Seishiro Itagaki took the newspaper in Ishihara's hand, which was the German People's Observer newspaper, and only saw that it was written on it that the German government had recently decided to release several people involved in red affairs who had been detained for many years, and thought that they were not suspicious.

Seishiro Itagaki thought for a moment and said, "Do you doubt what the news means?" ”

Ishihara squinted his eyes and said, "I know a little bit about Hitler, he would rather kill the wrong person than let it go, since he is involved in red, then Hitler will definitely not release it so easily, he must be doing it now to release some signals." ”

Seishiro Itagaki said in horror: "Could it be that Germany wants to form an alliance with the Soviet Union?" This is impossible, Hitler's Nazi Party started against the Red, and we still have an international anti-Red Pact! ”

Ishihara said with a smile, "Don't we have less agreement with China, this agreement, it is only useful to use, and when it is useless, just tear it up!" The most important problem for Germany now is the Polish problem, Poland has formed an alliance with Britain and France, and completely ignores Germany's diplomatic efforts, and continues to reorganize its armaments for war, obviously preparing for war, in this case, Germany has only one way, that is, to attack Poland, then Britain and France will be forced to declare war with Germany, if the Soviet Union also enters the war at this time, Germany will definitely lose, if I were Hitler, I would also choose to unite with the Soviet Union. ”

Saying that, Ishihara stood up and said, "We can't fight anymore, let's communicate with the Soviet Union immediately, and we want to end this war with dignity." ”

Seishiro Itagaki nodded and said, "You're right, if the Soviet Union really unites with Germany, we will have to change the situation in the Far East, and we must report to Your Majesty and the Prime Minister." ”

-- The Imperial Palace of Japan

Hiranuma Kiichiro listened to what Ishihara Wanji and Itagaki Seishiro said, shook his head and said, "This is just your speculation, if you withdraw your troops based on such speculation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the people, and the forces we invested in Nomenkan are no longer inferior to any battle launched in Sekinai,"

Hirohito sat on the throne and kept his mouth shut, looking at everyone.

Ishihara immediately said, "It is the duty of the soldiers to fight on the battlefield, and it is not the duty of the princes to determine when to start the war and how to end it, do you think that you can start a full-scale war with the Soviet Union?" ”

Hirohito looked at Kiichiro Hiranuma and asked, "If something unspeakable really happens, can the empire achieve the final victory?" ”

Kiichiro Hiranuma shook his head and said, "The situation in Europe is complicated and strange, and it is difficult for Wechen to judge. ”

Ishihara said, "In that case, why not take advantage of the fact that we now occupy Kulen and negotiate with the Soviet Union, the world is very big, if Germany really unites with the Soviet Union, we still have South Asia to be desired!" ”

Hirohito sighed, stood up and said, "In the past, I was in the past, and Yang Liu was still there." Now I think about it, the rain and snow are falling. I heard that it has been raining and snowing in Manchuria recently, and I would like to tell Pu Yi, the ruler of Manchukuo, to pay attention to the lives of our expatriates. ”

Hirohito's verse is known as the ancestor of war-weary poetry, and of course everyone understands what this means, Hirohito glanced at Kiichiro Hiranuma, who was at a loss, and couldn't help but be dissatisfied with his ability, and got up to leave.

-- Moscow

"What? Kulen was occupied by the Japanese army? And what about Zhukov! What's he doing? I gave him the Far East, and this is how he repaid me? Is he worthy of the trust of the people? Stalin stood up and roared.

"General Zhukov has cut off the logistical supply line of the Japanese army in Nomenkan, and now the Japanese army is besieging Nomenkan, and he was also surprised to get the news that Kulen was attacked. The cavalry units are being ordered to return to reinforcements with all their might, but it will take at least 10 days or so for a counteroffensive, and in addition, there are traces of Japanese infantry on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and we initially suspect that the Japanese have the intention of cutting off the railway. Beria said quickly, he didn't dare to hide or exaggerate anything at this time, Stalin's anger made him almost gasp.

"100,000 Japanese troops surrounded by us? Well, we have a good bargaining chip, what happened after the Japanese occupied Kulen? Stalin said with his pipe.

"They are very quiet, surprisingly quiet, the streets of Kulen are completely different from Nanjing, the Japanese army is very well-behaved, and they rarely even harass the people." Beria said.

"Haha!" Stalin laughed and said, "This is a signal to us, they don't want to fight, they want to negotiate, okay, then let's talk, our bottom line is clear, restore the state before the war, otherwise, let them collect the corpses for their army, it's great that I will rebuild a city of Kulen!" ”

-- Chongqing

Jiang Intermediary looked at the food on the table with a solemn face, Song Meiling looked at him like this, and couldn't help pushing him and said, "Darling, why don't you eat?" Is the rice not to your taste? Do you want me to make them pour it down and redo it? ”

Jiang Zhong glanced at Song Meiling, shook his hand and said, "I have something on my mind, yesterday, we have already had a reply to the Soviet Union's request for military aid, but this reply really gives me a headache." ”

Song Meiling asked, "Aren't they willing to support us?" ”

Jiang Zhong touched his scepter and said, "That's not it, not only is it not that it doesn't support, but it's willing to give us planes, artillery, tanks, machine guns, it's very hard, but they put forward a condition, that is, they want us to launch a counteroffensive to prove our people's army's determination to fight the Japanese army to the end!" ”

Saying that, Jiang intermediary dropped his chopsticks and said, "In the past few months, Britain and the United States have successively given us some loans, although not much, like Britain is stingy only a million pounds, but it is better to give, many international friends say that Britain and the United States and other countries are worried that we will surrender, and the money lent to us will be wasted, so they hesitate!" It also requires us to show determination. ”

Song Meiling hurriedly said, "Isn't this really good, aren't we just preparing to launch a counteroffensive in the near future?" ”

Jiang Intermediary glared and asked, "Who are you listening to?" ”

Song Meiling couldn't help laughing, pushed him and said, "You said it a few months ago, you forgot about it yourself." ”

Jiang Zhong was stunned for a moment, patted his head and said with a smile, "There is such a thing, but it is one thing for us to want to fight, and it is another thing for others to let us fight, now Japan and the Soviet Union are at war, and the Soviet Union let us fight just in the hope that we can contain the Japanese army." ”

"Commission, urgent report." A guard came in and said.

Song Meiling glanced at Jiang Intermediary dissatisfied, Jiang Intermediary smiled to apologize, picked up the telegram and looked at it, only after a few glances, Jiang Intermediary stood up and shouted, "Immediately let He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng, Dai Li and others come to the meeting!" ”

Song Meiling asked, "What's going on?" ”

Chiang sat down and said, "The Japanese army has occupied Kulen, and the two sides of Nomenkan have begun a ceasefire, and Japan and the Soviet Union are going to cease fighting."

-- Conference room

"Commission, even if Japan and the Soviet Union want to truce, but the two conflicts have made them have to hoard heavy troops on the border, and in a short period of time, the Japanese army will not transfer troops back to the pass so quickly." Bai Chongxi judged the situation and said.

"But in the long run, the Japanese army will still focus on us in China again, and we must prepare for the next attack of the Japanese army." He Yingqin followed and said.

"If I were the Japanese army, the next attack direction would definitely be Changsha, so we should defend Changsha next, you know, Okamura Ningji's 11th Army has basically not moved." Chen Ce pointed to Changsha on the map and said.

Jiang Zhong thought for a while and said, "Now, our army has a total of 242 infantry divisions, 31 infantry brigades, 12 cavalry divisions, and 8 cavalry brigades, with a total of more than 2.8 million people. Our army should not only think about defense, but also think more about offense, like the Red Party! ”

Everyone looked at each other, unable to believe that Jiang was actually preparing to attack.

Jiang Zhong continued: "I plan to take out eighty to one hundred divisions to launch a large-scale counteroffensive in Guinan, Changsha, Jiangxi, Hebei, Henan and other places! At a minimum, the requirements are to recover a few county towns, to show the prestige and morale of our people's army, and not to let the people mistakenly think that only the Red Party can win the battle, and our White Party will only be transferred! ”

When several people heard this, they knew that Jiang Zhong had made up his mind, Bai Chongxi thought for a while and said, "If this is the case, we must choose one place to attack, and the rest of the places will be assisted by feints, the best direction of attack is Changsha, where our most elite troops are hoarded, but because of this, once lost, Changsha will open its door, and the Japanese army will threaten our Hengyang, Changde and other places, and even Chongqing, so I think Changsha cannot be moved lightly." ”

Jiang Zheng nodded, he wanted to counterattack more in the hope of getting external support, but he didn't want to win a battle.

He Yingqin said, "If this is the case, why not choose the direction of Nanchang, we failed last time, the Japanese army is now along the Yangtze River laid down a long snake formation, we will attack the middle of the middle, feint to attack the head, it will inevitably be chaotic, if we can take Nanchang, we can threaten the Japanese army's logistics line, we will be more sure of Changsha." ”

As soon as Jiang heard about Nanchang, he thought of the New Fourth Army and the Youth Army, and immediately felt a headache and said, "No, even if Nanchang succeeds in the counteroffensive, it will be difficult to hold it for a long time, and it is too close to Nanjing and the Yangtze River." ”

Hearing Jiang Zhong say this, Bai Chongxi pointed to Xiangyang and said, "Then Xiangyang, this place has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and our army can attack Zaoyang and Suizhou from here, if these two places are conquered, our army can threaten Wuhan." ”

Jiang Zheng touched his chin, was very satisfied with this place, and said, "Okay, then immediately start preparing the battle plan, let's call it a winter counteroffensive!" ”

-- Modern

Jiang Cheng looked at the container full of yen in front of him, pushed hard, the container shook a little, and there was no response, Jiang Cheng sighed and said, "How much money does this have, did you spend all the raw materials I gave you?" ”

Kou Kokou pointed to the container and said, "This is a 20-foot container, 38 cubic meters, all of which are 100 yen, because they are old, so they are relatively thick, there are 1.3 billion, you can count them yourself." ”

Jiang Cheng shook his hand and said, "Forget it, I still can't believe you, I said that the money would be sent to you, then I'll go first." Your sister Nana is still waiting for me to go back to dinner. ”

Seeing that Jiang Cheng was leaving, Kou Kokou stretched out her hand to say something, but she didn't speak.

Jiang Cheng looked at Kou Kokou, scratched his head and said, "Why don't you go together?" ”

Coco immediately smiled and said, "Wow, what are you going to eat today?" ”

Jiang Cheng touched his chin and said, "I bet five yuan on potatoes and beef, and she will do this." ”

-- Berlin

Jiang Cheng sat on the sofa and listened to Shacht talk about the recent events.

Shacht said to Jiang Cheng, "Thanks to you, the Führer later sent someone to investigate, and sure enough, we found that Britain and France were talking with the Soviet Union, and we also completely saw through the true colors of Britain and France, they are a group of devils!" A bunch of liars! ”

Jiang Cheng smiled slightly, but he understood that the talks between Britain and France and the Soviet Union were absolutely fruitless.

Even if the Munich Agreement allowed Germany to annex Czechoslovakia, it was a pass given by Britain and France to Germany to attack the Soviet Union. This is an acknowledgment that Germany at this time is no longer the Germany that needs to be limited after the First World War.

Today, in the context of growing tensions in European affairs, contacts between Britain and France and the Soviet Union have begun. The Soviet Union naturally hoped for an alliance between Britain, France and the Soviet Union. It mainly refers to the mutual assistance between the three in the fight against aggression and the joint guarantee of European security. In this way, Germany will be able to put the lifted restrictions back in the cage. But Britain and France talked more with the Soviet Union in the hope that the Soviet Union could help Poland, and it was better that once Germany and Poland went to war, the Soviet Union would go to war with Germany.

Jiang Cheng handed Shacht a cigar and said, "I just came back from the United States, and the economy has been developing well recently." ”

Schacht sighed and said, "After all, the United States is the world's largest industrial country, and its foundation is much thicker than ours, not to mention anything else, our military spending has become more and more tight recently, and Wall Street people are no longer willing to lend us money." ”

Jiang Cheng knew Schacht's concerns, you must know that at this time, Germany's foreign debt was as high as 33 billion marks, and in history, Germany occupied most of Europe, and collected occupation fees everywhere, and by 1944 it had only collected 47.6 billion marks. This 33 billion marks has been Germany's military spending for almost three years.

Shacht's economic magic is, to put it bluntly, to keep playing white slips, and use white slips to repay white slips, so that the borrower can see a greater profit, and then borrow money again.

And Wall Street is willing to lend money to Germany in this way, thanks to the economic crisis and Roosevelt, you know, Roosevelt in order to deal with the economic crisis, constantly increasing the tax rate, including 70% inheritance tax and 63% federal income tax. This allowed a large amount of money to flee to magical Germany.

Jiang Cheng was relieved, "There's no need to be nervous, the Rome plan is very successful, isn't it?" We got a lot of resources and wealth in Czechoslovakia, and that money was enough to support the empire for a while. (To be continued.) )