Chapter 330: Peace and Friendship
On the afternoon of September 12, a villa next to Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing.
Lao Jiang is dressed in a light-colored robe, as if he is a teacher in the countryside, and Adjutant Liu is dressed in a straight suit, he is a proper comprador appearance, and the two stand together, which is the fashion style of the Republic of China.
As for Yuki Matsushima and Jio Yoshino, they are dressed in suits or tunics.
Except for the fact that their faces were a little pale, they couldn't see anything unusual at all, but fortunately, the two of them were acquaintances with each other, which caused Yoshino Daisa to calm down a lot and appear to be much more harmonious between the words.
At the lunchtime meeting, Lao Jiang did not treat the two Japanese badly, but still sent someone to the nearby "British World", a well-known Nanjing Western restaurant, to order some steaks and other Western food, which made Matsushima and Yoshino feel at home, as if they had returned to Osaka, Japan.
Jio Yoshino is older, about fifty years old, and he just has a decaying face.
This guy looks thin, restrained and rigid, he doesn't seem to like to talk much, and Liu Yicheng met him in Shanghai back then, it's like two people, but even his subordinate Matsushima Yuki has reached the Dazuo level, and this guy is still spinning in the Dazuo position, and he really needs to reflect on it.
Therefore, it is understandable that this guy is pretending to be deep.
The Japanese are the most particular about false etiquette and politeness, and Yoshino Osa may really have something to do, and he has been frowning.
Lao Jiang smiled happily, and kept talking nonsense with them about Japanese customs, and also said how stingy he was at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and what old friends he had when he was studying in the Japanese Army, etc., which made people really want to sleep.
Fortunately, no one dared to interrupt the chatter of the commission.
Jiang Weizuo was playing psychological warfare, and it wasn't until Yoshino's face turned a little blue that he stopped his nonsense, returned to business seriously, and asked what this guy had to do in Nanjing, but Yoshino looked obscene, hoping to talk to the commissioner alone, hoping that others would avoid it immediately.
"Secret talk?"
Lao Jiang can not be trusted by this veteran Japanese army.
"I don't think there's any need for this", Lao Jiang sneered slightly in his heart, although he was very kind on the surface, his words were categorically refused.
"Well, this Matsushima Dazuo is still your old subordinate, as for this one, he is my good student, Major General Liu Yicheng of Sichuan, he is not only your old friend, but also my adjutant, and there are some things in the future that he will have to do in person."
"West Sichuan, Major General Liu Yicheng?"
Seeing the generous Major General Liu, it is indeed not like a general, Yoshino Jixiong was a little stunned, listening to Lao Jiang's tone, this person seems to be a very famous kind, and he should still be an old acquaintance, but he himself has never heard of it, what kind of holy spirit is this.
Yuki Matsushima, who was on the side, hurriedly stood up and walked to the ear of this guy to make a brief introduction.
Yoshino Dazuo's face suddenly changed greatly, especially when he heard that he had a tie with His Royal Highness Wuzun, he couldn't help but look at Liu Yicheng again, and said in disbelief, "Liu Yunjun, please forgive me for being clumsy, it turns out that we are really old acquaintances, I am really sorry."
"At the beginning, Your Excellency once worked with Xue Zhongjun and Yuan Gengjun to take care of the contemptible business, oops, I have been aging over the years, and my memory has deteriorated a little, please also ask Your Excellency Haihan."
The word "Your Excellency" was originally an honorific title given to a general or nobleman by the Japanese.
Then Yoshino Jio didn't say more, and immediately took out a secret letter from his body, and on the outside of the secret letter, there was a thin layer of thin wood, and then sent it respectfully.
The commission was not polite, in front of everyone, opened it on the spot, and inside was a letter of greeting written by the Japanese Emperor Showa to Lao Jiang himself.
The number of words in the letter is not much, only two or three hundred words.
Lao Jiang looked at it for a while, and finally handed it to Liu Yicheng with an expressionless face, and asked him to help the staff officer, which was really nonsense, talking about some ordinary trivial matters, until the end he briefly mentioned a sentence, "I am not a belligerent king, I have always wished for peace", "The situation in Europe today is treacherous and changeable, and the peace of Greater East Asia is in the hands of you and me, and I hope to work together with Zhongzhengjun (Chiang Kai-shek), and I hope to work together with Zhongzhengjun (Chiang Kai-shek), and I hope to work together."
Liu Yicheng also sneered, a greeting letter, the whole article is peace-loving, that is, I don't know where the three northeastern provinces, North China Pingjin, and Songhu and the area around Songhu come from, killing people and robbing things when they see them, and the land of China is full of wolf smoke, how can there be any sign of peace.
Adjutant Liu asked with a cold face, "The emperor of your country is really a wonderful person, I don't know when your country is going to collect troops and return to Japan?" ”
An inexplicable aura of killing quietly spread in the house.
Since Liu Yicheng can fight with Wu Zun, his martial arts should not be low, if this guy really breaks out and hurts people, I am afraid that no one in the field can stop him, even if there is Matsushima Yuki, who is known as the "Bronze Samurai", is now a street fighter, and his face is even slightly pale.
Jio Yoshino smiled slightly and said indifferently, "This is not difficult."
"If your country can show a little sincerity and let His Majesty the Emperor step down, then with the consent of the ministers, order 200,000 imperial troops to return to Japan immediately."
"Ah——?h
The first to question was Yuki Matsushima.
Let Yoshino's majesty not fight in one place, this guy dares to give him a problem at this juncture, if it weren't for being on the shore of Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing, he would have "given three guests" a long time ago, it is really a non-national job.
Such a wonderful person, Lao Jiang naturally wanted to protect him, so he snorted coldly, so that Yoshino Jixiong's eyes were refocused on him.
Liu Yun also took the opportunity to take Matsushima Dazola to chat.
Jiang Weizai said expressionlessly, "Since your envoy represents the emperor of your country, Jiang is naturally trustworthy." Perhaps I would like to ask your envoy to elaborate more on the matter of peace."
Yoshino Daisa suddenly smiled, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Matsushima anymore.
Yoshino turned his head, bowed to Lao Chiang, and replied respectfully, "His Majesty the Emperor has three peace proposals, and if Your Excellency agrees, I, the Imperial Japanese Army, will immediately return to Korea and the Japanese mainland, and will definitely not stay on your country's territory for a long time."
"First, I would like to ask your country to sign the Sino-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact with the Japanese Empire and recognize the fact of the independence of Manchukuo, because we do not want to annex Manchuria, but to establish a buffer zone here to prevent the Soviet Russian army from moving south, while your country still has the suzerainty of Manchuria."
"At the same time, His Majesty the Emperor respectfully invites your country, together with the Imperial Japanese Army, to form an Asian joint fleet to jointly defend Asians in Asia, and to send part of the troops to each other as a sign of Sino-Japanese friendship."
The first proposal has no new ideas, and it is still a copy of Prime Minister Konoe's statement, but the conditions are even more favorable, and he even wants to draw Huaxia together to form an "Asian United Fleet" to realize the proposition that "Asia is the Asia of Asians", and even let Huaxia have suzerainty over Manchuria.
Maybe the Japanese army is just talking.
But at least once the Nanjing Nationalist Government signed the contract, there would not be too humiliating scenes, or let the Nanjing Government bear the infamy of betraying the country, Lao Jiang couldn't help but be a little moved.
Seeing Lao Jiang's face soften, Yoshino Daisa was also secretly overjoyed.
He immediately went on to say, "Second, in view of the historical reasons of the past, as well as the ignorance and corruption of the Manchu government, which caused the present dispute between China and Japan, the Great Japanese Empire has the responsibility to support the rise of China, and His Majesty the Emperor intends to sell 300,000 tons of warships, including battleships, cruisers, and destroyers, to your country."
Lao Jiang almost suspected that he was hallucinating.
Could the Japanese devils really have changed their sex, and they actually want to sell warships to Huaxia, this article is not like any condition at all, but more like preferential terms, so Jiang Weiza's heart moved, and he was about to ask Yoshino Daisa, if Huaxia wanted to buy Japanese warships, could he repay the loan in installments.
Liu Yicheng knew very well that the urine of the Japanese devils was mostly because the Yamato-class battleships had already started, and now they urgently needed money to fill the holes, so they thought of the Nanjing government.
He asked with a sneer, "May I ask Special Envoy Yoshino, are there any Kongo-level and Nagato-level in your country's sales list?" Well, the Yamato-class battleships should have just started construction, so why don't you help Huaxia build two by the way? ”
Can King Kong be sold?
Yoshino Daisa's face suddenly darkened.
This is Japan's latest cutting-edge battlecruiser, Huaxia has it back, even if it can't beat the cutting-edge top battleship, but this type of battleship has always been known for being fast, and the speed has reached 31 knots, which is the speed of the destroyer, and the caliber of the 8 main guns is as high as 356 mm.
Therefore, if the ship wants to deal with ordinary heavy warships, it is simply handy, or even more immoral, and it is completely invincible to use it to attack Japan's sea transportation lines.
Not to mention the Nagato-class battleships, this is a symbol of the "Yamato soul", if you want to be collectively punished by the Japanese people, you should quickly sell it and try it, as for the Yamato-class battleships, but Japan will compete with Britain and the United States and other powerful countries in the future to dominate the ocean.
Seeing Yoshino Daisa's stinky face, Lao Jiang suddenly sobered up, these Japanese devils are simply bad, but they say it well, what kind of friendship and peace, your sister, don't sell cutting-edge warships at all, the feeling is to let Huaxia pay a high price, buy some broken copper and iron and come back to be the wronged boss.
Seeing Lao Jiang's face gradually changing, Yoshino Daisa suddenly woke up, don't think nonsense at this moment, otherwise the great opportunity for "peace" will be in vain.
He hurriedly rounded the field, "Haha, Liu Yunjun is really sharp, he saw the cutting-edge battleship at a glance, okay, this can be promised." Well, only the Kongo-class is a little difficult, Japan's sea area is large, there are only four Kongo-class battlecruisers in total, and we don't have enough of them ourselves, so how about changing to the Kurama class? ”
Major General Liu is also on fire, your sister, with the Yamato-class battleships, outdated battleships such as Mutsu or Nagato, it's a hair, even the King Kong-class ones are reluctant, and they have to be replaced with the pommel horse class of some birds, and they are simply a circle of money, if there are some technical problems halfway, they are guaranteed to lose their wives and lose their troops.
Someone also said with a smile, "It's not enough to have battleships and cruisers, why don't you be more generous and sell two Akagi-class or Kaga-class aircraft carriers?" ”
The Akagi-class or Kaga-class, which was a heavy aircraft carrier of Japan at the time.
What's worse is that the displacement of this type of aircraft carrier exceeds 40,000 tons, and before World War II, they were all the most cutting-edge aircraft carriers, and even the aircraft carriers of the United States and Britain could not be compared.
What's more, the carrier-based aircraft of this era is still the era of propellers, so the size and weight of carrier-based aircraft are far smaller than those of later jet fighters, and if the number of spare fighters is added, the number of aircraft carriers of this type of aircraft carrier will exceed 120, which is a great weapon for the Japanese army to dominate the world.
Seeing that Liu Yicheng was so sharp and sensitive, Yoshino no longer dared to mention the sale of battleships.
This guy immediately changed the topic and said to Lao Jiang with a smile, "Your Majesty the Emperor, you have also taken into account all kinds of difficulties, so there is a third article, as long as your country agrees, our navy will immediately withdraw from the war."
"Navy out of war?"
Lao Jiang was also moved in his heart, and subconsciously glanced at Rear Admiral Liu Yicheng, who was still at Wuhu Airport before, chatting and laughing with this guy, analyzing the possibility of unilateral peace with the Japanese Navy.
Yoshino ignored Lao Chiang's mood, but said heavily, "The Japanese Navy has never wanted to participate in the war, whether it is the 918 Incident or the 77 Incident, it is a good thing that those armies have done."
This guy glanced up at Lao Jiang and changed his voice, "Only the August 13 incident is a bit special, strictly speaking, it was your country's troops who took the lead in attacking the Japanese marines stationed in Shanghai."
"Of course, these past events are not mentioned for the time being."
"As long as your country agrees not to be an enemy of our navy, our Japanese navy is willing to withdraw from this war -- this should not be a war of the imperial navy."
"As for these red deer from the War Department, please educate your country well, these impolite farmers and miners know every day that it is really a headache to compete with our navy for military expenses, but this is what the Admiralty and the Combined Fleet mean, and there is no need to ask for the consent of the army."