Chapter 41: Lobbying (2)
After a secret meeting with Mao Erren, and judging from Mao's reaction, Zhuo Fei rushed to the South Bank villa the next day to meet with Chiang Kai-shek. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info "Jiang Gong, this is an excellent opportunity, as the so-called opportunity must not be missed, if we can't be patient and honest with each other this time, maybe such an opportunity will never come again in the future." Zhuo Fei spoke, secretly looking at Chiang Kai-shek's expression at this time with the corner of his eye.
Chiang Kai-shek's face was expressionless at this time, and Zhuo Fei couldn't see anything from his expression at all, but the slight twitch in the corner of Chiang Kai-shek's left eye couldn't escape Zhuo Fei's eyes. Zhuo Fei, who had a secret door in his heart, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then continued, "Gong Jiang, do you remember those plans we made earlier? In the past few years, we have done so much foreshadowing, but it is not just for the day to come, seeing that the opportunity has come, now is not the time to retreat. ā
Chiang Kai-shek, who had been expressionless, slowly exhaled a breath, turned his head to Zhuo Fei and said, "I know that you are not speaking for the Communist Party, but the Kuomintang is not my alone, and you have to persuade others to do it." All I can do is to send more auxiliary troops to Kyushu, and as for the transfer of conventional troops, I need the approval of the majority of the people, otherwise there will be problems within the Kuomintang. Although the chair I sit on is not a dragon chair, there are many people peeping at it, do you understand what I mean? ā
Chiang Kai-shek's words made Zhuo Fei nod and replied, "Don't worry, Gong Jiang, I know what I should do next." Zhuo Fei was not sure that he could persuade Chiang Kai-shek to completely give up the idea of fighting a civil war, and contradictions between political parties were not uncommon even in European countries, and there were many bloodsheds, but as a result, a civil war that lasted for several years broke out, which was unique in European countries.
Zhuo Fei was not sure to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to give up the use of force to achieve the goal of controlling domestic power, but he did not know that due to the birth of the protective umbrella and Zhuo Fei's selfish intentions, history had already deviated, and without the instigation and support of the United States and Britain, Chiang Kai-shek's vain attempt to start a civil war was not so strong. The umbrella helped the Kuomintang train the new army units with outstanding military achievements, and the troops under the command of the CCP also have received the new army trained by the umbrella, and the CCP-controlled troops have already been expanded to 24 main divisions and nearly 800,000 reserve second-line troops.
The CCP has more than one million combat troops under its command, and the Kuomintang also has more than 2.6 million troops. Chiang Kai-shek was not a qualified military commander, but he was a qualified politician, since Zhuo Fei sent people to Chongqing to lobby the coalition government to support the umbrella to send troops to Japan, Chiang Kai-shek had already seen Zhuo Fei's actual intentions, this excellent young man just didn't want to see the outbreak of a civil war in the country that would make his relatives and enemies happy.
Chiang Kai-shek was not a pure nationalist, but he knew what to do and what not to do at this time, so he sent pilots and artillery to Kyushu Island to help in the war, and he made every effort to promote the decision to transfer the northeast garrison to land on Kyushu Island at the military and political conference. Zhuo Fei, who had already obtained Chiang Kai-shek's approval, visited a number of high-level government officials in succession, and when the Japanese government was busy transferring assets and elites, Zhuo Fei had already persuaded many high-level government officials in Chongqing to support his proposed joint operation plan.
"It is an indisputable fact that Japan is bent on invading China, and in order to expand their living space, the Japanese army has successively invaded and occupied our northeast and north China, and then launched a war of aggression against the entire territory of China. Fortunately, the world war broke out, and at a time when most countries in the world were in the war phase, Japan was forced to withdraw its troops from China because of our resistance and efforts. ā
"Some people may say that since the Japanese troops have been withdrawn, we Chinese just live our own little lives behind closed doors, regardless of what kind of fight he can make outside." There are also people who openly say in the newspapers that the Umbrella is a sinner because the Umbrella has attacked the Japanese mainland and wantonly expelled Japanese civilians on the island of Kyushu, and they hope that the government will condemn and stop the Umbrella's military action against Japan, believing that the Umbrella's actions will once again provoke a war between China and Japan. ā
At the new military and political conference, Zhuo Fei, who was specially invited to participate, spoke first, and the two paragraphs he said one after another made everyone present look sideways, saying that this product could not be made by eating guns and medicine. Zhuo Fei looked around at the people in the conference room, and suddenly tilted the corners of his mouth to reveal a sneer. "If these people who openly denigrate the umbrella in the newspapers were not Chinese, perhaps they would have become a corpse, and the umbrella would have been hung high to warn others with bad intentions."
Zhuo Fei's words were like a heavy punch to the hearts of the participants, this was a military and political meeting, no one could have imagined that Zhuo Fei would dare to speak so wildly at the military and political meeting. Seeing that a person beside He Yingqin was about to speak, Zhuo Fei preemptively said, "Maybe you will think that I am arrogant, boy, and openly make nonsense at the military and political meeting, besides, the umbrella is just an armed force, and it is not in the sequence of the government army at all." But I would like to ask you, since the umbrella went south to Burma to fight the Japanese army, has the umbrella ever done anything to be sorry for the government and the people? ā
Zhuo Fei's question left the participants speechless, and if they asked whether the umbrella had done anything to be sorry for the government, they might not be able to say, but if the contribution and help of the umbrella to the government were discussed, at least more than half of the participants had to stretch out their thumbs and praise the umbrella. "Since our umbrella is not sorry for the government and the people, then how did we become the sinners that the newspapers say? Could it be that because the Japanese army withdrew from China, they were no longer our enemies? Can we ignore the crimes committed by the Japanese army in China? ā
Mao Erren, who attended the meeting as an observer, couldn't help but secretly praise Zhuo Fei's continuous questions in his heart, and then looked at the high-ranking officials on the Kuomintang side, almost everyone's face showed a little guilt. "Actually, our umbrella has not been affected by those who have a heart to slander in the newspapers, and what I just said just now just doesn't want you to be affected, because the war did not end because the Japanese army withdrew."
Taking the wooden baton handed by the attendant, Zhuo Fei strode to the wall of the conference room where the large map was hung, and pointed to Eastern Europe with the command in his hand. "Here, the German army and the Soviet army are fighting fiercely, according to our latest intelligence, the Soviets are already in danger of defending their lines, if it is not for the Germans and their party to take the British mainland, maybe Hitler only needs to gather all the forces in the European theater to take the Soviet Union."
"And this is the west coast of the United States, and a large number of Japanese troops marching east have taken full control of the west coast of the United States with the cooperation of the Mexican army. Fortunately, the Americans, relying on their own industrial base, are aggressively producing weapons, ammunition and various materials for war. But what I will say is, once the Germans settled the USSR, would they turn back and help the Japanese attack on the United States? If the Japanese take the United States, and then join forces with the Germans to fight back in Asia, I think what will happen then, you should know very well, right? ā
No one who can come to the military and political meeting is stupid, although what Zhuo Fei just said is just an inference, no one will think that it will not happen, and according to the current world situation, what Zhuo Fei said just now is definitely likely to happen. Japan alone is already a headache for China, and if we add the German army, which is superior in combat power, will China still have a way to live? The participants were lost in thought.
"How can you be sure that the Americans will not be opponents of the Japanese army? As you just said, the Americans are currently actively producing weapons and ammunition, and besides, we all know that the Japanese Combined Fleet suffered heavy losses in the Battle of England, and without naval power, it will not be so easy for the Japanese to defeat the Americans, right? Finally, someone objected to Zhuo Fei's words just now, and Zhuo Fei was not annoyed, but showed a satisfied expression, at least someone knew how to take the initiative to ask questions and think.
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhuo Fei drew a circle with the baton in his hand on the west coast of the United States, "This is the west coast of the United States, the area controlled by the Japanese army first, according to the information we have obtained, the United States not only has a large number of ports and shipyards here, but also many factories. Moreover, the Japanese government had not only sent troops to the United States before, but also a large number of factory technicians and technicians, and as long as the Japanese army attacking the United States had a large number of technicians and technicians, relying on these American factories on the west coast, the Japanese army attacking the United States would also be able to produce weapons and ammunition on the spot. ā
Zhuo Fei's words caused an uproar among the participants, if the Japanese army attacking the United States could get supplies on the spot, then it would not be a good thing for the United States. Seeing this, Zhuo Fei threw out another piece of heavyweight news, "This is the information sent back by the military commander from the inside line of the Japanese mainland, so far, the Japanese government has transferred more than 40 divisions and regiments to the American battlefield, with a total strength of more than 700,000, and they have deployed more than 300,000 main troops in Hawaii and Midway." ā
It seemed that he didn't feel the effect he wanted, so Zhuo Fei broke another bombshell news, "In addition, the Japanese government also plans to transfer all the 2 million troops in the country to the American battlefield as a reserve army, and by then, there will be more than 3 million Japanese troops in the United States." Zhuo Fei's blockbuster news finally caused a brief panic in the venue, and Chiang Kai-shek, who had not spoken, looked at each other, and the eyes of both of them showed disappointment with many participants.