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Chapter 1232 Yu Yang Mo came agitatedly

On the afternoon of July 8, *** Tokyo. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The shocking news of the fierce battle between the North China garrison army and the squadron in Lugou Bridge and Wanping City reached the country, and the military was ecstatic, celebrating with their foreheads, and waiting for many years of all-out war of aggression against China, like a dose of morphine, which quickly lifted the bloodthirsty nerves of the Japanese army.

The seriously distorted facts of the provocation were broadcast through newspapers as quickly as possible, and reached the ears of the people, and the first to react appeared in the capital Tokyo, where there was an organized large-scale ***, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in anger after a short period of shock, chanting slogans such as "Long live the emperor" and "Long live the East Asian holy war", and one team after another of retired veterans, dressed in white-washed military uniforms, put on the eight hats of the king, lined up in a neat formation and held high the battle flag, and roamed along the streets. Countless young students, stimulated by the extremely absurd and distorted education of loyalty and the spirit of bushido, enthusiastically signed up and enlisted in the army.

The weeping mother stood in front of the gate, arranging the clothes of her fanatical son, who was about to be conscripted into the army, and the young sisters, full of longing and yearning, hung cloth bags and delicate auspicious charms into the pockets of their brothers, who were roasted with blood, and told their relatives with infinite affection: to be loyal to the emperor, to transport all the rice, flour, apples, potatoes, corn, etc. of the despicable Shina people back to their homeland and hometown, and not to disgrace their families, and not to worry about their hometown, their mothers, and their sisters...... From this day on, the entire island nation fell into a complete national madness.

In the conference room of the Japanese army base camp in Tokyo, it was another scene, more than ten top generals of the three armed forces gathered together, nervously discussed, and Kenji Dohihara, who was activated again, stood in front of the large military map of North China, respectfully saluted, took the baton, and began to state to the generals of the three armed forces the most critical situation in North China in the upcoming all-out war:

"Thanks to the trust of the generals and seniors, I am extremely honored to present my humble opinion in this sacred place, thank you very much, and please take care of the shortcomings!"

The generals nodded reservedly in return. Kenji Dohihara is humble on the surface, but his eyes are shiny and bright:

"According to the three operational plans sent back by the Kwantung Army and the North China Garrison Army, we regret to see that it was precisely because of the rapid response of the 17th Army of the Central Army in the China Army that the North China Garrison Army Headquarters had to temporarily stop the war, and under the pretext of reopening peace talks and friendly negotiation of peace terms, it would gain valuable time to redeploy the four mixed brigades of the Kwantung Army to the south of the Pingjin line.

"The 17th Army in North China, which is under the direct leadership of Nanjing, is the most well-equipped and experienced elite unit in the Chinese army; nominally one army has four army divisions under its jurisdiction, but in fact each of these four divisions has 18,000 well-trained officers and men, and its combat strength is almost equivalent to that of a division of our army. One of the divisions also has an advanced wheeled armored assault fighting vehicle regiment, and each division has a direct artillery regiment, an engineer regiment, a special service regiment, a machine gun battalion and other combat units with strong combat strength.

"These are also the main reasons why the relatively weak North China garrison army cautiously ceased the war and waited for follow-up reinforcements, rather than the cowardice and missed the opportunity as some colleagues think in their psychology.

Some of the generals pondered, but some did not think so, with the current general understanding in the army, almost everyone will not doubt this conclusion: as long as the Sino-Japanese war breaks out, within three to five months, the squadron will be completely defeated and most of China will be occupied!

Kenji Dohihara glanced at the expressions of the generals in a circle, and there was a trace of worry in his eyes, he knew that he had been appointed as the commander of the 14th Division and was about to lead his troops to China to participate in the war, and he could not change the general arrogance and contempt for the enemy and blind optimism in the whole army, but he still dutifully expressed his opinion:

"I believe that the cautious attitude and skillful handling of the North China Garrison Army Headquarters and the Kwantung Army are very decent, and they can at least gain the following advantages: 1. Paralyze the military and political leaders in the semi-*** state in North China, and win reason and time for the plan of urgently transferring troops and reinforcements, launching a fierce attack on the 17th Army of China and then completely annihilating it; 2. It can shake the will to fight of the Chinese armies in North China, destroy the confidence of the enemy's army and people; 3. It is possible to use the pro-Japanese forces in North China, which numbered up to more than 80,000 people, to launch annihilating operations against the enemy, especially the 17th Army, which poses the greatest threat, in accordance with the predetermined strategic plan.

"As long as the greatest obstacle in the way of the advance of our army is destroyed, the occupation of all parts of North China is just around the corner and without difficulty. The above is my little opinion, please advise! ”

After listening to Kenji Dohihara's explanation, although the generals and commanders of the Japanese army base camp were still a little unimpressed, they still fully respected the opinions of Tohihara, a China expert, quickly unified their thinking, and formulated a careful plan for the next strategic decision.

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At the same time, Yan'an.

After the Xi'an Incident, the central government lost no time in obtaining the territory of more than a dozen counties, including Yan'an, from Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng.

knew the news of the Lugou Bridge Incident earlier than An Yi and Chiang Kai-shek. Yesterday night, just after 11 o'clock in the evening, the Xinhua News Agency radio station copied the news of the 29th Army and the Political Affairs Committee of the Jicha Army on the Japanese army's request to enter Wanping County to search for missing soldiers. After Liao Chengzhi, who was in charge of the work of Xinhua News Agency, saw the news, he immediately sent the news to ***'s residence. After reading the telegram, he asked the secretary to bring a map and put it on the table and look at it with a magnifying glass. After reading the map, *** said to the staff around him: "You must continue to copy the news in this regard tonight, don't omit it, if you have any latest situation, send it to me at any time." After you go back, tell Comrade Bogu and Comrade Liao Chengzhi and ask them to consider how we will take a stand on this incident. ”

With the renewed exchange of fire between China and Japan in the early hours of this morning, the ** Central Committee held an emergency meeting. At this meeting, Zhang Guotao was worried that the anti-Japanese resistance would fail and advocated making full preparations. However, Zhu De and other major leaders were filled with righteous indignation and emotion, and unanimously expressed that they would quickly mobilize to organize the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and issue an initiative to the people of the whole country. After the meeting, *** issued a "China *** telegram for the Japanese army's attack on Lugou Bridge" to the whole country, pointing out: "Pingjin is in danger! North China is in danger! The Chinese nation is in danger! Only when the whole nation carries out the war of resistance can we find our way out. ”

In the afternoon, seeing that the fighting at Lugou Bridge and Wanping was quickly quelled with reinforcements from the 17th Army's line of fire, ***, Zhu De and others jointly sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek:

"Chairman of Lushan Chiang, Jun Jian: The Japanese invaded Lugou Bridge and carried out one of the steps of their armed seizure of North China. …… Pingjin is an important place in North China, and it must not be lost again. Respectfully and solemnly ordered the 29th Army to resist bravely, and carried out a nationwide general mobilization in accordance with the decree of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee to defend Pingjin, defend North China, and recover the lost territory. Under the leadership of the chairman, the officers and men of the Red Army are willing to serve the state and fight the enemy in order to achieve the goal of defending the land and the country. ”

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Chongqing, Sichuan.

He Yingqin, who wanted to usurp Chiang Kai-shek's position in the Xi'an Incident, because of his special position in the Whampoa department, and because Chiang Kai-shek did not give any punishment in order to calm the people's hearts, he still sat in the position of Minister of Military Affairs. In the past few days, He Yingqin was ordered to convene a meeting of the generals of the Sichuan army, the main purpose of which was to weaken the Sichuan army, so his work was strongly resisted by the Sichuan army. Chiang Kai-shek's speech on military and political unification conveyed by He Yingqin at the meeting was also not welcomed by the generals of the Sichuan Army.

Just when He Yingqin was feeling embarrassed, the streets and alleys of Chongqing suddenly resounded with the same voice: "Outside, outside!" In the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese army invaded Wanping County under the pretext that a sergeant was missing during the exercise. The War of Resistance has broken out! The War of Resistance has broken out! The immature cry of the newsboy immediately shook the entire mountain city. Although "Outside" is only a little bigger than a palm, it carries an earth-shattering news! This news was no less than a bombshell, which fell on the meeting of the Kawayasu army reorganization that had been stalemate for several days, forming a strong shock wave.

He Yingqin immediately asked the guards to turn on the radio, and found that the South Sichuan Radio Station was also broadcasting the same news, and immediately understood that everything was true.

The generals who participated in the meeting on the reorganization of the army were originally "harboring their own ghosts," but at this time they were shocked and enraged by this news, and in the face of foreign insults, all new and old hatreds and grievances had become worthless, and the participants were united in hatred of the enemy, and shouted one after another: "We are willing to lead our troops to participate in the war against Japan!" ”

In the face of such an excited group of generals, there was no need to continue the meeting at all, and the resolution on the whole army was hastily passed, and He Yingqin immediately announced the dissolution of the meeting.

It is precisely because of the sudden outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident that the salvation and anti-Japanese resistance has become an urgent matter that burns the eyebrows, and even if all parties have great selfishness, there is no excuse to bargain. Therefore, He Yingqin smoothly announced the resolution of the meeting on the reorganization of the army, and officially realized the nationalization of the Sichuan army.

At four o'clock in the afternoon of that day, He Yingqin received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek in Lushan, asking him to fly straight back to Nanjing to preside over the discussion of contingency measures against the incident and preparations for war against Japan.

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Lushan.

Hu Shi, Jiang Hengyuan, Zhu Jingnong, Zhang Shouyong, Mei Yiqi and other people from the educational circles gathered together to discuss the current situation with great concern.

"I really didn't expect that General An's judgment would be confirmed so quickly, and the Japanese invaders really made a move in Beiping! If we are lucky, we don't know what kind of difficult situation we will find ourselves in now? Mei Yiqi, president of Tsinghua University, said with palpitations.

Zhu Jingnong, director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Education, turned to Zhang Shouyong, president of Guanghua University in Shanghai: "Brother Bo Song, General An's first prophecy has come true, and the next Songhu frontline will most likely become a battlefield as General An predicted, and it is time to start the westward relocation plan." ”

Zhang Shouyong nodded a little gloomily: "It seems that this is the only way, today I will go down the mountain, take the plane of Southwest Airlines back to Shanghai, convene a meeting of the presidents of the universities in Shanghai, and officially start the westward relocation of universities in the Songhu area." Alas, I only hope that the Japanese invaders will leave us a little more time, so that we can rescue more talents! ”

Jiang Hengyuan, director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, also looked cautious: "Not only Shanghai, but also coastal provinces such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang must also take immediate action, and the objects of our relocation should not only be limited to universities, but also vocational schools and middle schools." The Great War is about to start, every talent is precious, and at the same time, through the transfer of students, we can drive more people to the rear and strengthen our anti-Japanese forces. We can't pin our hopes on the kindness of *** people, so we must act quickly. ”

Hu Shi was silent, he was firmly advocating a diplomatic solution to the Sino-Japanese issue, and he believed that China would have no chance of winning a national war with one of the great powers, so he should try his best to avoid all conflicts. However, with the sound of gunfire at the Lugou Bridge, all illusions were shattered, which made him feel extremely depressed, and at the same time began to face up to An Yi's remarks such as "the Sino-Japanese war is a protracted war, and China will eventually win this war".

More than an hour later, the representatives of the national education circles who were stranded in Lushan came down one after another and embarked on a difficult journey on the first day of the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan.