Chapter 116: Post-War Negotiations

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Chiang Kai-shek did not come, but Wang Jingwei and a group of people from the former Guangzhou military government came, and it was Chiang Guangnai who informed them. Cai Tingkai decided to follow Zhang Chun across the river, but Jiang Guangnai thought that Shanghai, which was finally kept, could not just give up. So he called the shots and invited Wang Jingwei over.

In fact, there is nothing to talk about, Zhang Chun left the captured Japanese weapons and equipment to Jiang Guangnai and Wang Jingwei, Jiang Guangnai originally wanted to leave the 19th Route Army in Shanghai, but Cai Tingkai was disappointed in the Nationalist Government.

Just when many people thought the Wuhan government would take Shanghai, it took less than 20 hours. There is no longer a single soldier of the People's Revolutionary Army in Shanghai.

In order to stabilize the situation in Shanghai, Wang Jingwei sent a secret telegram to his own group of men and horses to quickly gather in Shanghai, and at the same time asked Jiang Guangnai to rebuild the 19th Route Army. Because for Jiang Guangnai's sake, most of the officers in the 19th Route Army stayed in Shanghai.

The Shanghai side concealed the news that the People's Revolutionary Army had left Shanghai. All major newspapers propagandized that the People's Revolutionary Army had split up and went north to resist Japan.

It took less than a day for the People's Revolutionary Army to completely annihilate two divisions and regiments, which completely shocked the governments of various countries. Since it is a total annihilation, the speed is too fast. Wang Jingwei and Jiang Guangnai deliberately blocked the news again. In addition to confirming that the Air Force has advanced warplanes and bombs that can track targets. Everything else is just bits and pieces.

The air battle in Shanghai seems to have indirectly confirmed the information revealed by Zeng Simin, because it was not a Japanese pilot. The pilots of the Central Army of China all say that this kind of plane flies in a gliding way, and the pilots of the Central Army say that it is more vivid. It is said that this kind of plane is like floating in the air, fast and elegant. But it is very inflexible, only the speed and altitude advantages are obvious.

As for bombs that can be tracked automatically, various countries have also put forward various options, but they believe that they cannot be achieved with existing technology.

China went from a poor and backward country overnight to a country that the world is catching up.

Everyone is speculating about the military strength of the Wuhan government. But none of them were able to make an accurate judgment. Albert Einstein, on the other hand, has become the focus of attention, and everyone believes that it is this outstanding scientist who has brought great changes to China.

The prestige of the People's Revolutionary Army as a result of the First World War. led Zhang Chun all the way north. Unobstructed access. Everywhere they went, the common people would bring food out of their homes for hospitality.

The area around the Grand Canal is indeed a land of abundance. Although there are poor people, but proportionally. Much better than in the central provinces. Most of the people who came out to greet them were the middle class and small urban citizens and peasants. The big businessmen and big landowners closed their doors. Heavily guarded. Because the People's Revolutionary Army has actually robbed the concessions of various countries, and not all the concessions are foreigners.

The large number of foreigners, medical staff and nuns in the ranks has made some of the outside world's evaluation of the People's Army very bad.

These two completely different evaluations and phenomena made Cai Tingkai and Cheng Qian cry and laugh.

Because the two of them are still popular in the national army, they still have to explain when they meet some friends. It is said that there are too many wounded, and there is no way to do it.

Zhang Chun and Mao Shishan didn't bother to explain.

Liu Ying and Liu Bocheng took the area north of the Huai River. And has already taken over the Longhai line.

The two armies met at Huai'an, but soon abandoned Huai'an.

The Xinmin Daily article said that the Wuhan People's Autonomous Government had no intention of civil war. However, the corruption and incompetence of the national government made it impossible to guarantee the country's important railway rights-of-way. There are many concessions in Shanghai, which is actually a loss of power and humiliation of the country. From now on, the People's Revolutionary Army will take over the Longhai Line and nationalize the Longhai Line. Han Fuqu Shiyoushan was ordered to go north to resist Japanese aggression, otherwise the People's Revolutionary Army would be wiped out immediately.

The First Army and the Fourth Army changed their guards. The three divisions of the First Army were stationed in Lianyun City, Suzhou, and Fuyang to rest and recuperate. And the Huai River as a dividing line, began to divide troops to carry out land reform.

The Fourth and Sixth Armies went north. Han Fuqu and Shi Yousan were also frightened by the Battle of Shanghai, and directly abandoned the small warlords attached to them and retreated to Weihai and Qingdao, where there were embassies and concessions of various countries. In the aftermath of the Battle of Shanghai, countries condemned the Wuhan government and deployed additional naval and air forces in the two cities.

Yang Hucheng took Weifang, thinking in the face of his old friend, and did not pursue.

Zhang Tian fought until Texas, bordering the Northeast Army before stopping. At this time, the Northeast Bureau was fighting against the Japanese army. Zhang Chun can't do the thing of sticking a knife in his back.

The 1st Division of the Fourth Army captured Xingtai and Handan and drove Yan Xishan back to Shanxi.

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek learned that Zhang Chun was not in Shanghai at all, but in Zhengzhou.

However, Jiang Guangnai had already reorganized the 19th Route Army. With the support of the 19th Route Army, which was a hero of the anti-Japanese resistance. Chiang Kai-shek, who had already developed a reputation for ineffective command and cracking down on dissidents, had no choice but to announce his resignation, and the party chairman was handed over to Wang Ching-wei and the army commander to Feng Yuxiang.

The Japanese Government took the initiative to contact Gu Weijun and Lin Changming to seek ways and means of peace talks between the two countries.

It was still on March 1 that the Japanese government saw that the Battle of Shanghai would be won. In the name of "Manchukuo", the "Declaration of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" was issued, and on March 9, when major changes occurred in the Shanghai War of Resistance, Aixin Jueluo? Pu Yi took office as the "ruling party", the year name was Datong, the capital was Changchun, and it was renamed "Xinjing".

The Japanese Government told Lin Changmin whether it could negotiate with the Wuhan Government in the name of the National Foreign Affairs Committee and send personnel to negotiate the armistice, even the Manchurian issue. Soong Ching-ling said that the Wuhan government is a local self-government and has no right to sign agreements with any country. However, the Japanese side must withdraw from Taiwan, the Ryukyus, Liaodong, and all other territories that have invaded China. As for the affairs of Manchukuo, it is a Chinese affair, and China will naturally send troops to fight against it.

The Japanese government had no choice but to go to Nanjing to find Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek said he had no right to represent the central government at this time.

As a result, the Japanese government went to Shanghai, and Wang Jingwei, on behalf of the central government, organized peace talks between Zhang Xueliang, Fu Zuoyi, Yan Xishan, Pu Yi, and various ministries and commissions of the central government. The Wuhan government simply reiterated its claims and refused to participate.

Because of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai, Wang Jingwei had the confidence to negotiate. It's just that the Wuhan government's demands are too high, and Wang Jingwei thinks it's impossible to meet. So take the initiative to lower the requirements. That is to abolish the puppet state of Manchukuo.

In April, when the Wuhan government approached Tianjin. The Japanese Government hastily agreed that the Japanese Government would not interfere in Manchurian affairs, but Japan had a large number of expatriates in Manchuria, and the Republic of China Government should negotiate a Sino-Japanese friendship agreement with the Japanese Government. Japan provided interest-free loans to the central government of the Republic of China, as well as technologies such as steel smelting, to help China with economic construction.

The Japanese government did not mention the affairs of Liaodong, Taiwan and the Ryukyus.

Zhang Xueliang and Yan Xishan believed that the negotiations had achieved results, so they returned one after another. However, when passing through Jinan, he discussed the armistice with Zhang Chun, Liu Ying, Mao Shishan, Liu Bocheng and Song Qingling, who came over later.

Zhang Xueliang, who had confidence, organized a counterattack on the front line in Tongliao and Jinzhou to stabilize the front, and since the Northeast Army still owned most of Hebei and Liaoning, Zhang Xueliang believed that it was necessary to recuperate and build. The Northeast is the problem of the Northeast Army, let the Northeast Army solve it. Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi in Chahar Province both believed that since the central government had reached an agreement with the Japanese government, which had won the greatest benefits and obtained Japan's war reparations, all parties should achieve an armistice along the Line of Actual Control.

Zhang Chun met on the first day, and knew that it was impossible to fight again, so he avoided it directly.

Mao Shishan's deputy Zhang Chun expressed his basic opinion that there is no need to stop fighting at home. However, the Wuhan government will not cease the war with Japan until it has regained all of its territory. Japan has sovereignty over only the main island of Japan.

On April 15, Pu Yi, who had been emperor for a month, again announced his abdication and announced the establishment of the Manchurian Autonomous Government, recognizing the leadership of the central government, but with a high degree of autonomy.

Xinmin Bao published an article saying that since Northeast China is an autonomous government, it has no right to sign any agreement with Japan. Agreements that have been signed or not signed shall be annulled.

The Japan-Manchurian friendship agreement was stillborn.

Japan had no choice but to negotiate with the government of the Republic of China in Shanghai on the Sino-Japanese friendship agreement. However, Japan did not admit that it was defeated, and only believed that the Shanghai incident was a misunderstanding caused by an intelligence error. Japan did not pay war reparations, but only provided China with an interest-free loan of $50 million. But China must recognize Japan's rights and interests in Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula.

Since the Wuhan Government spoke again in Jinan, Wang Ching-wei did not dare to completely ignore the opinions announced by the Wuhan Government, holding that the Liaodong Peninsula and Taiwan should also set up an autonomous government and obey the leadership of the central government. Abolish any previous agreements signed between Japan and the Qing and Beiyang governments, and replace them with the Sino-Japanese Friendship Agreement.

Japan and Britain and the United States did not agree at first. Gu Weijun said: "The concessions of various countries in Shanghai were announced by the Wuhan People's Autonomous Government, and it is impossible for the central government to be inferior to even a local government. So the concession in Shanghai was canceled. As for compensation, the central government is not responsible. ”

Meaning, you want to compensate and go to the Wuhan government.

But countries have no access to negotiations with the Wuhan government at all. In any case, Wu Hao said: "It is the duty of the people's army to recover the country, and the local government has no right to sign an agreement with any country." ”

As a result, Japan, Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Belgium and other countries announced economic sanctions against the Wuhan People's Autonomous Government and demanded the release of the arrested doctors and religious figures. (To be continued......)