At 9:08 PM on the 4th of June, Japan also learned about the Kwantung Army's assassination plan. However, compared to the confidence of the officers of the Kwantung Army, the higher-ups of the Army Staff Headquarters cursed at this plan because the Great Japan Empire did not have the ability to open up a large battlefield in the northeast of China. If they wanted to annex the northeast, they would need to invest 100,000 or even 200,000 Imperial Army troops!!
Kyoto, Japan, Chiyoda area, where the Emperor's Imperial Palace was located. Obviously, the Japanese economy had not been doing well in recent years. Japan's financial investment in the navy was increasing. Although the army had been continuously laid off, the huge annual expenditure of the Combined Fleet made the Japanese suffer…
The Emperor's Palace was heavily guarded. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan used 50 years to go from a backward feudal country to one of the world's top industrial powers. It had a complete industrial system and the world's third largest naval military force!!
A few furious voices came from the depths of the palace…
The Minister of the Japanese Army, Terauchi Hiro, even though he had been maintaining the development of various military weapons in the army over the years, he still could not change the weakening situation of the army. At present, the Japanese army only maintained the size of 17 regular divisions.(Because the Taisho Army had disarmed the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 18th divisions, the original 1st to 20th divisions, together with the Imperial Guard Division, left 17 regular divisions with 12,000 soldiers. The full strength of the division would be 15,000 soldiers. Of course, Japan still had three subordinate divisions on the Korean Peninsula.) Compared to the huge Combined Fleet and the 88th Fleet Plan, the Empire's investment in the land army was too little!
"Baka! The Kwantung Army actually assassinated Zhang Lin. Honshaka and Kawamoto Daisaku were really crazy!!”
The Japanese Navy Minister, Hideyoshi Matsshima, naturally wanted to hit him when he was down. Otherwise, Terauchi Hiro would have wanted a share of the navy funds!!
"Your Majesty, we should stop the Guandong Army's risky actions immediately!!”
" The Imperium is not ready to start a war with the northeast. Once the war starts, the northeast will be able to gather nearly 200,000 soldiers within a week and swallow the entire Guandong Army of the Imperium!!”
The railway network in Northeast China was too developed. In the early 1920s, the length of the railway in Northeast China had reached 3,600 kilometers. In recent years, with the crazy construction of Zhang Lin, the Russians, and the Japanese, the length of the railway in Northeast China was close to 6,000 kilometers!!!
However, the railway network in the northeast was not connected to the Korean Peninsula. If Japan wanted to send more troops to the northeast, they would have to transport soldiers from the mainland or from the Korean Peninsula…It would take a long time, a long battle line, and a huge consumption!!
The high and mighty Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly. Emperor Tamahito (Shōwa) had been in power for two years. Obviously, the Emperor in front of him was not satisfied with the assassination of Zhang Lin. This had put Japan in an extremely dangerous situation. The national treasury was empty every year, and the amount of national debt issued was shocking. At this moment, Japan was strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Who would pay for the military expenditure to attack the northeast?!!
"One month! "I don't think the Kwantung Army can take over the northeast in a month…The empire has been dealing with Zhang Lin for so many years. This warlord is extremely cunning. Even if Zhang Lin was successfully assassinated, he shouldn't have attacked the northeast at this time. There's an old saying in China that goes,'The army that grieves will win.' This means that the combat strength of an army that wants revenge will increase explosively. I think that once the current Feng army encounters the empire's army, the enemy will be able to defeat them. They would swallow the soldiers of the empire alive!!”
"Zhang Ze's message has already proved that I believe that everyone in the Fengtian army is like him. Zhang Lin's prestige in the northeast is too high.”
Songdao Hideyoshi was telling the truth.'The army of sorrow will win. The army of sorrow will win. You killed the head of a country and now you want to attack Fengtian in the northeast. If Fengjun doesn't fight with all his might, the words' Songdao Hideyoshi 'will be written upside down!'
Indeed, it was Terauchi Hiro's turn to feel uncertain. Matsushima Hideyoshi's words made sense. If they continued to attack Fengtian at this time, they would be courting death…
"Minister Songdao, what do you think we should do?”
"Your Majesty, I think we should deny the Huanggutun explosion. As long as the Empire of Japan denied it, the Northeast would have no choice. At that time, the Empire could find some scapegoats from the Soviet Union or some Manchurians in the Northeast. As long as they could shift the anger of the Feng family to someone else, it would be a success!!”
It could be said that Hideyoshi's plan was the best solution at the moment. Under the premise that the war was bound to fail, he could only avoid the edge of the battle. However, there was an unknown factor that stirred up history and changed everything in history...
Zhang Ze's declaration of war against Japan wasn't just out of anger. It was real. After all, Zhang Ze had two souls in his body…and the most terrible thing was that he had a system with an iron heart…There was no need to explain his cheat-like life. Only the caliber of a cannon was the truth!
Emperor Tokuhito nodded. This was the only way to deny that the explosion of Huanggutun had nothing to do with the Japanese Empire. They were all evil and ambitious people who wanted to start a war between the Empire and the Northeast to gain benefits…
" Minister, in the name of the Army Department, issue an order to all the troops of the Kwantung Army to stay where they are and wait for orders. No military action is allowed until the situation is clear!”
"Minister Songdao, immediately contact Country Ying's ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, and ask for help. I believe that the people of Country Ying will help!!”
Emperor Tamahito's head was a little dizzy. If the Great Japan Empire lost the northeast, all the financial resources, military investments, and even the many benefits they gained from the Russo-Japanese War would all go down the drain…
At the same time, the cause and effect of the Huanggutun explosion incident, along with the Japanese's operation, especially the late night message sent from Jingdou to the Kwantung Army headquarters, completely banned the military ambitions of Honshasa and Daisaku Kawamoto. However, as a superpower, Japan still displayed its power as a superpower on this night. It infiltrated various regions of China and might really be able to turn black and white upside down and fool the people...
Even Country Ying's Minister Zhu Erdian had to believe the Japanese's nonsense!!
However, the generals of the northeast were already gathering in Fengtian. When Zhang Ze entered Fengtian, the counterattack of the northeast would definitely be crazy!!
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