Chapter 158: Unexpected

"Yo Xi, Liu Sang is worthy of being a good friend of the Japanese Empire, and now is not the time to do it. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Originally, your strength was not as good as the security army, Li Han intercepted the cannon bought by Liu Sang, and the firepower of the security army was stronger than before.

So now, what you have to do is to continue to stay in Chahar, and in the next time, the empire will continue to send people to you to help you train your troops, change your equipment, and cooperate with the empire to deal a fatal blow to Li Han and the security army at a critical time. ”

Judging from Liu Guitang's expression, Miki knew that he was tempted, even if he really asked him to attack the security army now, he would not hesitate to carry it out, but Miki did not intend to do so.

Of course, this incident will definitely not be so easy to solve, and if the Imperial soldiers have an accident in Chahar, it will naturally be solved by the high-level areas of the Empire.

Among the deputy wing commanders of the North China garrison, Miki's status can be regarded as a high-level position, and he knows that the commander of the garrison army, Umezu Mijiro, has been looking for an opportunity to separate North China from the Republic of China.

This incident can be used as an excuse, although the cost is a bit large, but for the sake of the empire's hegemony in Asia, the jade fragments of these soldiers are worth it.

As for Liu Guitang, Miki intends to build him into a time bomb planted by the empire in Chahar.

Although Liu Guitang's troops had poor combat effectiveness, after this period of expansion, the number of troops exceeded 7,000, which was not a small force.

In addition, Miki also planned to send advisers to Liu Gui's troops, on the one hand, to help the Chadong guerrilla detachment improve its combat effectiveness, and at the same time, to slowly master this force, so that Liu Guitang could only follow the empire in the future.

After all, Liu Guitang is a person with a criminal record, and Miki does not dare to fully trust him. But in any case, Chahar is in the hands of Liu Guitang, which is much better for the empire than in the hands of Li Han.

Even if it really comes to the day when they turn their faces, the imperial army can easily defeat Liu Guitang's troops, and they don't even need to send troops, they only need to rebel against Liu Guitang's subordinates to expel Liu Guitang from Chahar.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Miki is right, then let's let Li Han be proud, and wait until the imperial army helps our department improve its combat effectiveness, and then it's not too late to do it."

Liu Guitang was already completely immersed in being the overseer of Chahar Province, of course, he knew that it was impossible to do this without the support of the Japanese, so at this time, no matter what Miki said, he would agree.

Besides, there are Japanese people who help him train guerrilla detachments, which must be much stronger than these mud-legged men, and if you want to really control Chahar, you can't do without a force capable of fighting.

He chose to join the Japanese in order to gain greater power, not to be a puppet.

Moreover, Liu Guitang also knew that as long as he did not rebel, the Japanese would not do anything to themselves, and if they wanted to rule China, they would inevitably gather people like themselves.

"What? The Japanese had an accident in Yanqing and more than 500 people died, what the hell is going on? Isn't there more than 20,000 people in the 63rd Army in Yanqing, and what are they doing for food? ”

Song Zheyuan roared loudly, since the end of the Battle of Chahar, his life has not been very easy.

The Japanese have been pressing him step by step, constantly urging him to form an autonomous government in North China, and the Japanese soldiers have been provoking in the Beiping area and have never stopped.

Just a few days ago, the North China garrison held a military exercise near the Fengtai station, and the Japanese soldiers had even killed the gate of the 37th Division's station, almost triggering a large-scale armed conflict.

Basically, after every provocation, it was the retreat of the 29th Army that avoided further escalation of the situation, which has affected the reputation of the 29th Army in the Great Wall War of Resistance.

It is also a pity that Chahar Province is not in his hands, otherwise the first Zhangbei Incident will soon break out, and Qin Dechun will not have to bear a huge infamy to sign the "Qin-Tu Agreement" with the Japanese, both of which have dealt a big blow to the reputation of the 29th.

"Commander, I don't have a simple example of this matter, I have already asked people to investigate, and all the Japanese who died are active soldiers in the Japanese army." Tong Linge said.

"More than 500 Japanese soldiers, even if it is 5,000 bandits, they are not their opponents, and the bandits in Chahar have almost been wiped out by Li Han during this time, if there is really such a bandit, Li Han can't not know."

"I also know that this must have been done by the security forces, but the Japanese will not care about this, they are worried that they will not find a chance to stir up trouble.

However, the garrison in Yanqing is also from the 63rd Army, and the Japanese will certainly take the opportunity to demand an increase in the garrison and expand their rights in North China, and if they are not satisfied, it may even lead to a major war between us and the Japanese.

However, the 29th Army has just been calm for less than a year, how can I bear to let tens of thousands of soldiers of the whole army fall into the flames of war again. And this matter was completely provoked by Li Han, but we asked the 29th Army to help him wipe his ass. ”

Song Zheyuan was very dissatisfied with Li Han. It was also that everything was robbed by Li Han, and the benefits were taken by the security army, but the black cauldron had to be carried by the 29th Army, and anyone would be unhappy about this matter.

"Commander, I think we can transfer the 63rd Army back to Hebei, the security army is already a monopoly in Chahar, and the 63rd Army has little role in staying in Chahar.

In this way, the Japanese could not find an excuse, and if anything else, let them go directly to Li Han. ”

Tong Linge said. This unexpected incident really caught the 29th Army a little off guard, mainly because he didn't expect Li Han to be so ruthless, more than 500 Japanese were all killed, and even the Japanese government was alarmed.

Things have developed to this point, and it is no longer possible for the 29th Army to resist it, unless the 29th Army is willing to start an all-out war with the Japanese army now.

However, Tong Linge knew that Song Zheyuan was unwilling to make a big deal about it, the 29th Army had lived a hard life for a long time, and it was not easy to occupy the rich territory of Hebei and Beijing and Tianjin, and they would not be willing to give up until the last moment, let alone mention that others were blackened.

"This can only be done, Feng Zhanhai also has an unshirkable responsibility in this matter, if he can say hello to us in advance, we will not be so passive now.

If, after withdrawing the 63rd Army, the Japanese still pursued the 29th Army, they would have to aggravate him to avoid the limelight first. In addition, the Japanese had to be on guard, and I planned to transfer the 38th Division and the 143rd Division to Beiping. ”

It was less than a year before the Great Wall War of Resistance, and Song Zheyuan's attitude towards Japan at this time was much tougher than at the time of the July 7 Incident.

Although Song Zheyuan wanted to occupy the territory of Hebei to strengthen himself, if the Japanese refused to let him have the slightest room to turn around, he was not afraid of a war with the Japanese army.

The North China garrison army was only about 5,000 people, and the Eighth Division in Rehe was just over 30,000 people. In the Jicha region, the 29th Army now has more than 80,000 troops, the 63rd Army has more than 20,000 troops, and the Security Army has more than 30,000 people.

If you really want to fight, at most you will fight another Battle of the Great Wall, but this time the 29th Army is not comparable in terms of numbers and equipment in three or three years.

Although Song Zheyuan withdrew the 63rd Army to Hebei, he was still very uneasy in his heart, and he had also seen the greed of the Japanese in the past few months, unless he was willing to be a traitor who would be scolded by future generations, otherwise the Japanese would never let him go easily.

But last year, he was still an anti-Japanese hero praised by the whole country, and in the blink of an eye, he was about to become a traitor who poked the backbone of tens of millions of people, of course Song Zheyuan was unwilling to do such a thing, so he is also very conflicted now.

The most he could accept was to make some political concessions, such as agreeing to sign a "Sino-Japanese Economic Development Agreement" with Tashiro, the commander of the Japanese army, including the construction of the Tianjin-Shi Railway, the construction of the port in Tanggu, the Baihe Water Conservancy, the Longyan Iron Mine, the Jingcheng Coal Mine, and the planting of cotton.

But if the Japanese wanted to force him to set up an autonomous government in North China, there would be no room for maneuvering, because then he would be no different from a traitor.

However, to Song Zheyuan's surprise, this time the Japanese did not make too much trouble for the 29th Army, but they aimed the spearhead at the Nationalist Government.

Originally, Umezu Yoshijiro, commander of the North China Garrison, planned to take his time to seize the interests of North China, and his actions were either to send a few soldiers to the Chinese army station to make trouble, or to assassinate a few high-ranking officials of the Nationalist Government who flattered Japan, and then blame the Republic of China Government for profit.

Either way, the price they pay is very small, and even a few traitors can be sacrificed to achieve their goal. However, this time he lost more than 500 people at a time, and one-tenth of the troops stationed in the garrison were gone, and the anger of Umezu Miji can be seen.

Therefore, the Japanese not only demanded that the Nationalist Government must go all out to track down the murderers, but also directly increased the number of troops stationed in North China from 5,000 to more than 10,000 in disregard of the strong opposition of the Republic of China Government.

Not only that, the Japanese also threatened to send troops directly to Yanqing to investigate, and more than 500 soldiers of the imperial army were killed, and the Japanese government seriously doubted the ability of the Chahar Provincial Government and the Beiping Political Affairs Consolidation Committee of the Executive Yuan.

At the same time, the Nationalist Government was asked to remove Qin Dechun, chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government, and Li Han, commander of the Security Army, who was responsible for the defense of Chahar Province, from their posts and investigated them.

What is even more excessive is that they went so far as to ask the Nationalist Government to abolish the two major organs of the Executive Yuan, the Beiping Political Affairs Consolidation Committee and the Beiping Branch of the Military Commission.

For this reason, not only was the Japanese ambassador to China Ariachi ordered to warn Chiang Kai-shek, but the Japanese Eighth Division also rushed to the edge of the Great Wall to hold military exercises with the North China garrison.

Every day, guns and cannons are fired, and all the people in Beiping City are trembling, and they don't know when war will befall them.