Dai Xiaodian used clever tricks to avoid the reporter's encirclement and interception, and returned to the Nanyuan military camp smoothly, not mentioning. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Japanese side has suffered a big loss, how can there be any reason not to retaliate? The news of the defeat of the Lugou Bridge was transmitted back to China, and at the same time, there was also the tough stance of the Chinese side at the negotiating table, which could not help but make the Japanese more vigilant about the North China incident (at this moment, the Lugou Bridge incident had not yet risen to the height of the incident), and soon, the War Department held a meeting to discuss countermeasures, and the first director of the General Staff Headquarters of the War Department, Ishihara Waner, was a consistent moderate faction, and in the initial stage of the feedback of the situation of the situation of the loss of a soldier in the exercise led by Setsuro Shimizu, he was fired live by the Chinese side, and the loss of a soldier was returned. He didn't take it to heart, because at that time, similar frictions between China and Japan often occurred in the Pingjin area, and they could not attract anyone's attention at all.

By the morning of the 8th, the Kwantung Army received the news and immediately convened a meeting, arguing that "the Soviet Union was purged by the demon Stalin because of internal instability. In the author's opinion, Stalin was the only human scum who could compare with Hitler in terms of atrocities, and killing him with the most vicious punishment, and then resurrecting him, killing him again, and then killing him ten thousand times, was not enough to compensate for the suffering he inflicted on the Soviet people! He and Ximo are the top two stinky **** in the 5,000-year history of mankind! It is estimated that the north is safe at present, so we should take this opportunity to deal a blow to the Jicha side. ”

At the same time, in the name of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, he reported to the military headquarters: "In view of the situation in North China, the main forces of the 1st and 11th brigades and regiments and the first part of the air force have been ordered to prepare for battle. "On the afternoon of the same day after the telegram was sent, the battle at Lugou Bridge ended, and the Kwantung Army issued an unprecedented statement on the incident outside its control," ...... The Kwantung Army maintained great concern and firm determination to cause incidents in North China due to the violent provocation of the 29th Army, and seriously watched the development of the incident. ”

At the same time, the Kwantung Army sent its staff to Jinmen to state their views on a hard-line attitude, and at the same time asked the garrison army and the Kwantung Army to jointly send a telegram to the central authorities. However, the garrison rejected the Kwantung Army's proposal for three reasons. First, the garrison has already made up its mind not to expand the situation; second, the judgment that the so-called Soviet Union would not send troops and was not responsible; Third, I am disturbed by the Kwantung Army's rash view of the Chinese issue.

The Kwantung Army turned to Korea and found the commander of the Japanese forces in Korea, General Koiso Kuniaki, and this time, he agreed, and in the name of the Korean garrison, he sent a telegram jointly with the Kwantung Army, saying: "In view of the outbreak of the North China incident, the part of the 20th Division has been ordered to be ready to be dispatched at any time." "In a separate telegram sent by Koiso Kuniaki to the chief of staff of the Kanin Palace, he frankly believed that although the preparation of the 20th Division was a necessary measure taken on the basis of the annual battle plan instructions, its own intention was also very clear, that is, to 'use this incident to promote the ambition of governing China.'"

The War Department also had to be cautious about the telegrams sent by the Kwantung Army and the Korean Army, but Ishihara Waner, the first director of the General Staff Headquarters, and Shibata Kanshiro, the head of the First Section (Military Affairs) of the Headquarters, expressed strong dissatisfaction with the radicalization of the Kwantung Army! They believed that the most important task of the imperial state at present was to build Manchuria, prepare for war against the Soviet Union, and consolidate national defense, and that intervening in China was very likely to cause it to fall apart.

The General Staff Headquarters and the Kwantung Army had a quarrel, which made it very difficult for the Minister of the Army, General Sugiyama Moto, and finally had to obey Ishihara's advice, and at 6:42 p.m. on July 8, he sent a telegram to the North China Garrison that 'further use of force should be avoided in order to avoid further expansion of the situation.'

However, this policy of not enlargement aroused the dissatisfaction of the War Department, and the Minister of the Army, Sugiyama Moto, had to be appeased on both sides, and in the middle of the night of the 8th, an order was issued: the demobilization of the divisions west of Kyoto and the second-year soldiers of the infantry wing, which was originally scheduled to be demobilized on 10 July, was postponed -- this alone increased the strength of the Japanese army by 40,000.

To calm the mood of the General Staff Headquarters and the War Department, the Admiralty also issued an order divided into three parts: first, the Third Fleet exercising in the Taiwan region returned to its place of origin; second, to strengthen vigilance in case the situation escalates and prohibit arbitrary action; Third, it is necessary to prepare mobile forces in case of an emergency dispatch of troops to China.

Song Zheyuan was in his hometown of Leling, Shandong at this time (he was forced away by the Japanese, for the sake of the aforementioned "Economic Collaboration Agreement", the Japanese chased after him, Song Zheyuan had no choice but to escape for a while), in the name of his father's grave repair and filial piety, he just used the phone to contact Qin Dechun, Tong Linge and others, remote command, everyone invited him back to Beiping several times, he always prevaricated, Qin Dechun was really helpless to him, and at this time, someone came to report, Matsui Taikuro is here.

Although there was a fierce battle in front of the Lugou Bridge, for Qin Dechun and Matsui, such a small friction was really not a big deal, the two of them talked happily and were so affectionate, anyone who saw the two of them talking and smiling in the conference room would never believe that this was the representative of the two countries that had just been killed with a river of blood.

Matsui was a short and fat man, with a bare round brain, a poor appearance, wearing round-rimmed glasses and a mustache, and this time he came without a translator - he had been in China for many years, and he could speak Chinese very fluently, and the conversation was perfectly fine. The two sides sat down, Qin Dechun knew that he liked to drink tea, so he specially ordered someone to make a moderately fragrant Huangshan Maofeng, and prepared snacks for the guests.

After chatting a few words, Matsui got to the point, "The exchanges between China and Japan have a long history, since the Tang and Song dynasties, our Japanese country admired Chinese civilization and sent envoys to the east to open an era of exchanges between our two countries, which has been more than 1,000 years. When the contemptible people were studying, they loved Li Taibai's poems the most, especially 'Japan Chao Qing resigned from the imperial capital, and the sail was wrapped around the tent pot. The bright moon does not return to the blue sea, and the white clouds are full of sorrow. Brother Shaowen is a well-read person, I think you must have heard of it? ”

Qin Dechun is about to fall asleep! Li Bai's "Crying Chao Heng", who doesn't know after reading the book for a few days? He guessed Matsui's trick, and listened to it, never saying a word more. "I've heard it, I've heard it, if you want to talk about the words that describe the friendship between China and Japan, you should respect this poem of the Seven Uniques."

"yes, yes." Matsui nodded frequently, of course he didn't come to talk about poetry with Qin Dechun, he introduced the topic, and said: "Brother Shaowen, since the Meiji Reform of the Imperial Kingdom of Japan, I have been working together and striving for self-improvement, and finally there is such a strong situation in Europe and Asia, and my brother is no stranger here, right?" ”

Qin Dechun nodded, "Of course, it's not a stranger!" In the former Qing Dynasty, your country ......"

Matsui didn't allow him to continue his words, waved his hand and said: "Whether it was friendship or disputes between the two countries back then, it is not appropriate to mention it at this moment, Brother Shaowen, the contemptible people are here, they are entrusted by the central government (Japanese overseas agencies also call the country the central government, and it is not a clerical error here), I would like to ask Brother Shaowen and Mr. Mingxuan, what is their judgment on the Lugou Bridge battle?" ”

Qin Dechun picked up the teacup to hide the anger in his eyes. Listening to Matsui's attitude, it seems that this matter was really provoked by us Chinese? And then you had to fight back? Little Japan with grass mud horses! "Mr. Matsui's is not right, right? In front of the Lugou Bridge, our Chinese defenders fired two warnings in a row, the first time they fired at the sky, and the second time they hit the direction of the Japanese army's advance, and they have repeatedly made their position clear to your army. Do you still have any judgment on such a thing? ”

Matsui raised his eyebrows, and three neat wrinkles appeared on his broad head, "Brother Shaowen, this incident is related to the overall situation of friendship between you and me, so there is no need to dwell on these small sections." The contemptible people came here this time to ask Brother Shaowen, Guijun and Mr. Mingxuan, how will the attitude towards our imperial kingdom go in the future? ”

"Well, Mr. Matsui will wait until our Commander Song returns."

"Why should Brother Shaowen deceive people?" Matsui said disappreciatively: "Who doesn't know, although Mr. Song is Leling, he is always on the phone for the affairs of Beiping?" From this point of view, your army does not intend to continue to maintain the situation of cooperation with the imperial army. That, the contemptible man said goodbye. ”

Qin Dechun hurriedly stopped him, "Hey, Matsui-kun, why bother? Even if you don't agree with each other, you don't have to walk away! ”

Matsui didn't dare to turn his face around like this, sat down again, and said to Qin Dechun: "Mr. Qin, the contemptible people are here this time, they are entrusted by our imperial army to discuss the aftermath with you, if you are not sincere, what is the use of contemptible people staying here?" ”

"That's not the case, the so-called business is not benevolent! Besides, just as Matsui-kun said, your two countries are separated by a strip of water, and the two sides have been friendly for generations, and the Lugou Bridge incident was only caused by a temporary quarrel between the two sides, and it has not caused great harm. Why did Matsui-kun do this? ”

Matsui nodded and said, "It's good that Your Excellency can have such sincerity. ”

Qin Dechun was secretly annoyed, if it weren't for Song Mingxuan sending me a telegram all the way away, asking me to focus on appeasement, would you be willing to grind your teeth here with you? I don't believe that with my 29th Army, I don't have the courage to fight head-on with you little Japan?! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but recall a conversation between Song Zheyuan and Song Zheyuan before leaving.

Song Zheyuan had the idea of returning to his hometown to avoid the limelight in early February 37, but Qin Dechun stopped him: "...... This matter is related to the survival of the country, and how can it be compared with personal honor and disgrace? The central government has handed over the responsibility to Ming Gong, whether you are in peace or not, the responsibility always lies with you. Therefore, the brother does not agree with you leaving Beiping. ”

Song Zheyuan didn't insist too much, but in April and May, the Japanese persecution became more and more serious, Song Zheyuan really couldn't hold on, and he was determined to leave, Qin Dechun couldn't stop it, so he had to let him. Before leaving, Song Zheyuan said: "...... Any representation to Japan that impedes the territorial integrity of the country will not be accepted; In principle, in order to avoid conflict between the two sides, other things may as well be declined. ”

Qin Dechun met Matsui today with such an idea. I only heard Matsui say: "Qin Sang, why don't we first give our respective orders and let all the troops stop fighting, and then withdraw to their respective stations, and then do further discussions?" ”

Qin Dechun thought about it for a moment and said, "The Lugou Bridge is the inherent defense line of our army, do you want us to give up like this?" ”

"Why don't you leave it to the security team for the time being? Is it also to prevent some soldiers from causing further incidents of misfire out of righteous indignation? ”

Qin Dechun nodded, and was afraid that the Japanese would secretly use tricks, so he added as if admonishing, "Matsui-kun, if you want to retreat, not only will you have to retreat, but your army will also have to retreat." ”

"Of course, of course." Matsui Taijiulang patted his chest and agreed with a big bag, "If our army does not follow the agreement, Qin Sang can just talk to me." ”

"Then, well, according to this opinion, the specific details will be discussed after you and I have agreed."

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