Subsequently, the world gradually entered a state of tension. After the war, the first confrontation between countries officially entered the stage of history. Although this confrontation has not yet risen to the military level, for the two major groups of China and Germany, It has entered the de facto stage of paramilitary confrontation. At least the confrontation has involved core interests in military deployment, the mobilization and redeployment of troops, and other fields.
The tense situation has continued. All exchanges between China and Germany and the two militaries were terminated after the International Security Conference. China canceled all exchange activities with Germany during the year and canceled meetings above the ministerial level. In some public international exchanges, officials from the two countries even passed each other without saying hello. The world has felt a strong smell of gunpowder permeating the five continents, and the two countries' troops stationed in various European countries are also strictly guarding against the other's possible attacks. It was a state of emergency.
The time soon came to October 6, 1937. Li Tiancheng, who was slightly uncomfortable under the increasingly busy affairs of the Presidential Palace, was lying on a chair to take a nap. He closed his eyes and rested. The long-term fatigue made him The spirit is slightly tired.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, Li Tiancheng, who had gradually fallen asleep, was awakened by a rapid knock on the door. What appeared in Li Tiancheng's hazy sleepy eyes was a tall and handsome young man. He was a new recruit from the Presidential Office. clerk.
The young man held a telegram in his hand, with a big red word urgent printed on it, and the expression on his face was a little nervous, because he knew that such urgent telegrams would affect the president's mood, and the recent telegrams have frequently made Li Tiancheng nervous. Feeling heartbroken.
"President Li, this is an encrypted telegram from the Japanese garrison. Please read it as soon as possible!" The young man respectfully handed the telegram wrapped in a yellow cover to Li Tiancheng with slightly trembling hands.
"Xiao Wu, please go out first!" Li Tiancheng smiled reluctantly at Xiao Wu, rubbed his newly opened eyes, and then said to him warmly.
"Yes, President!" The young man lowered his head slightly, turned around slowly and walked out in small steps. He closed the door of the office very lightly when he went out, for fear of affecting Li Tiancheng's mood.
Li Tiancheng glanced at the palm-sized red word "Urgent" on the cover, and frowned slightly. Almost none of the urgent messages he had received recently were good things. Most of them were related to the international situation, especially those involving Most of the telegrams related to the relationship between the two major groups of China and Germany, and the telegrams related to Hitler accounted for the vast majority. This time, the telegrams were a little special. It came from Japan, which seemed to be in peace.
"Did something happen to the Japanese dwarf mule?" Li Tiancheng's many years of military and political career experience made him immediately think of something bad, and he couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.
Li Tiancheng forcefully tore open the seal of the message, lamenting that this ancient method of transmitting information is still in use. Recently, due to security issues, he did not use more advanced coded phones to communicate with foreign countries.
Li Tiancheng then threw the torn seal into the trash can nearby and quickly took out the Chinese character content of the message.
A line of big black Chinese characters made Li Tiancheng's heart suddenly tremble. His originally slightly nervous heartstrings immediately tightened, and the veins on his forehead bulged slightly.
¡°There was an incident in Tokyo, a major riot broke out in Japan, a large number of thugs were attacking the Chinese military base in Tokyo, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides¡±
Li Tiancheng's eyes quickly slid across the paper, and his stagnant eyes still seemed quite stiff. When he read the entire content of the message, a burning sensation rushed to his forehead.
¡°This group of bastards even dragged a dwarf mule into the water to cause trouble in front of our house.¡± Li Tiancheng¡¯s keen judgment and super political wisdom made him immediately feel that this matter was definitely not simple.
Li Tiancheng believes that Japan has been under the firm control of China for many years, and it is difficult for foreign forces to break in. However, some Japanese forces are frequently operating abroad and have recently received support from Germany and other countries, but they want to There is not much possibility of causing trouble, but this time it has reached the level of riot. It seems that these political forces and the German group must have done a lot of work secretly in Japan.
"How is it? How far has the Japanese riot developed?" Early the next morning, Li Tiancheng picked up the phone in the office and contacted Cai E.
Cai E had already made a lot of calls on the other end of the phone. After receiving the call from Li Tiancheng, he immediately reported in an anxious tone: "This is a riot organized by the three members of the Japanese exiled overseas. The headquarters of the group is set up in Sweden. In fact, they have always been supported by Germany. Germany is their largest financial provider. This matter must be a joint effort between the Germans and the Japanese.Together, there are signs that several other Japanese political organizations are involved. "
"Can you control the situation?" Li Tiancheng had already guessed this, so he immediately asked.
"It's hard to say, this time the Japanese mob is still growing. At first, only more than a thousand people participated in the riot. They are attacking the barracks and ordnance room of our army stationed in Tokyo Bay. Those mobs have rifles and other small weapons. It seems to be an organized and planned action, and they are familiar with military command, understand tactics, and attack in an orderly manner, which is not comparable to ordinary peasant rebels."
"I suspect that these people were not organized by ordinary people, but by soldiers of the Japanese police force and internal defense force. Obviously they are not ordinary mobs, they can be called an organized and disciplined force. "Cai E continued to quickly explain the situation in Japan, his tone becoming more urgent.
¡°How many people has it grown to now?¡± Li Tiancheng asked again.
"The number of people is unknown. According to information from the Tokyo Garrison Headquarters, around 8 o'clock this morning, rioters have begun to continuously reinforce the troops in the early riots from all directions in Tokyo. They are all heavily armed teams, like the entire Japanese army in Tokyo. The police and Japanese internal defense forces in surrounding areas have been dispatched, and the Japanese are going to rebel."
"Sure enough, the dwarf mules have not changed their wild nature. They have been submissive for twenty years and have not suppressed the evil in their bones. When the Germans provoked them a little, the dwarf mules couldn't sit still and were actually willing to use them as the barrel of someone else's gun." Li Tiancheng suppressed the anger in his heart and said angrily.
"President, what should we do? We have been informed by the Japanese government. We warned that if the Japanese government cannot control the situation, the Chinese ** troops will take military operations in non-Chinese military garrison activities in Japan, because If we just huddle near our base, we will not be able to attack the supply lines of these thugs and their reinforcements, and we will only be passively beaten." Cai E also felt a strong sense of depression in his heart, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and then He continued.
"Give the Japanese government an ultimatum. If the situation cannot be brought under control today, tomorrow we will order the navy, army and air force to enter combat mode and provide assistance to any military organizations and material supply bases related to thugs in Japan. organizations and other targets related to the riots. If the sovereignty of Japan is violated, we can only express regret." Li Tiancheng took a deep breath and said without hesitation.
Li Tiancheng has been fully mentally prepared. He knows that this matter is definitely not that simple. If the situation is not effectively contained, the scale of the riots in Japan will become larger and larger, and eventually the entire Japan will rise up against China. China The situation of the troops stationed in Japan was very worrying, and they were in danger of being forced to retreat. Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided that this time he would take a heavy blow against the mob's attack on military base facilities.
At this time, in addition to building fortifications near the military base and preparing for a long-term attack, the mob had already launched several rounds of sneak attacks and attacks on the base's ordnance warehouse, but they were all repelled by the defending squadrons. There were less than a hundred casualties, and no large-scale military conflict broke out. Obviously, this was inseparable from the organization and discipline of the Japanese mob. They were not the kind of mob that vented their anger and took extreme actions, but had long ago Paramilitary organizations with action plans and programs are not so easy to deal with.
"Okay, I will do what the president wants. If Japan wants to cause trouble, we must control the situation as soon as possible, otherwise the Germans will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble." Cai E naturally also knows the stakes. , immediately responded firmly.
After hanging up the phone, Li Tiancheng covered his face with both hands, rubbed it vigorously a few times to let the blood flow through the tense face, and relaxed for a while. However, the situation in the distance did not relax at all, which made his heart also You must continuously devote yourself to paying attention to the current situation, and you will not get peace.
Next, the situation in Japan not only failed to be effectively controlled, but the scale of the riots became larger and larger, and finally gradually developed into a nationwide riot, and Japan was filled with the sound of fighting everywhere.
The Japanese government was unable to do anything after declaring that the situation was out of control. The pro-China Japanese puppet government urgently moved out of the Tokyo government office building and hid in the Tokyo Bay area under the control of the squadron. Japan has now fallen into a state of anarchy. in the chaos.
On October 10, Li Tiancheng ordered the Chinese army stationed in Japan to take the initiative to attack and carry out large-scale military operations, using armored vehicles, aircraft, and heavy artillery to attack the thugs in Tokyo. The war immediately began and Japan fell into a state of melee.
A large number of schools in Japan have been suspended urgently, factories have been suspended, and thugs mobilized Japanese workers and students to take to the streets.Demonstrations were held to protest against the Chinese military operations in Japan. Many people were issued guns and joined the rebels. The rebels were immediately named the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, and the number of the Self-Defense Forces gradually expanded to 300,000. People, distributed around Chinese military bases across the country, began to engage in a long-term battle with the 100,000 Chinese troops stationed in Japan.
In Tokyo, the Chinese Army used advanced weapons and equipment to defeat the rebels steadily and pushed them outside Tokyo. Subsequently, the Chinese Army took over the jurisdiction of Tokyo and ended the war in Tokyo. In the state of anarchy, the Japanese puppet government returned to Tokyo to continue to be in power.
¡°Subsequently, Li Tiancheng made the decision to dispatch five additional aircraft carriers to Japan. Five first-generation aircraft carriers including the Taishan rushed to Japan from domestic and Southeast Asian ports to quell the rebellion.
By October 15th, the situation became more and more intense. Under the powerful air strikes, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces suffered huge losses. The Self-Defense Forces hiding in residential areas were also bombed. International anti-Japanese forces also took advantage of this opportunity. Protests were made.
On October 16, Hitler issued a suggestion that the atrocities in Japan should be stopped immediately. He accused the Chinese Communist Party's actions in Japan as atrocities with great fanfare and distorted the facts, completely ignoring the Japanese government led by Noda Masaru, the deputy leader of the Japanese Three-person Group. The Self-Defense Forces' actions of provoking troubles, looting, massacres and riots in Japan directly pointed the finger at Zhengtong.
On October 18, Hitler took advantage of the provisions of the International Security Conference and initiated a temporary International Security Conference by more than one-third of the member states.
This is also one of the provisions of the Security Conference. As long as there is local unrest in the international situation and an armed conflict breaks out in a certain country or region, member states have the right to initiate an interim Security Conference, but more than one-third of the countries must initiate it. Only by conducting an impromptu safety meeting can the meeting be held smoothly.
The Chinese representatives had no choice but to set off again to attend the security conference held in Washington, USA. Cai E once again went abroad to attend the conference.
The Japanese puppet government also sent representatives to attend the meeting, but they obviously sided with the Chinese government and basically had no say.
At the beginning of the conference, German Defense Minister Hess strongly condemned China's military operations in Japan as a violation of Japan's sovereignty. He and the United States and more than a dozen other countries proposed a proposal to require China to stop military operations, then withdraw its troops from Japan and end the Japanese rebellion. Due to this The proposal does not involve China's domestic security, so it is not among the issues that the security conference refuses to discuss.
Although Cai E has repeatedly stated that the situation in Japan is really helpless and that troops must be sent to suppress it, otherwise it will cause great turmoil throughout East Asia, the Germans and the United States and European countries simply refused to let go of this God-given opportunity. They gathered together to take advantage of this opportunity. The opportunity to attack China's influence in East Asia, drive the Chinese army out of Japan, and then gradually win over Japan and let Japan join the Japanese group, this is their real purpose.
When the voting began, intense confrontation also began. With Germany's efforts to win over, 22 countries, including Germany, actually voted in favor, and the bill was finally passed with 24 votes to 20 votes. The resolution requiring China to cease military operations and withdraw its troops from Japan was cheered by representatives of the Communist Party.
However, the Chinese government later stated that China had the right to withdraw its troops after one year according to the Berlin Treaty. Therefore, China stated that it would not implement the resolution to stop military operations for the time being. This also immediately aroused dissatisfaction among the ** countries group. Hess said at the meeting There was a heated debate and quarrel with Cai E. The two sides almost started a fight, but were stopped by representatives from other countries and stopped. Each returned to his country angrily.
"Asshole, there is no way for us to withdraw from Japan." Li Tiancheng's face turned red, he slammed a newspaper in his hand on the chair, and then cursed loudly.
"Order to mobilize all soldiers and prepare for battle. We will also send an additional 100,000 troops to Japan to calm the turbulent situation."
Li Tiancheng was not intimidated by the resolution of the Security Council *** Group. Not only did he not have the idea of ??withdrawing troops from Japan, but he decided to resolve the unrest in Japan as soon as possible and return Japan to peace.
Li Tiancheng believes that as long as the situation is controlled within one year, the decision to withdraw troops the next year may be rewritten. The land of Japan must be preserved no matter what, otherwise Japan will become an unsinkable aircraft carrier for the Japanese group to deal with China. The threat to China is great, because China has lost India and cannot lose Japan again, otherwise it will easily fall into a situation of being surrounded on all sides.
Hitler and Roosevelt expressed strong indignation at the move to increase troops in Japan, demanding that China stop violating the resolutions of the Security Conference and immediately abandon the use of force to solve the Japanese problem. However, Li Tiancheng obviously would not listen to the howls of Hitler and Roosevelt, because Their sinister intentions have been clearly demonstrated.
It¡¯s November 1st, and the situation in Japan has spread to the whole country. Noda is leading theThe number of Japanese Self-Defense Forces has reached one million, but most of them are armies composed of scattered civilians. Their combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment are low and they are vulnerable. Many armored forces were defeated as soon as they formed an army. Completely wiped out.
However, Japan's population has reached 70 million, and its military potential is huge. The Japanese government has basically lost control of the country. Except for Tokyo and a few nearby counties, all other places have been occupied by rebels. , some places were controlled by separatists, and the two sides entered a long-term state of melee. Gunshots were heard everywhere in Japan, and the Japanese economy was paralyzed. Refugees were wandering around, and there was chaos. Industrial production was greatly affected. , divided by their respective occupying forces.
On November 15, Hitler bypassed the International Security Conference and convened the first so-called European and American Grand Alliance Group Meeting. The meeting was held in Berlin, the capital of Germany. The meeting passed the proposal of forming a European and American Alliance Convention Organization proposed by Germany, the United States, Britain, France and other countries. It was decided that eighteen European and American countries, including Germany, the United States, Britain, France, and Russia, would form a so-called military alliance.
This is also the first large-scale military group formed in Europe, the United States and the world after the end of World War I. The anti-government operations of Germany, the United States and other countries have officially escalated into military confrontation.
On the day the military alliance was established, Germany, the United States and other countries proposed a resolution for Tanaka Shiro, the leader of the Sanguchi Group of the Japanese Communist Party, to form a new Japanese government. It was shamelessly passed immediately, and then Tanaka Shiro was actually sworn in in Berlin. Became the so-called Prime Minister of Japan's New Deal.