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"Hahaha..." Luo Yaoguo laughed and waved his hands: "It's no longer the ancient times. You can fight all over the world with swords and spears and a little bravery. Modern warfare is all about industry, resources and economic strength. This year our southern Steel production is expected to exceed 100 million tons! The fiscal revenue is 15 billion French currency, oh, and the profit from slaughtering the Japanese has not been counted. How much steel do you all have in the north now? How much? You can’t beat us. I told you this, you may not believe it, when will you ask the Soviet advisers yourself. They are also working on a five-year plan now, and they are focused on developing heavy industry."

"...This Shandong War of Resistance, as long as our two parties can truly unite, the Japanese will not be able to win, and the war will not last too long. But...we have not frightened the Japanese so that they will not The strength to dare to come again. Therefore, the years of peace after the war are very precious to all our factions! If the north can really develop and have a heavy industry that is enough to protect itself, our country can truly get rid of the crisis. You can stand tall and be a man in the world!"

Zhou Enlai held the wine glass, although he was still smiling, but his thoughts slowly sank.The other party seems to be trying to lure the CCP from class struggle to economic construction. It seems that Luo Yaoguo is behind the Shanbei Energy Co., Ltd. and the Baotou Iron and Steel Military Industrial Complex some time ago.His real purpose is probably not to help the party develop its economy and strengthen its strength so that it can overthrow their reactionary rule?But... what is this for?

At this time, Luo Yaoguo changed the subject and returned to the topic of the Shandong Anti-Japanese War: "Brother Enlai, I'm afraid that the current Shandong Anti-Japanese War... will experience some twists and turns. The provincial capital Jinan may be lost! So the two parties must Unite with sincerity and assume the main responsibility for the Shandong War of Resistance. My idea is that your party is responsible for the war of resistance in the 34 counties north of the Yellow River, and our party is responsible for the south of the Yellow River. Everyone should not cross the border. What do you think?"

Zhou Enlai frowned slightly. He faintly felt that the rhythm and topics of today's meeting were completely controlled by Luo Yaoguo, and he was just coping with it passively.

Chapter 0415 Bait ([-])

Let the CCP be responsible for the war of resistance in the 34 counties north of the Yellow River!But will the Japanese go there?Most likely will not go.Wouldn't it be that the Red Army would not let go of a shot and watch the friendly army be wiped out and fight against the Kuomintang army?After the war, the territory of 34 counties will be obtained for nothing!At that time, how will the people of the whole country and the northern factions view the CCP?What do you think of the Red Army?The site is very good, but the business of smashing the signboards for the sake of 34 counties is not acceptable!

Seeing through the other party's plot, Zhou Enlai shook his head slowly, and said lightly: "Brother Fuwen's kindness, our Red Army appreciates it, but we also know the truth of not getting rewarded for nothing."

Luo Yaoguo stretched out his thumb, made a gesture, and said with a smile: "Your party is really high-spirited, and Luo admires it. How about... how about this, the Red Army will enter Jinan and defend the city together with Feng Huanzhang. The field battle with the Japanese is up to us Come and be responsible. How about giving your party 34 counties north of the Yellow River in Shandong Province as a reward after the war? Isn’t this considered a reward for nothing? The people of the whole country and the northern factions should also be convinced.”

Zhou Enlai took a deep breath, and suddenly realized why he had been entangled in it for a long time?The 34 Red Army really marched into Jinan City to fight the Japanese head-on!Will the whole army be wiped out by others?If the Red Army is gone, can the territory of the [-] counties still be obtained?Sigh... This Luo Yaoguo is really difficult!

"Could it be that you want to use the hands of the Japanese to destroy our Red Army?" Xuan Xiafu said in a cold tone, what Zhou Enlai wanted to say but was inconvenient to say.

Luo Yaoguo smiled and shook his head: "If your CCP and the Red Army all marched into Jinan City... Maybe I would still have this idea. But this time it's only 3 people, and you think our KMT brand is worth [-] The lives of the Red Army?"

"Hmph!" Father Xuan Xia almost jumped up when he heard this.That's a total of [-] Red Army soldiers!In Luo Yaoguo's eyes, it's actually not worthy of the KMT's brand name!The Kuomintang has long been notorious, so what else is there to say?

"Sword Soul." Zhou Enlai hurriedly winked to stop Xuan Xiafu who was about to explode, then turned his head and smiled at Luo Yaoguo: "You can also send our Red Army to Jinan, but we need the weapons and equipment of three reorganization divisions , and it includes heavy artillery!"

Luo Yaoguo sneered and spread his hands together: "We didn't ask you to enter Jinan, but we only asked you to take charge of the war of resistance in the 34 counties north of the Yellow River, and after the war, these 34 counties were all the territory of your party. You must enter Jinan to help Feng Huanzhang is guarding the city. So I can't give you the weapons and equipment of the three reorganization divisions."

"You!" Zhou Enlai slammed the table and said angrily, "You are unreasonable! We were going to use Yimeng Mountain as a base to fight behind the enemy lines, but you didn't allow us to enter, so we changed to Jinan The city is going to fight positional warfare!"

"Alas..." Luo Yaoguo shook his head and smiled wryly: "How about I send an urgent call to the Military Commission to urge that division's equipment, and ask them to send you to Jinan City within three days no matter what. As for the heavy artillery...there is no such thing, but we can replace the heavy artillery with the Minsanshan Cannon. In fact, I made this arrangement for your consideration. Those 105mm howitzers and 150mm howitzers are complicated to operate and difficult to move. If you don’t go through a long period of rigorous training It is useless at all. On the contrary, those Minshisanshan cannons have the title of "extremely easy to operate cannons", and they are light and flexible, and can be moved in time to avoid Japanese artillery counterattacks."

Zhou Enlai and Xuan Xiafu exchanged glances, and then said: "Then how will the 34 counties of Hebei be handed over? How will General Feng Huanzhang and General Zhang Xiaokun arrange after the war?"

"The president of the 34 counties issued a presidential decree to establish a special district and appoint the leader of your party to be the chief of the special district. Do you think this is justifiable?" Seeing that the other party was relieved, Luo Yaoguo let out a sigh of relief: "As for Feng Huanzhang's In my opinion, let him station Beijing City, which is jointly managed by various factions? But you can't tell him about this arrangement now..."

……

Jinan, Wanzhu Garden.This one of the best private gardens in Jinan City is now the headquarters of Feng Yuxiang's Anti-Japanese Allied Army headquarters.Inside the Wanzhu Hall, a meeting of senior generals of the Allied Army was in progress.

All the generals of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army sat in awe, and everyone looked sternly at a huge military map of Shandong Province.And Feng Yuxiang and Duan Qirui sat side by side in the upper seats, facing the heavy man, with a faint look of anger on their faces, which made the generals below tremble slightly.

Outside the window is the West Garden of Wanzhu Garden.The sun is shining brightly, the green shade is dancing, and the sun shines in. Once inside the Ten Thousand Bamboo Hall, under the gloomy atmosphere, it becomes cold and humid.

On the military map, the situation of the enemy, us, and "friends" in the current Shandong battle has been outlined with red, blue, and black pencils.The enemy naturally refers to the Japanese army. Qingdao is currently under the control of Japan, and Japan has the right to garrison troops along the Jiaoji Railway.However, at present, all the Japanese troops have shrunk into the Qingdao Fortress, waiting for reinforcements from the mainland.According to the information provided by the Kuomintang, it is the second, fifth, and sixth divisions, all of which are the most elite troops in the Imperial Japanese Army!

Our army refers to the Anti-Japanese Allied Army. Zhang Zongchang's "Zhi-Shandong Allied Army" has about 5000 people who have arrived in Jinan.In addition, there are five divisions of Duan Qirui's Anhui Department. Among them, Zang Zhiping's ninth division and Wang Yongquan's [-]th division will be used for defense in the west and south of Shandong, against the "friend", that is, the Eastern Army of the Kuomintang Army and the Eastern Army of the Kuomintang Army. go north!

It's heartbreaking to say it... It's already a national crisis, and the Chinese don't forget the internal struggle!The Kuomintang has now mobilized a large number of security forces from Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, and they are divided into two groups and assembled in Xuzhou and Kaifeng respectively.Obviously, this second-line force without any heavy weapons is not used to deal with the Japanese army, but to establish rule in Shandong!Duan Qirui, who had already seen through the Kuomintang's conspiracy, had to draw two more divisions from the already stretched troops to guard against the Kuomintang.Of course... this arrangement is more of a gesture, and it is also a bargaining chip with the Kuomintang.Similar situations actually occurred in another time and space in the Anti-Japanese War, namely in Shanxi and Chahar in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.

Even more frustrating is the speed at which Feng Yuxiang's main force of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces was mobilized.At present, the "Xinhai Railway" has just been built to Tongguan, and the transportation capacity is also limited. Feng Yuxiang's 10,000+ army and a large amount of supplies and weapons can only be crowded in Tongguan and shipped in batches.It is impossible to get everything in place without ten days.According to the intelligence of the Kuomintang, the Japanese army will be able to reach Qingdao in two days at most... In another five or six days, they may reach the city of Jinan!

Neither Feng Yuxiang nor Duan Qirui said a word, and the atmosphere in the conference room became more and more depressed. Everyone felt that something was wrong.Until the end, it was still Lu Yongxiang who slammed the table and said, "Oh! I can't take care of so many things now, so hurry up and transfer Zang Zhiping and Wang Yongquan back to Jinan from the outside to set up defenses! For the rest, wait until the battle is over before going to fight Sun The president's lawsuit...do you not believe that there is no reason in the world?"

"Zijia!" Duan Qirui hurriedly winked at Lu Yongxiang: "Should we let the Kuomintang in? General Huanzhang has his own opinion. We are all people who are about to retire!"

Feng Yuxiang clenched his fists and sat on the chair with anger all over his face.The Military Commission of the Nationalist Government has officially notified him that the plan to replenish weapons and ammunition for the National Coalition Army has been cancelled.In other words, his 10,000+ army can only rely on the ammunition saved in his hands to fight!And the ammunition of the National Coalition Army has not been replenished since the battle with Wu Peifu last year!These Kuomintang rightists actually don't care about the righteousness of the nation at all. In their hearts, they are not only grabbing territory, but also grabbing territory!

However, he was devoted to saving the country and the people, but he was never understood. Even Sun Yat-sen had always been very indifferent to him.So far, he is the commander-in-chief of an army of 10,000+, and he is not even a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang!It was really chilling to the extreme.It seems that the future of China really cannot be counted on these people, maybe Yan'an is where the real hope lies?

Thinking of the CCP, Feng Yuxiang's face softened slightly. Zhou Enlai of the CCP had assured him by telegram that 130 well-equipped Red Army troops would arrive within five days.These Red Army are equipped with [-] four kinds of artillery, which is currently the best equipped and strongest army in the Red Army!And such an elite will obey the command of him, the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army after arriving in Jinan!

Feng Yuxiang looked coldly at the generals who were full, and said loudly: "Our Anti-Japanese Allied Army is a real anti-Japanese army. It is not fighting for territory or personal interests! It is fighting for the country and the nation! The Kuomintang is unwilling to help us , it doesn’t matter! Isn’t there still the Communist Party? We need to show the whole country, the whole world, who is China’s real hope! Who is really fighting against Japan! There will be a radical change!"

Duan Qirui whispered, "Then shall we let them in?"

Feng Yuxiang shook his head lightly: "Don't let them come for now, we still have the Communist Party to rely on."

Duan Qirui smiled wryly: "Can the Communist Party be trusted?"

Feng Yuxiang nodded with certainty: "They sent a [-]-strong army, equipped no less than the Japanese, and they will arrive in Jinan within five days."

Hearing that the [-] Red Army with equipment no less than that of the Japanese army was coming, the people in the room unconsciously let out a sigh of relief.The big guys have thought about this damn war in their hearts more than once these days... It is impossible to hope for a complete defeat of Japan. The only hope is an undefeated draw.Specifically, it refers to defending Jinan without the participation of the Kuomintang army!As long as Jinan can be held, the Japanese will definitely give in.There is no doubt about this. If these Japanese can't even defeat China without the National Revolutionary Army participating in the war, what confidence do they have to fight the National Revolutionary Army?At that time, it will be a big deal to make an apology, and ask the foreign powers to come out to mediate, and the matter can be settled with a little compensation.But it is such a tie to defend Jinan, it seems that there is no hope for those broken troops in their own hands.Fortunately, the Red Army, which claims to be the second strongest soldier in China, has finally come to the rescue, and it seems that there is still great hope.

"The Communist Party can come up with such elites, it's really..." Duan Qirui muttered to himself.

"Since this is the case, Zang Zhiping and Wang Yongquan will not move for the time being. But we still have to deploy the Jinan city defense as soon as possible, and there is not much time left!" Lu Yongxiang is from Jining County, a suburb of Jinan, and has been working in Shandong for several years. The governor, who is very familiar with the mountains and rivers around Jinan, smiled and said:

"Fortunately, our city of Jinan still has dangers to defend. Jinan City is surrounded by the Yellow River in the north and Mount Tai in the south. There are Que Mountain, Hua Mountain, Maoling Mountain, Yanchi Mountain, Huilongling Mountain, Qianfo Mountain, Ma'an Mountain, Lashan Mountain, Highlands such as Yaoshan can be relied on, only the western terrain is relatively broad. In Jinan City, there are three major areas: the outer city, the commercial port, and the inner city. Among them, the outer city and the inner city are supported by tall city walls, while the commercial port has Sturdy buildings such as railway stations and Deutsche Telegraph buildings can rely on it."

Speaking of this, Lu Yongxiang stood up and walked to the table next to him, found a military map of Jinan, and spread it on the conference table: "If we want to defend Jinan, the best plan is to use the inner city as the core defensive position." ; the outer city and commercial port as the basic position; the mountains on the outskirts of the city and the Yellow River as the outer defensive position. The outer defensive position is the Qihe, Changqing, Zhangxia, Wangsherenzhuang and other places as the warning positions, along the Queshan, Huashan, Maoling Mountain, Yanchi Mountain, Huilongling Mountain, Qianfo Mountain, Ma'an Mountain, Lashan Mountain, and Yaoshan Mountain constitute the main positions. The basic defensive positions are the commercial ports as the first line of positions, and the outer city as the second line of positions. The inner city is The last core defense position."

Feng Yuxiang admired Lu Yongxiang's deployment plan secretly in his heart.Sure enough, Jiang is old and hot. After all, this Lu Yongxiang is an old man who came out of Beiyang Armed Forces Academy, and his military foundation is still excellent.This plan for defending Jinan is quite satisfactory, relying on the outer highlands, the outer city commercial port, and finally the inner city.Resist step by step and fortify layer by layer in order to consume the enemy's troops to the maximum extent.It seems that this plan can be adopted after a little modification. The problem is that we must seize the time to build the fortifications... It would be great if Zhang Zongchang could delay it for a few days.

"General Zijia, how many young men can Jinan City mobilize right now? How many days will it take to complete the construction of the entire fortification?" Feng Yuxiang looked at Lu Yongxiang with a smile.

"Jinan City has 60 residents, and it is easy to mobilize 6000 strong men. In addition, there are about 4 people from the Fourth, Seventh, and Eighth Divisions in the city, and nearly 9 people including the Supervising Guard. "Lu Yongxiang calculated with his fingers: "... 19 plus [-] is [-] people. The Japanese can only arrive in Qingdao after two days. Two days, right? That's eight days, and it will take almost two days from Weixian to the city of Jinan... In other words, we have at least ten days to build fortifications. And by then, General Huanzhang's main force will also be there Are you ready? We already have [-] defenders! It should be safe.”

……

Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Japan.

Minister of the Army Kazushige Ugaki and Chief of Staff Suzuki Soroku came to the Prime Minister's residence early in the morning and plunged into Prime Minister Hamaguchi's office.For a whole morning, three old Japanese men huddled together in a not-so-spacious office, each holding a briefing titled "Analysis of the Situation of the Shandong Incident in China" and carefully studied it over and over again.

The room was quiet, only the sparse sound of paper shaking could be heard.

At the end, Hamaguchi shook his hands, threw the briefing on the desk, covered his face with his hands full of age spots, and sighed deeply: "How did things in China become like this... Another anti-Japanese allied army was created. , there are more than 20 troops, and all factions in northern China have sent troops to participate...It seems that our three divisions are not enough? What a headache..."

"...Are we going to expand the scope of the incident again? Now that the domestic economy is in a downturn, and the financial industry is in crisis again... What can we do to maintain the war? And His Majesty the Emperor and public opinion think that China is vulnerable, blindly just I want to win. I don't even look at the state of the domestic economy, really..."

Hearing the weary tone of Prime Minister Shiro (Hamaguchi's nickname).Ugaki Kazushige and Suzuki Shoroku also looked at each other in blank dismay. They couldn't figure out why the Communist Party of China, the Feng Clan, the Anhui Clan, and Feng Yuxiang, who had been nesting in Shaanxi, were taking the wrong medicine now?They actually joined forces to form an anti-Japanese allied army to come to this muddy pond!This war obviously has nothing to do with them.

Originally, I just wanted to have a showdown with the Kuomintang in Shandong, avenge the "bond speculation" in Shanghai, and let the Kuomintang compensate for the losses by the way.But by accident, a "China's whole nation resists Japan" came up.

So is this battle still going to be fought?If there is still a fight, it may be imperative to increase the number of troops.

Suzuki Shoroku took a deep breath and slammed the table: "Your Excellency, please make up your mind to increase your troops! This battle is already on the line and has to be waged! The empire can only win, not lose."

Yuyuki Hamaguchi's eyes widened, just looking at Suzuki Soroku.Suzuki's face was already ashen and almost black, and he talked eloquently: "Didn't you find that the overall mentality of the Chinese people has undergone subtle changes since they defeated the Soviet Union last time? They are no longer afraid of powerful enemies from outside. , and no longer regard themselves as weak. Their national self-confidence has begun to recover! According to the information we have, the reason why the Northern Branch factions formed the "Anti-Japanese Allied Army" this time was not because they believed that their nation had What is the danger of life and death, but the worry that the Kuomintang will occupy the territory of Shandong Province after defeating the empire!"

Chapter 0416 bait (three)

"... Your Excellency Prime Minister, if the empire retreats in front of the so-called anti-Japanese allied forces in the northern branch today, then tomorrow the northern branch will drive the goods of the empire from the market like the Kuomintang in the southern branch! Without the resources and resources of China How will the market, the economy of the empire be revived, and how will your promise to the people be fulfilled?"

Suzuki Shoroku's words clearly addressed the sore spot of the "Lion Prime Minister", Hamaguchi suddenly slapped the table, his two mustaches that had turned completely white trembled slightly, and almost gritted his teeth and spit out two words. Word: "Increase troops!"

On March 24, [-], the Japanese cabinet violated the previously established policy of "not expanding the Shandong Incident", and once again appealed to Emperor Hirohito, requesting to mobilize the Fourth Division of Osaka and the Tenth Division of Himeji to fight in Shandong, and The Shandong Expeditionary Army was formally established, and the "hero" Earl Nobuyoshi Muto in the Second Russo-Japanese War was appointed as its commander.Emperor Hirohito, who had already hoped for victory, immediately approved the cabinet's request. Japan's so-called Shandong operation had quietly escalated before firing a single shot!