Volume 5 The Opportunity of Rise Chapter 305 The Trip to Nanjing
Volume 5: Opportunity for Rise Chapter 305: Trip to Nanjing
On March 9, 1938, Japanese government negotiators Hirota Koki and Ishihara Kanji arrived in Nanjing, China. After preliminary contacts with the Nanjing government, they notified the National Defense Forces to prepare for negotiations with the National Defense Forces and the National Government in Nanjing.
In fact, Wu Aihua got the information as soon as Hirota Koki and Ishihara Kanji got off the ship from Shanghai. But Wu Aihua had no intention of taking care of them. In China, the biggest influence on the Japanese at present is the National Defense Force, not Chiang Kai-shek's National Government. Because,
The Japanese army still has nearly 300,000 soldiers in Wu Aihua's hands.
However, Wu Aihua didn't care about them going to Ah Li. Besides, the Nanjing government is currently China's recognized central government, so Wu Aihua cannot be so stingy.
After receiving the notice of the meeting, Wu Aihua held urgent consultations with the generals of the National Defense Forces in Shanghai, and finally decided to appoint Wu Aihua as the plenipotentiary representative and Chen Jitang as the deputy representative. The accompanying members included the Chief of General Staff of the National Defense Forces Fu Lin, Wu Aihua's wife Chen Siwei, the National Defense Forces
Wang Ying, Director of the Propaganda Bureau of the General Political Department, is a member of the "five-member delegation".
Wuweiying and Generals Shen Ren and Kong were responsible for the security of Wu Aihua and his delegation. Chen Jitang's personal guard Xu Hu was also incorporated into the Wuweiying and continued to protect Chen Jitang, the Guangdong veteran.
On the issue of how to get to Nanjing, Wu Aihua advocated taking a train, but the National Defense Forces including Xia Zhongqing, Yu Hanmou, Jiang Baili and others all advocated taking a battleship and having the First Fleet of the Navy escort the commander-in-chief to Nanjing.
Finally, when this plan was reported to the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, Chiang Kai-shek happily agreed to the warship plan. Old Chiang Kai-shek had already put his position in a good position at this time, and Wu Aihua gave him the greatest face by agreeing to negotiate in Nanjing.
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The delegation of the Nanjing government was headed by Chiang Kai-shek himself, with Wang Jingwei as deputy representative. In addition, there were Finance Minister Song Ziwen, Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui, National Advisor Zhang Qun and others. The Nanjing government delegation had almost no military representatives, which shows that the military
It is estimated that the National Defense Forces will decide the issue, while the Nanjing government focuses more on solving the Sino-Japanese issue politically.
The main representative of Japan this time is Hirota Koki, the deputy representative is Ishihara Kanji, and the members include the ambassador to China, Kawagata Shigeru, the former ambassador to China, Yoshiaki, and the commander of the Japanese 3rd Army, Lieutenant General Yamashita Tomofumi.
Regarding this meeting between China and Japan, Wu Aihua is actually entangled and contradictory in his heart. On the one hand, he hopes to end the war between China and Japan as soon as possible through negotiations. If a war is to be fought, of course that is possible, but he is unwilling at this time.
He will beat the Japanese too crippled and dead; on the other hand, he is not prepared to turn this negotiation into a final negotiation. He wants to leave some tails, such as the Northeast and Taiwan issues, so that he can have an excuse to attack Japan in the future.
Now, what he is worried about is the Nanjing government. It should be said that Chiang Kai-shek is a man with more backbone and national integrity. Because of this, the Nanjing government is likely to put forward some ideas that are not in line with Wu Aihua's wishes.
To this end, before departing from Shanghai, Wu Aihua convened a committee of all the National Defense Forces. Participants included the deputy commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, the chief of general staff, the deputy chief of general staff, the directors of various headquarters, the commanders of each group army, as well as the navy and air force.
The military chiefs of the Lightning Force, Swordfish Commando, Artillery Command, and Armored Forces Command also include Xiao Fei, Chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government who was forced to be appointed by the Nanjing Government by Wu Aihua, and Lin Qinghua, Chairman of the Fujian Provincial Government (who also serves as Deputy Director of the General Armament Department)
), Chen Jitang, Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government.
The purpose of Wu Aihua's meeting was to discuss plans and determine the candidates and tone for the negotiations.
In fact, the people who were able to participate in this meeting were all core personnel of Wu Aihua's national defense system, and they all knew Wu Aihua's thoughts, character, ambitions, and his judgment of the international situation.
Everyone raised many valuable points, especially regarding the determination of the tone of the current negotiations. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhong Shoufu proposed a concept, namely, "truce negotiations between China and Japan." Armistice negotiations mean that there will be no fighting, but they do not
It does not mean that the relationship between the two countries is normal.
In addition, there is the issue of the withdrawal of Japanese troops from North China, Northeast China and Taiwan. Participants said that since they want to give Japan a beating in the future, then North China must let the Japanese troops withdraw; while the issues of Northeast China and Taiwan will be left to be resolved later, but they must declare
Sovereignty lies with China, or simply don’t talk about the Taiwan issue.
Finally, Wu Aihua finally came up with four key points for negotiation:
First, Japan must clearly acknowledge its responsibility for provoking the war of aggression;
Second, Japan must compensate the Chinese people for the disasters caused by the war in North and East China. The amount of compensation is US$500 million.
Third, Japan must withdraw all Japanese troops from North and East China within one month of negotiating and signing the agreement.
Fourth, Japan’s illegal concession in Hongkou, Shanghai, considering the future relationship between China and Japan, can be temporarily retained for 10 years, but the Chinese government must pay an annual rent; after 10 years, China and Japan will agree on the concession
The issue will then be negotiated.
Regarding the Northeast and Taiwan, Wu Aihua did not mention it at all. If Chiang Kai-shek and government representatives asked about this issue, Wu Aihua would say that when the Northeast issue and the Taiwan issue arose, there was no armed force of the National Defense Force, so the National Defense Force would solve these two problems.
The opinions of the national government shall prevail.
The reason why the issue of the concession in Hongkou, Shanghai was raised was because after Wu Aihua occupied Shanghai, he did not want to give up Shanghai, no matter who came to ask for it. Wu Aihua's attitude towards the Japanese concession in Hongkou was, in a sense, also towards the interests of the great powers in Shanghai.
attitude. For the time being, Wu Aihua will not touch him.
At around 10 a.m. on March 14, 1938, the First Fleet of the National Defense Forces Navy arrived at the Xiaguan Pier in Nanjing.
Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Military Commission of the National Government, Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government, Wang Jingwei, Executive President, He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs, and Kanji Ishihara, Deputy Japanese Representative, went to the pier to welcome Wu Aihua and the National Defense Forces delegation.
Nearly ten thousand representatives of people from all walks of life in Nanjing came to Xiaguan Pier to watch this heroic naval fleet.
Amidst the sound of drums and music, Wu Aihua and Chen Siwei appeared on the huge "Dingyuan 01" battleship and waved to people from all walks of life on the dock.
Then, Wu Aihua, escorted by guards, took Chen Siwei's hand and walked off the giant wheel. Representatives such as Chen Jitang, Fu Lin, and Wang Ying followed closely behind.
Arriving at the pier on foot, Wu Aihua looked at the national flag of the Republic of China flying on the flag stand at the pier, and together with his guards solemnly performed a National Defense Forces military salute to the flag!
Wu Aihua's move can be regarded as sending a signal: the National Defense Force will always be loyal to the country and the nation!
"Brother Aihua, I have been looking forward to having you here. Last year, I wanted to have a chat with you in Nanjing, but you were busy with military preparations, so we missed the opportunity to meet." Chairman Jiang held Wu Aihua's hand according to etiquette.
, said enthusiastically.
"Mr. Jiang, thank you for your hard work during this troubled time in our country!" Wu Aihua said seriously. Since you are enthusiastic, I will not hesitate to praise you.
"Hey, Brother Aihua still understands the difficulties of the government!" Chiang Kai-shek sighed and hurriedly introduced Wu Aihua and his party to Lin Sen, Wang Jingwei and others.
Chiang Kai-shek took the lead, and Lin Sen came second. This was not because it went beyond etiquette, but because Chiang Kai-shek himself was the supreme leader of China's wartime "base camp", and everyone in China must obey the leadership of the wartime base camp.
When meeting with Japanese representative Ishihara Wanji, Wu Aihua politely said, "Ishihara-kun, you are a far-sighted strategist!" Ishihara Wanji was a little flattered.
Ishihara Kanji was very conceited about his talents. However, he just failed to understand the strategy and dazzling tactics of the National Defense Forces. In addition, several contests between the National Defense Forces and the Japanese army ended up with the Japanese army. The tragic defeat made him unconsciously admire the leader of the National Defense Force.
Of course, the reason why Ishihara Kanji became Japan's "deputy envoy" this time was because he had a special mission, which was to explore the possibility of cooperation with the National Defense Forces.
In this world, there are only eternal interests, but no eternal friends. Ishihara Wanji is convinced that as long as Japan shows enough sincerity, it can completely reach cooperation with the National Defense Forces.
After a simple welcome ceremony, Wu Aihua and his party stayed in a hotel not far from the National Defense Forces Representative Office in Nanjing. Of course, this hotel had been fully booked by the National Defense Forces.
When Commander-in-Chief Wu Aihua was coming to Nanjing to attend Sino-Japanese negotiations and asked the representative office to find a quiet place to live, the representative office chose three high-end hotels from the perspective of safety, but was ultimately rejected by Wu Aihua.
"There is no need to consider safety issues; tranquility is the first requirement." Wu Aihua's telegram gave clear instructions.
A telegram from Wu Aihua solved the problem of the representative office. Because the representative office considers safety first, safety second, and safety third, but because it cares too much about safety, it always looks for big hotels. If these hotels It's not impossible to take over, but it just gives people the impression of being too arrogant or domineering, which is detrimental to the National Defense Forces.
If he really cares about safety, Wu Aihua is eager to have some safety issues in Nanjing so that he can speak on the stage.
Besides, Wu Aihua's safety is probably better than that of any head of state in the world. Not to mention that Shen Ren and Kong Wu are perverts, let's just say that his Wuwei camp, without a regiment or even a brigade of troops, can't handle it at all.
The biggest secret is that Wu Aihua's system can be exchanged for weapons beyond this era at any time, such as fighter planes, tanks, speedboats, and now spaceships, laser weapons and other things. Moreover, his "Dragon's Nest" It is completely a weapons warehouse. As long as he is willing, 1,000 "T-36" medium and heavy tanks can be stored in it. If this thing is really taken out, it will be no problem to kill it in and out of Tokyo, Japan, let alone Nanjing.
Of course, this is his secret and will generally not be used. In addition to the Wuwei Camp, there is also a naval fleet and a marine regiment at Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing.
If Chiang Kai-shek had any intentions, the outcome might not be that Wu Aihua's life was in trouble, but that Chiang Kai-shek would have to step down within three days.