Chapter 423: Chang Kaishen provokes Mao Lude
Relations between Germany and the Soviet Union continued to cool down, and in addition to deploying troops and weapons and equipment on the border between the two sides with great fanfare, the two countries also secretly competed with each other, using diplomatic means and geopolitical relations to do everything possible to win over neighboring countries in order to achieve the goal of isolating each other.
Afghanistan is located in the interior of Central Asia, bordering the Soviet Union, Iran, and the British colony of India. After Iran threw itself into the arms of Germany without hesitation, Afghanistan suddenly felt firmly sandwiched between the great powers and suddenly lost all sense of security.
Feeling that Afghanistan was about to suffocate, the first thing that came to mind was to seek refuge from the Soviet Union, but because of Afghanistan's special geographical location and geomorphological structure, the Soviet Union expected that Afghanistan would have no choice but to actively seek refuge in the north, so it did not cherish this unbreakable bilateral relationship. As a result, the cooperation between the two sides was neither fair nor pleasant.
After the Soviet Union and Germany openly argued, Eric, who did not want to do more work in Afghanistan, also started to think about it. He was determined to forge a Eurasian alliance that would encircle the Soviet Union so that the stuffy bear would know that Germany was not to be trifled with.
In 1933, the 19-year-old Afghan prince Charhi, who was studying in Berlin, suddenly received the news of his father's assassination. With the help of the university and the German government, he returned to China and succeeded to the throne with the full support of Germany.
Previously, the young and sensible Prince Charhi was extremely disapproving of his father's choice to turn to the Soviet Union, and returned to China many times to express his worries and positions to his father, but it was not adopted. Prince Charshey preferred a rapidly rising Germany to the Soviet Union. In just over a decade, Germany has not only regained the dignity of a former great power, but also has the world's best comprehensive strength, which makes Charshey very admired.
Prince Charhi of Afghanistan, who has been studying and living in Germany for a long time, is very much cared for by the school and his classmates, especially when he is facing a difficult situation in life, and he immediately receives strong support from the German government. After surviving the greatest difficulties in his life, Charhi learned from the pain and decided to choose the development path of Afghanistan again.
Germany has always insisted on peaceful coexistence between countries, especially in fair and reasonable trade exchanges, and never paid any political conditions or overlord clauses, so that Germany has gained a larger circle of friends.
Germany's foreign policy undoubtedly suits the tastes of the Afghans, and such allies were available only in the Eric era. In 1934, the year after his succession to the throne, Chalsch clearly signaled to the Eric government that he wanted to join the European Union.
The Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a kind invitation from Chalsch at the same time, and Eric, very pleased, immediately held urgent consultations with Chancellor Hans Luther and Foreign Minister Konstantin von Nwright.
In February of the same year, Foreign Minister Niu Wright led a large delegation composed of government dignitaries and business tycoons to fly to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, by special plane, to start this diplomatic tour of East Asia and the Middle East carefully arranged by President Eric.
Germany and Argentina soon reached a broad consensus on bilateral cooperation, after all, the two countries had a long time of understanding each other, and the signing of the alliance was a complete success as expected. Niu Wright is very happy that as foreign minister, every diplomatic event is a commendation and affirmation of his pragmatic work. Next, he will visit China in the far East.
A large frigate from the East Asian Fleet docked at the oil tanker terminal in Kuwait, where Niu Wright will pass through Iran and make a brief stop, and then go to Kuwait under the protection of the Iraqi army to board the frigate that has come to meet him.
Foreign Minister Niu Wright's next itinerary will be an important key for Germany to encircle the Soviet Union, and it will also be the only China that has the hope and ability to stop the expansion of the Soviet Union in the future, and discuss with the Chinese leaders the plan to blockade the Soviet Union. If Huaxia also agreed to join and provide strong military assistance to Germany if necessary, it would form an absolute encirclement and suppression of the Soviet Union.
Spending a special and happy Christmas on the sea, although there is no family atmosphere, Niu Wright does not regret it, and even feels that it is very historical.
Shanghai is one of the few big cities in the East, and its prosperity is even less than that of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The night view of Shanghai is even more charming. The high-ranking Chinese officials who came to receive Niu Wright didn't have anything serious to do, so they directly dragged him to spend the whole night in the dance hall.
Missed Christmas, perhaps Niu Wright was trying to make up for himself, and accepted the kind invitation of the high-ranking officials in China very happily. The next morning, Niu Wright, who had originally wanted to rush directly to Nanjing, was left in Shanghai by the enthusiastic senior Chinese officials. In this way, Huaxia kept changing people to entertain and entertain, so that Niu Wright almost missed a big event. When visiting China, you have to ask for something, and Niu Wright can't refuse directly, and finally he does everything he can to get out.
It was the fourth day of his journey to Nanjing, and it was only then that he discovered that Chang Kaishen, the current head of the Chinese family, had gone out to inspect, and as for where he went, it was not convenient for the officials to disclose it out of concern for the personal safety of the state leaders. At this time, Niu Wright understood that this was a game that had been arranged a long time ago, and it was also a way for Huaxia to refuse to cooperate with Germany.
Niu Wright was very confused, but he was really embarrassed to return to China empty-handed, so he told himself that no matter how things worked, he had to see Chang Kaishen.
In April 1934, Niu Wright had been staying in China for more than a month, when very bad news came from the north of China, and Japan began a large-scale attack on China. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops crossed the Shanhai Pass and advanced all the way to the west, where they encountered and fought fiercely with the Chinese government forces in the Yibei area. By the next day, the Japanese army intensified its attack, and the fierce Japanese army, with the cooperation of tanks, attacked the city and plundered the land. For several days in a row, more than 600,000 Chinese government troops fought to the death against the 800,000 strong forces of the Japanese army on the frontal battlefield.
The battle gradually heated up, and every day on the difficult northern battlefield, hundreds of Japanese fighters volleyed and bombed in turn, and many places became a scorched earth.
Fighter planes kept whizzing in the sky, and artillery fire was flying on the ground. At this moment, the German army military adviser suddenly left his command post, and he was nowhere to be found. The Chinese government army was losing and retreating, and the people watched the iron hooves of the Japanese army approaching step by step, so they had to drag their children and daughters to flee in all directions.
Soon, Yanjing was declared to have fallen.
After Yanjing was occupied by the Japanese army, factories were shut down, schools were closed, shops were closed, and markets were depressed. Soon after, the news of the Japanese army's rebuilding of Manchukuo came again, and Chang Kaishen was finally in front of Niu Wright at this time. After some conversations, Chang Kaishen's first request was to borrow money, hoping that Germany would immediately provide Huaxia with funds for the purchase of arms.
Borrowing money is not a big deal, after all, Germany has many industrial and mining enterprises in China, and countless mineral resources are transported to Germany from all over China every day. The key is that the use of Huaxia's borrowed money is really unacceptable to Niu Wright.
Chang Kaishen, who thought he was clever, saw that the value of the federal mark was equal to the dollar in the international market, and even a little more in some cases, so he wanted to use the German mark to buy cheap arms from the United States.
Niu Wright was very embarrassed, it was not to borrow, it was not to borrow, it was not to borrow, it was extremely risky, once the current Chinese government collapsed, all the principal and vested interests of Germany would be lost. Don't borrow it, Germany is currently very dependent on China, and once the cooperation between the two sides is declared broken, Eric's so-called encirclement of the Soviet Union is just an empty word.
Now, borrowing or not borrowing is very tricky, and even if the president nods in agreement, he has to give the president a reason to convince Parliament. As a result, Niu Wright hoped that Huaxia would first join the EU and borrow money on this premise, but in exchange for Chang Kaishen's strong dissatisfaction, he even threatened that if Germany disregarded China's life and death, it would damage the common interests of the two countries, especially the fundamental interests of Germany.
Helpless, Niu Wright had no choice but to return to his residence and, with the help of his entourage, reported to Berlin in detail the situation of the negotiations in China by encrypted telegram.
At this moment, Chang Kaishen, who was still depressed in Nanjing, was also angry.
"Who? Earn money on my land, refuse to use it for me, and want me to encircle the USSR with them? To put it lightly! Isn't this anti-guest-oriented? ”
"Mr. President, the Japanese have already invaded the city, and it is very detrimental to us that such a stalemate continues, and if the Eric government really gives up its plan to encircle the Soviet Union, we will also fight with chickens and eggs." The secretary general of the president said worriedly.
"No, I can't! If we stop resisting and let the Japanese occupy all of China, the Germans will have to say goodbye to this place. Are they willing? Chang Kaishen said very angrily: "In tomorrow's negotiations, you can tell each other bluntly." Of course, we are not without a way out, and if we cannot receive aid from Germany, we will invite the Americans to come to China to administer justice. ”
"Mr. President's trick is really clever, in this case, we don't even need to play an IOU, and their military advisers have to honestly go to the front line to participate in the command." The Secretary-General woke up like a dream and admired Chang Kaishen's cleverness from the bottom of his heart.
"Eric is a man who will be revenged, and you should not be too careless, not to mention that we have to deal not only with the murderous Japanese, but also with other parties internally. So, the Germans we still have to use. Chang Kaishen also had some concerns when he did this.
"Yes, Mr. President. However, according to the analysis of the situation in the hands of the lowly officials, Eric also really wanted to help us. In the past few years, we have had many diplomatic contacts with Germany, and their military aid is more reliable than that of the Americans. ”
"In any case, let's get Mark first, because we don't have sophisticated weapons, we don't have life-saving medicines, and it's difficult to compete with the Japanese who have aircraft cannons. If the North is lost, the South will not be protected, so I don't care what method you use, the Germans must first meet our first demand, otherwise everything will not be discussed. Chang Kaishen didn't seem to have the slightest room to back down when he spoke.
On April 17, 1934, Hans Luther, who received a telegram from Foreign Minister Niu Wright, thought that there was a mistake in the translation, and even went to the telegraph office of the presidential palace to demand that the translator be severely punished.
Unfortunately, after several checks, it was found that the contents of the telegram were indeed so.
Finally, Hans Luther's anger could no longer be suppressed, and for the first time in front of the public, he lost his elegance and steadiness, and scolded the Chinese authorities for being ungrateful.
Eric didn't say a word, and looked at Hans's angry appearance and felt very funny. can make honest people anxious, it seems that Chang Kaishen is not simple.
Immediately afterwards, Eric immediately telegraphed Niu Wright to be patient for the time being, and on the premise of ensuring his own safety, he would continue to send back the news of the Japanese invasion, and at the same time, find a way to stabilize the anti-enemy sentiment of the Chinese government, and call on the Chinese military and people to share the same hatred of the enemy.
After the first telegram was sent away, Eric suddenly remembered something, and quickly sent the message to the confidential secretary to Huaxia as soon as possible, hoping to hand it over to Foreign Minister Niu Wright as soon as possible.
The contents of this telegram were known only to Ramsden, and even Defense Minister Zechter and Chancellor Hans could not figure out what medicine was being sold in Eric's gourd.