Chapter 640: Talks
"Hello, distinguished Mr. President, allow me at the outset to extend my sincere greetings to you on behalf of our head of state." Ribbentrop first greeted Su Tong who came in.
"You may be seated, Mr. Ribbentrop!" Su Tong bowed lightly, walked to the soft leather sofa and sat down.
At this time, Ribbentrop had the opportunity to take a detailed look at the president of the Republic of China in front of him, young and with a delicate face, ordinary in the eyes of Westerners, and even a little short stature, with a hint of fortitude in his eyes. He is the controversial figure in the West, he is called a warmonger in the East by some Western media, he is also called a despicable liar by some people, and some people call him the liberator of the East, but no matter who he is or what title he is, he has to recognize the fact that the young president in the world, who has just passed his thirtieth birthday, has saved an aging country, and he has revitalized an ancient empire and transformed it into a giant that has attracted the attention of the whole world.
While Ribbentrop was looking at Su Tong, Su Tong was also looking at the German Foreign Minister, who was called "Bismarck's second" by Hitler, and even awarded him as "a foreign minister who is greater than Bismarck". However, Su Tong also knew that this smiling man had another kind of evaluation in Germany, and the evaluation of him within Nazi Germany was actually not good, and Imperial Air Marshal Goering even openly claimed that Ribbentrop was a "dirty champagne estimator", and even the propaganda minister Goebbels was not without meanness: "His name was bought with money, money was obtained through marriage, and official positions were obtained by fraud." However, all of this was true, and the German Foreign Minister, a peddler, dominated the diplomatic objectives of the German Reich.
"Thank you, Mr. President, for taking the time out of your busy schedule to meet with me. I have come to your country on the orders of our head of state and with sincere intentions. Your Excellency the Head of State considers it necessary to have a serious discussion with you and your Government on an important foreign policy issue, namely, our relations with Russia. The task of a nation's foreign policy is to ensure the survival of their races by the breeding of their nations, and the enlargement of their lands, in a natural and proportionate manner. The only thing that can guarantee the freedom of a nation's survival is the sufficient space on the earth. It is only by this method that the German nation can secure its position among the world powers. β
Hearing this, a sneer appeared on Su Tong's face, is the German foreign minister now complaining about the narrow space of his country? It's time to bring out the meaning of the coming out.
Really. Then the German foreign minister added: "Germany is not a great power now, and from a territorial point of view, Germany's territory is really compared with those world powers. There is no need to use Britain as an example, because Britain is actually only a large city in the British World Empire, but the British World Empire occupies almost a quarter of the earth's territory. We have to look at the other big powers, like the United States, Russia, and China. These countries owned ten times the territory of Germany. The disproportionate population and territory of our country is extremely serious, and the territory is the source of wealth and the basis of political power, and the past history of our country and the present situation of weakness and hopelessness should be eliminated or redirected from the national socialist movement......"
Listening to the translator next to him translate Ribbentrop's gushing words, Su Tong gently lifted up his tirade: "Mr. Ribbentrop, I think these tirades of yours can be compared to later, and we will have time to discuss them later, now let's put the problem to the point." If I am not mistaken, the purpose of your visit to China is to coordinate the division of the scale of your country's influence in Soviet Russia, right? β
"Yes, your wisdom can light up the entire night sky." Ribbentrop patted it
The sycophants.
"I heard something from what you just said. That is, your country has put forward its own territorial claims, is that true? β
"Yes, Your Excellency the President, our Government hopes that we will be able to negotiate a mutually acceptable size of territory, although this scale only refers to the present land of Soviet Russia, and in fact will not cause any loss to the inherent territory of China. Here, we hope that the Chinese government will order your army to stop the pace of its march appropriately. β
"Oh? I don't know when the Chinese army will obey the command of the German government? A hint of anger flashed in Su Tong's eyes.
Su Tong's anger was not only from the German government's half-soft and half-hard warnings, but also from the front a few days ago. In the Far East, after several of Vasilevsky's breakout operations were sabotaged by Sun Liren and Liu Yecheng, they became much more honest, and now their only 600,000 or so people have cowered in a seemingly huge outflanking circle of more than 300 kilometers in Nizhny Udinsk, like a flock of sheep in a sheepfold, and it is only a matter of time before the entire army is annihilated.
After forming a solid outflanking circle, Sun Liren and Liu Yecheng did not rush to attack the troubled Soviet troops, but immediately dispatched more than one million troops to continue to advance westward along the Trans-Siberian Railway.
At this time, although the German ground troops were all heading towards Moscow and Uminyanovgrad, they still sent an inexhaustible flight path to Yekaterinburg, and the German planes met the reconnaissance planes of the Huaxia Air Force in the air several times, but to the horror of the Huaxia Air Force, the German planes were obviously not very friendly, and on several occasions they even put on a battle formation and insisted on the Huaxia Air Force, which greatly shocked the pilots of the Huaxia Air Force, who still had a great affection for the Germans. This also made the hearts of those guys in the Huaxia Air Force immediately tense, and they realized that in addition to the Soviet and Russian air forces, they also had a possible potential enemy, that is, the Luftwaffe.
When the report sent by the Air Force was handed over to Su Tong, Su Tong knew that Hitler had become wary of China, which made the Su Lord, who had been trying to maintain the current relationship with the Germans, realize that there was a need to adjust the current Sino-German relations.
Turning a blind eye to the anger in Su Tong's eyes, Ribbentrop said solemnly: "Therefore, for the sake of permanent peace between the two countries, my country hopes that the footsteps of the country can be limited to the east of Yekaterinburg, and Yekaterinburg will be used as a buffer zone between Germany and China, which will be beneficial to both countries." β
Although he had already made a plan to let the Germans clean up the mess after the meeting between Umyanovgrad and Moscow..., seeing such an unstoppable attitude of the Germans, Su Tong's anger could no longer be suppressed.
"This can't be done, Yekaterinburg is bound to be won by our country, and we can only appreciate the kindness of your country!"
"Do you represent the last attitude of your government?" Ribbentrop's eyes also shot a fierce light.
"Yes, this is the last attitude of my government, but I can promise your government that we may temporarily suspend our laws after the occupation of Cowkaterinburg, as a gesture of goodwill in response to your good intentions." Su Tong said word by word.
"While China is defending the faith and civilization of the Asian nation, Germany is also shouldering the same responsibility. This is the responsibility and obligation of our two countries to the continent in which we live! It is on the basis of this well-intentioned proposal that we need to consult when the obligations of our two countries come into conflict. β
Ribbentrop looked at the Chinese president in front of him, which was once Hitler's exhortation to him when he was leaving. And now he responded to him with the same words, the reason why the FΓΌhrer chose to negotiate was because until now China was not actually Germany's important enemy, although Yuan had repeatedly mentioned that the white race would eventually have a decisive battle with the yellow race, but not now. That's why he came to China for a final effort, even though some people didn't seem to need it at all.
"The civilization of Asia is naturally guarded by the people of Asia, and the affairs of Russia are naturally decided by the Russian people, which I have been doing for a long time. I don't really think that your country will do better than the Russian people, we entered Russia to liberate the people of that land, not to occupy or enslave the people there. Su Tong used light words to satirize the good deeds done by the German team on Russian soil.
"That's an internal matter for the German team, so I think it's better for us to solve it ourselves." Ribbentrop admitted that he was angry with the president of China in front of him, and God testified that he was blaming the great German team.
"Yes, that's what I've always seen." Su Tong's originally serious expression suddenly relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Therefore, it is better for the Huaxia army to let the Huaxia government take command." β
"Okay!" Ribbentrop stood up and said with regret on his face: "It seems that we have not been able to reach a consensus, and I can only regret to report the results of today's conversation to the head of our country." β
"Mr. Ribbentroppe." Su Tong also stood up, "I'm sorry to let you go back with regrets, but after we capture Yekaterinburg, we will be there to watch how your country defeats the Soviet Russian army, and I hope that this meeting will not have any bad impact on the relations between our two countries."