On July 12, the newspapers in Tianjin published two pieces of news, the first was the news that Tashiro Wanichiro, the commander of the Japanese North China Garrison Army, was seriously ill and hospitalized, and he had been sick for a long time, and since 1936, he had been hospitalized several times because of valvulitis of the heart, and even flew back to Japan for treatment, but in the end he could not be completely saved. www.biquge.info After he was hospitalized, the post of commander was assumed by Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Kazuki -- who was in charge of the director of the Department of Education in the country, and at 4 a.m. on the morning of the 11th, he received a telephone call from Major General Anan Yujiji, director of the Personnel Bureau, on behalf of Senior General Sugiyama Moto, Minister of Personnel, asking him to immediately go to the residence of Minister Lu and accept his new post.

Kazuki Kiyoji did not dare to slack off, and acted immediately, and went to the Lu Xiang's official residence to receive instructions before taking office, and there were two instructions. First, tasks are assigned by the Chief of Staff; Second, with regard to the Lugou Bridge incident, we will strive to resolve it on the spot under the principle of not expanding it.

After receiving the instructions, Kazuki Seiji went to the staff headquarters and accepted the same instructions, this time Sanjo. First, the commander of the garrison was responsible for ensuring communication from Bohai Bay to Beiping, and for protecting my subjects in the principal areas of North China; second, to increase the number of troops for you one by one, and to be responsible for commanding these troops to carry out the mission; Thirdly, the details are directed by the Ministers.

This was followed by a large number of instructions, which did not need to be detailed, and Kiyoji Kazuki stayed in Tachikawa for a day, and arrived at the headquarters of the Chinese garrison in Tianjin at 14 o'clock in the afternoon of the 12th. Soon after his arrival, he issued the first order after the new official took office, which played a vital role in the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War! A few words to explain.

The content of the order is roughly as follows: First, although there is no change in the current enemy situation, there is a sign that the forces on the ground and in the air will gradually move northward in the good township; Second, with the arrival of the reinforced corps, the Imperial Army must gradually rebuild its posture and prepare for an all-round war against China. Third. increase the strength of Fengtai and Tongzhou; Fourth, the main forces of the Kwantung Army were assembled in Miyun, and one (two brigades) was assembled in Tianjin; Fifth, six squadrons of the air force were assembled in Tianjin.

This order greatly boosted the morale of the Japanese soldiers! When it was conveyed to the troops on the 13th, the Japanese soldiers were suddenly full of fighting spirit! It turned out that in the past, the Japanese soldiers only regarded a part of the 29th Army as an enemy, and still regarded the vast majority as friendly troops. And now, the order given to the brigade was to determine the 29th Army as the enemy, to demand a change of opinion on the front line, that the past negotiations had lost their purpose, and now they were to be transferred to the aspect of purely combat operations.

So, there was that radical, and even made a plan to attack the Lugou Bridge that night! However, under the order of the headquarters, it had to be suspended.

By July 16, Japan had finally reached a consensus and made a final judgment on the basis for resolving the situation. The first is to set July 19 as the deadline for implementation, and the minimum requirements are -

In the first article of the first paragraph of the general outline, Song Zheyuan came forward to apologize; second, punish those responsible, including the removal of Feng Zhi'an; third, to retreat the Chinese army near Babaoshan; Fourth, on the conditions for settlement proposed on July 11, it was changed to be signed by Song Zheyuan (originally Zhang Zizhong and Qi Xieyuan).

If the Chinese side refused to fulfill the second paragraph of the general program within the time limit, the Japanese side immediately ceased negotiations and crusaded against the 29th Army, and for this reason, ordered the mobilization of the necessary troops and immediately sent them to North China.

Paragraph 3 of the General Program, after the expiration of the time limit, even if the Chinese side fulfills our requirements and softens its attitude, the 29th Army will withdraw from the area on the right bank of the Yongding River.

In the fourth paragraph of the General Program, the Empire's intention to confine the situation to North China and to seek a local settlement was to be communicated to Nanking, and it demanded that the Central Army restore its old posture, suspend its provocations against Japan, and not hinder the progress of the local settlement.

The instructions were conveyed to the garrison army headquarters, but I don't know why, there was no follow-up (check the information, there is no content discussed by China and Japan on this clause, until the outbreak of the war on July 26, for nearly ten days, Kazuki Kiyoji did not show such a clause, Song Zheyuan also always held illusions, and the Japanese were entangled at the negotiation table one by one, as for the more than 100,000 soldiers of the 29th Army, they just slept a lot).

At this time, the Japanese troops had already completed their assembly, and the number of troops, and the situation of the build-up was approximately as follows.

The 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Army, from the troops of the Kwantung Army, in addition to the brigade headquarters, there is also an infantry wing, two light tank squadrons, a light armored vehicle squadron, an independent field artillery squadron, and an independent engineer squadron, which set off from Gongzhuling on the night of the 11th, arrived in Chengde on the 13th, passed through Gubeikou, and arrived in Miyun on the 16th.

The 11th Brigade was formed independently, also from the Kwantung Army, with a total number of 4,095. In addition to the brigade headquarters, there were two infantry wings, a cavalry wing, a field artillery wing, a mountain artillery wing, an engineer squadron, and a baggage squadron.

The 20th Division, from the Korean Army, numbered 9,804 and had 1,741 horses, including two brigades, four infantry wings, and one cavalry, field artillery, and engineer wing. This unit was slower, mobilized on the 15th, set off on the 16th, and the main force arrived in Tianjin on the 19th, and the first part was assembled in Tangshan and Shanhaiguan (in addition to the baggage troops, communication team, health team, four field hospitals, and weapons service team sent on July 27).

Finally, there are the remaining troops of the garrison brigade, totaling more than 30,000 people.

Later, Xiong Bin (deputy chief of staff) went north and interviewed him in person, telling him that Sun Lianzhong's troops were only going north to resist Japan's aggression and had no intention of annexing him, and he did not listen at all.

In addition, Lu Zhonglin, like Song Zheyuan, is also the old foundation of the Northwest Army, even higher than his prestige, entrusted by Lao Jiang, to go north to Baoding, and invite him to Baoding to discuss countermeasures. Song was jealous, hateful and afraid of this, and said in a reply to Lu Zhonglin, "...... Combat should be on the front line, and those who retreat are what? After that, Lu Zhonglin called him, but he couldn't answer.

As for Lu Zhonglin to report to Lao Jiang in Guling in person, Song Zheyuan was a little scared, and repeatedly sent telegrams to block it, but he insisted on dragging this matter out.

In a word, in the nearly a month after the July Seven Incident, Song Zheyuan made frequent faint moves, which was suffocating!