Guo Taiqi and Wang Rizhang were also confused, with black question marks on their faces. They also received a telegram from home that read: "Try to maintain friendly relations with the British Government." ”

What does this mean?

"Sir, is President Jiang really going to surrender?" Ma Jue asked incredulously.

Guo Taiqi said: "Yes, do you really want to surrender? ”

Wang Rizhang also asked: "Does this telegram sent by the head office allow us to paralyze the British government so that we can cooperate with Japan in attacking the colonies in the Far East?" ”

Zhou Hexuan made a full set of acts, and said with a gloomy face: "It may be that Britain closed the Yunnan-Burma Highway, which led to the collective frying of the domestic peace faction, and President Jiang was forced to negotiate with Japan. As you know, the government's finances have collapsed, and now that the British have closed the lines of communication, the war of resistance will be even more difficult in the future. ”

"What then?" Guo Taiqi was so anxious that he was about to cry.

Wang Rizhang also ignored Lao Jiang is distant cousin, and said angrily: "If the boss behaves like this, he will definitely become a national sinner, confused!" ”

Suddenly, the embassy staff came running and reported: "The British Prime Minister has sent someone!" ”

The man who came, Churchill's chief assistant and senior diplomat to the British Foreign Minister, rushed in and asked without gentlemanly manners: "Gentlemen, is your leader crazy?" ”

Zhou Hexuan replied: "I think so." ”

Judgan choked on this sentence and said calmly: "Gentlemen, I need an explanation. ”

Zhou Hexuan frowned and said: "Whether China surrendered to Japan or not is an internal issue of China, what reason does Britain have to ask us to explain?" France surrendered faster, why don't you go to the French government for an explanation? ”

"I ......," Judgan was completely speechless.

Guo Taiqi said hurriedly: "Mr. Cadogan, China has not officially announced its surrender, and everything still has room for maneuver. Now, we need to talk to Prime Minister Churchill in person, and China needs the support of the United Kingdom. ”

Wang Rizhang said: "Yes, please ask Mr. Churchill to call the Chinese leader personally, what we people say is useless." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "In fact, we all agree to China's surrender, but we have no right to decide." ”

Jadgan had lost his temper at all, and said, "Come with me, Your Excellency Prime Minister wants to see you." ”

The car sped towards Downing Street, and everyone except Zhou Hexuan was in a depressed mood.

As Churchill walked around his office, the news that China was preparing to surrender and join the German camp was more difficult for him to accept than the Italian invasion of North Africa. If this happens, Australia and Southeast Asia will be finished, Japan will inevitably invade India, and Britain, having lost India, will become a lame lion.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese are here." Judgan knocked on the door.

Churchill lit a cigar to stabilize his mood, sat down and said, "Please let them in!" ”

As soon as the door was opened, Guo Taiqi said anxiously: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, please unite with the US government, give substantial help to China, and prevent China from surrendering to Japan!" ”

"Can anyone tell me why China is suddenly surrendering?" Churchill's anger was hard to suppress.

Zhou Hexuan asked Churchill for a cigar: "Man, please don't get excited, let me analyze the situation." ”

Churchill said, "You speak." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "From 10 years ago to the present, China's military and political circles have always been inclined to seek peace with Japan. Wang Zhaoming, you know, right? The contact person he used to defect to the enemy was called Gao Zongwu, and Gao Zongwu had been guided by Chang Kaishen's orders as early as three years ago. It's just that Japan's conditions for peace talks are too harsh for Chang Kaishen to accept. Now the entire Chinese government, from politicians to warlords, is actually inclined towards peace negotiations. ”

Churchill said: "It's not what I know. ”

"Diplomatic propaganda is certainly different from the reality," Mr. Zhou continued, "China's finances have collapsed, and in the three years since the war began, prices have skyrocketed more than 200 times, making it difficult for even officers with the rank of major to survive." University professors in China are paid only enough to buy ink a month, and ordinary civilians are starving. China has refused to surrender for two reasons. First, Japan's conditions were too harsh, and second, it pinned its hopes on the support of Britain and the United States. However, the United States is still watching from the sidelines, Britain is losing again, and it is also about to close China's communication lines. How does this make China resist Japan? China's only choice was to surrender to Japan and become a vassal of Japan, and the Chinese army would become a servant army of Japan. Mr. Churchill, I can say with certainty that Britain's betrayal of its friends will be self-defeating. Just like you betrayed the Czechs, you betrayed Poland, you betrayed France! ”

Churchill retorted: "Britain did not betray France!" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "You know very well in your own heart, I don't want to talk nonsense anymore. ”

Churchill had already sent a telegram to Chang Kaishen in his private capacity. Chang Kaishen's reply was to deny surrender and let Britain face Germany with peace of mind, and China would resist to the end even if there was no Yunnan-Burma road.

But the more this happened, the more paranoid Churchill became, and he even thought that Chiang was deliberately paralyzing him.

Zhou Hexuan also said: "Please rest assured, even if the Chinese government surrenders, the Chinese people will not surrender." There is a Charles de Gaulle in France, there will be countless de Gaulle in China, we will form a government in exile, and we will also fight guerrillas with the Japanese army on Chinese territory! ”

This made Churchill even more uneasy, he didn't care whether China had de Gaulle or not, he just wanted to delay the start of the war with Japan.

Guo Taiqi interjected: "Your Excellency, please immediately send an embassy to visit China, I believe that the situation will be reversed!" ”

"I will." Churchill took a deep puff of his cigar.

After talking for a while, Zhou Hexuan and the others were sent away, and everyone returned to the embassy dejectedly.

Churchill urgently convened a meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed Judgan as a special envoy to China, and transferred several financial and military personnel to accompany him. Although Britain was also financially stretched, it was willing to lend money to China and send military officers to China as military advisers to persuade China to abandon its surrender to Japan.

The United States was even more anxious, directly sending a deputy foreign minister to visit China, and Roosevelt was also trying to persuade Congress to enter the war.

China's move to flip the table completely shocked Britain and the United States, and they felt that the game had collapsed. Britain in the middle gave up one or two towers, China in the lower road was directly pushed to the high ground, and the United States, which was on the road, was still in the process of making money.

How else to play?

Take the head!

Japan was also shocked and inexplicable by this, and the military department thought it was false news, but soon learned from the special high school that there had indeed been initial contact. As a result, disputes arose within Japan, with one faction clamoring for not accepting surrender and conquering China by absolute force, while the other faction happily prepared to transfer the main battlefield. And whether it should go north or south, there are also contradictions again, and there are also shouting to penetrate India and enter Eastern Europe.

Hitler personally received Tao Xisheng and patted his chest and said that as long as China was willing to surrender, Germany would definitely promote good things and try to give China enough freedom and sovereignty. He hoped that China would cooperate with Japan in attacking the British colonies and the Soviet Far East.

On the Soviet side, Stalin confronted Chang Kaishen in harsh terms, and while keeping the diplomats steady, he planned to increase the defense of troops in the Far East.

Zhou Hexuan's bad idea for Lao Jiang messed up all the powers.

A few years later, as more and more information was made public, and various celebrity memoirs and diaries were exposed, the inside truth of Zhou Hexuan's design of Lao Chiang's fake surrender and design to lure the German air raid on London was revealed. He was called a "World War II conspirator" by Western historians, and nicknamed "Jia Xu of the Republic of China" by Chinese netizens.