The encirclement of Xuzhou has been completed. There were 19 divisions of the Qing army in the encirclement, about 3o people. However, as the encirclement gradually shrank, the density of the Qing army increased, and the resistance in all directions became geometrically fierce. Ming casualties surged.

In particular, these Qing divisions were elite, and each division had a tank battalion. Originally, these tanks were scattered and disadvantaged in front of the armored clusters of the Ming army. But now the encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, and these Qing tanks are naturally concentrated. The commander of the Central Plains Corps made a temporary decision to reorganize these hundreds of tanks and form several large tank regiments to hedge against the Ming army's armored forces, hoping to break through a hole in the great plain northwest of Xuzhou, so that the Qing army in Xuzhou could break through and join up with the friendly forces in Shandong in the north.

In the northwest battlefield of Xuzhou, the tanks of both sides were mixed, and it was difficult for the Ming bombers to attack. For the first time since the start of the war, the tanks of the Ming army were not only inferior to the Qing army in terms of quality, but also inferior to the Qing army in terms of quantity.

However, although the Qing tanks were superior to the Ming tanks in firepower and armor, after all, they were inferior to the Ming army in terms of mobility, crew operation and gunnery. In addition, the Qing army usually scattered tanks, but now they have temporarily accumulated into a large number, and there are many problems in command and coordination. Moreover, the tanks of the Qing army did not have radios like the Ming army, and the command vehicles of the Qing army, that is, at all levels, had radios, and then they had to rely on the flag language to communicate downward. And on the battlefield where shrapnel is flying, which Qing army commander will drill out of the top cover and play the flag with his body exposed.

Relying on the arduous training in peacetime, the excellent maintenance of the combat vehicles, the accurate artillery skills, and the tacit command and cooperation, the Ming tanks were inferior in quality and quantity, and they simply knocked out more than half of the hundreds of tanks of the Qing army, and pushed the rest back, without allowing the northwest encirclement to be broken through.

On the 8th, in view of the fact that the density of Qing troops in the encirclement was already very large, the casualties of the frontal attack were getting bigger and bigger, and the Ming army command learned that Japan intended to destroy the Qing Dynasty with the Ming Dynasty, so it ordered the right army group to suspend a large-scale ground offensive and consolidate the encirclement instead, and at the same time the air force strengthened air raids. In fact, it also means waiting for the decision of the Imperial Council.

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At lunch on the 8th, Xiang Xiaoqiang took an opportunity to find Zhang Zhaoxian and Tang Yunsheng, and conducted sincere self-reflection according to the fourteen grids. The two old men were quite satisfied with Xiang Xiaoqiang's attitude, especially Zhang Zhaoxian, who educated him very seriously. Now Xiang Xiaoqiang is relieved. He was afraid that Zhang Zhao would not say anything first, and he would be very polite to him, and it would be all over.

On the 9th, the Imperial Council was held at the Purple Mountain Fortress.

Sure enough, none of the people in the General Staff were arranged to participate, and only Xiang Xiaoqiang was in the army. It seems that the cabinet is not prepared to let the military influence decision-making. However, the more this is the case, the heavier the burden on Xiang Xiaoqiang's shoulders becomes. Because he had to put aside his personal opinion and speak on behalf of the army before the Imperial Council. According to Fourteen Gege-

"Why are the two old men so good to you? Do you think it's purely like-minded? People also fancy the backstage behind you - Her Majesty the Empress. At critical times, such as this time, when the General Staff can't speak at the Imperial Council, and you Xiang Xiaoqiang participates with the grace of the Empress, then you have to play a role and speak on their behalf. In this way, they will see you as their own person for a long time. Otherwise, what's the use of people being nice to you? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang also had to admit that what Fourteen Gege said made sense. However, to unite Japan, this is, after all, contrary to his own political views.

Xiang Xiaoqiang originally hoped that the ministers of the cabinet could come up with some of the sour and rotten "integrity" of the traditional ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and it was best to sing a high profile, put the territorial integrity of the Ming Empire first, and resolutely not cooperate with Japan. In that case, Xiang Xiaoqiang can make a gesture on behalf of the military's resolute support for the United Japanese to extinguish the Qing Dynasty, and in the end, he is "lonely and unable to return to the sky". This not only makes the final decision conform to Xiang Xiaoqiang's original intention, but also allows Xiang Xiaoqiang to settle down with the old men of the General Staff,—— after all, Xiang Xiaoqiang represents them and argues for it at the imperial meeting.

But the result disappointed Xiang Xiaoqiang. Shen Rongxuan's cabinet is more pragmatic and not some traditional "sour and rotten ministers". If it had been the last Fang Hongru cabinet, I am afraid that he would have slapped the table and poured tea on it, and beat the "thieves" who advocated "ceding land and betraying the country" under the table.

At the meeting, most of the ministers in Shen Rongxuan's cabinet were in favor of joining forces with Japan to destroy the Qing Dynasty and reunify the whole country as soon as possible. The reality of their attitude surprised Xiang Xiaoqiang. But it's right to think that I saw Japan in this time and space with the experience of later generations and "colored glasses". The Ming Dynasty in this time and space has never suffered from Japanese aggression, nor has he had any great enmity.

The only thing is that the Ryukyus were occupied by Japan, and that was still an overseas vassal state, not the Ming Dynasty itself. However, it was not only Japan that occupied the Ming Dynasty, but Britain and France. Britain occupied Burma, France occupied Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), more than Japan. Didn't the Ming still maintain good relations with Britain and France?

As for the vigilance against Japan, it was also limited to the navy. Especially after the Ming Dynasty fought this war of unification, the 6th Army and the People's Guard showed amazing might, and both military and military attachés had great confidence in their country's military strength. - The Ming Dynasty of the Northern Qing Dynasty's Thousand Divisions and 6th Army still laughed and swept, and the Japanese 6th Army did not even have decent armored troops, and the Ming Army didn't kill them as if it was a joke? Even if Japan has a territory on the big 6, it will never dare to argue with the Ming Dynasty.

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In this time and space, the Ming people focused all their hatred and vigilance on the Beiqing family. The only one who really invaded the land of the Ming Dynasty and slaughtered the people of the Ming Dynasty was the Northern Qing Dynasty. And Japan, in the eyes of the current Ming people, is also a country that has embarked on the road of democracy and civilization by relying on the Restoration like the Ming Dynasty. Many people in the Ming Dynasty regard Japan as a country like themselves. - People are just a little more martial, but that is also a national character!

Japan's international image, at least so far, has been very good. Not to mention that it is much better than countries like the Northern Qing Dynasty and the Soviet Union, even if it is much better than Germany, Japan's image is much better. Nazi Germany is now a dictatorship, and power is concentrated in the hands of Hitler, who is engaged in speech, opinion, control, and control, and wantonly persecution of domestic dissent. In the eyes of the international community, Japan is already a "primary democratic-sovereign state," with no dictators, a normal cabinet and parliament, and a large degree of freedom of the press.

When Daming and Germany approached, there was still strong opposition in Daming, and there were also many ministers in the cabinet who opposed it. I feel that Daming is too unprincipled to get mixed up with such a country. But now that Japan has proposed to join forces with the Ming Dynasty to destroy the Qing Dynasty, the Ming cabinet does not oppose it much. The ministers were at least emotionally opposed. Even the ministers who oppose it are thinking about the actual national interest. The only one who really rejects Japan emotionally is Xiang Xiaoqiang.

Rao is like this, Xiang Xiaoqiang must also stand on the position of the General Staff and agree with the United Nations to destroy the Qing Dynasty. But he had an extra heart, saying that this was just a "temporary" day to extinguish the Qing Dynasty. The purpose of uniting Japan is to eliminate the Northern Qing Dynasty as soon as possible, unify China, and make the Ming Dynasty no longer too devastated in this war, and become stronger as soon as possible. Then there are new threats from the north: the Soviet Union, Japan.

In this way, in case it really turns against Japan in the future, and Japan really becomes a threat after it gets Manmeng, Xiang Xiaoqiang will not pay for this wrong decision like everyone else, and his career will be affected. On the contrary, because of today's "foresight", he will be doubly effective in the future.

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"As for Japan," Xiang Xiaoqiang said, "my opinion should be based on prevention, and we must not take it lightly." I have worked with Princess Liaoyang for a long time, and I know a lot about Japan through her, and I know that Japan as a nation must not be measured by normal standards. Japan's ambitions for the Big 6 are difficult to control. Since the rise of Japan, the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War have won two big bets on national fortunes in succession. It's used to not being able to lose. What's even more terrifying is that it thinks that it's not because of its own luck, but entirely because it's strong. It will follow the analogy: Nissin won, Japan and Russia won, and of course Nimei will win.

"Japan's political circles are better, but in Japanese military circles, especially those young Zhuang officers, there are few clear-headed people. Their self-confidence is inflated and their ambitions are inflated. And the Japanese army is becoming less and less controlled by the government, as if it is a country within a country. In the future, it is very likely that the Manchurian and Mongolian Japanese troops will raid our country under the planning of several junior staff officers, and the Japanese government will be completely unaware of the ......"

Speaking of this to Xiang Xiaoqiang, the cabinet ministers were already whispering, and some were already snickering. Zhu Yourong glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang reproachfully, and his face was a little unbearable. - Saying such stupid things to Xiaoqiang really made her unable to get off the stage. She asked Xiang Xiaoqiang to participate in this imperial meeting. What will the ministers think when they see it now? Oh, it turns out that His Majesty's retainers are at this level.

Xiang Xiaoqiang's face was also faintly burning, but he knew that he couldn't help but say these words, so he still said stubbornly:

"I heard some of the adults laughing. But I want to remind those adults who are laughing that if Princess Liaoyang is here, she will not laugh. If there was a Japanese minister sitting here, he wouldn't laugh. Because these words sound like a joke to us, but to them, they are normal. …… Honestly, we don't know as much about Japan as they do about us. ”

He remembered the famous words of a later scholar and decided to sell them now. Xiang Xiaoqiang looked around at the minister, and said awe-inspiringly:

"I remember that a sage once said: The Japanese study of China is meticulous and profound, and they spare no effort; the topic of 'China' has been dissected thousands of times and tested thousands of times in test tubes without knowing how to put it on the dissecting table; while the Chinese study Japan is sloppy and empty, and most of us just blindly reject and oppose Japan, and are no longer willing to do down-to-earth research work, and almost do not even want to read Japanese characters, do not want to listen to Japanese words, and do not want to see Japanese people; this can be said to be 'ideological isolation and self-control.'"

When he said this, the ministers stopped laughing out of politeness. Zhu Yourong listened to his words beautifully, and felt more comfortable, feeling that he had also regained some face.

It's just that many ministers are wondering in their hearts: I'm afraid this is what the "sages" of the Northern Qing Dynasty said, right? When did our Ming Dynasty "blindly reject and oppose" Japan? Although it is true that the Ming Dynasty does not know Japan as well as the Japanese know us, it is not a "self-contained ideology".

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