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Beijing, the Yingbin Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.This two-story Western-style building belonging to the central government in Beijing is now the temporary residence of the delegation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.This delegation was led by Mao Zedong, and the members included Liu Shaoqi, Luo Fu, Li Dazhao, Zhu De and others.They entered Beijing on Zhang Xueliang's special plane.

"Runzhi, have you read all the telegrams sent by Comrade Enlai? The Kuomintang agreed to help us obtain customs independence, and they will also fight for the suspension of Boxer indemnity payments. It seems that our coalition government is still very promising. "

It was Luo Fu who was talking, and right now he was holding his glasses in one hand and reading the telegram in the other.Of course, Zhou Enlai would not send telegrams all over the world about dealing with the remnants of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.

Mao Zedong smiled and dropped the document in his hand, glanced around the room, and took a panoramic view of the expressions of everyone in the delegation. The big guys were all beaming at the moment, only Liu Shaoqi had a serious expression: "How can things be so easy? This But it’s a coalition government after all! It’s not our party’s Soviet government, and it’s not easy to do well. Moreover, there’s a Kuomintang eyeing us in the south, just waiting for us to make mistakes, and then they will try their best to drive us away!”

Liu Shaoqi nodded lightly, and took over Mao Zedong's topic: "Comrade Runzhi's words are very reasonable. In addition to the forces of our party, the current coalition government is essentially a representative of the petty bourgeoisie and feudal warlords." , they are very vacillating and weak politically. As long as the imperialists intimidate them a little, they will be frightened, and they will be happy if they are bribed a little. Some of them are not even fellow travelers of the revolution, but In order to fight against the threat of the Kuomintang, they united with us. For them, we must unite, struggle, and reform at the same time. Of course, we must also guard against them. Therefore, it is very difficult for us to do the exam questions in Beijing this time. "

Mao Zedong nodded slightly with satisfaction: "Comrade Shaoqi said very well, then please analyze it again. Where should we start to solve this difficult problem?"

Liu Shaoqi frowned and thought hard: "If we want to truly lead the coalition government, or even lead the coalition government, the most important thing is strength! To strengthen our strength, it seems that we must develop heavy industries, especially the armament industry. And the development of these industries is inseparable from the support of funds... It seems that we should start by controlling the coalition government's finances to solve this problem! The first thing we can control right now is the customs duties. We must find a way to control the coalition government's finances. Customs, with this money-collecting yamen, our financial difficulties can be alleviated. And to protect the heavy industry in the country, especially to make our heavy industry profitable, we also need to control the customs to block other people's products with tariffs! It seems that the Kuomintang It is a brilliant move to take back the customs and tariff sovereignty of the south rather than the Beijing regime! We can only start from here if we want to develop."

Mao Zedong frowned slightly, as if he was not very satisfied with the answer, but seeing that other comrades nodded frequently, he stopped talking.Instead, he lit a cigarette and smoked it in one puff.

"But we want to control the customs, can they agree to it?" Luo Fu shook his head slightly: "Everyone knows that the customs is a sweet pastry, and there is a lot of oil and water in it. Are those corrupt warlords willing to let go?"

Liu Shaoqi smiled wryly: "So what we are facing this time is a difficult problem. Our allies are sometimes more troublesome than our enemies! We cannot fight them, and we cannot fight them... unless we can use them like the Kuomintang. to frighten them with their achievements on the battlefield."

Speaking of the battlefield, everyone in the room turned their attention to Zhu De again. He is an expert in military affairs and the vice chairman of the Military Commission.Zhu De, however, furrowed his thick eyebrows, holding the tea bowl and drinking slowly.He seemed to be thinking about some difficult problem, and after a while, he gritted his teeth: "The Japanese army is not invincible. Comrade Enlai's telegram said that the Kuomintang may provide aviation and some weapons and ammunition... Maybe they can also send a few Heavy Artillery Regiment. Let's move another [-] troops from Suiyuan and northern Shaanxi into the Zhili Plain, and put on a posture for a decisive battle. Maybe we can scare away the Japanese army, and then the Feng and Jin factions will..."

Mao Zedong's face changed, and he took a few more puffs of cigarettes, his eyebrows furrowed even tighter.The Kuomintang has shown its muscles right now, and the Japanese army was defeated in the First World War in Shandong, so the seat of the leader of the Chinese political arena is assured.However, the CCP and the Feng faction in the Northern Alliance are evenly divided. Whoever dominates the alliance, whoever is the big and who is the small, naturally has to speak with strength.Now that the Japanese army is stationed in Tianjin after the defeat in Shandong, it is obvious that they are not willing to die!If the CCP wants to win a few years of development opportunities, it seems that it can only put on the airs of World War I first.

"Fight! If we don't fight, our situation in Beijing will not be opened!" Mao Zedong stood up suddenly, and slapped the table with his big hand: "Deploy troops, transfer 15 troops! Let Feng Yuxiang send out 22 elites, Let Wang Zhongyi also dispatch [-] cavalry, and a total of [-] troops will be deployed on the Zhili Plain! Let's see if the Japanese army dares to come!"

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Tokyo Imperial Palace, Changhe Hall.

A thin young man in his 20s, wearing a generalissimo uniform, sat expressionlessly on the throne in the middle of the hall, looking at Prime Minister Yushin Hamaguchi, Minister of the Army Ugaki Kazushige, and Army Minister standing respectfully. Chief of the General Staff Shoroku Suzuki, Minister of the Navy Biao and Minister of the Navy Commander Suzuki Kantaro and others.He is Hirohito, the 124th emperor of Japan and the supreme leader of the Showa warlord group.Unlike his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, who was highly praised but was actually closer to a puppet, Hirohito was the real master of the country, of course with the Japanese army.

"Your Majesty, the peace conditions put forward by the southern branch of the Kuomintang remain unchanged. It is still allowed to redeem Qingdao, and the imperial army completely withdraws from Shandong. It's just... the Chinese Communist Party has now participated in the peace talks, and they have proposed More stringent conditions." Standing there, Yushin Hamaguchi weakly reported the latest situation of the peace talks to Hirohito.

"More stringent conditions?" Yuren gritted his teeth, the small eyes behind the glasses were gloomy and cold: "Tell me, what do they want?"

Hamaguchi bent slightly, and said hi: "The conditions proposed by the Chinese Communist Party are to take back the empire's concession in Tianjin and cancel the empire's right to garrison troops along the Beijing-Tianjin railway. In addition...they also want to take back more than ten provinces in North China Tariff autonomy, stop paying Boxer indemnity.”

Hirohito turned his head slowly and looked at the Minister of War and the Chief of General Staff who stood motionless like two stone sculptures and clay sculptures.This Lu Jun, who usually jumps at the touch of a touch, didn't say a word today, and didn't shout to be beaten or killed!It seems that Shandong has really suffered.

"Ugaki and Suzuki, what do you think? Can my army still fight?"

"Your Majesty." Ugaki Kazunari took two steps forward and bowed deeply, his tone slightly dejected: "The army feels that...the continuation of the battle with the Kuomintang army in the southern branch is not worth the loss. But apart from them, the other armies in China are Not an opponent of the imperial army."

Hearing such an answer again, Hirohito's thick skin that has been practicing hard for 20 years can't help but gloomy, and there is a hint of anger in his voice: "Didn't my army always claim to be invincible! How can it be vulnerable now? The Chinese army can't beat it? Don't tell me...you want me to make humiliating concessions to the Chinese people?"

"Your Majesty, I have another countermeasure." Seeing that the emperor was about to get angry, the chief of staff, Suzuki Soroku, who had been silent for a long time, finally took two steps forward, opened his golden mouth, and came up with a countermeasure for Hirohito's staff...

Chapter 0446 Exam ([-]) Countermeasures

As if feeling the fierce eyes of Emperor Hirohito, the six generals of Suzuki Zhuang also hesitated when speaking: "This time the Shandong crusade, although the loyal and brave imperial army of the empire... won a complete victory! But... due to the fact that the southern branch of the Kuomintang The army's powerful artillery and overwhelming air superiority...the casualties of the soldiers of the imperial army are also considerable. And...the loss of weapons and equipment is also very huge. Therefore...after research by the military department, it is believed that in Shandong, it will continue to fight with the southern branch of the Kuomintang The loss outweighs the gain in the decisive battle of the army, so it is better to change it to a diversionary battle. Focus on the Zhili Plain, threatening the Red Army of the Communist Party of China and the Fengtian warlord forces who are somewhat disobedient to the empire.”

"...The Headquarters of the General Staff suggested that the 16st and No.[-] divisions in Shandong should continue to stay in Qingdao to contain the main force of the southern Kuomintang army. At the same time, it acquiesced to Zhang Zongchang's troops to eradicate Zhang Zongchang...temporarily raised the banner of anti-Japanese to preserve Strength. In the next stage, the imperial army will shift its combat focus to the Zhili Plain to threaten the capital of China, Beijing, and force the Communist Party of China and the Fengtian warlords to give up the conditions for recovering customs duties and the Tianjin Concession. For this reason, the imperial army needs to concentrate six to seven in Tianjin. divisions in order to put pressure on the Communist Party of China and the Feng Faction."

Hearing the word exert pressure, Hirohito was slightly taken aback, with a hint of doubt on his face, just about to ask, but Suzuki Shoroku quickly answered: "Your Majesty, let the power of the Chinese Communist Party be removed from the Zhili Plain. Expulsion is not in line with the current strategy of the empire. Therefore, in the next stage, the strategy of the empire on the Zhili Plain should be to promote peace through war, forcing the Communist Party of China to accept the terms of the peace talks with the empire, without destroying or severely injuring them. "

"No need to destroy or seriously injure?" Hirohito frowned, changed to a contemplative look, and said to himself in an inaudible way: "Why can't it be eliminated? Is it because of the Soviet Union? These communists are very aggressive towards me. , right now they are still making troubles all over the empire, but I want to show mercy to them..."

Suzuki's ears were pricked up, and he had already heard Hirohito's word for word, and his face immediately changed into a look full of grief and indignation: "Your Majesty, I just suggest that the Communist Party of China be let go temporarily, and wait until the empire can effectively control Manchuria in It will not be too late to deal with them after they are defeated. The empire’s primary goal right now is Manchuria. Without Manchuria’s resources and land, the empire will soon lose the competition with the Southern Branch of the Kuomintang. At that time..."

"Manchuria?" Hirohito nodded slightly when he heard the words: "How does the military plan to seize Manchuria for the empire?"

Seeing that Hirohito had finally diverted his attention, Suzuki Shoroku heaved a sigh of relief: "The ministers and others plan to replace Zhang Zuolin as the nominal ruler of Manchuria with a more tame puppet at an appropriate time, while the empire will grab actual benefits. Wait for the empire to use the resources of Manchuria to develop and grow, and then seek further development."

"What does that have to do with not eradicating or severely injuring the Communist Party of China?" Hirohito's face gradually turned livid.

"Because the empire wants to seize the interests of Manchuria while avoiding serious conflicts with the Southern Branch Kuomintang. Therefore, it is necessary to retain a coalition government composed of the Chinese Communist Party and the remnants of the Fengtian warlords to rule Manchuria and the Southern Branch Nationalist Party. The land between the territories. If we hit the Chinese Communist Party hard in this battle, the Kuomintang in the southern branch may take this opportunity to seize Zhili... In this case, the empire's Manchurian plan will encounter obstacles. "Suzuki Shoroku finally presented a plan that was conceived by the most intelligent mind of the Japanese Army in front of Emperor Hirohito.

In this time and space, due to the great success of South China's heavy industry construction, the National Revolutionary Army has also been tuned into a relatively capable army.Therefore, the Japanese warlords who suffered in Shandong had to be more careful to invade China!Don't dare to rob like in another time and space, and it has been changed to sneaky theft, but the essence is still the same.

"The empire occupied Manchuria, and the Chinese Communist Party and the remnants of the Feng Faction controlled the north of the Yellow River in China to prevent the Kuomintang from going north..." Emperor Hirohito slowly got up from the throne, and walked up with his hands behind his back: "You are not afraid of the southern branch of the Kuomintang and the northern branch of the Communist Party Join forces to deal with the empire? Just like this time, they are fighting side by side!"

Suzuki Shoroku sneered: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the ministers and others have already made perfect arrangements. When the time comes, the Kuomintang and Communist Party in China will not regard Manchuria as their primary goal."

"Oh? What arrangement?" Emperor Hirohito turned around slowly, and gave Suzuki Shoroku a cold look.

Suzuki Shoroku took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "At that time, Manchuria will still remain in China's territory, and the empire will only occupy actual interests. Moreover, the Soviet Union will also cooperate with the empire. They will instruct the Communist Party of China and the leaders of Manchuria. The new forces will cooperate or negotiate. At the same time... this new force will also show loyalty to the Kuomintang in the southern branch. Unless the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is won or lost, they will be powerless and unwilling to take care of Manchuria .”

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The Yingbin Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.

Once again, leaders of the CCP delegation gathered in the room where Mao Zedong stayed, and Zhou Enlai also flew here from Wuhan.The room was full of smoke, and no one spoke. Mao Zedong was sitting on the rattan chair, smoking heavily. It could be seen that today's meeting had been going on for a while.

Regarding Mao Zedong and the CCP delegation’s suggestion that they would not hesitate to fight the Japanese aggressors to establish the CCP’s leadership in the coalition government and seek the most favorable truce conditions for the CCP.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China who stayed in Yan'an was also in a dilemma for a while.After all, the Japanese invaders are powerful, and it seems that the current Red Army cannot fight against them.If the strength accumulated with great difficulty is wiped out, the CCP will have no status in the coalition government, and it may be attacked by the Kuomintang military!But if there is no war...not only will the CCP’s situation in the coalition government be unable to open up, but also the territory led by the coalition government will not be able to get rid of the shackles of unequal treaties. The "imperialist" South China competed.In a dilemma, Li Lisan could only call Zhou Enlai, who was still wrangling with the Kuomintang in Wuhan, to go north and ask him to discuss countermeasures with Mao Zedong.

"Well, if our party doesn't enter Beijing, if we don't come to form this coalition government, we can certainly stay out of it. But right now we're going to Beijing to catch the exam. If the Japanese occupy our gates and threaten us with guns, How do you do well in this test? Rather than being tossed to death by them slowly, it is better to fight with them, even if you can't win, losing the city of Beijing... is worse than being trapped to death in it!"

Mao Zedong stubbed out the cigarette butt in his hand, took a sip of water from the teacup on the table, looked at Zhou Enlai who was sitting opposite him, and smiled deeply: "If the Japanese invade Beijing, it will be a full-scale war of resistance! It can only be a life-and-death battle. Then we will go back to Yan'an and give the battlefield to the Kuomintang and the Japanese. Our party will slowly manage the battlefield behind the enemy. For example, the Northeast, Taihang Mountains, Northwest Shanxi, and Jizhong Plain are all It can become our territory. If Japan can’t break into Beijing, we can spend time with them until Japan can’t hold on. Right now, Japan is under the sanctions of foreign powers, and there is no way to import steel and oil. How long will their economy and war be unsustainable. At that time, we will win this war, so that not only can the door of Beijing be closed, but also we will be the boss in the coalition government. And... our Red Army has now entered the Strait Li, I won’t leave in the future!”

Zhou Enlai let out a sigh of relief, carefully calculating the gains and losses in his heart.He originally thought that his old partner really wanted to fight the Japanese!The lessons of the Second Red Army are very profound... The Red Army is definitely not an opponent of the Japanese army in positional warfare now, so it has no capital to fight recklessly.

Mao Zedong took out another cigarette from his pocket, lit it up and took a few puffs, and said with a smile: "Of course, we sent out more than 20 troops to fight against Japan, and they can't just do nothing for the Feng faction, the Jin faction, and the Kuomintang in the south, right? They have to pay for military pay, weapons, ammunition, and food! Especially the Kuomintang, which is now so rich that it has swallowed up half of Shandong, can’t justify it without spending money? Well, are you sure about this?”

Zhou Enlai was silent for a while, then nodded slowly: "We have to take out our old books to fight the Japanese... They are too late to be happy. It shouldn't be a big problem to send out some weapons, ammunition and supplies. Runzhi, should we let them What about sending troops? Artillery and aviation... Besides, German military advisers, do you want to..."

"Brother Yujie, what do you think? Can we fight without them?" Mao Zedong took a deep breath and hesitated.Letting the artillery and aviation of the Kuomintang intervene naturally has a little more chance of winning, but there is also a problem that it is easier to ask the gods than to send them away.If the Kuomintang takes the opportunity to expand its influence in the north, and even send more ground troops in... Maybe it will be a waste of hard work.

Zhu De shook his head, his thick eyebrows gradually raised: "Now the Japanese army is gathering in Tianjin, and the total strength is estimated to be more than [-]! It is unrealistic to take down Tianjin with the strength of our Red Army. Even if the Kuomintang army is deployed, it may not be able to take it down." So... Our best way is to defend Beijing with the main force and form a confrontation with the Japanese army, get out of the way, and at the same time control the areas on both sides of the Beijing-Tianjin railway line, and it is best to turn them into our base areas. As for... the Kuomintang air force I think it is possible to ask for it, but the artillery is fine. The artillery can let the Jin army pay a little, and at the same time we can ask the Kuomintang and the Feng faction for cannons to rebuild the artillery division of the Red Army."

"Okay! We can ask them to give us cannons, and we can rebuild the artillery division of the Red Army!" Mao Zedong shouted, slapping his thigh.After all, "borrowing troops" from the Kuomintang is not as good as our own soldiers. Now that the CCP is holding high the banner of anti-Japanese and confronting the Japanese army on the Zhili Plain, if the Kuomintang wants to be decent, will it dare to do nothing?

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In May of the 17th year of the Republic of China, the smoke of the Shandong war had not completely dissipated, and the battle clouds on the Zhili Plain were once again densely covered.The trains from Suiyuan outside the mouth into Beijing all turned into military trains. Thousands of Red Army officers and soldiers wearing blue and gray military uniforms and octagonal caps poured out of Beijing Qianmen Railway Station every day, carrying bright red military flags. , lined up neatly and sang revolutionary songs that made the landlords and capitalists in Beijing tremble with fear.He gallantly rushed to the outside of Sijiu city to dig trenches and build positions!The look of wanting to fight the Japanese army outside Beijing...

And Tianjin, the largest commercial port in northern China, more than 100 kilometers southeast of Beijing, is another scene.The merchant ships from various countries that used to shuttle back and forth in the past have long disappeared in the port, only Japanese warships or transport ships flying the rising sun flag are quietly docked at the pier.The Japanese army column was disembarking silently, and the pier was full of neatly lined up Japanese soldiers in khaki military uniforms. These short, stocky soldiers were holding their rifles and carrying their bags, waiting silently. With the order to set off.There are surging steel helmets and rifles everywhere.The complacent officers walked back and forth in front of their respective teams with their hands behind their backs and sabers in their hands, with murderous looks on their faces.It seems that they don't know the miserable end of the Shandong dispatched army.

"Nagata-kun, I didn't expect you to be sent to China..."

On the pier, two officers in straight military uniforms were strolling side by side, one of them was General Nagata Tieshan who had just assumed the post of Chief of Operations at the Headquarters of the China Expeditionary Army, the number one brain of the Japanese army!The other person is Lieutenant Ishihara Waner, who is now the staff officer of the dispatched army headquarters and is Nagata's subordinate.

"Yeah, this stupid thing is not over yet, so I'm here." Nagata's voice was very low, because what he said was all "rebellious"!

Shi Yuan smiled bitterly, and sighed: "How much money does the military plan to invest this time? How much do you want to win?"

Nagata Tieshan glanced back at the crowd of yellow people, and counted for Ishihara with his fingers: "The second, fourth, fifth, and sixth divisions are replenished to 80.00% of the full rate, and the third division, The No.11 Division, the First Cavalry Brigade, and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade have a total strength of about 15 troops and more than 500 cannons. How about it, can we fight?"

Ishihara smiled and sighed deeply: "Of course the war can be fought, but what is there to do? Occupy Beijing and China and have a decisive battle to the death?"