After Feng Chen received a telegram from Dai Li, the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau, he immediately made arrangements, and the next day, Gao Zongwu secretly left Hong Kong and came to Shanghai, preparing to go east to Japan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Late the next night, at the Hamilton Building in Shanghai, Matsumoto Shigeharu saw off Gao Zongwu.

When he set off, Matsumoto Shigeharu took off his military hat and put it on Gao Zongwu's head, and pinned his military press badge to Gao Zongwu's body.

After camouflage, the two went downstairs together, got into a car with the flag of the Japanese Allied News Agency, and sped away in the direction of the dock in the night.

When the car drove up to the Japanese sentry at the Waibaidu Bridge, Shigeharu Matsumoto poked his head out of the window and shouted, "We are the Allied News Agency!" ”

The sentry glanced at Chennei and waved his hand to let him go.

In this way, Gao Zongwu quietly boarded the Japanese passenger ship "Queen" and took a fatal step.

All of this could not be hidden from Feng Chen's eyes.

Just yesterday, when Gao Zongwu had just left Hong Kong, Du Yuesheng, who was far away in Hong Kong, immediately arranged for someone to send a telegram to Feng Chen in Shanghai, telling Feng Chen the number of ships Gao Zongwu was taking and the time of departure.

When Gao Zongwu arrived in Shanghai and disembarked, Feng Chen arranged for Xu Jian to secretly follow him from the Huangpu River wharf to the Hamilton Building in Shanghai.

Who knows, Gao Zongwu did not stay in Shanghai too much, after he arrived at the Hamilton Building in Shanghai, he took a brief rest, and under the arrangement of Matsumoto Shigeji, he took a boat to Tokyo, Japan overnight.

After Xu Jian watched Gao Zongwu and Matsumoto Shigeji board the ship, he immediately returned to the third floor of the Zhonghui Bank building on Edoya Road and came to Feng Chen's office to report to Feng Chen.

"Team leader, after Gao Zongwu got off the ship, he went directly to the Hamilton Building, stayed there for about two hours, and then left Shanghai by boat with Matsumoto Shigeharu of the Alliance News Agency."

"Are you sure he's gone?" Feng Chen asked.

"Sure, I came back after watching the passenger ship leave the shore." Xu Jian replied.

"Let's go, go to the telecommunications room, and immediately telegraph to headquarters."

Feng Chen got up, walked out of the office, and walked directly towards the Jinjiang Sichuan Restaurant, he wanted to telegraph the news to Dai Li as soon as possible.

Soon after the telegram was sent, the Chongqing headquarters sent a telegram back: "Pay close attention to Gao Zongwu's movements and remarks in Japan, and if necessary, strengthen contacts with the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai to find out the attitude of the Japanese side." ”

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Three days later, when Gao Zongwu disembarked in Yokohama, Kagesa Zhenzhao personally greeted him at the pier and quickly accompanied him to Tokyo, where the Japanese weighed Gao Zongwu and knew that he was the one who could speak directly to Chiang Kai-shek.

Seishiro Itagaki of Japan, Jun Tada, deputy director of the General Staff Headquarters, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, minister of the sea, Ken Inukai, member of the Diet, and Takeo Imai, head of the Chinese squad of the General Staff Headquarters, held talks with Gao Zongwu.

In his heart, Gao Zongwu himself wanted to talk to Japanese Foreign Minister Ugaki Issei, but Ugaki Issei and the Japanese military were incompatible, and Kagezo Zhenzhao did not arrange it.

Gao Zongwu listened carefully to the opinions of the Japanese and found that the Japanese military had no intention of withdrawing troops at all, but insisted on Chiang Kai-shek going into the wilderness, and it seemed that it was completely hopeless to break the deadlock with Chiang Kai-shek as the center.

As a result, Gao Zongwu took the initiative to introduce Wang Jingwei to the Japanese.

When Gao Zongwu met with Kagesa Showa and Imai Takeo again, he said to them: "Mr. Kagesa, Mr. Imai, in the final analysis, Japan does not recognize the Chiang regime now, and in order to bring about peace between Japan and China, it may be necessary to find someone other than Chiang Kai-shek. ”

"Oh? Mr. Gao, then tell me, who is more suitable to find besides Chiang Kai-shek? Kagesashi asked.

"Of course it's Mr. Wang Jingwei, and no matter what, it's not easy to find anyone other than Wang Jingwei." Gao Zongwu replied.

"Oh? Why is Mr. Gao so sure? Could it be that He Yingqin, Liu Xiang, and Yan Xishan can't do it? Takeo Imai questioned.

"Mr. Imai and Mr. Wang Ching-wei have long felt the need to quickly resolve the Japan-China issue and advocate the theory of peace, but after all, the Nationalist Government cannot accommodate his ideas. For this reason, it is better to set off a national movement from outside the government and launch a peace movement, which will create an opportunity for Chiang Kai-shek to heed the theory of peace. Gao Zongwu replied.

"Mr. Gao, we believe that Prime Minister Konoe's statement on January 16 that he does not regard the National Government as an opponent cannot be arbitrarily canceled." Kagesa Zhenzhao heard the meaning of Gao Zongwu's words.

"Oh? So how do you open the door to peace negotiations? Gao Zongwu asked.

"We believe that as a temporary solution, it is necessary to ask Wang Ching-wei, a veteran of the Kuomintang, to come out, and if the peace work is on the right track in the future, it should be immediately recommended by Wang Ching-wei and replaced with Chiang Kai-shek as the official negotiator."

Kagesa Zhenzhao expressed the meaning very clearly, in fact, this is also the attitude of the Japanese military.

"Mr. Kagesa, Mr. Imai, in the name of Prime Minister Fumiro Konoe, can you write a letter to Mr. Wang Jingwei assuring Japan's willingness to make Mr. Wang Jingwei the center of the peace movement?" Gao Zongwu further made a special request to Kagesa, Showa, and Takeo Imai.

"Mr. Gao, how about I give you an answer to this request after I meet Prime Minister Konoe with Imai-kun?" Kagesa said.

"Okay."

Gao Zongwu nodded, according to Gao Zongwu's thoughts, the Japanese cabinet has always advocated the peaceful settlement of disputes, and this request made by himself is not too excessive, Prime Minister Konoe Fumima should agree.

However, the news that Ying Zuo Zhenzhao gave to Gao Zongwu the next day was beyond his expectations.

Fumima Konoe believed that it was too early to write a letter to Wang Jingwei in the capacity of the prime minister of a country, and he only allowed Seishiro Itagaki to write a letter to Wang Jingwei to explain his intentions.

Gao Zongwu stayed in Japan for only two days, and when his goal had been achieved, he hurried back to Hong Kong via Shanghai.

This time, Gao Zongwu did not dare to return to Hankou to resume his life, so he sent someone to send his Dongdu diary, meeting records, and personal impressions back to Hankow, and handed them over to Zhou Fohai to be forwarded to Chiang Kai-shek to test Chiang Kai-shek's attitude.

In fact, Gao Zongwu's activities in Japan, who he met and what he talked about, Feng Chen had already mastered it through the special channel of the Cherry Blossom Club, and telegraphed Dai Li in time.

At the first time, Dai Li made a detailed report to Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched, and scolded Gao Zongwu, Niang Xipi!

Gao Zongwu's report unmistakably conveyed the message that the Japanese side demanded that Chiang Kai-shek go to the field and that Wang Ching-wei, a veteran of the Kuomintang, should step forward.

Zhou Fohai read it carefully and hurriedly sent it to Wang Jingwei, who forwarded the report to Chiang Kai-shek in order to put pressure on Chiang Kai-shek.

As early as the night when Gao Zongwu left Shanghai and left for Japan, Chiang Kai-shek had already received a report from Dai Li.

When Chiang Kai-shek heard that Gao Zongwu had gone to Japan, he was taken aback and blurted out: "Niang Xipi! It's ridiculous! ”

In Chiang Kai-shek's mind, he always thought that Gao Zongwu was acting according to his deployment several times back and forth, and never crossed half a step.

In Chiang Kai-shek's view, Gao Zongwu was a diplomat with weight, and this initiative to go to Japan was a loss of posture and tantamount to asking the Japanese for surrender.

Sure enough, a few days later, Seishiro Itagaki publicly announced that Chiang Kai-shek must go down, and the "peaceful" atmosphere of the Konoe cabinet reshuffle disappeared in an instant.

Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek was furious when he read Gao Zongwu's report, and he wrote in his diary that day:

"The Japanese state has changed its attitude towards me, and the hard-line intimidators mistakenly think that I have been shaken internally? In fact, it is related to the absurdity of Gao Zongwu's going to the Japanese. Looking at his report today, the results of his mistakes are not shallow. ”

Gao Zongwu's report was actually to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to go to the field through the mouth of the Japanese.

Chiang Kai-shek's lungs are about to explode, obviously he is the one he sent out, but he opens his eyes for Wang Jingwei, Gao Zongwu is really a bastard nerd!

In a fit of rage, Chiang Kai-shek called Chen Bui, scolded Gao Zongwu, ordered the suspension of Gao Zongwu's activity funds, and announced the severance of all relations with Gao Zongwu.

However, Wang Jingwei knew from then on that the Japanese wanted him to go out, and with the support of the Japanese, he decided to leave Chiang Kai-shek aside and "jump into the fire pit" alone.

In the days that followed, Wang Jingwei appointed Gao Zongwu and Mei Siping as plenipotentiary representatives, held secret negotiations with the Japanese at the "Chongguangtang" in Shanghai, arranged a schedule for fleeing from Chongqing, and finally embarked on the road of treason and defection to the enemy.

Gao Zongwu finally led Wang Jingwei to the point of no return.