Chapter 189 Peacekeeping Forces
The news that Li Du wanted to lead his troops back to the Northeast was spreading quickly, just like the shock wave of an earthquake. Of course, there were also reasons why Yang Feng was fueling the fire. Not only did he transport a reporter from Peking to Zhangjiakou to interview the Northeast Restoration Army, but he also ordered Jinyuan's branches, cooperative merchants, and business owners to post advertisements all over the world.
This effect is very good. Before Li Du set out to head north, the number of people in this team had been expanded to nearly 20,000 by Northeast Army officers and soldiers from all over the country. However, these people could only use a group of newly arrived Mauser K98s from Yang Feng in terms of weapons. Although the caliber was different, there was nothing we could do about it.
Others like Czech, Maxim and others were also equipped with them. These people were formed into a division. The division commander came from Xi'an. During the September 18th Incident, he was the first regiment commander to order resistance in Beida Camp. The reason why so many people came suddenly was mainly because the 110th Division was defeated in northern Shaanxi. The bald man withdrew all the numbers in anger. This made the Northeast Army extremely unstable. With Li Du's call, he naturally ran a little more.
But this made many people stunned, including the bald man, Zhang Xiaotuozi, and of course the Japanese. No one expected that Yang Feng would use such a big move at once. The bald man was better, but Zhang Xiaotuozi and the Japanese felt very uncomfortable. One felt like they were betrayal of their relatives, while the other felt a deep sense of crisis.
The Japanese knew very well that Li Du’s influence in the Northeast, otherwise the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces would not have been able to follow him as the commander-in-chief. In the past, he had only influence, but colluded with Yang Feng would have become a real strength. If his 20,000 people entered the Northeast, it would probably be possible to directly attack Shenyang.
Now almost all the Japanese troops in the northeast are concentrated on Changbai Mountain and the Great Wall. On the long defense line of the entire Daxingan Mountains from south to north, there is only a 4th Cavalry Brigade and a few local garrisons that have just been repaired. It can be said that the back is completely open. Although there are still some puppet troops, you can think about it and it would be nice if these people don’t shoot black guns in the back then.
Even if he was unwilling to do so, Kenji Ueda had to urgently dispatch two divisions from Changbai Mountain District and quickly rush to the western Liaoning area to set up defenses. In this way, Tang Juwu could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
In addition, Japan also put pressure on the bald man from a diplomatic perspective, asking him to stop this behavior that hurts the relationship between China and Japan quickly, so the bald man doesn't care about this little business! He wishes that the war in the Northeast is raging every day. After all, this is also very good for him, so at most he only sent a few official documents to Song Zheyuan to handle it and not affect Sino-Japanese relations. As for whether Song Zheyuan handles it or not, then he has no relationship with him.
Zhangjiakou, a day with drizzles, the autumn wind suddenly rises, with a hint of chill. Twenty-one thousand wandering wanderers are about to start their journey home. What a distant hometown is waiting for them may be blood and fire. But they have no hesitation and will die in the Black Mountain and White Water. They will die in the land of their hometown.
From the white-haired veteran to the young warrior, everyone stood silently in the rain, listening quietly to a little girl, crying with their familiar local accent, how their relatives were ravaged under the enemy's iron hooves.
No one speaks. There are only countless depressing crying.
"Mr. Yang, can this little girl go with me? She will be my daughter from now on." Song Guomu, who was standing next to Yang Feng, said. The leftists were very concerned about this operation. As the leader, she even came to see off the expedition soldiers in person.
"You have to ask yourself or her brother. It's the big man standing next to General Li Du, he wants to go back to the northeast to avenge his parents." Yang Feng pointed to the big man and said, saying that he still felt a little uncomfortable when he pushed the little girl out, but at this time there was really no better choice than her.
After the little girl's crying ended, Yang Feng waved his hand to the side. Thousands of Northeast girls picked out from various factories in Jinyuan appeared in a wine jar and a large pile of wine bowls. Then he filled each soldier with a bowl of wine. Yang Feng held the same wine bowl and shouted: "Brother, after doing this bowl of wine, we will all be brothers from now on. I, Yang Feng, will not be vain. If there is a brother in the Northeast who is short of food and lacks bullets in battle, I, Yang Feng, will only hit the top of the five thunders!"
After saying that, this guy got rid of it and then threw the bowl boldly. The generals such as Li Du, who were standing beside him, drank it all, and then the sound of throwing the bowl was slapping.
The brief oath-taking meeting ended soon, and the Northeast Restoration Army officially embarked on their journey. They would take a car from Zhangjiakou to Duolun first, and then go out with Sun Dianying's cavalry to go north with Yinshan. After arriving at Libo, they would walk, and then continue northward, exit the southern foot of the Greater Xing'an Mountains and attack into Liaobei.
After seeing them off, Yang Feng breathed a sigh of relief. With these people's restraint, Tang Juwu's group of people could hold on until the beginning of winter no matter what. By then, there would be nothing to worry about. It would be a joke to engage in a large-scale battle of 100,000 people in the Changbai Mountains in winter.
Li Du left, not knowing whether Ma Zhanshan would like to go back. Lao Ma looked very disappointed when he looked at him. Yang Feng looked at Ma Zhanshan who was also here to see him off with malicious intentions.
Li Du's pressure alone is not enough. You must make some more trouble on the southern line, so that Sun Dianying and Zhao Dengyu can carry out cross-border activities from time to time, which will always make the Japanese nervous. After all, they still have two divisions on the southern line, so they cannot give them the opportunity to divide their troops north, and they can even have some minor friction if they need it.
Anyway, this is what Yang Feng said to Sun Dianying.
"This is easy!" Sun Dianying agreed casually, then looked at the mother of the country who was visiting the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army, and said with great dissatisfaction: "Oh, how long are you going to do this old lady?"
"This is not good. You have to be polite. They have paid for it. In recent years, they have raised millions of dollars for us!" Yang Fengyi said righteously.
"Fuck, if an old woman dies, a man doesn't stay at home and stays widowed. He does this and that every day. I don't believe that if the country fanatics and the party are destroyed, what other good life can they live?" Sun Dianying said.
She respects Song's mother Yang Feng very much and must not agree with this vulgar view. Of course, she will have to rely on her to make money for Li Du and Tang Juwu in the future.
After the trip to Zhangjiakou, Yang Feng accompanied her back to Peking. Then in the next two days, he visited all the factories and schools under Jinyuan, and even went to the research institute of Beiyang Institute of Technology to take a look, and then arranged for the security guard to perform for her. Only then did he send this great god away. Then Yang Feng began to study how to cause trouble on the Great Wall line.
At this moment, he received very good news. The puppet army in Jidong fought with the Japanese army again. The reason was actually very simple. Because of the Changli incident, the Japanese people who were always angry and had nowhere to be heard. Now they are becoming more and more disliked when they see the puppet army. Anyone will see those Japanese women who were raped and killed in their minds, so they are becoming more and more irrational to treat them.
People are always a little bit angry. Even these puppet troops, and they have just worked for less than two years. They have not been trained to become obedient people, so the conflicts between the two sides are becoming more and more frequent. A few days ago, a group of Japanese and puppet troops attacked due to language conflicts. As a result, the nervous Japanese army directly fed all the puppet troops to wolfdogs.
In this way, the remaining puppet troops quit. One of the regiments rebelled and killed more than a dozen Japanese troops, and were destroyed by the main force of the Japanese army who arrived after hearing the news. Now everyone in danger of the puppet troops, even Shi Yousan could not suppress them. Small-scale conflicts continued to occur, and more and more civilians died.
"How can this work? If you fight, it will be wrong to hurt the people! This is a humanitarian crisis. How can a good person like me, who is full of justice, not do anything without seeing such a thing happen?" Yang Feng looked at the newspaper and said to himself.
"Caiyi. Arrange me to hold a press conference and contact the consuls of the United States, Britain and France. In view of the increasingly chaotic situation in Hebei, I personally propose that the Pingjin Security Division and the garrisons of the United States, Britain and France in Tianjin jointly form an international peacekeeping force to enter Hebei. Of course, if they don't want to, I will send troops alone to maintain peace, and tell them that I have a little nervous supply recently." Yang Feng shouted to Han Caiyi.
Han Caiyi suddenly didn't understand what the tight supply of goods had to do with the peacekeeping troops? Besides, what goods were not available in the warehouse?
"Why don't you go quickly?" Yang Feng said dissatisfied.
Of course, he wasn't really threatening others. He just told these three companies that you must help me with this matter, otherwise it would hurt my feelings.
The consul of the Three Kingdoms who received a call from Han Caiyi soon arrived.
"As a kind person who feels guilty of walking for a long time even if an ant is trampled to death, I will never tolerate the baosheng activities in Hebei. So far yesterday, fifty Chinese civilians and ten Japanese civilians have died in a series of recent conflicts, which is a sad number.
This can't continue. The conflict between the Japanese army and the Hebei security army must be stopped. Since they cannot control themselves, as a person with a conscience, we must help them.
The security division is preparing to dispatch a regiment and an armored team to enter Hebei to maintain peace. I hope you can act with me in this regard." Yang Feng said in a compassionate tone.
The consuls of the Three Kingdoms naturally knew very well that Yang Feng was preparing to attack Jidong. The reason why he sent troops together was just to push the tank. So whether he could help him? You must know that this means offending the Japanese.
"Everyone, as far as I know, there are many citizens of your countries in the east of Hebei! Isn't there a resort in Beidaihe? It seems that I heard that a British citizen was almost injured yesterday. As your government's representative in Pingjin, shouldn't you be responsible for the safety of your citizens?
You probably know that I have many friends in your Congress, right? I don’t think you don’t want me to find the right words to evaluate your work in China when I communicate with them in private, right?
According to the Xin Chou Treaty, your troops in Tianjin have the right to operate along the railway. It seems that Jidong is just along the railway, right?" Yang Feng said lightly.
This is the threat of the nude. With his influence among the Three Kingdoms Consortiums, it is really easy to drive these three consulates back to their hometown to farm. Not only is it a threat, but it also resolves the legitimacy of their dispatched troops.
"Mr. Yang, I need to report to the Ambassador. You also know that such matters must be ordered by the Ambassador." The American Consul said carefully.
"Of course, I understand this very well. All I need is everyone to promote this matter, but you should hurry up, the people of Jidong can't wait." Yang Feng said.
After sending these three guys away, the press conference was ready. The newspapers and radio stations in Ping and Tianjin were notified, and they were crowded in Jinyuan's special conference hall, waiting for the big news with paper and pens and even tape recorders on their faces excited. You must know that the small red building is more important than Zhongnanhai, and the orders issued there are not allowed here. They are generally boycotted.
Although Yang Feng welcomed the participation of the United States and the United Kingdom, he had never been prepared to rely on them, so there was no need to wait for their news. The guy walked into the conference hall with a arrogant look in his iconic golden dragon collar, carrying a flying eagle scepter.
The camera flash lights light up, and many female reporters already had countless stars flashing in their eyes. Although they had a fiancée, Boss Yang, who is still unmarried, is a public lover. By the way, his identity is worth even if it is a concubine. There is no shortage of gold-worshiping women in any era, let alone this is a patriotic leader-level figure.
"Good afternoon for everyone, I believe you are all looking forward to it. I will take your time here and I will announce what important things are to be announced.
In fact, I just finished the talks with the consuls of the United States, Britain and France. Everyone knows that since the unfortunate incident in Changli, Jidong has been in turmoil and frequent conflicts between the Japanese garrison and the pseudo-Hebei security forces. Countless innocent civilians died unfortunately in the conflict, and even many people from friendly countries suffered this misfortune. This is something that any person who loves justice and peace cannot bear to see, so after discussion, we decided to do something for the people of Jidong!" Yang Feng said in a deep tone like a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"Mr. Yang, what do you want to do?" a female reporter shouted excitedly. This is big news. As soon as you hear it, you will understand that this guy is going to attack Ji Dong.
"We decided to form a peacekeeping force to enter Hebei East to maintain local peace and stop this kind of act of harming civilians from continuing because time is tight. Before the United States, Britain and other countries make a decision, I decided that the Pingjin security division will take on this difficult task first.
I will dispatch an infantry regiment and an armored team to go to eastern Hebei in advance. The time will be about tonight!" Yang Feng looked at his watch and said.
The conference hall suddenly caused a sensation, and all Chinese journalists were excited, and reporters from Western media were talking, and Japanese journalists were filled with righteous indignation, wishing to crush Yang Feng's bones and ashes.
"Mr. Yang, you are provoking the Tanggu Agreement. Hebei East is a non-armed area, and no Chinese team cannot enter." A Japanese reporter with a slinged legs immediately stood up and said fiercely.
The Chinese journalists around him immediately started shouting at him.
Yang Feng raised his hand to signal Su Jing, and then said with a smile: "I'll go in, what can you do to me?"
The Japanese reporter opened his mouth and couldn't imagine how to threaten him for a while.
"Caiyi, explain to him the content of the Tanggu Agreement!" Yang Feng waved his hand disdainfully.
Han Caiyi immediately stood up with a smile, holding a text of the Tanggu Agreement and said: "The Tanggu Agreement does stipulate that Hebei East is a non-armed area, and the Chinese team is prohibited from entering. Please note that it is the Chinese team, and the Pingjin Security Division belongs to the militia and local people's self-defense organization. This is essentially different from the army, just like the US National Guard cannot be called the US military, and Japanese soldiers in the countryside cannot be called the Japanese army.
Moreover, the existence of the security army in Hebei East means that the Japanese government agrees that the militia is not restricted by the Tanggu Agreement, so there is no legal problem in the Pingjin Security Division entering Hebei East."
"I understand. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. And which newspaper you are from?" Yang Feng said with a calm face.
After sending the reporter away, Yang Feng did not hesitate at all. He then went to the security division headquarters. The direct guard regiment stationed here gathered urgently. In addition to the infantry fighting vehicle team, a total of about 3,000 people immediately headed to eastern Hebei.
This is a purely motorized unit, infantry fighting vehicles, armed jeep, GMC10 wheel trucks born in Cherokee in advance, and even Harley Motorcycle. A long convoy heads straight to Tianjin along the asphalt road leading to Tianjin, and then turns north in Tianjin, and even reporters accompany them along the way.
As soon as the sky was getting dark, the convoy had already passed Luan County. There was no stop here. Under the gaze of countless people, he passed through the city and headed straight to the Luan River Bridge to the north.
Unfortunately, I couldn't move forward here. Since the last raid on Changli, the Japanese army has deployed a brigade on the north side of the Luanhe Iron Bridge, always guarding against Yang Feng going to Beidaihe for vacation. Now these guys are just in handy.
"What, don't let it go?" Boss Yang became angry as soon as he heard this.
"Fight, they are the only brigade, and they can't stop our chariot assault!" The guard commander eagerly urged.
A brigade really couldn't stop them. The infantry fighting chariots went into the water and then attacked the front-end troops, and it only took a minute to destroy the brigade.
However, this would not be in line with the rules of the game. After all, I came here under the banner of peacekeeping. Although Americans often destroyed peacekeeping in later generations, their identity was different from that of themselves.
"Go, call someone from there! Let the reporter follow you." Yang Feng said to the guard commander.
The one who came from there was a Japanese magistrate. His attitude was OK, but he was also very determined. He told Yang Feng clearly that the Japanese army was practicing on the north bank of the Luan River. No one was allowed to pass during the exercise. As for when the exercise will be, it is hard to say.
"You will not even block the railways when you exercise, right?" Yang Feng asked with a funny question. The Luanhe Bridge built by Zhan Tianyou is actually a railway bridge. He doesn't believe that the Japanese even block the railways inside and outside the pass.
"Yes, Mr. Yang, even the railway is prohibited." The Japanese major said lightly, with a pride in his eyes, as if telling Yang Feng that we had guessed what you would do.
"It seems that these guys have enough capital. Since you have drawn the way, then we might as well have fun!" Yang Feng looked at the Major's back and touched his chin and smiled. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!