At a time when there was a heated discussion among the upper echelons of Japan on whether to enter the southern part of French Indochina, the Chen family ushered in a great joy in Guisui, the capital city of Saibei Province, and Xiao Xiangxiang was born for a whole month.

I heard that the little princess of the Chen family has passed the full moon, and the entire military, political and business of Saibei Province is boiling for three sessions, Chen Feng is not the little security head of a few years ago, the pillar of the Chen family was the old man Chen, and the backer of the Chen family is Li Jingyuan, the head of the security department of Suiyuan Province, which is not worth mentioning in the eyes of many really powerful people.

But now it's different, as Chen Feng's status rises step by step, the Chen family has now become one of the most powerful families in China, and it is not inferior to the four major families of the Nationalist Government.

Especially after Chen Feng's troops single-handedly defeated the powerful Soviet Union and annexed Outer Mongolia and the Tangnu-Ulianghai region to China in one fell swoop, Chen Feng's personal prestige had reached its peak, and it was no less than that of Jiang Mao and others who led China's War of Resistance at this time.

As the only third-generation child of the Chen family, Xiao Xiangxiang has attracted a lot of attention from many people. Originally, when the little guy was born, those officers in the Eighth War Zone wanted to hold a grand birthday banquet for the little guy, but Chen Feng refused.

Now that the little guy is full moon, although Chen Feng just wants to make a simple full moon wine at home, the old man doesn't want his little granddaughter to be wronged, so he personally withdrew 200,000 oceans from the family's small treasury for the little guy's full moon banquet.

On September 20th, the whole Chen Mansion was bustling. Except for those officials of the provincial government of Saibei Province, all the army groups in the Eighth Theater sent representatives to attend the banquet of the little princess and gave special gifts. Even Lao Chiang, who was far away in Chongqing, sent representatives to participate, and as for the warlords of other provinces, whether they knew each other or not, they all sent people to send gifts.

At the banquet, Chen Feng announced Xiao Xiangxiang's name to the outside world - Chen Shengnan, the little guy is also very powerful, and gave everyone a surprise on the day of the full moon, when Wang Qingya hugged her and introduced her name to all the guests, the little guy actually giggled, and then directly came out with the word "mother". For a while, the whole cocktail party scene was silent.

It is important to know that normal babies generally start to talk about them at about seven or eight months, such as "Dad" and "Mom". At the age of about one year, he began to say a lot of words, such as "aunt, grandma, grandpa, hug", and at the age of about one and a half years, he began to say two words, "hold, wait", and began to say sentences at the age of two, which are all in the normal category.

But the little one is only a month old, and the average child spends most of his time sleeping when he is a month, and rarely expresses his emotions, let alone speaks. Although it's just the word "mom". But this IQ can definitely be called a miracle. For a time, the little princess of the Chen family was a prodigy, and the name spread far and wide.

In fact. The little guy's performance also stunned the Chen family, including Chen Feng, and he could speak in a month. What a wickedness this is. Chen Feng, who was worried about his daughter's health, even ignored the people present, and hurriedly ran back to his room to ask the little fox what was going on.

The little fox looked at Chen Feng with contempt, and then told him that because he and Wang Qingya are both genetically optimized human beings, the genes of both of them have reached the limit of human beings, as the crystallization of the love of the two of them, Xiao Xiangxiang will be smarter than other children as soon as she is born, and it is normal for her to be able to speak for a month, and the little guy will be smarter than children of the same age in any way in the future.

While the Chen family and the entire province of Saibei were rejoicing for the little prodigy Chen Shengnan, the discussion among the Japanese leaders about the march to the south of French Indochina also came to an end. The Japanese government had apparently lost their minds, and they did not realize that a march into southern French Indochina would be a crucial step in determining Japan's fate.

If this step is taken, then Japan will completely become hostile to the United States, Britain, and other countries, and if it is withdrawn, there will still be talks between the United States and Japan. Obviously, the Japanese upper echelons did not realize this, and at the instigation of the fanatical militarists, the Japanese government decided to take a risk, a typical gambler's mentality.

On 22 September, the Army and Navy Department of the Japanese base camp formulated a "Plan for Promoting Policies in the South" and decided to submit it to the Joint Advisory Council. There are three articles in the Programme for the Promotion of Policies in the South:

In view of the present situation, and in accordance with the established policy, we will promote the implementation of policies towards French Indochina, especially in connection with the issue of the recall of representatives to the Dutch East Indies, and promptly establish military cooperation with French Indochina between Japan and French Indochina for the purpose of defending stability in East Asia, including the stationing of the necessary forces to the southern part of French Indochina, in addition to the established contents.

In order to achieve the above objectives, the necessary diplomatic negotiations shall be conducted, and preparations for the entry shall begin expeditiously. Preparations for the entry have been completed and French Indochina has not yet accepted our request, the movement should begin. At that time, if French Indochina resists, we will immediately use force.

In the course of implementing this policy, if it is hindered by the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands and is unable to open up the situation, and Japan reaches the point where it can no longer tolerate it for the sake of self-survival and self-defense, it will not hesitate to make a desperate war against the United States and Britain.

On the same day, after a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Konoe and the two commanders-in-chief, Nagano and Itagaki, presented their decisions in writing to Emperor Hirohito of Japan.

"On behalf of the Army and Navy and the government of the base camp, I would like to say that it will be four years since the China Incident, during which the Empire has taken all strategic and strategic measures to bring the Chungking regime to its knees. What forced the Chongqing regime into the predicament it is today is mainly the effect of the war. Therefore, if we do not continue to intensify pressure on Chongqing in the future and destroy its war capability, the resolution of the incident will inevitably be further delayed. Recently, Britain and the United States have been in close contact with Chongqing through southwestern China, and they have openly and covertly strengthened political, economic, and military cooperation against the empire. In view of this situation, the ministers believed that in addition to directly increasing pressure on the Chongqing regime, the empire also needed to sever the ties between the Anglo-American forces that supported the Chongqing regime from behind and encouraged its will to resist the war, and the Chongqing regime, which was an extremely necessary measure to promote the settlement of the incident. ”

"On the other hand. The fact that Britain and the United States had worked closely with the Dutch East Indies in the south and had taken all possible measures of oppression and resistance against the empire politically, economically, and militarily is also very evident from the evolution of the present Sino-Dutch economic negotiations and their results. In particular, their plots to betray Japan in Thailand and French Indochina have intensified recently. If this state of affairs is left unchecked, the advantageous position that the empire had achieved in June this year as seconded to mediate the dispute between French Indochina and Thailand is also in danger of being overturned. ”

"Swift measures to counter the joint encirclement of Japan by Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, and China are both urgent in terms of dealing with the Chinese incident at present and in terms of the need to defend stability in East Asia and establish a posture of self-existence and self-defense. In a word, given the situation around the empire. Now to the South. At least in the case of French Indochina, there is no time to delay. ”

"The High Command and the Government had anticipated this situation and had previously cut off the northern part of French Indochina by force and had sought approval of the outline of policy against French Indochina for the above-mentioned purposes. Therefore. If the empire did not take swift measures against French Indochina. In particular, it quickly established military cooperation with French Indochina. Acquire military bases such as air and sea in specific areas of French Indochina, and deploy the necessary forces in the southern part of French Indochina, in an effort to meet the requirements of the above-mentioned imperial state policy. It will inevitably be regretted. ”

"In this case, it is necessary to establish a policy of first conducting diplomatic negotiations, trying to achieve our objectives as safely as possible, and if French Indochina does not accept our demands, to use force to achieve our aims. Preparations for the dispatch of troops must begin immediately, from now on. This should seek to achieve this through close coordination between diplomatic negotiations and the threat of force. However, diplomatic negotiations should try to avoid delays. Especially in the current situation, there is a risk of provocation by third countries, so diplomatic measures should be carried out in the form of so-called lightning diplomacy. That is, when the preparations for the dispatch of our troops have been completed, and French Indochina still does not accept our demands, the Empire should step up its measures and quickly achieve its objectives by strength. In addition, diplomatic negotiations should be forced forward with the goal of sending troops to prepare for completion. I would like to play as above, and pray for the referee. ”

At this time, Japan tried to adjust Japan-US diplomatic relations in accordance with the Japan-US understanding on the one hand, and on the other hand, it sent troops to the southern part of French Indochina. However, Japan's policy is still to promote negotiations between Japan and the United States, and as mentioned later, it is even necessary to resolutely reshuffle the government and change the foreign minister. On the other hand, however, although I have great hopes for a compromise in the negotiations with the United States, I am not willing to endure the increasingly unfavorable situation in my political and strategic situation in the south.

However, Japan as a whole is not without people with clear heads, and as Japan's foreign minister, Matsuoka Yoyo is extremely dissatisfied with the adventurous actions of the Japanese government and the military department. Foreign Minister Matsuoka has always disapproved of Japan's southward expansion policy, and Foreign Minister Matsuoka has visited Europe and seen the strength of the German Army. Foreign Minister Matsuoka believed that sooner or later there would be a war between Germany and the Soviet Union, and if Japan could join forces with Germany to flank the Soviet Union, there would be no need for Japan to intervene in the big dye vat in Southeast Asia.

Therefore, at the Imperial Council on September 23, Foreign Minister Matsuoka stressed that there should be no rush to ignite a fire in the south, and that the Japanese Empire could also consider attacking the north, and that the people of China had already proved that the Soviets were just an empty shell, and that the Soviet Union could bow down to any local warlord in China, and that the possibility of the Great Japanese Empire defeating the Soviet Union was extremely high, and it was far better than having bad relations with Britain, France, the United States, and the Netherlands.

Therefore, he proposed that the operation of sending troops to the southern part of French Indochina be delayed for about six months, but the Minister of Interior and Exterior added that if the Prime Minister and the High Command insisted on carrying it out, he would not oppose it because he had expressed his approval.

In this regard, Kazukawa Kaixiang and Kondo Nobutake also agreed to a 6-month extension! However, Deputy Chief of Staff Tsukada suggested to Chief of Staff Itagaki that "we should resolutely implement the stationing." ”

After deliberation between Chief of Staff Itagaki and Chief of the Nagano Military Command Department, he resolutely advocated stationing on behalf of the High Command. Prime Minister Konoe also suggested to Emperor Hirohito: "The High Command will do what it is determined to do!" ”

After deciding to march to the south of French Indochina,

Regarding the prophecy of fate, Foreign Minister Matsuoka made the following statement in his usual tone, which is worth mentioning: "I will not fail to predict what will happen in a few years. I predict that there will be a big mess in the south, can the commander-in-chief guarantee that there will be no chaos? Those who know the times are Junjie. I used to be a southward-expander, but today I'm turning north. (To be continued......)

PS: There is another chapter in the evening, so stay tuned!