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"Niang Xipi, Niang Xipi ......" bursts of scolding came from the official residence of Chairman Zeng Jiayan, making everyone who heard it shudder.

The guards were like a great enemy, obviously they were so hot that they were dizzy, but they didn't even dare to breathe, and they were straight and stiff. Zhang Qun, director of Chengdu Xingyuan and chairman of the SC provincial government, who hurried to meet him, also heard the scolding in the living room, put down the bowl of tea, couldn't help frowning, and patted the armrest of the seat thoughtfully.

Shao leaned, Song Meiling came down from the stairs, and he quickly stood up and greeted: "Hello madam!" ”

"Mr. Yue Jun is here, please take a seat!" Song Meiling's face seemed to be calm, but the worry between her brows could not be repelled no matter what.

"Madam, what happened, why is the chairman so angry?"

"What else can I do to make the Americans angry."

Zhang Qun knew a lot of things at this level, and thought that it was impossible for ordinary Americans to provoke the committee chief, and the origin should not be small, so he guessed uncertainly: "Could it be Stilwell?" Isn't he in India now? ”

"Yesterday I flew back in a hurry, saying that there was an urgent military interview, but after a few words, the two quarreled, and Stilwell left ......

Before he finished speaking, there was a "bang" upstairs, obviously the sound of a vase smashing, Zhang Qun frowned, it seemed that he had come at a bad time, just when he was about to open his mouth to ask carefully, the servants brought Chen Bui in again.

Song Meiling immediately said: "I'm afraid that the chairman of the committee will summon you soon, and I will ask the two gentlemen to express their opinions more on political matters, you give him ideas, let him dissipate his anger and go to the fire, I will go to rest first and will not accompany you." ”

"Yes!" The two watched Song Meiling leave together. They know very well that this is, of course, a cover up to cover up, and the first lady's deep political involvement is known to her cronies, and there must be other reasons for avoiding it.

However, the two didn't have time to sigh, and immediately met to discuss what Stilwell said.

"I don't know, I just received a notification......" Chen Bui was obviously confused.

"Do you know why you summoned me?"

"Know a little bit ......" Chen Bui pondered for a moment and was just about to say, when he suddenly saw Wang Shijie, director of the Military Counselor's Office and recently in charge of foreign affairs with Britain and the United States, coming down from upstairs, and the two hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and asked, "What happened just now?" ”

"I accompanied Stilwell to meet the chairman, and today he came in a hurry, but his attitude was even worse than before, and he said a lot of things, and every sentence sounded harsh." Wang Shijie smiled bitterly, "The two quarreled after saying a few words, although my wife and I tried our best to mediate in the middle, but we couldn't talk about it at all......"

The two surrounded Wang Shijie and asked long and short questions, and finally made the four meanings of Stilwell's arrival clear today:

First, Roosevelt was originally going to send Vice President Wallace to visit China, but because the current shipping route was blocked and it was not safe, Stilwell and the ambassador to China took over the preliminary communication, and Wallace planned to leave in the fall;

Second, the U.S. side proposed to engage with the Communist Party, and also set up an observation group in Yan'an to arrange observers and military liaisons.

Third, the United States had a very tough tone and demanded that the chairman of the committee send 300,000 troops into India to participate in the war for a time limit of three months, the faster the better, and at the same time launch a full-scale counteroffensive against the Japanese army in the domestic theater;

Fourth, and most importantly, if this is not done, the United States may consider stopping its aid to China because of the blockade of the Indian corridor......

The two of them gasped, none of the four articles could be accepted by the chairman, no wonder they were so angry.

The three of them were about to sit down and have a good talk, but Lin Wei, the director of the first division of the committee, walked down again, and respectfully invited Zhang Qun and Chen Bui to go upstairs to meet them, so the conversation between the three ended in a hurry before it began.

"Mr. Yue Jun, Mr. Bray, you have come just in time, sit, sit ......" Although Chiang Kai-shek's anger did not subside, he still barely squeezed out a smile when facing the two. Zhang Qun sat down quietly, and the afterglow of his eyes seemed to inadvertently sweep over the pile of broken porcelain pieces on the ground, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Chiang Kai-shek noticed Zhang Qun's strange appearance, and said self-deprecatingly: "Concentration is not enough, concentration is not enough, I really can't help it, let the two of you laugh." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare ......"

"Did Mr. Snowboat tell you about Stilwell's intentions?"

The two nodded together, and then they suddenly realized why Wang Shijie was so loose today, it turned out that he was ordered to report the situation to them.

"That's good, we'll discuss it later."

Zhang Qun originally wanted to ask, but now that the situation is unclear, it is difficult for him to speak directly, so as not to commit a taboo; Chen Bui obviously had scruples, and he didn't say much; Chiang Kai-shek was still angry, and he needed to calm down before he could continue to speak, and for a while he was silent, and the atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became silent.

It didn't take long for Jiang himself to break the silence: "Stilwell's matter will be put aside first, and there are other confidential matters that need to be discussed with the two of you, so I specially summoned Mr. Yue Jun from Chengdu, and I don't feel at ease to talk to others." ”

Zhang Qun and Chen Bui immediately stood up flattered: "The chairman of the committee is serious,"

"Sit, sit, don't be restrained." Chiang Kai-shek turned around and instructed Lin Wei, "Bring Director Dai's secret telegram to the two of you." ”

After reading the telegram, the faces of the two were cloudy, and they were both thoughtful.

"The telegram was brought by Dai Lisa yesterday morning, and the channel is absolutely reliable, but the person who contacted us has changed, and it turns out that it was Seishiro Itagaki who was in charge of Kiri's work, and he had been hiding behind the scenes in the early days, and it was Takeo Imai who was at the forefront......"

The so-called Tong work is the 1939 Japanese mainland offensive temporarily fell behind the political inducement work against the ZQ government, ZQ sent by the military command in Hong Kong station agent Zeng Zhengzhong pretended to be Song Ziliang to participate in the Tong work, pretending to start peace talks with the Japanese representative Imai Takeo, in fact, trying to find out the strategic cards of RB. The talks lasted intermittently for 3 years, not only did not have any direct results, but were found out a lot of details by the military command, and later this work was stopped by Hideki Tojo, but after Ishihara Waner came to power, the host was replaced by Kenji Dohihara, not only the work was restarted, but also the weight was obviously increased, and the right to speak was also louder.

The telegram was not the result of the latest negotiations between the two sides, but a briefing sent by Tu Feiyuan on behalf of the Japanese army base camp:

First, the Japanese army was about to launch an Indian offensive and had already occupied the island of Ceylon in advance;

Second, the Japanese army will successively transfer troops from Chinese mainland to RB in the hope that the ZQ authorities will not interfere, let alone try to send troops into India;

Third, if the ZQ authorities agree to the Japanese conditions, the Japanese side will withdraw its attack on Changsha, hand over 10-20 county towns free of charge, and peacefully hand over the two major cities of Yichang and Nanchang when the war in India is over, and can also send some arms;

Fourth, if the ZQ authorities do not agree to the above conditions and insist on sending troops to Burma or India, the Japanese side will not only deal a severe blow to the Chinese expeditionary force, but will also hand over the same number of county towns to the Yan'an authorities, so that the KMT-CCP controlled areas will speed up the border, and at the same time sell a large amount of arms to Yan'an......

The two of them watched it for a long time, and combined with Stilwell's situation just now, they had a general idea in their hearts -- there must be a big problem in the direction of India.

"10-20 seats were added by Dai Li's subordinates themselves, and the Japanese side said 10 seats, and he thought it was certain to talk about 20 seats."

Zhang Qun nodded, and generally understood why he was summoned, as a typical representative of the "Zhiri School", he rushed to the front line of Sino-Japanese diplomacy at the beginning, and had rich experience. What's more, he Zhang Qun is a Japanese-minded faction, not a Japanese-flattering faction or a Japanese-descending faction, which is the reason why it can be reused.

He asked, "How big is something going on in India?" ”

"The Japanese army attacked Ceylon with the cooperation of the German army, occupied the whole island in 3 days, tens of thousands of British troops surrendered, and now there is a rumor in the direction of India, and the British may not be able to keep India......

"Germans?" Zhang Qun's eyes widened, "Why are the Germans here?" ”

Although the British were vague, the military commanders still got some information: the Japanese sent their navy to the Atlantic Ocean a few months ago to help the Germans beat the Americans, and the Germans probably reciprocated by sending an army to help the Japanese attack India. The exact strength of the force is unknown, but the General Staff estimates that 2-3 divisions are fine. Chiang Kai-shek sighed, "The Americans were worried that the British army would not be able to hold India, so they specially asked us to help, and we could have sat down and discussed it well, but Stilwell's tone was not good after he came, and it was like an ultimatum, which is really unreasonable!" ”

"300,000 troops? Hum! Chen Bui said angrily, "The Americans really dare to speak, why don't they send 300,000 troops to India?" Do they know how we get there? Limited to 3 months? I really don't know what to say. ”

"Don't you want to send troops?" Zhang Qun did not express his position directly, but cautiously asked, "The troops can be transferred, right?" ”

"I certainly don't want to do anything for the British, but the attitude of the Americans should also be weighed. After Britain lost the Middle East, the navy suffered successive defeats, and the Americans were obviously forced to hurry, not because they did not want to defend India, but because they could not provide reinforcements, so they came to us. There is no doubt that India is important to us, but the Japanese threat cannot be taken lightly. Now that the Communists in North China have become a prairie fire, they do not attack the Japanese army, but they turn back to seize the territory of friendly forces, Yan Baichuan lamented to me, SX has been completely surrounded by the Communist Party......"

With these few sentences, Zhang Qun basically figured out his train of thought:

First, he resolutely opposes the United States' contact with Yan'an, and even less agrees to allow U.S. aid materials to be sent to Yan'an;

Second, they expressed concern about the current rapid development of the Communist Party, which is now that everyone is doing business with the Japanese army, and they know each other very well, and the same business is the same business, from which the Communist Party has obviously benefited more and more -- the situation in the direction of North China is a clear proof of this;

Thirdly, the virtue of the British had been clearly seen by the First Expeditionary Force - completely incorrigible, and this time Stilwell's request not only for so many troops but also for command seemed to him a dream;

Fourth, the Americans' aid and hump route must be maintained, which is indispensable for both the protracted war of resistance and the future political situation. (To be continued.) )