"Why should Brother Hansheng be serious?" After leaving the Yalongte Hotel and avoiding Xu Bozhou, Cheng Tianfang was full of blame, he felt that Li Kongrong was rigid as a soldier, and he didn't understand that officialdom was welcome, and it was easy to offend people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Of course, he knew he couldn't do that.

"Am I serious?" Li Kongrong smiled bitterly, "I'm just telling the truth." The central committee didn't know who came up with this idea, and the chairman of the committee believed it, can China and Japan really mediate? With the current situation, just lie to yourself. ”

Li Kongrong wanted to say, who said that there would be a war between China and Japan back then? Who said that Japan does not want a leader in China and does not want to see China's reunification? Since it was said fifteen years ago that there must be a war between China and Japan, what is there to mediate now, just let go of the hands and feet to fight; And Japan doesn't want a leader in China or something, so who took the lead in opposing Yuan Shikai and Sun Dacang back then?

These words swelled in Li Kongrong's chest, but in the end he swallowed them, and he said, "Are you going to see Goering in the afternoon?" ”

"Yes. I've already made an appointment here. Cheng Tian said. Mr. Baili is the special envoy of the chairman, and Hitler will not meet immediately, but Goering can meet as soon as possible, probably because he wants to get to know the details of us. What is the opinion of Brother Hansheng? ”

"It is not in Germany's interest that we are at war with Japan." Li Kongrong said, "On the one hand, Germany's economic interests have suffered, and on the other hand, the more urgent the war, the more we will lean towards the Soviet Union, which the Germans do not want to see." But Germany is not the key, not to mention whether the Japanese government will listen to German mediation, even if the Japanese government agrees, the generals and staff officers below will not agree. Speaking of this, Li Kongrong looked solemn, and after smiling, he asked, "Has Brother Jasic paid attention to the battle in Shanghai recently?" ”

Unexpectedly, Li Kongrong talked about Shanghai again, Cheng Tianfang helped his glasses, and nodded after a while: "I heard that the country of Hongkou. The army was withdrawn, and the Japanese captured Dachang, the country. The army resisted bravely. ”

"Shanghai has been lost." Li Kongrong said, "Country. The army is retreating step by step. You say that at this time you want to return the Japanese to the position they were before the war, an armistice, a truce, are they willing? However, if the purpose of the negotiations with Germany is not for this purpose, can Germany and Italy be on our side and impose sanctions on Japan? ”

The words "Shanghai has been lost" made Cheng Tianfang very uneasy, he naturally knew what the alliance under the city looked like, he let out a long sigh, but the sigh was unfinished and suddenly ignited some hope, he said: "The day after tomorrow is the meeting of the Nine-Power Convention, and these countries that signed in Washington that year, except for Japan and Italy, will participate." As long as the bill on sanctions against Japan can be passed at the meeting, Japan will certainly have some scruples. ”

"Hehe......" Li Kongrong chuckled, he originally wanted to say 'then and eggs', but in the end he changed the word and said: "Eggs!" ”

Li Kongrong's words made Cheng Tianfang stunned immediately, he didn't expect that the dignified Li Kongrong would actually speak obscene Jiangxi dialect. He was embarrassed for a while before he said, "Why did Hansheng say this?" ”

"The person who came up with this idea should be shot!" Li Kongrong did not answer, only said an assertion.

"Why?" Cheng Tianfang was even more surprised, as far as he was concerned, the Nine-Power Pact was definitely better than Germany coming forward to mediate, and no matter how strong Japan was, it would have to worry about the interference of Britain, the United States, France, and other countries. "Does Hansheng really want the war between China and Japan to continue?"

"What if the nine-nation pact passes a bill to sanction Japan, but Japan ignores it? Who will bear the cost? Li Kongrong frowned and already lit the cigarette. The two of them were standing in the lobby of the hotel, fortunately, they were speaking Chinese, and no one paid attention.

"At the very least, countries can impose an embargo on Japan." Cheng Tianfang couldn't understand Li Kongrong's meaning, "Japan is an island country, so it is natural to take into account the attitude of various countries towards Japan. What is the price of this kind of thing? ”

"What price?!" Li Kongrong's face suddenly became hideous, but it was only for a moment, he immediately raised his head and pretended to yawn, and after a while, he sighed: "Everything has a price. Since the government shouted those slogans, there should be no mediation. I'm confused now, is he going to fight or not? Since you want to fight, then you have to pump the guy, and if you die, you have to pull a cushion back; If you don't want to fight, then admit to surrender and surrender. What's this thing called now? I want to promote peace with war, but I can't fight it, but I burn myself on fire, it's really ......"

"Hey!" Cheng Tianfang suddenly felt that what Jiang Baili had just said was right, and the chairman of the committee naturally had the chairman's consideration when making decisions, and as a soldier, he really shouldn't talk about state affairs.

This is the end of the conversation between the two, when they go to the Air Force Department building in the afternoon, it is as if the conversation in the morning has not happened, Cheng Tianfang still affectionately calls Li Kongrong Brother Hansheng, and Li Kongrong calls him Brother Jasic. Jiang Baili, who was dressed in a suit in the morning, changed his clothes, wearing the lieutenant general's dress of the National Government, this set of clothes is well-made, but the shape of the hat is similar to the cylinder hat of the French army, the cockade is like a target, the blue sky and white sun emblem in the middle represents the ten rings, and there are several yellow ties where the hat body connects the brim.

After seeing this hat, Li Kongrong remembered why Chang Kaishen's dress photos were all bald, this hat was really ugly. Jiang Baili and Xu Bozhou wore army dresses, and Li Kongrong also had to wear navy dresses, which were no different from British navy dresses, but the hats were ......, which was a two-cornered hat and was worn vertically. The hat is shallow, and Li Kongrong was always worried that it would fall off when he first wore it, but even if there was this risk, it was better than the army's cylindrical target belt cap.

For the Chinese, Goering, the dead fat man, always had to be pinched before he appeared. This time too, in the midst of everyone's waiting, Goering finally appeared. is still domineering and invincible, and only when Cheng Tianfang introduced Jiang Baili did he lower his head. After a moment of greeting, he burst into laughter and said, "We have a proverb in Germany: If a person suffers, he will go to the devil." Now that China is getting closer to the Communist Party, that's really not a good idea. [note 40]

The defense against communism is not fake, Japan and the Soviet Union have a history of hatred, and they are competing with each other in national defense, and there is no doubt that the Soviet Union is Japan's imaginary enemy. If China is willing to accept the advice of its friends and stop dealing with the devil, we are willing to do our best. This is not only about China and Japan, but also about world culture, and Germany has the responsibility to save world culture. ”

Goering's glorification of aggression as defense against the Communist Party is really a tenacious Nazi mentality. Li Kongrong wanted to refute, but this time the envoy was Jiang Baili, so he had to remain silent. Jiang Baili said: "Japan is an industrial country in the East, and seven-tenths of its wealth is in the hands of big entrepreneurs, while farmers live a life that is inferior to cattle and horses. As far as the conditions for the socialist revolution are concerned, Japan has long been in place, and 20 years ago, Capital had sold more than 1 million copies in Japan.

Japanese Foreign Minister Hirota is a diplomat who follows a pro-Soviet line, and he once said that with Hirota in office, a war between Japan and the Soviet Union would never break out. The unsolved case between Japan and the Soviet Union on the Middle East Road was resolved in his hands. When Japan signed the 'Anti-Communist Pact,' he quietly stated to the Soviet ambassador to Japan that the pact was for Britain and not for the Soviet Union. The fact that the Soviet Union made public this remark in a private conversation that could not be made public embarrassed Hirota greatly became a semi-open secret in the world. ”

"Your words are fresh." Goering was as fat as a butcher, but he was absolutely scheming, and Jiang Baili's provocative words did not impress him in the slightest, he turned the topic back to the topic, and said: "China. The sacrifice of the military and civilians has been clearly seen by the whole world, but your strength is still not enough, and it will be glorious for you to end it early. If you wish, Germany is willing to act as a third party to mediate the Sino-Japanese war and make the Japanese stop where they are now......"

Goering's words 'stop at the current position', Jiang Baili's expectations before coming to naught. On the basis of facts, the ceasefire negotiations on the spot are not biased, but this result is not acceptable to the government. However, Jiang Baili did not deny it on the spot, but only wanted to talk in detail with Field Marshal von Blomburg of the Ministry of National Defense in a few days -- he was not familiar with the National Socialist Party, but he was familiar with the Wehrmacht.

The conversation seemed to have reached an impasse at this point, and just as Cheng Tian was about to warm up with a few words with a smile on his face, Goering's eyes fell on Li Kongrong, and he said, "Li, it seems that you have recovered." ”

Nearly three months have passed since August, and the last time Goering ordered the cessation of arms deliveries to China, it was Cheng Tianfang and Xu Bozhou who came forward, and that time he had asked about Li Kongrong, and Cheng Tianfang replied that there had been a car accident, and he didn't want Goering to remember the incident, which was really surprising.

"Thank you for your concern, I have recovered." Li Kongrong had to get up and say.

"Good!" Goering nodded arrogantly, and just when Li Kongrong thought that the conversation was over, Goering asked again, "What do you think of this war?" I remember you said before that the Japanese only do profitable things. ”

I didn't expect Goering to ask such a question, Li Kongrong took a deep breath and said: "Your Excellency, of course, Japanese politicians and chaebols only do profitable things, but the low-level officers and soldiers are very fanatical, they think that as long as the Chinese army in front of them is defeated, the war will end, but in fact this is an impossible task. For Japan, China is a muddy pond, and it will sink deeper and deeper, and in the end it will not retreat or occupy. ”

Speaking of this, the corners of Li Kongrong's mouth twitched, and he smiled: "To borrow your Excellency's words, the sacrifice of the Japanese military and civilians has been clearly seen by the whole world, but their strength is still not enough, and ending it early will also be glorious for them." ”

"Quack quack......" Goering laughed like a human animal, and after a while he stopped laughing, and said, "Lee, this is the funniest joke I've ever heard, haha......." Isn't it China now. The army is retreating? ”

"Your Excellency, China. The army was retreating, but the Chinese territory was vast, and the Japanese army could not catch up. Their poor population was not enough to completely conquer the country. No, it has nothing to do with the population, it is their weak economy that cannot support the army to conquer the country. In North China and East China, because of the railways, highways, and rivers, the Japanese can give full play to their combat effectiveness, but in the central and western regions and the mountainous areas of southwest China, because of the restrictions of transportation and geography, the Japanese will be at a loss. ”

Your Excellency, do you know why Japan retreated from Siberia back then? Li Kongrong asked, and without waiting for Goering's answer, he said: "Because there is only one railway in Siberia, and there are millions of Russians in the area, tens of thousands of Japanese troops were exhausted by the Russian guerrilla warfare, and they spent 900 million yen, and finally gained nothing." The situation is the same in China, even worse than in Siberia. Japan will only run out of resources on the Chinese battlefield, so the sooner he withdraws from China, the smaller the losses will be, and the more glorious it will be. ”

Comparing the Siberian intervention with the current war in China, Goering could not laugh. But of course, he is not a person who is easily persuaded by others, he thought for a while and said: "If Germany does not send weapons to China, China can also become a quagmire?" ”

The last time he stopped sending weapons to China, Cheng Tianfang and Xu Bozhou were scared half to death, and now when Goering mentioned the old words again, the two of them looked very ugly. Including Jiang Baili, they all looked at Li Kongrong, expecting him to break off Goering's ideas. I didn't want Li Kongrong to say: "Your Excellency, this is very good!" ”

"Very good?" Goering asked rhetorically. He didn't know why the Chinese naval attaché always thought differently than anyone else.

"Yes. Very good. Li Kongrong said seriously, "German munitions need to be bartered with tungsten sand, antimony and other materials, but if China joins the communist camp, the assistance between the proletariat will be selfless, and the Soviet Union's weapons and ammunition will not be paid at all." For Stalin, instead of praising the Soviet Red Army with the Japanese in the Soviet Far East, it was better to engage the Chinese with the Japanese on the Chinese battlefield, and all he had to do was provide weapons. If this scenario were to come true, the Soviet Union would completely avoid the unfavorable situation of fighting on two fronts and go all out against Europe, that is, against Germany. ”

"Really?" Goering muttered, suspicious.

"It must be so." Li Kongrong is determined. "Your Excellency, there is an old Chinese saying: a dog will jump off the wall when it is in a hurry. In the event of the loss of German arms, we could only turn to the USSR for help. Assuming that China is a small country, then Japan can naturally defend itself against communism after occupation, but China is a big country, and it is difficult for Japan to occupy it, let alone conquer it, and the result is that China will completely fall to the Soviet Union and become a communist country.

China, from its great leaders to ordinary soldiers, now hopes for Germany's help to get the situation back to what it was before July. If the Japanese were unwilling, the war would go on indefinitely until they finally went bankrupt. This may delay China for several years and kill and injure tens of millions of people, but we don't care.

Even, we hope that the whole nation will be tempered by the flames of war, and the more fierce the better. The more places the Japanese captured and the more civilians they killed, the sooner the people would wake up and realize that the whole country was one and that everyone had to be closely united. There are no more Manchurians, Shandong, Hunanese, Sichuanese, and in front of the bayonets of Japanese soldiers, they are all Chinese! ”