"If the situation is allowed to develop as it is now, even if China can be defeated, the final result is likely to be that Japan and China will both lose, and Soviet Russia and the United States will become winners. ⑤???? Reading the latest chapter of this book" Hara Kei saw that the "Quasi-Emperor" was fighting fiercely in his heart, and continued,

"Is it possible for the Chinese side to agree to peace talks?" Hirohito sighed and said, "The current Shina is not the same as it was ten years ago. ”

"In terms of opposing the redness of Soviet Russia, the interests of Japan and China are the same," Hara Kei said, "and China and Soviet Russia are directly bordered, and Soviet Russia has already invaded Méng Gu and established the Far Eastern Republic, which poses a great threat to China. ”

"If we negotiate peace with China, we will inevitably cede some of the empire's interests in Manchuria, right?" Hirohito thought for a moment and asked again.

"Yes." Yuan Kei gave an affirmative answer.

"In that case, it will definitely be opposed by the army." Hirohito shook his head and said, "The navy won't agree to it." ”

"But the current situation is that if the Imperial Navy fails to defeat the Chinese Navy, gain sea supremacy, and restore the Army's connection with the mainland, all the rights and interests of the Empire in Manchuria will be lost." Yuan Jingmian said in a deep voice, "The Shina Navy has defeated the German fleet in Europe, and its combat power should not be underestimated. The capital ships of the Imperial Navy are already lagging behind the Chinese Navy, and the new ships have not been put into service, so I am afraid that in the event of a decisive battle with the main force, the outcome will probably be unfavorable to the Empire. ”

"If the navy cannot win, the defeat of the army is inevitable, and then both Manchuria and Siberia will have no chance of Japan." Hirohito seemed to say to himself, "If you want to make peace with Shina, you should start as much as possible." ”

"Of course, it is impossible to rely entirely on peace talks, and if we can achieve a certain military victory, it will be very beneficial to peace talks." Yuan Jing said, "So at present, we cannot relax in the military. ”

"The prime minister will do his best according to this idea, and if there is any opposition in the army, I will coordinate it." Hirohito said as if he had made up his mind.

Hara Jing bowed and bowed to Hirohito very respectfully, Hirohito nodded in return, and Hara Kei got up and left.

Watching the figures of the Prime Minister and his entourage disappear into the night, Hirohito sighed, waved his hand a little distraught, and asked the motorist to take him away.

When Hara Kei returned to his official residence, it was already late at night, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange when he noticed that a secretary was still waiting in his study.

"Information from Beijing that President China has died of illness." The secretary said, handing over a report.

"Which president died? Is it Li Yuanhong or Feng Guozhang? Yuan Jing's heart shook violently, but he asked silently on the surface.

"It's Feng Guozhang acting president." The secretary replied, "Li Yuanhong is said to be suffering from a brain disease and is still being treated in the hospital. ”

"I see." Yuan Jing opened the report and looked at it, and said. Although his tone was flat, his brain was more active than ever with the unexpected news. The latest and fastest update of this book comes from du58.

Chengde, summer resort.

"The Japanese want peace talks?"

Cai Ye received the urgent mail sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from an officer, and asked with some surprise.

"It's understandable." Jiang Baili said, "They feel that they can't beat us this time, and it is very possible that they want to maintain their vested interests in peace talks." ”

"They are really good at picking the time" Wu Peifu sneered when he heard Jiang Baili's words.

"It's too late to think about peace talks now." There was disdain on Cai Ye's face, he simply looked at the document in his hand, and then gave him to Wu Peifu, who just glanced at it and handed it to Yang Shuoming.

Unlike General Cai and Wu, Yang Shuoming took the document, but he read it very carefully. Seeing Yang Shuoming's movements, Cai Ye and the others couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Now as long as our army increases its strength, it can take Lushunkou and Dalian Port." Wu Peifu said, "The Japanese are holding peace talks at this time because they are afraid that we will take back the first fortress in East Asia. Let's ignore them, let's beat them down first."

"This time thanks to the support of the Navy and Air Force." Cai Yi looked at the small warships and aircraft models placed on the map table, and sighed, "If you are good at your work, you must first sharpen your tools." I didn't expect this battle to be fought like this. ”,

"This is probably what some fashionable military books call 'mechanized warfare'." Jiang Baili said.

"Songpo, you haven't seen a real mechanized war," Wu Peifu said with a smile, "I was in Europe, but I have personally experienced it, the planes in the sky are tearing and killing, and the airships are throwing bombs down, and when hundreds of ironclad chariots and thousands of cannons are firing together on the ground, half of the sky is red. ”

Yang Shuoming just finished reading the report at this time, and when he heard Wu Peifu's words, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

"This mechanized war is largely about who has more money." Jiang Baili looked at Yang Shuoming and said, "In this battle, Hanzhi's pressure is probably the greatest. ”

"Fortunately, we are far from bankruptcy at the moment." Yang Shuoming smiled and said, "It is estimated that the Japanese are tǐng before I go bankrupt." ”

"What does Hanzhi think of the Japanese suing for peace?" Wu Peifu saw Yang Shuoming handing the report in his hand to Jiang Baili, so he asked.

"If they're sincere, they might as well talk about it." Yang Shuoming said.

Listening to Yang Shuoming's answer, Wu Peifu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but Cai Ye seemed to understand Yang Shuoming's thoughts, and quickly exchanged glances with Jiang Baili.

"Talk?" Wu Peifu said with some surprise, "We are in control of the victory now, what are we talking to them about, be careful of their delaying tactics"

"Talking is just one more channel to fight for the greatest interests of the country and the nation, and it will not affect the current military operation." Yang Shuoming said, "Besides, our current enemy is not only Japan, and in order to prevent a two-front battle, it is not impossible to talk about it." ”

Hearing Yang Shuoming say the word "two-front battle", Wu Peifu seemed to think of something, and he couldn't help but be stunned. The book is updated in real time DU(5) 8.сΟm

"Hanzhi means that he is afraid that Soviet Russia will take advantage of the fire." Jiang Baili saw Wu Peifu's realization, and further explained, "If we rush the Japanese, and they join forces with Soviet Russia to deal with us, we will be in trouble." ”

"Didn't Xiao Xu go to Méng Gu to top?" Wu Peifu asked.

"Our main forces are now all in the three eastern provinces, especially the troops who have returned from Europe." Jiang Baili said, "The troops on the side of Méng Gu are mainly the soldiers of the Central Army brought out by Xiao Xu Gang Lao Duan in the past, and now there are not many troops that can be mobilized for him, the border envoy in the northwest, and it is more than enough to deal with those bandits who have entered Méng Gu now, but if Soviet Russia really presses the border, he really can't use it." ”

"It's really the former mén driving the tiger, and the latter mén entering the wolf." Wu Peifu said with some annoyance, "Japan and Russia, these two evil neighbors, none of them are good."

"So it's still necessary to talk about it this time." Yang Shuoming continued as if he was half-joking, "If the Japanese are willing to work with us to deal with Soviet Russia, we might as well talk to them." If Japan is willing to give up its rights and interests in China and unite the armistice against Soviet Russia, we can also consider it. This is much better than the joint efforts of Soviet Russia and Japan against us. ”

Wu Peifu was somewhat persuaded by Yang Shuoming, but he still seemed a little uneasy: "Will Japan agree to give up the rights and interests it has?" ”

"There is not much left of Japan's rights and interests in our China now," Yang Shuoming seemed to guess the psychology of the Japanese, and said, "Instead of clinging to these, it is better to find peace from somewhere else." ”

"When Hanzhi said that the Japanese want to find peace, do you mean from Soviet Russia?" Wu Peifu asked.

"Of course." Yang Shuoming's gaze fell on the map and said affirmatively.

Méng Gu, Cullen.

At this time, a lieutenant ** officer was sitting on the turret of a tank, intently writing something in a diary with a pen.

"I'm Zhong Liwei, and this is my story."

“…… A lot of people will ask, Douglas? What kind of man was MacArthur, arrogant but geniusful, rejoicing and persevering. This is a man of wolf-like qualities: in war, he wins as many battles as a wolf catches; Despite his defeats, he used the hunt as a means to hone his skills and increase his hunger for success. All kinds of contradictions are synthesized in one person, and perhaps this is the difference between great people. Some say he was a general who laughed at defeat and moved forward detachedly. I can't give this old friend of mine any comments directly, I'm just talking about the old Doug I know. ”,

"I met the elder Doug on the European battlefield, but at that time he was the acting commander of the 42nd Infantry Division of the United States Expeditionary Force, and I was only a major staff officer of the Lieutenant ** Command. Our real acquaintance was in Zhangjiakou, in that war against the Japanese. "Immediately after the end of the war in Europe, the Americans began large-scale disarmament, and the 42nd Infantry Division of the elder Doug was among them. Old Doug was a man who valued honor more than life, and if he was to be disarmed, he would have to return to the official rank of major in his past, which was obviously unbearable for Doug. However, there is always a time when things will take a turn for the worse, and the Far Eastern War that broke out between my motherland and Japan has allowed a large number of American ** people who are facing 'unemployment' to find jobs. In particular, professional soldiers like MacArthur, who saw war as their life's work, clearly preferred the battlefield. "With the efforts of General Xiao Yang, in order to deal with the Japanese invasion, the armies of all parts of the country plus the European expeditionary force were unified and reorganized into the Republic of China National Defense Force, and the National Defense Force in the 21st year of the chūn season, the expeditionary force returned from Europe 8 divisions were stationed in Ulan-Ude from Zhangjiakou. Along the way, in order to quickly transfer the troops to the assembly area, in order to start from Zhangjiakou as soon as possible, thousands of train wagons were concentrated all the way, and the Zhangku Railway was taken to Kulun. After the army arrived in Kulun, the local ancient princes of Méng all contributed money and efforts, which seemed to be similar to the ancient princes of Méng, who were talking about separation and independence. In fact, this is easy to understand, in their eyes, the Japanese are not good goods, and the Red Russia is even more of a flood beast, and no one will take out their own property to engage in any kind of communalism. Now that the central government has sent troops to fight, maybe it can still reap some benefits by following behind, and it was also very bad to have a bad relationship with the central government before, so it is natural to repair it at this time. "In my opinion, the war dividends of our European war have also made the central government rich. In order to ensure the logistical supply of the army abroad, hundreds of thousands of horses and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were purchased from Mén, the prince of Méng and Chahar. A large number of leather goods used by soldiers and officers once gave birth to nearly 10,000 leather workshops in Zhangjiakou. ”

"Now Méng Gu, because of the infiltration and invasion of the Red Russia, once became dangerous, before we arrived, the Han people here were panicked, but now the people's hearts have stabilized, we have defeated the Germans on the European battlefield, for those Red Russian bandits, we did not take them seriously at all."

"Actually, after coming here, our progress was not significant, only the 3rd Division fought very well, but we have nothing to worry about. Because all of our troops had already arrived at their intended location, if they were to lose, it would be because the enemy was superior to ours, not because I had made a mistake in our deployment.

"The 4th Division fought quite well at the beginning of the battle, but because of the lone army, it lost a lot of tanks in vain. I don't think they fought according to the correct command scheme. Later, the division became a very out-of-the-box division under the new commander. At midnight on May 21, all our artillery shelled the Soviet Russian army indiscriminately for about 20 minutes as a greeting to the first meeting. After the artillery fire stopped, our front scouts said that they could hear the Russians crying in the woods. The next day, I learned more about the fighting situation of the 4th Division and found the situation to be a mess. General Chen Zhijian had to personally intervene to change the situation. It was planned to use the 5th Brigade to support the 4th Division, but to leave a tank battalion to support the 12th Hún Brigade, as they did not yet have a regular tank unit. One of the main drawbacks of the Hún brigade was that they never got the most important thing they needed - tanks, they had plenty of artillery, they had transports, but no tanks. In addition to this, the 4th Division is still progressing well. The 9th and 10th armies on our right flank were fiercely attacked by Soviet Russians. However, since it was ascertained that the enemy forces attacking the 10th Army were troops that we had pursued along the meadows to the border of Waiméng, I did not consider these attacks to be serious at that time. Finally, after a long wait, the 9th and 10th armies began to attack the enemy with the 7th and 8th divisions, as well as the 22nd and 14th brigades. I don't think the Soviet Russian army will react to this offensive for a few days, but I feel that there is no reason to change the deployment of the 9th Army at that time. Last night, I had a hunch that the Soviet Russian army would attack, but I misjudged. The 8th Division advanced 3 kilometers on the 24th, but the 14th Brigade, which was on the left, did not make much progress. ”,

"The 4th Division withstood a Russian onslaught on the center of our left. Due to the poor road conditions and the inability of the logistics supply area to quickly transport the 19th Brigade to the front line, the 4th Division was no longer able to continue the offensive several days after the Battle of Jī, but they were still ready to attack together with the 7th Division in the early morning of the day after tomorrow. ”

"We rejoiced to see the order given by the Supreme Command that after the 12th and 13th Divisions were united, the desire to fight to Lake Baikal became one of the main motivations for our fighting in the ensuing battles. At this time, the ancient princes of Méng brazenly let some of them speak out that we had too much work and needed support, and they sent a deputy commander of the ground forces who commanded all the armed forces of Méng to support our attack. We were unimpressed by their arrival, and it seemed to us that the supreme commander of the ancient army of Méng had no talent for operational command at all. ”

In the early morning of the 24th, the ancient army of Méng, which was the first to attack, was beaten to the head by the Russian army, and it was reported that one of the cavalry divisions lost nearly 40 percent of its strength. Whenever such a report is received, it shows that the person who wrote the report knows nothing about the operation. In fact, in the battle with the Soviet Russian army, the reports of more than one-tenth of the casualties of our army are rarely correct, unless someone flees or surrenders. The fighting power of the ancient army of Méng was tested in this battle, and the elder Doug expressed great surprise at how many men and horses they had lost, and I told him that this was normal, because their tactics and equipment were still stuck in the Middle Ages. ”

"I met Gao Ying, the commander of the 7th Division, in the city of buying and selling (Kyakhta). At that time, the artillery fire of our army was extremely fierce. The flames of our and enemy artillery glittered in the air, and they looked especially magnificent against the backdrop of the snow-white earth. But they make people feel insecure. In my diary I wrote down a sentence that I had said that afternoon, which was very serious and full of pride, because I had never said anything like that, 'They are losing this war'. ”

"Since we arrived in Ménggu, General Chen Yi, the 'old friend of the Méng ancient people', has not interfered in General Xu Shuzheng's actions in any way. But on one occasion, although he did not issue an order, he strongly advised us that we should add a division southeast of the Russian border in Méng to ensure the integrity of the front, and let us abandon our plan to attack west of Lake Baikal and cut off the enemy's waist. This proposal was opposed by many generals from the original European expeditionary force, including many American ** people also protested, and General Xu Shuzheng finally did not agree, although he took full responsibility for the operational mistakes caused by the 5th Division of the Central Army being too far west. Old Doug said that if the 1st Brigade of the American Volunteer Army is sent north of Lake Baikal, I am sure that we will be able to encircle and suppress more Soviet Russian troops at a very small cost. ”