Fast forward to 1937.

In the past few days, the warships that have been shuttling in and out of the Tsushima Strait have continued to use a large number of Japanese troops from the Korean Peninsula and Japanese nationals to return to China in a concentrated manner, which has attracted Beijing's attention. Guangwu studied all kinds of new information every day, and slowly spliced together these pieces of information, gradually presenting a very terrifying prospect, constantly confirming the terrifying thought in his mind:

- Japan wants to take advantage of the fire to rob! We have to attack the Qing Dynasty!

For many years, Japan's Big 6 policy has been to support the Qing and suppress the Ming. The Northern Qing also received a lot of help from Japan, such as designing new aircraft for it: Haidongqing and Wuyun, such as sending advisers and instructors to help the Northern Qing train the army. The Qing army's most elite Eight Banners Division and Praetorian Guard Division were all trained by the Japanese. For example, it sent engineers and technicians to help the Northern Qing Dynasty repair railways and open mines, and of course Japan got a lot of benefits from it, but the heavy industry of the Northern Qing Dynasty also made great progress. Even Guangwu usurped the throne as emperor, and Japan's strong support was indispensable behind it.

Despite this, Hirotake did not trust Japan very much. He always guarded against Japan, consciously or unconsciously. He can feel the ambition of the Japanese team's East Asia Big 6, which Hirotake is very sober.

In particular, while Japan was preparing to move, the Soviet Union in the northwest was also increasing troops on the border. Guangwu doubted whether the Soviet Union and Japan had reached any tacit understanding, or even a secret treaty. However, the Soviet Union is better, and it will move in the northwest at most, so that at most it will take away some land, and it will not directly threaten its own regime. And Japan is too dangerous, just a stone's throw from Beijing and Tianjin.

Just after New Year's Day, Guangwu asked the foreign minister to bring in the Japanese ambassador and directly ask Japan what it wanted to do and what it wanted.

The Japanese ambassador looked worried.

"Your Excellency," he sighed, "it stands to reason that this is a matter of our intelligence...... But since Your Excellency asked, I can tell you a little bit about it...... My country is very concerned about the security of the situation in North-East, North and Central Asia...... Moreover, Japan is also very concerned about the security of the DPRK...... The Soviet Union seemed to be about to make a move.

"Needless to say, your country is in a difficult time right now...... And the Soviet Union, it seems, is preparing to take advantage of the fire. My country has had to step up its vigilance to defend its interests in North-East Asia and the security of its diaspora...... My Government will allow me to explain a little when you ask...... I feel it is my duty to remind your country of the need to strengthen its vigilance in the north and north-west...... Especially the northwestern ones. ”

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After hearing the Foreign Minister's report, Guangwu did not believe this set of arguments at all. Japan said that it was increasing its troops on the border in order to guard against the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union was increasing its troops. He knew that if he asked the Soviet ambassador, the answer he would get would be the same: the Soviet Union was increasing its troops to guard against Japan, because Japan was increasing its troops.

This is an obvious "chicken or egg" trap.

Guangwu began to take measures. On the one hand, he ordered another extensive conscription, and on the other hand, he temporarily formed 30 divisions to supplement the northern corps of the Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu soldiers who had been withdrawn from the southern battlefield, that is, those who had been withdrawn because their hometowns were liberated by the Ming army. This is called "making the most of what you have". The strength of the Northern Corps was originally 120,000, but now it has increased to 170,000.

At the same time, he concentrated the originally scattered northern corps to the south, and transferred half of the divisions originally deployed on the border between the Soviet Union and Qingzhou, that is, Heilongjiang and eastern Outer Mongolia, to the northern side of Korea. In this way, the Qing army in the Korean direction reached 8o thousand, almost reaching the density of one division every ten kilometers. Moreover, the weakening of the forces in Heilongjiang in the north and the eastern part of Outer Mongolia is also limited, and it still maintains 9o thousand, at least in terms of troops, the two border military districts of the Far Soviet Union, "Trans-Baikal" and "Far East".

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And the battlefield of the Ming and Qing dynasties on the southern front was still tepid.

The Ming army besieged the defenders of Xuzhou but did not attack, but continued to scatter leaflets and persuade them to surrender. At the same time, a group of planes was sent to the north every day to bomb the Qing army in Shandong. The Ming army in Shanxi was even more motionless, building winter barracks and pulling coal every day, and the convoys in the rear were also shuttling and transporting every day, and fuel, ammunition and various military supplies were constantly hoarding, as if accumulating strength.

Despite this, Guangwu's focus remained on the south. He was almost certain that the three countries of tomorrow, Japan, and the Soviet Union had reached a tacit agreement to attack him together. Now the Ming army has stopped panting and watched, which is the best proof. It was waiting for Japan or the Soviet Union to strike first, and when the Qing army was attracted to the north, it would easily go north.

However, Guangwu did not intend to let Nanming succeed at all. The advantage of the Qing army's "not bad people" was greatly reflected at this time. The strength of the Qing army on the southern front did not decrease at all, but the strength of the northern front increased by 5o thousand. At the same time, in just a dozen days in early January, the number of newly registered recruits in various places has reached 2o. Now all in the boot camp for a short period of training. This was after the Northern Qing Dynasty lost several major provinces with large military sources. If a few major provinces still have a lot of troops, this number would be almost ten times.

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The Japanese fleet also began to appear frequently on the Yellow Sea, cruising on the north and south sides of the Shandong Peninsula, and getting closer and closer to the Great 6. In the past, Japanese warships often cruised in the Yellow Sea, but they were mostly destroyers, and at most cruisers. And most of them are single-ship cruises, and at most two ships travel together.

Since the beginning of 1937, Japan's Grand Fleet has appeared on the Yellow Sea. On January 1o, the Ming navy reconnaissance plane appeared for the first time in the battleship formation of the Japanese army on the Yellow Sea.

One "Fuso-class" battleship, two "Furutaka-class" heavy cruisers, and two "Kuma-class" light cruisers, escorted by three "Chuchun-class," four "Fuxue-class," and seven "Moon-class," a total of 14 first-class destroyers, cut through the waves and cruised vigorously.

The Ming reconnaissance planes followed until two days later, watching the fleet return to Japan.

On the 13th, another Japanese battleship formation appeared on the Yellow Sea, this time even larger, with two "Kongo-class" battleships as the main ships, and under the escort of two "Myo-class" heavy cruisers, three "Nagara-class" light cruisers, and 12 destroyers, they cruined the Yellow Sea with great pride.

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In the central command hall of the headquarters, Xiang Xiaoqiang stood under the big map, tilted his head, pinched his chin, and stared at the warship sign with a small sun flag on the Yellow Sea. After a while, two young female officers came over with a scaffold, climbed up and moved the warship with a long pole.

"It's almost the East China Sea," Xiang Xiaoqiang said expressionlessly, "Should we say anything?" ”

Xiong Dingming, chief of the general staff of the Navy next to him, also pinched his chin and said:

"Look again. Let's talk about it in the East China Sea. Theoretically, the southern part of the Yellow Sea is now also our territorial waters. After all, we got there on 6 grounds. But...... Let's wait and see if the Japanese fleet dares to sail into the East China Sea. ”

"What if you drive in?"

"Then we'll protest."

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