On September 18, 1930, the bloodless occupation of Shenyang by the Japanese Kwantung Army opened the prelude to the death struggle between the two countries in East Asia in the 20 th century. One side has been planning for a long time, the other side is confused, and in addition, there are the thoughts of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The surprise attack in Shenyang was only more wonderful than the 918 incident in history, and nearly 50,000 people from the three divisions of the 10th Route Army of the Northeast Army stationed in Beidaying were completely disarmed by the Japanese army without any resistance under the orders of their commander-in-chief Xiqia and the indiscriminate instructions of Zhang Xueliang, commander of the Northeast Army. What is even more unexpected is that at the same time as the Japanese occupied Shenyang, most of the senior officers of the Tenth Route Army of the Northeast Army also jointly issued a telegram in support of the former Qing Xun Emperor Ai Xinjueluo. Pu Yi ruled for the three eastern provinces and sent telegrams of allegiance to the two central governments in Beijing and Wuhan at the same time, in an attempt to confuse the public and disguise a naked invasion as a rebellion within the Japanese-backed Northeast Army

After the announcement of the telegram supporting Puyi, the world was shocked. In particular, the entire Northeast Army, from the office of the commander of the Northeast Army, who was busy arranging for the withdrawal of troops back to the Guanwai, to the generals of the Northeast Army, who were guarding various parts of the Northeast, were all speechless with shock.

The Japanese have the impression that they are a powerful country, and although China is now claiming to be rising, it is after all the territory of the southern national government that is rising. Their Northeast Army has nothing to do with the "rise" at all, and even the top and bottom are worried that the powerful Nationalist Government will unify them. It is precisely because of this concern that the Northeast Army's dependence on their Japanese backstage can be said to be increasing unabated, and Japan seems to have been much more lenient towards the Northeast Army because of the great enemy of the Nationalist Government...... In the more than a year since Zhang Dashuai was killed, the Japanese have basically not made any more unreasonable demands...... Except for the "Japan-Manchurian Cooperation Agreement" in the previous paragraph, but in the eyes of most people in the Northeast Army, this agreement is much more lenient than the secret agreements that the Japanese forced the old commander to sign before...... Unexpectedly, these short-looking and kind-looking widows were so ruthless, and they bit the Northeast Army fiercely as soon as they made a move

The shock was followed by panic, Shenyang had been lost, and the whole Liaoning was extremely empty, presumably occupied by the Japanese army in the past two days. In this way, the Northeast Army was cut into two sections, and the 200,000 troops hanging in the pass became a lone army...... And listening to the tone of the favor of electricity, Japan seems to want to declare the emperor to be the ruler of the three eastern provinces, and the two territories of Jilin and Heilongjiang have also been booked by the Japanese, so that the Northeast Army still has a home to go back to?

At present, the performance of the Northeast Army is similar to that in history, but in this time and space, there is no central government like Lao Jiang who has a black pot together, on the day of the incident, the two central governments of Wuhan and Beijing sent anti-Japanese telegrams one after the other, and at the same time ordered the Northeast Army to resist, ordering them to fight for every inch of land, and did not hesitate to fight to the last shot, and the Beijing government, which nominally commanded the Northeast Army and the Northeast, directly instructed the Northeast Army to immediately advance eastward with a strong force, and occupy Jinzhou, the gateway of the western Liaoning corridor, before the Japanese army.

Newspapers in the north and south also received the news as soon as they could, and the next morning, the news of the September 18 incident was published on the front pages of their respective newspapers in bold and wide black letters. They called on the two central committees of the north and south to unite to defend against foreign captives, and at the same time accused the Northeast Army of losing its division and losing territory, misleading the country and humiliating the country...... There were even major newspapers in the south that openly called on the central government in Beijing to dismiss Zhang Xueliang from his post and appoint him to command the Northeast Army in the future, recover the lost territory, and crack down on the Japanese invaders.

At this time, no matter whether it is north or south, who dares to ask all sides to tolerate it, try to avoid conflicts, and resolve the incident through negotiations? The world was turbulent, it was enough to drown him out, from Beijing to Wuhan, there was a sound of shouting and beating. At this time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have reached a rare agreement, as for who to fight...... There is no difference in the views of the two sides at present, there is a difficulty in the Northeast, who will come out if the Northeast Army does not come out? So over the years, how many people's fat and ointment has the Northeast Army looted in the Northeast? How can he ever hand over a penny to the successive central governments? Now that the catastrophe in the Northeast is coming, don't you rush to the front, are you worthy of the fathers and villagers who have paid taxes for you for more than ten years?

As for whether with the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army, can the Japanese fight away and regain the lost territory? No one cares about this matter now except for the Northeast Army. The only thing to consider is how much benefit the respective forces can win in this sudden incident, both in terms of prestige and in terms of actual military territory.

And the princes of the Northeast Army, including Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling, were silent for a while.

In the heart, of course, the Northeast Army is patriotic, otherwise in history, they would have launched the Xi'an Incident in anger and detained Chiang Kai-shek, who pursued the policy of seizing foreign affairs and securing internal affairs, thus making immortal contributions to the country and the nation? But at the moment, Chiang Kai-shek is still singing a high profile in Wuhan as a cat, and he has no intention of coming to Tianjin to let Zhang Shaoshuai arrest him, but Zhou Elai, the leader of the Central G, came to Tianjin by train early the next morning on 9.18......

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"Prime Minister, can the central government be prepared for war against Japan......

Zhang Xueliang's face was pale and blue, with a smoky face, his head hung down, and he sat on the sofa in the living room of the Tianjin Supervision Office, like a bean sprout that had withered half of it, and he did not command hundreds of thousands of troops at all. Sitting across from him was Zhou Elai, who had just arrived from Beijing.

Zhou Elai was wearing a blue-gray military uniform, his waist was straight, his thick eyebrows were slightly frowned, and his eyes were blazing looking at the commander of the Northeast Army who was almost collapsing.

The atmosphere inside the room was extremely depressing, and the weather outside the window was also gloomy, with dark clouds hanging low, and muffled thunder rolling in the sky from time to time, and there was no autumn air at all.

"General Han Qing, I won't tell you anything, this time the Shenyang incident happened suddenly, and our central government was not prepared." Zhou Elai's eyes flashed, and he had a little more fortitude, but not being prepared does not mean that he should not resist, this time I came to Tianjin to discuss with the Northeast Army about the matter of going out of the War of Resistance, does the Northeast Army have an emergency plan in this regard? He set his eyes on Guo Songling, who was sitting next to Zhang Xueliang, at this moment, the general staff of the Northeast Army still maintained a minimum of composure, and his whole body showed the temperament of a famous general.

Guo Songling gritted his teeth, a trace of murderous aura flashed on his face, and he said calmly that there were already some arrangements, and the counties along the South Manchurian Railway had begun to destroy the railway and highways. The 15th Route Army, stationed in Jilin and Changchun, also began to arrange defenses. In addition, Wang Yizhe's armored cavalry brigade also set off by train overnight to seize Jinzhou. He asked rhetorically, does the central government have a plan? The reason why the Northeast Army was attacked by Japan this time is inseparable from the fact that we have transferred the main force into the customs to mediate the conflict between your party and the Kuomintang......"

Zhou Elai remained silent, just nodded slightly, and the central government was deploying troops to prepare to go east to resist Japan, but now the main forces of the central government were still in Shanxi...... It will take some time to move to the Northeast. Before that, the Northeast Army must maintain the situation, so the central government hopes that the main force of the Northeast Army can move east to resist Japan as soon as possible. Furthermore...... We also got a confidential piece of information about the anti-Japanese arrangements on the part of the Kuomintang......"

Hearing the three words of the Kuomintang, a trace of surprise suddenly flashed on Zhang Xueliang's face, and his tightly wrinkled eyebrows were loosened, and he subconsciously wanted to ask a question, but Zhou Elai took it unhurriedly According to the information we just received, the Kuomintang side would have already made a move in the Northeast...... Moreover, they also prepared a plan for the eastward march to resist Japan, which also involved some disputes within our party...... Originally, it was inconvenient to talk about this kind of housework in front of outsiders, but now that the matter is urgent, I can't take care of it so much. To be honest, Wang Zhongyi, the person in charge of our party in Mongolia, is actually a Kuomintang spy, and the entire Seventh Route Army has also been controlled by this spy group headed by Wang Zhongyi, and this time the Kuomintang and Wang Zhongyi's spy clique have colluded together and are ready to take advantage of the Japanese invasion and the chaotic situation in Northeast China to advance eastward from Mongolia and seize Heilongjiang. ”

With a bang, Zhang Xueliang jumped up suddenly, brought down the chair, and stared at Zhou Elai's face with a blue face.

The old battalion of the Northeast Army has been moved from Shenyang to Harbin, including a huge number of arms reserves and huge wealth looted over many years, which are now piled up in various warehouses in the Songbei camp in Harbin, all of which are the real foundation of the Northeast Army, as long as these foundations are not lost, Zhang Xueliang can rapidly expand the army in Heilongjiang to confront the Japanese army, although it is unlikely that he will take away his home business, but it is still possible to ensure an invincible situation. In the end, if the war drags on, the Japanese may be difficult to maintain, and then ask the powers to come out to mediate, the Northeast may still be the old Zhang family, but if this root is seized by the Kuomintang, regardless of the gains and losses of the Northeast, the Northeast Army will be a dead end

Guo Songling beside him was much calmer, and after the shock, a smile appeared on his face, this is a good thing, now that the Japanese invaded, it is indeed difficult to cope with the strength we left in the Northeast, the Kuomintang and Wang Zhongyi are willing to send a large army to the east at this time, and our Northeast Army is naturally grateful. He glanced at Zhang Xueliang, who was pale-faced beside him, and said with a smile Hanqing, our family business is in Harbin, and so are the Kuomintang Japanese. The Japanese will definitely go all out to snatch it in the future, if there are no tens of thousands of elites of Wang Zhongyi, relying only on Jiang Chaoliu's 30,000 soldiers, I am afraid that I will not be able to defend it for a few days, and the Japanese will be cheap. Let's just push the boat down the river and join forces with the Kuomintang to resist Japan, and give Jiang Chaoliu an order to welcome Wang Zhongyi into Harbin to co-preside over the situation. ”

"But what about our supplies in Harbin? These are our lifeblood......" Zhang Xueliang's voice was inaudible. But Guo Songling heard it clearly, he smiled, and said slowly Han Qing, are you really the Kuomintang rarity of our broken guns? They now have more than two million tons of steel production, more than Japan, and four of the world's most powerful battleships are under construction. There are no many words and ...... We don't have an arsenal now...... In the future, it will counterattack the northeast, and the Kuomintang will not be able to provide supplies. So this time, we might as well be generous, sell them one, and it will be good in the future, right? ”

The whole room was silent. Zhang Xueliang also calmed down at the moment, just stood there blankly, looking at Guo Songling with a happy face for a while, and looking at Zhou Elai with a solemn face for a while, and didn't know whether this matter was good or bad......

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At this time, the territory of the Northeast, especially Harbin, where the Northeast Commander's Office is located, has become a complete mess. The situation developed too quickly and too badly, and Jiang Dengxuan, who stayed here, and Zhang Zuoxiang, who arrived overnight, were at a loss. The Japanese in South Manchuria, who did not lose their minds, actually wanted to support the joke-like retired emperor Pu Yi to govern the three eastern provinces and was deeply favored by the Zhang family, Xiqia, who seemed to be a spy of the Japanese and a loyal servant of the Qing Dynasty, with his assistance, the Japanese took complete control of Shenyang with almost no firing a single shot, and captured almost 50,000 Northeast troops...... At this time, the troops are being divided to attack all parts of Liaoning, and the main force is being sent to advance to Changchun, but the 15th Route Army of Xuezhong is the foundation of Wu Peifu's direct elite, although the weapons and equipment are a little worse, but at the critical moment, they were finally not frightened by the Japanese, and they should be able to support a little bit for a while, and make a little preparation for Harbin, right? No small number of words

But what can Harbin do now? The main force of the Northeast Army has been taken to Guannai by Zhang Xueliang, and there is no way back at all, and what remains in Heilongjiang is only the Ninth Route Army of 30,000 people, as well as some local troops. The warehouse of the Songbei camp was full of weapons and ammunition and boxes of yellow and white things, but it was not an overnight thing to use these to train an armed army. And the Japanese defeated Yu Xuezhong and approached the city of Harbin, it is estimated that it will be a matter of the next few days, and then it will be a real disaster.

Therefore, in the Northeast Army Commander's Office in Harbin, it was a gloomy cloud at this time.

Yang Yuting and Zeng Qi strode in from the outside. These two people have been in Harbin for some time, and they have also had secret talks with Jiang Dengxuan several times. Helplessly, this Jiang Dengxuan is Zhang Xueliang's confidant, and he is unwilling to do that kind of thing of selling for glory, of course, there are also elements that are not what Yang Yuting and Zeng Qi said. So after these two people confirmed the news of the Shenyang incident this morning, they immediately rushed away, and before they entered the living room, Yang Yuting shouted loudly.

“…… Super Sixth Brother, the Japanese have really made trouble, now hurry up and let Wang Zhongyi's Seventh Route Army in...... Otherwise, the good in Heilongjiang and Harbin City will be cheaper for the Japanese in the end."

"Neighbor, what are you talking about? This Wang Zhongyi again? They don't want to stay in Mongolia well, and they also want to take this opportunity to fish in the troubled waters of the Northeast without skipping words.

The person who asked the question was the veteran of the Northeast Army, Zhang Zuolin's general Zhang Zuoxiang, he was originally in Jilin, and he was ordered to rush to Harbin overnight as soon as the incident in Shenyang occurred, and this time he had just arrived. I heard that someone came to report that it was Yang Yuting and Zeng Qi who asked to meet, so I came to see Jiang Dengxuan together.

Seeing Zhang Zuoxiang, Yang Yuting hurriedly hugged his fists, sighed again, found a chair and sat down to assist the marshal, it's good that you are here. Super six people don't dare to make a decision on this matter, you are always the veteran of our Northeast Army, please give me an idea. He quietly glanced at Zhang Zuoxiang, and saw the other party's surprised expression, Jiang Dengxuan didn't tell him about it, so he smiled and said with a smile, the matter is like this, now the Japanese have launched an incident in Shenyang to take away our foundation. And the main force of the Northeast Army is far beyond the reach of the whip in the pass, Harbin here is only more than 60,000 soldiers, Jilin also has 20,000 15th Route Army, a total of only 50,000 people, this strength can be the best thing? But fortunately, Wang Zhongyi in Mongolia and the Kuomintang in the south are willing to help us fight the Japanese devils, Wang Zhongyi's 40,000 army is on the border, as long as you nod your head, they can come to Heilongjiang. The Kuomintang was also willing to send officers and non-commissioned officers to Harbin by air, which was the foundation of an army, and it would take three months to expand a strong army with good officers and non-commissioned officers. ”

"Hehe, what a ...... to help us fight devils" Zhang Zuoxiang's cold gaze glanced around, and said calmly What about after the fight? Is Heilongjiang still the territory of the old Zhang family? Jilin and Liaoning are still surnamed Zhang, and they don't skip words.

His tone was cold, which made Yang Yuting, Zeng Qi, Jiang Dengxuan and the others unconsciously gasp. Zeng Qi gritted his teeth, stood up and assisted the commander, I won't tell you that after the Japanese devils are defeated, the Northeast will naturally be under the rule of the Nationalist Government. But...... The Nationalist Government will also give preferential treatment to the generals of the Northeast Army and General Zhang Hanqing. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang just shook his head and sneered, Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Fuwen's abacus was too fine, right? Without a lot of words, you want us to hand over the territory army without giving us preferential treatment? It's really wishful thinking of super six, what can you say? "The old general turned his head and looked at Jiang Dengxuan quietly, Han Qing treats you well, you can't be that kind of ungrateful person, the Japanese can also solve it through diplomatic negotiations, if the territory is given to the Kuomintang, it will be over"

Jiang Dengxuan smiled bitterly and assisted the marshal, if we don't let people in, they won't come in? Even if people don't come, what about the Japanese? Are they really willing to withdraw their troops and return Liaoning to the young marshal? This time, our Northeast Army is at home......"

At this moment, a staff officer hurried to the door, holding a telegram in his hand, with a slight smile on his face, and it seemed that something good was coming.

"The commander-in-chief sent an urgent telegram from Tianjin, deciding to unite the Kuomintang with the Mongolian Wang Zhongyi and the GCD to jointly resist the Japanese, asking us to let the Mongolian Seventh Route Army enter the country."

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