Chapter 372 Tu Fei Yuan (please subscribe for double monthly votes)
Peter walked into his office and saw Cheng Qianfan teasing the pigeons in the cage with a toothpick.
My friend stared intently at the pigeons he raised, as if he was thinking of something.
“What are you thinking about?” Pete asked suddenly.
“This pigeon is quite big, especially the **** is quite plump. It will be delicious when roasted.” Cheng Qianfan replied casually.
Then he realized something. He turned around and saw Pete's angry face.
"When did you come back?" Cheng Qianfan said without the slightest embarrassment, pointing to the pigeon in the cage, "I just wanted to eat your pigeon. What a big deal."
"This is not a meat pigeon! It is not a meat pigeon!" Peter said angrily, "This is an Antwerp pigeon, one of the best homing pigeons!"
"For us Chinese, it's the same." Cheng Qianfan whistled towards the pigeon, "What's the situation with the Japanese? If the situation becomes critical, I will consider moving our goods to a safe area."
“You know how to care about your goods.” Pete said angrily.
“Wrong, it’s our cargo.” Cheng Qianfan raised his chin, shook his finger, and corrected.
"Here you go." Peter took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Cheng Qianfan, "See for yourself, the war broke out."
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This is a notification letter sent by the Shanghai Municipal Government to the French Concession and the British and American Public Settlement:
“At 9:15 in the morning, the Japanese warships’ heavy artillery bombarded our Zhabei area. The shells fell into residential areas, causing numerous casualties to innocent civilians.
Later, a small group of Japanese Marines rushed from Tiantong'an and Hengbang Road, crossed Yunhu Road and rushed into Baoshan Road, shooting at our security team stationed near Baoxing Road.
Our army will fight for self-defense.
The two sides fought fiercely for about 20 minutes, and the enemy began to retreat. "
Cheng Qianfan was heartbroken. He could fully imagine how tragic it would be if the naval gun shells fell into residential areas.
With a grin on his lips, Cheng Qianfan raised the documents in his hand and muttered, "It seems that the remaining goods we have at the dock need to be moved as soon as possible."
"You can do whatever you want." Peter waved his hand, "I'm going to take a nap, don't disturb me."
After the meeting, he sneaked out to have a tryst with Mrs. Tandell, and now he was very tired.
"Be careful of dying on a woman's belly one day." Cheng Qianfan chuckled and said, "One more thing, remember to urge Marseille to ship the goods quickly."
"I know." Peter waved his hands impatiently, and after hearing the sound of Cheng Qianfan's riding boots tapping away, he muttered, "Are you talking about me? Your reputation is not much better than mine."
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Distant Peiping.
In Xila Hutong near Wangfujing Street, there is a mansion that looks unremarkable but is actually a high-walled courtyard.
Doihara Kenji stood at the door, a little lost.
The sound of cicadas chirping in his ears brought him back to his senses.
“Your Excellency, Division Commander.” An accompanying officer whispered.
“Do you know? This place used to be called ‘Banxi Mansion’.” Kenji Doihara pointed at the door and said.
Here, Rihachiro Banishi and Kenji Doihara discussed China policy together.
Rihachiro Banishi once questioned Doihara Kenji, his promising successor, and asked him what his plans were for the occupation of China.
Doihara explained at the time that if you want to invade China, you must adopt a step-by-step strategy. For this reason, North China cannot be used as the first place to capture China, because North China is the political center of China. If you take North China first, you will be attacked by both the Northeast and the hinterland of China. They are attacking from a flank, so Man and Mongolia should be taken first.
For this reason, Dofeiyuan believed that Zhang Zuolin in the Northeast should be supported and Wu Peifu, the Zhili warlord, should be attacked.
A smug smile appeared on Kenji Doihara's lips. He recalled in his mind the scene of Rihachiro Banishi clasping his hands and cheering after he made these remarks.
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However, Machino Takema, the Japanese consultant around Zhang Zuolin, had a grudge against Doihara:
Because Machino Takema belongs to the Japanese Cabinet, and Doi originally belonged to the Army General Staff Headquarters, and the Japanese Army has never paid attention to the Japanese Cabinet, and the Cabinet is also wary of the Japanese Army in many ways, and the two sides have deep prejudices, so Machino Takema strongly opposed it, which made Sakanishi Rihachiro's recommendation was blocked.
It is precisely for this reason that Kenji Doihara came to Zhang Zuolin as a consultant a few years later in 1928.
In this regard, Doihara Kenji once publicly scolded Machino Takema, saying that if Machino Takema had not stopped him, the empire would have occupied Manchuria at least a few years earlier. At that time, the Chinese government had not yet been unified, and the empire's occupation of China would have been even more difficult. smoothly.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander." A Japanese captain walked over quickly, "There is an urgent call from Shanghai."
Doihara Kenji received the message, his fat and huge head lowered slightly, and he lowered his eyes to read it.
The telegram said that at 9 o'clock this morning, Japanese warships bombarded Zhabei, Shanghai, on the Huangpu River. At the same time, the Marine Corps attacked Baoxing Road, and the Songhu War broke out.
After reading it, Doihara Kenji's expression showed neither sadness nor joy, and he handed the telegram to the lieutenant colonel beside him.
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“They didn’t listen to the division commander’s advice, and they took action anyway.” Lieutenant Colonel glanced at them and sighed.
“It’s not their fault.” Kenji Doihara shook his head.
He knew very well that although the Japanese army fired first, it was actually the Chinese army that had been preparing to take action. The empire's garrison in Shanghai was more forced to strike first.
“It’s a pity that Chang Kaishen was not fooled this time.” Kenji Doihara shook his head and sighed inwardly.
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese army's strategy was to seize the two famous Chinese historical cities of Pingjin and Tianjin. If China really refused to give in, then the Japanese army decided to annihilate the main Chinese army in a large-scale battle in central Hebei and complete the cutting of North China. strategic intent.
At this time, the Japanese army did not plan to open a second battlefield in Shanghai, or in the Yangtze River Delta, the center of China's military, political, economic and financial taxation.
Some Japanese generals, led by Doihara Kenji and Ishihara Kanji, believed that Japan should cut and encroach on China. If a war were launched in Shanghai at the same time, it would affect Japan's major economic and trade interests with international powers, and it would easily be isolated by European powers in the world.
In addition, Kenji Doihara was also very worried about the Soviet Union's actions. If a war started in Shanghai and the Japanese troops dispersed to East China, the Soviet Union might invade Manchuria.
Kenji Doihara wrote to the Army General Staff Headquarters, concluding that China did not dare to counterattack Japanese aggression in all directions, and that the Chinese army could only carry out local and limited resistance to the Japanese attack in North China.
Based on past experience, when China was unable to defend itself in the face of Japanese aggression and suffered heavy casualties, China had no choice but to acquiesce in a battle situation controlled by the Japanese army.
Just like the Northeast after the September 18th Incident and Rehe after the Battle of the Great Wall, the empire caused trouble. The Chinese army could not defend it and could only acquiesce to the actual occupation by the empire.
Therefore, Kenji Doihara was shocked when he learned that the Nanjing government was "crazy" in planning to start a second battlefield in Shanghai.
He immediately mobilized the Japanese-loving literati and politicians controlled by Japan to advocate Sino-Japanese friendship and at the same time send out a "peace signal" in order to delay Nanjing's determination to take action in Shanghai.
However, the final result was not satisfactory. Chang Kaishen seemed to be determined to have a big fight in Shanghai this time.
In desperation, in order to avoid being struck first by the Chinese army and falling into a passive situation, the empire's garrison in Shanghai had no choice but to take the lead.
“Aoki-kun, call back to Shanghai.” Kenji Doihara said as he walked, “Telegram Miss Tian to live well.”
Aoki Junichi glanced at Doihara Kenji in surprise and nodded, "Yes!"
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Lu Dazhang conveyed the organizational action orders and plans to Lao Huang.
Hearing about this operation, Lao Huang was extremely surprised that Cheng Qianfan, the Third Inspector of the Central Patrol Room, was involved.
“Cheng Qianfan is also our comrade?” he asked.
"No, he doesn't know anything." Lu Dazhang shook his head, "Cheng Qianfan will nod and agree to your inspection application report, that's all."
He looked at Lao Huang and said with a smile, "The organization spent ten big yellow croakers to buy it off. Of course, in his eyes, you, Lao Huang, were also bought off."
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