48. Restart negotiations
The strategy of the [***] side to repair the plank road and darken Chen Cang directly made the fighting spirit and spirit of the book completely shattered.
The war was completely impossible to continue, and the ambassadors in various countries immediately launched a full-scale diplomatic operation, lobbying the Western powers to mediate. If the Chinese [***] team is really allowed to capture Tokyo and parade in Tokyo, then the whole world will not be able to raise its head at all, and the morale of the people will be completely trampled on.
In the Shanghai Concession, the plenipotentiary in charge of negotiations, Inu Yangyi, also frequently visited the mediation representatives of various countries, saying that it had really reached the point of exhaustion, and that there had not been any large-scale fierce fighting, but under the operation of the Chinese side's conspiracy, most of the territory had been occupied. Although the Chinese [***] team was stationed outside the city after only defeating the defenders, the Korean army that took over the defense of the city was frantically plundering and bloodily suppressing the resistance of the people and the **, and the towns were full of blood and smoke.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why Li Bufan, the young leader of China, insisted on continuing the war was to accumulate prestige and seniority for him to become a full-fledged president in the future. I don't think countries want China to be the president of China with such a military strongman, which is not only a disaster for Japan, but also a disaster for East Asia and even the world. Please! ”
Inu Yangyi's bowed head was almost lowered to the ground, and at this moment, he could no longer care about shame and dignity. Originally, he also wanted to mobilize China's pro-Japanese faction and the Liuyue faction to lobby for the provisional political axe in Nanjing, but Li Bufan openly claimed on the occasion of the declaration of war that those who dared to make peace with him would be killed. Several of the main and media broke out relevant reports, but they were forcibly seized by the army on the same day, and all the boss reporters were arrested and imprisoned, how can people not be silenced.
Who is Li Bufan? At the beginning, several provinces in East China launched a major riot, which was a river of blood, and I don't know how many wealthy families were wiped out because of this. Where does the pro-Yue faction dare to kill themselves? A few relatives shouted in the concession that the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe in the concession could not send troops in to arrest people, but these flies were immediately shot and killed.
British representative Smith, French representative François Hollande, and American representative Conger are all professional diplomats, and since they have been sent as representatives, they naturally have studied the situation in East Asia and are very clear about the bottom line at home. Originally, the great powers expected that the so-called "Verdun of the East" would be able to severely damage the main force of the Chinese [***] team and consume the vitality of the Chinese side, but they never dreamed that the situation would change drastically.
"Early tomorrow morning, we will again ask the Chinese side to cease the war and negotiate peace." Smith glanced at Inu Yangyi in disappointment and said, "It's disappointing for your country's incompetence, but given that the British Empire is also a member of the Entente and an alliance of the British, we in the British Empire will not sit idly by and watch the British Empire become history." ”
"Thank you, Your Excellency, I will firmly follow the steps of the British Empire" Inu Yangyi's tears were about to fall at this moment, and I don't know if it was humiliating or moving. The world is changing so fast that he doesn't even have the capacity to take the blow. This role change is too fast, as if it returned to the first day overnight, and the [***] team landed on a large scale in the local area, which is simply a big thing of the sky falling, and it was a thunderbolt on a sunny day that almost knocked him out.
"We need to discuss this matter, so please do it first." Hollande unceremoniously drove Inuyi away.
The dog raised Yi left with a thousand thanks, and he didn't dare to let out a fart.
Conger looked at the back of Inu Yangyi, and suddenly said, "Inu Yangyi? Dog raising is literally understood in Chinese, does that mean that a dog is raised? ”
"Hehehe." Conger's little humor made Smith and Hollande laugh.
Smith quickly said, "This is the end of the joke. The island of Shikoku has been basically occupied by the Chinese, and the army on Kyushu Island is concentrated in Kumamoto to defend against the attack of the Chinese's First Front, but unexpectedly the Chinese Second Front Army landed directly from Kagoshima, it can be said that Kyushu Island is now only left with Kumamoto and has not completely fallen; Hokkaido in the north is completely finished, and the fall of Sendai in the north of Honshu Island is only a matter of two days. I didn't expect that the always arrogant and domineering book would come to such an end in such a short period of time. ”
Hollande laughed and said: "I am a group of barbaric fools, as an island country, it still wants to resist when it loses its sea dominance, isn't that self-defeating?" They thought that the Chinese would be as stupid as them and would fight them in a decisive battle. But I don't know that China Li participated in the Battle of Verdun, how tragic such a battle is, how huge the cost, I think China Li is very clear, because it is clear, so China Li will never be willing to fight such a terrible battle. ”
Conger laughed, "Well, we all know that I am savage and stupid, but we have to save them now. If I fall completely, then a unified China that has basically completed the construction of the industrial system will be a dominant force in the Far East, and I think none of us is willing to face the huge army of millions of Chinese, let alone a Chinese leader who is a military strongman, otherwise we will have to roll up and roll out of China sooner or later. ”
"Damn it, it's their stupidity that has caused the situation in East Asia to become so bad, and you America, can't you restrict your businessmen? If such a steady stream of equipment is exported to China, China will become even more terrible. Smith viciously expressed his displeasure.
Conger shook his head and said: "Every state in the United States has laws that can be read, and I am very sorry, even the president cannot stop American businessmen from making money, otherwise the United States will face the danger of disintegration." And is it just us, the United States? Aren't you British the same in exporting parts? And France, Germany. We all have to admit that there is nothing that any country can do to stop trade unless it is a war. ”
Hollande smiled bitterly: "Okay, we have no way to stop the trade, we can only block the export of sensitive equipment as much as possible, let's talk about how we can open our mouth tomorrow to ask for negotiations"
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Britain, France, and the United States once again came forward to mediate, and representatives of the three major powers came in succession, attracting attention.
Tang Shaoyi didn't dare to slack off, but such a big matter was not something that his foreign minister could decide alone, so he arranged for someone to stabilize Smith and others, and personally visited Li Bufan in the temporary presidential palace to ask for instructions on how to deal with this matter.
"Hehe" Li Bufan and Wu Di laughed dryly at each other, Wu Di said, "It seems that Xiao Yue can't hold it anymore, so he begged grandpa to sue grandma and asked foreign devils to come out to mediate." Boss, I see that the great powers will definitely not want to watch us kill Xiao Yuben. ”
Li Bufan nodded, and said in deep thought: "It's no problem to restart negotiations, but there are three prerequisites, which can be regarded as letting Xiao Yueben show the sincerity of the peace talks." ”
Wu Di smiled and said, "No matter what, the negotiation has to be negotiated slowly." We have a lot of decent equipment in these control areas, and we need to move them back. Even if it is inconvenient for the political axe to invest in many industries, then the equipment can also be transferred to the national capital, by the way, there seem to be a lot of small boats at the wharf, and they can be driven back, not left to the small ones, even if the fishing boats are not let go, they can be rented to coastal fishermen at a low price, yes, yes, the shipyard has to be cleaned, especially the dock and various equipment, some old antiques, then blow it up. ”
Li Bufan and Tang Shaoyi both looked at the Wu enemy's army division with the eyes of bandits, this item is too amazing, they can't take it away or don't want it, they actually blew it up, and they didn't even leave the scum to others. This made Li Bufan confirm once again that the traversers are all shameless people with no discipline and no bottom line, what kind of environment does this need to cultivate this kind of livestock?
Gradually, the Wu Enemy Army, who was making a big statement to move the small book, finally discovered the wrong eyes of Li Bufan and Tang Shaoyi, and was furious from the bottom of his heart, and couldn't help but say: "Hey, what kind of eyes are you?" Then he continued to check the clothes on his body, especially the "gate" below, for fear that he would forget to close the "door" after going to the toilet, but he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his clothes.
1. The garrison of Port Arthur must surrender unconditionally;
2. The troops still resisting in Kumamoto must surrender unconditionally;
3. It was necessary to destroy the fortified defense line built in the Fukuyama area.
"If these three conditions can be met, China will recognize the sincerity of the company and resume negotiations." Tang Shaoyi returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confronted Smith, Hollande, and Conger, and said the three prerequisites for peace talks instructed by Li Bufan.
Lushun Fortress is known as the first fortress in the Far East, and the Kwantung Army is stationed here, and after the original direct surrender, a wing of the garrison of the Yue Army originally stationed in Tianjin also fled here, and more than 20,000 troops relied on such a fortress, how many people died in the storm? And the Chinese bombshells are almost exhausted, and without the bombshells they cannot destroy the fortress. For this reason, it has been besieged but not attacked before, in order to force Yuben to surrender and recover it intact.
Destroying the defensive fortifications in the Fukuyama area was to facilitate the attack of the stick queen and Xiao Yumoto. As for the sticks, isn't there a fortification work on the Chinese side at present? This is a typical example of only allowing the governor to set fires and not allowing the people to light lamps, only allowing me to have fortifications, not allowing you to have them, so that the sticks can be attacked, retreated, and defended, and the small capital will be consumed. Completely get rid of the Kumamoto defenders on Kyushu Island, that is also to stabilize the rear of Minami Stick. Before the negotiations are concluded, will Li Bufan allow Yue Ben to project troops and other armed forces in the occupied areas? That's impossible. Not only will it not, but it will do its best to assist the stick to control these areas, expand and reorganize the training troops, and the retreat of the [***] team is the time when the stick and the small one start fighting.
Smith said in a deep voice, "Your country's request is too much, isn't it?" In the event that your country provokes a war again, isn't it completely impossible to resist the destruction of the fortifications? ”
Hollande also said solemnly: "That's right, there must be negotiations first. Your Excellency, both your country and Ben are members of our Entente powers, and I hope that your country will not gain an inch. ”
Tang Shaoyi thought for a while and said: "Yue Ben shows sincerity and completes the first two items first, even if Yu Ben doesn't agree, they won't be able to last long." As for the fortifications of the defensive line, they must be destroyed after the results of the negotiations, and our troops will be withdrawn only after the compensation has been fulfilled. ”
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