The Japanese army was located in the command center of the county town. Prince Zairen frowned and received a telegram from the Japanese Army Department, knowing that the great powers would provide them with enough merchant ships at the specified time, how to get on board the ship by millions of troops, and whether they could use a large number of Japanese troops to cut off the rear?

What is the number of the rear-end? 100,000, 200,000, or even 300,000,000, or 500,000. In the Battle of Texas, the Japanese army was almost broken and had no courage to directly fight against the Northwest Army. In the siege, if you can choose, the weakest side, of course, is Beiyang, but Beiyang relies on Tianjin.

Beiyang is nothing. Japan once ignored the object, just by being able to take Tianjin in one day. It can be seen that the combat effectiveness of this Beiyang is not weak. If he leads the rash attack of the army, the ending will be in two ways. Once he is dragged by Beiyang under the city of Tianjin and the surrounding Northwest Army will pounce on it, it will be a catastrophe.

Prince Zai Ren thought for a long time, but there was no good idea. In the end, the time was limited. For them, the most important thing now was to determine the plan as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Northwest Army from all directions would have no last chance.

A million troops, almost all the senior Japanese troops, more than 40 division commanders, and some senior officers gathered together to discuss how to retreat, how to be safe and have the least losses. For these senior Japanese generals, before they came to China with great enthusiasm, they never thought that the Northwest gave them a lesson with real strength. It turned out that technical equipment and artillery could really replace the human sea tactics. Under the premise that automatic firearms, artillery, etc. developed to a certain extent, human sea tactics were probably meaningless.

The impact of this battle was far-reaching, laying the foundation for the invincible army of the Northwest. The reputation of the Northwest is invincible, and it also began with this battle. The number of firsts in the world, the unparalleled mobilization ability. The equipment of light and heavy weapons far exceeds the world's mainstream level, more advanced tactics and special forces, almost all changes made in the military system and tactics of the entire world can be found from the Northwest. 20 years later, the Northwest has almost become the cradle of the world's advanced army. A series of military academies such as the Northwest Military Academy also have a large number of foreign students studying.

The top Japanese generals, including Prince Zairen, faced the strength of the Northwest since this battle. There is no doubt that the strength of the Northwest is beyond doubt. Although Japan is a nation with low reputation, they are good at learning. As early as the Tang Dynasty, they sent personnel to study because of the strength of China. In the past few decades, the mainland fell behind, so they emerged to take advantage. After truly realizing the Northwest, they began the learning process. In the subsequent ideas of building the army, they moved closer to China and replaced the original training methods with elite strength and long-range firepower.

Of course, such a transformation was not overnight. When the Japanese completed the transformation and formed a new combat method, China had unified the entire China and began to expand outward. Under such premise, China's threat to Japan was close at hand. It was still China in history. Even if the army was strong, the Japanese were not afraid and China could not go into the sea. However, with the help of Germany, China had the production capacity of a new generation of super-dreadnought ships and was still a super-defying leader. Under this situation, under the premise that the local area was under a huge threat, all the Japanese's plans became vague. The domestic political system and political environment began to change drastically. Later, due to the huge changes in the northern neighbors, a huge historical deviation occurred and the position was changed rapidly.

This is a later story, so I won’t mention it. Now, for the Japanese, the first thing they have to do is to escape. The 1 million army will not be able to accept any losses, which is related to all the seeds of the Japanese.

Many senior generals, along with some talented staff, almost hundreds of people gathered together to gather together. Zai Ren is a very flexible soldier. He lets everyone speak freely and strive to use the power of gathering to solve the current problems.

After the Meiji Restoration in Japan, Japan's important role in the Meiji Restoration and its huge population naturally made Japan go on the track of the army. It was accompanied by exchanges with the world and attached importance to the navy, but the foundation of the army was also established. After the baptism of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army officers were quite solid, and there were still some talents among these soldiers.

Most of the officers have gone through several rounds of military academy study. Even if they are not as professional as those in the Northwest, they still have basic qualities. In this situation, the Japanese government and the great powers have solved the problem of leaving. As long as they get on the ship, everything will be solved. With the current situation in the Northwest, it is unlikely that they will turn against the great powers. The most difficult thing is to get on the ship.

Every officer knew that someone had to sacrifice, but it would be extremely exciting to have someone on whom it would fall into. No one said it could or could not. After talking and speaking out a lot of unreliable plans, some highlights and certain possibilities were all expressed. Unfortunately, this matter was too big. Even if it was reduced, at least 300,000 people would have to stay to block the situation. You have to make a desperate effort to not be afraid of sacrifice. A million people would leave 300,000, or even one third. If you choose who you don’t choose who you are, the entire army would mutiny.

Zai Ren convened everyone to meet to find a solution. At least, after the merchant ships of the great powers arrived, someone broke the rear. In Zai Ren's opinion, if he had no clue, he would first decide the components of the rear. In a crisis, he must have the determination to cut off his arm. Otherwise, if he chooses to escape, no one will escape.

500,000 people are Zai Ren's bottom line. As long as you can get rid of the 500,000 elite troops, the support from the Allies and the United States is a little bit greater, then everything will be no problem. At worst, just catch a group of people from ordinary people. As long as you give guns and training, you don't have to worry about the people coming.

This is Zai Ren's most troublesome thing. He was already prepared when he convened the personnel to discuss, but he was afraid of fighting to this extent. He really didn't expect that no one would want to stay. Even if he was willing to stay, he might not be able to put all his strength into it. Maybe the Northwest Army would surrender with a charge.

But there is not even a single person who is willing to stay, which is a bit too much. The meaning of these Japanese military officers is that as long as they are allowed to stay, they will never fight the Northwest and surrender as long as they have the chance.

What is this? Zai Ren was very troubled. When he had no idea and felt that this convening had no effect, an officer who was once in the vanguard suddenly mentioned something that had nothing to do with retreat, and it was another strange thing that made him strange. That was, after entering Shandong, all the people in the countryside ran away, and no one in every village. These people may have fled because of the army crossing the border, but when they entered various cities, no one was in the streets and alleys. Did everyone run away? But Shandong is one of the densest provinces in China, second only to the denser Henan.

The young officer's remarks immediately attracted Zai Ren's attention, and another lieutenant general also subconsciously said that they had never been to Texas City, but looking at the artillery battles and offensive and defensive battles between the two sides, it seemed that the other party was very relaxed. Even some Japanese artillery fell into the Greater Texas, and they did not see much panic. If Texas City was crowded, it would definitely not be like this. This was evacuation.

Even Texas was evacuated. Although all officers knew that it was normal for war to let civilians go away and evacuate the people. Many countries and military did this, but there was no such thing as the Northwest. Isn’t it too much? No matter what, some of the personnel should be left for logistics and some necessary labor.

When these officers talk about it, they just treat it as a very strange place. Under the current situation, they adjust the atmosphere. When they say this, the speaker is unintentionally and the listener is intentional, which immediately attracted the attention of the top Japanese army and Prince Zairen, especially the few senior generals. Their eyes lit up, as if these can be combined with retreat and used.

They called some officers who entered Shandong together and asked about the situation in detail, especially after entering Shandong. When they first divided the troops into six groups, they walked through most of Shandong. Although they were only slightly deeper, because they did not resist and had people, they finally chose to gather together and attack Dezhou, the most important node guarding Shandong.

It seems that Shandong's retreat is not a case, but a common thing. Several senior officials and Zairen summarized the things they finally collected and finally came to a conclusion that the Northwest attached extraordinary importance to the people, and this level of attention was far more important than they imagined, and they were unwilling to bear even the losses of civilians.

This seems to be an advantageous aspect. Perhaps, the industrial development of the northwest requires more manpower. For the northwest, manpower is wealth. Perhaps the northwest focuses on protecting civil rights, and many laws in the northwest pay attention to this point.

The Japanese are all soldiers present, but there are also soldiers who understand the political situation, and even some fur in the northwest. These people gathered together and came to a surprising conclusion. To be precise, the Chinese people attach much importance to human life, to be precise, than they imagined. The soldiers are not concerned about why the Northwest should pay attention to the lives of civilians. They just know that there is such a thing. Since this is the place that the Northwest pays attention to, it is a place that the Japanese can pay attention to. If they use this, they may leave and use civilians as shields. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!