--Tokyo

"Smack!" Hideki Tojo stood up fiercely and looked at the people at the meeting, just because of the Soviet-German war broke out an extremely fierce quarrel, the southward movement that was originally set as a national policy was shaken again because of the Soviet-German war, countless people saw the opportunity to go north to attack the Soviet Union, especially many officers from the original Kwantung Army, and even regarded the elimination of the Soviet Union as Japan's first priority, which made the opinions in the military department not unified. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hideki Tojo said slowly, "Gentlemen! You should remember that our Imperial Japan is not a vassal of Germany, and we are not going to cooperate with them in attacking anyone, besides, Germany has always persuaded us to attack the British forces in Southeast Asia as soon as possible, but they themselves left Britain to attack the Soviet Union, did they tell us? Italy knows it, and it can be seen that in Germany's heart, we are not as important as Italy! ”

When the others heard this, they couldn't help but fall silent, yes, Germany made such a big strategic adjustment, but Japan, as an ally, did not get a note in advance, but Italy sent several divisions to join the battle, does Germany really regard Japan as an equal ally? Is there such an ally?

Hideki Tojo looked at Hirohito, who could only see half of his face, and he could feel that Hirohito was extremely dissatisfied after listening to his words, of course, this dissatisfaction was directed at Germany.

Hideki Tojo continued: "I think that if Germany goes to war against the Soviet Union, we can put pressure on the Soviet Union on the border, and I believe that the Soviet Union, under the pressure of Germany, is willing to negotiate some problems between us, and that's not what their Lenin did back then. ”

Everyone nodded slightly, indeed, the military department just wants military merit and expansion, which can be obtained from the north and the south. It would be great if the north could get a lot of benefits in a few words, and all kinds of preparations in the southward plan had been going on for a long time, and even the Kwantung Army had begun to transfer southward in batches to get used to tropical warfare, and it was indeed militarily unwise to change at this time.

The navy is the main force to go south, after all, the North Navy can only serve as a transport brigade like the Chinese battlefield, the Minister of the Navy, Shigetaro Shimada, said, "Now we have prepared any preparations for war, if we go north, then all preparations will be in vain, and the current economic situation of the empire can really go north?" If you talk about resources and wealth, the benefits of going south are much higher than going north! ”

After listening to Shigetaro Shimada's words, everyone thought about it, now that Japan's treasury is completely empty, where can we hold on to the matter of redeploying northbound?

Japan strengthened its decision to go south and began its final preparations.

- Yan'an

A white man wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army walked briskly to a large courtyard, and a guard hurriedly stopped him and said in English, "Mr. Bao Ruide, the chairman is not awake yet, can you wait a little?" ”

Bao Ruide looked at him, nodded and said with a smile, "Wang, you have learned English well, I really can't believe that you didn't read before you became a soldier." ”

Xiao Wang smiled and said, "The army is a big school, I usually don't have anything to do except protect the chairman, so I study more, and I hope I can help the chairman in the future." ”

At this time, a female Balu with a sword on her back walked over, he looked at the white man and said to Xiao Wang, "Xiao Wang, the owner of our family is back, when will the chairman be free and willing to see him?" ”

Xiao Wang immediately turned around and said, "The chairman has already confessed, and when the 203 chief comes, he will be called up, and if I don't call, he will be beaten in the ass, and I will call the chairman immediately." ”

The white man looked at the completely different results, looked at the beautiful woman standing there like a sharp sword in confusion, and asked curiously in extremely strange Chinese, "Madam, who are you?" What is your name? ”

Li Qian glanced at him in disgust and said in English, "Who are you?" As soon as I came up, I asked the lady's name, where is this etiquette? Shouldn't you introduce yourself first? Which factory or research institute are you from? ”

Li Qian has been with Yu Yishan for a long time, and her oral English level is not low, and she has also learned Russian and Japanese, and she has always hoped to help Jiang Cheng more.

Since there are many white workers and white scholars in Yan'an, and even due to management and vision, many white people have taken up middle and high-level positions, so Li Qian is not surprised by the white people who appear here.

Bao Ruide hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I was rude, you speak English so well, I'm Bao Ruide, and I am the director of the U.S. Liaison Office in Yan'an!" ”

Li Qian felt bad when she heard it, Jiang Cheng's existence can't be known to other countries, although I don't know if this big nose is concerned, but after all, it is a hidden danger, when Li Qian's mind has already surfaced the idea of killing people, Xiao Wang walked back and said, "The chairman is awake, that... Mr. Barred, could you wait a moment? The chairman wanted to meet Comrade Li Qian first. ”

Oh, his name is Li Qian! Bao Ruide's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Of course." Ladies first is the norm for gentlemen. ”

Li Qian glared at Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang didn't know where he had offended this female overlord, and touched his head depressedly, not knowing what to say.

When Li Qian went in, the chairman was already dressed and was pouring water, he saw Li Qian and asked, "It's Comrade Li Qian, when did Comrade 203 come back?" I thought he came with you. ”

Li Qian saluted and said, "The owner has brought a large number of materials and is cooperating with the organization of transportation matters, let me report to the chairman first, and he will report to the chairman at noon." ”

The chairman shook his hand and said, "The report is a small thing, and what he is doing now is a big thing, okay, I know." As he spoke, he saw Li Qian frowning, so he asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Li Qian nodded and said, "Chairman, there is also a Bao Ruide from the United States outside, he knows my name and the existence of the code name 203, and I don't know if it matters." ”

The chairman snorted and said, "Comrade Li Qian's spirit of secrecy is very good, it doesn't matter if he knows the code name 203, the more nervous we are, the more concerned he will be, okay, you go and get busy, by the way, call Mr. Bao Ruide in." ”

Li Qian walked outside the door, saw Bao Ruide looking at her with bright eyes, snorted and said, "The chairman let you in." ”

Bao Ruide bowed to Li Qian very gentlemanly and then entered the chairman's room with Xiao Wang.

Since many things need to be kept secret, Xiao Wang sometimes also takes on the function of translator.

Bao Ruide said to the chairman: "Mr. Mao, I don't know about the Soviet-German war, what do you think of the Chinese Red Party?" ”

The chairman lit a cigarette and said, "The Soviet-German war is the inevitable result, the German fascists are aggressive, and the Soviet Union, as their largest neighbor, is naturally the next target of their aggression." ”

Barred nodded, stared at the chairman and asked, "Then I wonder if the Soviet Union gave your party any instructions through the Red International?" Also, what does Mr. Mao think about Japan's movements? ”

The chairman smiled and said, "Indeed, the Red International hopes that we can contain the Japanese army in North China, and even hopes that we can attack the Japanese army in puppet Manchuria to prevent the Japanese army from going north, and the Soviet Union and the German army will form a flank attack on the Soviet Union, but I don't think Japan will go north, I judge that Japan will still choose the road to the south." ”

Barred asked suspiciously, "Why is that?" ”

The chairman waved his hand and strengthened his tone and said, "It's very simple, Japan's economic difficulties have reached the extreme, the depreciation of the Japanese currency some time ago has hit Japan's economy hard, and they urgently need a lot of resources and money to replenish it. ”

He said, "Mr. Mao, President Roosevelt has entrusted me to convey to you that the situation in the world anti-fascist war is very consistent with what you expected, and we believe that the Soviet Union should become a member of the world's anti-fascist forces, and that the Soviet Union cannot and believes that it will not be defeated by Germany. ”

Speaking of this, the chairman said to Barred with a wry smile, "Yes, then I would like to ask Mr. Barred, what about the support and assistance that your country said would give us?" So far, we have only received a few samples transferred from Chongqing, well, probably to arm a company or so. ”

Bao Ruide couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and said, "I asked Chongqing about this matter, and Chongqing said that it was because a large number of materials were hoarded in Myanmar and had not been shipped in, and their transportation seemed to have encountered problems." Saying that, looking at the chairman's smiling face, Bao Ruide said, "In addition, the first batch of materials we have shipped from Lianyungang will arrive in Hong Kong soon, please believe in the sincerity of our country, it is just a matter of war against Japan..."

The chairman hummed and said, "The Japanese army in North China will never be able to draw a single soldier to the north or south, you can rest assured of this." ”

Bao Ruide and Xiao Wang walked outside the door, and Bao Ruide asked Xiao Wang curiously, "Wang, who is that Li Qian?" ”

Xiao Wang Hu glanced at Bao Ruide suspiciously and said, "He is a chief guard, Mr. Bao Ruide, you are a family person..."

Bao Ruide suddenly said embarrassedly, "Where do you want to go, I don't have any other ideas, then I'll go." ”

At noon, Jiang Cheng came to the chairman's courtyard, and the chairman saw Jiang Cheng come in, and said to Jiang Cheng with a smile, "Come on, come on, you come in first, and I'll tell you after I approve these documents." ”

Jiang Cheng picked up the apple on the table, took a bite and said, "Chairman, you usually have to eat more fruit, you haven't eaten this fruit at all." ”

The chairman put down his pen, smiled and walked over and said, "I'm not as laid-back as you, and I can relax a little when you come, and you did a good job with the yen, and I believe Japan will soon have to go south." ”

Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "The international situation is all in our plan, the Soviet-German war two days ago to now, Germany's progress is extremely fast, I got the news that the Soviet Union lost more than 4,000 planes in three days, almost comparable to the planes that Germany entered the war this time, I believe that in half a year, Germany will attack the mainstay, until the coming of winter, the Soviet Union will not lose more than two million troops, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop the German army's blitzkrieg offensive." ”

The chairman squinted his eyes and said, "Today Barred came to me and said that the United States wants the Soviet Union to become a member of the anti-fascist camp, and I think the United States will soon contact the Soviet Union, and once the Lend-Lease Act also includes the Soviet Union, the United States will officially become the world's arms dealer... You also told me that the industrial strength of the United States is sufficient to arm the armies of China, the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States, as can be seen from the fact that the United States gave Britain more than 200 warships in one go. Xiao Jiang, how are you doing over there? ”

Jiang Cheng replied, "There is no problem with the army equipment, the problem now is the air force equipment, especially large bombers, due to the long period of peace on my side, there are almost no such things, and can only be fought for from the current United States, I got thirty B-17s in the name of the French Free Army, but I haven't thought about how to ship them back, in addition, although the aircraft factory has begun to build, we also have all the drawings, but it will take time to officially produce." ”

The chairman stood up and said, "You can rest assured about the implementation of production, I will let them do their best to implement it, now several large factories are building rapidly, and I wish that the counteroffensive could be one day sooner... The food problem in the country is already extremely serious. As he spoke, there was a trace of sadness on the chairman's face, "The comrades in the Central Plains region sent some reports and photos, and they really looked at it and wept." ”

Jiang Cheng asked, "Is it serious?" ”

The chairman nodded and said, "It's serious. From 1940 to the present, the drought has depleted the grain reserves of ordinary people everywhere, such as Puyang, where only one light rain of about 15 mm fell in the spring of 1941. The yield of wheat per mu is about 30 catties due to drought. Up to now, 80% of the people there have run out of food, and it is a Japanese-occupied area, where Japanese traitors rob grain and force money every day. The peasants wanted to sell their land and sell their property, but no one bought them, so they had to leave their hometowns and wells to flee the famine and ask for food, and the old, weak, sick and disabled could not afford to flee, so they ate bran and vegetables at home, and ate grass, bark, and leaves to survive. And the state-occupied area is not much better, now Chongqing's tax policy is to levy in kind, first according to the tax rate of grain, and then according to the price of grain, but that price and the actual price are simply worlds apart.... Little Jiang, I really can't wait. I can't wait to fly over and liberate those people... We actually have the ability..."

Jiang Cheng lowered his head, he didn't know what to say, is it okay to counterattack now? The Eighth Route Army has this strength, but this will destroy the entire layout, but when he thinks of the sluggish and hungry eyes of those ordinary people, his heart is also trembling.

The chairman sighed and said, "I now hope that the little devils can do something to Southeast Asia as soon as possible, so that we can liberate our suffering people as soon as possible." ”

Jiang Cheng nodded understandingly and said, "I think those officials in the affected areas don't want too many victims in their jurisdictions, I see if they can guide them to our side, as long as they enter our jurisdiction, at least they won't starve to death." ”