Years of the Republic of China 1913

The Japanese cabinet divided the Chinese military plan into two factions. The army faction led by Dashanyan and Uehara believed that launching a large-scale war against China was the best opportunity. , so as to achieve the ultimate goal of conquering China.Of course, Da Shanyan is an excellent military strategist and also a clear-headed strategist. In fact, he also understands that now is not the right time to annex China. If Yusaku Uehara fanatically aims to conquer the whole of China, Japan simply cannot afford such a strategic goal.However, Dashanyan did not remind Yusaku Shanghara and others of this, but acquiesced that the army would use this as a plan to inform the cabinet. Offer a high price to boost morale, and then bargain with the cabinet to ensure a minimum support.

The other faction in the cabinet believes that Japan should aim to capture South Manchuria or the Qingdao Island-Jiaozhou Bay area. The risk of occupying the entire Manchuria and even China is too great, and most of them think that capturing South Manchuria is the most appropriate Yes, in this way, the Allies will not be stimulated, and the war will be limited to some areas. For the huge China, Japan is far inferior in terms of land and population. If you want to conquer China, you can only rely on cannibalization step by step. Gao Wuyuan, wishing to become a fat man with one bite can only make Japan lose more than he gains.

As for the navy, the interest in South Manchuria is far less than that of Qingdao.This is the dream of both the Japanese government and the Japanese navy.If it wasn't for Germany's unconditional return of Qingdao to China before the war, Japan would have already used the excuse of war to make a move.But now, the fat meat that almost reached the mouth has entered the bowl of the Chinese, which makes the Japanese Navy grieve from top to bottom, and when this opportunity comes, the Navy will certainly not miss it again, and can't wait to ask the Army Make adjustments to the plan.Instead, set the target on Qingdao Island.

On the surface, the cabinet's opinions are divided into two factions, but the other faction that opposes the army plan is divided into two factions, Nanman and Qingdao.The parties put forward their own reasons and argued with each other endlessly.At this time, the army side, which did not receive the support of the majority of the cabinet, led by Dashanyan and started their own plan regardless of the cabinet.On the day of October [-]th, Yusaku Uehara, chief of the Japanese army's general staff, formally made a request to the emperor on the grounds of army exercises, hoping that Emperor Taisho would come in person."Psychopaths" with intellectual problems-Emperor Taisho readily agreed to this, and immediately scheduled for October [-]th, which is the next day, to be accompanied by Dashanyan to inspect military exercises to boost the morale of the imperial army.

Fengtian and Zhang Zuolin have been battered these past few days, and the Fengtian incident gave him a blow to his ambitions. Due to the occurrence of the Fengtian incident, both Japan and Beijing's Zhongyang were particularly dissatisfied with him. Japan used the Fengtian incident as an excuse to continue Put pressure on Zhang Zuolin.Even without consent, two squadrons of regular troops were sent to enter Fengtian City to assist Zhang Zuolin in "maintaining order" in Fengtian.This made Zhang Zuolin very angry. On the one hand, he ordered his troops to block the Japanese army and not allow the other party to enter Fengtian, and at the same time, he asked his subordinates not to conflict with the Japanese army.Try to exercise restraint.On the other hand, Zhang Zuolin contacted the Guandong state through his relationship to explain the ins and outs of the Fengtian incident in order to eliminate the misunderstanding between the two parties.

Originally, this kind of thing has not happened before, and the conflicts between China and Japan have always existed.It's just that this time it's a big mess.Zhang Zuolin's method of dealing with problems is basically the same old way, appease, appease, appease, appease, not only appease the people and soldiers, but also appease the Japanese side.But he didn't expect that this time Ri himself would not listen to his explanation at all, and his attitude was tougher than before, leaving Zhang Zuolin at a loss as to how to deal with it.

If this was the only case, Zhang Zuolin would not have gone crazy. Not long after the Fengtian incident happened, the Zhong Yang cabinet held an emergency meeting on it.After the meeting, the Ministry of National Defense ordered Zhang Zuolin to prepare for war immediately in case the Japanese side suddenly went to war.Not only that, the various departments of the central yang army are mobilizing troops to Shandong, Chengde and other places more and more frequently, and there is already a strong smell of gunpowder between China and Japan.

"Mom, fuck it..."

In Zhang Zuolin's Marshal's Mansion, bursts of angry "fuck you" kept coming from the house, and the soldiers standing outside the door seemed to have not heard it, and they still stood straight on both sides.

"Marshal, what should we do now?" There was a group of people sitting in the room, all carrying generals on their shoulders. These people were all the military chiefs under Zhang Zuolin's command, and of course there were some of his sworn brothers.

"What should I do? I want cold salad!" Zhang Zuolin stomped his feet angrily. He usually pays more attention to the influence, but now he is fully buttoned up in his military uniform, with his chest open and his hands on his waist.

"The Japanese are too deceitful. In my opinion, it's better to listen to Zhong Yang and fight with them!" Tang Yulin patted the table angrily and suggested, his chest was wide open like Zhang Zuolin, but this time Zhang Zuolin didn't Didn't pay attention to this.

"Fight? What do you use to fight? Our army has just been reorganized, and the brothers below are not trained enough. Although there are no shortage of weapons, it is really bad luck to fight Ri himself! Moreover, if this is really a fight, it's okay if we win, just in case Are you going to lose? In the end, you have no soldiers in your hands, what will everyone do in the future?" Zhang Jinghui shook his head and objected, and was the first to disagree with Tang Yulin's suggestion. In his opinion, Zhong Yang made it clear that he wanted them to do it. Fighting for the dead ghost and Japan, this business is not a good thing no matter whether you win or lose.

"That's right, Zhong Yang is playing with the brothers as monkeys. They pay for the weapons and let the brothers spend their lives to fight with Xiaori. This calculation is really good, and they treat the brothers as fools? "Sun Liechen nodded again and again, his thoughts were similar to Zhang Jinghui's. Is he so easy to fight today?They all experienced the war between Japan and Tsarist Russia in the Northeast. The hundreds of thousands of Tsarist Russian troops could not fight against the Japanese. Zhong Yang asked them to compete with the Japanese. Wouldn't they be sent to their deaths?What's more, all these people from Huzi have the habit of preserving their strength, so it is simply impossible for them to spend their money and work hard with Ri himself.

Zhang Jinghui and Sun Liechen strongly opposed it, and even proposed on the spot the bad idea of ​​pulling the team to go to North Manchuria to do it alone if they fell out with Zhong Yang.Zhang Zuolin frowned immediately, his face sank.Looking at the few people who hadn't spoken yet, Zhang Zuoxiang was among them. He was the one who knew Zhang Zuolin's mind best among the people present, but out of consideration, Zhang Zuolin didn't directly call Zhang Zuoxiang, but turned his attention to the chief of staff sitting on the side. Yang Yuting.

"Ling Ge, you have always been resourceful and far-sighted, so if you have any ideas, just talk about them."

Yang Yuting didn't expect that Zhang Zuolin would directly call him by name, even though he was the chief of staff, he was considered a high-ranking officer.But in Zhang Zuolin's army, the chief of staff is actually not very powerful. He is said to be the chief of staff, but in fact he is just a councilor. A little stunned, Yang Yuting smiled wryly.

Regarding the current situation, Yang Yuting had already thought about it in his heart, and he also knew a thing or two about Zhang Zuolin's thoughts.The current situation is critical for both Zhang Zuolin and Fengtian. No matter whether they fight or not, Zhang Zuolin is under great pressure.Although Zhang Zuolin was born with a beard, he can be regarded as a reckless hero. He gave in step by step to the Japanese himself, and even ran away. Zhang Zuolin would never do such a thing.Fengtian City has been in operation for so many years, Zhang Zuolin must give an explanation to the people of Fengtian, the Northeast, the whole country and Zhongyang no matter what.However, if Yang Yuting put all his money down and had a big fight with Ri himself, based on Yang Yuting's understanding of Zhang Zuolin, this is not his style.

"Since the commander-in-chief asked me to speak, then I will say a few words." After thinking about it, Yang Yuting cleared his throat and began to speak. He first described the situation before him, and then denounced Ri himself for being domineering and unreasonable , With a firm stand, it is absolutely not possible to be too weak to the ri himself, and the whole army should take protecting the people and serving the country as their duty.

After these big words were finished, Yang Yuting turned around and talked about tactics again. Although the Fengtian army had changed from a reorganized division to a group army, compared with the powerful Japan, their newly reorganized group army was far from an opponent.Not to mention the possibility of increasing troops in Japan, just one division of the Japanese army stationed in Kanto Prefecture is not easy to deal with. Moreover, Japan also has Manchuria garrison troops in the northeast, and the combined strength of these troops is almost equal to them.Under such circumstances, it is not a good idea to fight the opponent head-on. Once the official battle starts, the loss will be huge, and the team under him may even disappear in smoke.

"I'm talking about Yang Xiucai, are you going to fight or not?" Yang Yuting said a lot of words, which made Tang Yulin's eyes straighten, and finally Tang Yulin couldn't hold back. Get up and ask him.

"Neither hit nor hit..." Yang Yuting replied with a slight smile.

"Stop, stop, stop... why can't you understand this? Yang Xiucai, can you say something that everyone can understand?"

"Hehe, it's actually very simple. What I mean is that you must fight. If you don't fight, you can't explain to the people in Zhongyang, let alone the brothers below. Little Japan is riding on the necks of us Chinese What's more, Zhong Yang has already issued an order, so how can we get through this without fighting?" After a pause, Yang Yuting said again: "But everyone also knows the strength of the Japanese, so if our army wants to block the Japanese attack, it may return once or twice. Okay, once Japan increases its troops, it will inevitably lead to a big collapse. So what Yang said just now means that if there is a fight, our army should also preserve its strength and make all follow-up preparations, so as not to fall into a predicament and cause the whole The army was wiped out." (To be continued...)

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