"The U.S. government is pursuing isolationism. As long as we do not invade Australia, I believe that other places will not provoke their congresses to approve the use of force." After careful consideration, Itagaki Seishiro expressed his thoughts.
"Let's go see the Emperor!" Tojo Hideki also stood up. He agreed with Itagaki Seishiro's analysis.
"What should we do about the Northeast?" Doihara said without moving: "If we don't solve the Northeast problem, I'm afraid the Emperor will not agree to our plan."
"Retreat to the front line of Fengtian, and as a last resort, retreat to the Xian Kingdom!" Seishiro Itagaki smiled bitterly, but still said with confidence: "We use economic aggression to gain benefits from Northeast and North China."
The island country conducts smuggling activities across China through the ports of Dagu, Tanggu, Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao, Dalian, and Dandong. It also viciously dumps bulk commodities such as cotton and flour into mainland China through government subsidies, investment and annexation, etc.
This caused a large number of companies to go bankrupt and a large number of people to become unemployed.
The value of smuggled goods to China was as high as about 1/3 of the total value of my country's domestic imported goods, and the resulting tariff losses amounted to a huge 25.5 million yuan. Huge war expenditures and tariff losses made tariff revenue account for the total government tax revenue at that time About 70% of the National Government's financial situation worsened, and they had to pass on the difficulties to the people, forming a vicious cycle of gradually weakening financial resources, national strength, dominance and anti-war capabilities.
As the invaders' black hands penetrated into North China, China's crisis became increasingly severe, the economy collapsed, and the shadow of national destruction and family destruction shrouded the north and south of the Yellow River and the upper and lower Yangtze River. Itagaki Seishiro's economic aggression was to use the occupied ports to trade with China to earn gold.
silver.
In Doihara, Tojo Hideki smiled heartily. With the fat sheep of China providing them with war capital, Southeast Asia was like taking something from a bag. Three fascist soldiers ambitiously left Itagaki Seishiro's home and headed towards the inner courtyard of the Emperor's palace.
Go.
Seishiro Itagaki explained his reasons in front of the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and military officials. These leaders were all nervously thinking about the pros and cons. With Taiwan as a springboard, who among the small countries in East Asia and South Asia could be the empire's opponent?
The emperor and the prime minister were talking in a low voice, and they were both moved by Itagaki Seishiro's suggestion. The foreign minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think this plan is feasible, we must seize the three moves!
First, quickly send an ambassador and form an alliance with Germany and Italy.
Second, the army selects a group of elites and sneaks into various islands in advance. When our offensive begins, we will cooperate to occupy important places and important cities.
Third, send people to communicate with the Jehol Autonomous Government and ask us to give up the territory west of Shenyang. If we are pressed, we will not hesitate to fight at all costs!
We will not abandon the Dalian dock, but we will not threaten the Jehol Army militarily from here. We want them to understand that this is our maximum limit, and we will promise not to start a full-scale war against Pingjin and Tianjin!"
"Can he agree?" The emperor was hesitant here. What if the occupied territory was given away and the Jehol Army continued to attack?
"No matter what, we have to give it a try!" Saito Minoru agreed with the Foreign Minister's proposition: "At least we know their bottom line!"
"Okay, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will quickly send three groups of diplomats to Germany, Italy, and Jehol. The three armies of the sea, land and air force will select key personnel and quickly go to East Asia and Southeast Asia to prepare!" The emperor finally spoke. He could no longer hesitate. Otherwise, tens of thousands of people in the northeast would be killed.
Thousands of people will die because of him!
"Hayi!" The senior people in the island country started planning and taking action.
After Tojo Hideki and others left, he said to the Emperor and Prime Minister: "Permanent fortifications must be built on the Sino-Soviet border. We cannot be restrained by too many troops by the old Maozi. Fortifications must also be built in the Shenyang area, and the artery from Dandong to Shenyang must be built." Ensure smooth flow day and night.”
The 51-year-old Tojo Hideki issued a warning to himself. He must let the army's top brass notice his existence and let the emperor know that the army also has a "doer" named Tojo Hideki.
The Emperor's Shao Zhuang faction launched a military coup in Tokyo. It was he who sent the telegram, claiming to support the domestic "military remonstrance." The emperor knew that he handled the military remonstrance well, and nodded approvingly and said: "I have proposed that you be promoted. As an army lieutenant general, your position as military police commander will be promoted, depending on whether you can handle the affairs in Northeast China."
"Ha Yi! I will always be loyal to Your Majesty and will never let you down!" Hideki Tojo was proud. Years of "suffering" are finally coming to light!
"If you don't make a sound, it will be fine. If you make a sound, it will be amazing!" Hideki Tojo left the palace with satisfaction, and he was going to the Northeast quickly.
Hu Zhiyong is very busy in the United States. Since the expiration of the grain contract, the crops shipped from Los Angeles are now less than one-twentieth of the original. However, steel, aluminum, copper and other materials have increased the transportation volume.
In the Los Angeles Industrial Park, crafts such as aircraft parts, tank parts and missiles are tightly controlled. These things have to be transported back to Phoenix for assembly and testing. Boarding the merchant ship on the return trip, he thought excitedly: "What if Now that the Japs have begun their full-scale invasion of China, can they still be as rampant as they were in 1937?"
An airport was built on Wolf Island in Phoenix City, with a length of 5,000 meters and a width of 3,000 meters. Once again, valuable ebony trees were destroyed and 1,500 hectares of land were taken up. He felt distressed, but he was also helpless.
Fortunately, the hangars were built underground, just entering from the edge of the island into the bottom layer of Phoenix City. When he originally designed it, he did not expect that it would now become his raw material storage warehouse and the production site of the aircraft assembly factory. .
Hou Dashun hurriedly sent a telegram to tell Hu Zhiyong the news that the Japanese army had come to Rehe for negotiations. He was surprised: "How could this happen? Has it deviated from the trajectory of history? Is this a blessing or a curse for Northeast China and China?"
He was thinking nervously, and asked Hou Dashun to hold the Japanese away from answering and give him time to think carefully.
"Master, there are also differences in the military and political affairs of Rehe. They all think this is a good thing for the current situation! But some commanders disagree and believe that they will never negotiate with the Japanese army unless the little devils are driven out of the Northeast!"
Hou Dashun had no judgment on this matter. Such a large area west of Shenyang and east of Peiping was a huge temptation for them. But did they really abandon the large area east of Shenyang?
Hu Zhiyong was also racking his brains thinking: "Once this news is known to the National Government, they will definitely agree! The South, Shandong and the Central Plains have been spared the war, and the Nanjing Massacre will not happen again.
If you abandon the Northeast, you will become a sinner in history!
what to do,
what to do?"
Hu Zhiyong is confused!
"Where does the little devil want to attack? Is he afraid of being beaten and really wants to retreat? Does he want to exchange for short-term peace in the Northeast and develop the minerals here? No, does he want to attack in Southeast Asia?"
Hu Zhiyong broke out in cold sweat when he thought of this.
He had to admire the boldness of the islanders for daring to directly face Britain and the United States.
"Send a telegram to Liu Xingdou and ask him to find out for me whether anything happened in Southeast Asia!"
"yes!"
"Report, there is a telegram from Commander Liu Xingdou!" The operator came back quickly and said to Hu Zhiyong: "The master's telegram has not been sent yet, but Commander Liu's telegram has arrived."
"I got it." Hu Zhiyong took a look at the telegram and laughed loudly and said: "The little devil is so fucking ambitious, how dare he attack this place in advance!"
He admitted that it would be more advantageous for the Japs to attack Southeast Asia now rather than a few years later. At least one million troops would not be trapped in China, and they would avoid the embarrassing situation of fighting on all sides.
"Tell Hou Dashun that we can negotiate, but all our territory in the Northeast must be handed back! If you don't agree, the Jehol Army will use all its strength to wipe out all the Japanese troops in the Northeast!"
"Yes!" The telegraph operator was very excited when he heard this. He is also a passionate soldier and a native student of Shenyang.
"In addition, send a report to Commander Yinlong that we will use Shanghai to build an airport, and build an airport in Zhengzhou and Peking. In order to support the anti-Japanese war, overseas Chinese in Nanyang donated 300 fighter jets to the National Government!"
"yes!"
Yinlong received the telegram and didn't understand what happened. He knew that the young master would definitely use these airports as a springboard to mobilize combat aircraft toward the northeast. The news made him excited and he hurriedly sent a telegram to Song Ziwen.
"They want to build an airport? They want to donate 300 planes to the government?" The veteran was also happy. 300 planes, how much money does it cost? Overseas Chinese in Nanyang are really generous!
"Yes." Song Ziwen said: "The Nanyang Task Force will mobilize a large number of fighters into the Northeast. These three airports are their springboard. For these three airports, he will train three regiments of anti-aircraft artillery units for us. , the personnel are ours, and the equipment is theirs!”
"Okay!" The veteran was happy: "Promise them!"
"There is another condition." Song Ziwen hesitated for a moment, but still said it: "Nanyang people do not want to use these weapons to fight a civil war. If such a thing happens, they will use artillery fire to destroy all aircraft and facilities."
"Niang Xipi!" Lao Jiang couldn't help but cursed, but he still agreed: "The war between China and Japan is close at hand, and I will not use these weapons to fight the civil war! But the pilot -"
"They sent an instructor, and his pilots are currently on duty. When our pilots can fight, all of them will evacuate!" Song Ziwen sneered, these people knew you would agree!
"Tell the Nanyang Task Force that we are here to help the construction workers, and ask them to send engineers to guide them as soon as possible!" The Nationalist Government also has more than 200 aircraft, all imported from Germany. Now there are 300 new aircraft added, and the old Jiang would never let go of an opportunity no matter what.
Hou Dashun has been busy and hard enough these days. Of the 1,000 pilots trained in the past four years, 100 are left on duty, and the other personnel are quickly transported to Zhuanghe Terminal. In addition, construction technicians also rushed to Zhengzhou and Shanghai. They need to build a simple airport for planes to take off and land in twenty days.
Negotiations were ongoing. Hou Dashun was in the conference room and said to the negotiating team sent by the island country's government: "If you can't take the Northeast, we will spend all the manpower and financial resources in Rehe to completely take back our land!"
At this point, Hou Dashun looked at Dofeiyuan, who was equally cunning: "I have a few private words that I would like to have with you privately. Do you want to adjourn the meeting and continue in the afternoon?"
"Yoshi!" Doihara agreed, he must know the bottom line of these people, otherwise he would not be able to go back and do business.
In Hou Dashun's living room, he warmly entertained the spy chief: "Mr. Doihara, how long do you think you can hold on in the Northeast?"
"Can you take it back in a short time?" Doihara asked slyly.
"Yes, it must be possible!" Hou Dashun said confidently: "Don't think that your fortifications are very strong. In front of our Jehol Army, any strong fortress will turn into ruins!