August 15, 1938. On the fourth day after the destruction of Poland, the chairman of the joint zhèngfǔ, Lin Sen, received the British, French, and American envoys in Dìdū.

At the same time, the three men expressed their "willingness to return the concession to the United Zhèngfǔ for the sake of friendship between the nations." At the same time, the three parties said that they only recognized the joint zhèngfǔ as the legitimate zhèngfǔ of China. Guangzhou will refuse to admit it. This statement was immediately published in the newspapers.

At the same time, it was also carried to all parts of the country by radio waves!

Wang Zhaoming of the Guangzhou State Government was extremely embarrassed, and the Rì troops in the occupied areas were extremely angry. Rì didn't know what to do, and didn't even make any comments on the matter.

Italy, far away in Europe, was a little slower to react, but announced the next day that they had agreed to return their concession in Tianjin to the United Zhèngfǔ.

As for the original rì concession, it was taken back directly and unceremoniously when the Wehrmacht came in.

The concession of Tianjin began in the latter part of the Second Opium War, when the Anglo-French army captured Tianjin and marched under the city of Běijīng. On October 24, 1860, the Qing Dynasty was forced to sign the Treaty of Běijīng with Britain as a continuation of the Treaty of Tientsin, which opened up treaty ports, etc.

Paragraph 4 of the treaty stipulates: "The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty shall allow the city of Tianjin to be used as a port of commerce, and all British and civilians shall live and trade here in accordance with the regulations of the various articles approved by the law, and the proportion shall be the same." ”

After that, the cowardice of the Qing Dynasty made the nations continue to cut meat in Tianjin. Nine concessions, including Austria, Italy, Russia, Belgium, France, Britain, Germany, and the United States, have appeared successively.

The American Concession was short-lived, originally established in Tianjin in 1860. But at that time, the United States suffered the Civil War. It has never been approved by the United States.

Subsequently, in 1880, the U.S. consul returned the concession on the premise that he had the right to resume administration in the future. and managed by Tianjin Customs. However, in 1896, the United States again announced that it would renounce the management of the concession, but Qing did not respond.

In the end, the United States chose to merge its own concession with the British concession, and although it was merged with the British concession, the United States clearly stated in its treaty with Britain that if there was a concession management, transfer, or administrative matter, the two countries would need to negotiate and decide.

However, until the Wehrmacht of Tu Menghu entered the pass, there were only four remaining concessions in Tianjin. They are: Britain, France, rì, Italy, and the rì concession was unceremoniously and directly beaten down by Tu Menghu.

Although the foreign officials in the three concessions of Britain, France and Italy felt that this tiger would not harm them, they were still extremely worried that he would use violent means to directly attack the Wehrmacht and clean up the means of the people in the concessions.

All those who were found to have participated in the war were prosecuted for war crimes and sent to the three eastern provinces after the trial. Originally, all the assets of Rì himself in the concession were confiscated.

A part of the people who have not been proven guilty. was expelled from the area under the jurisdiction of the United zhèngfǔ. They were forced to migrate in the midst of the war and flee to the war zone. If you're lucky, you might be able to survive to the Rì war zone.

But those in the British, French, and Italian concessions do not think so, and now any rì himself has become the object of hatred of the Chinese. The odds of surviving without the protection of an army in a hated land are too small.

The repossession of the three concessions has made the newly established United zhèngfǔ gain momentum! At the same time, the attitude of all walks of life, which was originally somewhat skeptical, gradually turned to the new zhèngfǔ.

At this time, the situation in Europe fell into an eerie calm, Germany did not launch a new war as expected, and the Anglo-French forces, although stationed on the Maginot Line, did not attack Germany.

Even stranger. Germany did not declare war on these two countries after Britain and France declared war on him. Rather, it was strange that he didn't give any response.

"Count them as acquaintances. Didn't force me to bring someone in. Holding the contract with the ink not dry, Tu Menghu smiled disdainfully. He probably understands the mentality of these European countries better than most people of his time.

Britain and France in Europe are undoubtedly in decline, and whether they admit it or not, that's all there is to it. The First World War had consumed the last of their strength, and what they were doing now was nothing more than a death throe.

"Meng Ben, isn't it bad for us to force them like this?!" Lin Sen said with some hesitation: "Will this force them to go to Rì's side?!" If so, it's dangerous for us. What is most lacking in this place now is resources, if Europe grits its its teeth and provides them with ......"

"First of all, they themselves lack resources." Tu Menghu smiled and thought to Lin Sen as he explained. No wonder Lin Sen would have such an idea. In fact, in this era, most people have more or less such thoughts.

Except for Yan Zhengqing, a demon who has traveled and studied in various countries, almost no one in China can see through the fact that Britain and France are already at the end of their power. Most people's impression of Britain and France. Still stuck in the majesty of the First World War.

It is a pity that they did not know that the First World War could be finally defeated, and Britain and France relied on the United States a lot. Without the United States, perhaps Britain and France would have been torn apart by the German alliance in a crushing defeat during World War I.

Perhaps Britain and France were also afraid of being beaten by Germany, so now even if the combined forces of the two sides are not weaker than the German army, they have been shrinking to the Maginot Line.

"Secondly, they do not "" possibly supply resources to rì Ben. What was returned to us was nothing more than the concession. But if Rì Ben has the upper hand on the Chinese battlefield, then who knows if Rì Ben will covet Malay, Annam, and India...... Wait, the actual colonies of these Anglo-French countries?! ”

Tu Menghu stood up and looked at the red wheel outside the window, and said in a deep voice to Lin Sen beside him: "Those European whiteskins have never been kind, what they want most is actually that we and Rì Ben will fight each other so that they can clean up the mess." ”

"It's a pity that now they are too busy to take care of themselves. There's no time to bother with us. And the strength of rì is clearly not in their interests. At least, we don't have a navy capable of sailing far away to threaten their overseas colonies. And rì has it. ”

As he spoke, Tu Menghu turned around and pressed the table to Lin Sen and said, "So, they will agree to our request to take it back, because they can't take care of it here." ”

"And our mission. It's to kill Rì himself directly before Europe can ease up! As long as Rì Ben is lying down, we have won our chance. If we hadn't put down Rì before Europe had eased up, there would have been no doubt that they would have tried to figure us out again! ”

Speaking of which. The eyes of the slaughtering tiger flashed! He thought of the shameful Yata Agreement. Without the participation of any Chinese, Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union directly decided to split Outer Mongolia in exchange for the Soviet Union to send troops!

Although this is Stalin's demand, it is not difficult to see the indifference of Europe and the United States to China. Or, they also have the intention of letting the Soviet Union toss China.

"I've never believed that white people would be kind enough to bring us anything." Tu Menghu looked at the agreement on the table coldly, and said in a deep voice: "The Indians believed it, and then they were scalped off and sold for money. They went from tens of millions of people to only a few hundred thousand living in protected areas, and that's what these white people did. ”

"Benefits! Everything is based on profit! Tu Menghu slowly picked up the document. It was handed to Lin Sen.

"And our purpose and task is to fight for China's national interests and the interests of the Chinese nation!" Tu Menghu looked at Lin Sen and said fiercely: "Anyone who stands in the way of this." We will all crush him! ”

On August 16, 1938, Berlin, Germany, welcomed a group of guests. After hurriedly getting off the plane, they were escorted by Jǐng's guards to Hitler's Führer's office.

These people didn't come early, it was already close to midnight. And there weren't many pedestrians on the road. Escorted by several cars, they quietly arrived at Hitler's Führer's office.

"Welcome! Friends from afar! "In Hitler's reception room. Hitler, who had a hearty laugh, met with these guests who had come quietly to "Chapter 818 of the Tiger of the Far East".

"We are honored to have your audience! Your Excellency the Führer. The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and a leading figure on the other side stood up and saluted Hitler and responded with a smile.

"Oh~ you're Gregory. Mr. Zinoviev: is it?! I have heard your name for a long time, and I admire your revolutionary achievements! I am sure that the USSR and Germany will be the best allies under our leadership! "Hitler was once again accustomed to the speeches of xìng.

But it has to be said that his speech was very inflammatory.

"We lacked raw materials, and the USSR lacked a lot of industrialized machinery. Our union is undoubtedly the strongest and most suitable partner. Those British and French idiots are constantly trying to weaken us and limit us! But our union will make their wishes come to naught! We're going to clean them up. Let them know that we will not give in! ”

"We think so too, honorable Führer." These are coming. It was the Soviet business negotiating group headed by Zinoviev. At the invitation of German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, they came to Germany for business negotiations.

Ribbentrop's business invitation undoubtedly fell into the hands of the Soviet Union. Both Trotsky and Stalin wanted to be able to get their hands on finished products and machine tools from Germany.

Although the great war between the two sides caused great losses, it also taught Trotsky that without his own industrial productive forces there was no ability to continue the war.

The current form of war is no longer the same as it was during the First World War. The construction of the industrial base was urgent for the Soviets. But Britain, France and other countries obviously would not give this to the Soviet Union.

The only thing they can trade with is Germany.

Hitler was apparently pleased with the compliments of Zinoviev and others, and after chatting with them for a while, he invited them to join him for some supper. Then, Zinoviev and the others were sent to the hotel to rest.

The next day, they were greeted by German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and Economic Minister Walter Brown. Funk and Finance Minister Rutz. Graff. Schwerin. Feng. Kolosik.

Negotiations between the two sides officially began. The requirements of the Soviet side were numerous, including finished industrial machinery, machine tools, petrochemical equipment, electronic and industrial equipment, ships, vehicles, transport equipment, weights and measures...... Wait a minute.

Of course, if the demand comes out, then the price will naturally come out. The Soviets offered to borrow money from the Germans, but at the same time they repaid them with the raw materials they had mined.

At the same time, the Soviet side at the same time demanded the redemption of some of the mines and fields of the "Far Eastern Tigers" that Trotsky had given to Germany.

When the Soviet Union wanted to redeem the mines and oil fields, the faces of Ribbentrop and others suddenly became ugly. Undoubtedly. This is the Soviet Union trying to choke their neck, but now the situation in Germany really does not allow them to make enemies everywhere.

On the Soviet side, the old gods are there. They saw that it was impossible for Germany to obtain too many raw materials from other sources, and that the United States would certainly have to make secret deals because of the war treaty.

The three eastern provinces themselves were fighting against the rì army. Obviously, it is impossible to provide too much raw material. Even if it was provided, the sea side was guarded by Anglo-French forces, and the land side was difficult for them to transport to Germany without going through the USSR.

Of course, the USSR was not without its own weaknesses. It is impossible for Europe and the United States to export industrial infrastructure such as machine tools to the Soviet Union, let alone send people to help them build facilities such as factories.

The only person they can contact who is willing to provide them with this is Germany.

"On the issue of the redemption of minerals, we need the authorization of the Führer. We can't decide ...... ourselves," Ribbentrop thought for a moment. To the Soviet delegation, which made this request, he said: "If the Soviet Union intends to redeem those mines, what we want to know is what you are going to do with Vladivostok, which was occupied by the tiger in the Far East?!" ”

It has to be said that Ribbentrop, the foreign minister, is extremely qualified. He hit the Soviet Union directly with this stick. You are demanding the redemption of the mines in our agreement. And what about Vladivostok that you gave to that Tiger during the war ?!

If the Soviet side said that it had no intentions, or that there was no action for the time being, Ribbentrop would have something to say: wait for Vladivostok to have news, and then we will negotiate.

To put it bluntly, this is all sold to us by you in the war. If it is redeemed. That's also redemption for both parties, right?! You will redeem me. No, how can this be done if you don't redeem that tiger?!

Sure enough, the Soviet side was silent for a long time. Only by the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR Mikhailovich. Molotov responded.

"Monsieur Ribbentrop, this proposition you have put forward is inherently incorrect. Vladivostok, as it was said during the lifetime of Comrade Lenin, was occupied by Tsarist Russia by imperialist means. We will return it to its original owner. So, we just returned Vladivostok. It's not a deal. ”

Ribbentrop suddenly rolled his eyes when he heard this! Molotov was not very qualified as Minister of Defense, but he was quite articulate as Minister of Foreign Affairs, which countered Ribbentrop.

Molotov's implication is clear: Vladivostok is at least the one that Lenin said in public that he would return it to China. All we did in the "entertainment show" was to give it back.

But Lenin didn't say that the Germans would be allowed to mine in the mines of the Soviet Union, nor did he say that Germany would be allowed to extract oil on Soviet soil! So. Naturally, we want to redeem it.

Although we all know that Lenin also said: Vladivostok is ours! No one will give.

But this is said in private, and no one has documented it. At least for the time being, no one will admit that Lenin, the revolutionary teacher, could have spoken the words of imperialism so righteously.

"Vladivostok and the mines are two completely different concepts. Please also ask Mr. Ribbentrop not to get confused. Molotov added this sentence at the end, which directly choked Ribbentrop without words.

"Okay...... Our negotiations will take place tomorrow and we need to go back and report back to our head of state. With that, the two put away the documents on the table with each other, shook hands and parted amicably.

The Soviets and Germany were engaged in secret negotiations, and both the Rìben and Italy began to make secret contacts with Germany. Hitler sensed the scarcity of allies around him. He decided he wanted to expand his circle of allies.

Hiroshi Oshima kept coming up, and Mussolini's ambiguity made Hitler feel as if he could look for them. Although one is far away in Asia, it is the tiger who is a mortal enemy.

But what does it matter?! Britain and France are now declaring war on themselves, but that tiger is not still fighting with these two countries?! Italy is a European country, even if it has some dishes.

Form an alliance, and it's nice to say it. And Italy was able to support Germany to a certain extent. Unfortunately, Hitler did not know that these two sides were completely pig teammates.

One army is crippled like their spaghetti, while the other is okay, but it's a pity that he always acts with madness.

Of course, the Führer himself was no better. They can only be regarded as like things gathered together.

Hitler was the first to choose, Italy. After all, Italy is a European country and is now pursuing a fascist policy. And Mussolini, after Hitler's occupation of Poland, Mussolini seems to have some ideas.

"I can tell you unabashedly that I'm jealous of that stupid little monkey!" In Rome, Italy, Mussolini said coldly to his son-in-law, Italian Foreign Minister Ciano, "I was thinking, I should also do something." Something enough to make Italy proud! ”

"Sir, but our Minister of Defense, Jǐng, has told us that we now have too few tanks, armored vehicles, and aircraft to sustain a long-term operation." Ziano didn't know how to respond, so he could only speak according to his heart.

"I think we should take their opinions into account. After all, the execution of the war lies with them. So they will know better than us how to fight......"

In fact, there is still a sentence in Ziano's heart that has not been uttered: in the final analysis, Hitler is fighting a prepared battle. Those thousands of warplanes and tanks, as well as those soldiers who have undergone rigorous training, are not owned by Italy...... (To be continued.) )

ps: What's that, let's ask for a guaranteed monthly pass?! It's June in half an hour, so let's not fall too badly......