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The occurrence of the September 17th Incident shocked the whole of China, and even the whole of Asia. The Japanese brutally attacked the Northeastern Army's Beida Camp and besieged Shenyang, which was tantamount to launching a large-scale war of aggression against China.

Zhang Shusheng was woken up around 11 o'clock in the evening on September 17. The Southwest Special Intelligence Department had already had early warning information about the September 17th Incident, and he himself also knew about the September 18th Incident in history. .The butterfly flapped its wings, causing this event to happen one day earlier. The process was also very different from that in history.

He put on his clothes and accepted the documents sent overnight by Confidential Secretary Mao Yunxian and Director of Special Intelligence Department Zhao Ziyun.

"What happened? Be careful." He Ning and Lu Yunyan were both surprised. This kind of emergency has never happened before.[

"The Japanese have launched a surprise attack on the North Camp of the Northeastern Army. You go back and rest. We men are responsible for the war." Zhang Shusheng simply dismissed the two women. Yes, the war belonging to China's iron-blooded men officially begins tonight. Already.

When he was woken up in the middle of the night, He Ning and Lu Yunyan both got up virtuously and made tea for the three of them. Seeing that they were going to talk all night long, they went to make some lotus seed and white fungus soup.

From time to time, Wu Tiejun, Jiang Baili and Sun Changqing also arrived. Wei Sancai, who was transferred to the Government Affairs Council as deputy prime minister and director of the Propaganda Department, Li Zongren, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other senior southwest officials also arrived. Zhang Shusheng's study became a temporary conference room.

Zhao Ziyun gave a brief briefing on the situation, and the people present were not too surprised. Apart from being angry, they were not surprised.

"The Japanese couldn't help it anymore. Looking at the large piece of meat in front of them, they finally chose to swallow it." As an important military official, Wu Tiejun has resigned from the position of division commander and officially entered the senior leadership of the Southwest People's Army as the people's army. As deputy commander of the army, he is responsible for the daily work of the People's Army Military Headquarters and reports directly to Zhang Shusheng.

Among the senior generals of the People's Army, it is almost universal that China and Japan will have a war. Even if the Japanese do not take the initiative to launch a war of aggression, they still occupy Kantung and Taiwan. China wants to To take it back, sooner or later it will be a battle.

"After the Sino-Japanese War, facing the Japanese, we retreated step by step and failed step by step. Although this incident was a national shame and caused great sorrow, it was also a good thing. At least it made most of the numb Chinese people understand The Japanese showed aggression, instead of choosing to continue to tolerate it."

As the Prime Minister of Southwest China, Sun Changqing is the oldest among those present. It can be said that from the Sino-Japanese War to today, he has almost experienced the shock of the Japanese invasion of China, and he is also the one who has the deepest feelings among those present.

As the Chief of General Staff of the People's Army, Jiang Baili also said, "Our staff department has plans for the Japanese military operations. Since the current sphere of influence in Southwest China is only in southern China, it is difficult to directly participate in military operations in Northeast China. The plan we formulated is divided into three steps. The first step is to force and assist Zhang Xueliang in commanding the army to resist Japan. The second step is to negotiate with the Nanjing government to jointly resist Japan. It is best to dispatch a dispatched army to directly participate in the anti-Japanese war. .The third step is to use submarine forces to attack Japanese maritime transport ships passing through the South China Sea."

Everyone nodded. Facing the Japanese invasion, even if Southwest could not directly participate in the war, it could not remain indifferent.

Wei Sancai then said: "In terms of publicity, I have ordered all the staff of the Propaganda Department to rush back to the Propaganda Department overnight. For tonight's late-night broadcast, emergency broadcast tasks have been arranged when I came. The plan of the Propaganda Department is that early tomorrow morning

, carried out extensive publicity mainly through local "government" announcements, newspapers, and radio, supplemented by political workers going to the countryside and entering the streets. In order to achieve the maximum effect of the publicity, we arranged radio speeches by senior leaders of the "government",

At eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

"In terms of diplomacy, we have summoned the U.S. and German ministers in Southwest China overnight. In half an hour, there will be an emergency tripartite meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Li Zongren said simply that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' emergency plan is very good.

In place.

Zhang Shusheng nodded and briefly summarized, "I will personally go to the national broadcaster tomorrow morning. Propaganda work must be done well. Whether it is among the people or the army, the people and soldiers must be open to the Japanese."

Have a basic understanding of the invasion.

Regarding military matters, if we send someone to see Zhang Xueliang in Peiping, I think General Cai should go. Although he is a lieutenant general of the People's Army, he is also the principal of the Huaxia Military Academy, so it would be most appropriate for him to go.

In terms of diplomacy, we don’t need to ask for much help from the Americans and Germans, which is unrealistic. We only need their formal support. As long as the two countries do not side with the Japanese, the diplomatic situation will not be good for Southwest China.

It would be too passive.”

Everyone nodded, discussed some details, and some people left first, leaving only Prime Minister Sun Changqing, Chief of Staff Jiang Baili, Wu Tiejun, and Zhao Ziyun.

"Although the Japanese may not necessarily launch a full-scale invasion immediately, once they are ready, they will definitely launch a more violent attack on China. Judging from intelligence, the Japanese have completed their so-called lifeline plan for Manchuria and Mongolia, and what will happen next

Expand this kind of interest in China to the entire Northeast. And a new round of aggression plans are also being formulated." Zhao Ziyun simply told the more confidential information.

"Commander, it seems it is time to carry out further military expansion plans." Wu Tiejun was referring to the long-awaited new round of military expansion plan of the Southwest People's Army. After occupying Guangdong, the strength of the entire Southwest People's Army has been extremely tight, and has already been formulated

A comprehensive military expansion plan was formulated.

"Old Wu, please briefly explain the important matters of army expansion." Because the other people may not be very clear about this army expansion plan, Zhang Shusheng asked Wu Tiejun to explain it.[

"This army expansion and reorganization plan is firstly to further the needs of the war of liberation, and secondly, Nanjing's military strength is constantly strengthening. At present, our standing army mainly consists of 1 Guards Division, 6 main divisions and five provincial

A total of 14 garrison divisions, with a total size of 21 divisions, are fully able to meet combat needs. In addition, there are a considerable number of reserve forces from various places composed of retired soldiers and militiamen. After 16 years of development, Southwest has the ability to mobilize in emergencies during wartime

Capacity of 30 to 40 divisions.

Therefore, this time the army expansion and reorganization plan is mainly to expand the main combat troops and improve the equipment level of the garrison division. The existing four garrison divisions will be reorganized into the main force division, and the equipment level of the remaining garrison divisions will be improved at the same time. Equipment principles of the main force division

, will target the motorized infantry division. The garrison division will mainly supplement various types of artillery, semi-automatic weapons, trucks, etc., which will significantly improve the combat level of the garrison division."

After this military expansion and reorganization, the garrison division will not only be able to obtain the various types of artillery that are urgently needed, but will also be equipped with a batch of semi-automatic rifles. In addition, the garrison training requirements are the same as those for the main division, so the garrison division after the change will

, it is inevitable to improve the overall combat strength.

"Army expansion and reorganization is also necessary. The current domestic and international situation is not very good. Only by maintaining a considerable number of troops can we liberate more places on the basis of defending the southwest." Sun Changqing also supports army expansion and reorganization. The southwest

Economic construction has entered the fourth five-year plan. The overfulfillment of the previous three five-year plans has laid a considerable level of industrial foundation for Southwest China. The development level of heavy industry and light industry has reached the requirements for the large-scale layout of national-level industries.

The GDP is also constantly increasing. The effectiveness of the currency reform that year has also been further reflected, and the economy has developed at a very high speed. "Southwest China can still afford this special military expenditure. If the fourth five-year plan can complete its tasks,

High-tech industries will further develop, and the overall economic strength of our southwest will completely surpass second-tier capitalist countries such as Italy and Japan, and be close to the gradually weakening traditional powers such as Britain and France."

In other words, after about twenty years of economic construction, the Chinese-style industrial revolution has basically been completed, and the strength of Southwest China will surpass that of Japan and Italy, and it will enter the ranks of the world's economic powers around 1935.

A few people briefly discussed it again. Under the premise of the rapid economic development of the Southwest, this military expansion and reorganization plan will have almost no problems, let alone affect the rapid economic development of the Southwest.

Early the next morning, when some urban residents and rural residents turned on the collective radio, they heard a soft-voiced announcer broadcasting a series of important news.

At seven o'clock sharp, on the basis of the emergency broadcast of the September 17th incident last night, the radio again reported the entire incident and the latest situation in detail, and immediately spread the facts of the Japanese aggression to the entire Southwest and even the entire China.

Broadcasting. The broadcasts of the new Southwest People's Broadcasting Station can already cover almost the entire China. However, because the radio penetration rate in northern China is too low, new radios in the southwest are rarely used, and only a small number of people can listen to programs in the southwest.

"Dear listeners, this is Southwest People's Broadcasting Station. I am the host Ye Wanyu. Now we are broadcasting an important news. At 8 o'clock this morning, Comrade Zhang Shusheng, the supreme leader of the Southwest United Autonomous Government, will deliver a speech to the national audience through this station.

Regarding this important radio speech about the September 17th Incident, I hope that all listeners can wait in front of the radio for this important speech."

The news that Zhang Shusheng was going to give a radio speech immediately spread throughout China, especially the passionate young people in the southwest region and the Nanjing "government" area, and they were all excited.

After the establishment of Southwest People's Broadcasting Station, Zhang Shusheng did not make any public speeches, but this time, he wanted to speak publicly to the entire Chinese audience, because now is a critical moment for the nation.

"...The Japanese have occupied our country and invaded China, which is a blatant invasion. As the top person in charge of the Southwest Joint Administration Government, Shen Xingyi solemnly announced to the compatriots across the country that from now on, Southwest will cut off all contact with the Japanese.

All economic exchanges, confiscation of Japanese property in the Southwest, and expulsion of the Japanese. From now on, the Southwest Joint Administration "Government" will be in a state of war with Japan. I advise the Japanese that in this war with no end date, the Chinese

I will use my bravery to prove to the whole world that anyone who offends our Chinese power will be punished no matter how far away..."

On September 18, 2018, the actual day of the September 18th Incident in history, Zhang Shusheng delivered a radio speech to the whole of China through the Southwest People's Broadcasting Station in Kunming, declaring an immediate state of war with the Japanese.

The Japanese may not realize that it was this declaration of war on the radio that they regarded as a joke that brought them huge disasters. A Sino-Japanese war that almost led to the annihilation of their country began on this day. This day
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