The wind quietly blew through the battle lines of the two armies that were waiting for them, and the two sedans went out of the city gate, and the soldiers outside the city looked at the two sedans with expressionless faces, and the sedans rolled up smoke and dust, .qВ5, C0m/

The sedan carried this smoke and dust belt over the positions of the two armies that were waiting for them, and when they approached the position of the squadron, a Chinese soldier appeared on the road holding a sign in his hand, and in the center of the sign was a big word "stop". The car stopped, Tokunaga's adjutant rolled down the window, and the Chinese soldiers came over to look inside the car, then waved to let it go.

Without a word of communication, everything happened quietly, the sedan drove away from the checkpoint, and two Chinese soldiers stood on the door pedals. Deyong noticed that after the car entered the squadron's control area, the Chinese did not let him close the curtains and let him observe the surrounding situation at will, which made him feel the confidence of the Chinese again.

The sedan didn't drive long before entering the town, and Tokunaga noticed that the town was very lively, in stark contrast to the empty city of Beiping. The streets are crowded with people, and the inhabitants seem to have forgotten the war that is all around them. Their faces were filled with joy, and this joy was changed to surprise only when they saw the Japanese flag on the sedan.

The sedan crossed the street to the astonishment of the townspeople, and stopped at what was apparently a school, and Tokunaga got out of the car, and several soldiers were waiting at the door, much to Tokunaga's disappointment, there was no general Shina among them.

"I am the negotiator of Commander Okamura Ninji, Kenjiro Tokunaga, this is my deputy Fukushima Toma, and this is Mr. Yang Jiaqi, president of the Beiping Chamber of Commerce." Tokunaga first introduced the entourage to the other party's soldiers with the rank of general.

"I am General Yu Jishi, deputy commander of the North China Theater of Operations, and this is Major General Bryan, deputy chief of staff of the US military, Mr. Situ Leiden, who you should know and has just escaped from your centralized management, and Mr. Liang Sicheng, a famous construction expert in China and a professor at Tsinghua University." Yu Jishi also introduced the members of the Chinese side participating in the talks.

After Yu Jishi finished the introduction, he made a gesture of invitation, and then led the way inside. Fukushima quickly looked around when he got out of the car and found that although the Chinese received them almost openly, there were no reporters around, indicating that they had taken steps to block the news.

The layout of the negotiation room was simple, several desks were put together, covered with army-green tablecloths, there was a teacup on the table in front of each position, and nothing else.

After entering the house, Yu Jishi didn't speak again, and went straight to the north position and sat down, Brian, Situ Leiden, and Liang Si sat on his left and right, and Deyong sat opposite Yu Jishi without thinking about anything else.

"General Tokunaga, after Commander Zhuang met with General Okamura last time, I believe that he has already told you our conditions, and this time you asked for negotiations, I wonder if you have accepted our conditions?"

Yu Jishi didn't talk a little nonsense, and went straight to the point when he opened his mouth; Deyong pondered for a moment before he spoke: "General Yu, our side proposed negotiations this time, first of all, we asked you to stop the attack on Tianjin first, since we decided to solve the problem through negotiations, we should stop the bloodshed;

Second, we may lay down our arms at your request, but we ask to keep the officers' katanas, many of which have been handed down from father to grandfather, and carry not only the honor of the Japanese samurai, but also the honor of the family;

Third, there were many Japanese civilians in Beiping City, who had been doing business legally in China for many years, and their lives and property should be protected.

Fourthly, if we surrender Peiping peacefully, you must agree to refrain from bombing the two historic cities of Tokyo and Kyoto when bombing Japan, and in addition, we must hand over to you a list of cultural relics protected areas to avoid bombing: Fifth, you must ensure the safety of the lives of our officers and men who lay down their arms.

Sixth, our officers and soldiers who lay down their arms are exempt from retrieving war crimes, and even if there are war crimes, they can be tried by Japanese courts in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.

Seventh, after the end of the war, you must not continue to detain our personnel, but should return them to their home country as soon as possible.

Officers and soldiers who lay down their arms must not be forced to engage in forced labor. ”

Okamura Ningji asked a lot, but Yu Jishi was very calm, always listening patiently, and even maintained a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. But his heart was full of anger and excitement, and only seven short years have passed from the beginning of the war to the current surrender, which countless Chinese have exchanged for their blood and lives.

How arrogant Konoe Funma was when he made a statement that he would not regard the Nationalist Government as his opponent, and how arrogant the Japanese generals were, they destroyed chalky China in three months, and now it has been seven years, and China has not been destroyed, but they have been destroyed.

After Deyong read out the conditions, he looked at Yu Jishi on the other side, and Yu Jishi replied without thinking: "According to the agreement between the allies, the Japanese army can only surrender unconditionally, and the Japanese army in Beiping can also only surrender unconditionally, so we cannot accept your eight conditions, but we are willing to cooperate with you to discuss a plan to protect Japan's famous history." ”

Deyong's face turned red, he had a strong sense of humiliation, Yu Jishi's way of speaking was very similar to the previous Japanese generals, he stared at Yu Jishi's eyes, coldly, and asked slowly: "General Yu, your army's refusal of our conditions in such a way makes me very suspicious of your sincerity in negotiations. Yu Jishi smiled faintly: "Our sincerity, President Situ Leiden and Professor Liang Sicheng can testify, you want to talk about conditions, but unfortunately, in Cairo and Tehran, we announced our conditions, and any Japanese army must surrender unconditionally." ”

Speaking of this, Yu Jishi paused and said: "Besides, what are your eight points, stop the attack on Tianjin, our army has occupied ninety percent of Tianjin, and Yokoyama Yong only relies on a small area in the Japanese concession to survive, telling you that before sunset, we can conquer Tianjin."

Japanese civilians are legitimate businessmen, ridiculous! In the past seven years, these businessmen of yours have used your force to plunder our people and annex the property of Chinese businessmen by all means. It's ridiculous! Katana, war criminals judge themselves, so are there still war criminals? ”

Yu Jishi was a little moved when he said this, he pushed away his chair and stood up, glared at Deyong and said: "You are just using Beiping as a threat, let me tell you, we are not afraid to break Beiping, we can rebuild if it is broken, there is no big deal." ”

Deyong was a little nervous in his heart, he raised his glass and took a sip of water, stabilized his emotions, and proposed eight points, he didn't expect the Chinese side to agree to all of them, but he didn't expect Yu Jishi's attitude to be so tough that he didn't negotiate with him at all.

"General Yu, I don't deny that we are in a desperate situation, but one thing you are wrong, we Japanese soldiers are not afraid of death, and in our tradition, dying in battle is the highest honor of a samurai." Tokunaga remembered the strategy that Okamura had formulated with him last night, and no matter how the Chinese behaved, what they could not avoid was that they were unwilling to storm Beiping, and only by making a fuss on this point could the Chinese accept their conditions.

"The situation of our negotiation has not yet been announced to the troops," Tokunaga's expression was very serious: "If we get this news out of the way, not only me, but even Commander Okamura may be assassinated, and in serious cases, it will lead to a mutiny, so we must have enough reasons to convince the steady officers to control the troops." ”

Yu Jishi stared at Deyong and shook his head slightly: "The so-called samurai are just deceiving themselves, there are already many samurai in our prisoner of war camp, Kawabe Shozo, Gu Shoufu, oh, by the way, and the Qian Zheng Xin, who is very famous among young officers, are all in our prisoner of war camp." ”

Hearing the relocation letter, not only Tokunaga but also Fukushima Enama was taken aback, the prestige of the relocation letter among young officers is extremely high, many young officers regard him as an idol, he also regards himself as a samurai model, in his daily actions, he also always pays attention to the samurai's code of conduct, everyone who has come into contact with him, praises him as a representative of the bushido spirit; But even this man became a prisoner of war.

The contrast was too great, so that Tokunaga and Fukushima didn't know how to speak for a while, and Bryan spoke at the right time: "General, according to our Western point of view, your situation is already a desperate situation, and it is not a shame to lay down your arms in this situation." The only thing we can guarantee about the eight conditions that you have mentioned is that you will be protected by the Geneva Agreement, and as for the rest, we absolutely cannot accept it, which the political leaders have already decided in Cairo and Tehran. ”

Tokunaga's heart was full of a sense of failure, and he asked a little unwillingly: "How can we know that when you bomb, you will avoid bombing our ancient buildings?" If we can't be sure, why should we lay down our arms? ”

Yu Jishi nodded: "This is quite reasonable, so we invited Professor Liang Sicheng and President Situ Leiden to participate in the negotiations. As soon as President Stuart Leiden was out of danger, he rushed to the North China Theater Command and suggested to us that when bombing Japan, we should pay attention to avoiding the Japanese National Library, avoiding universities, and so on. ”

Yu Jishi's god became more and more serious, and he could see that he was trying to control his emotions, and paused for a while: "But what about you, who have broken into our country, unarmed civilians, killing the old and weak, look at the current Beiping, what mixed noodles the citizens eat, almost all the universities are closed, most of the primary and secondary schools are closed, you are guilty of monstrous crimes!" ”

The negotiation hall fell into extreme silence, and Tokunaga felt a wave of anger pressing down like a mountain, pressing him a little breathless, and after a while, he suddenly found that the thing he didn't dare to look at the most was not Yu Jishi, but Liang Sicheng and Situ Leiden, who had not spoken a word so far, their noble personality strength was like Mount Fuji to look up to, and any tricks of their own in front of them seemed humble.

"I propose to adjourn the meeting." Tokunaga spat out a sentence with great difficulty. @。

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