Both Cai Yi and Jiang Baili are in favor of letting Terauchi Zhengyi and them go first, and they have dealt with Terauchi Zhengyi a lot in recent times, and it is very clear that although the strength of these Japanese is not as good as theirs, they are very tenacious in resisting. And now as the defender, they obviously have more advantages, if they do it now, they will definitely win, but they will definitely have to pay some unnecessary casualties.

Anyway, now that the victory is decided, there is no need for this. As the commander of the army, they still cherish their subordinates. It is also clear that the vast majority of officers and soldiers have family members behind them who are waiting for them to return home, and even so, they certainly do not want to waste the lives of their subordinates.

"But I can't let my guard down..."Picking up the tea that his subordinates had just brewed, Jiang Baili took it to his side and sniffed it gently. Although we have now reached an armistice with the Japanese, everyone knows the conspiracy behind this agreement, and the Japanese certainly know it............... It's hard to say if the Japanese are willing to just sit like this and let us die, if we are so careless, maybe they will take this opportunity to do it, anyway, it will be a fight against the water, if the Japanese side is not willing to bow their heads, they will die no matter what..."After saying a small sip, Jiang Baili couldn't help but admire. "Good tea!"

"Yes..."Cai Yi, who was also holding a cup in his hand, nodded his head, and he didn't know whether he agreed with Jiang Baili's words just now, or the sentence 'good tea' behind Jiang Baili...

"It shouldn't be so bold, right?" heard the two of them say this, and a general wearing the rank of major general came up. The two countries are now in a truce. This was signed under the noses of the ministers of various countries, and at the moment the ministers of various countries are faintly biased towards Japan, but if the Japanese dare to violate the agreement like this............... Isn't this tantamount to a slap in the face of nations? International perspective. They don't have any advantage at all..."

Cai Ye and Jiang Baili looked over at the same time, and they were the generals of the former local army.

For many generals of the old era, the Great Powers still had a great deterrent effect. There's no way, who called the shadow of the bullied in the past. Although Japan is also a great power, everyone knows that this great power is the weakest of all the great powers, so although the victory in the Shandong War has inspired a lot of morale and popular hearts, if it can't really defeat the next European and American powers. I'm afraid that many people's mentality of being afraid of the ocean will not be able to change in a short period of time.

Having said that, Cai Ye and Jiang Baili had a good sense of that general. Because during the Shandong Campaign, his division had always obeyed orders. When the fight started, he didn't take a step back in the face of the Japanese counterattack, and overall it was very good.

So hearing that it was he who said it, Cai Ye said in a milder tone. "It's hard to say. At least from what I've seen in Japan. The nature of those people is ............... Hehe, the dogs jumped off the wall in a hurry, it's really hard to say what they will do..."

When he said this, Cai Ye and Jiang Baili glanced at each other, obviously having the same opinion on this point.

This time, everyone knows that although the nominal commander of the Shandong war is Yan Shao, in fact, Yan Shao has been staying in Beijing all the time, and he can be regarded as helping the two of them suppress the group of generals who led the troops below. After all, some of these division commanders and brigade commanders are either some warlords from other provinces, and some are either people from the former Beiyang or the former National Social Army. With the prestige of Cai Ye and Jiang Baili, it was not enough to suppress them. And it is precisely because Yan Shao holds a nominal title of commander in Beijing that in fact, more than 100,000 troops in Shandong have always been commanded by two people.

At the beginning, there were indeed many generals who were not convinced, after all, it turned out that Cai Ye was just a governor of Yunnan, Jiang Baili? This person's reputation is even worse than Cai's. At this time, among the more than 100,000 troops, there were two or three warlords who were the bosses in the local area alone, and it was not easy to get them to obey the command of Cai Ye and Jiang Baili. It's just that there is still a Yan Shao pressing on it after all, and they also know the importance of the war in Shandong, before Cai Ye and Jiang Baili leaked, they were not willing to take the initiative to stir up trouble―――――― for those former warlords or former generals of Beiyang, although the Guoshe Government had been established for more than a year, they were still worried that Yan Shao would take their power.

It wasn't until the smooth outcome of the Shandong war and the current victory in sight that they were finally completely convinced.

So seeing that Cai Ye and Jiang Baili seemed to be worried about this matter, a famous general suddenly led the way. "In that case, then we..."

"Be vigilant," Cai said with a smile. In any case, after all, we have the upper hand now, there is no need to be afraid, as long as everyone is vigilant, lest they be attacked by the Japanese, and prepare for battle, as soon as the time comes, we will start and completely clean up this group of Japanese troops in Shandong..."

As he spoke, Cai Yi looked at the map hanging on the wall not far away, and the smile on his face became stronger. "Speaking of which, this battle is quite interesting, big traps and small circles..."

Jiang Baili and the others looked over and immediately understood what he meant.

On the map, Liu Guangyuan's division firmly occupies Longkou Town, and around Longkou Town is the troops of the temple Zhengyi, and around the temple Zhengyi, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses...

Big traps and small circles, one by one, that's exactly what it is...

And after seeing this, the inside of the command was also filled with laughter...

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By this time, the armistice agreement had already spread throughout the army, so many people began to relax. However, after Cai Ye and Jiang Baili's orders were issued, although they were a little puzzled, they still raised their vigilance, so as not to really suffer a big loss because of the Japanese surprise attack―――――― although even if the Japanese really launched a successful sneak attack, it was impossible for the tide of the battle to turn around, but...

Seeing that he is about to win, it would be too unlucky if he suddenly hung up at this time.

So as long as you don't want to die worthless at this time, it's basically someone who doesn't care about it. There will also be a little more vigilance. And at such times, even a little bit is enough...

It's just that what Cai Ye didn't expect was that. In the days that followed, instead of being attacked by the Japanese, they ...

Another thing happened that left them at a loss for the better...

On the fifth day after the armistice, that is, on the third day after the Japanese army had run out of food, just when the whole Wehrmacht was on the order of Cai Ye to be vigilant so as not to be attacked by a sneak attack, sporadic gunfire suddenly came from the direction of the Japanese position...

You must know that Cai Ye and they have long been guarding against the attack of the Japanese. Therefore, as soon as the gunfire rang out, the Wehrmacht officers and men in all the positions had already entered their positions and were ready for battle.

But what they didn't expect was...

"What the hell is going on?" Sit up from your own bed. Jiang Baili put on his clothes and walked out of the tent. And at the doorway, several guards were standing there like stone statues―――――― if their eyes hadn't glanced in the direction where the gunshots were coming.

"It's not clear..."Cai Yi shook his head, maybe because of Lian Zhan's success, or maybe because of his cultivation a few days ago. So now Cai Yi's health is quite good. "News has just come back from the forward position. I don't know what happened to the Japanese army, but I don't know what happened to them..."

As they spoke, the two of them walked side by side towards the headquarters.

It's just that on the way around, there are more and more gunshots coming from the Japanese position...

By the time the two of them came to the headquarters, the headquarters was already full of commanders of various divisions and brigades, and after seeing the two of them walk in, those people also hurriedly surrounded them.

"What the hell is going on?" Listening to the increasingly dense gunshots, Jiang Baili said strangely.

"It's not clear...", standing in front of Jiang Baili. One of the generals shook his head. "However, according to the information coming back from the forward positions, it seems that the Japanese are on the side......... Infighting? ”

"Infighting?"

Hear such a news. Cai Ye and Jiang Baili were both stunned.

"Really?"

"It's true," the officer said without hesitation. "Judging from the situation coming back from the front line, not only did there be a lot of gunfire on the Japanese side, but there were even some screams, which looked like there was infighting..."

"This..." glanced at each other, Cai Ye and Jiang Baili couldn't believe it.

After all, in their eyes, the Japanese army is very disciplined.

"But, if it's really infighting..."After a moment of silence, Cai Yi said...

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if the Japanese army is really infighting, if it can take advantage of this opportunity to do something, it is very likely that the Japanese army inside can be solved without much effort.

But this idea was finally rejected by himself, because as long as they starved for a few more days, they could also solve the problem of Terauchi Masatsui and them without much effort. And if they do it now, you must know that it is still in the armistice, although they are not at all afraid that Britain and France and other Entente countries will find trouble for themselves, but it is better to have less trouble.

Moreover, he and Jiang Baili also knew very well that Yan Shao's plan was to take advantage of the opportunity of the European war to stimulate the development of domestic industry and commerce.

How to stimulate industry and commerce?

It is obviously not possible to rely on the current domestic demand alone, after all, the domestic people really do not have so much spare money at present, even if the current life is better than the original, but the savings are still pitiful.

In other words, the only way to stimulate industry and commerce is to export guò. And the European war that is now breaking out in Europe is the best opportunity for China. As long as Europe takes advantage of the extreme shortage of various materials in Europe, the export of industrial products or such raw materials to European countries will definitely greatly stimulate domestic industry and commerce.

And if the Entente countries are offended at this time, although it is certainly not possible to interrupt imports to China, if the tariffs are slightly raised...

I'm afraid that there will be a lot less money in China...

And at the moment the sea route is basically monopolized by the Entente countries, except for the Entente countries, it is impossible for you to export to a second country. Therefore, although Yan Shao is not afraid of them, he is also unwilling to have any conflicts with these people...

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Although it is hard to believe, there is indeed infighting on the Japanese side.

The reason is simple. It's what I said some time ago, 'Don't suffer from few, but suffer from inequality'...

Since Liu Guangyuan happened to occupy Longkou Town when it was about to send supplies to the front line, Liu Guangyuan received a large amount of supplies for nothing, and he didn't have to worry about supplies at all. On the contrary, it is the side of Masashi in the temple. No matter how much you save, you can only meet the rations of the whole army for two days.

Two days, you must know that this truce is as long as a week, and even if it lasts for two days, there will be five more days to come.

If there is water to drink, it is estimated that people will not starve to death in 5 days, but it is difficult to say how much combat power they will have in the end. And in the area that Masaki currently occupies in the temple, there are not only some rivers. There are also some mountains and forests, where fish and wild beasts can undoubtedly be used as food to satisfy hunger.

But as I said before, it's okay to satisfy 1,800 people. But there are 70,000 or 80,000 people under Masayi in the temple, and it is almost impossible to satisfy everyone with this little thing alone.

And if only some people are satisfied, it is easy for people to have a sense of why others can eat meat. I can only gnaw on the bark of the tree.

So Terauchi Masatsuki simply ordered. Let everyone go out into the fields to look for weeds or tree bark, and find a way to survive the five days anyway. Of course, during these five days, Terauchi Masashi also kept sending telegrams to Tokyo, hoping that they could negotiate with the national government and find a way to get some supplies to send over, otherwise when the armistice agreement ended, they probably wouldn't have much ability to resist...

All of them gnaw the bark together...

If you only eat wild vegetables and gnaw on tree bark. It's basically okay to hold on for three to five days.

And if it were really all people gnawing on the bark and eating wild vegetables. Then it is estimated that the soldiers will not have any feelings. After all, everyone is gnawing on the bark, no matter how unpalatable it is, they don't have any thoughts in their hearts. Just like the previous saying, 'don't suffer from widowhood but suffer from unevenness', we are not afraid of eating poor, but we are afraid that when I eat poor, others are eating well...

But no matter how good Masashi Terauchi thinks, he can't stop everyone...

In fact, as early as the time when the army was eating, soldiers and officers of the Japanese army had already gone to the mountains and rivers to find food. When food is urgent, although some people are willing to eat wild vegetables and gnaw on tree bark, some people are absolutely unwilling to do so.

As a result, while most people were doing this, a small number of people went to the rivers and mountains to get some meat to eat, which caused a lot of trouble.

Why do we gnaw on the bark of trees, but you can eat meat?

This is what almost every Japanese soldier is thinking about, especially when many of them are officers, which fuels the anger in the hearts of many Japanese officers and soldiers...

Since landing in Shandong, there have been successive defeats, especially now that they are trapped in a corner of Longkou, and in the end, even Longkou Town is gone, and 780,000 people are all surrounded by Chinese. In this case, the Japanese army has long had little morale at all, and military discipline is also lax, but because of the strict military discipline in the past, it has always followed the orders from above.

And yet, now...

It is almost impossible for you to say that these ordinary officers and soldiers are still respected by the officers who eat their prey against military orders when they gnaw on the bark of trees. Especially when they also ran to catch fish or hunt hares and other prey, and these officers and their dogs jumped out to confiscate their prey on the grounds of a ban...

At the beginning, Terauchi Masatsu took some measures, but he couldn't control everyone after all. As a result, things are getting more and more chaotic, plus everyone in the army knows that when the deadline comes, the Chinese will do it, and then I am afraid it will be their own death ...

In this atmosphere of near-despair, some of the soldiers went crazy ...

Beginning with a few soldiers shooting their own commanders, unrest ensued...

The sporadic gunshots symbolized the beginning of the turmoil...

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In the beginning, it was just a few soldiers who shot and killed their commander who was eating the hare he had just hit. But it didn't take long for the turmoil to begin to expand, first with a few people, then with dozens, then hundreds...

In this atmosphere of near despair, everyone's mood was very tense and depressed, and the behavior of those officers who ate and drank made the soldiers below full of anger.

As a result, in the end, there were thousands of Japanese soldiers who made trouble, led by some low-ranking officers. These officers of the 'Young Zhuang faction' have long looked at the moths above and are not pleasing to the eye, and now that they have a reason, they naturally take people to do it early.

And after learning the news of the civil strife, Terauchi Masayi and Kamio Mitsutomi also hurriedly sent troops to suppress it.

However, perhaps the pent-up anger was finally vented, and civil unrest broke out in several other locations except the original one. The officers who had been eating and drinking in the past were killed, the soldiers took the lead in making trouble, and things became more and more out of control.

In the end, even some of the artillerymen got in and aimed their guns at their own people.

The vast majority of the Wehrmacht were almost dumbfounded by this civil strife, because they could never have imagined that they would see such a scene. Naturally, there were also some officers and soldiers who were on guard, but when they found out that the Japanese were fighting and could not take care of their own side at all, almost all of them were in a state of watching the excitement.

Soon the news of the Japanese army's infighting spread, and when they received such news, everyone, including Yan Shao, was shocked. Obviously, he didn't expect this to happen, and when the news came back to Japan, in his mansion, facing Katsura Taro and a few people, Aritomo Yamayama closed his eyes tightly, because he knew very well...

"The honor that the Army has sacrificed countless times in the past is complete..." (To be continued......)