If this plan fails, the people involved will definitely not be as simple as just losing their official positions and dismissing their posts, they will either cut their own stomach or go to the guillotine.

Even the commander of the Kwantung Army, Shigeru Honjo, and the chief of staff, Miyake Koji, who were in the dark, and even the chief of the general staff, Kanaya Bunzo and Lu Xiangnan Jiro, will also be affected, and the resignation may be the lightest.

It's better to give them an idle post first, and then transfer to the reserve after a while. If you don't get it right, I'm afraid you'll leave the military and go home to farm.

Even if their plan succeeds, these direct participants will naturally not be punished as heroes, but the deceived emperor will probably not stop there, and will definitely be angry with the Kwantung Army, the military department, and the cabinet who were caught off guard and forced to enter the war.

And now for soil fertilizer, the most critical question is, how to look at how mysterious the plan can be successful?

Seeing that Kenji Dohihara, who had listened to them and the plan they had revealed, had a complicated expression, and did not express his attitude for a long time. Ishihara, who was sitting side by side with Dohihara in the back row, glanced at Tohihara contemptuously, then turned his face to the side to look out the window; Seishiro Itagaki, who was sitting in the front row, only frowned slightly, but still looked straight ahead, and did not rush to ask Dohihara's attitude on the matter; And Hua Gu Zheng tightened the corners of his mouth, and his eyes gradually turned from fanaticism to a little chill.

Tu Feiyuan finally took a deep breath and asked with a worried face: "Itagaki-kun, as the shining saber of our army, I deeply admire your bravery and wisdom. However, as far as I know, although most of the elite main forces of the Northeast Army are in the Pingjin area of Guannai, they still have a very strong military force in Manchuria. ”

"If I am not mistaken, the Northeast Army should still have more than 100,000 troops in Manchuria, while the Kwantung Army in Manchuria has only one multi-division and six garrisons of Reading Power, and the total strength will definitely not exceed 20,000. With a ratio of nearly ten times the strength of the two sides, can we succeed in such a disparity in power? ”

Tu Feiyuan sighed and said: "Especially at the beginning of the incident, there will definitely not be many troops that you can mobilize privately, I estimate that it will probably not exceed 2,000 people, can such a small force be able to do it?" You must know that stationed in the Beida camp is Zhang Xueliang's elite Reading Force Seventh Brigade, and in the Northeast Army, the total strength of such a national defense brigade is more than 8,000 people. ”

Ishihara Waner and Hanayamasa, who were bent on getting a positive answer from Dohihara, didn't expect that they waited for a long time and waited for a series of questions from Dohihara, which made both of them change their faces.

Even Itagaki, who was very confident in convincing Dohihara, couldn't help but feel a sense of remorse in his heart.

He regretted that he had told this plan to this calm old classmate who was not like a soldier the day before the incident began. If they are careful, it will be no problem to hide the soil fertilizer for a day, at most they will look at the soil fertilizer for a day.

However, now that it has been said, it is necessary to convince him as much as possible. Otherwise, it is very likely that at the last moment, this plan that took them two years of hard work will be ruined.

Itagaki thought for a moment, turned to the side, and said to Doihara-kun in a very calm tone, "Dohihara-kun, before answering your question, I want to correct a few mistakes in your question. ”

"First of all, the army left by the Northeast Army outside the pass is not the hundreds of thousands you say, to be precise, there are 165,000 regular troops. If the 40,000 police force is counted, then the total strength of the Northeast Army in Manchuria is 25,000 men. ”

"What? Two hundred and fifty-five thousand! ”

Itagaki reported the number that made Tohihara's mouth grow in surprise again.

Although Tu Feiyuan also wanted to grab benefits for the Great Empire in Chinese mainland, the habit of long-term spy work made him more rational in doing things.

After Yan Xishan's defeat in the Central Plains War last time, it was through him that he first took refuge in the Tianjin Concession, and later, under the pressure of public opinion, he contacted Itagaki Seishiro to help Yan Xishan go to Lushun.

And Tu Feiyuan used Shi Yousan's weapons to drive Zhang with the help of the Chinese's own strength, not only to disrupt North China, but also to the defeated Northeast Army, when not only can he take the opportunity to regain control of the Northeast Army, but even North China can be done together, that is, his so-called North China Manchuria integration solution.

And his plan was approved by the military department and even the cabinet. If it weren't for Xu Yongchang to stop him, Yan Xishan, the old fox, would have seen that Shi Yousan's situation was unfavorable, and finally started to be a turtle with a shrunken head. Or, Shi Yousan led his troops to the vicinity of Tianjin, and his plan was still very likely to succeed.

If Shi Yousan fights near Tianjin, it should only be a matter of time before Shi Yousan, who has the strong support of the Great Empire, completely occupies Hebei. Even if Zhang Xueliang's whole division retreated to the northeast, he still had a way to encourage Shi Yousan to command the fierce Northwest Army to cross the Shanhai Pass and create conditions for the Kwantung Army to finally seize the northeast.

Although Shi Yousan's strength was insufficient compared with the Northeast Army at that time, it was 100,000 to 200,000, and there were some adventures. However, the combat effectiveness of Shi Yousan's troops was still stronger than that of the Northeast Army, and it was entirely possible to defeat the Northeast Army.

But now, these madmen actually want to use more than 10,000 people to deal with the more than 200,000 Northeast Army!!

This can no longer be described only by the word adventure, and the word suicide almost blurted out of Tu Feiyuan's mouth.

Itagaki completely ignored Dohihara's surprised expression, and continued: "And the forces that our Kwantung Army can mobilize are not as weak as Dohihara-kun imagined, not only in the northeast there are many second divisions and 6 reading garrisons, about 14,000 people, there are more than 10,000 soldiers (veterans) in the township, and more than 3,000 policemen, with a total strength of more than 27,000 people. ”

Even if it is 27,000 to 255,000, it is 9 to 1, and if you compare it only with the regular army, it is 12 to 1!

Crazy, these people are absolutely crazy! Tu Feiyuan secretly complained in his heart.

Itagaki stared at Tohihara, continuing to stimulate Tohihara's already somewhat overreacted nerves.

"Also, at the beginning of the incident, we were able to privately automate the same number of troops as you said. Because the main force of the 2nd Division was in Liaoyang, the strength of troops stationed near Shenyang was only part of the 29th Wing and the 2nd Garrison Brigade of Reading Force. Because Ojima Osa, who was still hesitant in the 29th Wing, his troops could not be counted. ”

"The troops we can use to attack the North Battalion are now only the two squadrons of Captain Kawashima and Captain Ono of the Second Garrison Brigade of Yoriku, with a total strength of more than 600 people; The attack on Shenyang was likely to consist only of more than 600 troops of Nakura Shaosa's squadron and the Mukden gendarmerie commanded by Mitani. Of course, if you count the more than 1,000 soldiers in Shenyang under the command of Reserve Captain Gan Ji Masahiko and Lieutenant Hetian Jin, it is more than 2,000 people. ”

Ignoring Tochihara's nerves, which were about to collapse and his extremely ugly expression, Itagaki continued.

In addition to one battalion and more than 2,000 Northeast Lecture Wutang students stationed in Dongda Battalion, Wang Yizhe's Seventh Brigade was stationed in Beida Battalion, and the remaining 7,000 people were stationed in Beida Battalion. In addition, there are also the headquarters guards of the Northeast Army, Zhang Xueliang's guard battalion, a military police battalion, and Huang Xiansheng's police force totaling more than 16,000 people. ”

"Of course, the police and gendarmes, including Huang Xiansheng's 2,000-strong Shenyang Police Corps, are only equipped with light weapons and lack military training, and their combat effectiveness is very weak......

Tu Feiyuan made Itagaki so excited that he could barely hear the words behind Itagaki, but he repeated in his heart: "Crazy! Lose your marbles! These people are really crazy! With such a huge disparity in strength, it is absolutely insufficient to defend, and they still have to take the initiative to attack, which is absolutely suicide. ”

Itagaki ignored Dojihara's surprised expression, which was already a little distorted, and continued to speak.

"In terms of weapons and equipment, we say that this imperial army is slightly better, but it is only a little bit."

"Take the 7th Brigade of Wang Yizhe of the Beida Battalion as an example, their weapons and equipment are no worse than ours. They have a brigade convoy, a mortar company, a heavy machine gun company, and 12 light tanks in the Beida Battalion. The mortar company and the heavy machine gun company had 6 84mm mortars and 12 heavy machine guns. ”

"The regiment has a mortar company and a heavy machine gun company, the same as the brigade, and each has an anti-aircraft gun company equipped with four 34mm caliber anti-aircraft guns. Each infantry company had 12 Czech light machine guns, 120 rifles and 12 grenadiers. However, due to the lack of understanding of the light machine guns that are now heavily equipped in Europe and the United States, although the Taisho 11 type light machine gun has also been developed, the army of the Great Empire has not yet been organized and equipped with such a light machine gun that is mobile and powerful. ”

"In particular, the officers and men of the Seventh Brigade who carry these equipment have an excellent cultural quality, and many of the officers are graduates of the Army University, the Baoding Military Academy, and the Northeast Lecture and Martial Arts Hall, as well as those who have studied in Britain and the United States and our own books. This is not only in the Northeast Army, but also in the whole of China's army, I am afraid it is also unique. ”

"Of course, if you count the 262 combat planes of the Northeast Army Air Force at the Dongta Airport, their equipment is not about the same as our Imperial Army, but it is far stronger than ours."

Itagaki turned around, no longer looking at Tu Feiyuan's already miserable expression, looked at the front of the car window, and said in a firm tone: "However, we say that this imperial army is well-trained, has strong bushido spiritual support, and absolute loyalty to the emperor, and is much stronger than the [***] team in terms of combat effectiveness, even if it can't be said that one is ten, at least one can be five." ”

Even if one is five, the army in the northeast is not superior to the northeast army, and the 600-man army attacking the Beida camp is only equivalent to 3,000 at most, and compared with Wang Yizhe's seventh brigade, the strength is still close to 1:3. And there are more than 20,000 armed forces of the Northeast Army in the entire Shenyang City, and even if the Duomen Division and Regiment Headquarters in Liaoyang led the wing stationed in Liaoyang, it was only one-fifth of the Northeast Army!

Tsuchihara, who had numbed Itagaki's nerves, sat there speechless with his mouth wide open.

Seeing that Itagaki repeatedly stimulated the already hesitant Tohihara, Ishihara Waner and Hanayamasa were very puzzled, wouldn't this make it easier for Tohihara to retreat?

Itagaki took out a box of horseshoe cigarettes from his pocket and pulled one out and put it in his mouth.

This kind of horseshoe brand cigarettes are produced by the British Tobacco Company, a joint venture between the British and the Japanese in Shenyang, and they taste very good. Due to the good quality and large sales, it is said that every 10 million units produced will be sold immediately, and there is no stock in the warehouse at all.

Recently, the cigarette factory added a filter to the cigarettes, which is said to have been invented by Song Zhewu, the warlord of Taiyuan, which can filter harmful substances in cigarettes, and has to pay a large amount of patent fees to the warlord every year.

However, this filter is indeed a good thing, not only does it look like the grade has improved a lot, but with this filter, it will no longer suck tobacco into the mouth as before.

Itagaki thought to himself that a general who commands hundreds of thousands of troops and puts his mind on making money all day long is by no means a good general. I really don't know why his troops still dared to fight against the Soviet army, and even won a brilliant victory in Manchuria.

This is a very interesting guy, and if you have the opportunity in the future, you must have a good fight with him on the battlefield.

Itagaki withdrew his gaze from the filter of the cigarette in his hand, lit it himself, turned around and handed it to Tohihara, and helped Tohihara, whose body was already a little stiff, to light it.

With his already trembling hands, Tu Feiyuan put the cigarette to his mouth and took a few deep breaths desperately, and then calmed down a little.

Ishihara and Hanaya hated smoking, and even there were very few officers in the army who smoked, especially high-ranking officers. But these two are their superiors, and it is inconvenient for them to say anything. Ishihara had no choice but to roll down the window.

Itagaki smiled disappreciatively and continued: "Tuhihara-kun, although the Northeast Army looks very powerful on the surface, in my opinion, it is just a sick cat that can only scare people. ”

Itagaki ignored Tu Fei Yuan's surprised and puzzled expression, and then said: "First of all, there are many factions in the Northeast Army, and this should be very clear to Tu Fei Yuanjun. ”

Tu Feiyuan, who used to be Zhang Zuolin's adviser, is still very clear about the long-standing factional problem of the Northeast Army, but at this time, Tu Feiyuan's mind was in chaos, and he hadn't reacted for a while, what did Itagaki mean by asking this question at this time......

(To be continued)