Chapter 43: One Stone Stirs Up a Thousand Waves

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The Japanese army had a rule that the transfer of troops of this size across the theater of operations required an order from the Emperor the Generalissimo of the Army and Navy.

The Japanese troops stationed in Korea who did not receive orders to fight across the river were disobedient, and although Hayashi had the intention to support the Kwantung Army and help it seize the northeast, he could only wait on the south bank of the river now.

And now the generalissimo of the Japanese army and navy, the emperor, has not yet issued an order on whether the Japanese army will send troops to the northeast to start a war and seize the three eastern provinces in one fell swoop.

Some believe that Ishihara's adventurous behavior set a very bad precedent and detonated the arrogant ambitions of the Japanese army.

At the beginning, Ishihara calculated the pattern of national forces, but he ignored the common feelings of a person -- his predecessor made meritorious contributions through the "final battle theory", and he also reaped a lot of benefits. Of course, the younger generations want to follow the example and make themselves a "national hero".

As a result, disobedience and adventure became commonplace, and various "small Ishihara guaner" within the Japanese army sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Ishihara believed that Japan needed Manchuria as a depth.

Well, what about Manchuria?

Manchuria needed North China to do depth.

And North China needs South China to do in-depth.

The copycat version of the "Final Battle Theory" is pushed out step by step, and the "Little Ishihara Waners" do not have Ishihara's detailed strategic considerations, but their ambitions are all greater than him.

Indeed, Japan's series of military adventures in World War II were a blind movement with no end from the beginning, but it was Ishihara who was the first to promote this blind movement.

And as the pace of war continues to advance, so many careerists have emerged, and it is difficult for the war to stop.

When the news of the September 18 Incident reached Japan, it immediately detonated the government and the opposition, and the Japanese cabinet really did not expect the Kwantung Army to be so bold and reckless to start a war without the approval of the Japanese cabinet.

Although the intention of aggression against China has existed for a long time, the time is not ripe.

On this day, September 19, 1931, the Japanese Government was holding an emergency cabinet meeting, and the quarrel between going to war and not to fight was already in the air.

Minister of War Minamijiro emphasized that this was the Kwantung Army's self-defense action, and that it was the Tohoku Army that took the lead in provoking the incident and blowing up the railroad to trigger the war.

However, Foreign Minister Kishigero Bihara (Baron) deeply suspected that this was a conspiracy of the Kwantung Army, and stressed the need to resolve the incident through diplomatic means.

The Cabinet hoped that the military department would face up to the current predicament in the country and asked the army to postpone the operational plan for annexing the three provinces.

Within Japan, the War Department and the Cabinet were deeply divided over the 918 incident, and the two sides argued over it, and the War Department unequivocally supported the Kwantung Army's adventurous actions.

The difference between the Japanese cabinet and the military department is not about war or not to fight, but about the timing of war. The cabinet paid attention to the economic difficulties at home, and it was difficult to support the army for war without money.

And the Japanese military department will not think so much, whether there is money or not is the responsibility of the cabinet, and it has nothing to do with the army.

The most important thing for the army is the opportunity for war, and the endless civil strife in China is the best time for the Japanese army to attack, and it is a pity to miss it.

The so-called ass decides the head, which is not bad at all.

The most important thing is that the Japanese emperor is the real driver of this war of aggression, which is not clear to the cabinet.

In China, the news of the Japanese Kwantung Army's attack on Northeast China was first learned by the Beijing-Tianjin region, and it spread throughout China through media reports, causing people to pay close attention.

Some of those who fled to Kannai were well-informed, and the details of the September 18 incident in Northeast China were unearthed, and the media fiercely criticized the authorities for inaction.

Local media have reported extensively on the course of the incident and the comparison of military forces between the enemy and us in the northeast.

On the night of the September 18 Incident, the Northeast Army Headquarters issued an order not to resist, and only the 7th Brigade in Mukden Province spontaneously organized an uprising to resist the Japanese invasion.

And the name of the Fengtian Volunteer Army has also entered thousands of households for the first time, but what can only one volunteer army do, can the Northeast be kept?

When the people knew the whole process of the incident, they were really speechless in the end.

Nima, on the night of the September 18 incident, Rong Zhen, chief of staff of the Northeast Frontier Army's Commander's Office, ordered the Northeast Army to "not resist, not to move, put the gun in the warehouse, stand up to death, everyone becomes benevolent, and sacrifice for the country."

The Japanese army was only 15,000 people, and the Northeast Army had more than 300,000 troops, and they did not dare to face the Kwantung Army of more than 10,000 people.

How can the situation be embarrassing, there is no reason, what is the use of such a Chinese army?

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, the land of China was detonated, and the people were really angry.

Just today, Zhang Xueliang said in a conversation with a reporter from Tianjin Ta Kung Pao at Union Hospital: "I have already ordered our soldiers to provoke the Japanese soldiers and not to resist. Therefore, our army in Beida Camp ordered the ordnance to be collected early and stored in the warehouse."

Nima, collect the ordnance and don't let it resist, is this still an army?

There is an army without guns, how to defend the country, how to defend the people, heavens!

From south to north, from east to west, factories began to strike, schools began ****.

People in major cities took to the streets, and the waves of denunciation rose higher and higher.

The protests in China continued to expand, and Zhang Xueliang hid in the hospital and did not come out, becoming a turtle with a shrunken head.

No matter how much it is appeased, the momentum of demonstrations and protests is still expanding, and the whole country will be shut down if this continues.

On the afternoon of 19 September, an extraordinary meeting of the "Central Executive Committee" of the Southern Government was held, at which the participants made a decision to "appeal to the League of Nations, which is still appealing externally, to uphold justice, and to seek to unite with the people of the whole country and Comrade Ben at the expense of their prejudices." ”

Nima, the war has broken out, and the government does not want to organize an army to fight back, but goes to the so-called League of Nations for mediation.

Sick in the brain, do you think the League of Nations is just for your family?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately telegraphed to the Chinese delegates to the "League of Nations" demanding that the Japanese troops withdraw from the occupied areas in accordance with the International Covenant.

This is the difference between the common people and the politicians, who think first of all about their own interests, not the interests of the country.

When the government's starting point is in line with the interests of the people, especially on major issues, such as the integrity of the country's territory and the livelihood of the people.

Then, this government is the government of the people.

At this moment, Zhang Xueliang, the head of the Northeast Army, did not want to fight, because he did not want the Northeast Army to bear the responsibility of resisting the Japanese army alone.

As for the people, does he have this ideological realm?

The Nationalist Government did not want to go to war with the Japanese army, and at present the country was not monolithic, with various factions running their own ways, and the central government was only a nominal government on many issues.

The most important point is that Chairman Jiang has already formulated a national policy, and he must first secure the interior before attacking the outside world.

After all, the land outside the Guanxi is too far away from the Central Plains to threaten the security of Chairman Jiang and the government for the time being.

Since that day, the days of Nanfang Province have been very sad, with protests, denunciations, rallies and demonstrations in various places one after another, and the momentum has risen one after another.

It is estimated that such protests will not stop for a while and a half.

The Executive Committee of the Southern Province has discussed many times but has not been able to come up with an effective solution, which is really a mess.