A flash of red flashed on Muto Zhang's face, but he stubbornly cried out and shouted: "Isn't it enough to give up some of our interests, we give up Jiangnan, south of the Yellow River, and Guangzhou?" Since the Qing War, the imperial army has won every foreign attack and is invincible, and this belief in victory has been bought with the blood of millions of soldiers, and once it is defeated, it will be even more difficult to rebuild the confidence of the people. ”

Itagaki was so angry that he almost laughed, there was still this kind of theory, and before he could speak, Shirai, the head of the strategy section, stood up and counterattacked: "The current anti-Chinese sentiment is very high, the territory of China is vast, and to completely occupy China, there must be no less than three million people, and the long-term war is a foregone conclusion, we will retreat a little now, end the China incident, and let Your Majesty feel relieved." ”

"How can you say that?" Tojo stood up and shouted: "This kind of defeatist mood is the worst, the emperor [***] people should be confident in victory!" ”

"I think North China can not live up to the army," Itagaki saw that he was a little off topic, and immediately pulled the topic back: "North China is flat, the only obstacle is the Great Wall, our army is stationed on the Great Wall, but if there is anything, the army can reach Beiping in two days." ”

"The GCD army now occupies most of North China, if we don't garrison troops, how can the security of Mongolia and Manchuria be maintained?" Tojo asked unequivocally.

"It is precisely because the GCD army controls most of North China that the imperial army cannot garrison North China, but has to let the GMD army of China be stationed in North China." Itagaki looked down on Tojo even more in his heart, and he couldn't even think of such a clear thing, that is, he was a high-class soldier.

"Itagaki, tell me what you think." Chief of Staff Sugiyama Mototo saw that Tojo was stunned, so he opened his mouth to relieve the siege for him.

"Your Excellency," Itagaki was still full of respect for Sugiyama Moto, turned around and saluted him slightly, his eyes first glanced at Tojo with contempt, and then said: "This is not simple, the union of Chiang Kai-shek and GCD is forced by the pressure of the imperial army, once the pressure of the imperial army disappears, the contradictions between them will definitely break out again, GCD controls North China, Chiang Kai-shek will not be reconciled, he will re-start the war with GCD, and the civil war in China will break out again." ”

After Itagaki finished speaking, the conference room was silent again, Tojo looked a little embarrassed, Shunroku Hata nodded in his heart, Itagaki's analysis was not wrong, he cleared his throat: "Itagaki-kun is worthy of being a branch of China, and he understands the affairs of China thoroughly, I think this strategy works." ”

"What if Chiang Kai-shek doesn't go to war with GCD?" Tojo asked a little unwillingly.

"Impossible, the treaty clearly stipulates that China will form a [***] defense alliance, and with the imperial army supporting him, he will definitely go to war with GCD." Itagaki said with great certainty, and then he changed his tone: "Muto-kun once said that China is vast, the population is large, the empire is strong, but the strategic depth is small, the resources are poor, and the best situation is that China has civil strife, so we give up the North China garrison, and the seeds of China's civil strife are planted." ”

As soon as Itagaki said this, the surrounding air suddenly relaxed a lot, and Shunroku Hata felt that it was time, so he spoke: "Since this is the case, this matter is settled, and I will report to the prime minister and agree to the treaty between Kagesa and Imai." ”

Tojo's fierce eyes glared at Itagaki, but in the end he didn't open his mouth to object, Itagaki breathed lightly, but there was no joy in his expression, and the same Shunroku Hata did not relax at all.

After the battle meeting, Sugiyama Moto's stomach trembled, and he took the lead in leaving, Tojo also followed in high spirits, but Shunroku Hata and Itagaki walked behind, and the staff officers talked excitedly about the counterattack, saying that the army was taking Soviet Russia as an imaginary enemy, and the generals of the army had always wanted to fight with the Soviet army, and now they finally had a chance.

Kagesazhen Showa and Imai Takeo also finally breathed a sigh of relief, and negotiated the next steps with Gao Zongwu, and the two sides reached an agreement, first, Prime Minister Minai issued a statement, and then Wang Jingwei left Yucheng to Hanoi, and issued a statement accordingly, and then Long Yun issued a statement in southern Yunnan in support, Wang Jingwei returned to southern Yunnan to form a new political axe, and the new political axe immediately began peace talks with Yueben, and the two sides announced the content of the treaty, and then the army began to withdraw from Guangdong and Guangxi to make way for the new political axe, and at the same time establish prestige for the new political axe, in addition, The Yue Army was responsible for training ten divisions of troops for the New Deal Axe in two years, and the equipment was completely modeled after the Yue Army; After the New Deal Axe had the ability to defend itself, the army withdrew from Nanjing and Shanghai, and the New Deal Axe returned to Nanjing, and the Army handed over the Nanjing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Delta to the New Deal Axe; Next, it is said that Ben will assist the new political axe to expand the army to 30 divisions, and then transfer Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other places to the new political axe, at this moment Chiang Kai-shek's political axe will definitely be divided, if Chiang Kai-shek goes to the sea, the new political axe and the Yucheng political axe will merge, and the army will transfer the rest of the occupied areas to the new political axe, and the two sides will restore peace.

After the 21st Army occupied Guangzhou, it immediately expanded to the periphery of Guangzhou, occupied Chaoshan to the east, and attacked the Guangdong-Guizhou border to the west.

After Ando Toshikichi took office, he was not satisfied with stopping in Guangdong, and transferred an additional mixed brigade from Taiwan to cooperate with the Marine Corps and the 51st Division, totaling more than 30,000 people, to land in Qinzhou Bay and conquer Nanning in one fell swoop.

Gao Zongwu came out of the East Asia Trading Company, feeling extremely comfortable and proud, and in the past year, he took the risk to travel back and forth to Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong several times, and finally accomplished this great thing for the benefit of the country and the people.

The war in Guangxi postponed the Fourth Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee, which was originally scheduled to be held in mid-April, and the war was not going well, so Chiang Kai-shek was anxious and took the risk of flying to Liuzhou to hold an operational conference in Liuzhou, where Zhuang Jihua in Guizhou was also recruited by him to Liuzhou to participate in the operational meeting.

The meeting was held from morning to night, and the meeting was dismissed when it was slightly dark, Chiang Kai-shek returned to the camp with a gloomy face, and Bai Chongxi's face was also not good-looking, at the meeting, Bai Chongxi asked that the 21st Group Army of the Gui Department be transferred back to Guangxi to fight, but the 21st Group Army was placed in Dabie Mountain by Li Zongren, and now it cannot be transferred back at all. Therefore, Bai Chongxi demanded that a new group army be formed in Guangxi, and the equipment would be modeled after the 49th Group Army. This demand provoked Chiang Kai-shek, and the Central Army did not have any troops equipped like the 49th Group Army, which Zhuang Jihua equipped out of his own pocket.

In the end, Zhuang Jihua and Zhang Fakui, commander of the Fourth Theater (under the jurisdiction of Guangdong and Fujian), persuaded at the same time, which calmed down the matter, and finally the two sides compromised and organized a new army in Guangxi, with two divisions, three brigades and nine regiments, with a total of 30,000 troops, all of which were made in Chongqing and equipped with a 105mm heavy artillery regiment.

Bai Chongxi believed that Guangxi had the ability to organize an army, and Guangxi also had a reserve, but his reserve force existed in the situation of a militia group; during the Liangguang Incident, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi gave an order, and Guangxi was organized into more than 200,000 troops; at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Guangxi had only two armies, and three months later it was organized into four armies of more than 100,000 people.

The new army passed, but after all, this is far from quenching the thirst, Chiang Kai-shek hit the idea of Zhuang Jihua's new army that was being trained, but Zhuang Jihua refused, the reason is very simple, this army is not equipped, and it cannot go to the battlefield at all. In the end, Chiang Kai-shek finally agreed to transfer the Fifth Army (the Fifth Army was downsized) and Yang Sen's 20th Army, which had been reorganized on the Hunan-Hubei border, to the Guangxi battlefield.

After Chiang Kai-shek entered the door, he took off his hat and fell on the table, the guards hurriedly brought tea, he took it and drank it, "poof" squirted, he was furious, and put the teacup on the ground, "You want to burn me!" ”

The guards didn't dare to answer, standing there with a pale face, Chen Bui hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Chairman, don't be angry, Bai Jiansheng, it's not the first time you know him, you can't be angry like this." ”

"Mr. Weilei is right," Lin Wei waved his hand and motioned for the guard to hurry up, the guard was very smart, and he happened to run into Zhuang Jihua when he went out, and hurriedly reminded him: "Senior, be careful, the commission is angry." ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled lightly, nodded at him and went in. Chiang Kai-shek saw Zhuang Jihua coming in, and he was still very indifferent, so he came out angrily, snorted heavily, and turned his head away from him.

"Headmaster, you're still angry with the students." Zhuang Jihua said with a smile, took the tea brought by the guards again, and sent it to Chiang Kai-shek: "You have to be considerate of the students, the Materials Bureau has taken away all the materials, Huang Botao's troops are all old sleeves, and even some of them are singles from the former Qing Dynasty, can he go to the battlefield with such troops?" What's more, the reorganization of Guizhou's security regiment is at a critical time, and without this army in the town at this time, those little devils dare not make trouble. ”

Since the dismissal of Zhuang Jihua as the provincial chairman, this kid has been hiding in Guizhou, and he didn't go, let him come to this meeting, but he actually pushed back and didn't express his opinions when he came, and Huang Botao was actually blocked back by him in person.

"Cultural Revolution, the chairman is not angry with you," Lin Wei opened his eyes and said nonsense: "He is worried about the war situation, saying that the army occupies Nanning, and then to the north is Liuzhou, if they open up contact with Guangdong, it will be difficult to fight in the future." ”

"Actually, the principal of Guangxi doesn't have to worry about it, just leave it to Bai Chongxi," Zhuang Jihua's tone was flat: "Guangxi is the nest of his Gui family, if he doesn't try his best to fight well, the Gui family will be gone." ”

"The truth is this," Chen Bui interjected: "It is precisely when the chairman of the committee saw this that he handed over the Liuzhou camp to Bai Chongxi, but as soon as Bai Chongxi came up, he opened his mouth widely, according to Bai Jiansheng's method, it will take a year or two, and I am afraid that the things of the Material Bureau will have to be moved to Guangxi." ”

"There is actually no flaw in Bai Jiansheng's deployment," Zhuang Jihua said: "If you want to talk about the loopholes, it is in the 100,000 mountains, the logistics supplies of the army are transported from Qinzhou to Nanning, and they have to pass through the 100,000 mountains, and a force can be sent to guerrilla attacks there to cut off his supply line." ”

"Then why didn't you say it at the meeting?" Chiang Kai-shek turned his head and asked.

(To be continued)