"But he is on the wrong side in the face of the general trend, what is the general trend? It is the resistance that all strata of the country now want to fight to the end, but he is in peace, contrary to the will of the people, and in the United States it is contrary to the opinions of the voters, and I will tell you what the result is. Zhuang Jihua stared at Thomas calmly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

This American explanation is easy for Thomas to understand, and he is well aware that the man in front of him has many connections to American economic and political figures, and although he is in China, he is familiar with the situation in the United States.

"If Wuhan is lost, General, what do you think about the prospects for war?" Thomas no longer dwelled on the Wang Jingwei issue and began to talk about the issue that the State Council was very concerned about.

"The two years of war have made me understand that we have wiped out a large number of Yue troops in Nanjing, Xuzhou, Shangqiu, and Wuhan, and have boosted the confidence of the whole [***] people. On the contrary, at the beginning of the campaign, the army said that it would defeat us in three months, but now, two years later, we are getting stronger and more confident in the war, while the army is less and less confident in defeating us completely. After the Wuhan War, the army was unable to launch a large-scale offensive, and our army was unable to carry out a large-scale counteroffensive for the time being, and the war would enter a phase of stalemate, in which the army would be gradually weakened, and our army would gradually become stronger, and in three or four years, our army would turn into a counteroffensive, and once this counteroffensive came, it would end with all the troops being expelled from our territory and the unconditional surrender. ”

Thomas was surprised, although he knew that Zhuang Jihua was in charge, but it was the first time he heard of the unconditional surrender from the mouth of a Chinese general, and many years later he recalled this conversation, and still clearly remembered, "He leaned back in his chair very casually, the ordinary teacup was steaming tea, with a smell of tea, his eyes were bright and sharp, his tone was slow, and the analysis of the prospects of the war was very incisive, and it turned out that the course of the subsequent war was not much different from the description in this small courtyard." ”

"Not only myself, but even the Western world underestimated our strength, we have a vast strategic space, a large population, can provide us with sufficient soldiers, abundant resources, and a strong core of leadership, these four conditions have decided, we will not be defeated, we will not sign the Manchu Qing Dynasty's kind of treaty that humiliates the country, and any attempt to invade our country will be resolutely counterattacked by us."

"Is this also the reason for the Lhasa incident?" Thomas asked suddenly.

Zhuang Jihua frowned slightly, and then smiled, I am afraid that this is one of the purposes of Thomas's coming today, he nodded: "In the past few decades, the British have constantly instigated the establishment of the West [***], and the successive central political axes have been deeply vigilant, Tibet Province is the Tibetan Province of the Chinese, and the Chinese political axe will never allow the West [***] to stand, this time we just drove them away, if they will continue to do so in the future, don't blame us for being polite." ”

"Is there any more drastic measure in your country?" Thomas was a little curious.

"Of course," Zhuang Jihua did not conceal it: "We have many ways to deal with them, Thomas, don't you think the British are too much, they are too busy in Europe, and they are still involved in Tibetan Province, and his colonies around the world are surging for reading power, and it is easy to bring them down." ”

Thomas nodded thoughtfully, he knew that Zhuang Jihua was right, Britain has been fighting fires everywhere over the years, Iraq in the Middle East, the Indian National Congress Party, and Egypt's Reading Movement, these reading movements have made the British anxious, extinguishing fires everywhere, and also weakening Britain's national strength.

His heart suddenly moved, Zhuang Jihua said that the harsh measures are not to contact the Indian National Congress Party, the British are engaged in the West, they will support India's reading power, and even support Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and other countries, so even if they don't send troops, they can make the British scramble.

"There is a kind of understanding in the diplomatic circles," Thomas asked carefully, "and the reason why your country has taken resolute action in Tibetan Province is that your country's political axe wants to make peace with you and jointly deal with the Western white race." ”

After finishing speaking, Thomas stared at Zhuang Jihua nervously, but he saw that the other party was dumbfounded, and it took a while before he started laughing, and this laugh could not be contained, and finally turned into a loud laugh.

Zhuang Jihua laughed and stood up, walked up to Thomas, and patted him on the shoulder, Thomas wanted to stand up, but felt a strong hand on his shoulder and pressed him to the seat.

"Are diplomats so imaginative?" Zhuang Jihua asked with a smile.

"I don't think it's funny," Thomas said, "General, this view has caused a lot of suspicion in Washington, and the failure of the latest loan has a lot to do with it." ”

Zhuang Jihua's expression slowly calmed down, he didn't expect the United States to be affected by this rumor, in fact, throughout World War II, the United States was worried that this was a race war, and it was said that this united the yellow race against the white race, in the eyes of Zhuang Jihua, a person who came from a previous life, this point of view is ridiculous, and it is not worth refuting at all, when Thomas mentioned it, he felt very ridiculous, but he didn't expect that this point of view was actually very marketable, and it could also affect the policy direction of the American political axe.

"I see," Zhuang Jihua frowned slightly, and then showed a hint of mockery in his habitual surname: "Washington is too worried, you should explain to President Roosevelt that we will never make peace with Yuben, we will only stop fighting in one situation, that is, I surrender unconditionally, as for the Lhasa incident, it is a counterattack against the British planning to establish the West, and in terms of maintaining national unity and territorial integrity, whether it is myself, the British, or anyone else, no matter when, will be counterattacked by us, Tell President Roosevelt that we will fight to the end. ”

"General, is this your personal opinion or your country's political axe's point of view, what if Mr. Chairman disagrees?" Thomas, of course, doesn't report to his superiors just by saying these few words.

Zhuang Jihua was silent, he walked around the living room a few times, and then stopped and stared at Thomas: "I tell you, China's political axe will not make peace with Yuben, we will never accept any treaty that humiliates the country, even if others don't fight, I will lead the military and civilians of the three southwestern provinces to fight." ”

Thomas didn't realize the seriousness of these words, but after he reported them to Jensen, Jensen immediately realized the positive signal and asked solemnly, "Did he really say that?" ”

"Yes, sir, is there anything wrong?" Thomas asked suspiciously: "Does General Zhuang Jihua mean that if Chairman Chiang Kai-shek talks with himself, he will raise an anti-Chiang banner in the southwest, is that so?" ”

"That's right." Jensen nodded, he squinted out the window at the street, where a group of students were promoting air defense knowledge to passers-by, and the city had clearly been branded by Zhuang Jihua.

"Young man, don't think he's exaggerating, he has the ability." Jensen's eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he added, "Thomas, do you know that the British have decided to block the Burma Highway. ”

Thomas sighed slightly: "Zhuang said that the British might block the Burma Highway in retaliation, but he was not worried at all, he thought that Ben would eventually come together with Germany, and Washington would eventually urge London to open the Burma Highway." ”

"Oh, do you think we will?" Jensen let out a puff of smoke, and the thick cigar shimmered slightly.

"Yes." Admission of the rate of Thomasten.

"Why? I hope it's not your feelings that affect your judgment. Jensen asked expressionlessly.

"Of course not," said Thomas, "I think Zhuang is right when he says that I will eventually come together with the Germans and sign a closer cooperation agreement; Secondly, if the blockade of the Yunnan-Burma Highway leads to the defeat of China and is forced to cooperate with the Chinese people, look at the map, and the whole of Southeast Asia is under the blade of the Chinese Dynasty, the British may be in even greater trouble; In the end, it is not in our interest that China is defeated, and our aim is to let them fight and consume the strength of the capital. So, we should report to Washington and ask Washington to intervene to stop the stupid actions of the British. ”

Jensen nodded slightly, put the cigar on the ashtray, and sat down behind the large desk, before smiling and saying, "Very well, Thomas, you have a very creative analysis of the situation, you can go and rest first." ”

Thomas agreed and left, Jensen waited for him to go out, took out the pen from the pen holder and began to write a report to Washington, there are too many things happening these days, starting from Lhasa, to Wuhan, Yucheng suddenly began air defense propaganda, etc., all show that there are major events to happen recently, the Chinese can not keep Wuhan has become a consensus in Yucheng diplomatic circles, but what will happen after that, the diplomatic circles generally believe that China will seek peace talks with Yuben, but today Jensen got a clear answer, China's political axe and the main battle faction in the army are still strongAfter the fall of Wuhan, China's resistance will not stop.

Writing, writing, Jensen suddenly stopped writing, looked out the window at the gradually reddening sky, the dead branches swept diagonally across the window, he stood up and walked to the window, pushed open the window, and took a deep breath of the air with a hint of coldness, there were more pedestrians on the street, and the workers who got off work and those who worked the night shift were hurrying to their destinations.

The tavern nightclub is also gradually opening, all kinds of vehicles stop in front of the door, and the red lights begin to flash, indicating that a new day of nightlife has begun.

"Chinese, it's really incomprehensible, two years ago they still looked so scattered, scattered, but now they are gathered together to resist the common enemy." Jensen sighed in his heart, moving thousands of miles from Shanghai and Nanjing, he had seen those who fell on the road, those rags, but still walking to the west. Can we Americans do it? Janssen did not know that Americans like to enjoy, they like women, they like wine, they don't like war.

After a period of emotion, Jensen returned to his desk and continued to write his report: "......, the British blockade of the Yunnan-Burma Highway will greatly harm our cause, and the danger of the Chinese political axe and the peace talks with the Benben still exists, and he will continue to fight only if Chairman Chiang Kai-shek knows that the American political axe has not abandoned him."

As the war progressed, nationalist sentiment in China grew and they overreacted to what they perceived as hostile actions, as exemplified by the Lhasa incident. According to what I have received, it is impossible for China to make concessions on the Tibetan issue, and it is difficult for the British to accept Chinese resistance as disgraced to the British Empire, which in fact has long since ceased to exist. If the two sides are allowed to develop, the confrontation will inevitably become more intense, and I suggest that the State Department mediate to make them realize that cooperation is in their best interests at the moment. ”

(To be continued)