"No." Ishihara Kaner said decisively, "There must be some military preparations taken by the opportunity of peace talks, but the Chinese government's military preparations are not for dealing with the Imperial Army, but for dealing with the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party and the New Fourth Army! I know Chang Kaishen so well. What he is thinking about is to eradicate the Communist Party."

After a pause, Ishihara Kanir continued: "When the Imperial Army was in a frontal battlefield, Chang Kaishen would not have any ideas under the pressure of survival, and would even cooperate with the Communist Party in turn. However, once the Imperial Army stopped its frontal attack, once the noose on the neck of the Chinese government was slightly loosened, Chang Kaishen would immediately develop the intention of repelling dissidents."

"Is that true?" Okamura Niji frowned, "Is Chang Kaishen really such a person? Is he really that stupid?"

"Silly?" Ishihara smiled and said, "From the perspective of the Imperial Army, Chang Kaishen is indeed stupid to do this, but if you have enough knowledge of Chinese culture, you wouldn't think so."

"Is that true?" Okamura Yasuji thought he knew Chinese culture very well, but when he arrived at Ishihara Kanir, he became a lack of understanding of Chinese culture. He said with a smile, "I want to answer the doubts of Ishihara."

Ishihara Kanir is really capable, but his emotional intelligence is really low.

He had no idea that he had offended his immediate boss just now.

At this moment, Ishihara Kaner talked: "Looking at the history of China, great unification is the norm, and the splitting state only takes a very small amount of time, and the time for the invasion of foreign enemies was even shorter. As far as I know, just the Five Barbarians invasion of China and the Yuan Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was destroyed! Strictly speaking, the Yuan Dynasty was not considered a destruction of the country."

"Why?" Okamura Yasuji said, "The Yuan Dynasty cannot be considered a destruction of the country?"

"The reason is very simple." Ishihara Kaner said, "The most objective criterion for measuring whether a nation and a country are destroyed should not be race, but culture. Only when culture is destroyed can this nation be considered truly destroyed. Therefore, China in the Yuan Dynasty cannot be considered annihilated, because the Mongols were actually annexed by Han culture later."

Okamura Yasuji said: "So, Ishihara Jun wants to say that Chang Kaishen doesn't think that the empire can destroy China?"

"That's right." Ishihara said, "It's not just Chang Kaishen. In fact, most senior officials of the Chinese government do not think that the empire can annex China. For this reason, Chang Kaishen has never regarded the empire as a real threat. Chang Kaishen's confidant has always been the Communist Party and local warlords!"

Speaking of this, Ishihara Kanir said again: "This is why I firmly oppose the expansion of the Japanese-Chinese war, because once a comprehensive military attack on China will prompt close cooperation among various forces in China, the empire will risk confronting the entire China! On the other hand, if the erosion policy is adopted and the Chinese territory is gradually encroached on, the Chinese warlords including Chang Kaishen will not be too vigilant about the imperial army. They will still be keen on attacking each other, and the imperial army will be able to obtain the greatest benefits at the minimum cost."

Okamura Yasuji actually believes that Ishihara Kanji's view is correct.

But now he didn't want to discuss this. Okamura Yanji interrupted Ishihara and said, "Ishihara, that is to say, the peace talks between Chang Kaishen and the Imperial Army are credible, right?"

"Yes." Ishihara Kanir said decisively, "This is absolutely credible!"

Okamura Yanji nodded and asked again: "He Yingpei's telegram said that the reason why the 10th Chinese Army of China attacked Shangyu County was because they accidentally leaked the news of the peace talks. Zhong Yi was unanimous and mobilized his troops to advance to Shangyu without authorization. How credible do you think it is?"

Ishihara smiled and said, "I can't say this either, after all, I don't know much about Zhong Yi."

Speaking of this, Ishihara Kanir continued: "But from a military perspective, He Yingpei's statement is still credible, because the Chinese national strength is much weaker than the empire. Although the Chinese army won the Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian, the price it paid was not less than that of the Imperial Army, so the recovery time they needed must be longer than that of the Imperial Army."

"So I would rather believe that the 10th Chinese Army is just doing a gesture, rather than really wanting to start a war!"

"What's more, even if the 10th China Army of China really wants to start a war, it's nothing scary. After all, Shangyu County is an infantry corps stationed in the 15th Division, and the main force of the 15th Division is in Shaoxing, and the Guard Division is stationed near Zhuji. Once Shangyu is in danger, reinforcements can arrive at the battlefield within two hours."

...

At the same time, in Lanxi, Jinhua, the chief officer of the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone.

After waking up, Yu Liangzhen saw the signed article published by Zhong Yi on the front page of the Yinjiang Daily.

When Yu Liangzhen saw the article, he was also a little confused. What happened? Why did Ziren suddenly write such a battle manifesto? When will the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone counterattack?

Why don’t I, the commander-in-chief of the War Zone, know about such a big deal?

Brother Ziren, you are not kind. You are doing this to put me on the fire and roast me!

As expected, less than half an hour after reading the article, Tao Guang, Xuan Tiewu, Yang Bufei and other senior generals rushed to the chief's office. After a while, the telegram from Chongqing arrived.

The telegram was sent in the name of the attendant's office, and severely scolded the entire Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone!

"Which is Zhong Ziren singing?" Xuan Tiewu said politely, frowned, "How can you write such an article? When will we fight back? Do you have this strength?"

Yang Bufei was not so polite when he spoke: "Master, we can't take the blame. We immediately report to the attendant's office truthfully. Just say that this article and the 10th Army's mobilization were all Zhong Yi's will, and it had nothing to do with our war zone chief. Whether the attendant's office scolds or settles the accounts, it is not our turn."

As soon as Yang Bufei finished speaking, Peng Songling and others also agreed.

"Okay, let's say less." Yu Liangzhen was inexplicably upset when he heard this.

It’s useless to be serious, but one complains but one voices louder. What’s the use for you?

"Go back and do your business." Send Xuan Tiewu and others away, Yu Liangzhen grabbed the phone again and asked to contact the 10th Army Command of Yinjiang. "Is the 10th Army Command? I, Yu Liangzhen, let Commander-in-Chief Zhong listen to the phone."

"What? Commander-in-Chief Zhong is not here? If you are not here, won't you send someone to look for it? Go and look for it!"

"What? I can't find it. You don't know where Commander-in-Chief Zhong has gone? What's the hell..."
Chapter completed!