Chapter 74: Question 2
"The navy of the Nanjing Nationalist Government of the Republic of China no longer exists, both physically and in terms of organization," Li Kongrong had long thought that he would face this question, and he had already prepared the answer. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info"The current navy is only a maritime anti-Japanese guerrilla fleet formed spontaneously and voluntarily by the militia of Fuzhou, Changle, Minhou and other places, and this fleet has also joined many heroic overseas Chinese who defend their homes and land and kill the enemy with blood, and these overseas Chinese also voluntarily participated.
Therefore, in terms of the nature of the army, this is an anti-Japanese volunteer navy composed of Fujian militia and overseas Chinese volunteers, and it has prepared its own dry rations, raised its own salaries, built its own army, and made its own plans, and it is not subordinate to the Military Commission of the Nanjing Nationalist Government, which is now retreating to Chongqing, and neither side has any relationship between superiors and subordinates, so there is no such thing as accepting orders.
I think the behavior of the military commanders in Qinzhou and in other places is obvious to everyone, and I don't need to make any more comments. Although the enemies of the navy and the Chongqing government are all Japan, the sea water does not interfere with the river water, and as long as the Chongqing side has the heart, there is no major contradiction between the two sides. However, if the military commander arrests and assassinates again, as I warned in Qinzhou at the time: one day the Navy dive bomber squadron will drop 800 kilograms of high-explosive bombs on Luojiawan No. 19, it is not impossible, we can do it. ”
'Wow——! Li Kongrong's threat startled the reporters and Chinese businessmen who rushed in, and the Chinese businessmen were immediately a little apprehensive when they saw that the navy had provoked the military commanders, but the reporters were extremely excited, and the news headlines for tomorrow were there.
"Colonel Li, we all know that the military commander fired the gun in the Qinzhou incident unintentionally, and the officers and men on the submarine have already been tried by the Chongqing Military Court, why do you say that the military commander assassinated and not arrested the officers and soldiers of the navy?" A reporter who asked loudly regardless of the rules of questioning, with a thick Nanjing official dialect, was probably a reporter from the Central Daily.
"Really? Aiming at the vital point and firing two shots in a row is also called an unintentional mistake? Were you on the scene at the time? It was an unintentional mistake for your eyes to see the military commanders! Li Kongrong's face suddenly turned red, and he stared at the party media reporter, his expression a little hideous. You said that the Qinzhou incident was resisting arrest, so what is the explanation for the bloody case in New York? General Chen Jiliang and Lin Xianxi were also tried by the Chongqing Military Court? Are they also resisting arrest? I thought everyone was stupid and believed that the assassins were Japanese......"
'Wow!! Li Kongrong was angry and pulled out the New York incident, tearing the last layer of face between him and Chongqing, and the clubhouse was first as silent as death, and then there was a loud, loud and loud noise. The reporters were excited to eat opium, and the anxious Chinese businessmen also stared at Li Kongrong, wondering what he would say next. Song Ziwen in the crowd jumped up from his chair in shock, trying to make a noise to stop but was drowned out by a huge noise, while the other person, the assassin Jensen, who was mixed with the reporters, had to put down his right hand that grabbed the gun, he couldn't shoot at this time, once he shot it, it just confirmed Li Kongrong's accusation of assassination by the military commander.
"May I ask ...... Li, do you think the assassination in New York was also committed by the military commander? General Chen Jiliang is a famous anti-Japanese general, what is the purpose of the military commander's doing this? Xu Junyuan, who was still Ta Kung Pao, asked most people's doubts.
"The New York assassination is still under investigation." Li Kongrong waited for the venue to quiet down before answering his question. "But what is certain is that the assassin was not Japanese but Chinese......"
"What evidence do you have? What evidence is there......" As soon as Li Kongrong mentioned that the assassin was not Japanese, the scene was chaotic again, so he had to keep silent and wait for silence. After a while, the venue was quiet again before he said, "The assassin assassin went to Chinatown to eat and shop, and the night before the assassination, he also found a Chinese prostitute to spend the night. New York's Chinatown is very small, most of them are overseas Chinese in Guangdong, and a Chinese who has a lot of money is impressive. Afterwards, when he took the Assassin's photograph to Chinatown to investigate, no less than 10 people remembered him vividly, eight said that he had a Zhejiang accent, and what was even more surprising was that the Assassin wore the Blue Sky and White Sun Party emblem on his clothes.
I know that many people will say that this is a deliberate attempt by the Japanese to blame others, but don't forget that the assassin shouted Japanese when he opened fire. If you want to blame others, why shout two Japanese words and use Japanese military pistols at the assassination scene? The only explanation is that some people in China want to assassinate General Chen and General Lin, but after all, General Chen commanded the Battle of Jinshanwei and killed tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, and the place of the crime was Fifth Avenue in New York, USA. No matter how you blame it, the innate habits and accents are difficult to change, which is why the assassin went to Chinatown to shop, eat, and ** before the assassination.
The Navy and the FBI are investigating the matter, and the embassy in the United States has been very busy lately, with more than one witness changing his confession without warning. It's really nothing, even if all the witnesses change their confessions, they can't change the fact of the assassination. At the same time, the more you cover up, the more evidence will be left behind, and these evidences can be suppressed while some people are still in power, and when they fall, I don't think there is any need to investigate at all, and the people who handle the matter will say it themselves casually.
This is just evidence, evidence is useful for judges, not for the Navy. Everyone knows a lot of things, to borrow an old saying: 'It's not that you don't report it, the time has not come; When the time comes, report it immediately. ’”
"Colonel Lee, now that the government is trying its best to win the support of the international community, do you suspect that the New York Massacre was the work of a political party in China, is this ignoring the great cause of the War of Resistance? In addition, whether the navy is a Fujian militia or an overseas Chinese volunteer army, does it want to undermine the anti-Japanese democratic united front if it does not accept the orders of the military committee and goes its own way? After Li Kongrong answered Xu Junyuan's question, the reporters were still recording, but a reporter who appeared out of nowhere asked with righteousness and awe.
"Right is right, wrong is wrong, it's not a question of reason, it's not a question of how to weigh the pros and cons, it's a question of human nature. The War of Resistance is to protect the family and defend the country, but if justice is not served and crimes are not punished in this country, then what is the point of the front-line soldiers dying in battle? Are they dying for the power and lies of some people, or are they dying for the well-being of the people of this country? Li Kongrong's eyes were blazing, staring at the reporters below him, and at everyone present.
"Because of their own national strength and strategic depth, as well as the existing world order, Japan will not be able to conquer China at all, and sooner or later they will have to retreat back to their earthquake-prone broken island. In the name of the War of Resistance or patriotism, the line of specialization. Independence. I don't think such a regime will last long.
Lenin, the founder of the Bolsheviks, once said: 'Whenever there is a major political and economic crisis in a country, the broken flag of patriotism rejects the stench'; the Englishman Samuel Johnson also said: 'Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels'.
Now that we are fighting the war, many things that the government cannot do in normal times can now be done. This reporter asked me whether I doubted whether the bloody case was ignored by the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War, and I think there are only two possibilities for you to ask like this, first, you have received five fiat currencies from others, and you are about to end the year, and it is time to issue a year-end bonus. ”
"Haha......" experienced several times of uproar before, Li Kongrong's cold joke made everyone present laugh, but Li Kongrong didn't laugh at all, he was talking about a very serious question.
"Second, you are too stupid to be fooled, thinking that the War of Resistance is endless, and that the War of Resistance is the only purpose for the lives of 40,000 people. Yes, we are fighting the war, but what is the war for, and what is the purpose of fighting the Japanese? Isn't it for the freedom and property of 40,000,000 people? Japan is coming, we have to resist, independence. When the referee comes, in the name of patriotism, should we go against the grain? The 'Imperial Japanese Army, which does not kill people or steal food', still says that they want to save us from fire and water? Should we fly directly to Japan like Vice Chairman Wang?
There are too many servile people in this country, who are ashamed of martial arts, evil in the army, good in compromise, and proud in submission. The navy is not like this, good is good, evil is evil, and good and evil will never be separated. ”
Li Kongrong's answer once again provoked applause, this time for a very long time.
"Does the Navy want to stand on its own feet? The Navy and Chongqing also have a country. How will the army coexist in the future? Since everyone is fighting against Japan, why can't we unite and distinguish between them? "It's another voice to unite, and it seems that there are a lot of blue elements among the journalists.
"The navy rules the sea, not any land, so the navy has no way to stand on its own, and it has no willingness to stand on its own. All I can think of is that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Navy became an occupation force stationed in Japan and oppressed the Japanese. Li Kongrong's answer once again made the Chinese businessmen laugh, and some reporters also laughed. Navy and State. The 175th Division was responsible for the beachhead, and the navy was responsible for the Japanese ships and Japanese troops at sea, and the two sides cooperated very well. You have to subordinate the navy to the state. Army, or the requesting country. The military is subordinate to the navy, and the demand for so-called unity only shows that you are very ignorant of military affairs.
Joint operations between the navy and the army can only be conducted by sending staff officers from both sides to jointly draw up a strict battle plan, rather than an attack by the army that can ignore casualties at the first order of the military commission, but the navy must pay attention to science. Besides, who in the military council understands the Navy? I don't know what to command, blind command?!
Country. There is a saying in the army that 'staff officers don't have a commander, and they don't make a sound', and there is also a saying that 'there are two staff officers in the military circles, one is Zhang Zhizhong, and the other is Xiao Yisu'. Zhang Zhizhong's success has been verified when he fought the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters in the Battle of Songhu, Xiao Yisu, I don't know. But with this level of staff officers, I think it's better to wash and sleep in joint operations by sea and land, and the navy can defeat Japan with its own strength, and there is no need for a country. Jun helps. ”
"Colonel Lee... Colonel Lee ...... "Today's reporters have dug up treasures, and the news that can become headlines is one after another. As soon as Li Kongrong said that the navy could defeat Japan with its own forces, the reporters made another commotion and asked more questions. Li Kongrong saw that the time was almost up, so he said: "The last five questions, you can ask them after you think about them." ”
The reporter was in a mess again, and it took a while for someone to ask: "May I ask Colonel Lee, how can the navy defeat Japan alone?" ”
"I explained this before you came, so I'll talk about it briefly." Li Kongrong said: "Japan is an island country, and the army will drive it out of the mainland at most, but judging from the situation in the national control area at present, it is impossible to launch a large-scale counteroffensive without foreign aid. This is also the fundamental reason why Wang Jingwei and his ilk have thrown themselves into Japan, he does not believe that we can win. The navy's strategy was to annihilate the Japanese Combined Fleet, then besiege the Japanese islands, and finally use famine as a weapon to force the Japanese government to surrender, which was the correct way to defeat Japan. Country. The army only needs to stubbornly defend the key passes into Sichuan and ensure the safety of the southwestern provinces. With the industrial base of the southwest, as well as the economic base, we cannot ask for more. ”
"Colonel Lee, some people say that the Navy's assets in the United States are more than $100 million, is this true? Now that the national government is fighting a difficult war, can't it hand over some of its foreign exchange to the national government to buy weapons? ”
"Is this one question or two?" Li Kongrong looked at the reporter who asked the question, and really suspected that he was carrying a member of the Kuomintang Party.
"A question." The reporter corrected. "The country is in difficulty, since the navy has money, why can't it help the government buy weapons?"
"What does the navy have to do with the government?" Li Kongrong asked with a smile: "The navy just sold the entire fleet. The army is only one or two more winter counteroffensives, which will not have much significance for the whole war, but it will be of great significance to the propaganda of some parties. The purpose of the navy was to get Japan to surrender unconditionally. What is the purpose of the army? It seems that they have not declared war on Japan yet. ”
Li Kongrong laughed again when he said that the Chinese merchants had declared war, and before the loss of Guangzhou, they were worried that the national government would declare war, but now that Guangzhou was occupied by the Japanese, they hoped that the national government would declare war, and after the declaration of war, they would be able to compensate for the losses of the war.
"It is only a diplomatic strategy for the government not to declare war on Japan. The army fought nine battles with Japan and sacrificed hundreds of thousands of people, but could the sacrifice of the navy be even greater? In the midst of laughter, Song Ziwen finally stood up and spoke - the question asked by the reporter just now was exactly what he wanted to ask, and since Li Kongrong was unwilling to hand over the naval assets to the government, he could only find another way.
"When is it worth showing off when there are many dead people? If more dead people can win, why not give up the country. Army mass suicide? "Song Ziwen speaks English, but Li Kongrong speaks Chinese,-for-tat.
Fortunately, Song Ziwen's Chinese hearing was not very smooth, he walked through the crowd to the podium while listening to Ou Weiguo's whispering, and when he came to the stage, he stood in the center and asked Li Kongrong in the spotlight: "The national disaster is at the head, but some people still cling to the interests of the party and calculate the gains and losses of their own interests." Isn't it out of the interests of the navy that it is unwilling to assist the government in the war of resistance because it is sitting on a huge amount of money? I don't think there is any difference between the Navy and the military bloc (warlords). ”
"Let's not say that the navy's money has nothing to do with the government, even if it does, the navy will not throw the money into the ditch." Li Kongrong said with a smile, "Knowing the country. The army could not counterattack and threw extremely limited resources into it, which is the only thing that a fool would do. Here I can't help but think of the famous agreement between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang at the end of the Qin Dynasty: the one who enters the customs first is the king. The navy does not intend to be king on land, it just thinks that it depends on the country. The army cannot win this war. Or maybe it's so decided: the navy hits Tokyo, the country. The army attacks Nanjing, whoever takes it first will win......"
"Good! All right!! As soon as Li Kongrong made a bet, the venue was in a big commotion, with applause and applause. Song Ziwen wanted to use the righteousness of the Anti-Japanese War to pressure each other, but he didn't think that Li Kongrong would make such a bet, and everyone applauded when he saw it again, and he looked very embarrassed for a while.
"When will the Fujian warlords be on an equal footing with the national government?" Chen Ce was helped up, he came to relieve Song Ziwen. "The navy must obey the orders of the Supreme Council, how can it be lawless and self-proclaimed?"
"The Navy has no idea of becoming a king on its own, the Navy just thinks that with the existing industrial and economic base of the Southwest. The army can only hold on, not counterattack. Li Kongrong threw away his hat and only asked, "Do you dare to bet?" If you don't dare, shut up. ”
"Ridiculous!" Shen Qiuyan of the Sing Tao Daily and Liu Dayan of the Pearl River Daily also rushed up, and they said angrily: "If the navy wants to be a warlord, just say it directly, why bother with such an excuse!" ”
"It's too much to say that warlords are too high-minded, the navy doesn't have a piece of territory until now, have you ever seen such a warlord?" Li Kongrong was secretly a little wary when he saw so many people rushing up, and the distance was too close. He was on guard, and a reporter wearing black-rimmed glasses suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at him, as if he was about to spit on him, but the scolding was ignored and only a 'bang' was heard, and a ball of fire suddenly came out of the palm of this person's hand, and the scene was in chaos.