Chapter 188 Punishment of crimes does not discriminate between nationalities
Shanghai, Tianjin and other major cities set off a wave of military and civilian tides. With the cooperation of the police force, the garrisons in various localities seized the British and French businesses outside the concession.
In the face of the cold muzzle bayonets of the Wehrmacht soldiers, the eyes flashed with cold light in their indifference, and the eager cheers of the Chinese people. Despite the constant protests, British and French businessmen could not change the fact that they were seized. All the British and French traders were also taken into custody, although they were not abused, but they were not very happy, and the most important thing was that the loss of freedom was absolutely inevitable, and as for the crimes, they would be tried after the investigation.
At the same time, the Chinese Provisional Government also held a press conference on the matter to explain the actions of the Chinese National Defense Forces.
"We, the Chinese nation, have endured nearly a century of oppression, and now our Chinese nation has stood up, but there are still many people who do whatever they want on the land of China, they continue to trample on our national dignity, ignore our laws, and use trumped-up charges to carry out barbaric exploitation of our nation. The law is just, it is not their tool, and since you have done it, then we can also give a strong response.
In accordance with the will of Chen Shao, the supreme leader of the Chinese Provisional Government, from now on, all parts of China will launch an investigation against the British and French illegal traders, and they will be punished in accordance with Chinese law. At the same time, we will carry out a comprehensive investigation of British and French personnel in China, and we promise that we will never wronged any good person, but we will never let go of any bad person.
Everyone must take responsibility for their actions and pay the price for their actions. Knowing our mistakes can improve a lot, and we won't beat us to death with a stick. However, the Chinese side hopes that all foreign businessmen in China will not try to challenge the Chinese law, because our nation's patience has a bottom line, and once it exceeds our bottom line, we will give a strong response.
Of course, we will also forgive those businessmen who can repent in time, and at the same time, our government will also give preferential treatment to those foreign businessmen who can follow the laws of China, and will also do its best to ensure the safety of their normal business in China. ”
Although the words in the press conference were explicitly referring to Britain and France, businessmen from all over the world in China felt a chill in their hearts. The intention of killing chickens and monkeys is particularly prominent, and how many foreigners have done something in China over the years. This time it was because China was at war with Britain and France, and it was a normal move to act against British and French merchants at home. And it can also be seen that China does not want to offend too many countries at one time, otherwise all foreign businessmen are estimated to be the same as Britain and France. At the same time, China also gave a warning that as long as you can atone for your sins, China will not be guilty of the past.
China's action can be said to have stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, but now several countries dare to offend China head-on. Not to mention the arms trade, there are a few countries that really dare to declare war with China. After defeating Japan, seeing that Britain and France were about to take the initiative to admit defeat, such a country can already be regarded as world-class. Not to mention that European countries have experienced World War I, that is, there is no World War, and there are a few who dare to say that they can defeat the current China.
Immediately, all countries in the world unanimously sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, promising to investigate the businessmen and personnel of their own countries in China, severely investigate and punish those black sheep, and give China an explanation. In particular, Portugal is the most active, and Portugal, which occupies Macau, is also trembling for a while, and now Portugal has completely declined, and it is not even a second-rate country. He did not dare to go against China, and diplomatically promised that he would definitely take the initiative to return Macao, and it would definitely not be the same as Britain and France.
There is nothing to do with Japan, and now Japan is still licking its wounds on the side, and it is confronting the Soviet Union on the issue of Sakhalin, not to mention other problems. What's more, all of Japan's interests in China have been swept away by China, so this incident will not have any impact on Japan at all. However, Japan also especially hopes that China will be isolated from the world in this matter, and secretly Japan has exerted a lot of effort, but the situation is completely different from what Japan expected, and there are not many countries buying Japan's account in this matter at all. At least until Japan regains its international prestige.
On the one hand, there is a thriving China, and on the other hand, Japan is suppressed by China, and fools know how to choose.
Although the Soviet Union was in conflict with Japan, it did not react much to China's move this time, and only calmly said that it would investigate it well, and did not say anything about when it would start and when it would end. In fact, the Soviet Union did not have much commercial interest in talking about it, and the Soviet Union did not care much about this matter.
As early as when Wu Jintang visited the United States, Wu Jintang revealed this incident to the United States, and the United States was already mentally prepared, and in the face of the huge cake that China had drawn for him in business, the United States immediately ignored this matter, or it simply ignored it. At the same time, after the press conference of China, he stood up in solidarity with China's actions and supported China's fight against various crimes. As long as there is solid evidence, the United States will stand on the side of justice.
The Germans have always avoided this problem, and since the First World War, all German businessmen in China have been very law-abiding. And since then, German businessmen have been operating in the southwest, so this matter has the least impact on Germany.
The reactions of various countries are all expected by Chen Shao, and the United States accounts for the largest one, as long as the United States is dealt with, the rest of Chen Shao will not be taken seriously. Not to mention Britain and France, since they have already declared war, it is understandable for China to do this.
Britain and France, as the countries concerned, did not respond, and at this time the two countries were urgently discussing how to start peace talks with China. As for such a matter, the two countries do not have the energy to deal with it now. The British and French could only let those merchants and residents in China go unchecked. Some big British and French conglomerates originally wanted to think about government pressure, but now that they are like this, it is useless to exert pressure, and they can only give up.
This incident is Chen Shao's second step to recover the concession, to further test the bottom line of various countries, there is a first regression, will the second regression be far away? When you start to fear someone, once you retreat, you will keep retreating, unless you have no retreat. But to the point where there is no way back, there is only one result, either you die or I die.
Chen Shao did not intend to force all countries to death, nor did he ask them to return all the benefits of the invasion of China over the past half century. It would be unwise to do so now, Chen Shao only needs them to take two steps back, so that they can lose a little bit at most. This is the best solution for non-war means. Of course, for example, if it is World War II, then Chen Shao will not be so polite, he doesn't even bother to say it, he just takes it back, how can he be so nonsense.
Governing the country is like cooking small food, and it cannot rely on subjective will alone.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China also responded to all countries, thanked them for their understanding, and also hoped that all countries could send representatives to jointly supervise China, because China would later investigate those traders and British and French personnel in China, and take the initiative to ask all countries in the world to supervise in order to show integrity.
The personnel in the concession have not yet had the heart to take care of it, and now they only need to detain the British and French businessmen and personnel in China outside the concession. Of course, not every British and French personnel will be detained, and Chen Shao is not the kind of person who is arrogant and unreasonable. As long as you haven't done anything to be sorry for the Chinese, the Chinese army will not touch you a single hair.
The first target is the people who have been documented by the police, who may not have done anything bad now, but who have had a bad track record in the past, but they were not dealt with in the first place. In particular, those illegal traders take advantage of some Chinese scum to buy low and sell high, often inflating prices. They used all kinds of conveniences to bully other Chinese traders, and before reunification, they often relied on the convenience of foreigners to maliciously squeeze Chinese traders, and all kinds of malicious competition methods emerged one after another. It's hateful.
You don't see how many Chinese businessmen were forced to commit suicide and jump off buildings, how many people couldn't buy a grain of rice with money, and the price of rice comparable to gold was often staged. You don't see foreigners arbitrarily punching and kicking Chinese people on the land of China, but the Chinese policemen next to them turn a blind eye, and many people have no way to sue the officials.
The second target is those spy agencies that sell dog meat on the head of sheep, these spy organizations with various signboards have been monitored by spies before, compared to the secret agencies in the southwest region, this newly recovered land is full of a large number of agents from various countries, but today's target is only British and French agents. Chen Shao also took the opportunity to plan to pull out these tumors, especially in the big city of Shanghai, where all kinds of secret service organizations are densely packed, Japan has been cleaned up before, and now it is the turn of Britain and France.
Espionage organizations are not like businessmen, and they are often met with armed resistance during capture. But in the face of spies who have already touched them, such resistance can be described as hitting a stone with an egg, and it is simply looking for death. Chen Shao didn't need to get anything from the mouths of these agents, as long as he was resisted, the army and spies would not be relentless. Often, the cars that were intended to transport the captives turned into corpse trucks.
The third target is those Chinese scum, the greatest shame of the Chinese nation, even if the countries of the world inflict great shame on China, it is not as heart-wrenching as the shame given by those Chinese scum. After the end of the war in Japan, the police and army had arrested a large number of traitors in major cities across the country and Taiwan, but that was only on the Japanese side, and there were also some traitors attached to Britain and France. Many of them are gang members, or just Chinese traders. Dogs fight people's guts, and how many Chinese people have been illuminated indelible.
Chen Shao only has endless hatred for this kind of person. For these people, Chen Shao will always have only one word: kill!
Not killing is not enough to appease the people's grievances, and not killing is not enough to comfort the souls in heaven who have died at the hands of these scum.
(To be continued)