Back to the Republic of China as a commander

In the end, it was Tanaka Yoshikazu who became famous in person. On the grounds that Akiyama Koko was nearly [-] years old, and he was sick from overwork in the Russo-Japanese War and had hidden dangers, he tried his best to put his confidant, Ugaki, who had never commanded a battle. Lieutenant General Yicheng was appointed as the commander of the Imperial Shandong Expeditionary Army.It is said that Koko Akiyama pulled out his samurai sword angrily when he heard the news, and asked Tanaka Yoshiichi to kill him, and claimed that he must use Tanaka's despicable blood to wash away the shame of his samurai. .

With the determination of the coach candidate, the next step is the players participating in the game.

Although Ugaki Kazushige had never led troops to fight, he also knew that the Chinese army could not be defeated with 3000 million bamboo spears as Araki Sadao said, so with the support of Tanaka Yoshiichi, of course he picked the best to fight.

At this time, there is indeed a certain risk in Japan's sending troops to Shandong. Due to the relationship between sending troops to Siberia, Japan's third division, seventh division, and No.12 division were the first to arrive in Siberia. Enlistment in the reserve service was abolished.But in February 1919, the Russian Red Army guerrillas successfully ambushed the Tanaka brigade with a team of 2 people in the cold winter, killing 00 Japanese soldiers.Japan, which originally thought that the war was over, then transferred the Fifth Division, No.310 Division, and No.14 Division to Siberia. As a result, six of the seventeen standing divisions were transferred to Siberia. Siberia.Among the remaining eleven divisions, the first division is an existence that cannot be mobilized.In other words, Ugaki Kazusei can only choose from ten divisions now.

The Second Division is naturally the first choice. In the words of Ugaki Kazunari, even without the Second Division, the imperial army can defeat the Chinese, but if the Second Division can participate, then Shandong's victory will be more assured.

At that time, the head of the Second Division was Hanoi Rezo. Logically, he should not have changed generals, but considering that Ugaki Kazunari had no actual combat exploits to suppress these old soldiers in Hanoi, Tanaka Yoshiichi replaced the division head without hesitation. , Appointed Masatake Nakajima as the head of the division.Combat units under the Second Division:

3rd Infantry Brigade: including 4th Infantry Regiment, ) Infantry Regiment;

15th Infantry Brigade: including the 16th Infantry Regiment and the 30th Infantry Regiment;

The 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, the 2nd Regiment of Mountain Artillery, the 2nd Regiment of Engineers, and the 2nd Regiment of Supplies.

Next is the Ninth Division, the division head is Lieutenant General Matsuura Kanwei, who is also the division head temporarily transferred by Tanaka.Subordinate combat units:

6th Infantry Brigade: including 7th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Regiment;

18th Infantry Brigade: including the 18th Infantry Regiment and the 36th Infantry Regiment;

The 9nd Regiment of Cavalry, the 9nd Regiment of Mountain Artillery, the 9nd Regiment of Engineers, and the 9nd Regiment of Supplies.

Finally, there is the No.11 Division, Lieutenant General Shigeru Honjo, the division commander, and subordinate combat units:

10th Infantry Brigade: including the 12th Infantry Regiment and the 22nd Infantry Regiment;

22th Infantry Brigade: including the 43th Infantry Regiment and the 44nd Infantry Regiment;

The 11nd Regiment of Cavalry, the 11nd Regiment of Mountain Artillery, the 11nd Regiment of Engineers, and the 11nd Regiment of Supplies.

Tanaka Yoshiichi seemed to be worried about Ugaki Kazunari and was cautious. He also mobilized the No. 13 Division of Nishikawa Toranojiro and the No. 18 Division of Lieutenant General Takayama Kotsu to Kyushu to stand by and attack at any time according to the battle situation.

But the sharpening of the knife is back to the sharpening of the knife, and the war will not be fought for a while, because now there is a very funny situation.

Zhang Zuolin thought he had a plan, and wanted to count Wang Zhenyu and the Japanese into the Shandong game.But both the Japanese and Wang Zhenyu knew about the existence of this situation, and they were using it to plot against each other, so they pretended not to know.

But the thing about war is actually about the right time, place and people. The hot summer is obviously not a good opportunity for a decisive battle in Shandong, so first of all, Wang Zhenyu will not make it here.The youth army didn't move, and Zhang Zongchang's Zhilu coalition army naturally couldn't move. It couldn't be said that all the allies in name didn't move at all, and they just foolishly shouted to betray the water.

Naturally, Wang Zhenyu is not in a hurry. Tanks, planes, submarines and other new secret weapons need time to implement if they want to exert their maximum effect on the battlefield.

So the situation in Shandong began to escalate from June (Japan) when Chinese representative Gu Weijun refused to sign, but it did not detonate for a long time.

At the same time, Japan has not given up its efforts to settle Southern China through peaceful means.Toushanman, an old friend of Sun Wen, came to Nanjing at this time. . .

"Sun Wenjun, when can we go to watch the cherry blossoms together again?" Tou Shanman and Sun Wen are old friends, and many things don't need to get straight to the point.

"Hey, the state affairs are busy. Recently, our national government has launched new village pilot projects in several provinces. No, I just came back from inspecting the pilot areas in Guangdong. If you come a few days later, I will go to Henan to take a look. It's over." Sun Wen was honest enough to Tou Shanman, a Japanese friend who supported his anti-Manchurianism in the past.

"Does a big man like you need to personally intervene in such a trivial matter?" Tou Shanman asked very curiously.

It was Soong Ching Ling who brought the tea in person. Tou Shanman hurriedly got up to take the tea. Soong Ching Ling and Sun Wen looked at each other and smiled and left.

Sun Wenqian took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "This is nothing more than a normal thing. We are now farther along the road of democratic politics than you. Strictly speaking, your Prime Minister Yuan Jing is the first democratically elected prime minister. , and my national government was already supervised and restricted by the National Assembly two years ago. So it’s impossible to be diligent. You may not know that my term as the chairman of the national government will expire in October next year , I guess there will be a re-election at that time, by the way, Brother Toushan Man, you came all the way from Japan, it’s not as simple as just looking at me, right?”

Tou Shanman picked up the teacup and tasted it slowly. This is his usual habit, keeping a sense of mystery.

Sun Wen also seemed to know his habit, and waited for Tou Shanman with Wang Jingwei who was sitting beside him, not in a hurry.

After a long time, Tou Shanman said: "Good tea, Sun Wenjun, I am here for the sake of peace between China and Japan. Maybe you don't know that in Japan, the strength of ten divisions has been mobilized stand up."

Sun Wen and Wang Jingwei looked at each other, the horror in their eyes couldn't help.

Sun Wen tried to remain calm and asked: "Mr. Toushan, what happened? Why haven't we received any news, and why haven't we received any representations from your country's diplomatic agencies? What's going on? ah?"

Tou Shanman pretended to be surprised: "Sun Wenjun, don't you know that Wang Zhenyu, chairman of the National Government's Military Commission, is secretly negotiating with Zhang Zongchang, the governor of Shandong appointed by the Beijing central government?"

Sun Wen was terrified, shook his head and said: "This Wang Wenzheng is said to be a person in charge of the military committee under the leadership of the national government, but in fact he is no longer a revolutionary. He has transformed into a new warlord. The year before last There was even a military coup, which forced me to go to Shanghai for a period of sick leave."

"There is also this matter, I heard about it at the time, but I was busy with the affairs of the Black Dragon Association and ignored it, sin, sin" Tou Shanman began to act again.

Sun Wen waved his hands and said, "The rule of the military and the chaos in the country are the root causes of all the chaos in our country. There is Zhang Zuolin in the north, and Wang Wenzheng in the south. But fortunately, my national government is on the right track. Just from civil affairs Generally speaking, this person doesn’t get involved much, and the military supply is also limited from the government. How should I put it, it’s not too bad!”

Toushanman looked at Sun Wen blankly, and burst into tears suddenly: "Sun Sang, you are still such a simple person, have you forgotten the lessons learned by Yuan Shikai? In terms of contribution to China, who can compare with you, Sun Sang?" Compared to him? Wang Zhenyu obviously lacks reputation, so he hangs the name of the National Government. How can Sun Sang wait for him to become stronger. There has never been such a peaceful coexistence in politics. A leader is a leader, and there can only be one, Sun Sang .”

Speaking of this, Tou Shanman paused to wipe away his tears and said: "I know that Sun Sang may not be able to listen to what I say, but many things can be settled one by one. Sun Sang, if there is another military coup, I will go directly from Shanghai Hongkou, I will Arrange someone there to pick you up and go to Japan for refuge."

Sun Wen was completely confused now: "Mr. Toushan, I'm making you confused by what I'm saying now. What's the matter?"

Toushanman lowered his head and said, "Sun Sang, are you really being held to your bones? Your nominal subordinate Wang Zhenyu has gone crazy. In order to realize his dream of unification by force and the vanity of a national hero, he actually wants to directly fight against the Empire of Japan." We met in Shandong. Don’t you know that 25 nationalist government troops are stationed along the Yellow River? Nearly 30 imperial troops will be sent to Shandong to punish this provocative act, don’t you know?”

Sun Wen and Wang Jingwei were immediately shocked. After a long time, Wang Jingwei suddenly slapped the table and said, "Sir, I knew that this Wang Wen was just a wolf's ambition. It was in vain at his hands, sir."

At this time, Sun Wen was also in a state of confusion. He was not a political idiot, so naturally he would not let Tou Shanman fool him with a few words.But Japan's strength is there, and the British are there to cover it. It is obviously extremely dangerous to wage a war with such an opponent.And Wang Zhenyu is obviously going to do such a dangerous thing now, Sun Wen is very contradictory.

On the one hand, he hoped that Wang Zhenyu would fail. After all, the Youth Army was strictly a branch of the civilian army system during the Revolution of [-]. Once the young Wang Zhenyu fell, his subordinates would not be able to control the whole situation. As a revolutionary leader, he came out to clean up the situation; but on the other hand, Sun Wen did not want Wang Zhenyu to fail, because the youth army is the foundation of the current good development situation. Once this army is defeated by the Japanese, it is likely that the Northern Army will go south next , then all these years of hard work will be in vain, even making wedding dresses for others.

Thinking of this, Sun Wen picked up the bell on the table and shook it, and the secretary opened the door and came in: "Chairman, what do you want?"

Sun Wen nodded and said kindly: "Go and invite Mr. Hu Hanmin and Mr. Liao Zhongkai to discuss important matters..."