In the county government, Su Derong was sitting behind a desk, looking calmly at Second Lieutenant Kodama, who was standing across the table across from him. Behind him, Jiao Xuefei was holding a shell gun and frowning, looking unkind.
Across the way, Lieutenant Kodama and four or five Japanese soldiers were standing in front of his desk with a confident attitude.
The atmosphere between the two sides was very tense.
"County Magistrate Su, under your rule, a nasty incident of attacking a Japanese Imperial Army tank occurred, which makes us doubt your ability to ensure the security of Yuguan." Lieutenant Kodama pressed his hand on the handle of the command knife and spoke word by word.
He paused and said, "So, I brought Captain Ochiai Shojiro's question this time. I hope you can give us a satisfactory answer." As he spoke, he put a document on his desk.
Su Derong nodded slightly, then raised his hand and grabbed the document. After opening it, he glanced at it for a few times and then frowned, then began to ponder.
Second Lieutenant Kodama looked impatient. Seeing that Su Derong had finished reading the document, he immediately asked, "County Magistrate Su, we hope you can give us an answer immediately."
"This matter is of great importance. I will discuss it with other people before I can give you an answer." Su Derong said slowly, "Please ask Second Lieutenant Kodama and the Japanese soldiers to sit down in the living room. We will go there in a while."
Two county government staff members came forward and were about to invite Lieutenant Kodama and the others to the reception room, but were immediately stopped by Lieutenant Kodama with his hand, "No need, you can discuss it now, we will wait for your results."
"Are you going too far? We need to discuss things. What do you think you are here?" Jiao Xuefei on the side became more and more dissatisfied as he listened, and couldn't help but speak.
Su Derong's face was not good either. After all, he was also the county magistrate of Yuguancheng, and the Japanese should have a minimum of respect. But now they are so arrogant, which is a bit too much.
For a time, neither side gave in, and the situation fell into a stalemate.
Originally, the person in charge of the county government's security today was Jiao Xuefei's platoon of the third company. He was studying combat deployment at the company headquarters. As a result, he received a call from the county government from his platoon leader. On the phone, he said that a group of Japanese soldiers were coming in a menacing manner.
They forced their way into the county government office, but they couldn't stop me no matter what.
Hearing what the platoon leader said, Jiao Xuefei immediately took action. He brought his messengers to the county government, only to see the Japanese brutally driving away the sentries and occupying the county government's sentry post.
Originally, he wanted to go forward and fight with the Japanese, but after thinking about Magistrate Su in the room, Jiao Xuefei suppressed his anger and broke into the house with the messenger.
After he entered the house, he found a Japanese second lieutenant and four or five Japanese soldiers standing in the house threatening Magistrate Su. He immediately rushed over and stood beside Magistrate Su.
However, today the Japanese seemed to have taken a shot of gunpowder and refused to give in to tit-for-tat, which suddenly made the atmosphere tense.
Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, the door of the house was pushed open, and a group of soldiers from the Northeast Army rushed in from the door. The rifles in their hands were pointed at the Japanese Japs. They didn't have time to react.
, the weapon in his hand was disarmed.
Second Lieutenant Kodama struggled for a moment, but two rifles pressed against his lower back, so he had to stop and let someone take away the pistol and command knife.
Shi Shi'an strode in from the door. He looked at the unarmed Japanese, then at Su Derong who stood up, and asked in a low voice, "Old Su, what's going on?"
Su Derong also replied in a low voice, "The Japanese sent people to negotiate what happened outside the city. Their attitude was arrogant and the conditions were harsh." As he spoke, he picked up the document from the table and handed it to Shi Shi'an.
Shi Shi'an took the document and unfolded it. He saw that there were three conditions put forward by the Japanese, namely:
1. If there is a misunderstanding, the Chinese military authorities will apologize in writing to the Japanese army;
2. The Manchukuo police have the right to station in Yuguan;
3. The Japanese garrison stationed at Yuguan operates and is protected by the local Chinese army.
These conditions are very excessive. If we really agree to the Japs' request, it will be equivalent to letting Yuguan City fall under the control of the Japs. It can be said that there will be endless troubles.
After Shi Shi'an read it, he pondered for a long time before speaking, "Second Lieutenant Kodama, these three conditions are too harsh, I'm afraid we cannot agree."
"Baga!"
Second Lieutenant Kodama's face turned very ugly in an instant, and he shouted sternly, "This is the request of our Empire of Japan. You must agree. There is no room for negotiation."
"What if we don't accept it?" Shi Shi'an raised his eyebrows and shouted in a deep voice, "How dare you start a war?"
"I'm afraid it's hard to say. In order to encircle the security of our Imperial Japanese Empire's interests in China, we will not hesitate to use force when necessary." Second Lieutenant Kodama chuckled, and then continued, "All serious consequences caused by this will be your country's responsibility.
Responsible."
Su Derong slammed the table and said, "In that case, then you can send troops over, and we will all follow."
At this point, the negotiations had broken down, and there was no point in staying any longer. Second Lieutenant Kodama and the Japanese soldiers turned around and left the house angrily, returning to the garrison.
After the Japanese left, the atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed. Shi Shi'an looked at Jiao Xuefei and said, "Captain Jiao, please go out first and order your troops to be ready for battle. They may go into battle at any time."
Jiao Xuefei responded and then went out.
Su Derong sat down on the chair again, then looked at Shi Shi'an and said, "Brother Jierong, what do you think about this matter?"
Shi Shi'an's nickname was Jierong. Su Derong was very familiar with him, so he sometimes called him that.
Seeing Su Derong asking himself, Shi Shi'an let out a sigh of relief, "This time, it seems that the Japanese are coming with bad intentions."
"Do the Japanese really dare to ignore the League of Nations and start a war?"
"The League of Nations, that useless puppet organization, why don't the Japanese take it seriously?" Shi Shi'an sneered, seeming to be very unimpressed with the League of Nations, "When they come to interfere, the Japanese will probably have conquered all of China."
It’s taken.”
Su Derong also knew that Shi Shian was right, so he remained silent.
The two people discussed in the house for a long time, and finally concluded that the Japanese were likely to launch an attack at this time, so the Northeastern Army in Yuguan City should prepare in advance so as not to be caught off guard by the Japanese.
Just as they were discussing, the phone rang suddenly. Su Derong reached out to grab the phone and heard a voice shouting from the other side, "County Chief Su, the devils have taken over the Nanguan Police Station, and all the police weapons have been stolen."