Chapter 913, Before the Big Action

The next morning, the Northern First Army Command gathered all officers with the rank of colonel or above, including those who rushed over from Fengtian City in the early morning. There were about 120 people. The conference room of the small building could not accommodate so many people, so they could only hold meetings in an officer's dormitory.

At the beginning of the meeting, Wu Shaoting made an announcement on the mutiny that occurred last night and the assassination time of the *** people. However, he emphasized that the mutiny must be weakened at the moment, so that it can not only serve as a deterrent effect, but also weaken the negative impact. In this regard, he decided to let Zhang Zuolin do a show, and Zhang Zuolin came forward to issue a mutiny signal, saying that this was a parade initiated by the local army in the Northeast to win the treatment of the First Army of the North. The *** people took the opportunity to sneak into the military camp and attempted to assassinate the head of state of the Republic of China. However, with the joint efforts of the central government and the local governments of the three northeastern provinces, they finally got rid of danger.

The impact of weakening the mutiny is only a macro-level public opinion regulation, and in details, all officers are required to strictly observe the secrets and not cause trouble. In addition, the focus of the entire mutiny should be placed on the assassination of the *** people, expand the conspiracy ambitions of the *** people as much as possible, and emphasize the unity and cooperation between the central and local governments.

Not only that, the official statement about Zhang Chunyu, Yuan Jinkai and a group of traitors who were extremely guilty were executed by gunfire. The official claims to be an attempt to incite the soldiers to advise the army, create chaos, collude with the people of the *** and assist the people of the *** assassination. It is a treason and the death penalty, and was executed on the spot to serve as a warning to You. Feng Delin, Xu Lanzhou and others were dismissed and sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment for incomplete security of the march.

If the matter is based on this situation, Feng Delin, Xu Lanzhou and others were punished very seriously, and the executions of Zhang Chunyu and Yuan Jinkai were enough to shock people.

After solving this problem, Wu Shaoting listened to the Ministry of National Defense's draft plan for the rectification of military affairs in the three northeastern provinces.

The senior officials who were in charge of Cai E and Xie Ruyi and other senior officials suggested that a draft of military affairs rectification in the three eastern provinces was formulated during the breakfast meeting today. Cai E was based on the mutiny incident that occurred last night, and required that the central idea of ​​this draft was to implement the military affairs integration of the three eastern provinces as soon as possible, and firmly grasp the highest command of the local army in the hands of the central government. According to his ideas, he decided to follow the establishment of the Republic's elite division and stipulate that the three provinces of Hei Province, Fengtian Province and Jilin Province each form a large reorganized division unit, and these three large divisions are temporarily organized into one army. The Military Command is under the jurisdiction of the Army Command, and the logistics and equipment of the Military Command are also supervised by the Army Command.

"In terms of the number, we can continue to use the number of the Republic's Guard. The reorganized divisions of the three provinces are named the Hei Provincial Guard of the Republic, the Feng Provincial Guard of the Republic and the Jiji Provincial Guard of the Republic. As for the number of the army, it can be tentatively designated as the First Route Army of the Three Eastern Provinces. The commanders of the three reorganized divisions are appointed by the Army Command, and the commanders of the First Route Army of the Three Eastern Provinces can be represented by Zhang Yuting according to the head of state. However, for the sake of reliability, the officers and the General Staff of the Military Department should be stationed by the Army Command." Cai E introduced the draft he had formulated in an orderly manner.

"Very good, this method is very good." Wu Shaoting nodded in agreement, "Are you planning to prepare the reorganizers in the three provinces now?"

"Our Ministry of National Defense currently has military affairs information on the three eastern provinces, the number, equipment and quality of the three provinces is uneven. However, according to General Songpo's intention, the troops of the three eastern provinces must be reorganized into roughly the same, that is, the guards of the three provinces can check and balance each other to a certain extent." Xie Ruyi took Cai E's words and continued.

"Is this necessary?" Wu Shaoting asked thoughtfully. He felt that it was not only very time-consuming to reorganize the troops of the three provinces into equal strength at this time, but also very labor-intensive. In his opinion, declaring war on Japan would only take a month, and he gave Zhang Zuolin exactly one month, but if he struggled with irrelevant things, he would miss the big thing.

"Since it is a reorganizer, it is natural to break up the old system and reorganize it. In this process, we must naturally follow the principles I formulated. The military affairs of the three northeastern provinces must be firmly grasped by the central government, otherwise no one will remember yesterday's mutiny. So, taking advantage of this major military rectification to eliminate one local warlord, one local warlord would be missing. Whether it is the Asian strategy or the future development of our Republic of China, it is a good thing, and it is something that will be done sooner or later." Cai E said his opinion slowly.

"Is it time going on?" Wu Peifu, who was standing beside him, asked Cai E.

"One month may be too urgent, but if the head of state must complete the military rectification of the three northeastern provinces within one month, I will do my best and do my best within the prescribed time." Cai E said solemnly.

"I don't want to listen to the best of my ability. It's just a matter of one sentence. After all, all the plans for the next one must be arranged according to this prerequisite. If the time is not completed and the entire strategic plan is affected, the consequences will be too great." Wu Shaoting said in a stronger tone.

When everyone present heard this, almost everyone was wondering. The Head of State had been treating Cai E with great courtesy since the Civil War and respected him as a guest of honor. This rectification of military affairs in the three northeastern provinces was not an easy task. Moreover, there was no need to stipulate a deadly month. The increase in troops in North Korea was still far away, and it was not a big problem to wait for a few more days. In any case, Cai E was thinking about the long-term stability of the three northeastern provinces. Why did the head of state deliberately put pressure on Cai E?

Thinking of this, someone secretly glanced at Cai E, but Cai E looked calm and calm, and did not feel that Wu Shaoting's words were targeting him.

After pondering for a while, Cai E said calmly: "I am willing to issue a military order. The military affairs rectification work of the three eastern provinces will be completed within 35 days."

Everyone took a breath of air. Many officers who have followed Wu Shaoting since Guangdong have never heard of any military orders to be issued, but Cai E actually said such words? Everyone couldn't help but start to guess what was going on between Wu Shaoting and Cai E. It seemed that there was no longer any old relationship between the two.

Wu Shaoting smiled slightly and said, "I'm relieved if Brother Songpo has such a courage. This matter is fully handed over to Brother Songpo for supervision, and Zhang Yuting is fully responsible for assisting Brother Songpo."

After discussing the military rectification of the three northeastern provinces, the topic of the meeting quickly turned into the most serious section, which was how to respond to the conspiracy of the assassination of the head of state of the People and the specific arrangements for taking retaliatory measures to the country. According to the plan formulated before going to Fengtian, the North First Army will transfer to the border areas of the three northeastern provinces and the Liaodong Peninsula after completing the spring military training, and then find an excuse to start the war at any time in early June.

But now it seems that the war must be started in advance. After all, it is impossible to ignore the behavior of the *** people assassinating the head of state. Of course, the Ministry of National Defense has not been prepared to launch a war in advance. In order to deal with the decisive battle with the *** people, all pre-war plans are meticulous, and it is necessary to decide the identity of the Asian hegemon in one battle.

Zhang Xiaojun, secretary-general of the Beijing Base Camp, came up with his own suggestions and said: "Since the head of state has decided to hold a diplomatic note at the Presidential Office tomorrow at noon, he will seriously question the ambassador to China, and announce the world about this matter and formally question the country. Then I think this matter can be started with diplomatic strategies. The first task is to expand the influence of the assassination incident, so that domestic and international public opinion stands on our China's standpoint, and at the same time increase pressure from all sides to overwhelm the rebuttal and denied of the people."

Wu Peifu said: "This is reasonable."

Zhang Xiaozhun continued slowly: "With the current preparations of the people in North Korea and the debates in domestic politics, they will never choose to provoke a war at this time, so they will definitely use diplomatic means as much as possible to resolve or weaken the influence of this assassination. And we can pinch the psychological state of the government and conduct a series of diplomatic deceptions to provide more cover and disguise for our military operations."

Originally, when Zhang Xiaojun said the previous words, everyone thought it was nonsense. Even if Zhang Xiaojun didn't say it, Nanjing would do it in this direction. However, after hearing the following words, everyone couldn't help but lit up. This was indeed an opportunity. Not only should they hold on to the *** country's pulse and force the other party to make more concessions, but they would continue to follow the plan, and there was no need to hesitate when it was time to fight.

Wu Shaoting nodded deeply and said in agreement: "What you said makes sense. As long as there is any opportunity to weaken the national strength and any means that are beneficial to this decisive battle can be used without any worries at this time. You can draw a report as soon as possible and send it directly to Nanjing."

Zhang Xiaozhun nodded and replied: "Yes."

At this time, Cai E said: "For specific retaliation measures against the people of the ***, we must not only exert diplomatic pressure, but also take sufficient military action, not only to suppress the people of the ***, but also to never ignore the point of 'revenge'. I heard that the head of state had made a decision yesterday to immediately take back the two concessions in Hanyang and Lushun through this assassination incident, and cancel all privileges in China that had been signed with the ***. I agree with this point and believe that this plan should be implemented as soon as possible. Before the *** government responds, it is best to recover the concession with the *** and create some gun fire casualties to highlight the nature of 'revenge'."
Chapter completed!