More than a year passed slowly, and it turned out that the information about the Kenta family was accurate, and there was no personal information involved.
Lu Ming's judgment of the current situation based on intelligence was also very accurate. After the Spring Festival in 1935, the Japanese Kwantung Army and the Tianjin Garrison Army jointly launched a massive peace offensive against military and political officials in North China provinces.
High-level officials of the Kwantung Army, Song Zheyuan's Ministry, and military dignitaries from various provinces conducted intensive exchanges of visits, vigorously promoted the slogans of Sino-Japanese friendship and mutual support, and further promoted the idea of "co-prosperity in Greater East Asia" being beneficial to China.
Under military pressure, Song Zheyuan and the provincial military and political officials had to make concessions with the Japanese, hoping to survive between the central government and the powerful Japanese military.
In response to the situation in North China that was out of control, the Republic of China government had no good solution. It could only try to win over military and political officials from various provinces and persuade them not to deviate from the control of the central government.
At every historical juncture, there are always people with bad intentions who want to take advantage of the opportunity to gain political benefits. For a time, political clowns from all walks of life have appeared on the stage. With the support of the top brass of the Kwantung Army, they began to seek so-called "autonomy."
Under the offensive launched by the Japanese, all the Republic of China government could do was to give in step by step.
In May and June of 1935, the Japanese conspired to cause trouble in Hebei, Tianjin and other places, and threatened the Republic of China with force to force the Republic of China government to sign an alliance under the city walls.
On June 6, four agents of the Japanese Kwantung Army's secret service stationed in Abaga Banner, Inner Mongolia, sneaked into Chahar from Duolun to secretly draw maps and were captured by the local defenders.
Hashimoto, the Japanese Consul in Zhangjiakou, and Gennosuke Matsui, the head of the Chahar Secret Service, took advantage of the topic and accused the Chinese army of insulting Japanese soldiers. They protested to Qin Dechun, deputy commander of the 29th Army, and were given 5 days to reply, otherwise the Japanese army would "move freely"
.
The Nanjing government succumbed to Japanese pressure and removed Song Zheyuan as chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government on June 19 and appointed Qin Dechun as acting chairman of Chahar Provincial Government. Qin Dechun began negotiations with Japanese representative Doihara on June 23.
On June 27, China and Japan signed the "Qin-Territ Agreement", causing China to lose most of its sovereignty in Chahar Province, and three-quarters of the territory of Chahar Province fell into the hands of the Kwantung Army.
On July 6, He Yingqin, leader of the pro-Japanese faction in the Nanjing government, and Yoshijiro Umezu, commander of the Japanese garrison in Tianjin, signed the traitorous "He-Mei Agreement."
The main contents of the agreement are: cancel the Kuomintang organizations in Hebei, withdraw the Central Army from Hebei, and ban all anti-Japanese groups and anti-Japanese activities.
Although no war broke out, in an instant, the Republic of China government lost part of its sovereignty including the two municipalities of Pingjin and Tianjin, as well as the two provinces of Hebei and Chahar.
At a time of national survival and national crisis, the Communist Party of China sent a message to the whole country, advising all parties and regions across the country to put aside their internal disputes, establish an anti-Japanese alliance united front, and unite to fight against the aggression of Japanese imperialism.
The progressive-minded news media issued an initiative to the whole country, and the guns were unanimous on the outside world. There must be no civil war among Chinese people.
The series of propositions and calls of the Communist Party of China have won widespread support from all parties and strata across the country. However, the Republic of China government did not agree. They still insisted on the proposition that "to fight against foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the domestic situation."
"It seems that the situation is going to be chaotic."
In the Japanese restaurant where Lu Ming and Qian Tian often went, Qian Tian sighed to Lu Ming.
"Is the Kwantung Army really ready for a full-scale attack?" Lu Ming took a sip of beer and felt that what he drank in his mouth was a bitter and difficult-to-swallow potion.
"The military has long been ready to fight a full-scale war against China. They firmly believe that they will win. However, the government does not support it. It is still trying to restrain the words and deeds of the soldiers. But it is difficult to say how long it can be restrained. The fanaticism of the soldiers
It will destroy everything, including themselves, of course." Qiantian said with a bitter smile.
Kenda is equally pessimistic about the development of the current situation. His pessimism is not only about China but also about Japan.
On this issue, Kenda's views coincide with Lu Ming's. Japan wants to launch a full-scale war against China and may be able to win, but it cannot digest it.
It is almost an impossible daydream for Japan to completely enslave China and transform China into an imperial people.
No matter how much territory it invades from China, after the war, Japan will carry a heavy burden and will eventually be dragged down by China until it is drained of blood, transforming from a strong country into a weak one again.
This does not take into account the development of the international situation. Once the international community forms an anti-Japanese alliance, it will not be China but Japan that will be completely destroyed.
"There is such a strange circle right now. The British and American governments want to restrain the Japanese government, and the Japanese government wants to restrain the military, but they just want to but have no effective actions. The Japanese soldiers represented by the Kwantung Army are now like a wild horse, tied to its
The reins are about to break." Qiantian said with deep concern.
"Kenta-kun, according to your analysis, can Japan complete preparations for launching a full-scale war against China in the next five years?" Lu Ming asked.
"Your statement is inaccurate. Japan does not have a plan to launch a full-scale war against China, at least the government does not. The country's economy is fragile and the government is doing its best. How can there be any idea of war?" Kenta explained.
"But doesn't the Kwantung Army's posture in China explain the problem? They have brought North China to this situation, and I think this battle is inevitable." Lu Ming insisted that Japan had already had an overall strategy of invading China.
"Here's the problem. The government and the military have different opinions. When it comes to fighting a war, some people in the government advocate heading north to seize Siberia after getting rid of the economic crisis and expel the Soviet forces to the west of the Ural Mountains. In other words, let the Soviet Union
All the territories occupied in Asia will be spit out. This is Japan's established national policy. The government is worried that the Soviet Union has the ambition to annex Asia."
"This is just one aspect, your government's calculations are always spinning." Lu Ming smiled, the cunning Japanese value resources most.
"No one wants to deceive Lu Sang," Qian Tian raised his glass and said, "Siberia is the richest region in the world. There are countless oil, gold, diamonds and various other materials buried under the permafrost there.
Plant iron, copper, coal and other strategic materials. If we can achieve this goal, we will not only be able to plunder enough strategic materials for Japan to develop for a hundred years, but also eliminate the Soviet Union's threat to Japan in one fell swoop."
“When I was studying in the United States, I knew that Japan planned to complete its current naval construction before the middle of the twentieth century, around 1945, to rival the British and American navies, and then seize the British, American and Dutch colonies in Asia, and seize South Asia, especially Singapore.
Australia’s oil, rubber, rice and various minerals. Before that, wasn’t China their biggest obstacle?”
The center of Lu Ming's concern is still China. He believes that Japan's invasion of South Asia must have happened after occupying China. In any case, Japan will not wave its hand and cross this continent.
Qiantian thought for a while and felt that he was unable to refute Lu Ming for the moment. He became a little anxious and beads of sweat appeared on his head.
"Lu Sang, I can guarantee that the Japanese government really does not have a plan for an all-out war against China. I am not defending them, but I am saying that an all-out war against China is not in line with Japan's economic and strategic interests. China does not have oil.
Rubber is not rich in strategic materials such as iron and copper. Japan needs the large market of China as a dumping ground for industrial products, rather than taking China as its own. Of course, it is not that it does not want to, but it is not worth the gain and loss, and it may end up giving Japan
Bringing a serious crisis." Kenta explained.
Lu Ming did not completely believe what Qiantian said. Although Qiantian opposed the arbitrariness of the soldiers and their foreign aggression, Qiantian was a Japanese after all, and it was impossible not to cover up the Japanese government's shortcomings.
But the cruel facts are before us. It is obvious that the Japanese government's words and deeds are inconsistent. In their eyes, where is China's national dignity?
"Then Mr. Kenta, I want to ask you, how do you explain the peaceful offensive and threat of force launched by the Japanese army against North China?" Lu Ming asked sharply.
"This is what I call the problem of soldiers losing control. A few ambitious young officers of the Kwantung Army launched the September 18th Incident and accidentally occupied the Northeast. This encouraged more young officers to take risks and seize military glory. At the beginning, China
It is too weak. Northeast China should devote all its efforts to fight. If the Chinese army could stop their ambitions at that time, the Japanese government would also make a voice to stop the war."
Lu Ming almost laughed at Kenta's pale sophistry. The Japanese government was unable to control its own soldiers, so this responsibility should actually fall on the Chinese government?
However, from a certain perspective, what Kenta said makes sense. If Northeast China could have been saved at that time, it might only have required tenacious resistance for a few months, and it would have been possible to force the Japanese and Chinese governments to resolve the dispute through negotiations.
Unfortunately, history cannot assume that the Japanese army fully occupied Northeast China and the Japanese government intervened in Northeast affairs. It is an ironclad fact.
"My people, are they all okay there?" Lu Ming asked.
Lu Ming thought about it. Political and military decisions were not made by a small person like him. He only collected intelligence, analyzed and summarized it and submitted it to the superiors. Others would be decided by the superiors. What he was most concerned about now was
It's still the safety of those agents.
"Don't worry, as long as my family is still there, they will be fine. Our Qiantian family can protect a few people more than enough." Qiantian shook his head confidently and said.
Qiantian did not bring any new information this time. Lu Ming came to see him because the contact date with the agent had arrived, but he did not receive the security information from the agent, so he came to Qiantian to inquire about the situation.
Lu Ming set a date for each agent to send security information to the headquarters. If security information is received regularly, it means that the agent is safe and is still working normally. If no security information is received after a long time, it means that the agent is safe and working normally.