While Chen Feng was actively preparing in northern Saibei, the Japanese army was not idle, and while secretly forming new troops in China, the Japanese army was also vigorously organizing puppet army units in the occupied areas, and in addition, they were secretly preparing to form a puppet regime in Nanjing.

With the strong support of General Binshan Yuan, the puppet North China Security Army, which had been almost wiped out by Chen Feng's department, changed its previous decline and wantonly recruited strong men in North China, and at the same time mobilized captured Kuomintang troops from various battlefields across the country, and in a very short period of time, the regular army of the puppet North China Security Army swelled to 18 infantry divisions, and in addition to ordinary infantry, the puppet North China Security Army formed 4 artillery regiments and 2 cavalry brigades with the help of the Japanese army, with a total strength of more than 140,000.

In Central China, the Japanese army moved even more frequently, and in view of the Nationalist Government's "stinky and hard" attitude of refusing to cooperate, the Japanese Government decided to attack the Nationalist Government once and for all. What is the fundamental blow is the complete political dismantling of the Nationalist government, and they support a pro-Japanese Chinese to form a unified Shina government.

In fact, in the nearly three years since the Japanese invasion of China, a large number of puppet regimes have been formed, including the puppet Manchukuo government in the northeast, the puppet provisional government of the Republic of China, the puppet Republic of China Restoration government, and the puppet Mongolian Union autonomous government that has been wiped out by the Eighth War Zone.

But the Japanese did not form a national puppet regime from the beginning to the end, because they felt that there was no need for that, and from the beginning of the war, the Japanese believed that the Chinese were simply vulnerable, and the Chinese army was scattered. China's political power is a high-rise building built on sand, and if they touch it with a saber, it will collapse with a bang, and it is not their goal to establish a unified pro-Japanese regime, they want to completely turn China into a Japanese province and a Japanese colony.

However, they underestimated the determination and courage of the Chinese army and people to resist the war, and even more underestimated the chairman Chiang Kai-shek, who seemed to have no backbone at all, and even surrendered the "Manchuria" to the Japanese Empire. But the Japanese found out with horror. Although they were victorious at every turn, the attitude of the retreating Shina government remained unchanged, that is, to fight the Japanese Empire to the end.

In fact, all of this is due to one person, Jiang Baili. This man is one of the most famous military strategists in modern China. Graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. Moreover, he once won the first place in the graduation of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and the general anti-Japanese strategy of the Nationalist Government was compiled by this person.

Soon after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Jiang Baili had a conversation with Lao Jiang on Lushan. He said meaningfully to Lao Chiang: "In the war against Japan, no matter how far it goes, it doesn't matter if you lose everything, in the end, the hole card is not to compromise with Japan!" Only a long-term war of resistance can defeat Japan. In a word, whether you win or lose, you just don't make peace with him (Japan)! ”

If the poor relatives themselves are not angry, they will always be looked down upon. The interaction between people is snobbery, and the interaction between countries is not the same? Better do it than wish it done! Rather than compromise with Japan and survive, it is better to fight to the death. Lao Jiang, who had no way out, chose to resist resolutely, this was the only way out in front of him!

If you don't resist, everyone else has a way out, but he has no way out! The only way out waiting for him is to be a prisoner. As soon as he thought of the fate of the two unlucky emperors in the late Northern Song Dynasty, Song Qinzong and Song Huizong, Lao Jiang shuddered. Lao Jiang has thought countless times that he is the leader of a great country, the supreme commander of millions of armies, and a supreme special person, how can he be a prisoner! So Lao Jiang Tie was determined, even if he had exhausted his old book, he would also unswervingly fight hard, either the fish would die, or the net would break!

The resistance of the Nationalist Government made the Japanese extremely annoyed, but there was nothing to be done, even if the Japanese army was victorious militarily, but Japan's domestic economy was deteriorating, and the poverty of the Japanese people had become superficial, which made the Japanese government and army extremely anxious, and if they did not want to find a way to solve the China Incident, the Japanese Empire would be dragged down by this war.

Japan originally launched the war to grab more benefits, but now this war has not brought any gratifying benefits to the Japanese government and people, but has plunged Japan into an endless quagmire of war, which is not what the Japanese want to see, so after high-level discussions between the Japanese military and political circles, it was decided to immediately form a "unified" government in China to oppose the Chiang regime, so as to divide and disintegrate the Chiang government in China.

Although the formation of a unified government must be an extremely cumbersome matter, but this is actually not a very difficult thing for the Japanese, first of all, the Japanese army already has its own support, this person is the former vice president of the Kuomintang Wang Jingwei, this person is a complete pro-Japanese element, the most important thing is that this person is extremely in line with the requirements of the Japanese in terms of prestige and status, so it was quickly recognized by the Japanese. Secondly, at the end of July 1937, the Japanese army began to plan the establishment of a traitor puppet regime in the occupied areas of North China, and the day after the fall of Nanjing, the Japanese invaders established a puppet government of the Republic of China in Beiping. Continue to use the era name of the Republic of China, with Beiping as the capital. It has jurisdiction over the four provincial offices of Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and Henan, and the two municipal governments of Beiping and Tianjin. Soon after, after the Japanese army occupied Central China, it established the puppet government of the puppet government of the puppet Republic of China, which governed the three provincial governments of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui, and the two special city governments of Nanjing and Shanghai. In addition, there are many other large and small puppet regimes, the big ones ruling a few cities and the small ones managing a few counties. With these large and small puppet governments, as long as these bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods are integrated, won't this unified regime become?

The plan to establish a unified puppet regime had actually begun a long time ago, but the Japanese were not very active at first. Since Wang Jingwei defected to Hanoi at the end of 1938 and issued a "glamorous telegram" to publicly "descend to the sun", Wang Jingwei stepped up preparations for the construction. At the end of May 1939, Wang Jingwei and others went to Japan and held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Hiranuma and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Army, and obtained assurances from the Japanese government that they would support the establishment of a "central government." Subsequently, Wang Jingwei and others convened the so-called Sixth Congress of the Nationalist Government in Shanghai and issued a declaration, which once again affirmed that they recognized Japan's three principles of "good neighborliness and friendship," "joint defense against communism," and "economic cooperation," and even openly stated that Japan had "renounced aggression and wanted to seek a just peace with China" and that "we must go all out to seek the realization of its principles."

Not long ago, the Wang Ching-wei clique signed the "Outline for the Adjustment of Japan-China New Relations" with Japan, which is also known as the notorious "Japan-Wang Agreement." The agreement recognized the "existence of a fait accompli" of Japan's aggression against China. The annex to the agreement specified the principles and adjustment points of the so-called "new relations between Japan and China": First, "recognition of the Manchurian Empire." North China is a "zone of intensity" between Japan, Manchuria, and China, and a "North China Political Affairs Committee" has been set up, which has autonomy in terms of finance, economy, personnel rights, and negotiations with Japan and Manchuria. Mongolia and Xinjiang are also a "zone of strength", which occupies a special position militarily and politically, and has extensive autonomy. The lower reaches of the Yangtze River are a combination of Japanese and Tibetan economic strength. Japan has a "special status" on certain islands off the coast of South China. Second, Japan may station its land and navy in "important places in North China and Mongolia," "at specific points along the Yangtze River," and on specific islands in South China. and "retains the right to demand and supervise the military" of railways, aviation, communications, and major harbors and waterways in the garrison area. Third, the development and utilization of resources in North China, Mongolia, Xinjiang, and other regions "should be treated with special convenience to Japan." Japan will control the finances, economy, communications, agriculture, trade, and customs in the occupied areas in the form of "assistance." Fourth, Japan controlled the Wang regime by assigning advisers and staff.

On November 19, 1939, Wang Jingwei convened a puppet Central Political Conference in Nanjing. In addition to representatives of the Wang faction, there were also representatives of the Puppet Provisional Party, the Restoration, the Chinese Youth Party, and the National Socialist Party. The meeting decided that the puppet regime should use the national flag in the name of the "national government" with "blue sky and white sun and red ground". It was decided that Wang Jingwei would be appointed acting chairman of the "national government" and president of the Executive Yuan, Chen Gongbo would be president of the Legislative Council, Wen Zongyao would be president of the Judiciary, Liang Hongzhi would be president of the Supervision Commission, Wang Yitang would be the president of the examination committee, and Wang Kemin would be chairman of the North China Political Affairs Committee. On the 20th, Wang's puppet Nationalist Government was proclaimed in Nanjing.

Although Wang's puppet Nationalist Government nominally commanded the "North China Political Affairs Committee" and the puppet "Mongolian-Xinjiang United Autonomous Government," which existed in name only, in fact it only directly governed Jiangsu, Huaihai, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, and other provinces, as well as special cities such as Nanjing, Shanghai, and Hankou.

Soon after, Japan's special ambassador and former Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe went to Nanjing to "congratulate the Nationalist Government on the return of the capital." In the middle of 11, the Japanese Imperial Council decided to recognize Wang's puppet government. Abe and Wang Jingwei signed the "Treaty between Japan and the Republic of China on Basic Relations" and its subsidiary secret treaty, and at the same time, Japan, Wang, and the puppet Manchurians signed the "Japan-Manchurian-Chinese Joint Declaration." The so-called basic relationship treaty is a secret agreement between Japan and the Philippines that has been changed into a formal treaty. It goes far beyond the twenty-first article of the traitorous treaty.

The establishment of Wang's puppet regime shook the whole country. Lao Chiang, who was in Chongqing, vomited blood, and immediately instructed Wang Chonghui, the foreign minister of the Nationalist Government, to send a note to various countries, denying the Wang regime and asking them not to recognize it. At the same time, it was declared that the treaty illegally signed by Japan and Wang was completely null and void. (To be continued......)