817 Heroes Conference Two Small Abacus

Shanghai, China. November 27, 1938.

At 5:30 p.m. yesterday, Luo Yaoguo took the FW-1937 bulletproof sedan and drove directly to the French club in the former French Concession. This 30,000-square-metre baroque bungalow was originally the property of the French Consulate General in Shanghai. After the Sino-French war, it was naturally confiscated by the national government and became a place to entertain dignitaries and foreign dignitaries.

As soon as Luo Yaoguo and Natalie entered the luxuriously decorated hall on the first floor of the French Club, they saw Lieutenant General Dai Li, deputy director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and Zhou Fohai, Chinese ambassador to Japan, two "historical counter-revolutionaries" who had already arrived respectfully and solemnly.

"Have the Japanese arrived? Did they ask for anything? Luo Yaoguo asked in a low voice to Dai Li, who was standing respectfully, and Zhou Fohai.

Zhou Fohai smiled slightly. However, Dai Li, who is the core figure of the Military Intelligence Bureau and Luo Yaoguo's confidant, reported: "Teacher, the Japanese Minister of War, General Nagata Tetsuyama, has arrived in Shanghai and arranged it in the Sassoon villa (Sassoon is a British expatriate, and his villa is naturally the property of the enemy, and it was sadly confiscated). They didn't make any requests for the time being, but ......" Speaking of this, Dai Li paused and looked at Zhou Fohai.

Luo Yaoguo nodded and said to Zhou Fohai: "Ambassador Zhou, please go to Sassoon Villa to meet Yongtian Tieshan and tell him that I have arrived in Shanghai and can start negotiations with him at any time." However, before the negotiations, I would like to receive an official document from the Japanese side on the terms of Japan's desired entry into the Iron Alliance, as well as Japan's next operational direction. ”

"Okay, assistant marshal, let's go to my humble position." Zhou Fohai bowed to Luo Yaoguo, but the corners of his eyes slanted down Dai Li, inadvertently revealing a little sour. This talented man of the Zhou family is very close to the uncle and nephew of the Luo family, but he has never been able to enter Luo Yaoguo's inner circle, and he is not at all comparable to Dai Li, a double henchman of the Whampoa department and the military intelligence department.

After Zhou Fohai left the hall, Luo Yaoguo walked upstairs while talking to Dai Li. It turned out that what Dai Li wanted to say was that this time Yongtian Tieshan also brought his righteous daughter Yongtian Isa to Shanghai, and had already handed over a secret document to Dai Li through Nagata Isa and asked him to forward it to Luo Yaoguo.

"Oh? Secret documents? The corners of Luo Yaoguo's mouth showed a shallow smile, as if he was very interested in these Japanese little abacus. Have you read the documents? He asked Dai Li. What does it say? ”

A little doubt slipped across Dai Li's face, and he replied, "The student has indeed checked the documents of the Japanese, and that is also the student's duty." There is no big deal above, mainly the situation of the Hawaii naval battle, and there is also the desire to buy some oil, steel, coal, aluminum alloy or something from us. The payment method is an IOU. In addition, they also proposed several technical cooperation projects, mainly aircraft engines and special alloys, special steel, etc. However, there is a very strange aircraft engine research and development project. ”

"What's the strange?" Natalie interjected.

"Third lady." Dai Lisa nodded slightly at Natalie and explained with a smile: "The Japanese have backward aircraft engine technology, and it is normal for them to want to develop it together with us or Germany." However, the technical requirements for the engine were very outlandish, and they wanted a 900 hp air-cooled engine with the lowest possible manufacturing cost and a design life of between 10 and 20 hours. ”

"What? 10 hours? Hehe, it turns out that the Japanese want a disposable plane, and we can help with this. As soon as Luo Yaoguo heard this request, he guessed seven or eight times out of ten.

"Hehe......" Hearing Luo Yaoguo's words, Dai Li laughed a few times, it turned out that he had listened to this "one-time plane" as a joke, and the joke of the "old man" came out, and he Dai Boss naturally had to laugh a few times in response to the situation.

While talking and laughing, the three of them had already gone up to the second floor and walked into a study room decorated in classical Chinese style. It seems that the original owner here is still quite interested in Chinese culture, the shelves in the study are full of ancient books bound by threads, and the walls are landscape paintings of ink and blue, ladies and paintings, which are from the hands of famous artists, and an antique mahogany desk is placed with the four treasures of the study, and there is a bulging yellow document bag.

"This is a secret document sent by the Japanese." Dai Li pointed to the unmarked file bag on the desk. "Teacher, if you don't tell you, the student will quit first."

Luo Yaoguo nodded at Dai Li, sat down behind the desk, opened the file bag and took out the bound documents inside, and read them page by page......

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Shanghai, Western Suburbs, Luo Beigen Road.

This is the current luxury villa area in Shanghai, in a forest of luxury houses, there is a typical British classical style country house, this is the famous real estate king Victor on the Shanghai beach. Sassoon from the Baron's holiday villa. It is currently temporarily taken over by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (of course, the ownership of the property still belongs to Victor. Sassoon, which will be returned once the war is over). The villa, where the celebrities used to gather, was now empty, and there were no pedestrians on Robegan Road outside the villa, except for a few plainclothes agents from the Military Intelligence Bureau patrolling around vigilantly.

At this time, a car suddenly drove from the road of Robegan and stopped at the gate of Sassoon's villa, and as soon as the car stopped, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, combed his hair, and round glasses on the bridge of his nose jumped out in a hurry. The patrolling agents cast vigilant eyes, and after seeing the faces of the people who came, the agents sighed softly again, and did not come forward to interrogate, but continued their patrols. It turned out that the person was Zhou Fohai, the ambassador of the Republic of China to Japan, who was responsible for receiving the Japanese guests in the villa. After getting out of the car, Zhou Fohai waved his hand at the driver in the car and asked him to drive the car away, and then stepped forward and rang the doorbell. The big black iron door opened a crack, and a young man in the same suit and leather shoes came out, and when he saw Zhou Fohai, he bowed slightly, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Zhou, is the assistant commander going to see General Yongtian?" ”

Zhou Fohai nodded, and flashed in through the crack in the door, and after the door was closed, he said to the young man: "Zongwu, General Yongtian hasn't left, right?" ”

The young man's surname was Gao, his name was Zongwu, he graduated from Kyushu Imperial University in Japan in 1931, and then entered the Japanese Division of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This person is also very famous in history, but in this time and space, Sino-Japanese relations are obviously not so important, so his status has declined, and he is currently only the director of the Japan Division. He is now in charge of receiving visiting Japanese War Minister Nagata Tetsuyama together with Zhou Fohai.

Hearing Zhou Fohai's question, Gao Zongwu frowned, shook his head and said, "Yongtian Tieshan has never left the Sassoon Villa, but his righteous daughter is very active and is not in the villa all day. ”

"Oh, it's the half-breed woman." Zhou Fohai seemed to know something, he nodded thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "Let's not ask about this matter, please take me to see General Yongtian now." With that, the two of them strode towards the living room, one after the other.

When they came to the door of the lavishly decorated English-style living room, they saw a thin man sitting with his back to the door, slowly pouring tea from the cup in the tea tray. The rich aroma of tea floats in the room, obviously the taste of Chinese green tea.

Gao Zongwu spoke fluent Japanese and said in a respectful tone: "Your Excellency Nagata, Ambassador Zhou is here. ”

The person in the hall turned around leisurely, his eyes were sharp, his thick eyebrows were like a sword, although he was a little old, but he couldn't see the slightest old age, this person was the Japanese Minister of War General Nagata Tetsuyama, known as the first brain in the Japanese army, and also the general head of the control faction currently in control of the Japanese army, although he did not have the official position of prime minister, but he was the second person in Japan (the first person was the emperor), and he was also the number one real power figure in Japanese politics. Seeing Zhou Fohai, he bowed slightly, then raised his hand and asked Zhou Fohai and Gao Zongwu to sit in.

"Mr. Zhou, it's Marshal Luo Fuwen who has arrived in Shanghai...... Marshal Luo is now the de facto first person in China, so I can talk about some substantive issues with him, right? ”

Zhou Fohai nodded and said with a faint smile: "Your Excellency Yongtian." Chief of General Staff Luo has traveled thousands of miles from Wuhan to Shanghai, naturally to discuss with you the Sino-Japanese alliance. In addition, Marshal Goering of Germany, Empress Anastasia of Russia, and Count Ziano of Italy have all accepted the invitation and will soon gather in Wuhan. The idea of the assistant commander is not only to form an alliance between China and Japan, but to conclude a great international alliance of China, Japan, Germany, Russia, and Italy, and the next step is to recruit Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Greece, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Portugal, and other countries to join. ”

"The Great League of Nations?" A hint of surprise flashed across Nagata Tetsuyama's face, although Japan very much wanted to join the "Sino-German Alliance," but it had never thought of joining an international alliance similar to the "League of Nations," let alone participating in a world war under the leadership of China and Germany.

Zhou Fohai seemed to see Yongtian's thoughts, he sighed softly, and said: "Your Excellency Yongtian, you must also understand the relationship between China and Japan at the moment, but it's just a good look, uh, no, I'm afraid you don't even have a good look...... The people of the two countries have not forgotten the First Sino-Japanese War or September 18, and they still hate each other. As far as I know, the Japanese side wants to emulate King Goujian, and those big figures in our country, except for Mr. Wang, have long had the mentality of a great power in the Celestial Empire. That is, there is still a little jealousy of Germany and the United States. Speaking of this, Zhou Fohai sighed again, "At present, there are only two civilized countries in Asia, China and Japan, under the oppression of Western civilization, they should unite and jointly defend the right of our yellow race to live, but ......"

Zhou Fohai said as he peeked at Yongtian Tieshan's face. Naturally, it is impossible for him to defect to the Japanese as a traitor in this time and space, but on the issue of dealing with Japan, under the influence of Foreign Minister Wang Jingwei, he still advocates goodwill and compromise. However, he also knew that the chief of the general staff of Luo, who held great power, was an out-and-out imperialist who had a tough attitude towards Japan, and there were even rumors that Luo Yaoguo had planned to raid and occupy Japan and turn Japan into a vassal of China! Although this plan was not realized due to various reasons, and China and Japan had to temporarily join hands because they faced a common enemy, it was very difficult for Luo Yaoguo to make substantial concessions on the issue of Japan. At present, we can only find a way to persuade the Japanese general in front of me not to make any excessive demands.

Nagata listened quietly, his expression calm, and he couldn't see any joy or anger. After Zhou Fohai's words were finished, he frowned slightly, the corners of his mouth moved, and he said, "Don't hide it from Mr. Zhou, you also know a little about the situation in your country." It can be said that there are very few politicians like Mr. Zhou and Mr. Wang, who sincerely hope for friendship between China and Japan for generations. Therefore, the Japanese Empire cherishes such friends very much. As long as an agreement can be reached satisfactorily this time, the empire and the contemptible people will never forget the help of Mr. Zhou and Mr. Wang. ”

Zhou Fohai took a deep breath, glanced at Gao Zongwu beside him out of the corner of his eye, and said with a wry smile: "Since Mr. Nagata said so, then I will also do my best to reach an alliance agreement between the two countries." At this, he abruptly accentuated his tone. Your Excellency, if you want to make every effort to promote an alliance between China and Japan, then you and I should first be honest and honest, and this is what Mr. Wang personally explained to me. ”

"I can tell Your Excellency that our Marshal Luo Fuwen has always had no good impression of Japan, and now he is willing to form an alliance with Japan purely because the negotiations with the United States have not yielded any results! And...... Our marshal is not very trustworthy, if he is only forced by the current situation to reach an alliance with your country against his will, once the situation changes, maybe he will go to war against the alliance! I don't think that's the outcome Your Excellency would like to see, right? ”

Hearing the word "war against the alliance", the muscles on Nagata's face suddenly twitched, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, and he subconsciously wanted to have a seizure, but Zhou Fohai sighed and continued: "...... Your Excellency the General certainly doesn't want China and Japan to come to the point of all-out war again, do you? In the same way, Mr. Wang of our country also does not want the two countries to go to war again, because that will cut off the hard-won revival of the yellow civilization, and China and Japan will not have a winner in such a war! It is only the Caucasian people of the West who can benefit. However, in order to maintain long-term peace and prosperity between China and Japan, we can only ask the Japanese side to give up its dream of becoming a country on the Asian continent. I hope that your country can give up other territories on the Asian continent except the Korean Peninsula, and of course, our country can give some overseas colonial territories, such as Luzon (where the US troops have not yet fully withdrawn) as compensation. ”

There was a dead silence in the living room, and Yongtian Tieshan's eyes were firmly fixed on Zhou Fohai's body. He knew that Zhou Fohai had always been more pro-Japanese, but if he wanted Japan to give up the Far Eastern territories, he just said it from the mouth of this pro-Japanese faction! It seems that using Luzon to take the Far Eastern territory is the bottom line of the Chinese side in this negotiation, and this deal is not a complete loss for Japan, but the question is whether the army officers at home who are obsessed with the mainland will agree to give up the hard-won Far Eastern territories?

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At this moment, the United States, Washington, D.C., the White House.

"Harry, do you think the British really won?"

Roosevelt sat in a wheelchair, his two crippled legs covered with a plaid blanket with a handwritten letter from Prime Minister Chamberlain Tohopkins. In the letter, Chamberlain informed Roosevelt of the victory in the Battle of the North Sea in the most cheerful tone, and at the same time put forward a proposal to convene a summit of the leaders of Britain, the United States, and France. At the end of the letter, Chamberlain also hinted that several British and French aircraft carriers could be sent to fight in the Pacific! And this one is absolutely incredibly attractive to the United States, which has just lost Hawaii and four aircraft carriers.

"Mr. President," Hopkins said with a smile, "whether Britain won the Great Sea Naval War or not, to be honest, I don't know. But I saw a huge British aircraft carrier formation in Scapa Bay! There are a total of 8 aircraft carriers, in addition to 2 in the dockyard for refit, and the entire refit project is almost complete. ”

"And what about their battleships?" Roosevelt raised his eyebrows, a treacherous smile on his pink face. "The war reports of the Germans and Chinese say that they sank 12 battleships and battle cruisers."

"It's true that I didn't see the battleship." Harry. Hopkins shrugged, "But so what? The British and French could send aircraft carriers to fight in the Pacific, and that was exactly what we needed. ”

Roosevelt picked up the coffee on the desk that was almost cold, took a shallow sip, and said with a smile: "What about the summit of the three countries?" What did Chamberlain say? ”

Hopkins frowned, "According to the British, the Trilateral Summit was an important meeting used to coordinate the positions of the countries in the anti-fascist war, as well as the post-war world arrangements. ”

"Post-war world arrangements?" Roosevelt snorted softly, revealing disdain. "Isn't it too early for them to discuss this now?"

It is indeed a little early to discuss the post-war division of the world, especially for the United States. With the loss of Hawaii, the heavy loss of its navy, and the only a few hundred thousand troops in its army, how much say does it have in the post-war world arrangement? Roosevelt knew that Britain and France were raising the issue of post-war arrangements precisely because they saw the temporary difficulties faced by the United States and wanted to induce the United States to agree to the Anglo-French arrangements for the post-war world at the cost of a few aircraft carriers...... But how much choice does the United States have now?

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