Glorious Mission 1937

"Forcing Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan" is a laborious task, and at the same time it is also a laborious task, which is even more difficult than "opposing Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan"! "Anti-Chiang and Anti-Japanese" is enough for everyone to fight hard, and if they win, their wishes will naturally come true.It is different to force Jiang to resist the Japanese. It requires strength, but more of it depends on brains.

Although the national government is not very active about the olive branch offered by Japan, whether the two sides will reach a substantive agreement in the end depends entirely on what bargaining chips Japan offers.If Japan is willing to give up some of its interests, the national government is likely to make peace with Japan alone.

One year ago, the Japanese side would never make too many concessions, but it is hard to say now, after all, the situation in Japan is relatively bad now, which forces the Japanese government to give up some interests, and also That is to say, it is possible to cooperate between the Japanese government and the national government.

However, Chen Feng also knows that Lao Jiang doesn't trust the Japanese very much now. After all, the puppet regime of Wang is a thorn in Lao Jiang's heart. People talk.

Moreover, there are detailed records of this peace talk in history. Various sources show that the work of the peace talk was just wishful thinking on the Japanese side. Jiang's response to the "peace talk" was only an expedient measure, not sincerity.At that time, some people on the Japanese side already realized that "the work in Tong is the peaceful work that the Japanese government places the greatest hope on. The work in Chongqing is a strategic work under the leadership of Dai Li, the leader of the Blue Shirts Society."

If it is said that the Nationalist Government gave a lot of sincerity to the peace talks in the previous two peace talks, then Lao Jiang gave at least three points of sincerity to the peace talks this time.For the Japanese government's "peace negotiations" aimed at inducing a surrender.Although Chongqing has many considerations.Responded to this policy of the Japanese side and held talks with it.However, the talks went on for nearly a year and ended without any results.

As for how to stop Chiang Kai-shek from peace talks with the Japanese, to be honest, Chen Feng hadn't thought of an effective solution yet. He was unambiguous in fighting, but when it came to playing politics, he was really a novice, so it's better to find some helpers for this kind of thing.

Regarding the peace talks between the national government and the Japanese army, I am afraid that Yan'an is the most worried about it. Secondly, the bigwigs of the Guangxi faction seem to disagree.My cheap father-in-law Yan Xishan is a fool.It's unreliable where the wind is strong and the other side is down!However, if he has a conscience in this matter, he should not support him. After all, what Yan Laoxi cares most about is his hometown Shanxi, which is his root.

The biggest threat to him now is the Japanese.Therefore, Yan Laoxi hoped that the national government would negotiate peace with the Japanese devils sooner.Wait for the Japanese to withdraw at that time.This Shanxi is not the world of his Yan, so Yan Laoxi will not support him to force Jiang to resist Japan. [

In addition, among the few local warlord forces that still exist in China, there may not be many people who support themselves.The vast majority of soldiers of the Northeast Army hoped to fight the Japanese to the end and fight back to their hometown.However, since the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xiaoliu, the leader of the Northeast Army, has been placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek. Through various methods such as splitting up, attacking, and recruiting, Chiang has basically turned the more than [-] Northeast Army into a mess, and now he can barely protect himself. , How can I have the energy to support myself.

The situation of the Northwest Army is the same. Yang Hucheng was forced to leave the country. The Northwest Army is now under the command of Sun Weiru, but the entire Northwest Army now has only tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, and they are still under the guns of the strategic group of Hu Zongnan, the descendant of Lao Jiang. Even with Sun Weiru's courage, he didn't dare to mess around. Otherwise, Lao Jiang would use this as an excuse to split up the Northwest Army.

Not to mention the Sichuan army, since Liu Xiang's death, the entire Sichuan army has been in chaos, and was completely stunned by Lao Jiang's combination of punches. The current Sichuan army is better than the Northeast army, and it still has a root.But let them join him in forcing Jiang to fight against Japan, I am afraid it is beyond our capabilities.

The same goes for the Hunan Army, Yunnan Army, and Guizhou Army. There are not many decent troops. As long as Lao Jiang is willing to send a few divisions into the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau casually, these warlords will be wiped out in ashes, so they absolutely dare not I am with myself, and I am afraid that the only ones who can support each other with me are the Gui Army and Yan'an.

On January 1940, 1, the national government raised three questions with the Japanese on whether it was necessary to hold talks between China and Japan: first, whether Japan should reconsider its statement that it does not regard the national government and Chiang Kai-shek as opponents, and if it wants to reconsider, What method will be used to prove to the Chinese side? Second, if Japan’s attitude towards China is really the economic cooperation between China and Japan, will it be able to restore the situation before the July 28th Incident? Third, the Japanese government has proposed to the Nationalist government If there is any intention in the peace proposal, can you secretly submit a personal letter on the peace issue to Chiang himself.It would be a great hindrance to Chiang's peace work with Japan because it would be carried out openly. The "Guanwei Statement" was made public, which made Chiang's position extremely difficult.

These three questions raised by the National Government are very clear. If the Japanese can give the National Government clear answers to these three questions, and the answers they give can also satisfy the National Government, then there will be mutual trust between them. The basis of the peace talks is that the national government will also formally hold talks with the Japanese side at that time, otherwise there is no need for the two sides to waste their saliva.

The national government at this time was very different from the national government in history. First of all, in terms of national power, due to Chen Feng's sudden birth and strong rise, the international community was quite critical of Japan's brutal invasion of China, and more importantly, due to the fact that China The army has repeatedly inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese army. Although the Japanese army still has a strategic advantage, the Japanese army has fallen behind in many local battles. Therefore, many countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, do not believe that Japan can completely occupy China.

In addition, some time ago, with the cooperation of the first theater, the second theater and the Eighth Route Army, the eighth war zone severely cleaned up the Japanese army's North China front army. In addition, it detonated a great plague in Japan, which caused great damage to Japan's national power. It had a huge negative impact, so Lao Jiang was not as worried about the Japanese as in history.

In addition, the gap in military strength between the two sides is not as great as it was in history. In history, the Nationalist Government has basically run out of fuel until now. But now, the Nationalist Government has not only received a large amount of aid from the Soviet Union, but also from Chen Feng. The weapons and equipment of no less than 15 infantry divisions were purchased there.These are all good Japanese and German weapons and equipment. Therefore, the weapons and equipment of the Central Army at this time are not much worse than the Japanese. At most, they are inferior in terms of artillery and air force, but this gap can be fully exploited. To make up for it, Lao Jiang was very "calm".

Of course, the Japanese representative was not prepared to answer the above questions. After all, he was just a small army lieutenant officer, and he was only responsible for maintaining contact within the scope of the Chinese dispatched army or underground secret work.So Song Ziliang relayed Chongqing's opinion: "Before the formal talks between China and Japan, three representatives from each will hold a round table meeting in Hong Kong at the end of February to discuss peace conditions."

On February 2, representatives of China and Japan held a preparatory meeting between Japan and China on the second floor of Tohi Matheson in Hong Kong prepared by Japan.Among the Japanese representatives who participated in the talks, in addition to Lieutenant Suzuki and Colonel Imamami, there was also the new Chief of the Eighth Division of the General Staff Headquarters, Colonel Shigeki Usui.The Chinese representatives included Song Ziliang, Lieutenant General Chen Chaolin, deputy director of the Chongqing Camp Staff Office, and Zhang Yousan, former secretary of the Supreme National Defense Council of the Counselor in Germany, as well as Major General Zhang Hannian, deputy director of the attendant's office of the alternate representative, and Zhang Zhiping, the liaison officer.

Before the start of the talks, the two sides presented their supporting documents. On the Japanese side, the certificate was issued by Prime Minister Lu. On the Chinese side, only Chen and Zhang held the certificate issued by Zhang Qun, Secretary-General of the Supreme National Defense Council.Enter the discussion after confirming your identity.

After several rounds of conversations, the center of the debate between the two sides came out: the first was the recognition of the Manchukuo issue; the second was the issue of the garrison of troops in North China;

Regarding the recognition of Manchukuo, China initially advocated that Japan and China should protect it, but Japan opposed it.After asking for instructions from Chongqing, it is suggested to not contact this issue temporarily and keep a silent attitude.The reason is very simple. Even if the domestic political influence of the slogan of regaining lost territory and the opposition from Yan'an are ignored, the resolute opposition from the Northeast and Northwest factions within the Kuomintang will cause the Kuomintang to split, and it is likely to cause domestic chaos.

With regard to the issue of garrisoning troops in North China, although Chongqing recognized Inner Mongolia as a special area, it opposed Japan’s garrisoning troops in North China.However, it also proposed that in case of national defense, China and Japan can delay partial withdrawal of troops, and negotiate after peace is restored.With regard to Wang Zhaoming's issue, due to the extremely strong anti-Wang atmosphere in China, we cannot consider joining forces with him now, but since the Japanese government also has its own position, it will be properly handled as a domestic issue no matter how. [

Because there are too many differences between the two sides, the two sides failed to reach a consensus on any of the conditions in this meeting. Therefore, the Japanese side proposed that the two sides report the results of the talks and keep in touch for the time being, and make a decision after the discussions with the higher authorities.

As for the outcome of this round of peace talks, Chen Feng had already expected it. The two sides had already torn their faces, and even declared war. It would be easy for the peace talks to succeed at once, but the two sides didn't talk about it. This made Chen Feng feel a strange threat.

So, on February 2th, which is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Feng took advantage of the gap of New Year's greetings to meet with Kang Ze and Deng Ping, the representative of the Communist Party.Chen Feng made it clear to these two methods that he did not agree with any of the Sino-Japanese negotiations, unless Japan could fully withdraw its troops from China, including Northeast China and Taiwan.At the same time, severely punish war criminals and compensate for losses. Whoever is responsible for negotiating peace with Japan alone is a traitor and a sinner of the nation. (to be continued...)