rights and interests have been harmed.

And the trigger for all this was the assassination of the presidents of "Guoquan Bao" and "Zhenbao".

After a month of verification, Lu Chengzhou already knew that the military commanders and other patriotic organizations did not assassinate Hu Yuhuan and Bai Enbo.

In other words, the main reason for the killing of these two traitors was not because they betrayed the country, but because the Japanese abandoned them.

In other words, the Japanese made their final contribution to Japan with their deaths.

Knowing this, Lu Chengzhou recalled the order Nozaki gave him, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

If Nozaki's operation was more perfect, he would definitely be happy to let the military commander assassinate traitors like Hu Yuhuan and Bai Enbo.

And the Japanese need the Chinese to do such things, because the military command is slow, and the Japanese secret services, which cannot wait, actually do it first.

The Japanese seem to be justified, but in Lu Chengzhou's view, they are really arrogant and unreasonable.

All these incidents were directed by them.

When Lu Chengzhou told Li Xiangxue about this, he was also very helpless.

"The so-called weak country has no diplomacy, that's it." Li Xiangxue sighed and said.

"The Japanese army flaunts its might on our soil, but the government has no way at all, and those party members are so frightened that they ask for leave to avoid trouble, and once a war breaks out between China and Japan, these people will surely rush to join Japan." Lu Chengzhou said worriedly.

"So, we need to remind the population with direct action that the Japanese are despicable and shameless. And I would like to warn those who have taken refuge in Japan, or who want to take refuge in Japan, that they will not end well. Li Xiangxue said.

The Japanese army's blatant demonstration in Haigu and its intimidation and roaring really frightened some people.

However, a true revolutionary will not be intimidated by the enemy's guns.

The behavior of the Japanese army also made the military commander very helpless.

Fortunately, they have not yet taken action, otherwise, the military commander will have to take the blame for the Japanese in this North China incident.

But even so, the headquarters also dismissed Chen Shugong, the head of the Beiping station.

"Stationmaster Chen has been dismissed, who will replace him?" Lu Chengzhou asked expectantly.

He most hoped that Liu Youjun would take over as the head of the Haigu station, so that he, an independent intelligence officer, could justifiably enter the top level of the military command.

"We haven't been notified yet." Liu Youjun shook his head.

In the past year, the military commander Haigu can be said to have suffered many disasters, first Wang Xiaoxiang was poisoned and died, and then Chen Shugong was dismissed for dereliction of duty.

At present, the Haigu Station of the Military Command is jointly responsible for the operations of Lu Enpu, head of the intelligence group, and Zheng Wenyou, head of the military intelligence group, while Liu Youjun is only responsible for internal service.

In fact, Lu Enpu and Zheng Wenyou are both interested in winning the title of stationmaster, but the headquarters did not give an order, and they could only compete in secret.

Lu Enpu has an advantage, his nephew Lu Muhan is also a direct communicator of the Haigu Station of the Military Command.

"This matter was manipulated by the Japanese secret services, and Takashi Sakai, chief of staff of the garrison army, and Takahashi Tan, the military attache stationed in China, assisted Takahashi Tan, since they framed us for assassinating Hu and Bai, are they looking for an opportunity to kill Takashi Sakai and Takahashi?" Lu Chengzhou said suddenly.

"In the future, we must be more cautious in our behavior, and actions like this against the Japanese must be approved by the headquarters, and private actions are absolutely not allowed." Liu Youjun said sternly.

It's just that Hu Yuhuan and Bai Enbo died, Haigu, and even North China, were made by the Japanese.

If it was Takashi Sakai or Takahashi Tan who died, the Japanese cannons would have really fallen.

Lu Chengzhou sighed secretly, the Nationalist Government did not have the confidence to fight with Japan, and Lao Chiang's energy was focused on dealing with the Red Army.

The Japanese may have seen through this point, and Takashi Sakai and Takahashi Tan met with Yu and He, secretary general of the Beiping Political Affairs Consolidation Committee, and slandered that the killing of Hu and Bai was the work of the Kuomintang, and that it was "China's anti-Japanese action" and "a provocation to Japan."

In addition, Chairman He of the Beiping Military Commission verbally protested: "If such acts occur again in the future, or if they learn that such acts will occur, the Japanese military will take acts of self-defense that it deems necessary in accordance with the provisions of the treaty, and the Japanese army will not be responsible for all other situations arising therefrom."

The arrogance of the Japanese attitude, the arrogance of their tone, and the shameless behavior of reversing black and white are truly outrageous.

Subsequently, Japan proposed to the Nationalist Government to dismiss the chairman of the Hebei Provincial Government, the Hebei Provincial Government was moved to Baoding, and the head of the 3rd Military Police Regiment and the director of the Political Training Division of the Military Branch were dismissed.

At the same time, it is necessary to investigate and handle the cases of Hu Yuhuan and Bai Enbo within a time limit and solve the cases within a time limit.

These unreasonable demands are actually clearing the way for the so-called "North China Autonomy Movement."

Lu Chengzhou reported this matter to the higher authorities many times, however, the national government did not take any countermeasures at all.

The Japanese side threatened: "It is not known that the Japanese army will deal with it decisively in self-defense, and it is not known that the Gengzi Incident or the 918 Incident will occur directly." ”

Subsequently, it also put forward demands such as banning nationwide anti-Japanese activities.

These demands were really absurd, but the Nationalist Government sent Chairman He of the Beiping Military Branch to Haigu to negotiate with Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the garrison army.