-- Yunnan-Vietnam Railway

"Quick! Fast! Lock it up! Block them all up and add up all the machine guns! "A French officer waved his hand and commanded a group of French troops to surround the railway station, a strong machine gun cannon was erected, as if facing a great enemy, the people around were stunned to see such a scene, everyone knew that this was not France, but Vietnam, where is there any enemy? Are the Chinese going to fight?

This is naturally impossible, a convoy drove over at this time, saw the blocked railway station, the leader immediately came down and said, "This military master, we are China's transport team, we want to transport materials to China, we are Chinese!" As he spoke, he pointed to the blue sky and white sun flag on his convoy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Chinese? Stop them all! All supplies are not allowed into the train station! As soon as the officer heard that it was Chinese, a group of French soldiers rushed over, blocked the road, but did not arrest anyone, but only let the Chinese convoy leave, and in the railway station, a large number of hoarded supplies were blocked, and the Chinese staff were also guarded.

-- Hanoi

"Bang!" A fist slammed into the table, and a Chinese officer angrily said, "Mr. Governor! Why blockade the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway? And to surround all the warehouses of our Chinese? ”

Jean Degu on the opposite side smoked a cigar depressedly, looked at General Shen Chang, who had been friends with him for several years, sighed helplessly, stood up and patted Shen Chang's hand and said, "Shen, don't be excited, otherwise I don't know how to tell you about the rest of the matter, you also know that our country has already existed in name only, and it is impossible to care about us at all, and now Japan is putting pressure on us, either choose war or compromise, I'm sorry, we can't choose a war for the benefit of you Chinese..."

Shen Chang pointed out the window and said, "Then you chose to sacrifice us?" Mr. Governor! Isn't it your first day here, don't you know what Japanese people are? If you choose to sacrifice us, you can really usher in peace, then forget it, but do you believe in such an outcome? I'm afraid you'll have to go to war in the end, right? ”

Jean Degu nodded and said, "I trust your judgment, but even if it is one percent hope, we will try our best to avoid war, Shen, if I were you, I would face this matter squarely, you still have a lot of supplies in Vietnam, right?" Now according to the Japanese demands, we can't let you use the railway, and all the roads will be blocked, but you can't go by land, you still have the sea route, don't you? ”

Shen Chang actually knew in his heart that it was impossible to stop the French from betraying China, and the current situation in France was not as good as China's, and the troops in Vietnam and other places were a little stretched to maintain law and order, let alone ask them to go to war with the Japanese army.

Shen Chang squinted his eyes and asked, "What do you mean-Haiphong Port?" ”

Jean Degu nodded and said, "The Japanese have only sent more than 40 people, and their attention is now in the north, and they don't pay much attention to the southern ports, but our French army can't help you, everything is up to you." ”

Shen Chang shook hands with Jean Degu and said, "I understand... If one day, you can't stay in Vietnam anymore, you are welcome to come to our Yunnan. The scenery of our Yunnan will definitely make you unforgettable. ”

Jean Degu sent Shen Chang out of the room, and when he returned to the room, he immediately sent a telegram asking his friends from Haiphong to assist in the matter.

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"Your Excellency General, this is the telegram we intercepted!" A Japanese officer took a telegram and handed it to Nishihara Kazuce, who took it and smiled, "Okay!" The French were indeed dishonest, and immediately took this telegram to question the French government and the Governor de Gu, I want to see what else these big noses have to say! ”

-- Haiphong Port

"Quick! Bring that box over! Speed up! The boat is about to leave! "A group of coolies in the harbor are rushing boxes of supplies to the ship at the urging of a group of officers.

"Oh no! Oh no! It's a Japanese warship!! A sharp-eyed coolie pointed to the distance and shouted loudly, everyone looked to the sea, and sure enough, they saw a group of warships rushing towards the harbor, all of these battleships had lost their gun jackets, and all the ship's guns were facing the harbor straight, ready to fire at any time.

"Bastard! Can't go! A coolie threw the box to the ground, the box cracked in response, the shells rolled everywhere, the jingling sound made everyone's hearts get colder and colder, and the country that was already short of supplies lost these important military supplies, so what would be the result?

On June 1, 1941, under the pressure of Japan, the Vichy government of France was forced to announce the severance of all diplomatic exchanges with China and the resumption of the right to use the Yunnan-Vietnam Highway.

Prior to this, China had transported more than 500,000 tons of various materials through the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, including a large number of military supplies and machinery and equipment, which strongly supported the anti-Japanese war of Chiang's intermediary government, but at this time, Vietnam still had more than 50,000 tons of various goods piled up in Haiphong Port and not transported away, and these materials were piled up in all corners of the port, even so much that they were even on the road. Some French military and political personnel who were friendly with China hoped that these materials could be forcibly transported away by sea through overseas Chinese or other countries, but the Japanese army learned in advance, which not only made the Japanese army no longer trust the French army, but also laid the groundwork for the subsequent Vietnam War, but also made the Chiang intermediary government in Chongqing discover the importance of the Nanyang dynamics to themselves, the Japanese army has begun to enter the Nanyang, the first step is Vietnam, so, where will the second step be?

-- Chongqing

"The Japanese army has really entered Vietnam, Chairman of the Committee, we must take action, if there is another problem in the direction of Burma, we China will be strategically surrounded by the Japanese army, and then it will really become a dead land! The Japanese army's current constant affiliation and provocation is not only for the sake of us and the Red Party attacking each other and finding a way to negotiate with us, but also for the purpose of turning south and attacking our Republic of China in a roundabout way. Bai Chongxi pointed to the map and said as he drew a circle to Jiang Zhong.

"What do you mean?" Jiang looked at everyone.

"Chairman, I think it's time to re-sign a new agreement with the UK." Xiong Shihui proposed.

Xiong Shihui is the newly appointed chairman of the Military Commission of the National Government, who joined the League during the Xinhai Revolution, and then entered the Japanese Army University to study, and after graduation, he rose step by step, and became the chairman of Jiangxi Province in the 20th year of the Republic of China, and advocated the strict practice of "clean and honest politics" in Jiangxi, requiring his subordinates to be "simple and simple". But what is interesting is that he demanded honesty and simplicity to the outside world, but he built a beautiful villa in Lushan, and specially invited Jiang Zhong, Wang Jingwei and his wife and the central senior cadres to come as guests, when Song Meiling entered the villa, she and Gu Zhuyun (Mrs. Xiong Shihui) in the small living room on the second floor to talk about the friendship of "god sisters". On the surface, Song Meiling was full of interest, but her heart was extremely bitter, feeling that her queen did not live well in this place, and it was a big trouble to go back, Jiang Intermediary had no choice but to let the long-delayed Meiling Palace be fully built, you know, the national government at that time was determined to rebuild the military because of the 918 incident, and every cent of funds was extremely tight, but it didn't matter! Is it for my wife to be happy!

Chen Cheng nodded and said, "France was defeated, but Britain did not, Britain has now been bombed indiscriminately by Germany for a month, and has not admitted defeat, you must know that the level of German bombing is not comparable to this Japan, it is said that all British air defense facilities have been blown up, this Churchill is a tough person like the chairman!" ”

This sycophant is just right!

Jiang Zhong smiled and said, "It's time to have a good talk with the British, we didn't think it through when we signed the agreement with France, if we signed a mutual protection agreement at that time, the Japanese would not have been able to expel us from Vietnam so easily." ”

"So I suggest that this time we get the British to agree that we will work with them to defend the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and even allow our army to send troops to the transportation arteries of the road." Bai Chongxi said as he walked to his position and sat down.

Jiang Zhong nodded and said, "This matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate, Ziwen, this is your last task before going to the United States, is there a problem?" ”

Song Ziwen raised his glasses and said, "I'm afraid the British won't sign such an agreement with us so easily, don't look at them now being bombed by the Germans and dying, but they are still very arrogant outside, I have met with the British ambassador before I came, although they are worried about the situation in Nanyang, but they do not believe that the Japanese will attack Burma controlled by the British, they think that France will be bullied by Japan because of the defeat, in fact, this is also in line with European practice, Germany was defeated in the past, and their colonies were not also divided?" ”

"The British don't cry when they don't see the coffin! Anyway, tell the British that if they don't agree to this treaty, we won't do anything to help the Japanese army in Burma! And when the time comes, we will also forcibly send troops for the benefit of China! Jiang said with an air.

"Chairman, if such a thing really happens, I am afraid that it will be too late for us to prepare troops to enter Burma, should we prepare now?" Bai Chongxi asked.

Jiang Zhong looked at everyone and said, "According to the plan specified at that time, it is true that once Nanyang is attacked by the Japanese army, my country will set up an expeditionary force to ensure the safety of the Nanyang rear road and prevent the occurrence of a situation of being strategically surrounded by the Japanese army, so let's discuss, whether to establish an expeditionary force?" ”

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

"Agreed!"

Everyone in the military committee clearly knew how important the Yunnan-Burma Highway was to China when the Yunnan-Vietnam highway and railway were cut off, and everyone unanimously agreed to set up an expeditionary force to prepare for the eventuality.

"Good! So which force should the main body of the expeditionary force consist of? Jiang Zhong looked at everyone, especially the major local forces and warlords who had been sitting in the corner without speaking.

"Report! Urgent telegram! "Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"What's going on? Don't you know what kind of meeting this is going on? Jiang Zhong shouted angrily.

"It's... Be.. It was Mr. Chen Bui who asked me to bring it, saying that it would be useful for this meeting. The soldier in the report said sweatingly.

"Chairman, maybe it's really something important, Mr. Bray is the one who knows the big picture." Dai Li, who was next to him, hurriedly persuaded.

"Hmm." Jiang intermediary motioned for Dai Li to come over and bring it in.

Dai Li handed it over to Jiang Mediation, Jiang Intermediary shook his head, Dai Lian opened it and looked at it, and was immediately startled when he saw it, and said to Jiang Mediation, "Chairman, the Japanese army has made a move, and the Japanese army suddenly dispatched a brigade of troops to land in Vietnam, and has the intention of marching into Hanoi." ”

"How can it be so fast? The Japanese army is being aggressive! He Yingqin exclaimed in surprise.

"Wait! What does it mean to march? Didn't the Japanese attack immediately? Bai Chongxi shook his hand and asked.

"No, it's just that there is an offensive meaning, maybe Japan and France are still negotiating." Dai Li shook his head and said.

"In my opinion, this time I am afraid that the Japanese army acted alone, without the consent of the Japanese government, the Japanese army has always been like this, in the Northeast, in Beiping, isn't it like this?" Chen Cheng said disdainfully.

"Hmm... Order all departments to strengthen the search for information in this regard, and the important level of Nanyang affairs should be the highest level! Jiang looked at Dai Li and said.

Dai Lian nodded in understanding.

Jiang Zhong nodded and continued, "It seems that the matter of the expeditionary force is imminent, the Japanese army is moving too fast, continue what you said just now, what kind of troops do you say it is composed of?" ”

He Yingqin knew what Jiang meant, so he was the first to say: "The main place of operation of the expeditionary force is Burma, where the geographical environment is complex and the climate is harsh. ”

"I don't think so, the equipment and quality of our local army are poor, such a heavy task will not be good for us in case something goes wrong, I think the Central Army is still well-trained, as for the adaptation of the terrain, you can leave it to me, but we in Yunnan can adapt to it for a few months." Long Yun said with a smile, "You must know that most of our current recruits are southerners, and it is easy to adapt." (To be continued.) )