To surrender is to surrender.

The Chinese nation is not a barbarian nation, it is a descendant of an ancient civilization, and it is also a kind and civilized nation, even in the face of former enemies, it will try to be tolerant and generous, which is a sign of social progress.

As the saying goes, "you don't kill people too much".

Even if it is an evil Japanese devil, as long as they are willing to surrender, the Nanjing government is still willing to give a certain amount of dignity, after all, China is not a European and American power, and the West's set of jungle laws of red fruit fruit is still a little unbearable.

Lao Jiang also agreed with Liu Yicheng's opinion, and immediately ordered the front line to use planes to send the Japanese envoy to Nanjing.

The reason why he wanted to meet secretly was that he was afraid that the unwilling Japanese would desperately assassinate him, because once the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai surrendered, it would be a catastrophe for the main war faction in Japan.

At noon on August 20, the Japanese military Zhongzuo was taken by the military police in Nanjing to Chiang's villa near Zhongshan.

This guy seems to have just finished shaving, and there are still a few blood marks next to the green beard stubble, and his spirit is extremely tired, his face is extremely pale, and he seems to be a little frightened, but he is also trying to keep calm, only inadvertently, only inadvertently, I found that this guy's hands and feet are always twitching slightly.

Liu Yicheng is now Lao Jiang's adjutant and also serves as the deputy director of the chamberlain.

Therefore, in many cases, some people who want to meet Lao Jiang still need to be received by him, not afraid of what assassination will be carried out by the Japanese army, but afraid that this guy will lose his honor in front of Lao Jiang, such as being too emotional, or Lao Jiang himself is not ready, so that he will lose face.

So someone needs to filter beforehand.

The Japanese Zhongzuo was dressed in a straight naval uniform and a large cap, and he looked very restrained when he first entered the conference room, but Liu Yicheng felt that this guy was a little familiar, so he didn't pay much attention to it for a while, and told Zhongzuo very cautiously that Jiang Weizuo would come over soon and asked him to wait here for a quarter of an hour.

Adjutant Liu is now more and more accommodating.

Seeing that the Japanese army Zhongzuo was still a little nervous, he stood up with a smile, personally poured a glass of water for this guy, and then arranged for him to sit down, and introduced himself very enthusiastically, "The contemptible person is a person from western Sichuan, whose surname is Liu Yicheng, dare to ask your noble surname?" ”

After seeing Adjutant Liu, the Japanese army's Nakazuo was also a little stunned.

He reacted quickly, and asked a little silently, "Liu Yicheng?" West sichuan? Are you the little overlord of western Sichuan, Liu Yun? ”

Before the Japanese army finished speaking, Liu Yicheng also recognized who this guy was, how small the world was, this guy turned out to be Matsushima Yuki.

Three years ago, we had a few encounters.

At the beginning, Adjutant Liu had only arrived in the Republic of China not long ago, and he met this guy on the "Chiyo Maru" mail ship, which seemed to be only a naval junior at that time, and had just been transferred to Shanghai from the Japanese mainland, specializing in the arms trading of the Japanese army in Shanghai, and seemed to have bought a "bronze samurai" qualification.

Since everyone is an old acquaintance, Liu Yicheng will not pretend not to know him.

He asked with a wry smile, "Matsushima-kun, we parted from Shanghai, and it's been almost three years now, right?" By the way, I remember the first time we met, it was your country's Chiyo Maru, and it was probably mid-August."

Seeing Liu Yicheng's official worship of Major General, and the military police in Nanjing saw him, they were also respectful.

Matsushima Yuki naturally knows that this inconspicuous little person in the past is now a big man, and he is also full of feelings in his heart, even if he knows how to drill the camp again, he can't compare.

There are people in the DPRK and China who are easy to do.

It's a pity that he was a mortal at that time, and he didn't invest in Major General Liu in time, otherwise everyone would have been good friends a long time ago, and some businesses would have become bigger and stronger.

Matsushima Yuki hurriedly stood up, bowed slightly, and said apologetically, "It's rare that Your Excellency still remembers the contemptible people, it's really an honor, oops, this time I came to Nanjing to do business, I really caused you trouble."

"The contemptible people came to meet Jiang Gong this time, and it was also for the sake of peace between China and Japan."

Looking at the hypocritical Songdao, Liu Yicheng still admires it a little, in the face of such a predicament, he still does not forget his mission.

Well, what a principled and persistent soldier.

He asked with a smile, "I am now the adjutant of Jiang Gong, and I can barely participate in one or two things for some things, I don't know what your conditions are?" If it's convenient to disclose, we might as well talk about it first."

Matsushima Yuki is also a human being, and he is very thorough about certain things, and the meaning is obvious, if he doesn't pass Liu Yicheng's level, he won't want to see Lao Jiang.

He took a sip of his cup, and after a little thought, he decided to go straight in, "I don't want to say too much about this Shanghai war, but only talk about the opinions of the commander stationed in Shanghai, he hopes to withdraw from Shanghai with dignity."

"Decent, withdraw, Shanghai?"

Liu Yun frowned, his speech was deliberately slow, but his words were very heavy, and he looked at Songdao like a fool.

He asked in disbelief, "Matsushima-kun, I wonder if I heard it wrong?" ”

"Feelings, you're here for sightseeing?"

"Do you want us to say goodbye now?"

Matsushima Yuki also blushed, they, the marines, did not come to Shanghai for sightseeing.

Before the "77 Incident," there were only more than 1,000 Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai, and since the 77 Incident, the number of Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai has been increasing almost every day.

Especially after August, the Japanese transport fleet became even busier, frequently transporting thousands of marines from Yokohama, Jeju, Taiwan and other places, and the largest number was as high as more than 2,000 people on a day.

Before August 13, the total number of Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai reached more than 7,000 people, which made Lao Chiang make up his mind to go to war, and the "August 13" incident broke out.

Blushing is blushing, apologies are apologies.

Matsushima Nakasa tried his best to bring the topic back to the topic, "Your Excellency, please understand that the issues you mentioned are all decisions of the base camp and the Japanese government."

"And we, the soldiers, are just some people who carry out orders, and now we are doing our best, if we continue to stalemate like this, we will not be able to hold on any longer, and retreat is the only option."

"However, the matter of war is never an unknown."

"The new reinforcements sent by the base camp can arrive in Shanghai at any time, and at that time, the soldiers of your country will face the situation of being attacked by the enemy, so we can leave as soon as possible, which is also beneficial and harmless for the next stage of your country's operation."

Adjutant Liu's face changed, and he didn't care about any elegance and kindness, and interrupted this guy's lobbying very rudely.

He simply revealed to the end, "Your country has proposed a seven-day truce between the air forces of the two sides, and today is only the fourth day, and your country's Third Fleet was severely damaged yesterday, I find it hard to imagine that you can support it for three days."

There is no horror in any lies and fallacies from the truth.

These terrifying truths made Matsushima Yuki sweat coldly, and finally lowered his "noble" head.

He pleaded a little, "Your Excellency, our marines are all soldiers, even if we die en masse, there is nothing to say, but within our fortifications, there are many women and children, and the power of your country's heavy artillery is so powerful that it will inevitably injure many civilians by mistake in the end."

"Women and Children".

Liu Yicheng was also silent.

Any war will hurt innocent people, but deliberately slaughtering civilians like the Japanese army does violate the bottom line of a soldier, but he feels a little unwilling to let go of the elite of the Japanese army like this.

He really wanted to propose that the Japanese army should release the women and children first, and then everyone would fight to the death.

However, how can the other side trust the enemy, even if it is the Chinese people of the "state of benevolence and righteousness", the Japanese army has the most say in the atrocities they have experienced in the war.

After some ideological struggle, Adjutant Liu thought of countermeasures and decided to issue an ultimatum.

"Your Marines must be completely disarmed."

"All the wounded can be handed over to the Anglo-American concession in Shanghai, but they and you must agree to one condition, that is, during the Sino-Japanese war, these people will not take part in any fighting, otherwise we will not mind the immediate capture of Jiangwan Road."

"Well, isn't that right?"

Matsushima Nakasa also hesitated a little, Jiangwan Road was the location of the headquarters of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai.

Liu Yicheng's meaning is also very straightforward, because the Japanese marines stationed in Shanghai are too elite, and if they are allowed to leave on their own, the Chinese army will suffer heavy losses in the future, so he hopes to take this opportunity to settle once and for all.

After some struggle, Yuki Matsushima decided to reveal a top-secret message.

"Your Excellency, although you and I are nodding friends, but personally, I am not a fanatic, on the contrary, I prefer to live in peace, but some people are not like this, and some people are ready to live and die with the whole of Shanghai, in a secret underground warehouse, storing several tons of bacteriological warfare agents."

"Bacteriological warfare agents, how many tons?"

"It can't be".

"Didn't the 731 unit in Harbin just start to be officially put into operation this year?"

Liu Yicheng was also dumbfounded, but he believed Matsushima Nakasa's words.

Because after World War II, the Allies only announced the "731" unit of the Japanese army, but it does not mean that this is the only bacteriological research and development base, and it is not even at all compatible with the bloodiest, most powerful, and most advanced, and it is just a temporary production workshop for the Japanese army's bacteriological warfare agent.

Seeing the gloomy and sad Liu Yicheng, Matsushima Yuki couldn't be happy.

He was of aristocratic background in Japan, and now served in the navy, and was extremely disgusted by the despicable crimes of some red deer.

However, he was an active duty soldier in Japan, and even if he didn't want to be in the same league as the red deer, he couldn't make trouble from it, so as to hinder the Great East Asian Holy War, and even have to seek the best benefits for the Japanese army.

Major General Liu is also secretly calculating, even if he wears a phantom mecha and personally leads the special forces in western Sichuan to secretly attack the Japanese army headquarters on Jiangwan Road, he only has a seventy or eighty percent chance of winning, but it is simply impossible to successfully destroy the Japanese army's bacteriological warfare agent.

Unlike a bomb, even a few kilograms can mean the death of thousands of people.

He just couldn't afford to gamble.

Time is running out at the moment, and Adjutant Liu can't afford to think about it carefully.

In the event of a rebellion by fanatics in the Japanese army, it would mean that countless innocent lives would be wiped out.

Major General Liu raised three fingers and said his final bottom line, "First, the marines stationed in Shanghai should immediately disarm and stop all resistance."

"You can walk to the area around Wusongkou under a white flag and leave on your ship, and our officers and men can promise to carry out martial law and secret escort during your retreat, but all the weapons and equipment must be kept intact."

Before Matsushima Yuki objected, Liu Yicheng put forward new conditions.

"Second, we can help treat your wounded, but after they recover from their wounds, they will be escorted to the Western Sichuan Concentration Camp to work, and they will be under the care of the lord of Nakajo Miyakiyoko, but you must send someone to sign a peace agreement."

Liu Yicheng's words are very winding, but the meaning is very clear.

Huaxia can spare the Japanese marines this time, but someone must sign the "surrender document", which is a "peace agreement" according to the Japanese army, but the person who signed the agreement can be discussed.

The purpose is very simple, mainly to facilitate the Chinese and Japanese to hold their own words.

The Chinese side can say that "the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai have surrendered," while the Japanese side says that "the junior officers make their own opinions," which does not represent the intention of the Japanese government at all.

Before Matsui Ishone led his army to land in Songhu, there were three supreme commanders of the Japanese army in Shanghai, namely Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Tanigawa, Major General Okawa Uchiden VII, and Consul General Yoshimasa Okamoto, Tanigawa was the commander of the Third Fleet, and Okawa was the commander of the Japanese forces stationed in Shanghai and the deputy commander of the Third Fleet.

Consul General Okamoto is the highest official official of Japan in Shanghai.

But this guy is a civilian official on the surface, and he can't sign the surrender agreement, so if you want to strictly play the table, only the first two generals can sign, and Liu Yun's implication is that you can find a big Zuo to sign.

The mystery of this, Matsushima Yuki can be regarded as understanding.

After all, I have been thinking about the face of the Japanese army, and I must not be ashamed of myself, which makes it difficult for everyone to be a man in the end.

As for the third condition, even if Liu Yicheng doesn't say it, Matsushima knows it well, that is, to hand over the bacteriological warfare agent and the fanatical officers and soldiers who intend to release it, these people are too fanatical and extreme, they belong to the object that must be eradicated, and if the Japanese army feels too humiliated, they can make them commit suicide.