French Indochina.

Gothmer left Guilin in grief. Because he felt that he couldn't talk to Qin Wei at all, the gap between the ideas of the two sides was really too big. So he went back to Chongqing to find the Nationalist Government. After all, no matter how you look at it, the national government is still a little easier to deal with, and it should be easier to achieve his goal. But he didn't expect that the Nationalist Government, which had been extremely cowardly in diplomacy, suddenly changed its face this time, and Chiang Kai-shek didn't even give him a chance to meet under the pretext that he was busy with affairs, and Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui ignored him even more, and he was really annoyed, so he sent someone back: Go to Qin Wei!

If I can find Qin Wei, why should I come back?

Gothmer could not bear such treatment, and even more could not bear the fooling he had been subjected to. His plight was quickly reported to the Vichy government in France. So, with the support and instruction of the Vichy government, Gosmer made Qin Wei's words public...... It's a shameful thing to do. They are France, once one of the most powerful countries in the world. But now they have been bullied by the targets they once had, not only have no way to fight back, but on the contrary, they have to use international public opinion to counter each other. Although they were defeated, this incident further swept away a considerable part of their remaining glory.

However, the actions of Gosmer and the Vichy government paid off. At the very least, Britain and the United States, and even the "Free France", which had always been at odds with the Vichy government, began to put pressure on China.

……

"I really admire our professor more and more. How dare he ......? ”

Washington.

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States.

Lu Xiaojia, who was dressed in professional attire, handed the new "Washington Post" to Yan Huiqing, and pointed to the front page headline on it by the way:

"The rise of Chinese imperialism! This is how the Americans evaluate our actions this time! ”

"And what do you think?" Yan Huiqing took the newspaper and glanced at it, touched his Ren Dan Hu again, and asked with a smile.

"Jealousy, or is it feeling uncomfortable or unbalanced?" Lu Xiaojia replied.

"Jealousy is not right. Neither is it unbalanced. Under the weather...... That's right. Yan Huiqing said with a smile, "Since the Opium War in 1840, China has been the object of bullying by the great powers. Not to mention France, even those small countries, such as the Netherlands and Portugal, have never taken us to heart. But now, China is being invaded by Japan, and most of the country has fallen, but in turn, it is robbing the French of territory, trying to snatch away the colonies they have worked so hard to get all at once. This is robbery while the fire is burning. But it's more of a symbol. Therefore, these countries, which have always occupied the top of the pyramid of great powers like France, feel very unpleasant, and naturally feel uncomfortable. ”

"But how are you going to deal with the State Department's inquiries? They're against us doing that. Lu Xiaojia asked another question, "Moreover, our plane is still in their hands." If you insist on robbing French Indochina. Then, there is a high probability that we will lose the support of the US government. And other than that, the most important. It was through the reports of these newspapers. The American people's perception of China has suddenly become extremely poor. They originally thought that we were weak, the object of humiliation, and worthy of sympathy, but now they think that when we were invaded by foreign enemies, we did not forget to invade others, and that we were actually similar to the Japanese, and there was nothing to be pitied. ”

"Hahaha......" Yan Huiqing smiled. Wretched? So what do you think is a positive or negative word? ”

"It's a little uncomfortable to listen to." Lu Xiaojia smiled lightly.

"Yes, we are China, a big country, why should we be pitied?" Yan Huiqing restrained his smile. "Although the national army's action this time is to take advantage of the fire, if you look at the current international situation, there is actually nothing out of the ordinary. France had surrendered to Germany and was now a vassal of the Germans, and Germany had allied itself with Japan. That is, they are now enemies. Not to mention that they also handed over French Indochina to the Japanese......"

"But the French say that it was because our army 'invaded' northern Vietnam for no reason that they had to hand over French Indochina to Japan in order to seek 'protection' from the Japanese." Road Xiaojiadao.

"Do you believe it?" Yan Huiqing asked again.

"Of course I don't believe it, but there are many people who believe it, and ......," Lu Xiaojia smiled bitterly, "There are also many people in our own country who also believe in this sophistry of the French." They believe that since we are victims of a war of aggression, we should no longer invade others in the same way. What the government is doing this time is wrong. ”

"Well, this statement is very similar to the so-called 'internationalism', and it is also very similar to the kind of benevolence and righteousness that our traditional Chinese culture promotes." Yan Huiqing nodded, and glanced at Lu Xiaojia again: "Then what do you think?" ”

"It's silly!" Lu Xiaojia replied with a wry smile. Although she has only been in the United States for a few days and has not participated in many diplomatic activities, just by negotiating with the US government about those fighter jets, she has already deeply understood one thing: diplomacy does not talk about feelings! There are only two words that they can say and can say, and that is "interests"! As a diplomat, the most important sentence to remember and to keep in my heart is: what is mine is mine, and yours is also mine...... Whatever I can see and fish, it should be mine! Of course, this sentence was what Qin Wei told her when she left, and she still remembered the other words that Qin Wei had told her: What is a diplomat? A diplomat is a robber who has a state as his backing! And what is diplomacy? Diplomacy is a group of robbers getting together to discuss how to divide the spoils or rob! If a good person enters the circle of foreign affairs, he will either be eaten alive by diplomats from other countries, or he will be smashed to pieces by his own people......

"It's not stupid, it's ignorance, or cowardice, or it's too smart." Yan Huiqing chuckled, "Especially in the eyes of some people, the interests of their own country are always secondary, and they only need to be responsible for themselves!" …… But why didn't they think about what French Indochina meant, why did Indochina belong to France, and how did France get this land? ”

"I should have sent a telegram to ask those people." Lu Xiaojia smiled. Yes, why can the French grab the territory, but the Chinese can't? Everyone is a robber, an old robber, a new robber, and now the new robber has slightly offended an old robber who has fallen, and a nest of old robbers comes out to express their displeasure...... But why do you? Haven't you ever done anything like that? Didn't you old robbers make your fortune by robbing the more "old" robbers? However, after a little joy, she became bitter again: "Now the U.S. government still requires us to explain this, otherwise the fighter planes that have arrived in Hawaii will be assigned to the Pacific Fleet nearby...... If that's the case, we won't have a plane back in the future. ”

"And what do you think we should do?" Yan Huiqing asked more similarly.

"At present, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War is not bad, although we have experienced the defeat of Zhongtiao Mountain, but in the blink of an eye, we have recovered the disadvantage. In particular, the Nationalist Army trapped most of the Japanese North China Front Army in Shanxi, while the Communist Eighth Route Army attacked from all sides in Hebei, Henan and other places, and coordinated so well that the Japanese army could hardly raise its head, so that many people saw the hope of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression...... Of course, our advantage in North Vietnam is also a big factor. Lu Xiaojia thought for a moment, "But I think it is precisely because of this that the Americans are worried that we will soon end the War of Resistance and embark on the road of redevelopment...... It is important to know that President Roosevelt and his aides seem to be eager to participate in the war, so that the center of gravity of the entire world will be concentrated on the European continent. We in China may take advantage of the opportunity...... If that's all it takes, we are decades behind Europe and the United States, and it won't be so easy to catch up for a while, but our Professor Qin has shown an interest in grabbing territory, and the Americans can't help but worry. After all, they also have considerable interests in Southeast Asia. ”

"In other words, do you think the Americans want us to abandon the annexation of French Indochina?" Yan Huiqing asked.

"China is already big, and once it develops, it will inevitably become one of the most powerful countries in Asia. If French Indochina is annexed again...... Isn't the future going to be even stronger? Lu Xiaojia asked rhetorically.

"That's right, China really doesn't have the ability to annex French Indochina to its territory now, and if we do that, it will inevitably cause Britain and the United States to turn their faces, which is one of the reasons why they are now making trouble for us." Yan Huiqing nodded, "But I have already sent a note to the U.S. government before, stating that we will not annex French Indochina to China. But now they are still against it. For what? They are not related to the French, so why do they talk to the French so much? Just because of a threat that could rise thousands of miles away, because they are all Caucasian? ”

"If not, then for what?" Lu Xiaojia asked.

"Profit for yourself!" Yan Huiqing said, "I remember that when you left, Chief Qin told you several times, and he told you that 'diplomatic interests are the most important'!" It's not entirely true, but it's not wrong. The Americans were not so kind to help the French to get an explanation, all they wanted was their own interests. ”

"You mean to say that the Americans not only want to prevent us from annexing French Indochina, but also want to claim benefits from it?" Lu Xiaojia asked.

"That's right." Yan Huiqing nodded: "The Americans know very well that it is impossible for France to win in this game with us. Because our armies have already set foot on the soil of French Indochina, and the French have no power to resist it. And although we promised not to annex this land to Chinese territory, after all, we still swallowed such a large piece of land in one gulp, and of course they looked at it. Therefore, they took the opportunity of the French to shout grievances everywhere and pretended to be a messenger of justice to take advantage. ”

"So what do we do?"

"Of course, to invite the US military to enter French Indochina!" (To be continued......)