Chapter 44: Seeking Korea Again

"Fight well, fight well, knock out a Japanese division at once, who would dare to say that our army is inferior to the Japanese army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 When the news of the victory reached Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek was very happy. In Chongqing, there were many people who were as happy as Chiang Kai-shek, but there were also some people who sneered at the combat effectiveness displayed by the New Army, and they always believed that the New Army won by relying on the superiority of troops, after all, both the New First Army and the New Second Army participated in the battle to annihilate a division of the Japanese army.

It is not to say that the new army has shown super combat effectiveness and destructive power, and the Japanese divisions and regiments that were caught between the new first army and the new second army were almost completely annihilated, and there was even a wing flag that had not had time to be destroyed was captured by the new second army. Many cities, including Chongqing, spontaneously held celebratory parades, hoping that the new army would perform better.

The Japanese troops who tried to regain their southward movement suffered a blow to the head, and after being surrounded and annihilated by a division by the new army, they immediately began to adjust their tactical arrangements. Almost the same steps as the invasion of China a few years ago, the Japanese army drew part of its forces and tried to break south from Inner Mongolia to Zhangjiakou into Shanxi and Hebei, but did not want to be blocked by the New Third Army and the New Fourth Army. After a bloody battle between the two sides, the Japanese army chose to retreat, and the New Fifth Army, which had been wandering outside the battle group to wait for work, appeared at this time, and chased more than 30,000 Japanese troops with a overwhelming momentum, losing their armor and losing their armor, killing and wounding one after another.

The New Army fought a series of bloody battles with the Japanese army in the northeast, and in just half a month, it had already inflicted more than 50,000 casualties on the Japanese army, which was almost the sum of all the casualties of the Japanese army between 37 and 39 years. The new army's performance was so eye-catching, the Dangkou army, which had been reduced to a supporting role, disappeared from the sight of the Japanese army unconsciously, and when the Japanese army learned the news that Dandong was broken, the Dangkou army had disappeared from Dandong without a trace.

It is impossible for an army of 100,000 people to disappear without leaving a trace, but the Kwantung Army just couldn't find any trace of the Dangkou Army, and when the Japanese army was besieged by the new army in Inner Mongolia, the Japanese army in Korea suddenly found that the Korean Independence Army, which had already been encircled and suppressed, was about to disperse, and suddenly seemed to be reborn, trying to march from the north of Korea to the south. From the day the Korean Independence Army raised its flag, the Japanese troops in Korea did not take them seriously, and even when the Korean Independence Army was cleared, the Japanese army mostly dispatched second-line troops to complete it, because this could not only eliminate the opposition forces, but also serve the purpose of military training.

Only this time it seems that something is different, the independence army from the north of Korea to the south not only has a large increase in strength, but also equipped with a much sharper weapon, in just one week, many Japanese encirclement and suppression troops have failed. "We are mercenaries, so naturally whoever pays will help them fight. Mr. Kim Jiu, at present, the Dangkou Army is helping the Korean Independence Army to fight in the south in North Korea, and if you can't show sincerity, I would like to say that our umbrella company may recall the Dangkou Army. Perhaps, the Japanese will be willing to make way for the safe withdrawal of the Bandit army from the Korean Peninsula. ”

In the northeast and North Korea, the war is in full swing, and in faraway Chongqing, Vivien, a special envoy of the umbrella company, is accompanied by government officials to meet with Kim Koo, a North Korean independence activist who has lived in exile in China for many years. Kim Koo has always been the standard-bearer of the Korean independence movement, and he is not only the organizer of the South Korean Patriotic League, but also the head of the South Korean provisional government in exile. Kim Young-hee's defection to the Soviets made Vivian and others oppose Zhuo Fei's continued support for the North Korean Kim, but the umbrella currently needs a North Korean as a target for support, and Kim Koo, who has been in exile in China, has become Vivian's first target.

In fact, the various performances of the South Korean government and the so-called Hallyu stars in later generations made Zhuo Fei have no good impression of South Korea. Therefore, before Vivian left Australia, Zhuo Fei made a proposal that made it difficult for Jin Jiu to make a decision, that is, if Jin Jiu wanted to get the full support of the Umbrella Company, he must sell Jeju Island to the Umbrella Company, and it would be owned by the Umbrella Company in perpetuity.

In later generations, the South Korean government has always made moves that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and the government, and it is nothing more than because of the presence of US troops stationed in South Korea, and the South Korean government can use the deterrent power of the US military to show off its might to China. And now, Zhuo Fei proposed to buy Jeju Island in order to pave the way for the future. If the course of history can return to the original trajectory, and if the US military will still be stationed in South Korea, then Jeju Island, which is firmly controlled by the umbrella, will be a sharp sword hanging over the heads of South Korea and US military bases.

Vivian came to Chongqing with full sincerity under the umbrella, and not only found Jin Jiu and the so-called Korean Provisional Government in Exile, but also had a face-to-face meeting with Jin Jiu accompanied by government officials. It's just that Vivian's conditions seem to make it a little difficult for Jin Jiu to decide, Jeju Island is the largest island in South Korea, and its geographical location is superior. Jeju Island is located in the southwest corner of South Korea, at the eastern end of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, 82 kilometers away from the South Korean mainland across the Jeju Strait in the north, Japan across the Korean Strait in the east, separated from China by the Yellow Sea in the west, and the East China Sea in the south.

In fact, the most difficult thing for Jin Jiu to decide is the area of Jeju Island, which has an area of more than 1,800 square kilometers, and giving up the land area of 1,800 square kilometers to others is what Jin Jiu really struggles with. "Mr. Jin Jiu, our umbrella came to Chongqing with sincerity, you must know that once the Dangkou army starts an all-out war with the Japanese army in Korea, the daily ammunition supply will be an astronomical amount. And that's not even counting the casualties of the Bandits' own troops, you know, the pension of our umbrella is very high. Vivien smiled at Jin Jiu.

"Our umbrella company is a mercenary company, not some wantless savior, and the Dangkou Army naturally can't unconditionally help you Koreans to restore the country. I still say what I said just now, if you can't come with real sincerity in the dark, the Dangkou army can only withdraw from the Korean Peninsula, and as for your great cause of recovering the country, you have to complete it. Seeing that Jin Jiu still looked like she was bowing her head and contemplative, Vivien had no choice but to get up and prepare to leave.

"By the way, the Korean Independence Army, which is currently active in the mountains of northern Korea, is also a unit formed by our umbrella company. If the umbrella is withdrawn from the Korean Peninsula, the Korean Independence Army will follow suit, and of course, they will change their banner in the future to help the Chinese army fight the Japanese army. Jin Jiu's ambiguity annoyed Vivian, and before leaving, Vivian didn't forget to hit the room full of Koreans.

"What? The Korean Independence Army is also a unit of the umbrella company? How is this possible? Vivien had barely left the room when the officials of the Korean Provisional Government in Exile, who had been sitting behind Kim Koo, blew up. After Kim Young-hee's Korean People's Army completely fell to the Soviets and was surrounded and defeated by the Japanese in the Far East, the Korean Independence Army, which raised its flag in the mountainous areas of northern Korea, became the hope for Kim Koo and others to restore their country. Originally, Jin Jiu and others were also planning to send a special envoy back to North Korea in the near future to contact this independence army, hoping that the independence army would be under the leadership and command of the provisional government, but they never expected that the Korean independence army was actually related to the umbrella company, and it was established by the umbrella single-handedly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you all heard what the woman said just now, and now, I want to know, what do you all think." Jin Jiu, who had been pondering for a long time, could not come up with a clear answer, and when he saw that the others were arguing over the independence army, Jin Jiu immediately shouted to everyone. If you want to get the support of the umbrella, you have to pay the price, the umbrella is not an unknown person, just look at the strong combat effectiveness and battlefield performance of the Chinese new army troops, Jin Jiu and others are actually inclined to get the support of the umbrella.

However, if you want to get the support of the umbrella company, you have to hand over Jeju Island to the other party, and no one in the audience wants to be charged with the crime of ceding national territory. Since no one wanted to bear such a charge, this small-scale discussion was fruitless and meaningless, and Kim Koo then met with Vivian several times, but never reached an agreement, and the key point of disagreement between the two sides was still because of Jeju Island.

"Mr. Jin Jiu, I understand Mr. Jinjiu's feelings for safeguarding national interests, but what I want to say is that your great cause of restoring the country seems to be still in a stage where the road ahead is bleak. Before you, our Umbrella Company accepted the employment of European Jews, and while relocating a large number of Jews to China for temporary residence, we also promised to help the Jews to regain their country. Right now, we've helped the Jews build a regular army of more than 300,000 troops, and we've helped the Jews gain support from the United States and the United Kingdom. ”

"Mr. Jin Jiu, I am not saying this to show off anything, but to prove to you that our umbrella company has such strength and ability. Quality service must be paid first-class, this is one of the purposes of our umbrella company, if you want to get the full support of the umbrella, you must sell Jeju Island according to our request, otherwise, we can only give up the possibility of cooperating with you. Vivian is a resolute person, rather than wasting time in Chongqing, it is better to return to Australia to enjoy her vacation, so in words, Vivian is no longer ready to talk to Jin Jiu.

Seeing that this was almost Vivian's ultimatum, Kim Koo immediately convened the exiled government officials again for discussion, and the result of this meeting was not very satisfactory to Kim Koo, but more than half of the top brass agreed to sell Jeju Island to the umbrella company. A few days later, Zhuo Fei, who had personally arrived in Chongqing from Australia, signed a document with the South Korean government-in-exile headed by Kim Koo to purchase Jeju Island in the presence of all the high-level officials of the Chongqing coalition government and the ambassadors of the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union to China.