Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Chapter 338: Killing the chicken to scare the monkey

Two days later, the riots in the Fuso Concession in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai finally came to an end. When the news reached Fuso, Emperor Rento was furious. He had never imagined that Fuso's move to kill overseas Chinese would bring about such a serious chain reaction.

You know, most of the Fuso people doing business in the Chinese Concession are of noble birth. Now that their own interests have been damaged and their family members have been buried in a foreign land, these nobles have begun to mobilize their own connections, causing chaos and making the entire Fuso cabinet overwhelmed.

"Damn Su Zhengyang! Damn the Chinese! They are so bold that they dare to attack the Fuso Concession openly! I will cut Su Zhengyang into pieces and grind his bones to ash to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

Emperor Rento was nearly so angry that he vomited blood and died, but now he could only rage helplessly. The destruction of hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops dealt a heavy blow to the Fuso Army. In addition, Fuso has now officially launched an invasion of the entire Southeast Asia, and the burden is extremely heavy. In the short term, it is impossible for it to land on the Chinese mainland again. Su Zhengyang can sit back and relax and solve the domestic problems first, and then fight Fuso.

"This incident has caused serious losses and extremely bad effects to our Fuso. The Genji, Matsui, Takahashi and other noble families have jointly made suggestions to me, hoping that I can properly handle this matter and give them an explanation. It is really a headache."

Taro Suzuki, who had originally proposed inciting the public to promote the killing of overseas Chinese, has now become a coward. No matter what, someone must stand up and take the blame for the tragedy that happened in the Fuso Concession. The more he says now, the more mistakes he will make. He might even become the best person to take the blame.

Unfortunately, Taro Suzuki failed to achieve his wish in the end. Emperor Jinto looked at Taro Suzuki with a slightly threatening look.

"Suzuki, this matter was originally your doing. Now because of your decision, we have suffered huge losses. It is up to you to appease the emotions of these nobles. I don't care what method you use. In short, I don't want to see them bothering me like flies in my ears!"

Suzuki Taro smiled bitterly and nodded, "Yes, I will take care of this matter."

"Also, let the Imperial Daily immediately speak out for the Japanese expatriates who died unjustly in China! Condemn the Northern Frontier government's inaction, and at the same time raise diplomatic questions about why the safety of our expatriates in the concession cannot be guaranteed!"

At this time, Suzuki Taro said indignantly: "Your Majesty, according to the news sent back by Asano Wenliang who is lurking in China, the armored forces under Su Zhengyang's command participated in the riot in the concession this time, and the military police in the Beijing-Hong Kong Concession were razed to the ground by heavy artillery. This is clearly an act of revenge by the madman Su Zhengyang for the killing of overseas Chinese."

"We must make this as big a fuss as possible and condemn Northern Xinjiang's actions from the perspective of international public opinion. Now the Bird Empire and the Roman Empire are our military allies, and Su Zhengyang has already offended the Ingrid Empire because of his special relationship with the Peace Company. The United States also has no good feelings towards him. As long as we speak out, most mainstream countries with international status will definitely stand on our side, putting great pressure on the Northern Xinjiang government."

Emperor Rendong became more and more angry as he thought about it. He angrily slammed the table and said, "Let's do as you say. Although we can't make Northern Frontier pay a substantial price, this time, I must make Northern Frontier's international reputation become infamous! In addition, let our fleet docked at Songhu Port teach the Northern Frontier troops in Shanghai a lesson, so that Su Zhengyang will know that our Fuso Empire is not without the power to curb him!"

Tojo Takehiko smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, as soon as the riots broke out in the Shanghai Concession, our Marine Division tried to resolve the matter by force to protect the property safety of the expatriates in the concession, but was defeated by the Skull Division and could only withdraw to the garrison area of ​​the military port under the cover of the fleet."

"I don't know when Su Zhengyang built a large coastal defense fortress along the dozens of kilometers of Shanghai's coastline. There are not only a large number of 406MM coastal defense cannons, but also a large number of 280MM and 203MM giant coastal defense cannons. As long as our fleet dares to directly fire and threaten Shanghai, their coastal defense cannons will also be within the range and cause a heavy blow to our fleet."

Takehide Tojo's words made the atmosphere at the scene extremely depressing for a moment.

No one could have imagined that an inconspicuous leader of a security militia in the northwestern border of China had grown into a behemoth capable of posing a huge threat to Fuso, Asia's number one military power, in just two years.

Just as Tojo Takehide said, Fuso could still rely on the First Division of the Pacific Fleet docked at Songhu Port to pose a huge threat to the entire city of Shanghai. But now, as long as you dare to fire, Su Zhengyang's Giant Shield coastal defense system can also sink your warships near the coast. Once a war breaks out, the cost will be too high. After suffering a series of heavy losses, Fuso has lost the qualifications to have an equal dialogue with Su Zhengyang.

In the President's Office in the Central Government Building of Beilong City, Yang Jiakai looked meaningfully at Su Zhengyang who was sitting opposite him and said, "You did a great job in this matter. You made the entire Northern Frontier and the entire China feel relieved. But have you ever thought about how to solve the series of impacts that followed? Fuso has already raised diplomatic questions and suspected that our army blatantly participated in this brutal massacre, and they are clamoring that they have evidence in their hands."

Su Zhengyang said calmly, "Evidence? What evidence? It's just that some gang members were angry about Fusang's killing of overseas Chinese and launched an attack on the concession. Fusang is our best teacher in this matter. How dare he question us?"

"After all, there are a large number of troops stored in the Fuso Concession. The excuse that gang members started a riot is hard to sustain, especially in this operation, your troops also used heavy firepower. Once Fuso launches an attack at the level of public opinion, those Western powers will most likely stand on Fuso's side, which will affect our international reputation."

"But you, little fox, always plan before you act. I won't interfere with this matter. Let's see how you handle it next."

Su Zhengyang smiled and said, "Don't worry, President. I will definitely make Fuso's so-called public opinion offensive fall on deaf ears and will not have any impact on our Northern Frontier's international reputation."

After leaving the Central Government Building, Su Zhengyang said to his secretary Fu Jiang, "Send an invitation in my name to the consuls of the remaining ten concessions in Beijing-Hong Kong City. Invite them to the Beilong Hotel at 8 o'clock tomorrow night to attend the dinner hosted by me, Su Zhengyang. I want to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, so that they dare not stand on the side of Fusang and point fingers at the actions of our Northern Frontier government!"

"Yes, Governor."