The Japanese cabinet's plan to deal with China is divided into two factions. The army faction of Oyama and Uehara bravely believed that launching a large-scale war against China was the best opportunity. The primary purpose was to seize the entire Manchu, such as military victory and then attack the inside, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of conquering China. ([] ) Of course, Oyama is an excellent military strategist and also a clear-minded strategist. In fact, he also understood that now is not the right time to annex China, and with Japan's strength, he can defeat the entire world.

Manchu is good. If it is really as fanatical as Uehara Yuzusaki to conquer the entire China, Japan will not be able to bear such a strategic goal at all. However, Oyama Isol did not wake up this point to Uehara Yuzusaki and others. Instead, he acquiesced to the Army to inform the cabinet of this plan. What Dayama Isol thought was only to increase the bargaining chips of the Army, which was just like doing business. The Army could first offer high prices to inspire morale, and then bargain with the cabinet to ensure minimum support.

Another faction in the cabinet believes that Japan should aim to seize the entire Manchuria or Qinghai Island - Jiaozhou Bay area. The risk of occupying the entire Manchuria and even China is too great. Most of the clear-minded people think that the capture of South Manchuria is the most appropriate, so that the countries of the Allies can be restricted to local areas. For a huge China, Japan is far inferior in terms of land and population. If you want to conquer China, you can only rely on erosion to get fat, and you can only make Japan lose money if you want to conquer China.

As for the navy, its interest in South Manchuria is far less than that in Qingdao. This is what the Japanese government and the Japanese navy dreamed of. If Germany had not suddenly returned Qingshidao to China before the war, it would have probably taken action by the excuse of starting a war. Now, the fat meat that almost reached its mouth has entered the Chinese bowl, which made the Japanese Navy feel uneasy. Of course, the navy would not miss the opportunity again, and could not wait to ask the army to make adjustments to the plan. Instead, the target was placed on Qingshidao.

On the surface, the cabinet's opinions were divided into two major factions, but the other faction that opposed the army plan was divided into South Manchuria and Qingshima. The parties raised their own reasons and argued endlessly. At this time, the army side, which did not receive the majority of the cabinet, led by Oyama Iwa, and began their own plans. On October 4th, the chief of staff of the Japanese Army, Uehara Yuzuki, formally asked the emperor on the grounds of the army exercise, hoping that Emperor Taisho could come in person. Emperor Taisho, who had intellectual problems, would agree happily, and immediately scheduled to accompany Oyama Iwai to inspect the military exercises on October 5th, the next day, to inspire the morale of the imperial army.

Fengtian and Zhang Zuolin have been in a state of great anxiety these days. The Fengtian incident gave him a blow to the head. Due to the Fengtian incident, both the Japanese and the central government of Beijing were particularly dissatisfied with him. Japan kept putting pressure on Zhang Zuolin on the grounds of the Fengtian incident. Even without permission, they sent two squadrons of regular troops to settle in Fengtian City. In order to assist Zhang Zuolin to "maintain order" against Fengtian. This made Zhang Zuolin extremely angry. On the one hand, he ordered his subordinates to block the Japanese army and not allow the other party to enter Fengtian, and at the same time asked the subordinates not to conflict with the Japanese army. Try to maintain restraint. On the other hand, Zhang Zuolin contacted Kanto Prefecture through relations and tried to eliminate the misunderstandings between the two sides.

Originally, this kind of thing has not happened before, and the conflicts between China and Japan have always existed. It’s just that this time it’s a big deal. Zhang Zuolin’s method of dealing with the problem is basically the same, comforting and then comforting, not only appeaseing the people and soldiers, but also appeaseing the Japanese side. But he did not expect that the Japanese no longer listened to his explanation this time, and his attitude was tougher than before, which made Zhang Zuolin not know what to do for a while.

If this were the case, Zhang Zuolin would not have gone crazy. Not long after the Fengtian incident, the central cabinet held an emergency meeting on this. After the meeting, the Ministry of National Defense ordered Zhang Zuolin to prepare for war immediately and prevent the Japanese side from going out of war. Not only that, the Central Army's troops were mobilizing more and more frequently to Shandong, Chengde and other places, and a strong smell of gunpowder had already smelled between China and Japan.

"Mom, let me slap..."

Zhang Zuolin's Grand Marshal's Mansion, bursts of angry "Male, Bazi" kept coming from the house. The soldiers standing outside the door seemed to have not heard it, and still stood straight on both sides.

"Master, what should I do now?" A group of people sat in the house, each carrying the generals on his shoulders. These people were all military chiefs under Zhang Zuolin, and of course, there were several of his sworn brothers.

"What should I do? I want to have a cold meal!" Zhang Zuolin stomped his feet in anger. He was more concerned about the influence on the weekdays and now he is fully buttoned in his military uniform, with his arms open on his chest and his hands stuck in his waist.

"The Japanese are too bullying. In my opinion, it's better to listen to the central government and have a fight with them!" Tang Yulin slapped the table with a bandit-like spirit and suggested. He was as open as Zhang Zuolin, but Zhang Zuolin didn't care about this this time.

"Fight? What to fight? Our army has just been adapted. The brothers below are not trained enough. Although there is no shortage of weapons, it is really bad to fight with the Japanese! Besides, it would be fine if you win the fight. What if you lose? In the end, there is no soldiers in your hands, what else can you settle down in the future?" Zhang Jinghui shook his head and objected. The first one disagrees with Tang Yulin's suggestion. In his opinion, the central government clearly wanted them to fight against the Japanese. This transaction is not a good thing, no matter how winning or losing.

"That's right, the Central Committee is playing with brothers as monkeys. They pay for money and weapons, and let their brothers have their lives to fight against the Japanese. This is a good plan. Do they treat brothers as fools?" Sun Liechen nodded repeatedly. His thoughts were similar to Zhang Jinghui. Is this Japanese so easy to fight? They had experienced the war between Japan and Tsarist Russia in Northeast China. Tsarist Russia had never been able to fight against the Japanese. The Central Committee asked them to compete with the Japanese to fight against the Japanese. Isn't this let them die? Moreover, these people from beards all have the habit of preserving their strength and letting them take out their old capital to fight with the Japanese. This is simply impossible.

Zhang Jinghui and Sun Liechen strongly opposed it, and even made a bad idea on the spot to pull the team to run to Beiman if they turned against each other. Zhang Zuolin immediately frowned and his face became gloomy. He looked at the few people who had not spoken, including Zhang Zuoling. Among the people present, he knew most clearly that Zhang Zuolin was thinking, but for consideration, Zhang Zuolin did not directly point Zhang Zuoling, but turned his attention to Yang Yuting, the Chief of Staff sitting aside.

"Lin Ge, you have always been very intelligent. If you have any ideas, just talk about them."

Yang Yuting never expected Zhang Zuolin to name him directly. Although he was the chief of staff, he was considered to be a high position in the seat. However, in Zhang Zuolin's troops, the chief of staff was not very powerful. He said he was the chief of staff, but in fact he was just a senator. Yang Yuting smiled bitterly.

Yang Yuting had long thought about the current situation, and he knew Zhang Zuolin's thoughts. The current situation is both critical to Zhang Zuolin and Fengtian. Whether it is to fight or not, Zhang Zuolin is under great pressure. Although Zhang Zuolin is a bearded person, he can be regarded as a hero of grassroots. He gave in to the Japanese step by step or even escaped in the face of the battle. Zhang Zuolin would never be able to do such a thing. After so many years of Fengtian City, Zhang Zuolin would have to give an explanation to the people of Fengtian, even the Northeast, the whole country and the central government. However, if he suppressed his capital and fought with the Japanese, Yang Yuting's understanding of Zhang Zuolin was not his style.

"Since the commander asked me to say it, I'll just say a few words." After a round of his mind, Yang Yuting cleared his throat and spoke. He first told the situation in front of him, and then scolded the Japanese for being arrogant and unreasonable. He said with a firm stand that he must not be too weak to the Japanese. The whole army should take it as his responsibility to protect the people and serve the country.

After these big talks were finished, Yang Yuting changed his mind and talked about tactical issues. Although the Fengtian army has changed from a reorganized division to a group army, compared with the powerful Japan, their group army, which had just been adapted for a short time, is far from an opponent. Not to mention that Japan has the possibility of increasing troops, it is not easy to deal with just a division of the Japanese army stationed in Kanto Prefecture. Moreover, Japan has Manchuria garrison troops in the Northeast, and these forces are almost equal to them. In this case, it is not a good idea to fight head-on with the other side. Once the war officially starts, it will inevitably suffer huge losses, and the teams under their command may even disappear.

"I said to Yang Xiucai, are you going to fight or not?" Yang Yuting said a lot of words in a fog, and Tang Yulin and others were all straightened. Finally, Tang Yulin, who couldn't help but jumped up and asked him.

"Either fight, don't fight..." Yang Yuting replied with a smile.

"Stop and stop... Why can't you understand this? Yang Xiucai, can you say something that everyone can understand?"

"Haha, it's actually very simple. I mean that fighting must be fought. If we don't fight, we can't explain to the central government to the people, let alone the brothers below. The little Japanese have all rode around the neck of our Chinese, and the central government has already ordered it. How can it be reasonable to not fight?" After a pause, Yang Yuting said again: "But everyone also knows what strength the Japanese are. If our army wants to block the Japanese attack, it may be okay once or twice. Once Japan increases its troops, it will inevitably lead to a major collapse. So what Yang said just now is that if we really fight, our army should also preserve its strength and make all subsequent preparations to avoid falling into trouble and leading to the annihilation of the entire army." (To be continued...)

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