The Japanese received warnings from the United States and Britain, and they were also stunned, the method chosen by Prince Zaihito belonged to the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and there was no way to do it, almost 10 years ago during the Russo-Japanese War, they also did similar things, and even single-handedly triggered some massacres, but it was all right, what difference is there this time?

The only difference is that during the Russo-Japanese War of that year, there was no news at all, and after the passage of time, the influence and explosiveness were not strong, and they did not even form a hot spot in the world, so they disappeared, and now, with the gradual propaganda and purposeful promotion of the northwest, almost the whole world knows the news that the Japanese forcibly tobacle hundreds of thousands of innocent poor people, and then think of the bad deeds of the past. Once the massacre occurred, the Entente and the United States would abandon Japan as soon as possible.

After understanding the seriousness of the problem, the Japanese were also taken aback, thinking that ordinary things, after a series of operations, would become like this, but fortunately, after getting the news before, Zairen was concerned about the attitude of the Northwest Army, and did not choose radical methods, and the civilians are still relatively safe at present.

However, in order to prevent accidents, Japan also specially sent a telegram to inform Zairen of the current international voice and the attitude of various countries, telling Zairen to be careful and not to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

The Northwest Staff Department has been studying how to solve this matter for a long time, and someone foresaw it before, even Cai Ye maintained restraint and did not press the Japanese army excessively, but he did not expect it. In order to be able to go back, the Japanese army actually frantically captured nearly 700,000 people. The Japanese army, which was completely surrounded and cornered. More than 600,000 ordinary people have been arrested, what should be done and what the consequences will be, like a huge question mark, in front of everyone.

What else can I do, when the matter was reported to Yang Yuanzhao, Yang Yuanzhao didn't think much about it, and said directly, the purpose of the Japanese. It was just to leave, which is why so many civilians were captured, and in this case, in order to ensure the safety of the people, the Japanese were let go.

The final result was to let the Japanese go, which surprised the staff department, and it was easy to use a trap to trap the Japanese inside, but they were easily released. This is not a joke, after being prepared, the Japanese who come back will be even more terrifying. Besides, there are two if there is one, the future. The Japanese who have made a comeback are naturally invincible.

If you win, you will go straight ahead. Capture key cities in the northwest and earn huge economic benefits. If you lose the battle, you can simply use local materials and capture a large number of civilians, no matter how you can get out of the fight, when the time comes, no matter how strong the northwest is, can it withstand such a few times?

Regarding the worry of the General Staff, Yang Yuanzhao's reason is very simple, since he has agreed with Germany and joined the camp of the Entente, the future enemy will not only be Japan, what is Japan, the industrial share, accounting for 1% of the whole world, there is no way to produce basic weapons by himself, even Russia is inferior, such a country, if you still want to pay attention to it, the northwest will not be able to fight in the future.

For a country that is not on a level at all, and can only be called a clown, it still attaches so much importance to annihilating an army of 1 million, and what is the difference between annihilating it and not annihilating it, if you really take this as a seed and entangle a large number of military forces to come, the northwest is not afraid at all.

As for whether Japan will no longer threaten the people, Yang Yuanzhao is even more disdainful, the reason why the Japanese are allowed to enter the hinterland and have the opportunity to capture the people, the key is that Beiyang was not the territory of the revolutionary party at that time, although the northwest has infiltrated and slightly controlled, but in terms of strength, compared with the territory of the northwest, and even Shandong, which was received from Germany, it is far inferior, otherwise, even if the Japanese resort to such means, the number of people who are forcibly coerced may only be one-tenth of the current one-hundredth, or even one percent.

Now, the south is already in the middle of the attack, the attack will take about half a year at most, and all of them will be captured, and the north, with the cooperation of Beiyang, is quite smooth, as long as the northwest is given three or four months, the control of the northwest will be extended to these two places, even if the Japanese make a comeback, what awaits them will be a battlefield with strong walls and clear fields, or a strong defense against the enemy outside the country, and there will be no more the current dilemma.

Yang Yuanzhao's words made the staff of the General Staff speechless, and even enlightened, yes, after the Northwest unifies China in the future, the target is Russia, the Entente, the United States, Siberia and Southeast Asia, a huge territory, waiting for the Northwest to occupy, in this case, Japan is just an insignificant obstacle, if you also pay attention to this, what to do in the future, is it difficult, when you encounter the US Army and the British Army, you will have to surrender, that is an industrial country far above Japan?

The staff officers were greatly inspired, especially Jiang Baili, he sighed, the rise of the northwest has been unstoppable, but the mentality of the people and the military, still needs to be improved, China is no longer 10 years ago, poor and backward, by the countries of the world bullied weak and small countries, a few years of lying on the salary to taste courage, a few years of non-stop development, so that China really from the top of the industry, into a strong country, with far more than any country in the world industrial heritage and industrial product production capacity.

However, a strong industrial and output value cannot be equated with a strong country, and the mentality of the previous staff officers was like this, China is already strong enough, and the Chinese people, like China itself, should have a strong backing and foundation.

With this understanding, Yang Yuanzhao's clap was implemented very quickly, and the entire northwest immediately reached a unified opinion, that is, on the premise of rescuing the people, the Japanese could be let go.

It is possible to let it go, but there must be steps, and we must not let it go unchecked, and we must let the Japanese move freely, and we must convey the opinions of the northwest so as not to harm the innocent, otherwise, even if the northwest goes to heaven and the sea, it will destroy these Japanese soldiers, and this attitude must be there.

There was no direct contact with the Japanese, this was in a state of declaration of war, both sides had withdrawn diplomatic envoys, so they could only turn around through Britain and France.

The conditions given by the northwest are very simple, to ensure the lives of all the people, to fill in the death of 100 Japanese, the port can be opened, and the Japanese can retreat, but before the opening, at least 500,000 people must be released first, and the northwest also promises not to attack, even if the people are released, they will not attack.

In their view, the key is to withdraw these Japanese, as long as this goal is achieved, the strength of the Japanese still exists, and if they are slightly rectified, they will be able to pose a threat to China, and when the time comes, it will not be the unreliable revolutionary party and the Beiyang that will cooperate with Japan, but Russia, the steamroller of Europe.

Because he felt that this was good news, Zhu Erdian immediately transmitted the news to the Japanese side after receiving the news, but when he received the news transmitted by the British, the Japanese side had other ideas, since the northwest attached so much importance to these civilians, could they use these civilians to get better treatment, or even occupy Tianjin and not leave.

The Japanese who had to make an inch of progress made the northwest furious, and directly called the British and French ministers over, and clarified their own views, under the premise that the people were forced, the northwest could retreat, and the Japanese could leave, but this was already the final limit, and if there were other ideas, the northwest would not hesitate to fight.

However, the Japanese actually did not believe it, and after finally understanding the Japanese idea through the second pass of Britain and France, the northwest even wanted to take out the fleet that had not been completely completed but only installed weapons, desperately exposed its strength, and also annihilated the Japanese army, and put forward the idea of attacking the Japanese mainland, so that Japan would pay for the possible losses of the people.

The Northwest's tough response, especially the naked threat, took the Japanese by surprise, and although it was said that there were not enough warships in the Northwest, the Japanese fleet had already been beaten, and in this case, if the Northwest forcibly attacked the Japanese mainland, Japan would be in big trouble.

The reason why Japan has such an attitude is because of the security of its homeland, and now, under the threat of a full-scale war in the northwest, they have understood their own weakness, and they suddenly dare not say anything more, and even began to ask Britain, France, and the United States for help.

Britain, France, and the United States have also realized that Japan, as an island country, is almost in a state of undefense after losing a large number of combined fleets and cutting-edge warships, China is currently one of the countries with the highest merchant tonnage in the world, and the shipbuilding industry is also extremely developed. Even self-preservation is a problem.

In the next six months, the United States and Britain will jointly produce and transfer 470,000-ton warships for Japan, including some cutting-edge warships, such as the three super-dreadnought-class battleships that the United States is building, and a number of heavy cruisers.

After Japan got what it wanted, it returned to the negotiating table, no matter what, Japan's million-strong army was still in danger of being annihilated, and the merchant ships of the early powers had been concentrated near Tianjin. (To be continued.) )