"If God gives us another five years, we will not be afraid of any country." Chen Cheng sighed and said, "I have had many exchanges with the leaders of the southwest, and if there is enough time, then the southwest will radiate the rapid progress of the whole country." ”

He Yingqin glanced at Chen Cheng in surprise, he didn't expect that Chen Cheng would choose to support his views at this time, otherwise he would not have repeatedly emphasized the country's difficulties, so Chen Cheng's point of view is relatively clear, that is, to adopt a policy of appeasement in exchange for time for peace.

"Hmph, be cowardly before you fight, if you are on the battlefield, you have already let me chop." Although Zhang Zhizhong said relatively little, this time he clearly expressed his attitude.

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and said, "Before the war was fought, civil strife began, do you want to lose the country?" ”

Yang Yongtai saw Chiang Kai-shek's anger, and hurriedly said to everyone, "Okay, let's not fight, the incident was provoked by the Japanese, not just talk, we should think about how to deal with it now." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was not allowed to smoke, and a group of generals in the huge office could only hold back and not smoke, and Chiang Kai-shek looked at the map in a daze, and did not speak for a long time.

After being silent for a long time, Lin Wei stood up and asked, "Can you tell me about the latest situation in Beiping?" What is the situation with the dispatch of the Japanese army? ”

The staff officer of the chamberlain shook his head this time and said, "There are only some reports of military conflicts, and nothing else has been reported to us." However, General Song Zheyuan used to be under the jurisdiction of the Southwest Special Administrative Region, and Chief of Staff Liu Yuan should know some information. ”

Everyone looked at Liu Yuan, but Liu Yuan shook his head and said, "I don't have any information here, since Song Zheyuan went to Beiping, he hasn't had much contact with me." ”

"Song Zheyuan wants to do anything, he doesn't report anything to the central government," He Yingqin was very nervous, this is too abnormal, if Song Zheyuan makes any decision privately, it will definitely be a heavy blow to the central government.

"Needless to say, Song Zheyuan is a bloody man, it must be impossible for him to submit to the Japanese, but the central government always has people who are vegetarian in the corpse, afraid of war, and betraying national interests, does he dare to report anything to the central government?" Zhang Zhizhong looked at He Yingqin very unhappily.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Central Committee of the Red Party sent a telegram to the whole country, appealing: "Compatriots, 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 is our way out! And put forward the idea of "not letting Japan occupy China!" "Shed blood to defend your homeland!" slogan.

Dai Li said with a calm face.

"The Red Party is a group of guys who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, but if the Sino-Japanese War breaks out, their pressure will definitely be news, but we will fall into the difficult War of Resistance against Japan, and they will have their own time for development." Yang Yongtai analyzed, "According to the Xi'an Incident, if the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression breaks out, we will be responsible for the frontal battlefield and will bear all the pressure, so it will be very expensive for us, and when the war is over, I am afraid it will not be so simple to solve the Red Party." ”

"However, if we resist the war, it is necessary for us to concentrate the strength of the whole country, and the Red Party has a large number of excellent officers, which is a force that cannot be underestimated, and we should hold them in our hands."

"As the ruling party, we should have our own minds, what about the development of the Red Party, I can drive them from Jiangxi to the northwest, and when the war is over, if they don't obey the leadership of the government, we have the ability to wipe them off the face of the earth." Chiang Kai-shek pondered and said, "According to the latest information, the Japanese have been constantly transferring troops from Korea and have mobilized more than 200,000 troops. ”

"Xi'an Incident, we lost the three northeastern provinces for no reason, appeasement for five years, we lost Rehe and the Great Wall, now we have our own professional troops, we can't tolerate it like this, the soldiers should be wrapped in horse leather, died on the battlefield, blindly retreat, we can retreat there, Pingjin is lost, not to mention the political influence, in terms of territory, lose Pingjin, can we hold the Central Plains, the Central Plains is lost, can we survive in the south? At this time, we can only use iron and blood to save our own dignity. Zhang Zhizhong's words were sonorous and powerful, showing the strong confidence of the Whampoa soldiers.

Chen Cheng was also infected by Zhang Zhizhong's words, stood up and said, "Wen Bai is very right, the soldiers should be shrouded in horse leather, and I suggest that the troops be immediately dispatched to the north to prepare for war with the Japanese." ”

"Resignation, if you do this, it will arouse the anger of the Japanese, what we need now is development time, if you transfer troops to the north, it will only cause an escalation of the war, then we will not have the development time that we used to exchange for dignity and income." Chen Cheng's words stimulated He Yingqin, who was more weak in his attitude.

"Is it up to us to decide whether to fight or to make peace? The war was provoked by the Japanese, and we can't just be beaten. That's what Jean thinks of us. Lin Wei glanced at the waiter's room and showed his attitude.

"General Lin Wei's words are very right, the political status of peace is too important, if we lose Pingjin, we will not be able to explain to the people, and the Red Party will have another reason to attack us." Chen Cheng added.

"Pingjin cannot be lost, if Pingjin is easily lost, it will make the Japanese think that we are incompetent, then their aggression will be even more crazy, we can not be their opponents, but we must show our attitude." Liu Yuan didn't say much, but his speech represented the attitude of the Whampoa Shaozhuang faction.

After listening to Liu Yuan's words, Chiang Kai-shek felt that he could not sit down, although he did not want to fight, but from Zhang Zhizhong to Liu Yuan, these generals representing the strength of Whampoa were serious and could not retreat, and if he opposed the war, then as his own supporter, Whampoa was likely to be separated from himself.

"Respectfully, you should immediately meet with the Japanese ambassador and tell them that we in China will not take a step back in the Lugou Bridge incident." Chiang Kai-shek applied seriously.

He Yingqin's face was very bitter, but he valued the cold gaze of the generals, so he didn't say anything.

"Fuguo, Song Zheyuan is your person in the end, you better warn him, there is no possibility of talking about Lugouqiao, let him prepare for war, the Japanese will definitely not give up, the central army will go all out to resist Japan to protect the integrity of the country's personality."

Things went badly, and on 15 August, the Japanese garrison in North China launched another attack on the Lugou Bridge, and Zhao Dengyu personally commanded the troops to push the enemy back. But the 29th Army suffered extremely heavy losses.

On 16 August, the Nationalist Government issued the "Declaration of the Nationalist Government on Self-Defense and War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression," which made clear the attitude of the Nationalist Government to the whole world. The Republic of China will fight Japan to the end.

On 17 August, in the speech of Lushan in which the Nationalist Government was preparing for the War of Resistance, Chiang Kai-shek said impassionedly that if the war began, it would be that there would be no distinction between north and south, and no distinction between old and young, and no matter who they were, they all had the responsibility to defend the territory and resist the war, and they all had the determination to sacrifice everything. Only by sacrificing to the end, fighting to the end, and only with the determination to sacrifice can we win the most victorious victory......"

Chiang Kai-shek's speech had a very good effect, and the anti-war mood in the country skyrocketed, and from the Southwest Special Administrative Region to Beiping, there were college students on the streets everywhere, and they ran to raise funds for the 29th Army's anti-war war. At the same time, various localities have called the central government one after another, willing to support the central government's resistance against Japan and defend the security of the national territory.

Coincidentally, the Japanese people and other localities are also vigorously publicizing the Chinese threat and chaos, and the Japanese fascist government has publicized to the Japanese people how the Chinese army has killed Japanese officers and oppressed Japanese overseas Chinese in China, which has constantly aroused war sentiment in Japan.

On 20 August, the Japanese Cabinet appointed Kiyoshi Kazuki as commander of the North China Garrison Army, and at the same time formally ordered the General Staff Headquarters to dispatch elite troops to North China to end the war situation in North China.

On that day, the General Staff and the senior generals of the army met with Emperor Hirohito of Japan, because Japan has a constitutional monarchy similar to the dual system, according to the constitution, the emperor is the supreme commander of the Japanese army, and as the head of state, he must announce it before he can officially send troops to other countries.

Emperor Yu Yuhito is about Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, just when a man is in the prime of life and full of desire to conquer, and the current tension in China seems to him to be an opportunity to formally conquer China, Hirohito knows very well that China cannot be allowed to develop like this, otherwise it will be an absolute disaster for the empire.

"Stompe." The sound of the clogs under Hirohito's feet on the floor seemed to have a magical magic, and all the members of the cabinet and the generals of the military knelt respectfully on the ground.

"Ladies and gentlemen, are you sure that you will win this time? The empire has regretted the battle in the northeast, and we must be completely sure that we can send troops. Although Hirohito's words were not loud, they had a penetrating power, especially with the decoration of the palace, which made people have a feeling of ups and downs for Hirohito.

"Although China has adopted a policy of appeasement towards the empire, the Southwest Special Economic Zone, Chongqing Special Economic Zone, Shanxi Special Economic Zone, Jiangxi Province, and Hubei Province have made rapid progress, and their military industry has made rapid progress, and they have produced many excellent generals over the years, especially the most dazzling one of the twin stars of China, do you have the confidence to defeat him?" "If we increase our troops, will it attract opposition from the international community, especially the attitude of the Soviet Union?" Hirohito asked three questions in a row, and his voice kept echoing in the palace.

"China is developing so fast that not only we are afraid of them, but also Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States, so they will not have any opinions, and a cloud of war has been floating in Europe, and the Soviet Union seems to be guarding against Germany, not us."

"China is too vast, and our territory is too small, our population is too small, and our national strength is very limited, how long are you going to government China? His Excellency Chief of Staff, Jae-in. Hirohito nodded and asked the chief of staff.

Chief of Staff Jae-in looked at Sugiyama Moto, Sugiyama Moto, a Japanese army general, nicknamed Marshal Stupid.

"Your Majesty, the Chinese are not as powerful as you think, if the empire wants to conquer them, three months is enough." Sugiyama said confidently.

Since then, Hirohito has sealed the jade seal, marking the legitimacy of Japan's declaration of additional troops in North China.

The Japanese General Staff announced the dispatch of Japan's newly formed 10th Division, 20th Division, 17th Division, and Air Force to North China and deliver them to the North China Garrison Army.