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As if feeling Emperor Hirohito's fierce gaze, the six generals of Suzuki Zhuang also spoke a little hesitantly: "This time the Shandong crusade, although the loyal and brave imperial army of the empire is ...... It's just a big win...... Due to the powerful artillery and overwhelming air superiority of the Kuomintang army in the southern branch...... The casualties of the officers and men of the Imperial Army were also considerable. And...... The losses in armament were also very significant. So...... After studying the situation, the military department held that it would be better to continue the decisive battle with the Kuomintang army in the southern branch in Shandong than to lose the losses, and it was better to change to a diversionary operation. Focusing mainly on the Naoli Plain, threatening the Red Army in the GCD of China and the warlord forces of the Feng faction who were somewhat disobedient to the Empire. ”

“…… The General Staff Headquarters suggested that the 1st and 16th Divisions should continue to stay in Qingdao on the Shandong side to contain the main force of the Kuomintang Army in the southern branch. At the same time, he acquiesced to Zhang Zongchang's subordinates to eradicate Zhang Zongchang...... For the time being, the banner of resistance against Japan was raised in order to preserve strength. In the next phase, the focus of the imperial army's operations will be shifted to the Zhili Plain in order to threaten the capital of China, Beijing, and force the GCD and Feng warlords of China to give up the conditions for the recovery of tariffs and the concession of Tianjin. To do this, the imperial army needed to concentrate six or seven divisions in Tientsin in order to put pressure on the GCD and the Feng Department in China. ”

Hearing the word pressure, Hirohito was slightly stunned, a trace of doubt slipped on his face, and just about to ask, Suzuki Shoroku hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, it is not in line with the current strategy of the empire to expel the forces of the GCD from the Naoli Plain. Therefore, in the next stage, the Empire's strategy on the Zhili Plain should be to promote peace by war, and force the GCD to accept the Empire's terms of peace negotiations without destroying them or inflicting heavy losses. ”

"No need to destroy or hit hard?" Hirohito frowned, changed his contemplative look, and muttered to himself inaudibly: "Why can't you eliminate it?" Is it because of the USSR? These GCDs are ruthless to me, and they are still causing trouble all over the empire, but I have to show mercy to their men......"

Suzuki pricked up his ears, and he had already heard Hirohito's words word for word, and his face suddenly changed to a look full of grief and indignation: "Your Majesty, the ministers just suggested that the GCD of China be let go for the time being, and it will not be too late to deal with them after the empire has effectively controlled Manchuria." The Empire's primary target at the moment is Manchuria, and without Manchuria's resources and land, the Empire will soon be defeated in the competition with the Kuomintang in the South, and the time will ......."

"Manchuria?" Hirohito nodded slightly when he heard this: "How does the military department plan to seize Manchuria for the empire?" ”

Seeing that Hirohito had finally shifted his attention, Suzuki Shoroku sighed softly: "The ministers plan to replace Zhang Zuolin as the nominal ruler of Manchuria with a more tame puppet at the right time, while the empire grabs the actual benefits. Wait until the empire has used the resources of Manchuria to develop and grow, and then seek further development,"

"What does that have to do with not destroying or severely destroying the GCD?" Hirohito's face gradually turned blue.

"Because the empire wanted to seize the interests of Manchuria and avoid serious conflict with the Kuomintang in the southern branch. It was therefore necessary to retain a coalition government consisting of the remnants of the Chinese GCD and the Feng warlords, who would rule the lands between Manchuria and the southern branch Kuomintang territory. If we inflict heavy losses on the GCD in this battle, then the Kuomintang in the southern branch may take this opportunity to seize Zhili...... In this case, the Empire's plans for Manchuria would be hampered. "Shoroku Suzuki finally presented a plan that had been conceived by the brightest minds of the Japanese Army to Emperor Hirohito as it was.

In this time and space, due to the great success of the construction of heavy industry in South China, the National ** Army has also been trained into a relatively combat-ready army. Therefore, the Japanese warlords who suffered in Shandong also had to be more cautious to invade China, and did not dare to rob blatantly like another time and space, and changed it to a sneaky theft, but the essence is still the same.

"The empire occupies Manchuria, and the remnants of the GCD and the Feng system control the north of the Yellow River in China to block the northward advance of the Kuomintang...... Emperor Hirohito slowly got up from his throne and paced with his hands behind his back: "Aren't you afraid that the Kuomintang in the south and the GCD in the north will unite to deal with the empire?" Just like this time, they're fighting side by side."

Suzuki Shoroku smiled coldly: "Your Majesty, although rest assured, the ministers have already made all arrangements, and the Kuomintang and GCD in China will not regard Manchuria as their primary target." ”

"Oh? What is the arrangement? Emperor Hirohito slowly turned around and glanced at Suzuki Shoroku coldly.

Suzuki Shoroku took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "At that time, Manchuria will still remain in the territory of China, and the empire will only have actual interests. Moreover, the Soviets would cooperate with the Empire, and they would instruct the GCD to cooperate or negotiate with the new forces leading Manchuria. Meanwhile...... This new force would also show its loyalty to the Kuomintang in the southern branch, and unless the struggle between the Kuomintang and the GCD was decided, they would be powerless and unwilling to care about Manchuria. ”

……

Welcome Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.

The leaders of the China-G delegation once again gathered in the room where Mao ZD stayed, and Zhou Elai also came here by plane from Wuhan. The room was full of smoke, and everyone did not speak, Mao ZD sat on a rattan chair, smoking a cigarette in a big gulp, and it could be seen that today's meeting had lasted for a while.

As for the proposal put forward by Mao ZD and the Sino-G delegation a few days ago, they should not hesitate to fight the Japanese invaders in order to establish the leading position of the Sino-Chinese and Sino-Glenish coalition governments, and to seek the most favorable armistice conditions for the Sino-G. The Central Committee of Central G, which stayed in Yan'an, was also in a dilemma for a while. After all, the Japanese invaders are powerful, and it seems that the current Red Army is not able to confront them. If the strength that has been accumulated with great difficulty is exhausted, then China and G will have no status in the coalition government, and they will be attacked by the Kuomintang militarily, but if they do not fight...... Not only could the situation between China and G in the coalition government not be opened, but also the territory led by the coalition government could not be freed from the shackles of unequal treaties, so there was no talk of great development at all, and naturally it was impossible to compete with South China, which was almost "imperialism". Between the two dilemmas, Li Lsan could only call Zhou E, who was still arguing with the Kuomintang in Wuhan, to go north and ask him to discuss countermeasures with Mao ZD.

"Come, if our party does not enter Beijing and does not come to set up this coalition government, of course it can stay out of the matter. But now that we are already in Beijing to take the exam, if we let the Japanese occupy our gate and threaten us with guns and cannons, how can we do well in this exam? Rather than being slowly tossed to death by them, it is better to fight with them, even if you can't win the battle, you will lose the city of Beijing...... It's also better than trapping people in it."

Mao ZD snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of water, looked at Zhou Elai, who was sitting opposite him, and smiled deeply: "If the Japanese enter the city of Beijing, it will be a situation of all-out resistance against Japan, and China and Japan can only fight a battle of life and death." In that case, we will go back to Yan'an, and give up the battlefield to the Kuomintang and the Japanese again, and our party will slowly manage the battlefield behind enemy lines. For example, the northeast, Taihang Mountain, northwest Shanxi, and the Jizhong Plain can become our territory. If Japan can't enter the city of Beijing, we can slowly consume them until Japan can't hold on. At present, Japan is under the sanctions of foreign powers, and there is no way to import steel and oil, and it will not be long before their economy and war can be maintained. When the time comes, we will win this war, and then not only will the gates of Beijing be closed, but we will also be the boss in the coalition government. And...... Our Red Army has now entered Zhili, and it will not leave in the future."

Zhou Elai sighed softly, and carefully calculated the gains and losses in his heart. He originally thought that his old partner really wanted to fight hard with the Japanese, but the lesson of the Red Second Army was very profound...... The Red Army is definitely not the opponent of the Japanese army in positional warfare now, so it does not have the capital to fight hard.

Mao ZD took out another cigarette from his pocket, lit it and smoked a few puffs, and said with a smile: "Of course, we sent more than 200,000 troops to resist Japan, and they are in the Feng department, the Jin department, and the Kuomintang in the south can't be untouched, right?" Military salaries, weapons, ammunition, and food have to be paid by them, especially the Kuomintang, which is now so rich that it has swallowed most of Shandong, and it can't be said at all if it doesn't break the bank, right? E, are you sure about this? ”

Zhou Elai was silent for a while, and nodded slowly: "We have to take out our old book and fight the Japanese...... Naturally, they were too late to be happy. There should not be much of a problem with the removal of weapons, ammunition and supplies. Runzhi, should we let them send troops? Artillery and aviation...... In addition, there are German military advisers to ......"

"Brother Jade Tier, what do you think? Can we take it down without them?. Mao ZD took a deep breath and hesitated. Letting the Kuomintang's artillery and aviation intervene naturally gives us a little more chance of winning, but there is also the problem that it is easy to invite God and difficult to send God. If the Kuomintang took the opportunity to expand its influence in the north, or even to send more ground troops in...... If you don't do it, it's going to be a waste of hard work.

Zhu D shook his head, and his thick eyebrows gradually leaned back: "Now that the Japanese army is gathered in Tianjin, the total strength is estimated to be more than 100,000, and it is unrealistic to take Tianjin with the combat strength of our Red Army, but I am afraid that the Kuomintang army may not be able to defeat it." So...... Our best way is to hold Beijing with the main force and form a confrontation with the Japanese army, get out of the way, and at the same time control the areas on both sides of the Beijing-Tianjin railway line, and it is better to turn it into our base area. As for...... I think the Kuomintang aviation can be wanted, and the artillery will be forgotten. Artillery can make the Jin army a little out, and at the same time, we can also ask the Kuomintang and the Feng Department for artillery to rebuild the Red Army artillery division. ”

"Okay, we can ask them to give us artillery, and we will rebuild the Red Army artillery division ourselves," Mao ZD shouted with a slap on the thigh. After all, "borrowing troops" from the Kuomintang is not as good as its own soldiers, and now the Central G is holding high the banner of resistance against Japan and confronting the Japanese army on the Zhili Plain, if the Kuomintang is still decent, dare not make some efforts?

……

In May of the 17th year of the Republic of China, the smoke of the Shandong War had not completely dispersed, and the war clouds on the Zhili Plain were once again densely covered. Every day, thousands of Red officers and soldiers wearing blue and gray military uniforms and octagonal hats poured out of Beijing's Qianmen Railway Station, waving bright red military flags and lining up in neat queues, singing ** songs that terrified the landlords and capitalists in Beijing. Majestic and high-spirited, they rushed to dig trenches outside the city of Sijiu and build a position to fight the Japanese army outside Beijing......

In Tianjin, the largest commercial port in northern China, more than 100 kilometers southeast of Beijing, is a different scene. The merchant ships of various countries that used to shuttle back and forth in the harbor have long been gone, and only Japanese warships or transport ships flying the flag of the rising sun are quietly docked at the dock. The Japanese army queue was silently disembarking and landing, and the dock was full of neat columns of Japanese soldiers wearing khaki uniforms, these short and stocky soldiers were holding rifles, carrying bags, silently waiting for the order to pull. Everywhere there was a surge of steel helmets and rifles. The smug officers walked up and down in front of their respective ranks, with their hands behind their backs and swords, their faces murderous. It seems that he does not know the tragic fate of the Shandong dispatch army.

"Nagata-kun, I didn't expect you to be sent to Shina as well......"

On the dock, two adjutants in crisp uniforms were strolling side by side, one of them was Nagata Tetsuyama Osa, who had just taken office as the chief of operations at the Shina Dispatch Army Headquarters, and the other was Ishihara Wanernakasa, who was now a staff officer of the Dispatch Army Headquarters and was Nagata's subordinate.

"yes, this stupid thing isn't over yet, so I'm here." Nagata's voice was very low, because what he said was "great rebellion".

Ishihara smiled bitterly and sighed: "How much capital does the military department plan to invest this time?" How much do you want to win? ”

Nagata Tieshan glanced back at the yellow crowd, and folded his fingers to calculate for Ishihara: "The second, fourth, fifth, and sixth divisions will be replenished to 80 percent full strength, and the third division, the eleventh division, the first cavalry brigade, and the fourth cavalry brigade will be mobilized, with a total strength of about 155,000 and more than 500 cannons. How about it, can you fight in a war?. ”

Ishihara sighed heavily: "Of course you can fight, but what is the picture?" Occupy Beijing and China for a decisive battle that will end up together? ”

Nagata Tetsuyama smiled bitterly: "The above just wants to put pressure on the government of China to force them to give up their unreasonable armistice demands and accept the conditions of the empire. ”

"Eight squares." Ishihara scolded lightly: "This is not Sun Yat-sen's territory...... What kind of pressure can be applied? ”

Nagata Tieshan was silent for a moment, and sneered a few times: "Ishihara-kun, this is not GCD's territory, you said that we are here to fight with the GCD of China, can the Feng Department be able to sleep in peace?" As long as they don't want to fight, we may win without a fight. Then the empire will be able to retreat in its entirety. ”

……

Beijing Shuncheng County Palace. In the flower hall, everyone sat opposite each other. A few cups of tea, wafting in the fragrant aroma.

The situation has developed to the current situation, and the princes of the Feng Department are now at a loss. Japan in Shandong suffered a loss, and it actually had to be retrieved from Zhili...... This Naoli is the territory of the Feng system, and the Feng system is supported by the Japanese. It's nerve-wracking.

Zhang Zuolin's hair and beard are now snow-white, and he is lazily leaning on a Taishi chair. Holding a piece of letter paper in his hand, he flipped through it and looked at it carefully, shaking his head and sighing while reading it, and he didn't know how long he had been reading it. Zhang Xueliang, Yang Yuting, and Guo Songling were also all pale and worried.

The room was silent, except for a soft sigh.

In the end, Zhang Zuolin shook his hand, put the letter on the table, hung down his head full of white hair, and sighed deeply: "GCD wants to transfer more than 200,000 troops to Beijing and Zhili to resist Japan...... They also want us to pay for money, guns, and food. And the Japanese want us not to help China G, it's really hard for both sides to talk."

“…… If the Japanese win this war, I am afraid that we should fight an all-out war of resistance, and will our Northeast be able to hold on to it at that time? I don't think it's hard for little Japan, I'm afraid that all that little bit of thought is there, right? If G wins...... I'm afraid that this Zhili is going to become the territory of Zhong G, and he can't even keep it with Chahar...... It's nothing, it's a big deal, let's retreat outside the customs and let this land of right and wrong out. But I'm afraid that G won't agree, but now it's a coalition government......"

Hearing Veteran Zhang's tired tone, Zhang Xueliang and the others also shook their heads and sighed bitterly. How did this happen? I knew that I wouldn't have done anything to "run on fiat currency", it was really a matter of stealing chickens and rice, uh, it was not a problem of eroding rice, but to fold the entire old book into it.

Needless to say, the all-out war between China and Japan, Feng is a warlord group supported by the Japanese, and it is undoubtedly a dead end except to fight hard to pull it down or be a traitor. Even if it finally returns to a draw, the more than 200,000 troops of Zhong G are willing to go back to the northwest to endure hardships? The flower world of Beijing and Tianjin Zhili is only afraid that it is the world of GCD, and even the Northeast Nest has to let people plug in a lever, right?

"Dashuai." Yang Yuting took a deep breath and stood up suddenly: "We can't let them spend like this with the Japanese in Zhili, so it is better for us to propose to President Sun Da that the Tianjin concession will not be recovered for the time being...... Tariff autonomy is also slowly negotiated, in short, Japan will be coaxed away first, and China G will also withdraw the main force from Zhili. This battle can't be fought."

"Senator Yang is now in the situation of the National War of Resistance, we don't participate in the War of Resistance and we have no bones, how can we still drag others to resist Japan" As soon as Yang Yuting's words fell, Guo Songling on the side slapped the table and jumped up, pointing at Yang Yuting and shouting.

"Guo Guizi, I'm all thinking about the handsome, for the future and destiny of our department" Yang Yuting glared and retorted: "Now that the Japanese are willing to retreat from Shandong, and Qingdao is also returned to China, what day will this resist?" Where is that GCD anti-Japanese, it is completely in the name of anti-Japanese resistance to grab our territory, what is the difference between them and the Kuomintang? ”