At the end of July 1917, with the outbreak of the first war in the direction of the capital, Duan Zhirui and Feng Yuanzhang were also incompatible with each other. Zhang Yuting was in Fengtian Province in the northeast. He was also in a military riot and completely integrated all the troops in Fengtian, including the original 27th Division of Feng Delin. Compared to last year, Zhang Yuting's power in Fengtian was also growing!
This situation also made the Japanese feel threatened. After the Japanese took over the 27th Division and Zhang Yuting reorganized it, some officers who thought that the northeast was a threat could no longer control themselves.
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In the conference room of Huanggutun Train Station, He Benmo, the infantry captain of the Huanggutun Train Station in East Asia, was an extremely crazy warmonger. In the past few years, he had been doing well in Fengtian. After all, he was in charge of the garrison missions around the train station. Every year, he received countless gifts. Those lowly Chinese people, especially some big bosses, basically received some expensive gifts when they transported goods through the railway.
However, these days, the infantry captain of the Japanese army was a little worried because Zhang Yuting of Fengtian City had truly controlled tens of thousands of Fengtian soldiers.
"Feng Delin still can't be put on the stage. The Empire's usual means of maintaining balance in Fengtian have been in vain…"
"Baka, Feng Delin and Tang Yulin, those two stupid pigs. If they agree to the empire's plan for the five Manchurian and Mongolian railroads, the empire can even send troops to attack Zhang Yuting!”
At the other end of the table, a young staff officer was staring at the Fengtian military map. His brows could not help but tighten.
The integration of the Feng army was definitely not a good thing for the Great Eastern Empire...
" Zhang Yuting is a cunning old fox. He promised to give us the power to build many railroads, but even now, he has been lying. Advisor Banyuan, I think that the Imperium should not continue to tolerate Zhang Yuting's worsening situation. The Imperium should allow the Guandong Army to make a bold assassination plan!!”
He Ben Mo's face darkened as he spoke out a bold plan in a low voice. All the officers present looked at each other. Obviously, this plan was indeed very shocking.
As a senior staff officer of the General Staff Department of the Kwantung Army, Itagaki Seishiro was also very confused about Zhang Yuting, who was famous in Fengtian Province. This opponent never played by the rules. He would quickly agree to many of the dynasty's requests at the negotiation table, but when the dynasty wanted to sign the names of both parties on the negotiation agreement, this old fox refused again and again.
Even this year, the dynasty had even allocated nearly ten million yuan in interest-free military loans to Zhang Yuting…
He Benmo's thoughts coincided with the thoughts of some people in the General Staff of the Guandong Army. The empire might really assassinate Zhang Yuting.
However, the price of doing so...
Zhang Yuting had just gathered 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and an elite artillery regiment. Unless the empire transferred the main force of the Guandong Army, there was no hope of victory.
"Lieutenant General Kawamoto, I think it's better not to mention this matter!!”
The war situation in the European Continent was getting clearer and clearer. One could imagine that next year, or even at the end of this year, the forces of the foreign powers would make a comeback in the Dragon Country. If the empire annexed Fengtian at this time, it would be something that the Sun Never Sets, Gaul, Yingjiang, and many other foreign powers would not want to see. Although the Sun Never Sets wanted to support the empire to fight against Yingjiang, they would never want to see the empire control the northeast.
However, there were some things that could not be decided by the higher-ups. In this empire, the entire military system was taking crazy risks. Only by defeating the higher-ups could they be promoted and get rich, allowing their military ranks to rise quickly.
Kikuchi was also staring at his fellow officers in fear. He had been hired by Zhang Yuting as a military consultant. In the past six months, he had been afraid of the rifles, machine guns, and other weapons that Zhang Yuting had purchased. Once the war really started, even with the help of the Guandong Army, it would be difficult to take Fengtian City in a short period of time.
If he assassinated Zhang Yuting…
With Zhang Yuting's current status in Fengtian, did this mean that the East would start a war with the Dragon Kingdom...
If that was the case, was the Imperium really ready?？
Kawamoto no was a lunatic, but Kikuchi could see the madness in his eyes. It didn't disappear. Perhaps this year or next year, this lunatic would really do something crazy.
"Lieutenant General Kawamoto, I hope you can spare some of your forces to investigate Zhang Yuting's eldest son, Zhang Hanze. There is very little information about this person in the Guandong Army.!”
Itagaki Seishiro was also flipping through the intelligence reports in front of him. It said that on top of the original 27th and 28th Divisions, Zhang Yuting had two other independent brigades. These expanded forces did make the Kwantung Army worried.
There were even rumors that Zhang Yuting's son, Zhang Hanze, had secretly gone south to the Heavenly Sea a few days ago to help his father recruit many young people with lofty ideals. At least in his eyes, the Zhang father and son had a big plot.
The Japanese soldiers stationed around the Huanggutun train station were also patrolling every day. However, they were very smart. They basically stayed near the train route and would not rashly enter the city or enter any publicly recognized non-war zones.
Even if the Dragon Country was weak now, the Japanese would not leave any evidence for Fengtian...
"Mr. Kikuchi, what do you think of the Zhang father and son?”
"Advisor Banyuan, I really don't know much about Zhang Hanze. After I became Zhang Yuting's military advisor, I've never seen this young marshal before. I only heard that he was weak and sickly since he was young and didn't like to interact with others!”
"That's why we have very little information!”
It was no wonder that the Japanese lacked intelligence. Yingkou lacked a railway and was close to the sea, so there were few people. In addition, Zhang Hanze kept his subordinates secret, including any suspicious strangers in a town. He had to report them.
" As for Zhang Yuting, he is indeed an opponent who doesn't play by the rules. He is a horse bandit and doesn't have the spirit of the treaty. However, it is precisely because of Zhang Yuting that the empire is able to build so many mines. Zhang Yuting understands the situation and won't reject us directly like Feng Delin. He won't even give us a chance to cooperate. In a way, it saves the empire a lot of trouble by suppressing us with force.”
Itagaki Shoushiro nodded his head without any comment. Compared to Feng Delin, who was a stubborn old man, Zhang Yuting was easier to talk to. Moreover, there would not be any real military conflict between the two sides. This was indeed beneficial to the empire. However, this slippery Fengtian Military Governor only wanted to take advantage of the empire and did not really pay much.
" If possible, I think that the Imperium should continue to negotiate with Zhang Yuting. We can even start the construction of the five Manchurian and Mongolian railroads first before discussing with Zhang Yuting. With Zhang Yuting's personality, he would never rashly become enemies with the Imperium!!”
Hearing this, Itagaki Seishiro finally got the answer he wanted. The Kwantung Army's General Staff had discussed and decided to start the railway construction first.
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