The talks between Howard and An Yi were held at the dining table. The two started from the current Sino-British relations and naturally talked about the current extremely complicated situation in China.
Howard exchanged views with An Yi very candidly, and cleverly reminded An Yi not to be too harsh on the British, but to give up differences and try his best to promote China and Britain from confrontation to cooperation. In the face of the Japanese aggressiveness on the front lines in North China and Shanghai
China and Britain share the same interests as the United States in terms of military coercion and economic aggression. Many British investments and traditional industries in North China are under great threat, while China is facing not only industrial and commercial interests, but also territorial issues.
The dangerous situation of being cannibalized by ***.
Howard revealed to An Yi that tomorrow at the latest, British Ambassador Ji Degan will be ordered to hold special talks with Wang Jingwei. One of the important topics is that based on the principle of equality and mutual benefit, the two sides will form a border survey team to conduct a survey of the historically disputed China-Myanmar border.
Redraw the boundaries.
Howard said that it was not easy for the British government to make this concession. The Anjia army had already crossed far beyond the China-Myanmar border and occupied a large area of land that belonged to Myanmar, prompting the British government, which had no intention of fighting any more, to make a compromise. In addition, the British domestic economy was facing severe economic problems.
The situation in North China, which is being squeezed out and interests eroded by the Communist Party, as well as the financial reforms that are being prepared in the UK, are also extremely important factors. If the Chinese Communist Party is too tough at this time, it may be counterproductive.
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An Yi strongly disagreed with Howard's statement, saying that just because the Japanese army invaded and occupied China's territory in North China, China had to make compromises with the United Kingdom, which also invaded and occupied China's southwest territory. Although the Japanese and British invasion methods were different, the essence was
It is the same banditry on the ground. The border line originally insisted on by Britain was completely a disaster unilaterally imposed on China. An Yi admitted that his 26th Army does occupy part of Myanmar's territory, but most of the areas currently occupied are
It is an area with no clearly demarcated boundaries. Historically, it was China's territory. For more than two decades, the British colonial government pushed the Burmese puppet government to move north step by step, driving out and killing Chinese border residents with extremely violent means, and continuously encroached on it.
China is trying to create a fait accompli through long-term occupation of its territory. Therefore, if we want to completely resolve the China-Myanmar border issue, we must adopt a realistic attitude and respect history and be open and honest, instead of using a border map drawn by our own wishful thinking to fight with China.
If the government bargains with the people, what is the essential difference between it and the communist hegemons that the whole world accuses?
Howard saw An Yi being so excited and tough, and secretly complained in his heart. His trip was an important mission of the U.S. government, which was to try his best to help the troops in the southwestern provinces commanded by An Yi behind the scenes to reach a reconciliation with the British colonial government.
Based on the intelligence collection and summary analysis, clear conclusions have been drawn:
The key to resolving the contradictions in Sino-British relations lies in resolving the Sino-Myanmar border crisis. The key to resolving the Sino-Myanmar border crisis is not the arrogant and actually extremely fragile government of the Republic of China, nor is it the nominal commander-in-chief of the National Army, Chiang Kai-shek, but
The An Yi Group, which has huge interests in the southwest, is the leader of this military, political and economic alliance spanning the four provinces of Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan and Guizhou.
Americans now know very well that the Anjia Army, which has become the largest and most powerful warlord force in China, has close ties with the Xiangxi Army and the Western Guizhou Army. Through data analysis of the army generals in the three regions, the Americans discovered that these three hegemons
The armies in the large areas of southwestern Sichuan, Hunan and Guizhou have historical origins that cannot be severed. This is a rare close military alliance in the chaotic era of China's local separatism. From the day the alliance was formed, all three armies conquered the distinctive city of An Yi.
Whenever one party encounters difficulties, the other two will quickly launch political, military and economic support and assistance in various overt or covert ways. They have done so very skillfully over the past few years.
and concealment, this expanding military alliance can always seize precious opportunities amidst difficulties and grow step by step.
The U.S. intelligence agency carefully investigated the Southwest Bank of China, which was established two years ago and is now growing stronger. It suddenly dawned on them that the Southwest Bank, with branches and sub-branches all over southern Sichuan, Xiangxi, and western Guizhou, had quietly spread its tentacles all over the country, and naturally covered
The whole territory of Yunnan Province. This made the Americans immediately realize that Zhu Peide, a highly respected veteran in the Chinese *** team, was already an important figure in the Anyi Group. Not to mention that the Yunnan veteran Zhu Peide benefited from the strength of Anyi
With the military support of the Yunnan Army, he was able to return to his hometown and guard one side; not to mention Zhu Peide's son-in-law Zhan Huanqi, who was once a general brought out by An Yi; not to mention Zhu Shigui, commander of the 38th Army, the main force of the Yunnan Army, who worked with him when he was the regiment commander.
An Yi established a deep friendship, which later developed into an interdependent strategic relationship. This can be clearly seen from the common economic interests between the vast Yunnan Province and the expanding southern Sichuan region.
The secret is not to mention the leasing of southern Yunnan and the joint construction of the railway artery of the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Looking at China and even the world, only the four military and political forces in the southwest can achieve such a tacit understanding, advance and retreat together, and share weal and woe.
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If the conclusion drawn from the analysis of economic interests alone is not comprehensive enough, then during the short period of conflict between An Yi and China's Supreme Commander Chiang Kai-shek last year, it can be clearly seen that the Sichuan-Hunan-Guizhou Border Region and Yunnan in the southwest have completely collapsed.
Xiang Anyi Group. The sudden conflict between China's central and local military forces shocked the Americans. In the past few years, they have successively defeated the Lianghu warlord Tang Shengzhi, the Guangxi warlord Li Zongren, and the northern warlords Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan.
Chiang Kai-shek had nothing to do with his young student An Yi. An Yi, who had grown quietly, not only had a military alliance with more than 400,000 troops, but what was even more unimaginable was that An Yi also had the ability to influence the political situation.
The deep relationship with Chinese capital forces. If Yang Yongtai, Chiang Kai-shek's chief think tank, had not first attacked the Jiangnan Group and the National Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the largest industrial and commercial complex controlled by An Yi, in the action of suppressing the Anyi Group, the Americans would probably still be in trouble today.
I don’t know, An Yi has been able to easily influence China’s entire economic situation to a great extent.
After seeing all this clearly, the Americans finally understood what Chiang Kai-shek's concerns were. Fortunately, An Yi did not have aggressive political ambitions and was willing to stay dormant and silently make great contributions to the country. This allowed the suspicious Chiang Kai-shek to finally completely
They relaxed and quickly improved their relationship, and once again came together closely under the banner of "for the benefit of the country and the nation."
Another important reason is that the old-style warlord Liu Wenhui, who had always been at a disadvantage in the Sichuan Civil War, miraculously turned defeat into victory, which made the Americans particularly interested. After Liu Wenhui successfully made a comeback, he generously handed over the Artesian Well area, which is rich in salt mines.
This phenomenon made the Americans, who are all based on the principle of interests, keenly aware of the unusualness. After conducting secret investigations through various relationships and means, they found that at the key moment,
During the Sichuan Civil War, the Anyi Group not only provided a large amount of weapons, ammunition, and military material support to the Liu Wenhui Group, but also secretly dispatched a staff team with extremely rich combat experience and advanced modern warfare concepts to advise Liu Wenhui and even command on the battlefield. There are rumors.
One division of An's army even changed into the uniforms of Liu Wenhui's troops and directly participated in the battle. However, after repeated analysis by rigorous Americans, they still denied this rumor. One of the very important reasons is that the cunning and shrewd An Yi will never publicly offend the people in the army.
Liu Xiang, a senior military officer with huge political influence in Sichuan, otherwise, it would be impossible for Liu Xiang not to know about it, and it would be impossible for him to still maintain normal courtesy exchanges with An Yi to this day.
However, all this information has been able to prove that An Yi and his group did intervene in the Sichuan Civil War and gained huge benefits from the Sichuan Civil War. The defeated Liu Xiang Group could only watch as An Yi, a descendant of Sichuan, grew rapidly.
, but did not dare to offend this dangerous young man who always had a smile on his face. After analysis, the Americans determined that the big reason was that Liu Xiang, like Chiang Kai-shek, saw very clearly the huge Southwest Military Alliance behind An Yi
, if they rashly turn against each other due to local losses, it is likely to completely piss off the young and energetic An Yi. An Yi, who is also from Sichuan, is now fully qualified and has the capital to occupy the highest position in Sichuan.
Through a series of valuable intelligence, the Americans finally realized An Yi's abilities and status, and had to redefine China's military and political figures. Howard and his colleagues in the U.S. embassies in China even believed that An Yi was not only behind the scenes.
The war that affected the Sichuan-Tibet area is also directly or indirectly related to the endless vicious bombings, arson, kidnapping, extortion, and assassinations against the Japanese troops in Northeast and North China since the Chinese Lunar New Year, because as early as March 2
During the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai in 2008, the troops commanded by An Yi used all possible means to launch an unpreventable and ruthless attack on the Japanese troops and overseas Chinese. This was different from what An Yi had done in the General Class of the Central Army School a few years ago.
The "unrestricted warfare theory" mentioned in the lecture is very similar.
Therefore, Howard came this time to shoulder the important responsibility entrusted by the U.S. government. However, An Yi's stance was so tough, which gave Howard a headache, but he had no excuse.
Howard thought a little discouragedly that the world is very realistic, and the strong decides everything. In the world, China is a backward country that has been weak for a long time, but in China, An Yi is a real strong man, and
It is a winner, and it is very difficult for the winner to make concessions to the loser. Even the politicians in the Nanjing government who have been pessimistic and disappointed about the future due to habitual humiliation over the past century are trying to protect their vested interests.
We probably have no way to influence the tough and cunning general in front of us.
However, if An Yi cannot be persuaded by this trip, he will not be able to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors.
Just when Howard was at a loss what to do, Kaplan, who was full of seductive aura, stood up eagerly, raised his glass elegantly, and made a few pleasant witticisms, which brought smiles back to everyone's faces:
"Dear Ann, after drinking this glass of wine, could you please generously allow me to make a small request?"
"Tell me, my friend, I am willing to serve you at any time even if you don't drink." An Yi showed a charming smile and made an ambiguous statement, which made everyone laugh.