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Chapter 1352 was in an uproar

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In Nanjing in August, the heat is pressing, although it is early in the morning, the sun has not yet come out, but the heat flow in the air makes everyone's face covered with beads of sweat.

It's work time, and the streets are crowded with pedestrians. The citizens of Nanjing, who had experienced the test of the two major earthquakes on 1 August, have broken free from the panic of the earthquake and have once again turned their attention to the intensifying war in North China. Although they have not yet had time to disclose the news of the fall of Beiping, the various anti-Japanese groups, mainly students, have already become anxious; early in the morning, they have been active in the streets and alleys of Nanjing, carrying tape recorders of anti-Japanese songs such as "Man Jianghong," "March of the Great Sword," and "March of the Volunteers," and holding donation boxes on their chests to collect donations from passers-by.

From time to time, people who get up early can be seen gathering to listen to anti-Japanese speeches, and at Chaoyangmen, Jubaomen, Jinchuanmen, and other city gates, from time to time there are off-road vehicles made in Syria passing by, and military trucks are crowded in front and back, and the carriages are full of officers and men with loaded guns and ammunition. The stars will shine in the off-road vehicle, and the discerning person will know at a glance that this is the special car of the national government to receive the local military and political officials who will attend the national defense meeting and the national defense meeting that will begin tomorrow.

Until nine o'clock, the National Auditorium.

Chiang Kai-shek cordially greeted Li Zongren, Yan Xishan, Zhu Peide, Liu Xiang, Han Fuqu, He Jian, and others, who had just arrived in Nanjing, and took their seats in front of the seats marked with their names in each row of the venue.

Since the overall situation of the anti-Japanese resistance was at stake, all the members of the Central Committee who were ill and were directing operations at the front line were present at this meeting.

"Three *** righteousness, our party's sect. To build the Republic of China, to enter Datong. Counselor, for the people's forward. Sleepy and slack, ism is from. Be diligent and courageous, and be faithful and loyal. One heart and one morality, carry it out throughout. The meeting began with the singing of the *** party.

The delegates first listened to the report made by Wang Jingwei, Wang Jingwei was as impassioned as ever, saying that the aggressive ambition of the first people has been fully demonstrated, and all party members should immediately unite, have the courage to dedicate, and are not afraid of sacrifice.

Wang Jingwei's report won bursts of applause, which was a good start to the conference.

Subsequently, Wang Chonghui made a diplomatic report. He started with the fact that the five prime ministers of the current cabinet frequently invited representatives of the financial, press, cultural, and political circles to talk and received widespread support, and also introduced the process of the 71 st special parliament unanimously passing the draft resolution on expanding the war against China, which showed that the entire country has made full ideological mobilization and military preparations, and the outbreak of a large-scale war between China and Japan in North China and even the whole of China is inevitable.

After everyone digested the news, Wang Chonghui recounted the embarrassing situation of the Nationalist Government in terms of diplomacy, emphasized the United States' opposition to the intervention of other countries, and expressed indignation at Europe and the United States, especially the United States' connivance at *** aggression.

Next, Chen Cheng made a military report, making a comprehensive review of the war against Japan since the Lugou Bridge Incident, saying that the goal of fighting in Pingjin to consume national strength formulated before the war was basically achieved, and so far, the Japanese army has buried a large number of troops and materials in the previous war.

Chen Cheng said that the current difficulties are temporary, and the central authorities have mobilized heavy troops to go north, stick to the Cangbao line (Cangzhou-Baoding) and the Deshi line (Dezhou-Shijiazhuang), and ensure the absolute security of the area south of the Yellow River. At the same time, Suiyuan and Shanxi have assembled a large number of medium and high teams, and the situation is bound to collapse. As long as it persists for a long time, the huge losses will one day be dragged down by our army, and victory will definitely belong to China.

Just when the deputies were clapping their hands and thinking calmly, Xu Zuyi, director of the Second Department of the General Staff Headquarters, walked into the auditorium, came to Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting in the first row, and whispered in his ear.

Chiang Kai-shek was shocked and asked, "Is this really the case?" ”

Xu Zuyi nodded: "That's right, now all the channels of the Syrian Radio Station are broadcasting An Jiajun's article on the Japanese court, and it has been repeated twice, and it is estimated that it will be repeated several times." ”

Seeing Li Zongren and Wang Jingwei on the left and right looking over, Chiang Kai-shek stood up, turned around, and faced the delegates: "The meeting was temporarily interrupted, and one of our members of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee was indignant at the tyranny of the Japanese and asked his staff to write an article against Japan. ”

Song Qingling, who was sitting in the second row, asked with a smile, "It's General An Yi, right?" I've always only heard that his songs are well written, and now nearly half of the popular songs are written by him under the pseudonym of 'Anonymous', I don't know what kind of surprise this article can bring us? ”

"I don't know, but I'll know right away, it's said that the people outside are listening to it now, and the cheers are endless, I believe it should be good!"

After Chiang Kai-shek finished speaking, the attendant had already carried the radio to the oratorium and placed it in front of the microphone, and suddenly the familiar voice of the announcer of the Syrian Radio Station came.

Many of the delegates were smiling at first, but they were soon infected by the majestic momentum of the inscription, and one by one they gritted their teeth and clenched their fists, showing righteous indignation and hatred for the same enemy.

This article is much stronger than the report made by Wang Jingwei, Wang Chonghui, and Chen Cheng, especially when I heard "My Chinese hot-blooded people, if they are gathered as one, then they look up to the sky and roar, which can shatter the four islands of the East Ocean, and their sword qi is pressing, and they can divide the sunset of Fusang". Of course, once the blood subsides, it's a different story.

After listening to the text twice, the radio was withdrawn, and Chiang Kai-shek came to the oratory and said loudly:

"This article is very good, and it basically explains the origin and hatred between China and Japan clearly, so I don't need to read a speech I originally prepared, all of us here are the party-state elites, and they are the best talents of our country and nation, and they are definitely not willing to be slaves of the country, so I don't need to do more agitation.

"Of course, with the habits of *** people, it is inevitable that their diplomats will find many of us again, I hope that this time everyone can stand up their backs, peace has despaired, *** people's wolf ambitions are not fed, we have no choice but to fight. At the next meeting, we will formulate a series of motions to make ideological and theoretical preparations for the possible outbreak of war in the future. Let Secretary-General Ye now preside over the meeting. ”

Chiang Kai-shek returned to his seat, and Secretary General Ye Chuling walked up to the stage and threw out the first topic of the day, the question of whether to break off relations with ***.

Song Qingling, alternate member of the Central Executive Committee, first spoke and said that since a war broke out with ***, it was a natural choice to announce the severance of diplomatic relations. Bai Chongxi, a member of the Central Executive Committee, retorted that once diplomatic relations are severed, China and Japan will have the qualifications of belligerents, and the navy will have absolute superiority and can notify other countries in the capacity of belligerents to prohibit the import of all military supplies and raw materials into China. On the other hand, if it chooses not to break off diplomatic relations, even if it ****** the coast of our country, it can still be imported through French Annam and British Burma, laying a material foundation for the Nationalist Government to continue to fight the war. In short, the rights of a belligerent country can only be exercised after the severance of diplomatic relations, and we cannot enjoy them, so it is not appropriate to sever diplomatic relations.

The debate entered a white-hot stage from the beginning, and in the end, the majority of those who did not approve of breaking off diplomatic relations were in the majority, and the bill was passed.

Just when Ye Chuling came to the stage and was about to throw out the second topic for discussion by the delegates, the meeting was interrupted again.

This time it was Dai Li, who had a look of surprise and horror on his face, walked up to Chiang Kai-shek's side, did not speak, bowed directly, and handed the telegram to Chiang Kai-shek with both hands.

The eyes of the entire auditorium instantly fell on the page of telegram in front of Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek was a little surprised, and after taking it and reading it quickly, his face was also mixed, he turned his head, looked around, and found that everyone's eyes fell on him, so he had to stand up and come to the oratory again:

"I would like to inform you of a piece of news: Starting at 8:25 a.m. today, the Southwest Air Force bombed airfields and military facilities in Taiwan, the Ryukyus, North Korea, and the mainland, causing damage to a large number of buildings and facilities, and a large number of casualties among the Japanese army. The craziest thing is that at 9:38 a.m., strategic bombers of the Southwest Air Force appeared in the sky over Tokyo and dropped hundreds of thousands of leaflets. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's words caused an uproar in the venue.

No one expected that An Jiajun would be so crazy and humiliate ***. If this move can't deter the government and the army, then the next counterattack by the other party will inevitably be thunderous, except for some left-wing members, everyone feels a chill in their vests, and some of the deputies who were still boiling just now have their hearts filled with fear - ignorance is the most terrible, no one knows, what kind of ways and methods will be used to retaliate next.

Chiang Kai-shek's heart was also in shock. Before this meeting, he urgently summoned the ambassadors of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy and other countries, saying that it was unacceptable to obtain the support of various countries to strengthen their war capabilities, saying that this move completely deviated from the position of neutrality, and the current balance between China and Japan was bound to be broken.

The British and French ambassadors both said that they would abide by their positions and would not provide any substantive help to the United States, the attitude of the Italian ambassador was extremely ambiguous, the German ambassador was silent, and the American ambassador to China, Jensen, simply said that this is a simple commercial behavior and has nothing to do with China, the United States has its own interests, just like the "Stable Currency Agreement" signed with the Chinese government last month, which is a normal commercial exchange and has nothing to do with military demands.

Then, as if nonchalantly, Jensen smiled and asked: Didn't the Chinese government also sign a similar agreement with the Soviet Union? Chiang Kai-shek was speechless when asked.

Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek spoke softly, Yin Yin asked all countries to jointly put pressure on *** to mediate the Sino-Japanese war, which was resolutely opposed by Jensen, saying that although the US government advocated that it was not appropriate to use force in state-to-state exchanges, it would not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and at the same time Jensen insisted that the government did not want a third country to get involved, and the joint action of various countries would only lead to the deterioration of the situation, and Chiang Kai-shek was helpless.

Now, when he suddenly heard the news that the Southwest Air Force had taken the initiative to attack, Chiang Kai-shek was not only excited, but he was more worried -- if Britain and the United States, which were rampant in fear, thought that China had the help of the Soviet Union and had taken control of the initiative in the war, and suddenly fell to the top of the war, it would undoubtedly be a devastating disaster for the current great cause of resistance against Japan.

However, Chiang Kai-shek knew in his heart that it was not good for him to blame An Yi, after all, who was hurt so much that he almost lost his life, and it was understandable to react so radically.

The next meeting was unusually smooth, no one was too entangled in the details, almost no effort was made, and the bills were passed one after another, which determined the principles and policies of the Central Committee toward Japan, and passed the letter of trust of party members in extraordinary times, the eight principles of the air defense law, and the special appointment of Gu Weijun and others as delegates to the 18th International Federation, as well as a series of regulations on the evacuation of overseas Chinese in Japan, national mobilization, wartime financial control, and wartime education when the war spreads in full swing.

Under the threat of ***, the *** Central Committee quickly unified its thinking and embarked on the road of active resistance against Japan.