Hou Dashun received Hu Zhiyong's order and sent a message to Chiang Kai-shek: "The fall of Shanghai will make life miserable for the people in Jiangnan. For the sake of the entire Chinese nation, please let Feng Yuguo's troops recover Shanghai!"
Chiang Kai-shek looked at the telegram and sat dull. He Yingqin said in a low voice: "Chairman of the Generalissimo, it will also be beneficial to Nanjing to regain Shanghai. No one is sure whether we have a chance of winning in a decisive battle with the Japs."
"They have occupied Shanghai. You will never take it back in your lifetime!" Chiang Kai-shek snorted and said resolutely: "We will fight the Japanese army first. I don't believe that four million troops can't defeat them!"
After the fall of Shanghai, the officers of the Northern Bureau could not sit still. Hou Dashun convened a meeting of military and political leaders at all levels, allowing everyone to speak freely. Song Ziwen sat there and listened awkwardly, and whispered to Zhou Enlai: "Our chairman is too inconsiderate.
The overall situation has caused public outrage."
"He is afraid that his country will be unstable, and that the Northern Bureau will take the opportunity to infiltrate into the south." Zhou Enlai smiled and answered in a low voice.
"He's not afraid of the Northern Bureau, he's afraid of you!" Song Ziwen smiled strangely: "Feng Yuguo's militia is your people, the chairman has long known it."
"Oh?" Zhou Enlai was surprised: "He personally agreed to the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the War of Resistance."
"But your army is developing rapidly and has threatened his regime!" Song Ziwen replied with a smile.
Zhou Enlai now knew that if Song Ziwen knew that Hu Zhigang and the others were members of the Red Party, Chiang Kai-shek must have known it in his heart. No wonder he did not dare to let Feng Yuguo's militia go to South China for fear of threatening half of his country.
However, he cannot express his position now and can only pretend to be deaf and watch the changes in the situation. After the Gongxian Arsenal was able to produce assault rifles, the Kuomintang rarely purchased weapons from the Northern Bureau. Now Chiang Kai-shek is busy moving the capital, fearing that East China
Fall is a matter of time.
The officers expressed their intention to send troops one after another, and the quarrels became louder and louder. Hou Dashun slammed the table and stood up, looking at everyone coldly: "Sending troops? From where? We will use guns and artillery to tear a hole in the national army's defense line.
Is this beneficial to the cause of the War of Resistance? From the sea, we have no warships, how can we swim across it! Comrades, the leader of China is still Jiang, and we cannot give him any leverage!"
"Are we just going to ignore it?" Ma Xiandeng muttered in a low voice.
"Commander Ma, if we break up with the little devil now, he will take the opportunity to cut off our maritime transportation lines and supplies from Southeast Asia and Los Angeles. Our satellite city will launch the Adventure 1 spacecraft next year, cutting off the maritime transportation lines, and our
All plans will be disrupted!"
Hou Dashun had to lay out the most critical issues at the moment to let everyone know the current situation. The participants in the meeting were surprised when they heard such news for the first time.
"Not a satellite? A spacecraft?"
"What is a spaceship used for?"
"Can't it be produced in the Northern Bureau?"
The busy discussion suddenly made the serious meeting chaotic. Hou Dashun said loudly: "I don't know what you are asking, but the expert from the satellite city has arrived, and he will show it to everyone with images! Please
Our scientists!”
A little girl came. She walked up to the stage gracefully, took out a CD from her hand and put it in the CD-ROM player. When the image came out, the rocket emitted beautiful flames and sent an object high into the sky.
"Ah, there's someone sitting up there!"
No one was not shocked, and it was even more surprising to them that these people not only ascended to high altitudes, but also landed on the moon. After an image demonstration, the little girl excitedly told everyone: "It will take us three years to complete this project."
Everything becomes reality!”
Song Ziwen was so smart. After seeing this kind of rocket, he shouted: "I understand, your weapons to attack island countries are launched with this kind of rocket!"
"Yes!" The little girl nodded: "Our cars and aircraft engines are also obtained from these technologies! It is not only of great use for military and national defense, but also of great help to people's livelihood and electronic appliances. Young Master Four
He has not come back for years, but who can count the new products he has sent back to you! I want to tell you good news. The little devils cannot occupy China, and they will not get anything from China. The Second World War is about to break out, and Germany
Troops have already begun to be dispatched!"
"Ah!" Everyone screamed. If there is a world war, will the entire world be burned by the flames of war?
"There are many things that the Northern Bureau cannot produce. The parts we need are shipped back from Los Angeles and Tianhua. If the sea transportation line is cut off now, all the plans of the young master will be disrupted! Comrades, as long as Chiang Kai-shek nods, we will
Send troops to recapture Shanghai and Jiangnan!"
After Hou Dashun finished speaking, he asked the guards to send the scientists away. No one asked for war anymore, but they all cursed the National Government in low voices.
"Vice Chairman Zhou, we have already proposed to the Soviet ambassador that the territory in the north that Lenin recognized as returning must be returned! In order to avoid war with Stalin, you also need to go to Russia."
"Okay, I hope he can keep his promise!" Zhou Enlai stood up and expressed his willingness to do this.
In Moscow, the Soviet Union, Stalin was thinking with his pipe in his mouth. He didn't want to give away what he got, but the aggressive momentum of the Northern Bureau made him feel that war was coming. Germany had given him a headache. If the eastern defense line also started to enter the war
, I am afraid that the Soviet government will be dragged down by the two powerful countries!
He thought clearly about the stakes and quickly recalled the manifesto written by Lenin.
On July 25, 1919, the "Declaration of the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Chinese People and the Governments of North and South China" stated: "The Soviet government plunders what the tsarist government has plundered from the Chinese people or what it has plundered with the islanders and the Allied Powers.
After everything is returned to the Chinese people, we immediately recommend that the Chinese government negotiate the abolition of the 1896 Treaty, the 1901 Beijing Agreement, and all agreements signed with the island countries from 1907 to 1916."
What is specified here is the "Two Year Declaration of 1919 and 1920". Of course, its effective scope is only the treaties signed in 1896 and after 1896, and does not include those unequal treaties before 1858 to 1896.
As for Heixiazi Island and Silver Dragon Island, they should belong to China even according to the unequal treaty. When Stalin saw this, his eyes lit up and he shouted: "We are willing to abide by Comrade Lenin's last wish in negotiating with the Northern Bureau of China and hope that the Northern Bureau and the people will
The government sent someone to negotiate this matter!"
Chiang Kai-shek received Stalin's message and thought in surprise: "He agreed to return China's territory? Well, we will send people there!"
After Yang Jie, the Kuomintang ambassador to the Soviet Union, saw the correspondence between Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek, he happily said to his secretary Chen Maoxiang: "Stalin has also relented. This is really a happy thing."
"If the Chairman does not negotiate with the Northern Bureau, I am afraid that this negotiation will not go smoothly." Chen Maoxiang said worriedly: "This matter has to be discussed with Zhou En of the Red Party, who is the representative of Commander Hou Dashun."
"Okay, let's go see Zhou Enlai!" Yang Jie had known Zhou Enlai for a long time, and he knew that the Huangpu instructor was a very capable diplomat.
In fact, Zhou Enlai had already met with Stalin at this time. When he saw the declaration drafted by Lenin, he learned that what was returned was Heixiazi Island and Yinlong Island. He told Hou Dashun the news and asked him to pass it on to the Third Young Master of the Hu family.
"What the hell is going on!" Hu Zhi lost his courage. He originally wanted to take back all the territory in the 64th Tun, but he didn't expect it was just two islands. But he had already said earlier that he would abide by Lenin's promise.
Hu Zhiyong sent a telegram directly to Zhou Enlai, which read: "Try your best, I have confidence in you!"
Stalin was very good at taking advantage of loopholes. He said to Yang Jie: "You need weapons now, and the Soviet Union can provide you with aircraft, artillery, and tanks. We have fulfilled our promise to return the two islands this time. Please resume business with us from the Northern Bureau."
Coming and going.”
Yang Jie was very embarrassed. Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with this matter and was willing to accept these two islands as friends with the Soviet Union. He might not be able to resume business relations with the Northern Bureau. This was not something he could lead.
"I believe he will agree!" Stalin smiled and looked at Zhou Enlai intelligently: "I need their technology, and I will be willing to spend a lot of money!"
"Okay, I'll take this matter back to you!" Zhou Enlai did not refuse, saying that he would go back and negotiate with Hou Dashun.
The 150,000 Kuomintang troops defending the capital faced off against the 50,000 Japanese troops attacking the city. They resisted for only 12 days before falling apart! Tang Shengzhi, commander of the Nanjing garrison who swore before the war to "coexist or die with the capital," sent a team to block the river and burn the ferries. He threatened that those who retreated would die, but
He fled north in panic on a cart covered in cow dung.
In December 1937, after the Japanese army invaded East China and occupied Nanjing, the 13th Division crossed the Yangtze River north and entered Ou Tang on the east bank of Chihe River in Anhui Province, along the Mingguang line; it mobilized 8 divisions and 3 brigades, and 2 detachments of about 240,000 people.
They were commanded by Shunroku Hata, the commander of the Central China Expeditionary Force, and Juichi Terauchi, the commander of the North China Front Army. They first captured Xuzhou, a strategic location in East China.
The Chinese army was commanded by Li Zongren, Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth War Zone, and mobilized 64 divisions and 3 brigades of about 600,000 people, with the main force concentrated in the area north of Xuzhou, and some troops were deployed on the southern section of the Jinpu Railway to prevent the Japanese army from advancing northward on the southern line.
, to ensure Xuzhou.
The more and more tragic battle reports from the front continued to reach the case of Chiang Kai-shek at the Kuomintang Military Commission in Wuchang. The serious crisis Xuzhou suddenly faced calmed down his brain, which was a little dizzy due to the victory in Taierzhuang.
Chiang Kai-shek suddenly realized: "The Japanese army's intention is to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army in Xuzhou. If the 50 elite divisions in Xuzhou are eaten by the Japanese army, why should I fight?"
Chiang Kai-shek immediately called He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng and others to study and plan together. Bai Chongxi said in a low voice: "The Japanese army's intentions have been exposed, and it is no longer realistic to defend Xuzhou."
"Tell Li Zongren to evacuate Xuzhou and break out of the encirclement quickly."
Old Chiang Kai-shek was terrified. Once all his troops were exhausted, he was afraid that half of his country would be lost! The troops were his lifeblood, and now he had no choice but to retreat again!
"More than 150,000 people are the remnants of the defeated troops who retreated from the Battle of Songhu, and among them are tens of thousands of new recruits with no combat experience. This made the generals timid before the battle, and the troops panicked before the battle, and the enemy was facing the enemy.
Not only did the officers and soldiers fail to unite as one, they became frightened." Hou Dashun looked at the battle report and angrily accused the national army.
"The Kuomintang army has a very bad habit. Once defeated, the officials run away first!" Su Xiqing looked at Song Ziwen and said to him in a low voice.
"I'm not the Kuomintang!" Song Ziwen snorted: "I'm a banker and I never care about politics."
"Join us. With your talent, I believe the young master will be very happy!" Su Xiqing took the opportunity to say.
"When the Anti-Japanese War is over, I will go to live in the United States. Don't worry, I will learn from him in business." Song Ziwen has long stated that he will not be a high-ranking government official.
"Su Xiqing!" Hou Dashun shouted coldly.
"Here we come!" Su Xiqing was startled, but still stood up in a hurry.
"Give your armored troops and mountain divisions to Feng Yuguo. I will take revenge on the Japanese army!" Hou Dashun had lost his mind during the Nanjing massacre. He did not discuss with Hu Zhiyong and immediately decided to send troops!
"Commander, I don't need his troops. I want to use the entire civilian army to show the little devil that his regular army is vulnerable in my hands!" Feng Yuguo stood up and expressed that he did not accept Hou Dashun's suggestion.