Chapter 437 436 [Old Problem]

Natural disasters are coincidental, but civil strife is carefully planned.

After the establishment of the Guangzhou Nationalist Government, on July 18, Shi Yousan rebelled against Chang Kaishen and Zhang Xueliang.

On July 21, the Guangzhou Nationalist Government issued the Northern Expedition against Chiang Kai-shek.

On July 22, Chen Youren, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Guangzhou Nationalist Government, secretly visited Japan and met with Japanese Foreign Minister Kijuro Kohara many times, expressing his willingness to exchange the rights and interests of the Northeast for Japan's support, but did not receive any response. Chen Youren then met with the Soviet ambassador to Japan to seek support, but was also rejected.

On August 5, Yan Xishan took a Japanese military plane and returned to Shanxi to assume power again.

At the end of August, Feng Yuxiang rebelled against Lei Zhongtian, the former Gansu Ministry, and rebelled against Jiang, and once controlled Gansu's military affairs.

On September 1, the Guangzhou Nationalist Government mobilized and appointed Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Han Fuju, Zou Lu and others as members of the Northern Military and Political Committee.

On September 2, the Guangzhou Nationalist Government formally dispatched troops.

On September 13, the Allied Army of Guangdong and Guangxi attacked Hunan in five ways.

On September 18, the Japanese Kwantung Army started.

Chang Kaishen didn't even dare to suppress the "suppressing bandits", and hurriedly transferred back to the army to deal with the anti-Chiang allied forces. Zhang Xueliang also made people keep an eye on the Northwest and North China, not daring to slack off, how could he have the energy to deal with the Japanese?

If everything is a coincidence, it is too coincidental.

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Peking.

Zhou Hexuan came to Zhang Xueliang's mansion angrily, and asked in front of Yu Fengzhi, "Six Commanders, why haven't you mobilized elites to defend the Northeast?"

Zhang Xueliang was stunned, and waved to his wife: "Sister Yu, please avoid it for a while, I will talk to Mingcheng about important matters."

Yu Fengzhi nodded and smiled at Zhou Hexuan, and said, "Talk slowly, both of you."

After Fengzhi left, Zhang Xueliang said: "Yan Baichuan has returned to Shanxi, and Feng Huanzhang is constantly making troubles. Now the armies in North China and Northwest China are unstable, and they may join forces to rebel at any time. How dare I move the army?"

"Then the Japanese won't be on guard?" Zhou Hexuan said, "The Japanese are plotting a big conspiracy in the Northeast, and Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone. Don't tell me you don't know!"

"Of course I know, but that is the Japanese military's own initiative." Zhang Xueliang looked confident.

With the current situation, Chang Kaishen, Zhang Xueliang, and Yan Xishan all knew that the Japanese would take action, and even Chinese and Japanese newspapers had related news.

As early as July, He Yaozu, who was aware of the Japanese conspiracy, sent a secret telegram to the Nanjing Nationalist Government: "The meeting of the Japanese military council decided to set up a standing division in South Manchuria. There is a big danger.... The Japanese government's policy towards Manchuria has recently changed...For example, Governor Ugaki officially stated that the original rule of Manchukuo was a dual system, and now it is changed to a one-yuan system..."

Zhang Xueliang took out a confidential document, handed it to Zhou Hexuan and said, "Mingcheng, don't worry, you should take a look at this first."

Zhou Hexuan opened the document and read it carefully, but it was the intelligence sent back from Japan by the spies of the Feng family. The content of the intelligence clearly stated: The Japanese Kwantung Army is preparing to attack at the end of September. However, the conspiracy of the Kwantung Army had been leaked, and the Japanese government was deeply angry about this. Foreign Minister Coinhara questioned the Minister of War Nanjiro for this.

After Zhou Hexuan finished reading the intelligence documents, Zhang Xueliang said: "Mingcheng, your judgment on Northeast China is very accurate. But we don't have to worry. The Japanese cabinet is against the military sending troops, and they will restrain the bad behavior of the Kwantung Army. Moreover, The long-planned conspiracy of the Kwantung Army has been completely exposed, and in this case, they can only cancel the plan."

Zhou Hexuan instantly wanted to understand why Chiang would suppress the anti-Japanese movement in the country, and why he would send a secret message to Zhang Xueliang not to provoke Japan.

It turned out that whether it was Chang Kaishen or Zhang Xueliang, they were all aware of the conspiracy of the Japanese Kwantung Army, and they also knew that the Japanese cabinet was firmly opposed to the military plan. Therefore, they pinned their hopes on the Japanese cabinet, thinking that the cabinet could restrain the Kwantung Army's self-assertion, and what the Northeast Army needed to do was to be patient and patient, and resolutely refused to give the Kwantung Army an excuse to send troops.

Zhou Hexuan smiled wryly, "Six Commander, do you really think that the Japanese cabinet can restrain the Kwantung Army?"

Zhang Xueliang said with certainty: "This is natural. Japan is different from China. They are a unified government with a stable regime. Since the Japanese cabinet opposes the expansion of force, how could the Kwantung Army succeed?"

"The Japanese civil servants are against it, but the generals have been thinking about fighting for a long time," Zhou Hexuan shouted, "Although the Kwantung Army's plan to attack at the end of September has been exposed, they will definitely not cancel the plan. In mid-September!"

"Mingcheng, you think too much," Zhang Xueliang explained soothingly, "Over the past year, I have intensified my intelligence work in Japan. The Japanese cabinet and the Ministry of the Army have opposing views. The Ministry of the Army wants to expand in the Northeast , but has been denied and suppressed by the cabinet. We must cooperate with the Japanese cabinet, try to tolerate it, and not give the Japanese Kwantung Army an excuse to send troops. Once we react violently, it is very likely that the Japanese cabinet will not be able to suppress the military. At this time In the eventful autumn, natural disasters and civil strife are frequent, even if we want to fight the Japanese, we have to get over the immediate difficulties first."

Zhou Hexuan stared at Zhang Xueliang coldly, and asked, "That is to say, if the Japanese Kwantung Army attacked Shenyang, would you choose not to resist?"

"The Kwantung Army is not that bold, at most it will be provocative on the South Manchurian Front," Zhang Xueliang said confidently, "Even if the Kwantung Army really attacks Shenyang, we can contact the Japanese cabinet and the League of Nations and order them to retreat immediately to avoid further deterioration of the situation. "

Zhou Hexuan asked: "What if after the Japanese Kwantung Army captured Shenyang, they did not obey the orders of the Japanese cabinet and continued to attack and occupy the entire Northeast?"

Zhang Xueliang said: "Impossible, the Japanese cabinet and the League of Nations will not allow the Kwantung Army to come here."

"Have you already decided?" Zhou Hexuan asked disappointedly.

Zhang Xueliang nodded and said: "It's decided, and the only way to do this is the best way to solve the problem."

"Then you just wait to become a sinner of China, farewell!" Zhou Hexuan left in a huff. He wanted to go to the Northeast himself.

Zhang Xueliang committed an old problem again, and his personality has never changed. During the "Middle East Road Incident", Zhang Xueliang pinned his hopes on the civil strife in the Soviet Union and did not dare to fight on a large scale; and when the "September 18th Incident" was about to break out, Zhang Xueliang pinned his hopes on the Japanese cabinet and the League of Nations, and wanted to wait for the Kwantung Army to fight on its own. withdraw troops.

You need to be hard on your own to strike the iron, how can you wait for the other party to make a mistake?

The Japanese cabinet did oppose sending troops from the Kwantung Army, but their interests were the same on the issue of Manchuria and Mongolia. As long as the Kwantung Army creates a fait accompli, the cabinet must compromise. Historically, after the September 18th Incident broke out, the Japanese cabinet strongly opposed it, and indeed, as Zhang Xueliang expected, urged the Kwantung Army to withdraw its troops as soon as possible.

But what was the result?

By October, Japanese young military officers launched a coup. Although the coup ended in failure, the Japanese Prime Minister was frightened. In order to prolong the life of the cabinet, the Japanese prime minister had to start coordinating military-government relations, and to a certain extent supported the Kwantung Army's occupation of Northeast China.

The Japanese Army Ministry was not satisfied with this, and finally forced the Japanese cabinet to resign collectively in December, so that they could implement the expansion plan more recklessly.