Chapter 644: Negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party
No one ever thought that the little devil would give the Chinese such a trick to draw salary, let alone that such a high tide of resistance against Japan would suffer such a setback, the sudden death of Lao Jiang made the whole of China fall into panic and uneasiness, when Lao Jiang was alive, there were many angry and reviled people, but only now people understand that Lao Jiang is so important to China, whether it is Yan Xishan in Shanxi or He Jian in Hunan, or the large and small warlords in Sichuan do not have the strength to replace Lao Jiang, Where is China's destiny headed?
In the aggressive attack of the Japanese army, although the Nationalist Government also fought back heroically, due to poor organization and low morale, the Nationalist Government was defeated one after another, which worried Stalin in the north and Roosevelt on the other side of the ocean. If it weren't for the fact that the reorganized 300th Army of the Chinese Communists was in Yunnan, I am afraid that Yunnan in China's rear would also fall into the hands of the enemy, and at that time not only would hundreds of thousands of Chinese expeditionary forces be attacked by the Japanese army from the north to the south, but even the troops of Britain and the United States would not have good fruit to eat, so how to solve China's political problems was imminent.
In addition, the former minister of military affairs of the Nationalist Government, He Yingqin, who has long heard of He Yingqin and his person, Britain and the United States, and other countries, is an out-and-out pro-Japanese faction, and is extremely worried about letting a pro-Japanese faction control the political situation in China, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, and other countries have made a solemn promise that they will never compromise with the fascist countries of Germany, Japan, and other countries alone. But now I am afraid that there will be even greater changes on the battlefield of China, if the Japanese throw an olive branch at this time. I am afraid that more than half of the Kuomintang politicians will throw themselves into the arms of the Japanese in an instant, and the other half will be eye-to-eyed with the Japanese, and this situation is absolutely not alarmist in the eyes of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and other countries. It's very likely to happen someday in the future.
Roosevelt passed a congressional bill to urgently send 100,000 additional troops to the Pacific Rim Theater. In particular, two aircraft carriers that have just completed their construction tasks and have not yet undergone sea trials have been put into service, and more than a dozen cruisers and other ships are in service at the same time, and the United States has also sent a large number of additional aircraft to Saipan for air strikes on the Japanese mainland.
Immediately, in view of the instrength of the Nationalist Government on the battlefield in China, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain first held a meeting in Moscow to discuss the trend of China's political situation, and Britain hoped that the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain would send troops to China at the same time to assist the Chinese in resisting the Japanese. Of course, both Roosevelt and Stalin knew the actual goal, but they only wanted to occupy a colony in China with a high-sounding appearance, and even carve up China with the Japanese if necessary.
It has to be said that the plan proposed by the British was very tempting, and even Stalin himself was moved. But both Roosevelt and Stalin saw it clearly. China is no longer the China of a few years ago, although China is still invaded by the Japanese, but the sense of resistance of the Chinese people has been aroused, and any force that wants to divide or rule China must accept the resistance from 40,000 Chinese, just like Japan now.
The Japanese never thought of fighting the Chinese for six years. The destruction of China in three months is not a slogan shouted by the Japanese indiscriminately, but their real combat goal and strategic concept, but China is too big, and the strategic depth is too deep. The Battle of Songhu alone lasted for three months, and the Japanese plan to quickly destroy China was completely aborted. By two months earlier, Japan's occupation zone in China had shrunk considerably, to less than half of its peak. Had it not been for the success of this temporary operation, the defeat of the Japanese would have been imminent.
There is no doubt about the strength of the Japanese, even such a powerful and aggressive country was almost crushed on the battlefield in China, and the Americans and Soviets did not dare to imagine what kind of scene the United States and the Soviet Union would have after they fell into the quagmire of war, and besides, now that there is such a war demon in China, if he is forced to fall to the Japanese or the Germans, with his strategic vision, the United States and the Soviet Union and other countries will have the initiative in the war that they have won with great difficulty in an instant. Therefore, neither Stalin nor Roosevelt wanted to pay attention to China at this time, and at the same time warned the British side not to do things that were neither good for others nor self-interested. …,
In fact, the Soviet Union intended to let the Chinese Communist Party replace the Kuomintang and lead the Chinese forces to continue the War of Resistance Against Japan. But the United States and Britain strongly opposed, although this damned war is still going on, but whether it is Stalin, Roosevelt or Churchill have already seen that the Triple Entente after Italy's surrender is actually on the verge of collapse, the final victory of the allies is imminent, and even the Chinese general judged that the war will end next year.
Everything can be compromised during the war, but the post-war world pattern can not be underestimated, if China is indirectly controlled by the Soviet Union, this is absolutely not good news for Britain and the United States, although now due to the war, the ideological struggle has been deliberately diluted, but the struggle between communism and capitalism will eventually be brought to the table, and then it may be even more tragic than the current struggle against fascism, so the United States and Britain resolutely oppose the replacement of the Kuomintang by the Chinese Communist Party and become the ruling party in China. In the same way, the Soviet Union did not want the Kuomintang to dominate, and it was ignorant of China's political situation before, because the CCP was too weak before, and the Soviet Union would not have achieved much even if it wanted to, but now it is different, the CCP now has nearly 5 million armed forces, and the number of regular troops alone has exceeded 4 million, and it is fully capable of competing with the Kuomintang, and even stronger than the Kuomintang.
However, just when the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain were at a stalemate, a top-secret piece of information completely petrified the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain - the Germans found the Communist Party, or the Germans found Han Yunhua. In recent days, there have been very frequent telegrams from China to and from Berlin, Germany, and the telegrams have repeatedly mentioned a person's name, which translates to Han Yunhua. Moreover, the Soviet intelligence agencies intercepted a small German force, which was escorting an important figure through the Soviet blockade, and it was not clear what the Soviets were doing where to cross the blockade. However, the captured German platoon commander told the Soviets that the big man was going to meet with a man named Han Yunhua this time, and he didn't know what this Han Yunhua was doing.
The German platoon commander didn't know who Han Yunhua was, but Stalin knew and Roosevelt did. The news was extremely shocking. The Germans even took note of this strategically brilliant Chinese general. The most important thing is that during this period, the telegrams between China and Germany became more frequent, and the movement of troops on the Chinese side was also strange, first of all, the troops stationed in northeast China began to set up a cordon on the Sino-Soviet border, and also sent additional border troops. There was also a large number of heavily armed infantry outside the Air Force Joint Command, and everything was so puzzling.
The United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain held urgent consultations, and judging from the current situation, it seems that the Chinese Communists have reached some kind of agreement with Germany. If this continues, I am afraid that the CCP may really turn to the Axis powers. If the CCP completely tilts towards the Axis powers, then one can imagine what the scenario will be. First of all, the CCP will join forces with the Japanese to completely destroy the Kuomintang, and then the CCP will negotiate with Japan, and at most it will only need to pay some territory to end the war. In the present situation, Japan has always been happy to stop the war in this way, and compared with the Japanese, who are caught in the great quagmire of the Chinese battlefield, the millions of square kilometers of land in Southeast Asia are so attractive, where strategic resources are abundant, and the resistance is extremely weak. Therefore, it was very easy for the Japanese to hold on to Southeast Asia.
Moreover, once the Chinese Communists turn to the Axis powers, it will not be a trivial matter for the Chinese Communists to send troops to the Soviet Far East and Yunnan Burma with their current strength, and then the Soviet Far East and British India will be tested like never before. In the past, people only knew that the Japanese would die in war, but they didn't know how powerful the Chinese troops were. …,
But neither Roosevelt nor Stalin for the Chinese Army. In particular, the army of the Inner Mongolia Military Region has quite a good understanding. There are not many opportunities for the CCP's troops and the allies to fight together, but every time the CCP has a surprise. In particular, when China and the Soviet Union jointly attacked the Kwantung Army, the high quality of the CCP's troops surprised the Soviet Union. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of Han Yunhua's subordinates was also transmitted back to China one after another, so Stalin was extremely reluctant to fight with Han Yunhua's subordinates, because that would involve a huge amount of troops.
Germany's hand did hit the weakness of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and other countries, and the great changes on the battlefield in China made the German side also feel excited, and there was all kinds of intelligence that the fiasco of the Eastern Front troops some time ago had a lot to do with a Chinese general named Han Yunhua, and there was even intelligence that the counterattack plan of the Soviet army some time ago was formulated by that Han Yunhua and personally commanded.
Although Hitler did not believe it at first, no matter how rubbish the Soviets were, they would not accept the command of a single Chinese army general, because that was a denial of all Soviet army generals. But as the battle continued, and with the continuous efforts of German intelligence officers, the identity of this mysterious Chinese general, as well as his role and performance in this war, were lifted one after another. Especially in the Sicilian landing, this Chinese general, who was ignored by Hitler, turned out to be the chief of the general staff of the Allied forces in North Africa, single-handedly planning the Sicilian landing, which directly led to the demise of Italy, Germany's most important ally in Europe.
After that, Hitler included Han Yunhua in the scope of key surveillance, and also specially formulated a battle plan to eliminate Han Yunhua. However, the situation in Asia changed too quickly, and before the plan was implemented, major changes took place on the part of the Kuomintang.
Subsequently, after a detailed analysis of the political situation in China, Hitler's aides suggested that Hitler and the Chinese Communists should make contacts, and as long as the conditions are right, the Chinese Communists should be able to pull the Chinese Communists into the scope of the Axis powers, and most importantly, according to the performance of the Chinese Communists in recent years, it can be concluded that although ideology is important, it cannot completely defeat the love of the Chinese Communist Party members for the motherland, and the Chinese Communists will spare no effort in everything that is beneficial to China as a country, and vice versa.
The Gestapo then recommended a man to Hitler, an arms dealer who claimed to have supplied arms to Han Yunhua's ministry and a rifle production line.
Hitler was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered the spies lurking in China to contact the Chinese Communists, and the best and most direct way to contact the Chinese Communists was to contact General Han Yunhua, who now does not know that General Han is now the most popular general on the Chinese Communists. At the same time, he is also the most powerful general.
The olive branch thrown by Germany made Han Yunhua a little crying and laughing, which play did the Germans play, how did they want to pull the CCP into the gang, Han Yunhua was until Hitler was now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it was difficult to protect himself. With the current predicament of the German army, I am afraid that it will be driven back to Germany in a year at most, and the CCP is now saying that it will not be able to get on this thief ship.
However, it is possible to use the Germans to exert a little pressure on the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and other countries, and after a secret meeting with the chairman and others, Han Yunhua began to argue with the Germans. The Germans were very sincere, and even offered to mediate between China and Japan and to seek ruling power in China for the Chinese Communists.
Han Yunhua secretly said in his heart that China and Japan have reached a situation of endless death, and they said that they can mediate if they want to. Germany could not do it, the Soviet Union did not do it, and the United States did not do it either. Since Japan's full-scale invasion of China, how many people with lofty ideals in China have died under the butcher's knife of the Japanese, and how many people have paid their lives for China's independence and self-improvement. This war can only end. …,
In fact, as long as a Chinese can probably figure out this truth, this is a life-and-death duel between one nation and another, and this is a life and death certificate that has already been signed. However, foreigners are foreigners after all, and they do not understand the life-and-death feud between China and Japan, and they still think that as long as there is mediation between the major powers, the war can be ended.
Han Yunhua had a political tussle with the Germans. Militarily, Han Yunhua also put on a corresponding posture, which made the Soviets and Americans very nervous. Han Yunhua's personality and temper are very well understood by the two, and they know that Han Yunhua is an extremely cautious person, or he will not make a move. One shot is a one-hit kill, and Han Yunhua has not yet been defeated in the battle with the Japanese army. This is inseparable from his cautious character.
Since Han Yunhua has put on such a posture, it shows that Han Yunhua has full confidence in dealing with the United States and the Soviet Union and other countries. This made Stalin and Roosevelt nervous and had to reflect on themselves, and at the same time had to immediately contact the Chinese Communists to try to persuade the Chinese Communists not to fall to the Axis powers.
The direction of the Moscow talks between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain immediately changed dramatically, and suddenly changed to how to win the Chinese Communists not to turn to the Axis powers.
In the end, the United States and the Soviet Union decided to support the CCP as the ruling party in Chinese mainland, and immediately jointly put pressure on the remnants of the KMT to immediately negotiate with the CCP to resolve the current crisis.
Looking back at the Kuomintang, after Chiang Kai-shek was bombed and killed, the entire Kuomintang politically lost its unified leadership and absolute control over the whole country, of course, this absolute control was relatively speaking, even when the Nationalist Government was at its strongest, it did not have absolute leadership over all the armed forces in the country, and none of those warlords, large and small, did not obey the orders of the central government, but because Chiang Kai-shek's own political skills were indeed superior, many people did not dare to wrestle with him.
Now it is different with He Yingqin, He Yingqin is completely pro-Japanese, even if He Yingqin doesn't want to admit it, although pro-Japanese and traitors are two different concepts, but many people have already labeled him a traitor in their hearts, so He Yingqin's decree can't be implemented at all, even with the support of the first lady.
With the erosion of the war situation, the entire Kuomintang is about to fall apart, even if He Yingqin wants to give up his position now, no one dares to take it, Li Zongren had this idea before, but now he doesn't dare to touch this hot potato, and in the end it is still supported by He Yingqin.
To be honest, although He Yingqin is a complete pro-Japanese faction, he is not a capitulation faction who wants to surrender, and he also hates everything the Japanese have done in China, and the all-people war of resistance has become a trend, this is the trend of history, no one can go against it, and once it is violated, it will be abandoned by the people of the whole country, so He Yingqin is still very determined to resist Japan.
With the fall of Chongqing and Chengdu, the Yunnan-Guizhou region was also strategically surrounded by the Japanese army, and the prestige of the Kuomintang among the people fell to the extreme, so He Yingqin finally sent a telegram in mid-October, hoping to negotiate with the Chinese communists to jointly resolve the current crisis.
Of course, the Chinese Communists could not ask for the Kuomintang's request for negotiations, so the Central Committee planned to send negotiators composed of Vice Chairman Zhou, Han Yunhua, and others to Lanzhou for negotiations.
However, Han Yunhua politely refused this negotiation because of the needs of the war, of course, Han Yunhua did not say anything, during this period of time, the war situation did undergo major changes, the Inner Mongolia Military Region and the North China Front Army launched an all-out competition in Shandong, the two sides invested more and more troops, the scale of the battle is getting bigger and bigger, Han Yunhua really did not have time to go to Lanzhou. Moreover, he also knows that the KMT-CPC negotiations are just a false head, in fact, the KMT has lost its dominance in China's political situation, with the support of the United States and Britain and other countries, the CCP is in front of the unification of the whole country's anti-Japanese forces, this is a historical trend that no one can resist, it is the same with him or not, and the result will not change in any way. (To be continued......)
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