Glorious Mission 1937

Although Lao Jiang was not very active in the peace talks proposed by the Japanese side, it does not mean that Lao Jiang was not tempted. On the contrary, Lao Jiang had long thought about the peace talks, but the Japanese side has not been strong.What Chiang and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium that supported him care about is the orthodox status of his regime in China, and the most important thing is that it can be accepted and supported by the West.

So what?As long as Japan does not undermine this point, other issues can be discussed, including national sovereignty. Before the "July [-]th Incident", Japan occupied parts of Shandong, Northeast China, and violated the sovereignty of Shanghai and other places. The Chiang regime not only did not "turn faces" with Japan, but also continued to be "friendly" with Japan, allowing its investment and trade volume in my country The proportion has risen, and even suppressed domestic anti-Japanese words and deeds, allowed Japanese spies to run rampant in China, allowed Japan to invest and even control my country's strategic industries such as iron ore;

Now the threat of the Japanese is certainly not small, but in Lao Jiang’s view, the domestic threat is equally huge, not to mention that the dying Turkic Communist Party, which had already been beaten, has grown to 50 million regular troops after several years of development. In other words, the little guy who has recently risen in the north makes Lao Jiang often wake up from his sleep.

Although that little guy is young, he has great ambitions. Not to mention that the Central Army is no match for the 10-strong army, even the Japanese army is far behind.The most important thing is that the little guy has the support of the United States and the Soviet Union, which even he, the chairman of the committee, cannot compare with.After several fights, Lao Jiang could see that he had nothing to do with Saibei.

Although his people are now in charge of one-third of the regime in northern Serbia, both he himself and Chen Feng know that a regime without the support of the army is nothing but a castle in the air, as long as Chen Feng is willing, he can destroy it at any time, let alone three points one of the regimes.

Now Lao Jiang couldn't help but feel a little regretful. It was because of his support that Saibei Province would become the largest and strongest province in northern China in just a few years, if he hadn't sent so many government officials to Saibei.Presumably it was impossible for Chen Feng to develop so quickly.

In addition, the relationship between Saibei Province and the World War II area is extremely close, Yan Laoxi and Chen Feng are the son-in-law of Weng, Chen Feng rescued the World War II area many times in distress, and even took back Taiyuan City twice and sent it to Yan Laoxi.If the Chen and Yan families join forces, even he, the chairman of the committee, may not be their opponent.

It is precisely because of these concerns that Lao Jiang actually hopes for peace talks the most.The reason why he was not active this time was mainly because the two Japanese peace talks made Lao Jiang extremely ugly.Not only did they fail to reach any effective agreement, but they were full of anger.In addition, the person sent by Japan this time is only a small army lieutenant officer, and the Chinese rank is only a lieutenant colonel. Can a small infantry battalion commander decide the war or peace between the two countries?The answer is obviously no, that's why Lao Jiang behaved so negatively.

Even so, Lao Jiang still didn't mean to completely reject the Japanese side.Instead, Dai Li was ordered to deal with the matter, and asked him to send an agent to negotiate with the Japanese side pretending to be Song Ziliang. [

At the same time, Lao Jiang quietly released news, wanting to test Chen Feng's attitude. After all, Chen Feng has the final say on most of the north, and Jiang's orders are not comparable to the military orders of the Eighth War Zone in northern China.

After receiving the news from Old Jiang quietly, Chen Feng felt conflicted.Many peace talks between China and Japan in history ended in failure until the outbreak of the Pacific War.Both China and Japan also knew that there was no need for peace talks with each other, and the peace talks came to an abrupt end.

But now it is different from the past. In history, China and Japan have not had successful peace talks. It does not mean that Japan in this time and space will be like it in history.We must know that Japan's national strength in history is obviously stronger than that of Japan now. Even if it does not negotiate peace with China, Japan can still persist.

But now?After Chen Feng's military, foreign trade, and financial and monetary attacks, Japan's economic strength has declined seriously, and it is far worse than in history.Therefore, Japan does have the expectation of peace talks.As for Lao Jiang, Chen Feng didn't think that the bald man was a staunch anti-Japanese element at all, which can be clearly seen from Lao Jiang's anti-Japanese strategy.

Many people think that the national government did not formulate an anti-Japanese strategy at all. In fact, this is a wrong idea. As early as when the Japanese army occupied the four northeastern provinces, the national government formulated corresponding strategies. We can fully analyze this from Chiang Kai-shek’s Lushan speech .

Chiang Kai-shek's Lushan speech is worthy of recognition. Although it was implicit, he recognized the legal status of Yan'an after all.It has sent a signal that it will resist Japan or no longer suppress the resistance against Japan, which is worthy of recognition.But it must be the same thing, and some people tout it as "sounding", and it is unnecessary.

It can be seen from Chiang Kai-shek's Lushan speech.Chiang Kai-shek's regime definitely had an overall strategy for resisting Japan: first of all, Chiang and his aides insisted on not fighting if they could.This is very clearly seen in his speech.In the first part, it is emphasized that "the Chinese nation loves peace very much", and it is reiterated that "peace will never give up peace before it reaches a period of fundamental despair, and sacrifices will never be lightly sacrificed until the last moment"; At the last moment that can be avoided, of course we have only sacrifices, only the war of resistance”; the fourth part once again emphasizes that “a second before peace is completely hopeless, we still hope for peace”; finally puts forward again “We hope for peace, not Gou'an"—the so-called "Gou'an" should be Wang Jingwei's later actions, which is worthy of recognition.

To put it bluntly, it means whether we can fight or not. It would be best if we can get things done with a little money or a few kowtows.It is really hard to do anything about it, so let's fight, people have come to the door, and still have this kind of thinking, can this be a staunch anti-Japanese element?

The second is to adhere to the anti-Japanese bottom line of not surrendering.Since we are trying our best to "hope for peace", should we resist the war?His speech was also very clear.The first part emphasizes "the last moment"; the second part further explains the meaning of "the last moment": "If the Marco Polo Bridge can be oppressed and occupied, then our century-old capital, the center of political culture in the north and the important military town of Beiping, can be To become Shenyang No. [-]! Today’s Beiping, if it becomes the former Shenyang, and today’s Jicha, will also become the former four eastern provinces. If Beiping can become Shenyang, how can Nanjing not become Beiping!” , the meaning is very clear: not being Puyi; and the last sentence "We hope for peace. Not asking for peace" also means not being Puyi.

Of course you can’t be Puyi, because the foundation of Chiang Kai-shek’s clique is Britain and the United States and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang chaebol clique supported by them. Once they surrender, their regime’s international existence will be gone, and they will definitely be abandoned by the people of the whole country.Then why do you say that the bottom line of Chiang Kai-shek's regime is not to surrender?This can be seen from the strategy and performance of Chiang Kai-shek's regime in resisting Japan.Its strategy is to "prepare for war, but never seek war." Its performance is to only seek peace in the form of a formal regime, not to recover the country. The bottom line is of course not to be Puyi!

The last is to adhere to the anti-Japanese strategy of "exchanging sovereignty for peace" and "never seeking war".Since he repeatedly expressed his "hope for peace" in his speech, it is very natural to emphasize the strategy of "preparing for war, and never seeking war" at the end of his speech.In addition to this strategy, "sovereignty for peace" should be added.This point can be explained from the "Tanggu Agreement" and other treaties signed with Japan and the subsequent performance of the War of Resistance, and it can also be confirmed that the bottom line of its resistance to Japan is "improper Puyi".

In the "Tanggu Agreement", the Japanese proposed that all Chinese troops should quickly retreat to areas west and south of the line connected by Yanqing, Changping, Gaoliying, Shunyi, Tongzhou, Xianghe, Baodi, Lintingkou, Ninghe, and Lutai.thereafter.Do not cross this line, and refrain from any acts of provocation and disturbance; in order to verify the implementation of the first item, the Japanese army shall use aircraft and other methods to conduct surveillance at any time. The Chinese side shall protect this and provide various facilities; When the Chinese military has complied with the first rule, it will no longer cross the above-mentioned retreat line of the Chinese army to continue the pursuit, and will automatically return to roughly the line of Dacheng, south of the Great Wall line.As for the maintenance of law and order in the areas north and east of the line shown in item [-], the above-mentioned police agencies, which are in charge of the police agencies on the Chinese side, shall not use armed groups that stimulate the feelings of the Japanese army.

The content of this treaty tramples on China's sovereignty is obvious!But for the sake of "hoping for peace", the Lao Jiang Group actually accepted it!Therefore, the anti-Japanese strategy of Chiang Kai-shek's regime is to "exchange sovereignty for peace" and "never seek war."Its purpose is to ensure the legitimacy of its regime in China and, most importantly, to be accepted and supported by the West.

So what?As long as the Japanese side does not undermine this point.Sovereignty can be discussed or lost.Moreover, because they were afraid of pushing the Japanese side into a hurry and threatening their own bottom line, they compromised in every possible way with the Japanese side.The attitude of Chiang Kai-shek’s regime has been recognized and affirmed by the Japanese side in various ways. Judging from the situation after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Japan does not seek to eliminate Chiang’s regime, nor does it seek to replace it with Wang Jingwei’s regime.Instead, force it to surrender──because it is useful to keep it!

This is the purpose of bombing Chongqing and other areas, and the purpose of attacking Xue Yue’s troops. After the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese base camp tried its best to limit the scale of each attack. Later, the intention of focusing the attack on Burma was exposed more clearly: Chiang’s regime Don't you want to gain Western recognition and support?The Japanese side cut off the connection between Chiang Kai-shek's regime and the West.If Western methods support it, wouldn't Chiang's regime also surrender?In terms of feeling, the two sides still have a tacit understanding. [

Chen Feng was very worried about Lao Jiang's various behaviors. What if Lao Jiang really made peace with Japan?Against Chiang Kai-shek?

If he opposes Chiang Kai-shek and resists Japan, then the anti-Japanese front of the whole nation will be wiped out, and the rope that the Chinese have finally condensed will become a mess. At that time, he will not only face pressure from Japan, but also pressure from Japan. The threat from the national government will only benefit the Japanese in the end.

But it is not enough to let Lao Jiang contact the Japanese. If they really reach an agreement, the problem will be more serious. Japan will get a lot of benefits and then have time to recuperate. Going back to the situation where the warlords were fighting ten years ago, when the "heroes" from all walks of life in China were almost exhausted, the rested Japanese would come on stage again, and there would really be a danger of subjugation and extinction.

Therefore, they can neither allow them to negotiate peace nor oppose Chiang. They can only continue to force Chiang to resist Japan! (to be continued...)