On the night of July 7, 1937, the Japanese army near Beiping launched an attack on the Chinese defenders in the area of Lugou Bridge, and the 29th Chinese Army returned fire.

At this point, the full-scale war of resistance against Japan officially began, and the news immediately spread throughout China, making the whole of China boil over and all the people were indignant about it.

Chiang reacted immediately, issuing instructions to the dignitaries of Nanjing and Beiping, "(we) will not give in, do not expand, do not seek war, and will resist the war", and ordered Song Zheyuan and others to "Wanping City should be held and not retreated" and "Lugou Bridge and Changxindian must not be lost".

July 8, the day after the Lugou Bridge Incident.

Yan'an sent a telegram to the whole country, calling on the military and people of the whole country to unite and jointly resist the Japanese invaders, and urgently appealed for "Pingjin is in danger!" North China is in danger! The Chinese nation is in danger!" He pointed out that "the only way out for us is to carry out the war of resistance by the whole nation."

All of a sudden, the anti-Japanese war and national salvation movement in various parts of China was surging, and people from all walks of life actively supported the anti-Japanese front line in various ways such as fundraising, labor, and propaganda.

At this time, the little overlord of western Sichuan was unusually calm, and personally supervised the Liangshan Dukou Iron and Steel Plant at the first time.

The steel plant is divided into three phases of construction, since the start of construction in March, the first phase of the project has been completed, the output is only 300,000 tons, and the second phase is about to be completed, after the steel production capacity in western Sichuan will reach 1.5 million tons, even if it is not as strong as Japan, but it is no longer without the power to fight back.

Of the estimated 1.5 million tons of production capacity, 50,000 tons will be at the West Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant, 150,000 tons at the Fucheng Iron and Steel Plant, 300,000 tons at the Yuewang Iron and Steel Plant, and 600,000 tons at the Dukou (Panzhihua) Iron and Steel Plant.

If the third phase of the Dukou Iron and Steel Plant can be completed, the total steel output in western Sichuan will increase by another 400,000 tons.

However, in Liu Yun's own view, the shortage of steel technicians is the key to the third phase, and it is estimated that the current steel production capacity has reached a limit.

What really makes someone full of confidence is that the Great Southwest Railway Network has been initially formed.

The first is the completion of the Chengdu-Chongqing (Chengdu-Chongqing) railway.

Erix's engineering team is secretly preparing to build a railway line from Chongqing to Changsha, and it is said that Jiang Weizuo in Nanjing has also made cruel remarks, planning to go all the way from Changsha to Chongqing and from Chongqing to Changsha at all costs.

This was followed by the completion of the Southern Railway.

The three sections of the railway, which are particularly important, are all connected to the railway from Chengdu to Yuewang, Yuewang to Dukou Town (Panzhihua), and Dukou Town to Kunming, Yunnan.

Hans Lee's engineering team is becoming more and more mature, and is discussing with Wang Longyun of Yunnan and the family of Kong Caishen how to build a railway from Kunming to Burma.

As for the Northern Railway, it is even more brilliant.

With the enthusiastic support of the military and civilians in Shaanxi and Gansu, Ma Xingchi's railway engineering team not only built the railway lines from Xi'an to Yan'an and from Yan'an to Longdong, but also began to build the railway lines from Tianshui to Lanzhou and Lanzhou to Yumen Pass at the warm invitation of Ma Jiajun.

When will you be able to get to Yumen Pass?

I'm afraid only God knows, but it is not a myth to build the Lanzhou Railway in the next six months.

However, what really made Commander Liu ecstatic was the big oil field in Longdong.

Once the Longdong Railway is completed, theoretically speaking, there will be no shortage of oil in the rear of the entire Anti-Japanese War, and it is expected that in another half a year, the Chinese air force and armored troops will be able to use the Changqing oil in Longdong.

However, there is another biggest advantage of building a railway, as long as the railway is extended, there can be opened a railway coin area in western Sichuan, and the unique poverty alleviation plan in western Sichuan can be implemented.

By the end of June 1937, 80 million jatropha trees had been planted in the entire western Sichuan Economic Circle, and I don't know if it was due to the mutation of tree species, the survival rate reached 95%, and the theoretical oil production was 800,000 tons.

However, when the Longdong Railway was completed, Liu Yun wanted to suspend the poverty alleviation plan, because the development of the Longdong Oilfield was imminent, and there should be no shortage of oil in the future.

At the same time, since Lao Chiang learned of the alliance between Germany and Japan, he worked with Kong Caishen to overcome all difficulties and resolutely implement the policy of relocation of coastal industries.

Fortunately, the Chongqing Iron and Steel Plant has already been completed, with an annual steel output of up to 100,000 tons.

In order to fully operate the Dukou Town Iron and Steel Plant, Liu Yun had to consciously throw meat, such as Fucheng Iron and Steel Plant and Yuewang County Iron and Steel Plant, he took the initiative to flood a large number of internal relocation personnel, and gave these two large factories to the Nanjing government in disguise.

made Liu Xiang and Lao Jiang look at him differently, so that they had a better material foundation in the face of the all-out attack of the Japanese devils.

On July 9, 1937, Commander Liu received a telegram from Lao Chiang.

Let Commander Liu immediately go to Wuhan and convene a military secret meeting near Hankou to formulate policies and strategies for the war against Japan.

Holding a telegram, Liu Yun could only smile bitterly.

In the past few days, he has pushed down several rounds of military and political meetings, whether it is the Sichuan army, the Yunnan army, the Guizhou army, the Ma Jiajun, or the interior of western Sichuan, they all hope that he can participate.

However, what made him uncanny was that there was nothing to discuss about the anti-Japanese matter, and that training the army well and producing food and weapons well was the best contribution, and was it difficult to do so?

Commander Liu is no longer Wuxia Amun.

The entire railway line and arsenal in the rear are almost under his control, and in the eyes of many military and political tycoons, his weight even exceeds that of Liu Xiang himself, so if he really wants to excuse himself not to go, Lao Jiang will not withdraw him.

This guy thought about it for a long time, the current work is heavy, and the people's hearts are turbulent, he really wants to stay in Dukou Town to supervise the war, but he is afraid of hitting Lao Jiang's personal prestige, so he has to go to the appointment as ordered.

When Liu Yun flew from the ferry town on the border of Sichuan and Yunnan to the Kongshi Airport in Hankou, it was already the early morning of July 10.

Before he went to the villa to meet Kong Yuling, he was directly taken away by Lao Jiang's attendants, first by car and then by boat, and then climbed mountains and waded through waters.

The last place I went to was the countryside of Wuchang City.

The group came to a temple with the words "Wanshan Zen Temple" written on the mountain gate.

Commander Liu was really convinced, this Jiang Weizuo was too good at hiding and seeking, and he actually ran to the barren mountain Zen Monastery where birds don't, not to mention that the Japanese devils can't think of it, even the native warlords can't think of it.

However, the spy agency of the old Jiang family is famous and well-known all over the world.

The Central Command, the Military Command, the Einsatzgruppen, the Chinese Military Police, the Blue Coat Society, and the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army are all well-known spy organizations, and not only have the Japanese devils been terrified, but even the warlords in China have talked about the tiger's discoloration, so they have already had a whole set of mature experience in how to guard against the infiltration, surveillance, and assassination of the spy Xian.

Wanshan Monastery is not very large, about a few hundred square meters.

It seems that it has been brilliant before, after climbing the mountain gate of the Zen temple, there are three courtyards inside, the first two into the house are the front hall and the middle hall, respectively, the three Buddhas such as Rulai, Burning Lamp and Maitreya are enshrined, as well as the three Bodhisattvas such as Guanyin, Manjushri and Puxian, the gods and Buddhas are tall and majestic, and the expression is solemn and peaceful.

As soon as you enter the temple, you will feel a sense of awe.

Even the little overlord of western Sichuan is no exception, because the bright posts and secret posts in these places are criss-crossed, and the guards are loaded with guns and ammunition, murderous, and fiercely staring at pedestrians, it seems that if they make a slight mistake, they will be shot and killed, so it is not okay not to be solemn.

When Commander Liu stepped into the third wing, he saw Lao Jiang and the others gathered together.

The conference room is twenty or thirty square meters, and there are two large sand tables in it, which are the two places of Beiping and Shanghai, and there are not many participants, only Jiang Weizuo, Jiang Baili, Bai Chongxi and Xue Yue, there are only four people.

Except for Xue Yue and Xue Laohu, the others are all old acquaintances of Liu Yun.

Mr. Jiang Baili had personally participated in the "Western Sichuan Spring Military Exercise" and was naturally familiar with Commander Liu.

And the tiger boy also stayed in Sichuan, but he didn't have a chance to see Liu Yun, I think when the Maoxian turmoil broke out, it was Xue Yue who personally led the troops to coerce the city, causing Liu Xiang to "settle the matter" and peacefully solve the matter of Maoxian, which is still someone's great benefactor.

As soon as everyone saw Liu Yun coming, they all nodded their heads one by one.

However, Lao Jiang and the others frowned, and they did not have time to greet someone at all, because they were deducing the development of the "77 Incident" and discussing the trend of the war in the next few months.

General Bai Chongxi, then deputy chief of the General Staff, believed that "the Japanese army in North China is about to concentrate heavy troops to the south, and most of them will follow the story of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, and the western route will follow the line of the Great Wall to attack Shanxi and Shaanxi, while the eastern route will follow the coastline of eastern China and get a close look at Shandong and Anhui."

"Of particular importance are the Japanese troops in the middle."

"This road of the Japanese army will follow the Pinghan line and the Jinpu line, capture Henan, Hebei, do not rule out the camera and the Chinese army, the plan to carry out a decisive battle, once the decisive battle is won, Huaxia Shenzhou will lose the territory north of the Yangtze River, become the second Southern Song Dynasty."

Lao Jiang and Jiang Baili were confident, smiled silently, and turned to let the tiger cub express his opinion.

Xue Yue is a well-known cannon barrel, he never turns around when he speaks, he holds a baton, and begins to point out the country, "I think that if it is ancient times, Deputy Chief of Staff Bai's opinion is right."

"It's a pity, it's a pity, it's modern now."

Xue Boling looked complacent, completely ignoring General Bai Chongxi's dark face, and continued his artillery career.

"The Japanese devils are not stupid, even if they really want to destroy China, it will take time, right? It took more than half a century for the Mongols to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, but it took nearly 40 years for the Manchus to destroy Zhu Ming.

"Therefore, no matter which angle the Japanese consider, they need to first occupy the capital of China, Nanjing and Beiping, so that China will fall into a situation where the dragons are leaderless, and then slowly swallow and encroach until the other is eliminated, and China loses any strength to resist, and even becomes a Japanese colony."

"Let's think about it, if we were the staff officer of the Japanese army's base camp, how would we invade China?"

"It's very simple, the north is heavily pressurized, but it is not triggered, and then the Pingjin Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army are used to fully occupy Beiping and Tianjin, and then wait for the opportunity to capture Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and other places."

"However, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou were the real focus of the Japanese army's attack."

"Especially in Shanghai, once it loses, China will lose the most elite part of its taxes, whether it is fiscal revenue or international status, it will plummet, and even China will be forgotten by the international community from now on."

Liu Yun had already been drowsy when he heard it.

Because these four people are all bigwigs in the military circles of the Republic of China, it is normal to have some incisive opinions beyond the times, he did say some opinions before, but they are just some parrots, if you talk about the real strategic and tactical level, it is not worthy to lift shoes to these people.

So he still sat on the sidelines, drank boiled water, and even squinted and took a nap.

After a heated debate, various opinions were divided.

Lao Chiang has only one question, what is the real intention of the Japanese to provoke the war this time?

Do you want to occupy Nanjing and make Huaxia admit defeat?

Or will you chase and fight until China perishes?

Or, like the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, occupy some land concessions, and then ask for some silver and leave?

Now it's a good idea.

For a while, no one could answer his question, because they were only Chinese soldiers, not the decision-making level of the Japanese devils.

But Lao Jiang didn't give up, and insisted on breaking the casserole and asking to the end.

In the end, they thought of the Japanese son-in-law - Commander Liu of Kawanishi.

Commander Liu is really wronged, is it good that he is the son-in-law of the Ryukyus, and even Zhongcheng Gong Qingzi has changed his name to Shang Qing'er, what else should he do?

Facing the sharp eyes of the big guys, he had no choice but to rub his eyes with a smile, straighten his appearance, and begin to explain his opinion, but suddenly broke into an attendant and sent an urgent telegram.

Liu Yun happened to be busy, took a sip of boiled water, and waited for Jiang Weizuo to finish reading the telegram, and it was not too late to listen to his own nonsense.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lao Jiang saw the contents of the telegram, his face immediately changed greatly, and he read it three times before he sat on the chair with his butt in his ass, already stupid.

The others were shocked and hurriedly grabbed the telegram to read it.

The telegram read, "On July 10, 1937, the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army issued the "Government Statement on Increasing Troops to North China", and Lieutenant General Kazuki Kiyoji, Minister of Education, will take over as the commander of the Chinese garrison army, and immediately send additional mixed 1st and 11th brigades to North China and the 10th Division of the Korean Army."

"At the same time, the Japanese army will also transfer 3 divisions and 18 flying squadrons from the mainland to participate in the war of aggression against China."