Blood-quenched mountains and rivers

Long before this visit to Yang Wei, Michio Ikeda had heard of Yang Wei’s name. During the gun battle in the Shanghai Concession area, Yang Wei alone led five men to beat up the Japanese Gendarmerie and the French Concession patrol. This incident caused a certain sensation among the Japanese army in China. They have been making various excuses for the gendarmerie of the Imperial Japanese Concession that was beaten to the ground, but they have not found a reasonable explanation so far.

So Michio Ikeda's visit this time has another purpose besides asking Yang Wei to hand over Liao Huaji and the seized weapons.

Thinking of this, Michio Ikeda's expression eased a lot, and the tense muscles on his face also relaxed. He looked at Yang Wei and smiled, "Commander Yang, this joke is not funny. We are serious businessmen, holding the same Chinese people go to China to do business for the purpose of mutual benefit, and they will never do such bad things.”

Yang Weixin said that the Japanese did not do bad things to the Chinese?Which time was it not in the name of helping the Chinese, or it was a pitiful pretend to be self-defense, but a dog is a dog after all, and even a charming smile can't hide a mouthful of fangs. For Michio Ikeda's statement , Yang Wei would not believe a word, he said in a deep voice: "Since Mr. Ikeda came here for business, then he shouldn't bother with our Chinese housework."

Anyway, no matter how you say it, Yang Wei kept Ikeda Michio out of the matter by tossing and turning, not giving him a chance to "intervene" at all. Ikeda Michio didn't have the patience to continue playing this kind of word games with Yang Wei. He sat upright and said with a serious face: "Although I said so, I have heard of Commander Yang's ability for a long time. Seeing that Commander Yang has such a high talent, he has to commit himself to the position of a mere Hangzhou garrison commander. I really feel sorry for Commander Yang." Shanhe 83

Yang Wei immediately realized that the Japanese had something to say but pretended to be stupid, and said disapprovingly: "Mr. Ikeda has won the prize. In the army, whether it is ability or seniority, there are many people who are above Yang Wei. It is really not worth mentioning. Governor Qi Appreciate Yang Wei and be able to promote me to this position, I am already grateful."

After all, Michio Ikeda is Japanese. No matter how fluent he is in Chinese, he still didn't catch the pun in Yang Wei's words, and he still thought he was right: "Commander Yang's words are too modest. In my opinion, with Commander Yang's ability, Serving as the commander of the Hangzhou garrison is really a waste of talent, but I have a chance, which will definitely make Mr. Yang flourish."

In the end, Michio Ikeda no longer used the title of "commander" when addressing Yang Wei. Yang Wei looked at Michio Ikeda lazily, and asked, "Opportunity? It seems that Yang is really ignorant. He has never heard of Japanese manpower for so many years." There's a good chance here."

Yang Wei's words were full of contempt, and Michio Ikeda was so angry that his nose was not his nose and his eyes were not eyes, but just when Yang Wei was proud, the door of the private room was pushed open, and a Japanese officer stepped in unceremoniously.

This officer was tall and burly among the Japanese, and he sat down majesticly across from Yang Wei, looked at Yang Wei with piercing eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I am the assistant officer of the Legation in Nanjing, Fujita Kin. Saburo, I hope you can obey the command and leadership of the Imperial Army of Japan and fight against the Northern Expedition together with the Empire of Japan."

Fujita Kinzaburo is the assistant officer of the embassy. This assistant officer is a military officer.

Although Yang Wei likes to deal with such a simple person, at least it saves time, but after hearing what Fujita Kinzaburo said, Yang Wei immediately felt a headache, but he would rather practice Tai Chi in circles with Ikeda Michio. It's okay not to know how to answer.

Fujita Kinzaburo didn't even look at Yang Wei, and said to himself: "The Northern Expeditionary Army will go north one day, and then the Qi Xie Yuan Governor Army will also face it. As the commander of the Hangzhou garrison, it is inevitable for Mr. Yang to fight the Northern Expeditionary Army. Instead of fighting his world for the Qi Xie Yuan Governor, Mr. Yang might as well cooperate with our Great Japanese Empire and win a share of interests for ourselves. As long as Mr. Yang cooperates with us and obeys the Great Japanese Imperial Army to fight against the Northern Expeditionary Army, then the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai The joint fleet of the navy and the navy will join in the battle, and they will definitely be able to stop the Northern Expeditionary Army from attacking."

Regardless of financial or material resources, Japan is far above Qi Xieyuan. Obviously, the Japanese have great confidence in the so-called combined fleet of the Imperial Navy.

In the Zhifeng war that broke out in April 1922, the Feng faction received great help from Japan.At that time, all countries agreed that no matter which side they supported, they would not sell weapons to China. However, in just two years, Japan sold more than 4 million arms to the Feng Faction. They even invested in the Feng Faction and established the Northeast China. arsenal.

All these actions of Japan seem to be helping the Feng Faction, but in fact they are helping themselves. At the same time, Japan is also vigorously recruiting and training pro-Japanese military officers. All these actions are to prepare for future aggression, just as A few years later, Prime Minister Tanaka declared to Emperor Showa: If you want to conquer the world, you must first conquer China.

The so-called "own interests" are all Japanese nonsense. Yang Wei scoffed at this, but as a soldier, Fujita Kinzaburo couldn't see the level of his eyebrows, and he kept chattering: "If Mr. Yang listens to the Emperor of the Japanese Empire The leadership of the army will also receive our protection and strong support in the future, and it will definitely become an army that surpasses the Northern Expedition Army."

Yang Wei couldn't help laughing, he knew best whether there was hope, how could he, who was familiar with history, believe in the hopeless "hope" of the Japanese.

Seeing that Fujita Kinzaburo had spoken so frantically, Yang Wei remained unmoved. This made Michio Ikeda a little anxious. He followed the orders of his superiors and hoped to win Yang Wei over. On the Japanese side, it means that they have mastered the Provincial Defense Brigade and the Garrison Department at the same time. Qi Xieyuan's military strength in Hangzhou has instantly become empty, and he can use the direct line to fight against the Northern Expeditionary Army. In this position, Yang Wei is a A very crucial chess piece.

Moreover, Japan has also heard about Yang Wei's ability. If they can attract Chinese with such ability to fight with the Chinese themselves, the Japanese can simply watch the show with arms folded.

Michio Ikeda finally opened his mouth after pondering his words for a long time. He decided to have a good talk with Yang Wei from the perspective and way of a businessman.