The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

There is no real fool or good person who can be the leader of the army in the world.Zhu Bin is no exception.

No matter how hard he is on resisting Japan and revitalizing the country's economy, he is no worse than others in doing things like fighting for power and expanding territory.If it wasn't for other reasons, if he didn't do this, he wouldn't be able to support his growing number of subordinates, let alone meet the industrial and military needs of the Japanese interests colliding.The territory is small, and there is no room for his pure mechanized troops.

Song Zheyuan has also experienced these years, and his eyes can't be wrong, but Feng Zhi'an and others can't help but have a kind of collapse of idols and ideals, why is it like this!Is there anything real!

"Then what should we do?" Matters involving territory should first be directed towards our own people.Although Feng Zhi'an was not too impressed with Song Zheyuan's practice of putting territory and self-interest above national interests, he still respected his old officer.

Song Zheyuan sighed dejectedly: "This is the end of the matter, we take one step at a time. When that day comes, it will be better than being taken from us by 〖ri〗 himself. That is the responsibility of losing ground and losing hands. The nature of xing is completely different!"

Qin Dechun thought the same way.It is better to be robbed by the people of 〖〗 than to be robbed by 〖ri〗 himself. Look at Young Marshal Zhang and the Northeast Army. Feng Yuxiang, who gave it to the two of them, is still the vice chairman of the Military Commission. Although it is also a false job, there is no infamy, is there?

Fame is sometimes more important than real benefits.

This way.The whole carload of people were unhappy, and the excitement that I had just defeated 〖ri〗 completely disappeared, and they turned to thinking about how to deal with the joint advance of Zhu Bin and Shang Zhen.

On the other hand, the 〖ri〗 Japanese officer corps, which left the field early, drove directly to the brigade headquarters in Beiping. Just after leaving Haizi, Matsushiro Takara and Tashiro Kanichiro, who were sullen all the way, laughed at the same time, but put Zhengsan by the river made a fuss for no reason!

Matsumuro Takayoshi praised with a look of relief: "Your Excellency, Commander, the performance can be described as professional. I believe those Chinese people must have thought that they had won a major victory from us, but they didn't know that everything fell into our calculations."

Tashiro Wanichiro waved his hand modestly: "Hey, Your Excellency the chief of the agency said too exaggeratedly. I was really angry when I saw those Chinese people's arrogance too much. On the contrary, Kawabe-kun was kept in the dark, I am really sorry ah!"

Hebian Zhengsan was very annoyed by the repeated embarrassment at the banquet just now. He didn't understand why these two people suddenly went crazy. Isn’t it funny?! It’s unreasonable for the two of you to be so disregarding the face of the empire!”

Takara Matsumuro hurriedly comforted him: "Your Excellency, Captain, please be patient. This matter was planned by Doihara-kun, the chief of staff and the Kwantung Army. I was worried that you were not very good at drills. I was kept in the dark for the time being. It's really great." Sorry! For the specific situation, we went to the brigade department, and Doihara-kun and Chief of Staff Seishiro Itagaki will explain it to you in detail!"

"Oh?! Could it be that the whole thing was planned by you?" Kawabe Masamune was not calm.The status of those bosses is extraordinary. The reason why the current empire has achieved such great progress and victories is all thanks to their planning and bold actions.I am just a newcomer, and my understanding of the situation is very poor.

With doubts in my heart, I rushed to the brigade headquarters in Beiping, and suddenly saw Kenji Doihara, Seishiro Itagaki, and Hua Guzheng, all the core figures who planned the North China Progressive Plan, were there. Looking at their faces, Hua Gu was sinking I can't help but jump up.Nervously asked: "Did it work?!"

Kora Matsumuro waved his fist vigorously with joy on his face: "Yes, it succeeded! Zhu Bin is sure to intervene in the matter of entering Song Zheyuan. This time, we will definitely be able to trample him to the ground!"

"Hey! You did a great job!" Itagaki Seishiro couldn't help standing up, with a crazy expression on his arrogant face, and his eyes were shining brightly.My mouth couldn't help but burst into laughter!

Kenji Doihara, however, was as deep as a thousand-year-old locust tree, and raised his hand lightly: "Come on, please explain the whole process well, and then prepare the next step plan."

"Okay!" Koyoshi Matsumuro didn't dare to be negligent, and sat around the meeting room with the confused Kawabe Shozo, telling the story roughly. Skim not to mention.Clearly judge Zhu Bin's meddling in North China.

After listening, Doihara thought for a long time in silence, and finally nodded slowly under the expectant gaze of everyone: "It is indeed such an ideal result. It is really hard work for you to make such sacrifices for the long-term interests of the empire!"

He bowed and saluted ten times to the guys who attended the banquet, Tashiro Kanichiro and others hurriedly thanked him: "Your Excellency, Director of the Agency, you are welcome, we should do everything."

Looking at Kawabe Masamichi's blank expression, Itagaki Seishiro said with a smile: "Let me talk about it. Actually, this matter..."

Initiating a multi-faceted invitation to hold a so-called get-together is a conspiracy from beginning to end. There are several targets in the calculation, one is to force Song Zheyuan to make a final statement, and the other is Zhu Bin.

For Song Zheyuan, both Matsumuro Takayoshi and Doihara Kenji have figured out their background and temper. After understanding the current situation, if they put a little more pressure on them, they will completely collapse. Even if they do not explicitly agree to North China autonomy, they will acquiesce 〗Ben's advance and achieved a series of victories.

In this regard, in addition to the aggressive plans of the Ministry of War and the Kwantung Army, there is also the economic strategy of Takayoshi Matsumuro.In his secret intelligence, he proposed that the next aggression target of the 〖ri〗 empire against the 〖〗 country would be "North China, which is easy to attack 〖〗 country".

The main reasons are the following three points: First, as the main body of the consumer market—the population, the seven provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Chahar, Suiyuan, Shaanxi, and Henan in North China have a total population of about [-] million, which is "Manchuria". Three times, of course the consumption power is more than three times."There are also convenient Tianjin and Qingdao ports for the import and export of commodities.

Secondly.As the necessary raw materials for domestic production of 〖ri〗, the seven provinces of North China are rich in coal, iron, wheat, cotton, soybeans, oil, etc., and their reserves are very abundant.Takayoshi Matsumuro came to a conclusion: coal reserves are second only to the United States, accounting for the second place in the world, and the reserves of Shanxi Province alone account for more than half of the country's total, and it is the largest coal base in Northeast China - Fushun 120 times that of coal mines; the reserves of iron in North China are more than 2 million tons; the annual output of wheat is as high as 4 million tons in Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, and Chahar provinces alone.also.The annual output of cotton in North China is about 11000 million dan; the annual output of soybean is about 330 million dan.Therefore, occupying North China and putting it under the rule of the 〖ri〗 empire for a long time is of extraordinary significance to the 〖ri〗-"then the output of raw materials should be increased by three times, and the consumption capacity of the people will increase. It can also be greatly enhanced."

Third, for the people and officials in North China.Takayoshi Matsumuro believes that most of the people in North China are "cunning and weak, easy to be lured and threatened"; Fighting against me, despite repeated propaganda, crusades, military and political work, is still a trouble in the heart of the empire."For the anti-Japanese forces active in North China."Although they have considerable organization and firm will, most of them are Hakka elements, and it is very difficult for them to penetrate into the local people in North China. Once North China changes, most of them are bound to collapse. It is not a danger."At the same time, Matsushiro Takayoshi also saw their potential for development, and believed that "they deeply embraced the idea of ​​​​anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese, and when they return to their hometowns in the future, they will inevitably organize and advocate anti-Japanese and organize strength. Training the people is also a big empire. enemy".

In view of this, Takayoshi Matsumuro suggested to the empire: "In order not to arouse their resentment, the empire should urge the North China regime to ban the doctrine on its own and try to avoid direct interference." Takayoshi Matsumuro sighed: "So North China is the best new colony of our empire."

Building the five provinces of North China into a new "Manchuria" is the core of Koyoshi Matsumuro and 〖ri〗moto's conspiracy, and it is also the root cause of their initiation of "autonomy for the five provinces of North China".

But the whole plan was messed up by Zhu Bin.Almost led to a complete failure.Han Fuju was replaced, lost control of Shandong, an important strategic heartland, and suffered a comprehensive loss of markets, minerals, resources, ports, transportation, and intelligence.And its resolute anti-Japanese attitude, unstoppable development speed, and increasingly stronger navy will all become stumbling blocks for 〖〖〗〗's aggressive plan in the 〖〗 country.

Without the ability to launch a full-scale war, we must find a way to kill him as soon as possible. Otherwise, not only will the five-province autonomy plan not be achieved, but all previous efforts will be wasted. This is absolutely unacceptable.

When coercion and lure failed, Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Doihara formulated a bold plan to drag Zhu Bin into it, and achieved a huge result of killing two birds with one stone!

Doihara’s analysis is that the people of〖〗have a stubborn idea of ​​“princes and generals, they would rather have a family”. As long as they have a little power, they want to grab territory, and as long as they have territory, they want to have a higher status. Status means wanting a bigger territory, and eventually even becoming an emperor.To sum it up, it is warlord thinking.

Zhu Bin used to be the head of a fleet in name only, but now he has a provincial territory, a population of tens of millions, and wealth that rivals a country, so it is impossible not to pursue greater goals.Going south is Liangjiang, which is Lao Jiang's old den. If he dares to move, he will force Lao Jiang to fight him with a million troops, which is not worthwhile.Better to go north.

Then the contradiction will come. Once Zhu Bin goes north, he will definitely touch the interests of Song Zheyuan and others, and will directly confront the imperial army. end" is wrong.In terms of 〖ri〗, you can directly use the powerful army to suppress and conquer, and then take advantage of the trend to sweep the 10,000+ Kwantung Army across North China, and it will be justifiable to occupy the territory.

But the problem is, Zhu Bin is very cunning. After seizing Shandong, he actually turned to use economic means to win over the surrounding forces, not reckless expansion, and fully developed the infrastructure to speed up the pace of digestion. This is not good!

Take a look at the methods he used, building mines and factories on a large scale, so that low-income unemployed people can work; increasing basic living security and basic wage income, labor security and welfare, and forcing downstream factories to support the policy in the form of subsidies. Otherwise, you will be killed directly, and you will gain both fame and fortune; large-scale construction of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and water conservancy projects, bridges and roads, so that the vast majority of idlers who have nothing to do and no land to farm will have things to do and make money, and have no time to follow the rebellion and become bandits By the way, a large amount of surplus industrial products will be distributed in the form of welfare, which will achieve multiple results in one fell swoop; scientific farming and high-yield crop cultivation will be carried out, which will greatly increase production and efficiency, and will be actively supported by the landlord class; Provide industrial production opportunities, provide technology and personnel to help landlords and old rich who have spare money to join the industry, and by the way, complete the downstream industrial layout of their basic heavy industry... Suppressing bandits and calming chaos are nothing.

More than 3000 million people in a province, thousands of basic industries all over the country, and the natural resource output of several surrounding provinces are all stirred up by him, forming a huge power group covering hundreds of millions of people, as long as they can survive the huge investment and construction in the early stage , and the next is the abundant harvest period for many years in a row!

As long as he is given three years, he can straighten out all the contradictions, make the whole huge machine run smoothly, and then no matter which direction he advances with this powerful force, he will be as unstoppable as the giant wheel of history!At that time, it was effortless to clean up Song Zheyuan and so on. 〖ri〗If you want to intervene by force, it is not something that 8 or [-] people can do!

Therefore, he must be nipped in the bud!Then, before directly attacking Shandong and completely destroying him, it is the best method to contain Zhu Bin, attract Zhu Bin to advance aggressively, blend in with the North China incident in advance, and launch an attack from all aspects of reputation, military, and connections.

Takara Matsumuro finally concluded: "The purpose of this visit is to attract Zhu Bin to join North China. As long as he comes, he will have conflicts with Song Zheyuan. Once other forces around him think that he wants to expand, they must either stop cooperating with him, or Someone like Jiang will hold him back, hinder him, and stand by when he initiates a conflict with the empire! Their disunity is our opportunity!"

At the beginning of the plan, what Doihara, Itagaki Seishiro and others were most afraid of was that Zhu Bin would not take the bait, not show his face, and be an otaku in peace and stability, and make a big progress.Now everything is developing according to the script they designed, how can they be unhappy!

Hua Guzheng excitedly said: "Look! Maybe as long as tomorrow, we will usher in a brand new political situation in North China! Pingjin will become a vortex that swallows Zhu Bin and the forces in North China, grinding them bit by bit the power of!"

Itagaki Seishiro said: "We can even promise Song Zheyuan when necessary, guarantee his privileged position in North China, help him resist Zhu Bin's attack, and he will cooperate with us to set up various obstacles."

A group of careerists laughed out loud thinking they were getting their own way.

Hebian Zhengsan listened to the end with drooping mouth corners, and finally slapped his thigh resentfully: "Does it need to be so complicated? With the strong combat power of our army, even just one reorganized division is enough to wipe them out completely! In my opinion, the only advantage is that you can freely increase the garrison in Pingjin without hindrance!"

Except for Tashiro Kanichiro, everyone else curled their lips. Discussing far-reaching strategies with such a simple-minded guy is really a waste of time.

Kenji Doihara lowered his eyelids and said: "In short, our overall plan has achieved the first phase of success. Please mobilize immediately to meet the upcoming conflicts and battles! Zhu Bin's actions have always been swift and decisive. We must prevent tomorrow's Changes that may come!"

"Hey!" Hebian Zhengsan was most willing to listen to this, and suddenly got up [excited] and shouted excitedly, "I'm afraid they won't come! The powerful mixed brigade will definitely win the victory for the empire!"

That night, the 5700 Japanese troops stationed in Pingjin and the surrounding area, together with the Japanese and puppet troops in Shanhaiguan, Qinhuangdao, Luanxian and other places, totaled [-] people, and were quickly mobilized under the invisible master plan!

And on the railway leading to Tianjin, a series of tightly packed special trains are driving in day and night. Inside the carriages, the Wang Zhangtang Department of the tank regiment directly under the entire army is on standby!to be continued