The Japanese navy and army armies mobilized troops to the Korean Peninsula on the grounds of military exercises and as a springboard to gather towards Kanto Prefecture. In addition to the 19th North Korean Division continuing to ensure North Korea's defense, the 20th Division cooperated with the 17th Division in Kanto Prefecture to operate with the local army. In addition, the 10th Yamaguchi Katsushita Division, which was about to arrive, was mobilized by the 15th Division of Hikami and the 18th Division of Kamio Komoto in the early stage to mobilize a first-class A division plus four second-class B divisions, with a total force of 120,000. Oyama Iwa personally served as the commander-in-chief, and the Chief of Staff of the Army Uehara Yuki as the Chief of General Staff.

In order to cooperate with the army's operations, the Navy dispatched the Second Fleet, which was commanded by the commander-in-chief of the Second Fleet, the commander-in-chief of the Second Fleet. After completing the first batch of transportation tasks, the Second Fleet, the Fourth Fleet, the Second Mine Fleet, the Ninth Destroyer Fleet, and the Thirteenth Destroyer Fleet formed a squadron to start blocking the nearby waters.

Such a large scale and such a huge military operation are a desperate bet in Japan today. Since the counterfeit banknote incident, the Japanese government's financial system has almost collapsed. In order to save the finances, the Japanese cabinet has forcibly implemented a new monetary policy despite international opposition. Although the implementation of this policy has temporarily stopped the continued decline of Japan's domestic economy, the overall loss is still huge. It can be said that since the beginning of World War I, the wealth earned by the Japanese government in primary industries has disappeared and smoked. Although the Japanese government has not yet reached the point where the finances of the early Republic of China were bad, it is not much better.

This military plan, led by Oyama Iwa's army, was extremely expensive. In order to save face, Prime Minister Shigetsu Okuma did not vote directly in favor at the meeting. However, he has contributed much in private. In view of the poor economic situation of the Japanese government, Shigetsu Okuma instructed the Ministry of Taoism to issue "war bonds" called construction bonds to various countries with a total amount of 23 million pounds.

Someone once said that imperialism is unreliable, and the fact is that Japan blatantly targeted China. Although all the countries of the Allied countries expressed "regret" about this and accused Japan through diplomatic channels, they also vowed to assure China that it would do its best to stabilize the domestic situation and stop Japan from launching wars against China. But behind it, countries such as Britain, France, and even neutral countries such as the United States have secretly purchased Japan's "war bonds". In their opinion, Japan, which has the first Asian navy and second-rate European army, is definitely stronger than China, which has just recovered from chaos and disorder. If this war really breaks out, China now cannot be a rival to Japan. Since it is impossible to draw power from Europe to prevent Japan from extending its claws to China, thereby plundering some of their original interests in the Far East, from a commercial perspective, it is normal to buy Japan's "war bonds" from economic gains.

According to Oyama Iron's plan, the entire war will use eight divisions and half of the navy, which is almost half of Japan's overall military strength. As the saying goes, the war of tyranny does not mean that all strength is devoted to the war. After all, Japan's mainland, North Korea, Taiwan and other places need troops to be stationed. In addition to repairing and garrisoning the surrounding waters of the local area, it is a huge restriction to using this half of the military strength. What's more, Japan's economy is not optimistic. Although it has debt support, don't forget that the cannon fires ten thousand taels of gold. The dispatch of the eight divisions and the second fleet can only support Japan's economic strength for one year.

In addition to the first six divisions, the second batch will also have two divisions arrive in North Korea and Kanto Prefecture. By October 13, 1916, the three divisions arrived on the Korean Peninsula through naval transportation, and led by the just-assembled 10th Yamaguchi Seung-seok Division, and began to advance to Kanto Prefecture and Fengtian area.

"Mom, little Japanese is going to take action."

The entire Fengtian has now entered a state of high combat readiness. On the second day of Japan's "military exercise", Zhang Zuolin received news from all sides. After reading the telegram, Zhang Zuolin couldn't help but shudder. Six divisions (the latter two divisions have not yet taken action) were coming towards him with the cooperation of the Japanese Second Fleet. Such a huge force made Zhang Zuolin feel frightened.

After calculating for a long time, even if the Japanese only used three divisions to launch an attack on Nanman, Zhang Zuolin's 27th Army could not stop it at all. As the commander of the army, Zhang Zuolin was very clear about the situation of these troops under his command. The 27th Army had not been changed from division to army. Although its equipment was not inferior to the Japanese army, its training and command were far inferior to the Japanese side. Moreover, even if the other side only used three divisions, Zhang Zuolin's 27th Army was not superior in terms of numbers. No matter how you look at this battle, it was the result of losing. But it has been

After making a big talk, Zhang Zuolin, who refused to be a "traitor", had to resist for the whole country and even the central government in any case. His 27th Army could still bear heavy responsibilities. For this reason, Zhang Zuolin hurriedly dispatched troops and took the initiative to retreat to the defense line to avoid facing the Japanese army and facing the stronger Japanese navy. On the other hand, Zhang Zuolin stepped up the construction of fortifications around Fengtian and allocated the most capable troops to garrison. At the same time, he urgently sent a telegram to Beijing and the 28th Army, demanding that troops be dispatched to defend the two wings to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through the two wings.

"Master, it's okay to say that the Central Committee is the Central Committee, but Feng Delin..." Yang Yuting said worriedly. The troops closest to Feng Tian were Feng Delin's 28th Army. The 28th Army, like the 27th Army, have just been reorganized. Although the combat effectiveness is not strong compared to the Central Army, now as long as Feng Delin is willing to help Zhang Zuolin to defend the East Wing, Feng Tian's pressure will be greatly reduced. However, everyone knows the relationship between Feng Delin and Zhang Zuolin. Since the trouble of the Fengtian Governor, both sides have disliked each other and have almost no contact with each other on weekdays. A few days ago, they even parted in disagreement about Xu Shichang's visit to Feng Tian. In this case, Zhang Zuolin asked Feng Delin for help. Could Feng Delin be so righteous?

"Although this old boy Feng Delin is not good at the Tao, he still has the loyalty of Green Forest." Zhang Zuolin said confidently, waved his hand and asked Yang Yuting to go and shoot a telegram to Feng Delin immediately, and asked him to tell the troops to prepare for welcoming the 28th Army.

Yang Yuting left suspiciously. He couldn't understand why Feng Delin would come to help Zhang Zuolin at this time, and where was Zhang Zuolin's confidence. In his opinion, even if the central government directly issued an order to Feng Delin, it would be good to send a brigade to deal with the errands with Feng Delin's character and plan. However, Zhang Zuolin seemed very confident. Generally, he believed that Feng Delin would definitely bring most of the 28th Army to support him. This situation made Yang Yuting really unable to understand.

It doesn't matter that Yang Yuting doesn't understand, as long as Zhang Zuolin is sure. In fact, it's simple. Although Feng Delin and Zhang Zuolin didn't deal with each other much, they also ignored each other because of the incident of Fengtian Governor, but there is still brotherhood. Everyone is born with beards, and the most important thing in beards is loyalty. Zhang Zuolin asked Feng Delin for help this time, in other words, he lowered his head in disguise. No matter what, Feng Delin had to reach out to help Zhang Zuolin.

In addition, there is another important reason. Don’t look at Feng Delin holding heavy troops and calling for the wind and rain on one side, but he is a person who is afraid of his wife at home. Feng Delin’s wife is usually not very prominent, and even if Feng Delin spends a small house outside, she just doesn’t know. But in major events, she can almost be half of Feng Delin’s master, and Feng Delin often willingly listens to his wife’s persuasion. This cannot but say that this strange woman is indeed powerful in controlling her husband. More importantly, Feng Delin’s wife and Zhang Zuolin are still cousins. Feng Delin and Zhang Zuolin are unhappy for the generals, but her relationship with Zhang Zuolin is still close. With this reason, Zhang Zuolin is very sure that Feng Delin feels uncomfortable, but he will still help under the persuasion of his wife.

While preparing for the war, Zhang Zuolin asked Zhang Zuolin to implement temporary military control over Fengtian, especially closely monitoring Japanese institutions such as the Manchurian Railway. Before the war officially broke out, Zhang Zuolin was not good at first to seize the Manchurian Railway to make a statement to the Japanese side. However, Zhang Zuolin could still do it first. In addition, he also made a series of other preparations to avoid emergency measures after the situation worsened.

On October 14, the Ninth Army of the Central Army, under the order of the General Staff, came out of the northeast from Chengde to the northeast, and cooperated with Zhang Zuolin to station on the left wing according to Zhang Zuolin's request. On October 15, the entangled Feng Delin finally sent troops and sent two divisions to garrison the Fengtian Right wing. By around October 18, the ** team in the Fengtian area gathered about 172,000 people.

All the whole country, especially the Ministry of National Defense, General Staff and Fengtian Front, were staring at Fengtian, Kanto Prefecture, and North Korea, and were paying close attention to the situation. Everyone knew in their hearts that the war was about to begin. By the evening of October 20, all three Japanese divisions would arrive on the front line and a war would begin.

In order to seize the moral high point, the Central Committee and Fengtian strictly ordered the soldiers on the front line not to fire the first shot, and they could only counterattack once the Japanese attack first. In the early morning of the 21st, the fortifications on the front line were quietly, and Chinese soldiers hiding in the trenches were nervously waiting for the upcoming attack by the Japanese army on the opposite side. According to the orders and analysis of the General Staff, the Japanese side was likely to be guided by long-range bombing of the fleet naval guns, and then the army artillery launched an attack. But strangely, from the early morning until the afternoon, there was no movement in Kanto Prefecture, as if the Japanese had no idea of ​​attacking at all.

The Japanese did not move the next day, and the Japanese did not move the third day until the fourth day.

"Mom, what tricks are you doing?" Not to mention the ordinary soldiers below, even the generals who led the soldiers couldn't understand. The Japanese were obviously ready for war, so why did they stop moving? Zhang Zuolin, who couldn't sit still, even went to the front line in person, holding a telescope to observe the opposite side, hoping that the war would start soon, and at the same time, he hoped that such peace would continue.

At this time, Fang Zida, who was far away in Beijing, suddenly received an emergency information from Zhou Yuanliang. When he saw the content written on the information, he opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time. He reached out to rub his eyes and asked Zhou Yuanliang repeatedly incredibly: "This information is indeed? It will not be wrong, right?" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!