Chapter 37: Tiger and Wolf

Island Country, Tokyo, Army General Staff Department II.

The second department of the participating country is a professional intelligence agency of the Army, mainly responsible for foreign military information collection and secret operations. After the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the island government felt bad about the ineffective intelligence work and was prepared to establish a unified strategic intelligence agency imitating the China General Intelligence Bureau system, but it was strongly opposed by the military headquarters. The final compromise plan was to vigorously strengthen their respective intelligence agencies, increase funds, and at the same time include the power of civil society.

In order to unify the organization of the work of various intelligence agencies, the Intelligence Coordination Association came into being, nominally the Secretary of the Interior. However, since Kotaro Genha is a frequent service and is an active general of the Army, his actual leadership fell in the Second Division of the Army.

Today, above the main seat is a middle-aged man wearing a woolen army general's uniform, with a round face and a beard, a straight nose bridge, a slightly protruding mouth, and a calm eyes. His sitting posture is a bit casual, but it has a unique charm that makes people unable to help but look at him.

This person is the new Minister of the Second Department of the Island Country Army. He looked at the island country intelligence giants present one by one and said solemnly: "His Minister of Internal Affairs observes special military exercises in Hokkaido. This coordination meeting will be fully chaired by Nashishi."

Everyone bowed slightly.

"About the aid plan proposed by the Al Shabaab, the General Staff and the Minister of Internal Affairs have revised the draft." Akashi Motojiro said calmly, "All materials and funding needs are as appropriate. This proposal can be concluded in the form of a memorandum of understanding to express the sincerity of both parties. The specific terms are left for the future. Can you have any opinions?"

The first player of the Hiroya Association next to him, Uchida Ryohei's face changed, and Akashi Motojiro's eyes narrowed: "Do you have any concerns?"

Uchida Ryohei bowed and said, "Akishi, I am indeed a little doubtful. The empire's support for the Al Shabaab must consume valuable war resources. If a secret agreement cannot be reached, how can we ensure the rights and interests of the empire in China after the war? How can we convince all parties in the country to support this policy?"

Akishi Motojiro stared at him and said slowly: "Uchida, your concerns make sense. But you must understand that if the Al-Shabaab signs this secret agreement, if it leaks out, it will inevitably trigger a larger anti-Japanese frenzy within China. Not only will the Al-Shabaab become infamous immediately, but the forces of various factions in China will also not dare to contact the empire again in the future. Then the fundamental plan of the empire to control China with China will be cut off one arm."

"As for the interests of the empire, it depends on the military victory of the empire rather than a treaty." Akashi Motojiro glanced at everyone present, "What the empire needs now is to mobilize all the forces hating the government within China, support them to create civil unrest, cooperate with the empire to win on the front battlefield, destroy China's will to resist, achieve the strategic goal of dominating Northeast Asia and suppressing China. As long as the empire can win this war, what the empire wants can naturally be obtained from the negotiating table. As for these so-called secret treaties are not based on them. If we win, we can get more. If we lose, what's the use of secret treaties?"

Uchida Ryohei was slightly stunned, thought for a moment, and was speechless.

"Akishi, there is something else that I have to think about now." After a while, Toyama-man, a senior adviser to Xingya Association, said, "The Chinese Crown Prince is visiting St. Petersburg. According to the news from the despair, the two countries of Russia and the Ministry of Education are making secret peace. China is likely to sell part of its territory and give Russia special rights and interests, and it is likely to want to recover the losses from the empire."

When everyone heard this, their faces changed.

Akishi Yuanerlang closed his eyes, as if an old monk had entered into meditation. After a while, he sighed: "The snow sword is gathered at the peak, the water on the cliff is hanging ice curtains. Leaning on the tree and the apes are playing with the clouds. Blood is singing in Du Yu, and the cave is roaring in Fei Lian. Compared with the hearts of the people, the mountains are not dangerous."

"People's hearts are sinister, and they have always been there since ancient times." The famous China Tong opened his eyes and said slowly, "That child is just a chess piece. In this game, our opponent is still that person. It is not impolite to come but not to be rude. The chess piece of the Al Shabaab should really make its debut! Tell them to start, and I want to see if the Tsar can swallow this."

Uchida Ryohei, Touyama Man, bowed slightly and replied from the bottom of his heart: "Yes."

Major General Soba Kotaro of the second division of the Navy Command praised: "You are indeed far-reaching! Al Shabaab, but you dream of becoming a hero in the hearts of young Chinese people. This time, they got what they wished. The proposal to support Annan’s restoration army and coordinate the affairs of the South China Sea..."

"The General Staff Headquarters and Lord Yuujiu fully support it. As for the Prime Minister, Lord Yuujiu and Prime Minister Gui Lu have agreed to mediate." Akashi Motojiro nodded, "If there is any shortage of combat weapons, equipment, supplies, and contact equipment, the army can provide it, but the Navy will also allocate the relevant funds. In addition, for sea transportation, including escort and landing operations, you also need to ask the Navy."

"That's natural." Soba Kotaro was overjoyed to see that the Navy strongly advocated the Nanyang Action Plan and received support from the Army, and then looked at Akishi Motojiro with more sincerity, "Akishi, I have to thank my colleagues in the Army this time."

"As long as it is for the great cause of the empire's enlistment, I am Akishi's enlistment." Akishi Motojiro said frankly, "His Minister of Internal Affairs, Lord Lu, and Chief of Staff Oyama have instructed all colleagues in the General Staff to do their best to do their best to make the great cause of the enlistment. The military command's action proposals are deeply admired, so I would like to ask everyone in the Navy!"

After saying that, Akishi Motojiro got up and bowed deeply.

At this time, Soba Kotaro's eyes were also a little wet, and he stood up and bowed, his voice was extremely sincere: "Akishi, the Navy must do its best to achieve the established strategy of enlistment and branch, spreading the power of the emperor for thousands of miles!"

Akashi Motojiro nodded, looked at everyone with bright eyes, and said slowly: "Everyone! The empire's great cause of conquest is about to begin. The next spring is coming, and it is time to fight with Russia! Today, China is no longer the China of yesterday. There are many foreign troubles, but internal struggles continue! The empire's regaining of national destiny is at the hands of our army, navy and all the patriots!"

At this time, Toushanman was already bowing down: "Mr. Akashi! I am willing to work with you to work together to jointly seek the great cause of the empire to dominate East Asia and to clear the shame of defeat in the Sino-Japanese War!"

Everyone bowed down one after another, and Akishi also bowed deeply. When he stood up again, tears flashed in many people's eyes.

"I have another news to tell you." A smile appeared on Akishi Motojiro's face, "The secret envoy from Siam has arrived in Nagoya and is about to take a bus to the east."

Everyone was stunned, looked at each other suspiciously, and then looked at Akishi Sojiro carefully. Seeing that this person's expression was sincere and not as fake, they all showed ecstasy.

Siam has always been the sphere of influence of Britain, and it is under the secret of Britain... to restrain China's expansion in the southwest. At this time, when Siam's special envoy came to the island country, in addition to the possible joint combat intentions of Siam, is there still some kind of British temptation? If the British can also openly support secretly in their policy toward China, and even stabbed China firmly in the back at a critical moment, then the victory of Japan and Russia in this battle is almost certain!

Siam (later Thailand), Bangkok.

On the streets and alleys, there are everywhere in the Siamese Wangjia Army wearing British tropical uniforms. The rifles are covered with bayonets, and they are vigilantly paying attention to the surrounding situation. Occasionally, a team of fully armed soldiers walk by with the White Elephant King flag, and some young people on the roadside cheer loudly, while many middle-aged and elderly people put their hands together and looked respectful.

The originally prosperous commercial district is a bit deserted, and many shops have closed down, and many signs are hung with "Masters Going Out". Plaques that have been painted beyond recognition can be seen everywhere, and the remaining scales and half claws can be seen with the strokes of Chinese characters.

The anti-China wave in Siam originated from disputes with China over the sovereignty of Shangliao and Xialiao (now Laos).

Twenty-eight years ago, the French seized Shangliao and Xialiao from Siam. The French army was defeated. The Zhenguo Army seized the two places and refused to return Siam on the grounds of local public opinion. Instead, it was included in its own jurisdiction. In 1880, the Zhenguo Army established Annan Province with the northern part of Annan and naturalized China.

At that time, King Rama V of Siam was quite serious, so although Siam had some malicious actions in several foreign wars between the Zhenguo Army and the later Zongli Yamen in the Nanyang Mountains, they did not start the war. The two sides could barely maintain peace for more than 20 years. Four years ago, radicals who were dissatisfied with King Rama V's peace policy assassinated the king, and the soldiers declared martial law on the grounds of suppressing the rebellion and launched a great purge, defeated the civil servants of the peace faction, declared the country to enter a state of emergency, and established a military government. The Crown Prince of Siam, later Rama VII, was serving in the British Royal Army at that time. After returning to China, he was elected as king by the soldiers. In fact, he was just a puppet.

In order to consolidate the military dictatorship system, the Siam military government, which held power, vigorously incited the wave of anti-China, and ethnic conflicts in China became increasingly intensified, and many local Chinese prominent families were forced to move back to the territory of the Chinese Empire or to the South Ocean to develop. As the southern troops of the Chinese Empire gradually moved north to respond to the threat from Japan and Russia, the voice of the main war in Siam became stronger and stronger, and the persecution of the Chinese people became more and more open. More and more Chinese people fled to the Chinese Empire or British Malaya with their elderly and children.

Northeast of Bangkok, Kauai Mountains.

The entrance to the small valley is heavily guarded, and the Siam Wang Family Army is full of sentries. The valley is full of young people with quick movements, with their bodies full of capable and toughness, and they are all khaki uniforms without military rank and number marks. Everyone has a serious face, walking with wind, like a machine with precision operation. Judging from their skin color and eyebrows, they are very different from the dark and thinness of the locals, and they are all Chinese characters.

At the deepest part of the valley, there is a four-story gray building, which stands out among the Thai high-legged houses lined up around. At the door of the building, several plaques such as "Central Committee of the Chinese Youth Party" and "General Command of the Chinese Youth Pioneer Army" were hung. The rifles on the post were bayonets, and the stern and murderous aura spread all over the fields.

Leader's Office.

The young man wearing glasses wiped the sweat on his head and held the newspaper's hand trembled slightly: "...The so-called al-Shabaab, most of the members of the party were underground associations of that year, calling for robbing the rich and helping the poor and reviving the Ming Dynasty. In fact, they included prostitution, gambling, drug trafficking, smuggling, and buying and selling people. They were not jealous, and were a big cancer of the country. Since the founding of our empire, they have been severely cracked down on the iron fist. These people were in panic all day long and fled out of the country to hide in the South China Sea. Leng Qiu was ambitious and called for revolution to repay their personal ambitions and selfish desires. He risked the world's great worries, colluded with the remnants of the bandits of the rivers and lakes, and abused the remnants of Siam and Southeast Asia, bewitched young people and shouted uprisings, which was actually a bad horse and defiled the word "revolution"... Although the article was dull, there was still a god

Good, patriotism can be seen day by day. In the face of national crisis, Wen Tian is the representative of the people. A member of the cabinet should work hard to serve the country... Warriors must be careful about life and death. Our empire is definitely not afraid of war. Twenty-five years ago, our army defeated the French army in Annan, and regained the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties for our Chinese. In the 18898, the Japanese and Japanese people were punished for East Asia. All the wise men of the imperial government and their military colleagues knew how to serve the country and the people, but they did not know that there was someone... The old saying goes, "First rituals and then military forces, and our empire's sincerity in maintaining peace in East Asia has been fully understood. The slander of Leng Qiu is actually a vilifying intention. Wen has already seen all his ambitions of this kind of wolfish ambitions, and Wen has already seen them for ten years ago, and he vows not to share with him for a day. Such slanderous people are actually a shame of the revolutionary party and the shame of China..."

"Enough!" Leng Qiu roared, snatched the newspaper, tore it into pieces in a rage, and was still unhappy. He stepped on a few angrily, and shouted, "Sunwen... He is nothing! A revolutionary traitor and a scum! He dared to speak out here, slander my al-Shabaab and slander me Leng Qiu!"

"Tell Chen Yingshi, immediately transfer all his troops to New York, London, and Paris!" Leng Qiu roared, "Sunwen, isn't he going to Europe and the United States to raise funds? Aren't he going to show off his corruption and depravity of the autocratic imperial power? Then our Al Shabaab wants him to go and he can't come back!"

"Leader, Sun Yat-sen... After all, he is a revolutionary predecessor. In the hearts of many revolutionaries, he still has a high status." The young man wearing glasses wiped his sweat, stuttered for a long time, and said with difficulty, "If we do this, wouldn't it be... Scotland Yard is not a vegetarian."
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