Ben Zhuangfan was admitted to the hospital because of a heart attack, but he was too ashamed to see anyone, so he hid in the hospital.
This defeat was too serious for the Kwantung Army. Although Fujita was dead, the commander Honjo Shigeru was still directly responsible.
The reason was very simple. Although the Kwantung Army claimed to have 500,000 people, in reality, there were only 200,000 or so in the entire northeast region.
Fujita Jin's defeat had cost half of the Japanese army, and this was a crime that he couldn't bear.
Before September 18th, the Guandong Army only had three divisions in the northeast.
After the incident broke out, more than 100,000 troops were dispatched from Fusang, Korea, and Taiwan. Then, they were known to the outside world as the Guandong Army, which had more than 500,000 troops.
Now that the follow-up reinforcements had not arrived, the Kwantung Army still had to clear out the anti-Japanese volunteers in the areas of Ji Province and Hei Province. Not to mention revenge, they were unable to even defend their current places. Under such circumstances, Ben Zhuangfan, as the commander, would fall sick even if he did not fall ill.
The headquarters of the Kwantung Army was in chaos, and the military headquarters of Fusang was also extremely shocked by this incident.
At this time, the Japanese military headquarters had already been controlled by the war faction. Those soldiers who opposed the invasion of China before September 18th were gradually pushed out.
When the pro-war faction heard that Manchuria was facing such a huge crisis, they immediately called for an emergency military meeting.
Most of the members expressed that they would immediately send more troops to Manchuria and send a large number of troops, including tanks and planes, to Manchuria so that the Kwantung Army could recapture Liao City and take Rezhou in a short period of time.
However, although the military had made a decision, there was a problem when they sent the resolution to the Prime Minister, Inu Yoshi.
Due to the pressure from the international community, Inu Yang Yi decided to temporarily stop the Kwantung Army from attacking and consolidate their current territory.
This immediately caused a huge conflict with the military.
The pro-war faction kept protesting to the Prime Minister, demanding that they immediately send troops and provide the Kwantung Army with the necessary supplies.
However, Quan Yangyi was a politician, not a soldier.
He had his own considerations, so he completely ignored the military's tactics.
Without the support of the cabinet, even if the military could mobilize troops, without material support, it would be difficult for them to fight.
Hideki Tojo of the Military Department thought for a day and suggested to the Military Department to send more troops to the northeast first to restore the fighting strength of the Kwantung Army as soon as possible.
"As for the cabinet." Hideki Tojo snorted coldly." The soldiers of the Rising Sun Empire will not be defeated by any difficulties. I will handle it."”
In Jinling, China, the chief was pacing back and forth in the garden.
He would never have thought that not only did Zhang Sen not get killed by the Guandong Army, but he even crippled the Guandong Army and took back the entire Liao Province.
Now, Zhang Sen's popularity was very high in the country. The whole country was praising General Zhang in the northeast as China's hero.
On the other hand, Zhong Zheng's reputation was the opposite. Because his attempt to stop Zhang Sen's northern expedition was exposed, many people in the country scolded him for being shameless.
Zhong Zheng really couldn't understand how this once unknown kid could defeat the Guandong Army so arrogantly.
"Good news!" Dai Li quickly ran over and said with a smile,"There's good news from the envoys of Country Y, France, America, and Russia. They've already sent representatives to the northeast to mediate the war.”
" Great!" Cheng was ecstatic." Great! The westerners have finally made their move."”
"However, the mediation team requested that Zhang Sen stop the war immediately. They had already urged the Japanese army to exercise restraint and not to send troops to Liao Province.”
"The mediation team also said that if Zhang Sen still started the war, then they wouldn't care. They would let the Japanese army fight us however they wanted!”
" This is a must." The middle-aged man's expression was cold." No one can destroy this international mediation."”
"This Zhang Sen is even more powerful than his father and brother.”
"If we let him continue fighting, who knows how he will anger the Japanese." If he won, the northeast would be controlled by a warlord that was even more difficult to control.”
"Zhang Hanqing has already been tamed by me, so he's no longer of much use. But this Zhang Sen was different. If he became stronger, he would be even more terrifying than Zhang Zuolin!”
Dai Li: " But he is now fully fledged. It is said that he has just formed three armies, known as the Northeast Defender Army, with a total of 130,000 troops. Moreover, their weapons were advanced. It was really difficult to eliminate them!”
"It's not difficult." "Compared to the original Northeast Army, his current strength is not even half of theirs. I've already taken back the Northeast Army in the past. Do I still have to be afraid of this now?”
"Order him in the name of the government to stop all attacks and cooperate with the international mediation team.”
"What if he doesn't cooperate?" Dai Li asked.
"Then I can do it to him in a legitimate manner!" Zhong Zheng said coldly. If he dared to disobey the highest order, he would be courting death!”
"Actually, I really hope that he can disobey my orders!"”
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