Prince Zairen of the Xianyuan Palace was holding a telegram in his hand, and next to him were several high-ranking generals in the base camp. At this time, their faces all looked like they had just died of their father, and they were all rapidly changing their faces.

"Nani? The people of China want to capture Vladivostok? Is this news reliable? A general, Tie Qing, asked.

"This news was that a defector general from Soviet Russia ran to Manchuria and personally found Umezu Mijiro before Jiāo came out. It is not a problem to think that the reliability of the information is still not a problem. "Prince Zaihito's face is also very bad, this news has touched them a lot, when will Shina actually threaten the Japanese Empire from a strategic level? If someone had said this to the Japanese generals a few months ago, they would have been taken as crazy, but that's how it happened, Amaterasu, are you joking with your people?

Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace felt that his head was about to get bigger, and he looked at the generals around him, and they all lowered their heads one by one, and no one said a word.

The Minister of War, General Sugiyama Moto, raised his head, which had been bowed, and he slowly spoke: "Maybe the empire can directly order the Kwantung Army to enter Vladivostok first." Occupy Vladivostok first, creating a fait accompli, so as not to let Chahar take the lead. ”

"No!" Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace took a step forward, glared at General Sugiyama Moto, and said: "Your Excellency Sugiyama Moto, the empire is now at war in Yuchina, and the victory or defeat is not decided. ”

General Sugiyama retorted impatiently: "Hmph, if you don't occupy Vladivostok first, but let the people occupy it first, do you know the consequences?" ”

"What if the people of China did not attack Vladivostok, but just watched the empire and Soviet Russia Vladivostok fight to the death in front of Vladivostok, and then declared neutrality?" Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya is not such an easily persuaded lord.

"You!" Sugiyama couldn't help but be angry for a while.

"What are you, when the time comes, we will fight you to the death with the Russians, but we will cheapen the people, isn't our empire too stupid?"

Prince Hatohiko's words are also very reasonable, and there are some generals around him who support his words. In their words, it turned out that we were watching the battle between Chahar and the Russians, but after the incident of Vladivostok by the Imperial Army, it became a fight between us and the Russians, and the people of China became a spectator. The expeditionary group army led by Sun Liren can eat melon seeds on the side, watch the empire and Soviet Russia pinch you to death, and then pick up the bargain on the side.

This can't be done, the empire can't do thankless things, and it's not a shame for him to say this!

But there are also many supporters of General Sugiyama Moto, and their reasons are also sufficient. If the empire does not take the lead, then when the Chahar occupies Vladivostok, then it is equivalent to them holding the son of the empire, and Manchuria is equivalent to their bag, and they can pinch it as they want. Rather than this, it is better to give it a go and fight for a chance to survive the empire.

This debate lasted until the end, but it was General Sugiyama Mototo who had the upper hand, and by the end of the meeting, the base camp had decided to order the Kwantung Army to form a Jīng Rui force and take Vladivostok ahead of the curve in order to gain the first hand.

Of course, it was not that no one in the conference room thought of uniting with Soviet Russia, but as soon as the words reached his mouth, he was shut. This idea is so absurd that it is no less difficult than trying to convince Stalin of Buddhism.

The next day, Umezu Yoshijiro, who was still waiting for news in his office, finally waited for a telegram from the base camp, ordering him to send a sharp army of 100,000 to 150,000 Jīng to occupy Vladivostok on the front line, and never let the people of China occupy Vladivostok and encircle Yīn in Manchuria.

Umezu Mijiro, who received the order, did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the Kwantung Army to start combat preparations, and with an order, the Japanese army in the entire three eastern provinces began to get busy.

Such frequent movements of the Japanese army in Manchuria naturally could not hide from the eyes of the agents, and telegrams flew like snowflakes to the Seventh Theater Command in Zhangjiakou.

Mudanjiang City in Heilongjiang Province can be said to be overwhelmed by soldiers in recent days

"O Ning Gong, look, xiǎo Japan is really coming." Su Tong placed a stack of telegrams on the table, which were sent by agents and the Dragon Tooth Special Combat Team lurking in the Northeast. In particular, the Longya Special Combat Team led by Liu Weiming rushed into the headquarters of a Japanese wing in a daze and seized an order, which was an order for this wing to quickly assemble with the rest of the division and immediately march towards the Mudanjiang River.

Su Tong shook his head and sighed, "The Japanese, they have finally come to this point. ”

Jiang Baili circled around Su Tong twice curiously, and his mouth was surprised: "Jianming, I'm not surprised that the Japanese want to take risks, but you have never been to Japan, how can you know so much about the Japanese Xi xìng?" ”

Su Tong pursed his lips, "I said, my chief of staff, you are also a person who went to Japan to study, you don't know what kind of virtue you have." Let's put it this way, Japan's lack of resources, frequent earthquakes, and narrow land have created a sense of crisis, and they feel that danger may come at any time. This is a good thing, doesn't our old saying say, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and our people are far inferior to xiǎo Japan. ”

"Yes!" Jiang Baili nodded appreciatively, "What else?" ”

"It's good to have a sense of crisis, but once the sense of crisis goes too far, it becomes a persecution paranoia, and it's about to become nervous. I always feel that there are people in this world who want to harm him, in the past, when Li Hongzhang formed the Beiyang Fleet during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Japanese felt that this was the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanting to destroy Japan, so they set up a fleet to deal with the Beiyang Naval Division, and he won that time. The Americans imposed an oil embargo on him, and the Japanese felt that the United States was putting a noose on their heads, so they felt that the Americans were a threat to them."

"You wait!" Jiang Baili interrupted Su Tong's words and looked at Su Tong with some surprise, "You mean that the Japanese will treat the Americans as a threat?" ”

"Of course, I don't believe you can't see something so obvious?" Chief Su said curiously. This is something that even junior high school students will know in later generations, can't everyone see Jiang Baili's art of war?

Jiang Baili's face turned red, and to be honest, he really couldn't see that Japan had regarded the United States as an imaginary enemy.

Chief Su didn't notice the strangeness of the chief of staff next to him, and said to himself: "Japan wants oil, if it wants oil, our country can't do it." Our country is a well-known oil-poor country, so there is only southward or northward expansion. The journey north into Siberia was too far and too desolate, and the polar bears were notoriously greedy, making it difficult for Japan to penetrate deeply. Then there is only southward entry, and the territories of Luzon and the Philippines are also the territories of the United States, and if they want to obtain these territories, the Americans will definitely not give them, so what should they do, they have to start fighting. And the Americans are so far away from Asia, and the Japanese feel that they have a lot of hope."

Watching Su Tong's gushing explanation there, Jiang Baili was surprised and felt relieved, and joked: "Jianming, it seems that I, the chief of staff, are going to make Xian, but you are much more competent than me." ”

"Don't, don't," Su Tong hurriedly stopped Jiang Baili's words, he knew his own affairs, and his little ability was not even able to catch up with other people's skins compared to this military expert who wrote the earliest discussion on protracted warfare in China.

"If you don't do it, where will I be so capable of being the chief of staff!"

Looking at Su Tong's bitter gourd face, Jiang Baili couldn't help but sneer: "Okay, don't pretend to be pitiful to me, we will ignore him for the time being, that will be later." What do you think about the fact that the Japanese want to seize Vladivostok first? ”

"What else can you think, isn't Xiǎo Japan trying to enter Vladivostok? Okay, let's give Vladivostok to him, and see if they want Vladivostok or the three eastern provinces. The light shone on Chief Su's face, and there was a trace of hideousness on his originally delicate face.

With Su Tong's order, the troops of the Seventh War Zone were quickly mobilized. Su Tong transferred three divisions of the mobile group Chōu stationed in Mongolia, and raised seven infantry divisions, an artillery division, and an armored division from Chahar. The Air Force urgently set up two naval divisions, (however, there was no navy for the time being, so they had to be wronged to serve as the army aviation) a bombing group, totaling 200,000 ground troops, more than 300 tanks, 1,000 fighters, and more than 600 bombers, which were also hoarded at the newly opened airfield in Rehe.

Naturally, such a big move in the Seventh War Zone could not be concealed from those who had a heart, and Commander Su had no intention of concealing it. Dude just showed his family background in such a dignified manner, in a word, buddy is going to war with you, do you plan to go to the Northeast or Vladivostok, look at it yourself!

"Extra, extra! The Seventh Theater stationed 200,000 troops, 2,000 fighters, and 500 chariots in Rehe, and the troops were directed at the three eastern provinces. "The main street in China, Xiǎo Lane, is shouting everywhere.

"Outside, outside, Commander Su said that the Seventh War Zone will also mobilize one million reserves, if there are not enough 70 million people in the Seventh War Zone, there are still tens of millions of reserves to use, and he vows to raze the Kwantung Army!" This is the report of the new youth.

"Extra, extra! The commander of the Soviet Union in the 7th Theater of Operations declared that this time he would personally go to the front line to command this decisive battle rarely seen in the history of world warfare! This was reported by the National Daily.

The news that came out of nowhere shocked the whole country and shocked the world. For a time, countless reporters poured towards Chahar.

Zhangjiakou, the heart of the Seventh War Zone, immediately welcomed countless domestic and foreign reporters.

People want to know whether this news is a smoke bomb released by Chahar or a real determination to recover the three eastern provinces.

In the face of the influx of reporters, Xi Hanqian, secretary general of the Chahar Provincial Government, had no choice but to come out and announce that a press conference would be held tomorrow, that is, on the morning of September 25, at the Chahar Provincial Government Building! When the time comes, General Su Tong will personally solve everyone's doubts