Yan Xishan, who was known as the Shanxi roly-doll in history, was reading the telegram sent by the messenger in his coat.
When he finished reading the contents of the entire telegram, he had a clear understanding of the seriousness of this incident.
Previously, Chu Yunfei had informed them about the Japanese's Yoshikawa United Army's movements and their ambitions.
However, due to Generalissimo Jiang's strategic policy of first stabilizing the country, they did not take this information too seriously.
Now that the Japanese's Yoshikawa regiment had been destroyed, it might have something to do with Chu Yunfei.
Thinking of this, Yan Xishan immediately sent someone to the station of the 358th Regiment to investigate the situation in detail.
Fighting with the Japanese was a very serious problem for the current situation in the country.
On the Shaanxi side, under the suppression of Old Jiang, the commies were gradually losing ground.
If there weren't too many problems, there was a possibility of being destroyed.
As long as they could get rid of this major threat to Generalissimo Jiang, perhaps that would be the time for an all-out war.
However, for Generalissimo Jiang, it was still far from the time to start a war.
The country had just been temporarily unified on the surface, but there were still warlords in the entire national regime.
Moreover, there were quite a number of them.
Therefore, Generalissimo Jiang was in a lot of trouble.
He still needed time to sort everything out.
As the King of Shanxi, Yan Xishan's position was the closest to the Japanese army.
Shanxi would definitely be one of the main battlefields if they were to start a war with Japan.
For a moment, he felt some resentment towards his beloved general.
At the same time that Yan Xishan received the telegram, Chu Yunfei of the 538th Regiment of the Jin Suijun also received the inquiry telegram.
The recon company of the 358th Regiment had just received the news of the Yoshikawa Regiment's destruction from the frontline and was about to report it. But now, he received an inquiry letter from the higher-ups.
This made Chu Yunfei very puzzled.
When he saw the Japanese in the telegram saying that his troops had ambushed the Yoshikawa regiment, he was even more stunned.
However, this was an order from his superiors, so he did not dare to neglect it.
He immediately got someone to contact the two battalions.
However, the news he received was that no one had made a move.
After making sure that his troops didn't make a move, Chu Yunfei once again reported his situation to Yan Xishan and the Nanjing committee member, Jiang Chen.
After sending the telegram, Chu Yunfei's mind was filled with a name.
Zhang Clan Fort.
In the entire One-Line-Sky, other than the 358th Regiment, there was only the mysterious force of the Zhang Clan Fort.
He had always thought that this was a civilian organization.
But now, Chu Yunfei was even more curious about the entire Zhang Clan Fort.
Nanjing.
After receiving the news from Chu Yunfei's troops, Chairman Jiang read the telegram and handed it to Zhang Xueliang.
"It seems that this is indeed the Japanese's plan," Zhang Xueliang said with certainty. They want to use this reason to put pressure on Nanjing. They knew that we wouldn't attack them, so they acted so arrogantly.”
Although Zhang Xueliang had made mistakes and even smoked drugs before, he was still a young man.
However, after he quit smoking and experienced so many wars, Zhang Xueliang still had the heroic spirit of a soldier.
Chairman Jiang glanced at him, nodded, and said unhurriedly,""Don't be anxious. Things might not be that bad. Since the Japanese side did not launch an attack immediately, it meant that they still had the idea of negotiating. Since they could talk about it, then things wouldn't be so bad.”
"Reporting to the chairman, Chu Yunfei of the 358th regiment sent another telegram.”
Generalissimo Jiang took it.
Looking at the content, Generalissimo Jiang frowned deeply.
"Zhang Clan Fort?"
"Since when did Shanxi have an existence capable of destroying an entire Japanese infantry regiment?”
"What is Yan Xishan doing in Shanxi?”
For Chairman Jiang, his vision was much further than Chu Yunfei's.
Chu Yunfei didn't understand, but Chairman Jiang had already thought of a few people who could plant such a chess piece in Shanxi.
The whole of Shanxi was Yan Laoxi's territory. If it was an outsider, would he not know?
Therefore, in Chairman Jiang's opinion, the Zhang Clan Fort was probably Yan Laoxi's own creation.
After a moment of contemplation, Chairman Jiang stood up with his walking stick and walked back and forth in the office.
Then, he said to the messenger,"No matter who this Zhang family is, I will never allow an uncontrollable existence in Shanxi."”
Yan Xishan had been under the control of Generalissimo Jiang after the war with the National Revolutionary Army.
Later, Generalissimo Jiang entrusted him with an important task.
Although their positions were the same, the troops under his command were no longer his personal armed forces.
Now that such a mysterious Zhang Clan Fort had appeared, there was no way that Generalissimo Jiang would allow it to continue existing.
Now that the Zhang Clan Fort had caused such a huge commotion, Generalissimo Jiang had an excuse to get rid of him.
"Inform Yan Xishan and Chu Yunfei. No matter who this Zhang Clan Fort is, since he has interfered with the normal relationship between China and Japan, he must pay the price for his actions. From tomorrow onwards, Yan Xishan's troops will attack Zhang Clan Fort. Taking down Zhang Clan Fort would ease the relationship with Japan.”
"At the same time, call Japan. Tell the higher-ups of Japan about China's attitude and the real reason for Yoshikawa United's destruction. Please calm down. Our Republic of China will give them an explanation for this incident.”
Two telegrams, one to Shanxi, one to Japan's military headquarters.
Japan's military.
The Japanese military leaders who were still in the meeting burst into laughter when they saw the telegram from Nanjing.
The Nanjing regime was still the same as before.
They did not dare to make an enemy of Japan.
If it were the Japanese soldiers, they would not care about this at all.
However, the Zhang Clan Fort mentioned in the telegram surprised them.
"Zhang Clan Fort? Was it not the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army? Can any of you explain it to me?"
As the highest commander of the Japanese military, General Asamura did not know the specific movements of the Yoshikawa regiment.
Lieutenant General Ono, who had personally given orders to the Yoshikawa United Army, immediately stood up and said,""Reporting to General Asamura. According to the military records of the Yoshikawa Regiment, the newly formed 3rd Infantry Brigade, which has a total of 400 people, did indeed encounter resistance at Zhang Clan Fort. It was originally just a demonstration and provocation, but it had caused the entire Yoshikawa Regiment's 3rd Infantry Battalion to be annihilated at Zhang Clan Fort. This time, the Yoshikawa United Army attacked One-Line-Sky in order to continue to expand the conflict and intensify the situation. At the same time, it was also to avenge himself. This order was personally given by me. I am willing to bear the responsibility for the failure of Yoshikawa United.”
After General Gang Cun understood this, he waved his hand and said,""There's nothing wrong with your method of intensifying the conflict. I was the one who gave the order to intensify the conflict between the Empire and China. Therefore, you are not to blame for this. They could only blame the Yoshikawa United Army's Colonel Yoshikawa for being too stupid. A regiment was actually wiped out so easily by the Chinese. In the end, the news that came back was still fake. Even until their deaths, they still did not know who the person who destroyed them was.”
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