After all, the Japanese imperial family is different from the military, and the invitation of the imperial family does not conflict with the hostility of the military, and Japan has always been a country with greater military power than imperial power. In order to protect Wang Maoru, the Military Intelligence Department of the Chinese National Defense Forces, an intelligence agency responsible for overseas affairs, has also spent a lot of energy to be responsible for protecting the entire process, and at the same time has received some information that the Japanese military hopes to give Wang Maoru some color to see and frustrate Wang Maoru's Chinese spirit. But the Japanese side had no intention of assassinating Wang Maoru, and if they really did this, then Japan's image abroad would be too bad. Of course, more importantly, if Wang Maoru dies, the interests of the Americans in China will be greatly damaged, and the Lianyungang-Dihua railway in Xinjiang may be interrupted, and the United States will lose at least $200 million. Therefore, everyone believes that although some incidents will occur during this rhetorical question, the group has no worries about their lives and does not need to be nervous.

Chinese Defense Minister Wang Maoru's visit to Japan has been publicized among the Chinese and Japanese media for a week, and although even many veterans of the First Sino-Japanese War have gone to the door of the Ministry of National Defense to tell Wang Maoru not to go to Japan, Wang Maoru is still determined. This is a state visit, not a private matter, let alone a war, this is a contest of wills.

On February 11, the 11th year of the Republic of China, under the farewell of President Sun Liwen, Wang Maoru, Minister of National Defense, and his entourage came to Tianjin to board the battleship Asterisk Old Man of the National Defense Coast Guard, and the frigates included the destroyer Kalehe, the destroyer Banshee, the cruiser Haiqi, the cruiser Zhaohe, and two supply ships, a total of seven warships, and a fleet of seven warships to Japan. Participated in the enthronement ceremony of Crown Prince Hirohito as regent of Japan.

Boarding the battleship, Wang Maoru naturally wanted to make an inspection, and the fleet commander who traveled this time was Yuan Fangqiao, the captain of the battleship Old Man Star. Yuan Fangqiao, Shandong Rong adult. In 1907, he was admitted to the fourth driving class of Yantai Naval Academy. In 1917, he served as the first mate of the Haiqi, and in 1920, after the Guangdong Revolutionary Government Navy was annexed by the Wehrmacht, he was born as the captain of the Haiqi, and then Shen Honglie, chief of the general staff of the Wehrmacht Coast Guard, promoted two people to serve as the captain of the battleship Asterisk and the captain of the battleship Revenge in order to suppress the Fujian Navy, respectively Yuan Fangqiao and Ling Xiao, of which Yuan Fangqiao graduated from Yantai Naval Academy in Shandong, and Ling Xiao was Shen Honglie's classmate when he was studying in Japan.

The dispute between the Min and non-Min families in the navy has been going on for a long time, and Wang Maoru has naturally heard about it for a long time. His idea is that whether it is a Fujian navy or a non-Fujian navy, in the end there is only one department of the navy, and that is the national defense force system. Therefore, his Qinhuangdao Naval University finally merged the Yantai Naval Academy and the Fujian Mawei Naval University, and the naval talents from the north and south finally converged in one school, and there was no longer the so-called dispute between the Fujian and non-Fujian families. Of course, at this stage. The cadets of Qinhuangdao Naval University are still studying. It will not be possible to take on any important position in a few years, but in time it will certainly be possible to replace these two groups of "veterans" who are fighting each other.

Wang Maoru once again inspected the battleship Old Man Star, and when he inspected the sailors' room, he saw a small room filled with twenty sailors, and said in surprise: "Can twenty people live here?" ”

"No, not twenty people." Yuan Fangqiao said.

"But there are twenty beds here." Wang Maoru said.

Yuan Fangqiao said: "But they are twenty sailors, handsome. ”

Wang Maoru ......

The visiting fleet sailed from the morning and arrived at the Japanese-occupied port of Dalian in the afternoon. Coal is added here. Japan's Kanto Prefecture Governor Yama Prefecture Isaburo, Kwantung Army Commander Kawai Cao, and Chief of Staff Fukuhara Yoshiya invited Wang Maoru to the Sakura Hotel. The Kwantung Army held a banquet for the friendly Chinese delegation.

The entourage immediately advised Wang Maoru not to go to prevent the Kwantung Army from assassinating and assassinating, Wang Maoru laughed and said: "Aim the cannon at the ammunition depot of the Japanese Kwantung Army, and if they assassinate me, they will directly bomb the mother." Later, Wang Maoru led his entourage to the Sakura Hotel for a banquet, in fact, Wang Maoru knew that the Japanese would never have a direct conflict with China at this time. The Japanese may send assassins to assassins, but they will never assassinate themselves while he is attending a banquet. Because Japan is now in the midst of a civil war, its national strength has been greatly damaged, and as soon as the conflict with the British has been resolved, its own country has made a fuss.

Wang Maoru was accompanied by He Rufei, director of the General Military Affairs Department, Li Delin, director of the Security General Headquarters, Yang Du, secretary general, Zhang Yiwei, director of the General Administration of Anti-Smoking, Dai Zhangxun, director of the Operations Department, Jiang Weiguang, director of the Communications Department, Ye Xun, director of the Military Intelligence Department, and various staff officers, totaling 34 people.

After coming to the Dalian Sakura Hotel, Wang Maoru had just gotten out of the car, and the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Yoshiya Fukuhara, won over, and said with a smile in the Northeast dialect with a Jiaodong accent: "Welcome to the territory of Japan, Your Excellency Wang Maoru, Honorable Minister of National Defense of China." ”

His words caused a commotion among the officers behind Wang Maoru, and everyone was extremely angry, the land under their feet was Chinese territory, but it was indeed ceded to Japan and became Japan's Kwantung Prefecture, how could this not make the soldiers feel ashamed. Yoshiya Fukuhara's words show that in fact, in the hearts of the Japanese, China is still a defeated country, and we can treat you well but not respect you.

Wang Maoru replied with a sneer: "I am also very happy to return to Dalian Port, and I sincerely thank my Japanese friends for building Dalian Port so neatly and cleanly, the Japanese are really worthy of being the best workers in the world, Heilongjiang Railway and Shandong Railway, you have made great contributions." ”

"What!" According to the "Nine-Power Pact", the Shandong and Heilongjiang railways were all handed back to China, and Japan had worked hard for three years in vain, and he compared the two railways to Dalian not only angered the Japanese, but also showed that one day Dalian would return to China's embrace like the two railways. The Japanese were angry in their ears when they heard it, but they couldn't express it, so they had to grit their teeth and stare at Wang Maoru.

The two bodyguards behind Wang Maoru were always vigilant, one was Ye Nanfei, the most outstanding disciple trained by Li Beicang, the master of the Yanzi Sect in the past few years, and the other was Liu Dong Huaiqing, the disciple of the sharpshooter Li Shuwen. Speaking of which, Li Shuwen and Wang Maoru were originally a pair of enemies, when Li Shuwen served as the chief martial arts instructor under Xu Lanzhou and led the death squad, he caused trouble for Wang Maoru, but he was still defeated by Wang Maoru's modern army. Li Shuwen has always been unconvinced, Wang Maoru did not defeat him head-on, but since the reunification of the Republic of China, Xu Lanzhou ran to Li Shuwen's house after becoming the vice minister of sports and asked him to go out of the mountain to serve as the president of the Chinese Martial Arts Association. Li Shuwen also gradually understood that in fact, he and Wang Maoru were angry because they lost to him, and they didn't think about why they lost to him.

After Xu Lanzhou praised Wang Maoru's actions, Li Shuwen sighed and said: "I am a reckless man, and Xiusheng is a national soldier." Therefore, Li Shuwen heard that Wang Maoru was going to Japan this time, and was afraid that Wang Maoru would be assassinated by the Japanese, so he sent his disciple Dong Huaiqing, who was only 18 years old although he was young but had the greatest potential.

Li Shuwen said to Dong Huaiqing before leaving: "On this trip to Dongying, the Japanese will definitely try to assassinate General Shangwu, General Shangwu is the face of China, you are fighting for your life, and you can't let the Japanese hurt him half a point." ”

This time, the murderous aura generated by the surrounding Japanese made Dong Huaiqing's eyes open angrily, and he forgot it coldly, ready to destroy those reckless Japan under the steel gun behind his hand at any time. And the two steel darts in the hands of Ye Nanfei, a Yanzimen person, are also ready at any time, Yanzimen has three uniques, light power hidden weapon plus chain foot, Ye Nanfei's secret weapon kung fu is more powerful than that of his master Li Beicang, his secret weapon is a steel dart with a middle finger length, and there are steel darts densely hung on his body, which can be made into an armor on his body. Ye Nanfei is only seventeen years old, he has been practicing martial arts since he was three years old, and has been following behind Li Beicang, wearing a child's skill to protect the body, and his personality is stubborn and extreme, although his talent is not high, but his achievements are the highest among the young brothers, and his martial arts are the most powerful among the brothers.

Fortunately, although the Japanese are angry, they are not reckless, or they can't be reckless now, Fukuhara Yoshiya suddenly laughed and said: "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief's words are still so sharp, not less than back then." ”

"Back then?"

Fukuhara Yoshiya said: "I had the honor to listen to General Shangwu's speech in Harbin back then, and his words were sharp and sharp. ”

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "People respect me for a foot, and I am a foot for me." ”

"General, please." Yoshiya Fukuhara's face showed the polite smile that is customary for the Japanese, very standard and kind, but this smile carries a deep guard and indifference that rejects people from thousands of miles away.

Wang Maoru and Fukuhara Yoshiya walked into the Sakura Hotel together, after entering the door, the Kanto Governor Yama Prefecture Isaburo in elegant suits and the Japanese Kwantung Army Commander Kawai Cao in military uniform stood on the main seat, Yama County Isaburo stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "General Shangwu, welcome to your arrival." ”

Wang Maoru also hurriedly greeted him, and then entered the banquet, because the Kanto Prefecture Governor Isaburo once studied in the United Kingdom, and has been serving as a noble parliamentarian after returning to China, he has a very heavy literati temperament, and thinks that the Western set is advanced, and this welcome reception is also a Western-style banquet form.

Yama Prefecture Isaro is actually not easy to do in the Kwantung Prefecture, the commander of the Kwantung Army seems to be more representative of the authority of the Kwantung Prefecture, how can this literati in Yama County be held hostage by the military? This arrangement, Yamaguchi Isaburo also made great efforts to bring relations between China and Japan closer, after all, Kanto Prefecture is closer to China, and 80 percent of its residents are Chinese people. If the conflict between China and Japan broke out and the Chinese workers went on strike, the factories in Kanto Prefecture would have to stop.