However, a small secretary could not stop Konoe Fumima's progress, and after he became prime minister, he also followed the example of the army and sent groups of inspection delegations to China to further observe the current situation in China, and came to a conclusion similar to that of the army, probably that the New Life Movement advocated by Chairman Chiang had developed into a general mobilization of the Chinese people to resist Japan. Anti-Japanese and humiliating activities are widespread in China.

They also boldly predicted that an event similar to Wicker Lake might occur in Beiping, and something big might happen in Beiping this summer.

Therefore, they also advocate a powerful blow to China in order to change their attitude toward Japan.

It can be said that by this time those who were in favor of sending troops to China had already gained the upper hand, and a fanatical mood had gradually emerged in Japan, but it was not a person without a clear head, and Ishihara was one of them.

Ishihara is known as the brain of Japan, and later generations of Japanese people regarded him as Japan's first soldier. He was not in favor of sending troops to China, because he felt that it was unnecessary, and if Manchuria was not in Japan's hands at this time, it would still be necessary to send troops to China, but now that Manchuria has been invaded and occupied by them, and the lifeline that the Japanese dream of has been obtained, then there is no need to fight China again.

He believes that Japan's enemies are the United States and the Soviet Union, and these two countries have the strength to destroy Japan, while China cannot pose a threat to Japan, and there is no need to attack China.

His strategic vision was to "develop Manchuria, be friendly to China, surrender the Soviet Union, expel Britain, and eventually fight a decisive battle with the United States." From the perspective of the latecomers, if Ishihara's strategic concept could be realized, and the Japanese did not invade China, but fought with Hitler on the Soviet Union, and after destroying the Soviet Union, it would be really difficult to say what would have happened to the Second World War.

However, the whole of Japan had fallen into a frenzied confusion, and no one listened to him at all, and whenever he peddled his plan with those minds in the military department, those martial artists would always give him a sentence: Your Excellency, we also want to be promoted to three levels like you.

Many people know that Ishihara was one of the initiators of the 918 Incident, and after the success of the incident, his career was also on the fast track, and he was directly promoted to three levels in a row, from lieutenant colonel to major general, which made many Japanese soldiers envious.

They felt that China was a vast country and a weak country, and it was easy to fight, and a slight fight would be a war achievement, and it would be able to guarantee its own upgrade, while the Soviet Union would be difficult to fight, and it might not be able to fight it, and when the time came, not only would it not be able to make meritorious contributions, but it would be punished. Therefore, for the sake of their own future, they all abandoned Ishihara's idea and favored sending troops to China.

From this point of view, the so-called supreme principle of the Japanese taking the interests of the empire as the highest principle is nonsense, and their first consideration is their own future, people do not destroy the heavens and the earth for themselves, it is the same everywhere, we cannot dwarf the opponent out of crookedness, but there is no need to deify the opponent too much, they are all the same as us, they are all two shoulders and one head, and they also have seven emotions and six desires and selfishness.

At this time, the Chinese government was not without a response, and at the beginning of the year, the Military Commission secretly issued the "26th Annual Combat Plan of the Republic of China (Case A)". In judging the enemy's situation, it was believed that once war broke out, Japan would adopt the operational policy of quick victory and draw on the experience of the Yuan and Qing dynasties to send the main force along the Pinghan Line (Beiping to Hankou) and the Jinpu Line (Tianjin to Nanjing Pukou) to the south to find the main force of the squadron for a decisive battle. Some of them went west to attack Shanxi, and then invaded Shaanxi, and then entered Sichuan from Shaanxi, threatening China's rear. Its navy would blockade China's coastline to prevent China from receiving foreign aid, and would send troops to capture Shandong and Lianyungang to help the army.

Speaking from facts, although from the perspective of the latecomers, this battle plan of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government did not judge the direction of the main attack on Japan, this does not mean that the level of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government at this time was not good.

It is precisely the idea that at the very beginning, Japan really wanted to copy the story of the Yuan and Qing dynasties, and advanced all the way south along the Pinghan Line and Jinpu Line from the north, striving to find a squadron on the Great Plains for a decisive battle, hoping that their mechanized troops could quickly eat China's main force on the unobstructed Great Plains and force China to surrender. The Japanese army's intentions can be seen from the deployment of troops at this time, at this time the main forces of Japan were in North China and Northeast China, and the purpose of this was to occupy the whole of China from north to south.

However, they later fell into the trap of the Chinese government, so they did not implement this strategy.

Generally speaking, when Feng Muhua was busy catching Japanese spies, getting married, and training troops. Both China and Japan are seizing the time to prepare for war, and for a time, there is a tendency for mountains and rains to come and wind to fill the vast land of China. Everyone felt the oppression of war.

The great wheel of time crushed forward mercilessly, and finally came to July 7, 1937. This year, the weather in Beiping was quite hot.

In the summer in the north, the days are relatively long, and the sky is darker late, until more than seven o'clock in the evening, the genius slowly darkens, although night falls, but the officers and men of the 29th Army stationed in Wanping City do not dare to relax at all, because right under their noses, a Japanese army is engaged in so-called acting.

After entering 1937, Sino-Japanese relations suddenly became tense, and Japanese troops were stationed near Beiping, so the officers and men of the 29th Army could be said to be waiting every day to prevent accidents.

In order to deal with the Japanese army, which could happen at any time, the 29th Army took a number of measures, in addition to increasing the number of troops, and also informed the Japanese side that if the Japanese army wanted to conduct exercises, it must notify China in advance. In addition, when the Japanese army was conducting exercises, the squadron must also pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army, so as to prevent them from repairing the plank road openly and secretly displaying the warehouse.

The commander of the Japanese unit conducting the exercise outside the city of Peiping was named Setsuro Shimizu, and he was the leader of the 8th Squadron of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Wing of the Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Chinese Garrison Army, with the rank of captain. The location of his troops is Fengtai near Beiping, the geographical location of Fengtai is very important, it is located in the southwest of Beiping, it is a traffic artery, Pinghan Railway, Jinpu Railway, Pingsui Road, Beining Road all pass through here, it can be said that it is a throat place, the place of four wars. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, many troops were stationed here to defend the capital, the so-called Fengtai camp. Japanese spy nemesis