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Text Chapter 439 War is coming (2)

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    Just when the whole world thought that Shandong would become the fuse for a new round of the Civil War and even the Sino-Japanese War, Shanxi, which was silent, became the final fuse. This was beyond everyone's expectation, except for Wang Zhenyu  .  After the secret talks with Zhang Zongchang, Zhang Zuolin ordered the Fengjun Sun Liechen Department and Zhang Jinghui Department to assemble in Shijiazhuang and Suiyuan areas. Although Zhang Zuolin began to emphasize secrecy after being reminded by the Japanese, such an obvious military deployment and Fengjun  Due to his own secrecy skills, before these troops were mobilized, the ants in Beijing were running around telling each other: General Zhang was going to fight Yan Laoxi.  The Jin army under Yan Xishan was obviously a soft persimmon. It was almost an open secret that Wang Zhenyu's face was able to avoid the crisis of being annexed by Fengjun two years ago, rather than the Jin army under his command. However, Yan Xishan did not  The promises made when Wang Zhenyu was invited to intervene were not fulfilled, that is, the Youth Army's transformation of the Jin Army and Shanxi's joining the National Government. Wang Zhenyu was also very worried about this. If he did not fulfill his promise, he would not honor it, so Yan Xishan successfully repudiated the bill.  But doing anything requires paying a price. Now trouble is coming. Zhang Zuolin once again pressed forward with troops. Sun Liechen's eight divisions and Zhang Jinghui's five divisions are not fuel-efficient from any point of view. This is a full thirty  Thirty thousand Fengjun, the Jin army actually has eight divisions, but they are all miscellaneous divisions with less than 10,000 people. Using such troops to compete with the Fengjun who won the Zhili-Fengtian war, Yan Xishan  He really has no temper at all.  "Everyone, let's talk about what we should do in Shanxi this time." When we have no idea, it is obviously a good idea to hold a meeting to come up with ideas, so Yan Xishan recruited all the officers of the Jin Army System Battalion and above to Taiyuan for the meeting.  .  As soon as Yan Xishan revealed the topic, he looked at the people under his command expectantly, hoping that they would come up with a good solution for him. The Jin army officers who attended the meeting included Shang Zhen, Xu Yongchang, Li Fuying, and Zhang Yinwu.  , Zhou Dai, Chu Xichun, Yang Chengyuan, Yang Aiyuan, Wang Jingguo, Fu Zuoyi, Sun Chu, Li Shengda, Chen Changjie, Guo Zongfen and others immediately fell into thinking.  Yan Xishan always treats his subordinates well, which is not uncommon in the Republic of China. But when it comes to treating people sincerely, Yan Xishan is probably the only one among the warlords in the Republic of China. So now that he is in trouble, the people below will naturally be bored.  I racked my brain and thought hard.  But in such a critical situation, it is not a good idea. The first person to speak was the most junior Fu Zuoyi: "Master Governor, I am willing to command the troops to defend according to the danger and block the Feng army, but I am afraid that our Jin army will not be able to do it alone."  If it¡¯s not enough, you still have to find some foreign aid.¡± Fu Zuoyi, who is known as the most capable fighter in the Jin army, said so. Naturally, other lower-level generals such as Shang Zhen and Xu Yongchang also followed suit and suggested to the military governor.  Your Excellency asked the National Government for help.  Yan Xishan was so angry and funny, but in the end he had no choice but to let his soldiers be so fierce. Well, Yan Xishan had forgotten a saying, one soldier is a raging enemy, and a general is raging in a nest. The Jin Dynasty in history  The key to the weak combat effectiveness of the Jin army actually lies with Yan Xishan himself. Otherwise, how could the Jin army be a soft persimmon in his hands and become a "seven and a half" in Fu Zuoyi's hands.  Yan Xishan nodded and agreed with this statement: "In this case, Brother Shang and Brother Xu, you will each lead an army to northern Shanxi and eastern Shanxi to meet the enemy. Remember, as long as Feng's army does not take action, you should not open fire.  It¡¯s better not to fight us if we can, because the people of Shanxi will suffer the most.¡± After saying this, he looked at Fu Zuoyi again: ¡°Brother Yisheng, just guard Taiyuan for me. After much thought,  This final decisive battle is probably going to take place in Taiyuan City. "In fact, Yan Xishan and the senior generals of the Jin Army took the problem a little seriously. Zhang Zuolin actually had no plan to start a fight. He was also good at calculating. According to  Zhang Zuolin's plan is that as long as he defeats Wang Zhenyu in the south with the help of the Japanese in Shandong, then the world will not belong to his old Zhang family, and then he will naturally use the unification of the world to force Yan Xishan to surrender. Of course, Yan Xishan  It would be better if we surrender now, but Yan Xishan, who was usually weak, seemed to have taken too much medicine this time. He actually divided the eight divisions of the Jin army under his command into three, with Shang Zhen and Xu Yongchang commanding each.  Two divisions entered into a confrontation with Sun Liechen and Zhang Jinghui's troops, while the other four divisions retreated into Taiyuan City, fighting to the end without giving in. Now it was Zhang Zuolin's turn to be unsure whether to fight or not.  is a problem.  Suddenly, Shandong and Shanxi became the flashpoints of China's civil war. All walks of life, especially intellectuals from the North and the South, expressed concern about this and issued peaceful petitions, urging all parties to put the overall interests of the country and national interests first.  , but the British Minister to China, John Aldian, is the opposite example. This old British colonial master has become accustomed to being the emperor in China and dictating the Chinese central government.The reporter is extremely excited now. Ever since he misjudged the formality of supporting Yuan Shikai's proclaimed emperor and triggered the War to Protect the Country, the whole of China has fallen into an unstoppable rise. Although Whitehall did not blame Zhu Erdian, it has always used first-class diplomacy  Zhu Erdian, who regarded himself as a talented person, was very guilty, so he was full of hostility towards the Southern National Government and Wang Zhenyu himself. This reached its peak after the Chinese army defeated the Germans. This was reflected in Zhu Erdian's annual report submitted to Whitehall on New Year's Day in 1919.  , Zhu Erdian repeatedly emphasized to London that if it continued to sit back and watch China become stronger, not only would the empire's interests in China be harmed, but its interests in Southeast Asia would also be insecure. Therefore, Zhu Erdian hoped that the imperial government would support Japan and increase its attack on China.  , and then use the quagmire of Russia to consume Japan's power. The abacus was very loud. Unfortunately, there was no reply from London. This made Zhu Erdian very frustrated and even dissatisfied. He said to other staff in the legation: "  What those people in London are doing now is to bury the British Empire, but we can only do nothing. "In fact, Zhu Erdian really wronged the decision-makers of the British Empire. They not only saw Zhu Erdian's report, but also gave it to them.  We attach great importance to it, but the British treasury is really too weak. After the European War, the treasury that was once known as the richest in the world is already empty and can run away. Any measures taken in the Far East are beyond the financial support of the British Empire.  Yes, one careless move could even trigger the collapse of the entire empire, so they could only choose to turn a blind eye to Zhu Erdian's report, which was full of patriotism and responsibility. After World War I, the British Empire faced a series of problems.  This was the mentality most of the time, which also paved the way for the subsequent appeasement policy.  Well now, the Chinese are finally going to fight a civil war, and according to Japanese news, their emperor's army, which is as poor as beggars, will start gambling on the fate of the country again. They will fight in Shandong and the National Government in the south, and  Strive to provide support for the central government in Beijing to unify all of China.  In order to gain support from the British, the Japanese also stated that they would never expand Japan's sphere of influence in China and respect Britain's special rights and interests in southeastern China. This rights and interests were what Zhu Erdian dreamed of. In order to get China to send troops in 1916, the British not only  He gave up tariffs in nine provinces and also gave up many powers in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. These areas entered a period of rapid construction after the ebb of the power of the British and French powers, and wealth rolled in, making him, the minister to China, jealous.  And now all this is possible without the support of the imperial government. How unhappy can you make Zhu Erdian. ????????????????????????? However, little Japan is not a frivolous Lei Feng. They want benefits when doing things. The condition is that the British Empire subscribes to the war bonds issued by the Japanese government. Fighting a war requires money.  In fact, the world economy also showed a decline in 1919. With the end of the European War, market demand changed dramatically. The demand for weapons and military raw materials fell to the lowest point almost overnight. At the same time, residents' living consumption dropped significantly.  Supply exceeds demand. At this time, the Japanese, whose industrial structure has an obviously excessive proportion of heavy industry, suffered a big loss. Many products were backlogged in warehouses, many orders were cancelled, and a large number of industrial workers lost their jobs. On the other side of them, the National Government  The controlled South China was not much affected. After the reduction of heavy industry orders, it only fell slightly and then rebounded. The expansion work of the Youth Army immediately digested their excess production capacity. With the rapid economic development in recent years and  With the emergence of large amounts of overseas remittances and European war dividends, the domestic market's consumption capacity and purchasing power have also undergone amazing changes. More importantly, the National Government has proposed the second five-year development plan. Chengdu, Kunming, Guiyang, Changsha, Nanchang,  Fifteen cities including Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, and Xuzhou are included in the National Government's development plan. The National Government plans to spend 15 billion yuan in five years to carry out large-scale development centered on these fifteen cities.  railway and highway transportation network and new urban construction.  What worries Japanese policymakers even more is that once South China realizes their second five-year plan, their national strength will surpass Japan even without a war, which basically means that Japan will only be able to  Become a maritime country, and once the Chinese build a powerful enough navy, Japan's fate will only be destruction.  "The empire will rise and fall in this battle," Tanaka shouted at the top of his lungs at the final mobilization meeting of the Army Ministry.
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