The early morning wind in Hailar is like a blade. Now in October, the weather is still bright and cool in the pass, but several light snow has passed on the grassland outside the border, and it is even more ice-like in the morning. The long winter has actually arrived.

This important town of Sai Shang, which flourished because of the Middle East Railway, is now the seat of the Fifth Army of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces. At the same time, there is also a large military station managed by the Japanese side. All places in Hailar City that can be used to store storage materials are filled with various supplies, weapons and ammunition, which is said to be enough for the 400,000 troops on the Chita Front to use it last week! The Hailar Railway Station outside the city is extremely busy, with seven or eight rows of loads every day.

The trains for the injured or injured stop here. Tens of thousands of civilians worked in three shifts to move various supplies up and down, and were very busy. In Hailar City, the place where the Mongolian prince's mansion in the Qing Dynasty was originally converted into a large field hospital. Thousands of Japanese doctors and female nurses took care of nearly 10,000 seriously injured people from Japan, China or the Xianbei Republic. Of course, the treatment enjoyed by the wounded people in these three countries is completely different.

The troops guarding this military important place are the direct team of the Fifth Army of the Northeast Army (including an artillery battalion, a cavalry battalion, an engineering battalion, a baggage regiment and a guard battalion), the 14th Division of the Northeast Army, hundreds of cavalry loyal to the Mongolian Dar Khan, and a Japanese garrison brigade of about 800 people. These troops dug a trench defense system outside Hailar City, and deployed a second line of defense based on Hailar City walls and railway stations. Although it is not a solid idea, there is no heavy weapon or absolute advantage in the army, so no enemy can take it down!

There are two highest military commanders here, one is Lieutenant General Guo Songling, the commander of the Fifth Army of the Northeast Army. The other is the Japanese military station chief, Nakasa Nakasa named Takataro Nakamura. This Nakamura is a member of the 13th class of the Lu Shi University. He is a member of the Japanese army elite. He has also served as a general and the eight-day army minister in history, so he is naturally a person with higher abilities. Not to mention the lieutenant general Guo Songling, even the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army, Jiang JShi, would not take it seriously. Guo Songling is also a very strong character, and he is too lazy to make friends with this Japanese Nakasa who has eyes on his head. The two have worked together in Hailar for almost a month, but they have never met many times.

However, early this morning, Takataro Nakamura, who had never looked at Guo Songling, actually ran to Guo Songling's military headquarters for the first time. However, after the visit, the Japanese Nakasa still had no good expression to Guo Songling. As soon as he met, he rumbling in a hurry and fast Japanese language. An interpreter who accompanied him also imitated Nakamura's tone and said sternly: "Nakasa Nakamura asked General Guo when he would send troops to welcome the Su-Meng army? Now they have advanced near the Middle East Railway Line. If they are not expelled in time, they are likely to destroy the railway. The consequences at that time are probably unbearable to General Guo!"

Guo Songling's face seemed to have a layer of frost, and he said coldly: "The Su-Meng army has an overwhelming advantage in military strength. Therefore, you must carefully consider the attack and cannot make a decision easily."

Nakamura Takataro looked at Guo Songling's face and knew what the other party meant. Without waiting for the translator to translate Guo Songling's words into Chinese, he shouted in stiff Chinese: "Your Jiang JShi has already given the order. Yours is a soldier, and the soldier should obey the order!"

This is an order that makes people die! Guo Songling thought gloomyly. Things have reached this point, and the Japanese are still unwilling to give up the Xianbei Republic and want to sacrifice the lives of the Chinese to buy time for them. I guess they put great pressure on Jiang JShi to make him issue such an order? Maybe Jiang JShi might have put a lot of pressure on him.

Shi was unwilling to give up. Didn’t the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army realize that he no longer had the chance to become China’s number one person? Even if he sacrificed all the Northeast Army, the Japanese would not win the Xianbei Republic, because the Soviet Union would not give up a full 4 million square kilometers of territory! The Soviet Union would definitely fight to the end... But at that time, will Jiang JShi, who lost all his money, still get the support of the Japanese? If the Japanese still want to win, they need a truly powerful ally, and such an ally can only be Chang Ruiqing, chairman of the Military Commission!

"Nakasa Nakamura, I also know that soldiers are obeying orders as their duty. But now I have received two completely different orders, one issued by the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces Command; the other issued by the Beijing headquarters of the Military Commission."

As he said that, Guo Songling took a telegram from the chief of staff beside him and handed it to Takataro Nakamura. Although this Japanese devil didn't speak Chinese very much, he could understand Chinese characters. When he took the telegram, his face turned pale when he saw it.

"Captain Guo, this is betrayal! Do you want to betray the Japanese Empire?"

Nakamura Takata's door Nakamura bit his thin white teeth and looked at Guo Songling fiercely. However, Guo Songling shrugged slightly and said indifferently: "Nakamura Nakamura is a soldier of the Republic of China. It is natural to obey the orders of the Military Commission of the Republic of China, and disobeying is betrayal. If you want us to send troops, please go and discuss with the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Beijing."

In fact, Guo Songling's reminder was completely redundant. Because Japan's representative to the Beijing headquarters of the Military Commission, Okamura Yasukasa and Japanese Consul General Yoshimura Kenji, had already sat in a living room in Zhongnanhai, anxiously waiting for the reception of the Chairman's Standing Committee. Xu Haoyu, who is now the director and guard of the Chairman's Office, is accompanying them to have tea and chat.

However, Okamura Neji seemed to be in no mood to talk to him. Without a few greetings, he saw Okamura say with a serious look: "General Xu. The military situation is so hot at present. If there is a slight mistake, the entire war will be ruined! So I must meet the Chairman of the Standing Committee immediately."

Xu Haoyu still had a light expression and just smiled slightly: "Please be patient for a while later. The commissioner is now dealing with the emergency military affairs of Hulunbuir. When he is finished, he will naturally come to meet you."

As soon as he said this, both Japanese were stunned. The Hulunbuir grassland was Jiang JShi's territory, and the one stationed there was Jiang JShi's Northeast Army. What should Chang Ruiqing handle?

Okamura Yasuji glanced at Kenchi Yoshimura, who said carefully: "General Xu. I don't know how Chairman of the Standing Committee is preparing to deal with the crisis in Hulunbuir? I think the Great Japanese Empire has the right to understand your deployment? We are allies."

Xu Haoyu nodded and smiled: "That's of course. The committee believes that this war can only be won by working together between us. Later, the committee will discuss with the two sides' cooperation on the cooperation of the two sides."

Before he could finish his voice, he heard the sound of boots on the brick and stone floor outside the door. Chang Ruiqing, surrounded by several adjutants and secretaries, appeared at the door of the reception room! At this time, the chairman of the Standing Committee frowned, and his deep eyes seemed to be full of worry about the situation of the battle, and he seemed to be worried about the current situation of the battle.

Seeing Okamura and Yoshimura standing up to greet him, Chang Ruiqing waved his hand: "Time is tight and the situation is critical. Don't come to these red tape. Hurry up and discuss our countermeasures on both sides... The situation in Hulunbuir is probably difficult to recover, and the Battle of Chita is very likely to fail. Our two countries must make the worst plans. Now is not the time to consider defending the Xianbei Republic. Instead, we must make every effort to ensure the security of Manchuria and Far East."

While he said, he walked to the empty seat of Shangshou, sat down, took the coffee handed over by the secretary, and took a sip. At this time, Okamura Yanji stood up and wanted to speak, but Chang Ruiqing spoke first: "The Northeast Army has weak combat power and very limited number. They cannot repel the Su-Mongolian coalition forces that invaded the Hulunbuir grassland. So I have issued an order to hold on to the Fifth Army of the Northeast Army to aid aid. They will hold on to Manzhouli, Hailar and Yakesh until the last one! But before that, the 300,000 army of our Central Army must have arrived there. Therefore, the safety of Manchuria is not a problem for the time being. Now we must first consider to try to save the main force of the 400,000 coalition forces in Chita. If we still want to win the war, we cannot let them be wiped out!"

His tone was heavy, and the atmosphere in the living room suddenly became depressed. The ominous word that the entire army was wiped out suddenly and passed through the brains of Okamura Nagaji and Yoshimura Kenji. Has the situation really reached such a pessimistic level? Or does Chang Ruiqing want to take advantage of the current situation to include all the four northeastern provinces in his palm? If he wants to do that, will Japan still have a way to stop it?

It seems that it is really powerless! Japan is really facing an unprecedented crisis now. Not only is the 15 divisions on the front line of Xianbei Leaf, but it is at risk of being cut off at any time, but even North Korea, which has always been calm, has undergone a large-scale rebellion! Now Pyongyang, Seoul, Kaesong and other places have fallen. If a large army is not sent to suppress it immediately, North Korea might really be thrown away... But it is not only North Korea that needs Japan to dispatch its large army, the Republic of Xianbei Leaf, the Far East, and even Manchuria, China and Manchuria are now in urgent need of reinforcements!

Especially if the 15 divisions on the Chita front are really cut off by the Soviet Red Army... it seems that the possibility is not one in ten thousand now. But one in ten thousand! How long can the supply in the Chita front line last? One week or two weeks? It is impossible to have more. But how long will it take to open the Middle East Road and transport the supplies to Chita? It seems that the Imperial Army on the Chita front line cannot escape a heavy loss! If these 15 divisions temporarily lose their combat effectiveness, will Japan still have enough military strength to maintain its huge empire?

Has the dignified Japanese Empire really fallen to the point where it depends on the Chinese army to maintain the empire?

This thought that he felt strange suddenly appeared in Okamura's head. However, he still spoke tentatively: "Don't you know what specific methods and requirements the Chairman of the Standing Committee have?"

Hearing this question, Chang Ruiqing frowned even more: "Of course the solution is to mobilize the main force of the National Defense Forces near Beijing and Tianjin to go out to fight the Soviet Red Army! Apart from this, are there any other tricks to retreat to the enemy? As for the requirements, of course there are. The blood of the soldiers of the National Defense Forces cannot flow in vain. In view of the current obligations China will bear, we also have the right to ask for corresponding returns. For example, the jurisdiction of the South Manchuria Railway and Kanto Prefecture!"

"What!" Okamura Yasuji and Yoshimura Kenki exclaimed at the same time. Okamura said loudly: "Chief of the Standing Committee! The Empire's rights and interests in Manchuria and Kanto Prefecture were not for nothing. That was the Empire's reward for regaining Manchuria for China after paying 100,000 Jian's lives and 2 billion yen of military expenditure! How can you..."

Chang Ruiqing interrupted Okamura a little rudely: "I know the price Japan has paid for Kanto Prefecture and Manchuria. But we China do not plan to take it back in vain now... We will send hundreds of thousands of troops to Manchuria and Xianbei Leia to fight. They are trying to save the 15 Japanese divisions in Chita and to defend your Far East!"

"It is also a fight to defend Mongolia and Manchuria!" Okamura Yasuji reminded coldly.

Chang Ruiqing sneered: "Reclaiming the jurisdiction of the South Manchurian Railway and Kanto Prefecture is the condition for us to send troops to save the main force of the Japanese army in Chita Front. As for whether the 15 divisions there are worth this value, it is not something that Okamura Jun can decide? I am looking forward to the answer from the Japanese Empire Government."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly again: "Of course, before the Japanese government makes a decision, my army will go out of customs to reinforce Manchuria... here to inform the Japanese side." After that, he stood up, nodded to Okamura Natsuji and Yoshimura Kenki, and was about to go out the door.

Okamura Yanji closed his eyes helplessly. China has actually been unified! Japan now has no power to stop Chang Ruiqing's army from entering Manchuria! Even Tokyo has to pinch its nose and welcome Chang Ruiqing's behavior...

Just when Chang Ruiqing had just walked to the door, Japanese Consul General in Beijing, Kenji Yoshimura, suddenly remembered something and whispered to Chang Ruiqing: "Chairman of the Standing Committee, I have something to ask for advice... What kind of attitude does your country have towards the North Korean incident?"

Chang Ruiqing turned around and Kenji Toyomura smiled slightly: "my country's attitude towards the North Korean incident depends entirely on the Japanese side's choice... If Japan is willing to regard China as an ally of equal cooperation, we will of course support any actions of Japan in North Korea!"

...

Tokyo Xiaguan, Japanese cabinet minister's residence.

All the Japanese civil and military officials in the room were ashen. They were dazed at the stack of reports in front of each person... and were shaking! Uh. His Majesty's warriors were trembling too! It seems that the news on these reports was very bad!

The Great Japanese Empire, which dominated the East, seemed to be in a storm overnight. From yesterday afternoon, one bad news after another followed. First, a large-scale protest occurred in North Korea! Prime Minister Haraki made the most correct decision in time. He instructed the Governor General of North Korea to cover up the protests as much as possible and to be gentler when suppressing them, so as not to cause adverse international influences. As a result, at night, the Japanese Cabinet Office received bad news about the fall of Seoul and Pyongyang! It turned out that what happened in North Korea was not a protest incident, but a war!

However, the Japanese cabinet did not regard the North Korean Uprising as a big incident. Although the main force of the Japanese army was still in Xianbeilia and the Far East, the 20 newly formed divisions in China were enough to deal with the North Korean rebels. So Haraki immediately issued an instruction to the military headquarters to "put the rebellion" and asked them to come up with a plan to quell the chaos immediately! However, the plan to quell North Korea was not yet ready, and there was another bad news from Manchuria! A Soviet-Mongolian joint cavalry unit with about 100,000 people actually crossed more than 1,300 kilometers of grassland and suddenly appeared on the Hulunbuir grassland in the western part of the Manchuria region, directly posing a threat to the Sino-East Railway, the main logistics lifeline of the Japanese army on the Chita front! Now the Japanese cabinet was panicked. Prime Minister Haraki also held an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss countermeasures.

However, the cabinet meeting was just halfway, and the Japanese Consulate General in Beijing sent another emergency telegram from Okamura Yasuji and Yoshimura Kenji. This time the news was probably mixed, right? It was happy that the Chinese central government was preparing to send a large army to Manchuria to reinforce the main force of the Japanese army that was about to fall into crisis. It was worried that the Chinese central government would take this opportunity to unify China! And they also asked Japan for the South Manchuria Railway and Kanto Prefecture as their reward for sending troops to Manchuria.

This really means taking advantage of the situation. Everyone knows that Manchuria is Japan's sphere of influence! Without Japan's nod, the Chinese central government cannot enter at all! Now Chang Ruiqing is fine with the excuse of sending troops to Japan to complete the true unity of the country, but the Japanese Empire doesn't care. But why did he dare to hope to take back the Kanto Prefecture and South Manchuria Railway? Next, will even be all the privileges of Japan in Manchuria be taken back? This guy is so shameless. How could China, an ancient civilization that has been a thousand-year-old country, have such a shameless leader?

But how can Japan take Chang Ruiqing and his National Government now? Japan still has three or four thousand troops on the Kanto Prefecture and South Manchuria Railway. If it mobilizes the expatriates, it will probably have tens of thousands of people. The Chinese Central Army around Beijing and Tianjin has more than 400,000, and there are almost a large number of Central Army that can be driven to the North China front at any time. Although Japan can also mobilize troops from China to Manchuria, who will save the 15 divisions on the battlefield of Xianbei Leah? Who will defend the fertile Far East? Who will also wipe out the rebels on the Korean Peninsula? Compared with those areas, the small Kanto Prefecture and South Manchuria Railway is really not worth mentioning!
Chapter completed!