Outside a two-story small foreign-style building behind the office building, there is a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps. In the simple conference room inside the building, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, Vice Chairman Feng Yuxiang, members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission He Yingqin, Cheng Qian, Chen Tiaoyuan, and Tang Shengzhi
, Eight people including Yang Jie, member of the Military Commission, and Chen Cheng, additional member, gathered together to listen to the report of An Yi, member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission, on the development of the situation in North China and its countermeasures. The generals looked grim and felt particularly solemn.
Vice Chairman Yan Xishan, Standing Committee member Zhang Xueliang, and member Shang Zhen were busy suppressing the Communists in the northwest and were unable to attend this extremely important secret meeting. The remaining members, such as members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, members Chen Jitang, Song Zheyuan, and others, have since the reorganization of the Military Commission,
He has never been to Beijing and attended any meeting of the Communist Party of China. Naturally, he was not included in the recruitment of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission this time.
Forty days ago, the commanders of the Chinese Army, who were pressed forward step by step and frequently insulted by the Japanese army, finally couldn't bear it anymore and agreed to the joint proposal of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and Vice Chairman Feng Yuxiang, and made a unanimous decision:
The new member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission, General An Yi, was urgently recruited to return to Beijing to be responsible for analyzing the crisis situation and trends in North China and formulating a complete military response plan.
The formulation of this important plan was initially decided to be chaired by He Yingqin, member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission and Minister of Military Affairs. However, at the preparatory meeting, He Yingqin refused on the grounds that he could not command the garrisons in North China, and among the garrisons in North China, the tenth
The Seventh Army has the strongest combat power, so it is more appropriate for An Yi to take the specific responsibility.
Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yuxiang, who had already done research and judgment on this project, were greatly disappointed with He Yingqin's negative performance. Without saying a word, they immediately agreed to He Yingqin's suggestion, and through organizational procedures, appointed An Yi as the person in charge of this top-secret project, giving An Yi the power to
The power to make emergency decisions during plan execution.
With the assistance of the commanders of various departments of the Military Commission, An Yi worked day and night. During this period, in order to confuse the Japanese invaders and increase the level of confidentiality, An Yi followed Chairman Chiang Kai-shek like a piece of dog skin plaster applied wherever it hurt.
Frequent inspections of various provinces gave the outside world the illusion that Guangdong and Guangxi were about to rebel, and Chiang Kai-shek and his generals were busy putting out fires. However, secretly, together with Yang Jie and Chen Cheng who accompanied him on the trip, they intensively discussed and revised the final plan.
The most important item in the plan is the mutual testing of military and political forces. In view of the long-term weakness of the military and political governments in North China, as well as the policy of harming the country pursued by the pro-Japanese Wang Jingwei clique in the past two years, every step of the Japanese military's testing
Actions are achieved
In order to achieve their strategic goals, and sometimes even far exceed the results that the Japanese army wanted to achieve, the Japanese army's confidence doubled, their ambitions suddenly expanded, and they then pushed further and became more unscrupulous. The situation in North China has reached an irreversible critical edge.
Since the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese government and the opposition have been working tirelessly to completely invade China. In the more than 20 years since the founding of the Republic of China, the Japanese invaders have seized every opportunity very promptly and shrewdly, and followed a huge and thorough plan.
The plan unfolds step by step.
In terms of politics, the Communist Party used long-term instigation by military and political officials stationed in China to dismantle the armed forces and communist forces in various ministries in China, bribed a large number of senior officials of the central government in Nanjing, and took advantage of the elites who had studied abroad carefully cultivated more than a decade ago.
The traitor lackeys used various means to establish the prestige of the traitor leaders who had forgotten their ancestors, and then successfully placed them in important positions in various ministries and commissions of the Chinese central government. They stole large amounts of Chinese political intelligence, repeatedly analyzed it, and constantly adjusted their action plans.
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Especially after the September 18th Incident, the ambitious Japanese government successfully seized the God-given opportunity of China's ongoing civil war and mutual consumption, and used both carrot and stick methods to successfully support Wang Jingwei's pro-Japanese government and achieve the goal at the minimum cost.
achieved its greatest strategic purpose, if not for Wang Jingwei’s
The accidental assassination caused the great situation of the Communist Party of China to suddenly come to an end. The Chiang Kai-shek Group, with the secret support of the United States and Britain, suddenly implemented currency reforms. The invasion plan that the Communist Party of China carefully formulated many years ago will still be carried out smoothly.
More capital needs to be mobilized amid the economic crisis.
It is precisely because of Wang Jingwei's assassination and China's successful implementation of currency reform that China, which has stagnated on the political front and suffered huge economic losses, may be trapped in a domestic economic crisis and is struggling to survive.
At the critical moment when the conflicts within the military and between the army and the cabinet intensified, it used its invading troops to carry out preemptive military intimidation operations in an attempt to obtain the greatest benefits at the lowest cost again.
However, after paying the heavy price of the fall of the Northeast, the gradual collapse of Mongolia, the intensification of the crisis in North China, and the brutal economic invasion, countless Chinese people gradually awakened and saw clearly the ferocious face and the nature of the Japanese invaders.
This country has huge ambitions. The military and political leaders of the Communist government headed by Chiang Kai-shek began to shout "save the nation to survive" in the middle of last year.
At that time, it was already clearly realized that a war between China and Japan was inevitable in the future, so there were secret plans and implementations of currency reform and accelerated military construction, especially the unexpected assassination of Wang Jingwei at the end of last year, which gave the Chiang Kai-shek Group access to
With this God-given opportunity, China and Japan also entered a state of mutual conflict ahead of schedule due to the collapse of Wang Jingwei's pro-Japanese government.
An Yi, who was "cold-treated" by Chiang Kai-shek in the second half of last year, regained the opportunity to rise to a higher position, and rose higher than his original position. The reason was not just what the Nanjing Central Committee officials and the outside world judged, but purely
The Chiang Kai-shek Group had to make compromises in its internal struggles. Even An Yi himself still has not realized that he has been an important pawn in Chiang Kai-shek's hands for several years.
Compared with the Anyi Group's strong economic strength and communist alliance, what Chiang Kai-shek valued most was Anyi's firm anti-Japanese stance, strong patriotism and sense of mission, and its important political influence among the entire Japanese people.
He has the strength and the three hundred thousand warriors in his hands.
Looking at the whole of China, only An Yi dares to fight and is good at fighting.
An Yi's military genius and astonishing foresight and judgment far exceeded any general under Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, An Yi naturally became Chiang Kai-shek's first choice to achieve local strategic goals.
This aspect still needs to be tempered, but the ability to deal with local anti-Japanese conflicts and military warfare still reassures Chiang Kai-shek.
An Yi did live up to expectations. This top-secret plan, which was drafted in just a few dozen days, was refreshing to the members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission. An Yi keenly grasped the fatal weakness of the Japanese invaders, that is, all military operations were not carried out*
The support of the military and political circles in the country, especially the cabinet. It has always been the successes of the Kwantung Army and the garrison army that have promoted military mobilization in the country, but it has not been led by the country.
The process of invading China is closely related to the invasion of China, and these differences are now increasing.
Except for Chiang Kai-shek and the military theorist Yang Jie, the members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission, who were extremely shrewd in the internal struggle and had eyes and ears in all directions, did not realize that there were still huge internal contradictions in the country.
The sharp political struggle between the military and the political circles, as well as the constant internal strife between the navy and the army. Most people listened carefully to An Yi's detailed analysis of the political environment, economic situation and other strategic aspects of the two countries, and felt in their hearts
I couldn't help but feel ashamed.
An Yi clearly pointed out in the analysis report: The total strength of the fierce-looking Kwantung Army and the North China garrison is only 125,000, and most of them need to guard what has become the destiny of Japan's national economy.
The northeastern region with blood vessels and blood transfusion banks is always on guard against the increasingly powerful Soviet Red Army, which is eyeing the north. If it weren't for the 100,000 puppet Manchukuo troops that the Kwantung Army Headquarters has vigorously supported over the past few years, who are willing to act as its lackeys, if it weren't for us
The Japanese government and the selfish northern princes were submissive, allowing the Japanese invaders to seize every opportunity to successfully promote the Mongolian rebellion and calmly establish the pseudo-Mongolian armed forces plotting to invade Suiyuan. The Kwantung Army was simply unable to invade Suiyuan.
intimidation
Jincha area. As of the beginning of this month, the "Tianjin Garrison" with only 8,600 people did not dare to challenge the endurance of the Chinese government and military and civilians again, brazenly marching into Beiping City, and did not dare to change its name to "
North China Garrison".
After nearly an hour of presentation, An Yi turned the focus to the "Baoding Incident" that occurred yesterday morning:
"According to the approval of the Chairman of the Standing Committee and the agreement of the special meeting of the Military Commission, five days ago, I secretly ordered General Hu Jialin of the 17th Army to start the implementation of the "No. 3 Plan" in the Cangzhou area adjacent to Tianjin.
The resolute attack by the Korean smugglers was to test the reaction of the Tianjin garrison. However, for many days in a row, the Japanese and Korean smugglers did not show up in Cangzhou. Instead, they suddenly appeared at the main traffic intersection in the north of Baoding.
"After research and analysis with generals Yang Jie and Chen Cheng, we came to the unanimous conclusion that the Japanese army in North China, like us, used the smuggling operations of Korean rogues to spy on the attitude of the only uncompromising 17th Army in North China.
position and degree of reaction.
I'm afraid the Japanese army never expected that the 17th Army, which dared to kill hundreds of traitors at once, would shoot six North Korean murderers in front of their consular officials, without any regard for the Hebei Provincial Government's face.
To be honest, I didn’t expect it either.”
Everyone chuckled, and Feng Yuxiang said happily: "Before I left Taishan for Beijing at the end of last year, in my speech to the outside world, I highly praised the officers and soldiers of the 17th Army and their commander Hu Jialin. General Hu Jialin from Cangzhou, Hebei Province is worthy of being called
A brave general who dares to be a brave man, his director of the *** Department Huang Yingwu and
The generals under his command are all tough men. The title of 'Iron-Blooded Army' awarded by the Communist Party is no exaggeration. This decisive action to punish the Korean ronin undoubtedly showed their firm stance to the Japanese aggressors.
, and the subsequent rapid deployment of martial law operations in the defense zone caught the Japanese invaders by surprise.
"I personally think that this may be the reason why the Japanese army in North China has still not made any moves. Judging from the intelligence sent back from Peiping from yesterday to noon today, the Japanese army only sent messages to the Hebei-Chacha Administrative Committee and the Hebei Provincial Government through the two consulates in Peiping and Tianjin.
propose
Strong protests, demanding severe punishment of the main generals of the 17th Army, compensation for the dead and injured Koreans and the return of seized materials. The main force of the Japanese Fifth Division that entered Shanhaiguan did not make any move. A brigade of the Kwantung Army in the direction of Gubeikou
He seems to be hesitating."
Everyone agreed and nodded repeatedly.
Chiang Kai-shek suddenly said: "One more thing, Brother Huanzhang and everyone need to pay attention. The newly appointed commander of the North China Garrison Army, Tashiro Anichiro, the brigade commander of the Fifth Division, Kawabe Shozo, and other Japanese generals are having talks with General Song Zheyuan.
, the Japanese army was clearly wary of the 65,000 officers and soldiers of the 29th Army.
"Because the decisive handling of the 17th Army has greatly affected the 29th Army, which has been criticized by the people and students in the Pingjin area recently. I analyze that in the event of a fight, the 29th Army has only two options. One is to rush
To run away in fear, the second is to rise up and fight,
Although they have compromised in every possible way and tolerated everything in the past few years, they still dare not be traitors. Therefore, facing the Seventeenth Army, the North China Japanese army did not dare to initiate a war at this time.
The Ninth Army must be stable.
"For this reason, I have ordered Zhang Qun to rush to Shanghai to hold urgent consultations with the Japanese ambassador. After all, the people who died in the 'Baoding Incident' were not Japanese people. Since the Japanese army did not dare to test the lives of Japanese ronin,
The response of the Seventeenth Army was to test the Korean and North Korean spies they supported, so they must have been fully mentally prepared.
"We only need to use hard and soft tactics at the moment, and stick to our position unwaveringly. North China will not start fighting immediately, and we can continue to implement the plan step by step. According to General An Yi's opinion, I would like to ask Brother Huanzhang to make a hard trip to
Jinan and Peiping go to meet their old subordinates to boost their military morale and not to get too close to the Japanese. I wonder if it is convenient for Brother Huanzhang?"
Under the expectant gaze of Chiang Kai-shek and the generals, Feng Yuxiang thought for a moment and immediately agreed generously: "That's fine. I was just going to meet them and ask them if they still remember their ideals back then."
An Yi and Chiang Kai-shek looked at each other, turned to Feng Yuxiang, who was full of confidence, and said with a smile: "With Duke Huan taking action, great things can be accomplished! The younger generation expressed his patriotic sentiment towards General Han Fuqu's firm opposition to North China's autonomy and his stern rejection of the Japanese aggressors' coercion and inducements***
He deeply admired Gao Fengliangjie and was willing to do his best for the soldiers of General Han Fuqu's Third Route Army.
"If the senior thinks it is feasible, the junior would like to ask General Chen Cheng, director of the Army Organization Department, and General Lin Wei, director of the Quanxu Department, to follow the senior to Jinan to inspect the Third Route Army, and within a month give priority to General Han Fuqu to allocate the equipment of a main adjustment division.
Provided by the junior arsenal, except for the artillery, everything else is exactly the same as the newly formed instructors of the 17th Army."
Feng Yuxiang's eyes lit up, and he felt that his trip had gained him a lot of confidence, and he was very happy:
"Okay! Okay! General An Gaoyi, you generously donated money to the people of Shandong last year during the flood, and now you are doing your best for the Shandong army. It is extremely admirable! I thanked the general on behalf of Han Xiaosi, haha!"