"That Zhao Tiezhu invited the armies of Western countries to be stationed at these two locations at any time, alongside his army."

After hearing what Chief of Staff Nakamura said, Commander Yamamoto didn't know what to say. The strategy of this bastard Li Shaoyi was very simple, which was to temporarily reconcile with Western countries and then deal with their Japanese army specifically.

Western countries can send troops into these two commanding heights, and you have the final say on how many people go, so they naturally don’t worry that this place will target Western countries. This is also a way for the 72nd Brigade to express its sincerity.

Of course, the ones who suffered the most were the Japanese.

They could neither send troops to these two commanding heights nor control the 72nd Brigade. In the future, their troops would only be under the guns of the 72nd Brigade.

As for the Western armies entering these two commanding heights, how many people do they have in Tianjin? Each country sent a dozen or so people in a symbolic manner. This was their maximum capacity. If a war really broke out, a hundred or so people from each country combined would be useless and would be immediately captured by Zhao Tiezhu's men.

However, Western countries believed that this situation would not occur, because in recent years they had relied on the prestige of various countries to gain benefits in North China, not on real armies. Li Shaoyi gave them enough face and allowed them to continue to maintain their current lives, so they abandoned the Japanese without hesitation.

"Li Shaoyi's meaning is very clear. Our North China Expeditionary Force cannot participate in the upcoming conflict."

Although Commander Yamamoto was reluctant to admit it, this was what Li Shaoyi wanted them to do.

Chief of Staff Nakamura had thought of this a long time ago, but was unwilling to say it out loud. Li Shaoyi rose to prominence in North China, and this was a mistake made by their North China Expeditionary Force. Now they had to ask the Kwantung Army to help put out the fire, but they were here to help, while the original owner had to stand by.

This……

Thinking of all this, both of them felt like they had been slapped several times in the face by the Kwantung Army. It would be impossible for them to stand up straight in front of the Kwantung Army in the future.

Somewhere on the Jingfeng Railway.

Lieutenant General Andong Shigekita, commander of the 12th Division, was walking back and forth anxiously on the train. The railway bridge ahead was blown up. Just when his train was about to pass, fortunately he was lucky enough and was more than ten minutes late.

If they had set off at the original time, I'm afraid this guy would have fallen into the cliff dozens of meters below.

Although he did not die, it is estimated that not many of the more than 800 Japanese officers and soldiers on the train in front survived.

The 12th Division has been fighting in Longguo for quite some time. It has always been invincible in the Northeast and has not received any resistance. It was just about to be transferred to Rehe Province to fight, but before it even saw its enemy, it received a greeting gift.

"How on earth do those idiots in the secret service do their work? It's been over twenty days since we received the order, and every day there have been attacks on us. Why haven't they dug out these people yet? These idiots of the Empire."

Thinking of the assassination attempt in Fengtian, Anton Maobei felt a pang of fear.

Of course, this is also related to their poor defense. The occupation of Northeast China has lasted for quite some time, so when high-level Japanese officials travel, they are no longer surrounded by a large number of people. Most of them are accompanied by only a dozen or twenty guards.

They also didn't expect that the Dragon Country spies would be so bold as to attack them directly on the streets of Northeast China.

Anton Maobei had experienced this twice. Although he did not die, the two lieutenants around him and more than a dozen guards were all killed.

This has almost become a joke among the upper echelons of the Northeast. Your 12th Division is so arrogant that you want to crush the 72nd Brigade before even setting out. But the problem is that you have not done anything serious. Instead, they have planned several assassinations against you.

After finally leaving Fengtian City, Anton Maobei encountered such a thing on the way and was a little afraid to take the train.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I have already sent two sternly worded telegrams to the head of the Fengtian secret service. They will purge the spies along the route."

Major General Masazo Kamimura, Chief of Staff of the 12th Division, said seriously that he did not expect that the enemy would be so aggressive this time and actually come to the northeast.

In his impression, the combat effectiveness of the various troops of Longguo was not strong, and their strength was limited to a certain region. They would not even think about sending troops to the Northeast, but the 72nd Brigade actually did so.

"You must keep a close eye on this matter. This isn't just about the assassination attempt against us; those are just minor matters. When we enter Rehe Province to fight, our logistics line behind us must not have any mistakes. If it is destroyed by these spies, our combat effectiveness will be lost. Logistics on the battlefield are extremely important."

Lieutenant General Anton's words made the chief of staff suddenly realize that he had originally thought that the commander wanted to catch all these spies because he was assassinated, but it turned out that he was considering future operations.

It would have been fine if they didn't talk about this matter. But when they talked about it, everyone in the 12th Division was very angry.

Originally, part of their logistics was under the charge of the North China Garrison Army. After all, we went there to help you. But now the North China Garrison Army is actually sending a telegram to the headquarters. They are being kept under observation by part of the 72nd Brigade in the Zizhulin Concession in Tianjin.

Unable to provide any form of support to friendly forces on the battlefield...

When Lieutenant General Anton saw the telegram forwarded from headquarters, he found it a little ridiculous. Did we have a conflict with the 72nd Brigade? Isn't this all your business?

Now we who are helping have to take the lead, while you, the original owners, have to just stand by and watch. This is simply nonsense.

If it weren't for the Empire's policies and major policies in North China, the Kwantung Army really wanted to ignore this matter. However, the Empire has already guaranteed the Kwantung Army that it will have certain advisory rights on some future matters on the ground in North China.

This was also said to save face for the North China Garrison Army. Otherwise, they would directly say that all affairs in North China were dominated by the Kwantung Army.

If it were another Japanese army, it might really do the same, but the Kwantung Army has always been able to defeat its superiors, and the Japanese headquarters was afraid that it would not be able to control it, so they only gave it a certain degree of advisory power.

Of course, Rehe Province has always been under the management of the Kwantung Army. Taking back Rehe Province is also the job of the Kwantung Army.

Just looking at the bombed bridge in front of them, they knew it was not easy to take it...

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