Chapter 1043: Sinister intentions
The style of painting is wrong, until the revolutionary party declared war, the top of the revolutionary party, did not react, doesn't say, will only be passively beaten, doesn't it say that it will only swallow the bitter fruit, how can it declare war now, no matter how greedy it is, the northwest is strong, the revolutionary party still sees it, just tell the war situation, let the whole revolutionary party under the rule of the masses fluctuate, if the news of the northwest declaration of war comes, some low-level people, maybe just run away.
The first thing that the revolutionary party in a panic could think of was that it controlled the means of the media, and the newspapers that publicized the war were basically banned by the revolutionary party, so that the area of the revolutionary party was only a voice, and this aspect could not be entered, and the pervasive radio, the loudspeakers all over the streets and alleys of the city, directly tore apart and crumpled the war situation at this station, the faces of the revolutionary party leaders, and their despicable undeclared war.
In the scope of the revolutionary party, there are only 60 million left, and some of them are full of illusions about the revolutionary party, perhaps, this is also a good destination, some dare to porcelain is reluctant to build a foundation, some are reluctant to hometown, in short, all kinds of reasons.
In fact, slowly, under the premise of increasing people-to-people exchanges and going home to visit relatives, as long as it is not too remote in the border towns, there are people working and living in the northwest, and in a few years, more and more people know that the northwest is strong and developed, some people have moved to the past, and the rest are also under consideration.
Now, the revolutionary party has broken this balance and is on fire with the powerful Northwest, which is no match for the Northwest at all. The Northwest can easily resist the million-strong army of Russia, and it should not be a problem to solve the revolutionary party, of course, they do not know that the revolutionary party has lost almost 200,000 troops. It also included several model armies propagated by the Revolutionary Party and part of the Japanese army.
Disillusioned, peace is gone, and the news that the big ship of the revolutionary party is about to go silent, fueled by the radio and some low-level intelligence service personnel, has become a hot topic in the south, in the streets and alleys, what is the 3 million army in the northwest, when it fought against Russia, it was only 300,000. The news of the annihilation of the 180,000 troops of the Revolutionary Party, including the two Japanese brigades, is also spreading, and it is said that there are noses and eyes, and most of the people know about such a multi-pronged approach. A war with the Northwest is not a good thing, at least along with the war. The South can't stay any longer.
A large-scale exodus began, not to mention fleeing to the northwest region, at least, in the cities, it was better to stay longer and flee to the countryside. At least there will be no fierce fighting.
Nanjing, the base camp and core of the revolutionary party, there are also smart people, some high-level members of the revolutionary party. Or the well-informed people began to flee, including even many of the top leaders of the Revolutionary Party.
In the face of such a chaotic situation, Sun Dacang and Huang Xing of the revolutionary party also had a way to extinguish them, and their position, coupled with the current situation, has not yet reached the time to leave, but if this situation continues to be chaotic, it is difficult to say.
On a tense morning, the closed-door meeting did not come out of anything, but only made an appointment with the Japanese minister and asked them to take action on the Shandong side, but what they got was the reply that they had already done it, and the Japanese army, which had at least 1 million troops, launched a forcible attack on the first division of the Northwest Army in Shandong, and it was estimated that in a day or two, the news of the outbreak of war would come over.
The attitude of the Japanese made the revolutionary party feel at ease, and Britain, France, the United States, and Russia, which reacted to it, also began to support the revolutionary party.
The representatives of Britain, France, the United States, and Russia asked to meet Sun Da Cannon, and although the incident happened suddenly, they all reacted with half a day's reaction, and they all reacted that the threat of the northwest to the revolutionary party was real, and even the strength of the northwest displayed in the military parade now was not something that the revolutionary party could deal with.
Although the South is not a decisive part of the Northwest in supporting Japan and Russia in dealing with the Northwest, the South is related to the interests of the Entente in China and East Asia, whether it is Hong Kong in Britain or the Indochina Peninsula in France, which cannot be lost, and many open ports and concessions in China are also in the South, and the South is the last barrier.
The sudden invitation of the great powers, so that Sun Cannon was stunned at the same time, and at the same time, he was overjoyed, attacking Wuxi and Zhenjiang, which had already made him anxious, at this time, any help was very important, not to mention, this help came from the powers.
The meeting between the great powers and Sun Cannon was relatively pleasant between the guests and the hosts, because the great powers brought real support, Britain, France, the United States and Russia, in the whole of China, cobbled together almost 12 divisions of arms, and then there were heavy weapons including 200 heavy guns of more than 100 mm, and this support even exceeded Japan's support for the revolutionary party.
Originally, it was just hoping to seek some kind of support, but the spiritual support turned into real support, and the confidence of the revolutionary party was greatly increased by such a large number of arms, including artillery pieces of more than 100 mm, which were simply difficult for China to obtain before.
After the conference, Britain, France, Russia and the United States signed a support agreement with the Revolutionary Party, whereby the South of the Revolutionary Party would give Britain, France, Russia and the United States the most-favored-nation status and all support, while Britain, France, Russia and the United States would support the Revolutionary Party and call on the Northwest not to cross the line.
The minutes of this meeting, transmitted to all parts of the world through radio waves, and naturally spread to the northwest, and the great powers reacted so quickly and directly gave the revolutionary party huge support, and the northwest was noncommittal, and the great powers almost tore the company, and in this case, it was all the more necessary to remain vigilant, and the vigilance was, of course, the great powers, not the revolutionary party.
In the first battle of Zhenjiang in Wuxi, the clumsy performance of the revolutionary party army has proved that they are really a rabble, and it is impossible for them to have the strength to resist the northwest soldiers.
Sometimes, Yang Yuanzhao even wondered with bad taste that when Nanjing was captured by the Third Army and the battle of Wuxi Zhenjiang could be announced, would the diplomats of Britain, France, Russia and the United States regret it because of such a hasty decision?
However, the overreaction of Britain, France, Russia and the United States still made Yang Yuanzhao quite vigilant, among Britain, France, Russia and the United States, it should be Britain and France that should dominate Britain and France, only Britain and France in the whole of southern China, have huge interests, including numerous concessions, spheres of influence, foreign banks and mines, which can create huge wealth every year, the northwest is not interested in the great powers and colonization at all, for the independence of Mongolia, when the strength is not strong, blatantly confronting Russia, they put forward a trade request, although they agreed, but only access, Competition is also needed, which makes Britain and France, which are both inferior in foreign competition, unable to resist the northwest, in fact, the level of foreign investment in the northwest is almost zero.
In this case, panic breeds, China is a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society, and Britain, France, Russia and the United States have huge interests in China, especially in the south, once occupied by the northwest, it will cease to exist.
Profit is enough to breed evil, especially if the interests reach a certain level, the great powers are willing to do anything.
Yang Yuanzhao's first thought is Shanghai, if we say that among the current forces in the northwest, there are not completely within the northwest sphere of influence, that is, Shanghai, not only Jiangnan Shipyard, is China, and even the world's largest civil shipyard, starting from the construction, a large number of projects will be built every year, now not only including Wusongkou, Chongming Island, and most of Pudong, such a huge land, more than 40 docks of more than 10,000 tons, the use of workers reached 270,000.
In addition to the Jiangnan Shipyard, the newly built steel plant is also a place of huge investment and personnel, with a total number of more than 80,000 people, and the huge steel plant is also a huge wealth.
Now, the great powers believe that the situation is still under control, at least, the south has not been completely lost, but once the news of the capture of Nanjing leaks out, what choice will the great powers make on the premise that the south is a soft persimmon and cannot resist the northwest.
Thinking almost on the heels, the great powers will never stand by and hand over Shanghai and the entire Chinese concession to China, then resistance and rebound are necessary, although the great powers are freed from the European war, it is impossible to intervene in East Asia on a large scale, but it is completely feasible to take Shanghai as the main target and carry out a retaliation, in that case, as long as a part of the troops is transferred, in the case of surprise, there will be large-scale destruction of Shanghai, not only the concession, but also the shipyards and steel works.
Yang Yuanzhao, who had just woken up from a dream, became serious, Shanghai is an important place, not only may be the leader of the Yangtze River basin in the future, but also become China's largest port in the future, any damage is unacceptable, almost immediately, the situation was reported to the General Staff.
The Northwest General Staff attached great importance to it, and after several rounds of research, it found that this possibility was very high, and secretly transferred two divisions of troops to enter Shanghai from the open sea through Qingdao, so as to increase Shanghai's defense and prevent the great powers from jumping over the wall.
The purpose of the special forces entering Nanjing is to take the lead and to prevent the high-level of the revolutionary party from escaping, and now a high-ranking revolutionary party member who has been blacklisted is suddenly preparing to leave Nanjing. (To be continued......)