Chapter 138: Expansion of War

The September 17 incident shocked the entire China and even Asia. The Japanese brutally attacked the North Camp of the Northeast Army and besieged Shenyang, which was tantamount to launching a large-scale war of aggression against China.
Zhang Shusheng was woken up at around 11 pm on September 17th. The Southwest Special Situations Department already had early-warning information on the occurrence of the September 17th incident, and he himself knew the September 18th incident in history. The butterfly fluttered its wings, making this event a day earlier, and the process was very different from that in history.
He put on his clothes and received the documents sent by confidential secretary Mao Yunxian and special affairs minister Zhao Ziyun overnight.
"What happened? Be cautious." He Ning and Lu Yunyan were surprised, and this emergency never happened.
"The Japanese attacked the North Camp of the Northeast Army, you go back to rest. We have men in the fight." Zhang Shusheng simply sent two women, yeah, the war belonging to the Chinese iron blood men officially started tonight. Already.
He was called deeper in the middle of the night, and He Ning and Lu Yunyan followed him with virtuousness to get up, made tea for the three of them, and watched a few of them stand up for a long talk all night, and then boiled lotus seed white fungus soup.
From time to time, Wu Tiejun, Jiang Baili, and Sun Changqing also came, and Wei Sancai, who was transferred to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Propaganda Department of the State Council, and other high-level officials from the southwest, including Li Zongren, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also arrived. Zhang Shusheng's study became a temporary meeting room.
Zhao Ziyun gave a brief briefing. The people present did not have much surprise, and were not surprised except for their anger.
"The Japanese still couldn't bear it. Looking at a big piece of meat in front of them, they eventually chose to swallow it." As an important member of the military, Wu Tiejun has stepped down as the division commander and officially entered the high-level Southwest People's Army as the people. The deputy commander of the army is responsible for the daily work of the People's Army's military headquarters and reports directly to Zhang Shusheng.
Among the senior generals of the People's Army, the knowledge that China and Japan will have a war is almost universal. Even if he stepped back 10,000 steps and said that the Japanese did not initiate the war of aggression, it still occupied Kanto and Taiwan, and China wanted to take it back sooner or later.
"After the Sino-Japanese War, facing the Japanese, we stepped back and failed step by step. Although this incident is a national shame and makes people feel great grief, it is also a good thing, at least for most numb Chinese people to recognize The Japanese's aggression face, instead of choosing to continue to forbear. "
As the Southwestern Prime Minister, Sun Changqing is the oldest in the audience. It can be said that from the Sino-Japanese War to today, the Japanese invasion of China has almost experienced the shock of that era, and it is also the one who is most impressed by the people present.
As the chief of staff of the People's Army, Jiang Baili also made a statement, "For the Japanese military operations, our staff has a plan. Because the current scope of influence in the southwest is only in southern China, it is difficult to participate directly in military operations in the northeast. . Our plan is divided into three steps. The first step is to persecute and assist Zhang Xueliang in fighting the Japanese army. The second step is to negotiate with the Nanjing government to jointly resist Japan. It is best to dispatch a troop to directly participate in the anti-Japanese operation. The third step is to use The submarine forces attacked Japanese sea transport vessels passing through the South China Sea. "
Everyone nodded, facing the Japanese aggression, even if Southwest could not directly participate in the war, it could not remain indifferent.
Wei Sancai then said, "In terms of publicity, I have ordered all members of the Publicity Department to rush back to the Publicity Department overnight. Tonight's broadcast tonight, I have arranged an emergency broadcast task when I came. The plan of the Publicity Department is early tomorrow morning. In order to maximize the effect of publicity, we have arranged public announcements by local government announcements, newspapers, and broadcasts, supplemented by political workers going to the countryside and entering the streets. point."
"For diplomacy, we have summoned the U.S. and German Ministers in the Southwest overnight. After half an hour, an emergency tripartite talks will be held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Li Zongren simply said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' emergency plan is very well done In place.
Zhang Shusheng nodded, and summed it up briefly, "I will report to the National Broadcasting tomorrow morning, and I will go in person. The propaganda work must be done well. Whether it is civilian or military, we must let the people and soldiers treat the Japanese. Of aggression has a minimum understanding.
For military matters, send someone to Peiping to see Zhang Xueliang. I think it will be General Cai. Although he is a Lieutenant General of the People's Army, he is also the principal of the Huaxia Military Academy. It should be the most appropriate for him to go there.
In terms of diplomacy, we do not need to seek too much help from Americans and Germans, which is also impractical. We only need their formal support. As long as the two countries are not on the Japanese side, the diplomatic situation will not be too passive to the southwest. "
The crowd nodded and discussed some details, and some people left first, leaving only Sun Changqing, Chief of Staff Jiang Baili, and Wu Tiejun and Zhao Ziyun.
"Although the Japanese may not immediately launch a full-scale aggression, once they are ready, they will definitely launch a more violent attack on China. From the information point of view, the Japanese have completed what they call the Manchurian-Mongolian lifeline plan, and the next Expand this kind of interest in China to the whole Northeast. And a new round of aggression plan is also being formulated. "Zhao Ziyun briefly described the more confidential information.
"Chief Commander, it seems that it is time to carry out further military expansion plans." Wu Tiejun refers to a new round of military expansion plans that the Southwest People's Army has been planning for a long time. After the occupation of Guangdong, the entire Southwest People's Army has become extremely tight and has already been formulated. A comprehensive military expansion plan.
"Lao Wu, please briefly explain the important matters of the army expansion." Because several other people may not be very clear about this army expansion plan, Zhang Shusheng motioned to Wu Tiejun to explain.
"This reorganization and expansion plan is, firstly, required for the further liberation war, and secondly, the military strength in Nanjing is constantly being strengthened. At present, our standing army is mainly composed of 1 guard division, 6 main divisions, and 5 provinces. It has a total of 14 guard divisions and a total of 21 divisions, which can fully meet the needs of combat. In addition, there are a considerable number of retired soldiers and militia members in various regional reserve forces. After 16 years of development, the southwest has already had emergency war mobilization. Ability of 30 to 40 divisions.
Therefore, this expansion plan is mainly to expand the main combat forces and improve the equipment level of the health division. Reorganize the existing four guard divisions into main divisions, while improving the equipment level of the remaining guard divisions. The main division's equipment principles will be targeted at motorized infantry divisions. The Guardian Division mainly supplements various artillery and semi-automatic weapons and trucks. This makes the combat level of the Guardian Division significantly improved. "
After the expansion and reorganization this time, the Guardian Division will not only be able to obtain various types of artillery that are badly needed, but also semi-automatic rifles will be successively equipped with a batch of equipment. In addition, the training of the Guardian Force and the main division are the same requirements, so the Guardian Division after replacement It is inevitable that the overall combat strength will increase.
"Expansion and reorganization is also necessary. At present, the domestic and international situation is not good. Maintaining a considerable number of troops can liberate more places on the basis of defending the southwest." Sun Changqing also supports the expansion and reorganization. Economic construction has entered the fourth five-year plan, and the first three five-year plans have been completed in excess, which has laid a considerable level of industrial foundation for the southwest. The development level of heavy industry and light industry has reached the requirements of the large-scale industrial layout of the national level, and the gross output value is also constantly increasing. The effectiveness of the currency reform that year was further reflected, and the economy showed a super-high-speed development. "This special military expenditure can still be afforded by the Southwest. If the fourth five-year plan can complete the task, the high-tech industry will further develop its overall economic strength, which will completely exceed that of second-class capitalist countries such as Italy and Japan. Traditional powers, such as Britain and France, have gradually weakened. "
In other words, after about two decades of economic construction, Chinese-style industries have basically been completed, and the strength of the Southwest will surpass Japan and Italy, and will enter the ranks of world economic powers around 1935.
Several people briefly discussed again. Under the premise of the rapid economic development of the Southwest, this military expansion and reorganization plan would have no problems, let alone affect the rapid development of the Southwest economy.
In the early morning of the next day, as soon as some urban residents and township and village collective broadcasts were turned on, they heard a soft-sounding announcer playing a series of important news.
At seven o'clock, on the basis of the emergency broadcast of the September 17th incident last night, the broadcast again detailed the entire event and the latest situation, and carried the facts of the Japanese aggression to the entire southwest and even to China as soon as possible. broadcast. The new Southwest People's Broadcasting Station has been able to cover almost the whole of China. However, because the popularity of broadcasting in North China is too low, new radios in the Southwest are rarely used, and only a few people can listen to programs in the Southwest.
"Dear listeners, this is the Southwest People's Broadcasting Station, and I'm the host Ye Wanyu. Now an important news is broadcast. At 8 o'clock this morning, Comrade Zhang Shusheng, the top leader of the Southwest United Autonomous Government, will make a national broadcast about Nine The important broadcast speech of the July 17th event, I hope everyone can wait in front of the radio and wait for this important speech. "
The matter that Zhang Shusheng was about to make a radio speech ~ EbookFREE.me ~ was spread all over China, especially the youths in the Southwest and Nanjing government areas, and all of them suddenly boiled.
After the establishment of the Southwest People's Broadcasting Station, Zhang Shusheng did not deliver any public speech, but this time, he will speak publicly to audiences throughout China, because it is now a critical time for the nation.
"... The Japanese occupy my rivers and mountains and violate my country. It is already a blatant aggression. As the highest person in charge of the Southwest United Government, Shen Xing solemnly announced to the country's compatriots that from now on, the Southwest will sever all economic relations with the Japanese. Exchanges have confiscated Japanese property in the southwest and expelled the Japanese. From now on, the Southwest United Government will be in a state of war with Japan. I urge the Japanese to use their own in this endless war. Come bravely to prove to the whole world that, whoever commits China ’s Heavenly Mighty, will farewell ... "
On September 18, 1931, the original September 18th Incident in history, Zhang Shusheng delivered a radio speech to the whole China through the Southwest People's Broadcasting Station in Kunming, declaring that he was immediately at war with the Japanese.
The Japanese may not realize that it was this radio declaration of war that they saw as a joke, which brought them a huge disaster. A Sino-Japanese war that almost killed them was kicked off from this day. This day, history called "Radio Declaration of War" ()