On the last day of August 1945, the Chinese ambassador to Ireland drove to the "Forest Palace" in Limerick to pay a special visit to His Majesty King Joachim I, and to bring a box of Mengding tea - after more exchanges, the Chinese became familiar with the likes and dislikes of this European monarch, and did not dare to send them with antiques such as porcelain paintings or specialties of the Japanese-occupied areas. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although this Mengding tea is not as famous as West Lake Longjing, Suzhou Biluochun, and Fujian Tieguanyin, it is also a good product in tea, and has become a royal tribute for thousands of years and enjoys a high reputation in China. Probably thinking that a mere box of tea leaves was not enough to show their sincerity, the ambassador surnamed Wang also brought an old man who was said to be a master of the tea ceremony and a set of quaint tea sets to make tea for the dual kings of Ireland and Wales.

The tea brewed by the master is really full of fragrance, and after drinking it, it is very pleasant. Of course, Xia Shu knew in his heart that the other party was so flattering, it was nothing more than asking for himself. In fact, since the Japanese army kicked off its invasion of China, Ireland has been criticizing the Japanese invaders and supporting China in the international arena, and has repeatedly launched proposals to sanction Japan in the League of Nations. For more than 10 years, Ireland has provided support to the Chinese government through trade, loans and even free aid, including facilitating European and American countries to provide China with 1 million Springfield rifles and one billion rounds of ammunition, and sending technical teams to help China rebuild its air force. In order to win over relations, the Nationalist Government set up a stationed office with Chinese characteristics in the Irish capital, which specializes in exploring the personality preferences of high-level Irish figures, trying to help Chinese diplomats make friends with them, and then sending all kinds of gifts as if they were not for money, which has indeed played a little role in bringing the two countries closer to the high-level relations. However, although Ireland's comprehensive strength and international status are constantly improving, after all, it is only a European country with a population of less than 10 million and a territory of less than 100,000 square kilometers, and its ability to interfere in Asian affairs is minimal.

After the armistice between Japan and the Soviet Union, the situation of the War of Resistance against Japan took a sharp turn for the worse, and under the condition that the joint efforts of Europe and the United States could not stop the pace of the Japanese invasion of China, the international community generally believed that the complete fall of China was only a matter of time, and the Nationalist Government, its army, and the people who led the War of Resistance were also pessimistic and hopeless about the prospects of the war, and people even began to openly discuss the livelihood of the whole country after the fall.

Seeing that Natsuki was very satisfied with the new tea, the ambassador surnamed Wang, who was wearing a pair of round-framed glasses and looked like Svenwen, hurriedly said that the Nationalist Government hoped that Ireland would send their long-range bomber force to and from the southern airfields of Soviet Russia and Chongqing and Chengdu to assist the Chinese government in transferring personnel and materials, so as to preserve the fire for them to launch a counteroffensive in the future and realize the great cause of recovery.

In terms of technology, the Chinese government's vision is entirely feasible, but such a transfer would have to take into account the investment of human and material resources and security. Based on his own experience, Xia Shu judged that if he helped the Chinese government complete the transfer of 30,000 soldiers and civilians and 2,000 tons of supplies by air, it would need to consume at least 20,000 tons of aviation fuel, and the high-intensity flight mission would greatly shorten the service life of the bomber, and the non-combat accident rate was estimated to be more than 40%.

What really makes Xia Shu unhappy is that among the personnel and materials transferred by air, how many are officials and noblewomen who are powerful and blessed, how many are looted people's fat and people's ointment, and how many of them are more valuable to the great cause of recovery, such as scientists, technicians, elite generals, and even enthusiastic students, how many can catch this air express?

After hesitating for a long time, Xia Shu said: "I can help the Chinese government evacuate people from areas that have not yet been occupied by the Japanese army, but they must be mainly scientific talents, technicians, meritorious soldiers, and excellent students, and the proportion of government officials must not be higher than 10 percent, and there is no upper limit on the number of evacuees, but once we find that there are people who are confused, these people will be expelled from the plane, understand?" ”

Ambassador Wang hesitated: "Your Majesty's request is very reasonable, I will truthfully convey it to the chairman, and I believe that the chairman will definitely agree." ”

"That's one thing." "On the other hand, to implement this plan, your government needs to build at least one airport in the central and western regions of Xinjiang for emergency purposes, and ensure that the airport west of Chengdu can be used continuously, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources." ”

Ambassador Wang thought for a moment: "It is difficult to achieve these two points, but we will definitely do our best." ”

"In addition, on behalf of the Kingdom of Ireland, I can only accept your government's request for assistance, and whether or not the trip will finally take place remains to be negotiated between our country and the Russian government on the borrowing of its southern airport and land transportation, and the relevant preparations will take two or three months at the earliest." Xia Shu didn't say anything here, that is, with the current situation of the national government, whether it can support it for another two or three months, I'm afraid there is a big question mark.

Of course, this is a question that the ambassador surnamed Wang cannot answer, not even the bald gentleman who is in charge of the Chongqing government. After the end of the Battle of Dasanguan, the Japanese advance force quickly rushed to Hanzhong, and the air raid on the Chinese defense line had already begun, and the current situation could not help but remind people of the end of the Shu Han Dynasty, the Shu army was guarding the Sword Pavilion, but was unexpectedly attacked by the Wei general Deng Ai by surprise troops in Yinping, and the result was a complete defeat.

After a slight pause, Natsuki continued: "As far as I know, there are thousands of kilometers of cars that can be used in Xinjiang, and although most of them are simple roads and far from forming a complete road network, in my opinion, it is still feasible to transfer a large number of people and materials by land transportation. If your country concentrates manpower and material resources on the emergency construction of highways and the construction of a land passage from Sichuan and Shu to northern Xinjiang as soon as possible, China is willing to provide free assistance to 1,000 vehicles and 10,000 tons of fuel, and try to recruit and train drivers. Vehicles, fuel, and personnel arrive in Russia by ship, and then enter your country by land, in as little as one month. ”

The ambassador surnamed Wang nodded again and again: "Build airports, open air routes, build roads, open up new paths, go hand in hand with two lines, and your majesty's vision is indeed very accessible!" ”

Xia Shu did not respond, with the current resources and technology of the Chinese government, the construction of airports and roads in remote places is a difficult project, and the ambassador surnamed Wang in front of him obviously did not fully consider the difficulties faced by the two paths, which is enough to show how bad the current bureaucratic atmosphere of the Nationalist government is, and cooperating with such a government can only be inefficient and achieve half the result. In the case of the Rabbit Party, with those 1 million rifles and a billion rounds of ammunition, perhaps the Japanese invaders would have been plunged into the vast sea of the people's war, how could they end up in exile as they are now?

Anything is possible.

Next, the eloquent ambassador surnamed Wang gushed about the Nationalist Government's grand plan to save the country: If the front-line officers and men can defend the passes everywhere as they did in the Battle of Dasanguan, and delay the Japanese army for three or four months or even half a year, they are ready to transfer millions of soldiers and civilians, and most of them will wait for the opportunity for a counteroffensive under the protection of Soviet Russia -- in their opinion, sooner or later, there will be a war between Europe, the United States and Japan, and the Chinese army and people will echo inside and outside to recover the rivers and mountains.

It is a pity that Ambassador Wang's sometimes heroic and sometimes sonorous remarks did not resonate with the two people present, whether it was the well-informed and pragmatic King of Ireland who went to China, or the tea ceremony master with a vicissitudes of life and a stunned face, they did not have the slightest affection for this kind of bombastic official tone.

It's easy to wait for this guy to finish speaking, and Xia Shu asked lightly: "Is this a wise plan formulated by your chairman?" ”

Ambassador Wang obviously did not understand the other party's intentions, and he triumphantly replied in the affirmative.

Natsuki took a sip of the hot tea in the cup and said slowly: "More than twenty years ago, hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers and civilians loyal to the Tsarist Russian royal family traveled through the vast Siberia to the Far East, also to wait for the opportunity to counterattack and restore, but they only lasted for a few years before they were completely wiped out by the Soviet Russian army; In the past few years, the British royal family and government have been in haste to go into exile in North America, trying to contain the military power of the Allies through local guerrilla warfare, and pinning their hopes on turning the tide in the Atlantic...... Mr. Ambassador, I give these two examples not to undermine your country's determination to fight in exile, but to remind you that regime exile is a path full of dangers and that it is difficult to succeed without sufficient perseverance and firm faith. ”

Ambassador Wang pushed the frame of his glasses on the bridge of his nose: "If we don't have enough perseverance and firm faith, how can we stand alone against the stormy attack of the Japanese army for more than three years when foreign aid is basically cut off?" ”

The experience of establishing the Kingdom of Ireland with Natsuki and developing it into a quasi-first-class power is fully qualified to teach the ambassador in front of him a lesson: if they really have that kind of perseverance and faith, they should use the three-year armistice to properly organize their national defense and organize their troops, instead of fighting for territory and crowding out side forces, and being beaten all over the ground by the Japanese as soon as the war starts. Such an erosive officialdom atmosphere and numb people's minds and wisdom cannot be solved by the determination and will of a certain person, and the original order must be torn down and rebuilt in order to achieve results.

"Then again, why are you unwilling to establish a stronghold in the Great Northwest, plan a defensive line, and take advantage of the special geographical conditions there to stop the Japanese invaders step by step? As long as you persist in the war of resistance at home, the puppet regime supported by the Japanese invaders will not be recognized by the international community, and the sanctions imposed by the League of Nations against Japan will be justified enough, and we will also provide you with a steady stream of support through the Soviet-Russian border. ”

Ambassador Wang hesitated for a moment: "I heard that the Supreme Council of National Defense once discussed this plan, but I may think that there is no industrial base in the northwest, no public base, and the climate is particularly bad, so it was finally vetoed." ”

After listening, Natsuki shook his head wordlessly, such a regime embarked on the road of exile, and after a long time, would there be a chance to counterattack and revive and regain power?

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