Section 5 Adjustments III
Kai-shek's condition is less than the publicly announced condition of the dismissal of officials and ]T Deman did not answer, gray eyes looked at Chiang Kai-shek calmly through the frame, Chiang Kai-shek's concessions were very few, and Dixon in Tokyo was also testing the conditions of the Japanese, but with his diplomatic experience, the conditions proposed by the Japanese would certainly not be low.
Mediation is a technical job, and the most important issue in mediation is timing, which must be when both sides are unwilling to fight anymore, at least one side does not want to fight, and the mediating country can come forward to mediate, otherwise the mediation parliament will lose face.
The Sino-Japanese War put Germany in an embarrassing position, China and Japan were Germany's most important allies in the East, China was a vast country, a large population, and an astonishing war potential; Japan has a strong navy, which is what the head of state values the most, but Japan is an island country, lack of resources, unable to carry out a long-term war, and Japan took advantage of the fire during the European war to rob, first sabotaged the Sino-German negotiations to return Qingdao, and then directly sent troops to take away Qingdao, an important base of Germany in the Far East, this incident left a deep memory in the German diplomatic circles, and the German diplomatic circles generally did not have a good impression of Japan, but the German diplomatic circles, especially the navy, believed that the German naval power was not enough to compete with Britain and the United States, and Japan had a strong navy, It can contain the naval power of Britain and the United States. These two forces were competing in front of Hitler, and Hitler was not willing to choose between China and Japan for the time being.
"Mr. Ambassador, I cannot make any more concessions," Chiang Kai-shek explained, sensing something from Todman's eyes: "You also know the present situation in China, the public sentiment is turbulent, and if I make too many concessions, the Nationalist Government will fall, and I myself must step down, and the last benefit will be Soviet Russia and **." β
To this last point, Todman agrees, as he has witnessed in recent months the current wave of resistance in China that pervades all levels of society, and that no politician can turn a blind eye to it. If Chiang Kai-shek really sought peace at a high price, as was the case with the Weimar Republic, he would have to fall. In addition, if mediation fails and the war continues, the Chinese government will inevitably turn to the whole world for help in order to resist Japan, and whoever can help him will be leaning towards him. Soviet Russia is bound to be very happy to assume this role, on the one hand, it can take the opportunity to force Nanjing to make concessions on the ** issue, and on the other hand, it can urge China to fight and drag Japan, and he can rest assured that he will deal with the threat from Europe.
"I understand, I will report to the FΓΌhrer on the attitude of your country," Todman knew in his heart that this was probably not a good time to intercede, and then he said: "Your Excellency, I personally express my deep sympathy for the situation of your country, and I greatly admire the courage and determination shown by your people, General Falkenhausen once said that Chinese soldiers are among the best in the world, and the war in Shanghai has proved this. β
"I and our people will remember those who helped us in our difficult times." Chiang Kai-shek's voice was calm, but he was a little disappointed, and Todman's attitude clearly showed that Germany was not very enthusiastic about mediation, at least not very enthusiastically.
The "squeak" convertible sedan stopped in front of the door of the war room with a long brake sound, and saw Gao Zhihang come out of the car, and several pilots in front of the window turned around and returned to the bed, they were already very tired after a day of fighting in the sky today, and they were in no mood to care about other things, and if there was a combat mission, Commander Gao would naturally call them, and sure enough, several squadron leaders were called away soon.
"Commander Zhou ordered to attack the Japanese air base on Ma'an Island tomorrow, you see, my plan is like this." After Gao Zhihang finished the task in one sentence, he summoned everyone to the aviation map: "Divided into three ways, Li Guidan, you take the first squadron to be responsible for luring the Japanese planes, but the Japanese planes will definitely not all come to attack you, and some of them will stay in the sky, I will lead the second road to continue to lure the enemy, this time the Japanese planes will definitely be taken away by us, and then the bomber squadron can go straight to Ma'an Island, where the Japanese air base is." β
Gao Zhihang pointed to a red dot on the map, and in order to find out the location, the navy sacrificed seven soldiers. Li Guidan chewed gum and jumped up from his chair.
"So what are you bothering to do, I'll take a squadron and promise to disrupt their guard group, and then the commander will lead the group to directly attack their airport, and Le Yiqin will lead the team to cover." After more than a month, Li Guidan's chin has become sharper and his eyes appear larger. There were many Japanese planes and many pilots, and a total of more than 600 planes were concentrated in the skies over Songhu and attacked in turn, with about 100 planes patrolling the skies over Songhu every day.
"Less nonsense. Just after a few victories, he was stumbling. Little Japanese planes are no worse than ours. The new A5m can be completely and P40 amounts. We're completely taking advantage of the radar. But I'm afraid the Japanese have already noticed the radar. Two radar stations were hit yesterday. One was blown up. The other was also badly damaged. It cannot be used for the time being. This is a signal. Previously, we relied on ground-based radar guidance. Always be a preemptive strike. I'm afraid it will be more difficult in the future. Gao Zhihang's face sank. Li Guidan fought bravely. The flying skills are very good. But I just like to cause trouble. It belongs to the kind of people who have to go to the house to uncover the tile land if they don't fight for three days.
"Xue Muhua. Your squadron covers the bomber squadron. Gao Zhihang finally said.
However, Xue Muhua was a little surprised. In the past, Le Yiqin commanded the BF109 squadron to carry out assault or cover. Why did he take over the command today?
"Le Yiqin has another task." Gao Zhihang then explained why he was used: "Le Yiqin." You take someone to Kunming. The Americans sold us one hundred and eighty P40s, and the first fifty have already arrived in Burma. It will be shipped to Kunming soon. Take ten men with you. Chongqing has already transferred 40 people to Kunming. You accept the plane and don't rush back first. First, a month-long training session was conducted in Kunming. This
We have to train them. β
Not only was the music excited. And everyone else was just as excited. After playing for so long, this is the first time that there is an airplane supplement. They didn't ask where the plane came from. In fact, this is the price of land paid by the United States to buy radar. At the beginning, Chiang Kai-shek offered 500 P40 and 100 B17s. Of course, the United States does not want to be the main wrongdoer. After the bargain. The Americans gave one hundred and eighty P40 and thirty B17s. Chiang Kai-shek did not insist either. As a result, these aircraft became the first batch of replenishments for the Chinese Air Force.
Laughing, Li Guidan yawned, Gao Zhihang was a little distressed, the battle was too fierce these days, sometimes he had to fly twice a day, the pilot was tired, and the battle damage followed, he immediately announced the dismissal of the meeting and went back to rest. He himself fell asleep on the marching bed with his clothes.
At 10 o'clock in the middle of the night, the air raid siren sounded, and the pilot on duty immediately flew into the sky to intercept the Japanese plane in the night sky. Whenever a Japanese plane flew over the airport at night, spies lurking on the ground immediately fired flares to indicate the direction of the Japanese planes, and this was how the Hangzhou Lan Airport and Yangzhou Airport were blown up.
This kind of night combat has only recently begun, and the Japanese planes have suffered heavy losses, and the war has been started for a month, losing nearly 200 planes, and Japan cannot afford it, so it changes its tactics and no longer attacks cities and airfields in the daytime, which can be regarded as a disguised recognition that the Chinese Air Force has a certain degree of air supremacy.
However, this method of warfare has also caused a lot of trouble to China, and the pilots are even more fatigued, so everyone is looking for a way to overcome fatigue, Li Guidan recommends everyone to chew gum, Le Yiqin said that chili peppers are useful, chew a few chili peppers when you are sleepy, and ensure that you will cry, and all kinds of methods have come out of the ground for a while, but Gao Zhihang is very worried in his heart, too tired, so every time he comes back from the flight, he asks everyone to rest and relax immediately.
Just as Gao Zhihang was sleeping, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Xu Mo reported to Chiang Kai-shek that the British ambassador Xu Gesen had agreed to take his car to Shanghai, and Chiang Kai-shek nodded silently. After Xu Mo left, Song Meiling said with some dissatisfaction: "Da Ling, this is simply murder, once it is leaked, the consequences will be unimaginable." β
"It's not murder, it's a plan." Chiang Kai-shek said lightly: "Besides, if there is an attack by the air force tomorrow, it will contain the strength of the Japanese planes, and whether the Japanese planes have the courage to attack the Japanese, I don't think it is certain." And who knows? Who's going to leak it? You and I are still respectful of Jiansheng? Or Wang Xiaoshan and Xu Enzeng? β
Song Meiling was speechless, but Chiang Kai-shek said so, he still secretly hoped that the Japanese army would attack Xu Gesen, and then Britain would start a war with Japan, which would be the best result.
However, Chiang Kai-shek was disappointed, and four Japanese planes bombed Xu Gesen's car, and Xu Gesen himself was seriously injured, but Prime Minister Chamberlain in London accepted the apology of the Japanese and quietly disappeared after taking hundreds of thousands of subsidies.
ββ¦ The resolution of the Hsu Gesen incident just shows that the British did not want to intervene in the Sino-Japanese war, and they not only renounced the Nine-Power Pact, but also gave up their power in the League of Nations and the basic ...... of justice in human society.
The British Empire has declined, and it no longer has the ambition and pride of the past. Think about it decades ago, a manslaughter on the streets of Beiping attracted the Eight-Nation Alliance, but now? The rulers of the British Empire could only intimidate a few words.
The British Empire has declined, the West has declined, and the justice of human society has been trampled on again. The British are afraid of war, the West is afraid of war, but war will not avoid them.
The Japanese have seen clearly the essence of their weakness, China is followed by the South Seas, Indochina, Burma, Thailand, Singapore......
Once again, I would like to remind the Chinese people not to have even the slightest hope for the Nine-Power Pact, because the West is not worthy of our expectations, and only we can help us. This incident once again provoked a verbal criticism from Mei Youlan, who wantonly ridiculed the British and the Western world, and no one in the Western newspapers in the concession dared to fight.
The Chinese news media began to add fuel to the fire, digging into the meaning behind this incident, openly questioning the nine-nation pact and the League of Nations under the presence of Mei Youlan, and for a while the prestige of the nine-nation pact was discredited in the eyes of the Chinese, and even the League of Nations was also suspected, and the ambassadors of various countries in China reported to their own governments, and the Chinese began to stop believing in the Western world.
The battle in Shanghai became increasingly fierce, Luodian, Dachang, and Yuepu became the three most brutal battlefields, both sides were invested in heavy military groups, the Chinese side changed regiments almost every half day, and the Japanese side was not very comfortable; The daily attrition is close to one brigade.
Chen Cheng handed over the entire defense of Luodian to Hu Zongnan's First Army, transferred the 18th Army to Yuepu, the 74th Army to Dachang, and assigned the 57th Division of Nguyen Zhaochang to the command of the 74th Army, and the 14th Division returned to the 18th Army sequence, and the whole army defended Dachang.
At dawn, more than 40 planes took off into the air, formed a formation over Nanjing, and flew towards Ma'an Island in the morning glow.
Passing by the Luodian battlefield, Gao Zhihang looked down, there were shadows in the mist, and the thick smell of gunpowder smoke could be smelled even at high altitude, it seemed that last night was not only the air force, but also the army on the ground was also a night of hard fighting.
"xx bits, height xxxx, small ants appear." The sound of ground guidance came from the headphones.
"Roger, gum, sortie." Gao Zhihang's voice was calm.
Separated from the group, the leader waved his tail proudly, and then quickly climbed up and went around to the left, Gao Zhihang understood at a glance that Li Guidan wanted to stop the waist and intercept, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, this kid is getting better and better, he used to know how to hit **, and now he knows how to hit the waist.
"xx bit, height xxxx, crow x side there is another enemy report.
"Roger, Second Squadron come with me."
Gao Zhihang swung the nose of the plane, he went around from the right side, and flew for about three minutes.
Point direction. "Gao Zhihang stretched his neck, and sure enough, he found a [T5m is a plane transferred from Japan not long ago, there are not many of them, Gao Zhihang has fought it twice, this kind of aircraft is very flexible, the climb speed is fast, the turning radius is small, and the P40 It struggles a little.
However, they still suffered big losses in the hands of the Chinese, the reason is very simple, China has radar, always detect them first, and the brave and ruthless Li Guidan quickly summed up a set of experience after suffering a loss, that is, dive and strike, hit and go, and do not fight with him.
Gao Zhihang quickly locked onto an A5m, and then dived down fiercely, a series of machine shells flew out of the nose, the A5m burned almost immediately, Gao Zhihang flashed from its side, the Chinese Air Force in a group of three, dived down from a high altitude, and shot down four in the first round of strikes, and China did not lose a single loss.
Xue Muhua protected the bomber and continued to fly towards Ma'an Island, and when he was in front of the target, a sudden voice came from the earphone: "Pay attention to a large number of enemy planes in front, azimuth xx, altitude xxx." β
"The Spirit Snake Squadron comes with me."
Xue Muhua also immediately pulled up the nose of the plane, and rushed down from a high altitude is a common tactic of the Chinese Air Force, and it is also the most effective tactic, generally in the first round of attacks, one-third of the planes harvest prey.
Xue Muhua killed from a high altitude, and the assembled Japanese planes were immediately in chaos, Xue Muhua found out that the original Japanese planes were also preparing to bomb, and many of the Japanese planes in this group were bombers, Xue Muhua suddenly became excited, and bombers were the best target for fighters.
After Xue Muhua finished the first round of attacks, he dived down, flew up in a circle, and this was a great chaos in the sky, the two sides were entangled together, the Japanese formation was completely disrupted, and the bombers lost cover. Xue Muhua seized the opportunity to stare at a bulky ninety-six, he approached him from behind and then fired, the firepower of BF109 was strong, he fought until eighty meters before stopping, ninety-six was already burning, and other planes quickly fled from the flames in the sky, it was very dangerous to be around it at this time.
Matsui Ishine had just gotten up, he was brushing his teeth leisurely, and there was a whole roar in his ears, "These boys are back so soon." Before his thoughts fell, the sirens sounded, "Air raid!" Air raid! β
Matsui Ishone rushed out of the room, and saw that the anti-aircraft guns on the ground were already firing, but there was no explosives on the ground, and after a while, there was a whole explosion from the airport. γ
"The airfield is under attack!" Matsui Ishine immediately shouted: "Evacuate immediately, remove the ammunition, and hide!" β
Some soldiers began to run towards the ammunition piled up in the open air, then picked up the boxes and turned to run, and after half an hour of confusion, there was a roar in the sky, and the planes that bombed the airfield began to move back.
"Dada...!" The enemy troops who were carrying supplies were in a panic, and an airplane with the blue sky and white sun badge painted on its wings swooped down, and the machine gun in the bow spewed flames, and those who hit this flame immediately turned to ashes.
"Boom!" "Boom!" The few black dots floating in the air were followed by a few iron eggs, one of which landed right in the ammunition pile, and then detonated the ammunition, and a strong wind blew in his face, almost scraping Matsui's head.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! β
The ground trembled slightly, the wooden house rattled as if it was about to collapse, and Matsui leapt from the ground and ran into a shelter with agility not fitting his age.
"Boom!" Another bomb exploded nearby, the window glass made a crisp sound to announce the break, and the explosions rang out in a row, I don't know that the ammunition depot was blown up again, Matsui was very disappointed in his heart, the Chinese Air Force has never attacked Ma'an Island secretly, so that he was careless.
The planes in the sky raged for seven or eight minutes, and then they flew away, Matsui crawled out of the shelter, and the barracks that had been neatly organized just now became full of devastation, most of the ammunition was destroyed, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and everywhere they were shouting for military doctors, and the stretcher soldiers carried stretchers to the wounded quickly, and several dull explosions sounded from time to time in the ammunition depot in the distance.
Matsui's gloomy face inspected the barracks, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Shina people, you must pay the price!" β
"I'm going home," muttered a young soldier, his belly gurgling and bleeding, two soldiers desperately bandaging him.
"Home, home." The soldier's eyes slowly drifted.
Matsui crouched down and whispered in the soldier's ear, "We'll send you home right away, don't worry, we'll be home soon." β
"He just got married.... The soldiers who joined the army in the same village were a little choked.
The soldier's eyes were blurred, and he seemed to see that when he left the village, he had a brocade ribbon draped over his chest, his newlywed wife was so excited that she followed him with a happy smile, and his parents were excited to accompany him, encouraging him to do his best for the emperor as he went.
It is said that Shina is rich in products, and it is said that the women of Shina are beautiful and moving, and it is said that they are .......
He died, and he died on a small island in the east of China within ten days of his marriage, does such a person deserve sympathy? No, not at all, a robber is a robber, he deserves to die, and he has to pay off his debts when he dies!
"Order the troops to intensify the offensive." Matsui Ishine stood up, pointed at Shanghai across the sea, pulled out his command knife, cut down the small tree next to him with one sword, and roared loudly.
The air raid was a great success, and the peripheral diversion operation was also a great victory, with a battle loss ratio of 34:1. Matsui's anger immediately turned into actual action, and the fighting on the south bank of the Yangtze River suddenly became fierce, and Luodian bore the brunt of it.
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