[Anti-Japanese Iron and Blood King] Chapter 254: Ma Zheng's method

In another small living room, Vice Chairman Zhou was also talking to Ma Zheng, just like Lao Jiang reprimanded Dai Li, Vice Chairman Zhou was also very disapproving of Ma Zheng's impulsiveness just now, especially Ma Zheng fired a few shots just now, which will inevitably cause a lot of waves. It's just blame for blame, and Vice Chairman Zhou still very much approves of Ma Zheng's actions to safeguard the dignity of the country and the nation, but he feels that his methods and methods are not very appropriate.

Ma Zheng accepted Vice Chairman Zhou's reproach very modestly, after all, he was indeed impulsive just now, although that guy was really a little underwhelmed. But it's a bit too much to shoot yourself, after all, a guy who can't control it well will be shot in the head, and in that case it will inevitably trigger normal diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Knowing that Lao Jiang was invited, the two immediately got up and followed the major officer in the chamber to Lao Jiang's office.

Lao Jiang was now the only one left in the office, and when he saw Ma Zheng and Vice Chairman Zhou coming in, he pointed to the two single sofas next to the desk and said, "Please sit down!" ”

After Ma Zheng and Vice Chairman Zhou sat down, Lao Jiang told the British Embassy about the sudden attack.

After listening to Lao Jiang's words, Ma Zheng and Vice Chairman Zhou's brows furrowed, but their thoughts were different. As a far-sighted politician, Vice Chairman Zhou can naturally see the importance of Britain to China, and now because Ma Zheng's relationship has affected the normal diplomatic relations between the two countries, and may even trigger a war between China and Britain, it is really a tricky thing.

The reason why Ma Zheng frowned was that he was a little impatient, Ma Zheng didn't care at all about the rude note put forward by the British ambassador to China, what kind of situation Britain is in now Ma Zheng knows better than anyone else, an old hooligan who is in decline and has no time to take care of himself.

Therefore, he did not wait for Vice Chairman Zhou to speak. Ma Zheng spoke: "What does Chairman Jiang mean?" Will you accept the British ambassador's request, or will you ignore it? ”

Ma Zheng's tone was very blunt, he knew that the people of this era were terrible to foreigners, and the Western powers. This fear comes from nearly a century of interaction, and anyone who has been beaten for more than a hundred years is naturally full of fear. And this fear from the bones has penetrated deep into the bone marrow of the Chinese. This is true for the common people, and even more so for the elite of society.

"At this time, it was very tricky, the relationship between Britain and Japan was itself an ally, and now that Japan was invading China, the British were not very happy to let us use the port of Yangon to obtain anti-war materials. Once the British close the Burma Highway, we will really be passive! Lao Jiang said with a frown.

"Alliances? Can Britain and Japan still be considered allies? ”

Then Ma Zheng said in a deep voice: "The Anglo-Japanese alliance was a military alliance formed by Britain and Japan at the beginning of this century to counter Russia's expansion in the Far East. So this alliance is nothing more than a temporary pact between two scoundrels. ”

But since 1902, the Anglo-Japanese alliance has been an international tool for Japan's expansion into the Asian continent, and has become a potential threat to American expansion in the Far East and the Pacific, so the Americans are the second country after China that does not want to see the Anglo-Japanese alliance exist. In fact, before the Washington Conference, the United States sent a formal note to Britain asking it to abandon the Anglo-Japanese alliance. ”

In addition, by virtue of the advantages of aggression against China during World War I and the aggressive rights and interests obtained at the Paris Peace Conference, Japan's influence in China was greatly strengthened, and it gradually penetrated into the British sphere of influence in South China and the Yangtze River Valley, and Japanese goods began to crowd out British goods. Anglo-Japanese contradictions began to surface. Moreover, after the First World War. Britain has fallen from a pre-war creditor to a debtor with $4.7 billion to the United States, and as a result, it is economically dependent on the United States. As its power declined, the independence movement in the British colonies also flourished, and the Irish independence movement in particular hit Britain the hardest. In such a situation of internal and external difficulties, the words of the Americans carry quite weight. So the Anglo-Japanese alliance was buried by the Four-Power Treaty at the Washington Conference. ”

Lao Jiang looked at Ma Zheng in surprise, he didn't expect Ma Zheng to know so much about the relationship between Britain and Japan, and immediately said: "Although the alliance between Britain and Japan is gone, the tacit understanding between the two countries still exists, and the two countries cooperate very well on some issues." If the Japanese had asked the British to close the Burma Highway, the British would probably have agreed to them! ”

Ma Zheng shook his head again and said: "Impossible, in fact, the British upper class does not like Japan, and the British are still very wary of Japan, after all, Britain's interests in Asia are quite large, and now almost all of South Asia and Southeast Asia are British territory, once Japan becomes strong, it is Britain that bears the brunt." Therefore, the so-called Anglo-Japanese alliance against Japan was mainly based on exploitation, supplemented by restrictions. ”

Moreover, the core restriction clause of the Anglo-Japanese alliance was that Britain would only guarantee Japan against attacks by two or more powers, and this clause was aimed at the Franco-Russian alliance to prevent France from fighting against Japan in the name of its allies. The significance of Britain's catch-all clause of friendly neutrality when Japan was fighting against a great power was to point the finger at Russia alone, and not to give Japan a blank check to provoke and cause trouble everywhere, so that Britain would be burdened by its allies and forced into endless conflicts. So for the war between us and the Japanese, the British will only be friendly and neutral, and will not help the Japanese. Once Japan has eliminated China, the next target will inevitably be Britain or the United States, and the British will not fail to see this. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Zheng said his final conclusion: "Chairman of the Committee, the British ambassador is just a paper tiger, just roar!" If he were to close the Burma Highway, he wouldn't have the ability to do so, and at best he would just create some trouble for our port in Yangon! ”

Lao Jiang thought for a while and said: "General Ma's analysis is very reasonable, but since the British have put forward conditions, it won't look good if we don't give an answer!" ”

"What are you going to do with it, Chairman?" Ma Zheng asked with a frown.

"General Ma, don't have any psychological pressure, as you said, the British ambassador is nothing more than a paper tiger. So how to deal with this matter depends on Enlai. After all, General Ma is your man, and I have no right to call the shots. Lao Jiang had a good calculation, he handed over this hot potato to Vice Chairman Zhou, so that he nominally respected the face of Yan'an, but in fact he wanted to see Yan'an's jokes.

However, Vice Chairman Zhou is not a vegetarian, how can he not see Lao Jiang's intentions. What's more, Ma Zheng has just made great contributions to the front line in Wuhan, and the Nationalist Government wants to give him a title, if he is disposed of by his own people at this stall, this is obviously inappropriate. Once it is reported by the media, I don't know what it will become.

But since Lao Chiang has spoken out, he still has to express his position, and if he doesn't deal with it, he will leave a handle for the Kuomintang, at least if the emperor is not strict, he will not be able to escape.

"Ma Zheng, you made this matter up by yourself, how to deal with it is up to you to do it yourself, no matter what method you use, but I don't want the British ambassador to come to us tomorrow to make trouble." Vice Chairman Zhou is even more absolute, since you, Chairman Jiang, are unwilling to take over, then we will deal with it ourselves, but if something happens, you and we will take responsibility together, we are now two grasshoppers on a rope, and we can't escape from you and can't run away from me.

"Enlai's words are still so sharp, it's just that, as long as General Ma doesn't do too much, then this matter will be handled by General Ma himself." Lao Jiang said helplessly.

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "This is actually easy to deal with, as long as the government orders a thorough investigation of all British companies in China, including The Times, in the name of searching for spies, so that they cannot produce normally, I think the British will give in." ”

"Oh, why is that?" Lao Jiang asked in surprise.

"The British are essentially a commercial nation, and the purpose of their expansion is not how greedy their people are for land, but to find markets for their industrial products. Therefore, the market is the most important thing for the British, once we interfere with and restrict the normal production of the British, the British will naturally be unhappy, but our reasons are very good, after all, the assassin just now is indeed from the Times, and it was brought in by their British military attaché, who is not to check them? ”

Without waiting for Ma Zheng to finish speaking, Lao Jiang clapped his palms and said: "Good way, those businessmen will inevitably force the British ambassador if the matter is not resolved, and when the time comes, he will find a step to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, good way!" ”

(To be continued.) )

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