When the negotiations were rejected by the concession powers, the Japanese base camp was eager to directly order Matsui Ishine to send troops to directly wipe out the white-skinned pigs in the concession, after all, this was related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of Japanese elites. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, reason made the Japanese base camp abandon this decision, because their main purpose was to save the Central China Front, and they did not want to offend so many Western powers at once at this time.

Besides, even if the concession is captured and those ports and wharves are occupied, I am afraid that the status quo will not be changed. Because the Japanese also knew that the reason why Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi did not blockade the ports and wharves of the concession was because they did not want to offend those powers for the time being.

However, if their Japanese army captured the concession, it would be another matter, and I am afraid that those powers would also support Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi to blockade all ports and wharves with mines. If that's the case, then their Japanese army will be stealing chickens and rice, and they won't get anything, and they will make a fuss.

The Japanese were so anxious that they jumped up and down, and the Nanjing side naturally knew about it, and Chairman Chiang was in a good mood, and in order to reduce the casualties of the Chinese army, there was no need to be too anxious.

However, the Japanese did not give up their efforts, and in desperation, they first sent people to find a way to get as much food as possible from the concession, and then smuggled it to the Japanese army.

Although the Chinese side was aware of this situation, they could not prevent this kind of behavior because they could not interfere in the concessions, and the speculative businessmen, coupled with the inaction of the concessions, allowed these people to take advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of war profits, and even caused prices in the concession areas to skyrocket.

Food was slowly replenished through this method, but the Japanese army did not have a very good way to use weapons and ammunition. However, since the switch to the defensive, the Japanese army has hardly taken the initiative to attack the Chinese army, constantly strengthening the defense of the position, building barbed wire at the front, digging trenches, and so on. Because they did not attack, they were also worried that the Chinese army would take the opportunity to launch a powerful offensive.

Reinforcements from the Chinese army had also arrived, converged with Chen Cheng's troops, and then pressed on the Japanese positions, but did not immediately launch a powerful attack. Because from the perspective of Nanjing, the Japanese army at this time was already at the end of its strong crossbow, and the more it dragged on, the more scarce the supplies became, and the lower the morale, and it would be much easier to clean up when the time came.

Although it is not intended to launch a decisive battle immediately, it does not mean that the Chinese army will wait slowly, and at least a few divisions will attack the Japanese army every day, which can be regarded as training. Of course, the artillery and the air force will cooperate, and the Japanese army will not be able to go down easily anyway.

On December 5, German Ambassador Todmann asked Nanjing, bringing Japan's intention to seek mediation.

"Mediation?" Some time ago, it was also mediated by Todman in the Sino-Japanese War, but the Japanese at that time were very arrogant and ignored it, and then put forward very harsh conditions, and the mediation was interrupted for a time.

"It seems that the Japanese have been forced to no avail, so they have to let go of their arrogant posture." Being able to force the arrogant Japanese to take the initiative to ask for mediation, Chairman Chiang was in a very good mood, and finally the feng shui wheel was turned.

Naturally, Chairman Chiang did not need to personally intervene in this kind of negotiation and bargaining, and he left the matter to Vice Foreign Minister Chen Jie, and of course, some of the conditions that the Chinese side needed to reach were drawn up by Chairman Chiang himself.

This was originally a matter of bargaining, so Chairman Chiang was not afraid to raise the price higher, and directly asked the Japanese to withdraw their troops from China in an all-round way and end the Sino-Japanese war, and then the Chinese army had enough reasons to let the more than 200,000 elite Japanese troops in Shanghai leave.

When Todman heard this request, he also shook his head, and he also felt that it was impossible for the arrogant Japanese to agree to such a request. However, Germany attaches great importance to its relations with China, so it does not want China and Japan to be too stiff, and it is precisely because of this that the Germans are willing to go to great lengths to help mediate.

At the first time, Todman conveyed the Chinese request to the Japanese ambassador to China, Shigeru Kawagoe.

Hearing the lion's big mouth in Nanjing, Shigeru Kawagoe was naturally very unhappy, "This request is not ordinary excessive, Northeast and North China are how long it took for the Imperial Japanese Army to work hard and pay how much price it took." Although we attach great importance to the army of more than 200,000 people, we want to exchange the lives of more than 200,000 people for such great benefits. Chinese, really think too much. ”

"Besides, these more than 200,000 imperial elites are not kneaded at will, and if the Chinese army wants to eat it, I'm afraid it will have to pay a price of hundreds of thousands. Therefore, we hope that the Chinese side can still show some sincerity. ”

Todman then asked Shigeru Kawagoe what kind of conditions the Japanese side was willing to provide to save the more than 200,000 elites.

"Within three years, we, the Great Japanese Empire, will no longer take the initiative to expand the war from any direction." Shigeru Kawagoe said solemnly, as if he had made a big concession.

Todman sneered in his heart, if you Japan don't take the initiative to expand the war, I'm afraid that the current China will not agree, right, occupying Northeast China and North China, China is willing to let them occupy it with peace of mind?

However, this kind of thing, Todman can't interfere, he is just a messenger, and then, he runs on both sides, and the two sides continue to bargain, and finally basically around the restoration of the state before the July Seven Incident.

After all, it was Japan that took the initiative to invade first, which not only caused great casualties to China, but also caused incalculable economic losses. He also knew that it was very unrealistic to want to take back Northeast China and North China at once, and if he could get the Japanese army to return to the position before the July 7 Incident, he felt that his goal had been achieved.

After all, in Chairman Chiang's mentality, Japan was still much stronger than China, and China only relied on some opportunities to temporarily force the Japanese army to its current situation, and it could not be regarded as defeating the Japanese army. Therefore, Chairman Chiang was pleased to see that the war could be ended so early.

However, after much consideration, the Japanese said they would not accept such conditions. On the one hand, the reason is that Japan feels that the cost is too great to cost-effective; On the other hand, it was the Japanese who had decided to carry out a retreat plan that they had in mind, and even if there would be great losses, they would not use the Nationalist Government as a negotiating opponent, at least to ensure the face of Japan.

"I don't see the coffin and don't cry, I am still so arrogant when I die......" The Japanese gestured like this, which obviously angered Chairman Chiang, and he immediately ordered the mediation to be stopped.

What the Japanese did next was to let Chairman Chiang know that they had been tricked. It turned out that taking advantage of the time of negotiations, the Japanese in Shanghai to collect timber, steel or finished ships, etc., they used wood and steel day and night to build small boats, and the collected finished ships were also on standby.

Obviously, the Japanese wanted to retreat from the sea by this method.

"Niang Xipi ......" Commissar Chiang was angry and immediately ordered the Chinese army to attack.