The Japanese army was located in the headquarters in the center of the county, and Prince Zairen frowned, and received a telegram from the Japanese War Department, knowing that the great powers would provide them with enough merchant ships at the specified time, how to get on the ships with a million troops, and how to use a large number of Japanese troops to cut off the rear.

What is the number of this break, 100,000, 200,000, or even 300,000, 500,000, in the first battle of Texas, the Japanese army was almost broken, and there was almost no courage to directly confront the Northwest Army.

Beiyang is nothing, Japan once did not pay attention to the object, just see that in one day, take Tianjin, it can be seen, this Beiyang combat effectiveness is not weak, he led the army to attack rashly, the end is in the middle of the two, once under the city of Tianjin, dragged by Beiyang, the surrounding Northwest Army pounced, then it will be a catastrophe.

Prince Zairen thought about it for a long time, and there was no good way, and in the end the time was limited, for them, the most important thing now was to determine the plan as soon as possible, otherwise, the northwest army from all sides surrounded them, I am afraid that there would be no last chance.

The million-strong army, almost all the top leaders of the Japanese army, more than 40 divisional commanders, and some high-ranking officers gathered together to discuss the question of how to retreat, how to be safe, and how to minimize losses. For these high-ranking generals of the Japanese army, before they came to China with great interest, they never thought that the northwest had taught them a lesson with real strength, and that the original technical equipment and artillery could really replace the tactics of the sea of people, and under the premise that automatic firearms and artillery had developed to a certain extent, the tactics of the sea of people. I'm afraid it doesn't make sense.

The impact of this war was far-reaching, laying the foundation for the invincibility of the Northwest Army, and the reputation of the Northwest Army's invincibility in the world, which also began with this war, the world's largest number and unparalleled mobilization ability. Far beyond the world's mainstream level of light and heavy weapons equipment, more advanced tactics and special forces, almost the entire world army, for the military system and tactics to make all the changes, can be found from the northwest here, to 20 years later, the northwest has almost become the world's advanced army cradle, the Northwest Military Academy and a series of military schools, there are also a large number of foreign students studying.

High-ranking Japanese generals, including Prince Zaihito. Since the beginning of this war, we have faced up to the strength of the northwest, the strength of the northwest, there is no doubt about it, although Japan is a nation with a low reputation, but they are good at learning, as early as the Tang Dynasty, because of the strength of China. And send people to come and learn, over the past few decades. When the mainland lagged behind, they came out to take advantage of it, and after they truly realized the northwest, they began the process of learning again, and moved closer to China in the way of thinking about army building in the future. Replace the original training methods with elite power and long-range firepower.

Of course, this transformation will not happen overnight, and the Japanese will complete the transformation. When a new method of warfare was formed, China had unified the whole of China and began to expand outward, under such a premise, China's threat to Japan was close at hand, or China in history, even if the army was strong, the Japanese were not afraid, China could not go to the sea, but China has a new generation of super-dreadnought production capacity with the help of Germany, or a leader in super-dreadnought, in this case, the premise that the homeland has a huge threat, All the plans of the Japanese came to naught, and the political system and political environment in the country began to change dramatically, and later, because of the great changes in their neighbors to the north, there were huge historical deviations, and they quickly changed their positions.

Now for the Japanese, the first thing is to escape, and any loss of 1 million troops is unacceptable, which is related to all the seeds of the Japanese.

Many high-ranking generals, plus some talented staff officers, almost hundreds of people gathered together, and Jae-in was a very flexible soldier, he let everyone speak freely, and strive to use the combined strength to solve the current problem.

After the Meiji Restoration in Japan, because of the important role of the army in the Meiji Restoration, coupled with the huge population, Japan naturally embarked on the track of the army, followed by exchanges with the world, attaching importance to the navy, but the foundation of the army has also taken root, after the First Sino-Japanese War, the baptism of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan's army officers are quite solid, among these soldiers, there are still some talents.

Most of the officers have gone through several rounds of military academy study, even if they are not as professional as those in the northwest, but the basic literacy is still there, and in the current situation, the Japanese government and the great powers have solved the problem of leaving, as long as they get on the ship, everything will be solved, with the current situation in the northwest, it is unlikely to turn their faces with the powers, and the most difficult thing is to get on the ship.

Every officer knows that someone must be sacrificed, but it will be extremely wonderful to whom it falls, and no one will say yes or no. After gossiping and saying a lot of unreliable plans, some bright spots and certain possibilities have been said, but unfortunately this matter is too big, no matter how it is reduced, there are at least 300,000 people, and they must stay to block it, and they must work hard to the death, not afraid of sacrifice, and one million people will stay thirty percent, or even one-third, and whoever picks will not pick whom, if one is not good, the whole army will mutiny.

The purpose of Zairen to convene a meeting is to find a solution, at least, after the merchant ships of the great powers arrived, someone broke off, in Zairen's view, there is no clue, first decide to break the components, in the moment of crisis, there must be a strong man's determination to break his wrist, otherwise, they all choose to escape, then none of them can escape.

500,000 people, this is Zairen's bottom line, as long as the more elite 500,000 can be run away, and the support of the Entente and the United States is a little greater, then everything will not be a problem, it is a big deal to catch a group of people from ordinary people, as long as you give guns and training, you don't have to worry about people who want to come.

This is Zairen's biggest headache, when he convened the staff to discuss, he was already prepared, but he was afraid of fighting to this extent, and he really didn't expect that no one would want to stay, even if he was willing to stay, he might not be able to exert all his strength, maybe the Northwest Army would surrender with a charge.

But there is not even a single one who is willing to stay, which is a bit too much, these Japanese officers mean that as long as they are allowed to stay, they will definitely not fight to the death with the northwest, and they will surrender as long as they have the opportunity.

What is this, Zairen had a headache, just when he had no clue and felt that this call had no effect, an officer who had been in the vanguard suddenly mentioned something that had nothing to do with the retreat, and it was a strange thing for him, that is, after entering Shandong, the people in the countryside ran out, and there was no one in every village. People have run away, but Shandong is one of the most densely populated provinces in the entire Chinese, second only to Henan, which is a little more dense.

The young officer's remarks immediately attracted Zairen's attention, and another lieutenant general officer also subconsciously said that they had not entered Dezhou City, but looking at the artillery battles and offensive and defensive battles between the two sides, it seemed that the other party was fighting very relaxed, even if some Japanese artillery fell into Greater Dezhou, there was not much panic, if Dezhou City was densely populated, it would definitely not be like this, this is an evacuation.

Even Texas has been evacuated, although all officers know that the war makes civilians go away, and it is very normal to evacuate people, many countries and armies do this, but it seems that the northwest has done it so thoroughly, and it really hasn't, isn't it a little too much, no matter what, a part of the personnel should be left for logistics and some necessary labor.

When these officers talked about it, they just regarded it as a very strange place, and in the current situation, they adjusted the atmosphere, and when they said this, the speaker had no intention of listening to the heart, which immediately attracted the attention of the Japanese military high-ranking and Prince Zaihito, especially several senior generals, whose eyes lit up, and it seemed that these could be combined with the retreat and used.

They called some of the officers who entered Shandong together, and after inquiring about the situation in detail, especially after entering Shandong, when the troops were divided into six roads, they walked through most of Shandong, although they only went a little deeper, but because they did not resist the relationship with the tracks, they finally chose to concentrate and attack Dezhou, the most important node guarding Shandong.

It seems that the retreat from Shandong is not an individual case, but a general thing, several high-level officials and Zairen summarized the things that were finally collected, and finally came to a conclusion, that is, the northwest has an unusual importance to the people, and this degree of attention is far more important than they imagined, and they are unwilling to bear even a little civilian loss.

This seems to be an aspect that can be used, perhaps, the industry in the northwest is developed, more manpower is needed, manpower is wealth for the northwest, maybe the northwest pays attention to the protection of civil rights, and many laws in the northwest pay attention to this.

The Japanese present are all soldiers, but among the soldiers there are also people who understand the political situation, and even the existence of some fur in the northwest, these people gathered together and came to a shocking conclusion that the northwest attaches great importance to human life, to be precise, the Chinese, far more than imagined. The soldiers are not concerned about why the Northwest should care about the lives of civilians, they just know that there is such a thing, since this is the place that the Northwest is concerned about, it is a place that the Japanese can pay attention to, if they take advantage of this, maybe they can leave and use civilians as a shield. (To be continued.) )