Because he was going to the shooting range in Kummersdorf, Xu Jun took a Mercedes-Benz G4 six-wheeled off-road sedan this time, but it was not the convertible model that Hitler loved, but a box-type version with reinforced bulletproof armor.

The G4 that Xu Jun was riding in had been specially modified by Mercedes and had just joined the Führer team in early December, and its total weight had increased to five tons, almost one and a half tons more than the prototype. The 115 hp eight-cylinder four-stroke engine with a new turbocharger increases road speed to 90 km/h.

The entire car is painted in a pearlescent silver-grey with gloss black fenders and chrome plated on all exterior trims. Except for the Reich Führer's flag hanging from the flagpoles on both sides of the front of the car, there were no other superfluous markings on the whole car, which made it more difficult to identify potential attackers, and this model of off-road sedan was not unique to the Führer, and was not uncommon in the German army's top command structure, such as several marshals who often came to the Chancellery for dinner.

Stretching out in the spacious leather back seat, the Führer opened the storage compartment in the middle of the seat, and in the silver-plated ashtray, he found the cigar he had smoked half of the last time. The Führer picked up the half cigar, hesitated for a moment, looked down at the sign above, and then pressed the electronic cigarette lighter inserted into the ashtray.

"Give me that telegram from Shanghai, Eric." Xu Jun said to the adjutant sitting across from him.

"Please wait a minute." Tysenhofen picked up the briefcase that was sitting next to him and pulled out a folder from it.

"It's our Earl." Looking at the telegram and looking up, he turned his face to Weirle and smiled.

"I guess there will be a result this time." Wehrle laughed too.

After Stauffenberg was promoted, he became so energetic that he sent Xu Jun a detailed report almost every week, describing the state of affairs he had witnessed in Shanghai and the process of negotiations with Japanese diplomats, at least two-thirds of the content was such information, and the remaining one-third was the confidential information he had collected and the various questions he had asked.

Stauffenberg knew very well that although he was a plenipotentiary envoy, Berlin was always watching the situation in East Asia, and he simply did not have the space and room to act according to his personal likes and dislikes. He was only a mid-ranking officer in the German army, and as a representative of the Führer, he did not mean that he had the power to do whatever he wanted, something that Count Stauffenberg did not dare to forget at any moment.

This is also Xu Jun's greatest advantage in valuing him, this count has always demanded himself with strict aristocratic standards until his defeat, and he has always adhered to the Bavarian nobles' understanding and judgment of loyalty and honor. At one point, he even persuaded himself to accept the idea of the Nazis persecuting the Jews, simply because he believed that Hitler was a leader worthy of German allegiance.

Unlike Beck's conspirators, this count was an idealist, he joined the anti-Hitler gang halfway, he wanted something different from everyone else, he really wanted to save his people and his country, while the rest of the gang, even the core members, were only for their own interests, or wanted to take power from the Nazi Party.

"Long live the Holy German Empire." It was the last words of the earl in the world, and he showed such righteousness and awe-inspiring that the officers in charge of the execution did not dare to let him shout all the slogans.

Xu Jun was not worried at all that there would be such a day, the Count put a handbag at his feet, because as long as he could lead Germany to victory, the Wehrmacht would not betray him, even Beck's group of conspirators in history only dared to jump out and stir up trouble after the main German army was defeated on the Eastern Front.

"The Japanese have once again chosen to back down, but it should be close to their bottom line, and if they continue to push it blindly, they may encounter a strong backlash from the other side." Xu Jun flipped through a page of documents and said to Weierle with a smile.

"The intelligence we have obtained shows that the pressure on the Japanese cabinet during this period has been considerable." Wehrle replied.

"The pressure on the cabinet is not only from their military, but also from the Japanese chaebols, go back and let the embassy in Japan pay attention to collect relevant information." Xu Jun took half of the cigar in his mouth, then picked up the cigarette lighter that had been played, and lit the cigar butt.

"It's a pity that we still can't open the Chinese market, my head of state." Wehrle felt a little regretful.

The Japanese side did make concessions and opened the passage of German caravans to the interior, but in fact, the entire market in South China and Central China was basically controlled by Japanese capital, and it was difficult for German goods to gain a foothold in the Japanese occupation zone. At this time, Japan had excluded almost all foreign capital from its sphere of influence, regarded China as its own bag, and regarded its interests in China as its own forbidden territory.

Asia is the Asia of Asians, and this slogan was finally shouted by the Japanese, and nationalism generally works well in this situation, except for China, which is being invaded, almost all Western colonies in Asia, have some resonance with the Japanese slogan.

This is the main reason why these colonies in history would wave flags to welcome the Japanese invading army. Many people still think that the Japanese really came for the freedom of Asians, but they did not expect that what they were waiting for was more brutal killing and enslavement than those European colonizers.

Nationalist education in Japan has gone wild and evolved into Yamato's ethnocratic racism, which discriminates against all countries and nations that are backward from Japan, even to the point of being anti-human. It is the blessing of these backward races that the inferior races serve the noble Yamato nation, and the duty of the Japanese is to "civilize" the minds of these peoples, so that they willingly submit to the feet of the emperor and become vassals of the Japanese Empire, and serve the Great Japanese Empire for generations.

It was with this kind of hubrisy that the Japanese top brass managed these occupied areas of Southeast Asia, and as a result, the Japanese became infamous in these areas for a long time after the end of the war. However, after the war, due to the needs of the Cold War, the Americans worked hard to endorse and wash the ground, and the Japanese took the opportunity to erase the crimes they had committed, and even regarded themselves as victims of the war for a time.

"Do we have any goods that we need to dump in China? Not at all, Werle, we are not Britain, we don't need to compete with Japan for the market in the Yangtze River basin, or for the share of trade in these regions of Central and South China. We only need to maintain the trade with Chongqing. Now you see, what we have gotten, the right to trade directly with the hinterland of China, which is actually much more than I expected. Japan is by no means a nation that is willing to give in vain, and their retreat now is aimed at making greater strides forward in the future. I can guess what the Japanese prime minister thought when he made this decision, and I can guess what he wants from us in return. ”

"Same as before? The Empire's Recognition of Wang's Puppet Government? ”

"No, Weirle, you are underestimating the ambitions of the Japanese, what they want is recognition of Japan's dominance over Asia. Ribbentrop told me that Hiroshi Oshima had repeatedly requested during this time to meet with me individually, and that Japan apparently wanted to restart negotiations on the Japanese-German alliance and then demarcate the spheres of influence of both sides with us. Xu Jun dusted off the ashes of his cigar and flipped through a page of telegrams again.

"Look at this paragraph, Weierle, Wang Puppet's secret service headquarters in Shanghai no longer exists." Seeing this, the Führer couldn't help but perk up.

"Completely razed to the ground? It seems that the Earl is having a good time in Shanghai. Weirle said with a smile.

PS: Chapter 2 is presented, thank you for your support.