Years of the Republic of China 1913

Yan Xishan hadn't gone far at this time, and he couldn't help but stop when he heard Zhou Yuanliang's soft cry behind him, but he didn't look back, he just paused for a while and continued to walk out as if he didn't know anything.Fang Zida could see clearly from the door, and couldn't help but glared at Zhou Yuanliang in displeasure, Zhou Yuanliang immediately realized that he was too anxious.

"Come with me." After saying a word, Fang Zida turned around and entered the office. Zhou Yuanliang hurriedly followed behind, while Zhang Huchen stood guard at the door knowingly to prevent outsiders from disturbing him.

"What does it look like in a panic? Don't you know the concept of secrecy?" Fang Zida reprimanded him with displeasure, and sat down and asked, "What happened to the Northeast? Tell me."

"I'm sorry sir, the news from the Northeast is very urgent. Please read this telegram first." Zhou Yuanliang blushed with shame, and hurriedly handed the telegram to Fang Zida first, and waited for Fang Zida to read the telegram for a few minutes before making a move. Oral report.

As Zhou Yuanliang said earlier, something big happened in the Northeast.Just after the smashing incident of Fengtian's porcelain shop, the conflict between the Chinese in Fengtian City and the Japanese expatriates suddenly intensified, and within two days, the incident of the Japanese throwing sulfuric acid on people occurred, which led to thousands of people in Fengtian City The big event of gang fights by people and angry Chinese smashing several Japanese shops.Among these two incidents, the smashing incident of the porcelain shop was the fuse, and the incident of throwing people with sulfuric acid was a key step that caused the situation to deteriorate sharply. From the noise to the final fight, there were a total of seven Japanese shops in Fengtian City that were destroyed by angry Chinese residents.More than 40 Chinese people were injured in the gang fight, and more than 70 Japanese businessmen and ronin including their family members were injured. Among them, 17 of the Japanese injured were seriously injured. Slow was almost killed on the spot.When the police arrived, the street was already full of wailing and rolling wounded, and there were hundreds of angry Chinese people holding poles, kitchen knives, and the like, chasing a dozen or so Japanese fleeing in panic. Businessman, if the police hadn't stopped him early.Maybe these Japanese people may all be beaten to death by the Chinese, and all the Japanese shops in Fengtian City will probably be smashed to pieces.

Immediately following the police were the Manchurian Guards who had heard the news. When these Japanese soldiers arrived at the scene.Seeing the Japanese wounded all over the ground, his eyes turned red with anxiety, and he jumped into a rage, and immediately used the weapons in his hand to arrest all the Chinese present.This time.Let the Chinese police, who have almost calmed down the situation, stop doing it, and quickly stepped forward to stop the Japanese soldiers, saying that this is a security issue. Now that the police have arrived and the situation has basically subsided, the next thing they will do is the police Handle it properly.

Who would have thought that the red-eyed Japanese soldiers would use their hands without saying a word, and the leader of the squad leader even stepped forward and knocked down the police officer who came to negotiate with the police officer who came to negotiate, and wanted to punish the Chinese police officers present Disarm as punishment.

originally.In the past two days, the Chinese people have been suffocating in their hearts, especially today, there was another vicious incident in which the Japanese threw sulfuric acid on people, and the victims were still a group of children who didn't understand anything.Although this group of beatings and smashing of Japanese shops is a bit excessive, and most of the Japanese vendors who were injured and smashed down their shops also suffered from the disaster, but what can I say.The key point of the incident is still on you, the Japanese. If there were no Japanese ronin who smashed the porcelain shop and shot and drove away the Chinese, how could this happen now?

To be honest, to be fair, both parties were responsible for the whole gang fight, and the police are now on the scene and taking control of the situation.How to deal with it next is of course judged according to the facts.But you Japanese are better off. Not only do you want to arrest people on the spot, but you also brazenly beat the police who maintain order?It's just too arrogant.

The Manchuria Guards beat up the negotiating police officer and wanted to use violence to disarm the Chinese police. This immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of all the Chinese present, especially the Chinese police who were already suffocating.This time, the police are also on fire, you Japanese dare to use force and disarm the Chinese police on Chinese territory?It's just turned upside down!Immediately, he drew out his weapon and confronted the soldiers of the Manchurian Guard.

This time, the Japanese soldiers in Manchuria were even more annoyed. A soldier who was dazzled by the anger actually ignored the tense state of the two sides and pulled his gun on the bolt and warned the sky to shoot. He took it for granted that the Chinese police would do things like they did in Manchuria that day The gate is generally soft.Unexpectedly, this gunshot aroused the anger of the Chinese police even more, and a policeman also fired back at the same time. When the two shots were fired, the scene suddenly became chaotic, and the Chinese and Japanese residents who participated in the fight panicked. They dodged everywhere, and the police and soldiers of both China and Japan mistook the other party for shooting at them because of the confusion. They were so frightened that they pulled the trigger at the same time and started shooting at the other party.

The ordinary gang fight suddenly turned into a battle. There was a ping-pong-pong gunshot, and dozens of people from both sides fell down. At this moment, the officers on both sides panicked, and they hurriedly looked for cover, and the gunner fired. Rescue one's own, save one's own, and at the same time, let people immediately report to their superiors that the other party is attacking themselves...

"What's the situation now?" Fang Zida frowned and asked.

"According to the Fengtian intelligence officer's report, the Riri side dispatched two teams one after the other. Our police force had more than 8 people. During the conflict, 3 people from the Japanese side were injured and 27 people died, while our police force had 6 people injured and [-] people died. "Zhou Yuanliang reported in a low voice, paused and said again: "In the end, after Zhang Zuolin received the news, he transferred the Fengtian garrison outside the city to come forward, and rushed to a battalion to forcefully suppress the situation. In order to protest, he asked Zhang Zuolin to hand over the murderer and punish him severely. At the same time, after receiving the help from the Manchurian Railway, the Japanese in Guandong Prefecture also protested to Fengtian and mobilized a squadron to rush to Fengtian. It is necessary to strengthen the guard force of the Manchurian Railway and protect the Japanese nationals."

"It's a joke!" Fang Zida said coldly, but he didn't know whether he was referring to Ri himself or Zhang Zuolin.

"What is Zhang Zuolin's reaction now?"

"This... the news came that he is negotiating with the high-level Manchurian Railway and the governor of Kanto Prefecture. The specific results of the negotiations are not yet known."

"It's just a negotiation..." Fang Zida lit his cigar and asked with a frown, "Where's his troops? Have you notified the troops to prepare for battle?"

"Not for the time being, just let the troops below be more vigilant, and try to avoid conflicts with the Japanese themselves."

Shaking his head, Fang Zida was particularly dissatisfied with Zhang Zuolin's reaction. In his opinion, it was a strategy for Heri himself to temporarily consign Qu She to paralyze the other party. It was also a countermeasure to try to turn major issues into minor ones. The purpose was to buy time.But in any case, the preparations that should be made must be done. No matter how many aspects are considered, these incidents were caused by Japan itself. Although China is at fault, most of the responsibility lies with Japan.Besides, the General Staff had told Zhang Zuolin the whole plan long ago, and asked him to prepare for war, but until now Zhang Zuolin was only expanding his army, and didn't pay much attention to preparing for war. What exactly does Zhang Zuolin want to do?Do you still have selfishness at this time?

At this time, Fang Zida couldn't help but think of Wu Peifu's words. Wu Peifu was not very optimistic about Zhang Zuolin at that time, and felt that Zhang Zuolin's military acumen was far from enough for important tasks.Moreover, in Wu Peifu's view, Zhang Zuolin still has a small family spirit in his bones, and he values ​​his army and strength too much. He is worried that once the war starts, Zhang Zuolin will not do his best.At first, Fang Zida didn't take this view very seriously. He felt that Zhang Zuolin had far more backbone than his son Zhang Xiaoliuzi. , he replaced Zhang Zuolin in Fengtian.

Moreover, another thought also appeared in Fang Zida's mind. If the incident of throwing people with sulfuric acid was a sudden accident, then the incident of the smashing of the porcelain store is a bit strange.According to Fang Zida's understanding of Ri himself, here Ri himself is capable of doing all kinds of bad things, and he is not too shameless. If the porcelain store incident is not as simple as it seems, the gang fight after the sulfuric acid incident also happened. If you instigate in it....

After pondering for a while, Fang Zida immediately asked Zhou Yuanliang this question. Zhou Yuanliang was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't answer for a while.

"Ask your people to investigate immediately, hurry up!" Fang Zida said firmly.

"Yes, I will arrange... arrange..." Zhou Yuanliang hurriedly replied, and turned around to make arrangements.

Dingling...the phone rang suddenly, Fang Zida turned around and saw that a red telephone on the table was ringing, and quickly got up to answer it.

"Umm... I just found out...um... oh... um... ok... ok... soon... ok..."

After hanging up the phone, Fang Zida said to Zhou Yuanliang, "Go to Fengtian and arrange for someone to check it out immediately, and come with me to the Prime Minister's Office in five minutes."

"To the Prime Minister's Office?" Zhou Yuanliang asked in surprise.

Nodding, Fang Zida put on his coat at this time, raised his legs and walked towards the door: "I just received the news that the Japanese ambassador formally lodged a protest with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Premier Song notified an emergency meeting of the cabinet and asked the General Staff to Participate together. You are an intelligence officer and can provide some information for decision-making."

"Yes!" Zhou Yuanliang hurriedly helped Fang Zida open the door with his legs touching his heels, and trotted to make arrangements.

Five minutes later, Fang Zida took Zhou Yuanliang and Zhang Huchen into his special car on time, and hurried to the Prime Minister's Office. At this time, Song Jiaoren of the Prime Minister's Office and Cao Rulin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, were anxiously waiting for the arrival of the chief ministers and deputy ministers of the cabinet. (To be continued..)

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