It is not for nothing that the lower-level officers and soldiers of the Japanese army would do this, and it is also not inconceivable. However, in Dandong, the Wehrmacht stationed there was still caught off guard for a while. It is not surprising that the Officers' Special Affairs Bureau has quite a few spies in the DPRK, and some of them have even blended into the upper echelons of the Japanese and Korean Fronts, but most of the spies of the Special Affairs Bureau in the Korean Front are staff officers, at least in the eyes of the Ministry of Defense and the Special Affairs Bureau, so that they can more easily understand Japan's deployment and dynamics in Korea.

If these people can be mixed into high positions, the deployment of the Japanese army in Korea can even be said to be no secret to the Wehrmacht.

As for the officers below, they paid less attention to it, of course, it was not nothing, but those Japanese seemed to be very aware of the importance of secrecy, so it was launched very suddenly, and the result was that although some spies learned the news in the process of tandem, they could not send the news out in time, let alone transmit the news to the Dandong side in time—————— these spies had to contact the upper line first, and then the upper line was transferred to the headquarters of the Special Affairs Bureau, and then from the headquarters to the Ministry of National Defense. After that, it was transferred by the Ministry of National Defense to Dandong, which was relatively cumbersome.

Of course, it can't be cumbersome, after all, there are no mobile phones or computers in this era, and if you want to hand over the information, you can only use some more primitive ways.

In peacetime, of course, this is not a big deal, because the general military deployment time is always very long, and sometimes even a month or two may not be enough. Such a long time was enough for the spy to calmly pass on the information to the headquarters. It was then passed from the headquarters to the Ministry of Defense and the troops below.

Who would have thought that Japan would come so suddenly, which caught people off guard, and the Sino-North Korean border was almost chaotic for a while. Due to the fact that the actions of the Japanese army were too sudden. Dandong almost let the Japanese army take down, and at the same time, other Japanese troops on the Sino-Korean border also became ready to move because of this reason. The eyes of those who had been paying attention to the Paris Peace Conference were also diverted by the sudden flames of war.

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In fact, since the Battle of Shandong, there have been many contradictions between China and Japan.

However, there has been no declaration of war between the two countries after all. Moreover, diplomatic contradictions, unless they are deliberate, do not necessarily have any impact on economic exchanges. The Soviet Union is a very striking example of this.

No matter how bad the relationship between the Warsaw Pact and NATO was, Western Europe was still the main oil exporter of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and the Soviet Union made a lot of money for this, especially during several oil crises. Equally. The Soviet Union also imported huge quantities of grain from Western countries.

It can be seen that sometimes the poor relations between countries do not necessarily affect economic ties.

This is true of China today, especially between Northeast China and Japan. Tohoku has much-needed steel and coal, which can be sold to the Japanese and reinvested in Tohoku industry for a profit.

In fact, despite only a few years of development, Northeast China has become one of the largest industrial zones in China. And in the future, it can be expected that the Northeast will become the largest industrial zone in the country. Because the conditions here are really unique for industrial development. The steel, coal and even oil resources needed in this era can be found in the Northeast, and there is even a very good 'black soil' to ensure the production and quality of grain, and such a black soil is very rare even in the world...

But then again, although Japan is not yet an enemy country, the relationship between them is very poor after all, so there are some people in Japan who have some opinions about selling materials such as steel and coal to Japan, thinking that they are helping the Japanese...

Later, after Yan Shao's persuasion, he finally got through.

And Yan Shao's reason for coming up is also very simple. "If we don't sell, will we not sell if we are Americans? Could it be that if the British don't sell it? Since the Japanese can buy it from anywhere, it is better for us to sell it. Don't just see the benefits that the enemy gets from it, but also the benefits that we get, if the enemy gets one benefit from it, and we get two or three, then the deal is worth doing! ”

The reason is as simple as that, even if the enemy gets some benefits, as long as we get more benefits, then the deal is worth making. This means that China's advantage over Japan will be widened, not reduced.

What's more, if you don't sell to Japan, it won't be possible that Japan won't be able to buy from the United States...

These resources are available in virtually every country, and it is just a matter of cost.

At least at some point, Yan Shao was more concerned about the issue of domestic employment and the development of industry, and as for how much benefit the Japanese got from it, Yan Shao really didn't care much about it.

And it was this attitude that promoted commercial trade between Northeast Korea and North Korea. Dandong, one of the most important port cities in the Northeast, has also prospered because of this trade, and it can even be said that it is one of the most prosperous cities in the Northeast...

However, after all, there are deep contradictions between China and Japan, and if they are separated by an ocean from each other, as in later generations, it seems to be nothing. In fact, it is a bit troublesome to be separated from each other by a river that is not very wide, not to mention that there is a bridge that is important to both China and Japan, and both have troops stationed on it.

And so, a series of things happened...

As mentioned earlier, because of these contradictions, officers and soldiers of China and Japan often have frictions and even large-scale brawls on the Yalu River Bridge. The largest of these was even more than 200 people, and as a result, traffic on the bridge was interrupted, and commercial trade between the two places was severely affected.

However, in general, in these frictions, the Wehrmacht side still has a relatively good advantage. After all, the physical advantage is too obvious, and unlike the army in the previous life, the officers and soldiers of the army are often starved and skinny. When you walk, the wind is stronger, and you worry about whether you will be blown away by the wind.

Although in order to gain some upper hand in similar conflicts, the commanders of both sides punished (and praised) the officers of the conflicting forces. At the same time, the officers and men of the unit were asked to step up their training in combat skills in this regard. For example, the Japanese brought in some people from China, such as karate and kendo, who were specifically responsible for training officers and soldiers stationed at the bridge.

But the Chinese side is not to be outdone, as mentioned earlier, China is a market economy today, and everything needs to survive in competition. Even those sects or martial arts halls that have been around for many years are the same, if they don't show some to their customers, how can there be disciples who come to the door? Is it difficult to rely on advertising?

……… There are also some martial arts halls that choose to do this. But after all, the people of this era are still relatively realistic, and they obviously can't convince the public without using some real kung fu, so in the end, they still have to do it with real knives and guns.

Of course. Kicking the gym is definitely not okay, and it will definitely not be allowed, after all, the impact of this kind of thing on local law and order is too great. If it is not done well, it can easily develop into a crowd brawl of dozens or hundreds of people—————— considering that China is still a society with great clan influence. Even growing to thousands of people is not impossible. If this development is condoned, it is by no means impossible to grow even to tens of thousands of people.

In fact, during this period, the civil power in China was very strong, and the clans and individuals in the countryside had a large number of weapons. As early as 1912, before the establishment of the Nationalist government, a newspaper reported a piece of news.

At that time, Chen Luting, a 'local tyrant' in Mahao Township, Nanhai County, "privately purchased more than 100 smokeless guns and two machine guns". (Note: "Chen Fengjiang is terrible", Minsheng Daily (Guangzhou), August 17, 1912.) )

In addition, in May 1912, there was a large-scale armed fight between Sanhuadian Township and Bicun in Huaxian County, where both sides 'bombarded with artillery', and the military government dispatched 700 troops to stop the armed fighting. Thousands of guns were seized. (Note: "The Continuation of the Weapon Fight in Huaxian County", "It is No Wonder There Are Thousands of Guns to Fight Rotten", Minsheng Daily, May 18 and 21, 1912.) )

Equally. In September 1923, the people of Longyan Cave and Changban (now part of Baiyun District, Guangzhou City) in Panyu County fought with weapons, and the army went to round up and stop the fight, and more than 10,000 bullets were seized on the spot. (Note: "Prohibition of Fighting", Guangzhou Republic of China Daily, September 27, 1923.) )

At the beginning of 1926, there was a clan fight in Pajiang, Qingyuan County, "more than 10,000 rifles". (Note: "A Tragedy of Armed Fighting in Pajiang, Qingyuan", Guangzhou Republic of China Daily, February 11, 1926.) )

In the same year, another armed fight broke out among the Wu people in Guandou Township, Taishan County, and the military and police went to the township to stop the fight, and "both sides were seized more than 100 rifles and more than 10 cannons." In the same year, Xinhui County's Hetang Rong and Li surnames fought, and the Li surname used cannons, and the Rong surname had "four small ships" and dozens of machine guns. (Note: "Xinhui Lotus Pond Rong Li Weapon Fighting Tragedy", Guangzhou Republic of China Daily, April 28, 1926.) )

The civilian guns in Guangdong mentioned in the "Regulations on the Inspection of People's Self-Defense Guns" promulgated at the end of 1926 were divided into four categories: Class A included "all kinds of tube guns, all kinds of rack guns, all kinds of medicine bag guns, all kinds of water and drought wind machine guns, all kinds of light hand machine guns, and all kinds of machine guns." Class B includes "all kinds of five-shot rifles (which fall within the scope of smokeless guns), barge pistols, frame pistols, revolvers, Manlisha pistols, curved ruler pistols, Jinshan flying needle pistols, and other new pistols, and cannons weighing more than 1,000 catties." Class C includes "foreign-made shotguns, Mauser guns, Murata guns, Li Yi guns, Yunji Jiandi guns, Madili guns, Shinai guns, Laifu Yue guns, Banlan guns, other kinds of needle guns, and cannons weighing more than 500 catties". Ding and others include "big guns, big guns, pickpockets, six-shot pistols, Jinshan Ming-made pistols, five-shot heart-beating pistols, home-made pistols, home-made bird guns, cannons weighing less than 500 catties, and home-made single-shot guns."

Think about it, just a battle between a certain village or a clan, or a certain two surnames in a certain county, can actually use machine guns, and even cannons. If we do not strictly manage local law and order, it will not be so easy to manage them in the future.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the conditions were not yet ripe, Yan Shao even planned to confiscate the guns from the local government—————— but after all, these guns were bought by the people through formal channels, and there were even gun licenses issued by the government. Moreover, the price of a gun in this era is not cheap, and it is easy to cause some problems if the gun is confiscated in just one sentence. At a time when the government intended to gain a foothold in Siberia and Central Asia, internal stability was crucial.

But even so, Yan Shao still plans to control the problem of the proliferation of guns in China.

Different from the era that experienced the 'four olds' in later generations, it is still a clan society, and the power of the clan is very strong, so let's not mention whether this kind of storage is reasonable. But when there is a conflict between two clans, you don't expect it to be small.

And if both sides have a large amount of ordnance. Even when weapons such as machine guns and artillery are included, the problem is not ordinary...

In fact, after the establishment of the national government, some of the biggest headaches for the local government were not the bandits and bandits who took over the mountains. It is precisely these local clan forces.

China is so big, and there are so many clan forces in the country, and many similar conflicts occur every month, which has a very bad impact on local law and order. Thankfully. At this time, the national government was not like the government of later generations and an empty shelf. The control of the local government is relatively strong, and the current situation is still controllable, and with the popularization of compulsory education and the acceleration of urbanization, this situation has gradually changed...

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After all, it is impossible for Yan Shao to adopt the method of 'breaking the four olds' in later generations, so as to break the rule of the folk clan over the countryside. Although it was effective, and the effect was immediate, it was still too destructive. So Yan Shao's first step. It's just a matter of introducing some gun control bills first.

In fact, this is also something that cannot be solved without being solved. After all, the common people even have machine guns and artillery. After a while, maybe even tanks and armored vehicles will be driven one day—————— what Yan Shao doesn't know is that there are really ordinary people who went to the arsenal to ask, but at that time, the arsenal was busy solving the army's orders, so he didn't have time to care about it for the time being.

However, if we don't find a way to come up with some bills to prosecute them, when the military factories meet the needs of the military, I believe that the day will not be far before those 'local tyrants' drive tanks and armored vehicles to the streets.

At the moment, the most important thing is to limit conventional weapons, such as automatic weapons such as machine guns, and submachine guns. According to the report of the Ministry of Public Security, some submachine guns have already entered the civilian population, some of which are purchased from abroad, and some of which are locally produced. However, after the government introduces the bill, I believe that the situation will still be changed, because at that time such automatic weapons will no longer be allowed to circulate in the market, and those who dare to buy automatic weapons will be illegal.

As for artillery or something, not to mention, after all, even in the areas where guns were most widespread in later generations, there was no civilian armed use of artillery...

The second step is to increase the difficulty of the gun license assessment and the review process, and reduce the number of people who have obtained the gun license.

All in all, it's a series of gun control measures. Yan Shao is not against the common people owning guns, but if, like the United States in later generations, the purchase of guns has reached the point where they can be purchased online, this seems to be unacceptable, not to mention that ordinary people even have submachine guns, which is not allowed even in the United States in later generations.

Especially considering that China is a large country with a large population, many people flow at the peak of the season, even in some very ordinary small cities, there will be a large number of congested people on the streets or in some other public places.

Just like the one in Norway, I solved dozens of them by myself, and now I'm still in a prison comparable to a hotel, and I am accompanied by a private beauty coach, and I can usually complain about why I should upgrade my PS2 to PS3 or something...

Of course, Yan Shao will definitely not use spare money to support such people, not to mention that killing people to pay for their lives is also an inherent concept of Chinese.

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As mentioned earlier, even for the sake of public security, the government will not allow the emergence of such behavior as kicking the gym, so under the market economy, there is such a thing as a ring competition.

This kind of thing is usually jointly organized by the martial arts hall of a locality, such as a city or a county, and then goes through a series of competitions. to prove which one is the strongest martial arts gym in kung fu—————— of course, at the beginning, it was just a local martial arts gym, but then those cold sects couldn't sit still. After all, the market economy doesn't raise idlers, you don't compete, and no one will give you money just sitting in the mountains...

In addition, the ring competition itself is not only a competition between martial arts halls, but also allows idle people to participate, and those merchants even took the initiative to request sponsorship after seeing business opportunities, which also makes the martial arts hall that won the competition in addition to having fame. You can even get a big bonus...

Of course, it's not that no one has thought about advertising or anything, but the people of this era are still a little simple in their thinking compared to later generations. Advertising must be played. But you have to make some achievements for the 'customer' to see, otherwise advertising alone is useless, after all, the kind of championship in the ring is already more useful than any advertising.

As a result, more and more people participated. The rough game has become more and more standardized. There are even some organizers who think. Maybe all the cities in the country can join in and hold a fighting tournament on an unprecedented scale, and if it is really done, it may really become a fighting competition like K1 in the future.

Of course, this will take many years, after all, it is definitely not something that can be done in a while.

As for transportation, there may have been some problems in ancient times. But in this era when trains have been repaired throughout the country, and shipping is relatively developed. But it doesn't seem to be a problem anymore.

In any case, under the business competition in a few years. The masters of those martial arts halls have already begun to eliminate the flower fist embroidered legs. At this time, the Wehrmacht invited a group of such masters to come over and study some methods specifically for those Oriental dwarves on the other side, and the results obtained were very great.

As I said earlier, I don't know why, the Japanese are very extreme, especially in such an era. The Japanese had only been a great power for two days, and they enjoyed the addiction of riding on China's head, but they were defeated by China like this, which is definitely not something that the Japanese can afford...

Especially in the friction some time ago, the Japanese did not dare to say that they lost consecutive battles, but the odds of winning were really pitiful, which was especially a stimulus for the Japanese.

The most important thing is...

The reason why the Japanese withdrew from Northeast China was because they were defeated in Shandong, in order to save the tens of thousands of Japanese expeditionary forces. The problem was that the Japanese troops in the northeast did not feel that they had failed at all, but only that the expeditionary force sent to China was too useless, and that their defeat should not allow them to be humiliated.

Therefore, the Korean Front in North Korea has always been a little unconvinced, and always felt that it was not them who lost the battle, but they wanted to withdraw from the northeast.

Although the current Japanese army is not like that of later generations, it always likes to act on its own, and it has no respect for the homeland at all. But there are still some signs of this, coupled with their own extreme character, as well as the stimulation over the years, this qiē qiē constitutes the reason for their unauthorized actions—————— from a certain point of view, it is already a miracle that they can endure for so many years.

In fact, Ishikawa would go to Matsushita just to encourage him to connect with the officers below him to 'act on his own'. And after some careful consideration, Matsushita finally agreed to Ishikawa's request.

This is not only because Panasonic is also stimulated, but more importantly, because he thinks that this is indeed a very good opportunity, a very good opportunity...

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Since the Japanese army returned to Korea from the northeast, Japan formed a Korean Front in Korea to defend Korea. At the same time, in order to ensure the security of Korea, the Japanese government also deployed a large number of troops in Korea. Today, the number of Japanese troops stationed in Korea has even reached more than 200,000.

However, over the years, the North Korean Front stationed in North Korea has almost watched the development of Northeast industry with its own eyes. The rapid development of industry in Northeast China has also brought a great sense of crisis to the DPRK Front.

Especially in terms of hard indicators such as steel, the crude steel output of Tohoku alone is already more than that of the whole of Japan. Counting other industries, although not as comprehensive as Japan, but the gap is getting closer, and it won't take many years to go on like this, I'm afraid it's time for Tohoku to surpass Japan...

In the past, the officers and generals of the Korean Front did not think of suddenly destroying the industrial base in the Northeast, or even simply sending troops to the Northeast as they did during the Russo-Japanese War, and then encompassing the Northeast as if they were in their arms.

Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

After all, as one of the most important industrial bases in China, it is impossible for Yan Shao not to arrange heavy troops in the northeast. Although the DPRK Front has more than 200,000 troops, it does not have an advantage in terms of strength compared with the national defense forces in the northeast.

However, this time it was different, because at this time, the strength of the Northeast was 'empty', and the strength of the entire Northeast was only more than 100,000, while the Japanese Korean Front in Korea had more than 200,000 people, almost more than the Northeast Defense Force...

As for why this is so...

Siberia is too big, so in order to complete the clean-up work of Siberia as much as possible, in addition to transferring troops from the interior, the Kuomintang government has also sent a number of troops originally stationed in the northeast and the outer northeast to Siberia, intending to fight all the way from east to west.

Although there is still a legion left in the northeast, such a small number of troops is tantamount to a godsend in the eyes of the Japanese...

Even if they have to retreat from the Northeast in the end, as long as they can destroy the industrial base of the Northeast, this will be a big victory for them. As for whether the Chinese will counterattack Korea, and then let Japan lose Korea, a colony that has been operating for many years...

In the eyes of the Japanese, they have been working the Sino-Korean border for many years, and the defense line they have built is not seamless, and there are no big flaws, and the northern part of Korea is mountainous and not very suitable for mobile troops to fight, so it is not very likely that the Chinese can break through the defense line.

Of course, there are others who think a little further...

After the seizure of Siberia and Central Asia, China's relations with the Entente had broken down. And even for the sake of restraint, the Great Powers would not allow China to seize Korea, because it would not be beneficial to the Great Powers, but would lose a useful chess piece...

Therefore, if there is a real contradiction between China and Japan, the great powers may not say anything on the surface, but behind the scenes, I am afraid that they will choose to support Japan. And if they have the support of the great powers, the Japanese side will undoubtedly have a greater certainty, and most importantly, even if they unfortunately fail, they will not be able to sit idly by and watch China swallow Korea as well—————— and after the example of Siberia and Central Asia, the great powers will no longer tolerate China's behavior.

Of course, if Yan Shao was willing to trade Siberia and Central Asia for Korea, I believe that the great powers would be willing to sacrifice Japan's interests. It's a pity that Yan Shao won't do this, and he doesn't look down on such a place in North Korea at all... (To be continued......)