The day before the fall of Shanghai, the commander of the Japanese China Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hatata, had already been transferred. Because he knew very well that the Japanese Empire was no longer able to continue to support such a war, even if the Japanese army was stronger than the Chinese army, it would be useless, Japan no longer had an emperor, no base camp, no naval combined fleet. And then, if we insist on going our own way, there will be nothing more for Japan.

Immediately afterwards, the United States also declared war on Japan, and the U.S. Pacific Fleet had launched a large-scale campaign around the Ryukyus. In particular, the Japanese authorities and military officers who are really thinking about it rather than being brainwashed know that the industrial capacity and war potential of the United States are dozens of times that of Japan, and if Japan can take Japan by surprise, it will be able to take advantage of a certain advantage, but if the US military takes advantage of Japan's critical illness and takes the initiative to take action, Japan will have only one way to lose.

Japan has always had a routine of subjugating the strong, and now that the Japanese army will not be able to resist the United States at all, it is better to surrender to the Americans honestly than to fight for the last drop of blood, and do its best to safeguard its interests in China. Shunroku Hata and others decided to give in, in fact, there is another main reason, that is, Japan is now completely discouraged. The emperor, the symbol of the country, has died, and even now the emperor has not been buried because people do not know what happened in Tokyo. The Japanese subjects who fanatically worshiped the emperor fell into a panic, and there were rumors that it was the divine punishment that Amaterasu had given to Japan, and that the emperor and the military were disobedient to the will of the gods, so Tokyo was directly destroyed.

There is still no successor emperor in Japan, and several royal bloodlines living in foreign countries now know that the position of emperor is very dangerous, and even if he is not killed again without explanation, it is likely that a humiliating surrender agreement will be signed later, and no one will even want to do it. In the same way, the re-establishment of the central power has not been revealed, and the officials who have come up in some localities are not subordinate to anyone, and everyone has similar authority, so it is very difficult to suppress others.

The Japanese army temporarily took over power, but the regime was also quite unstable.

In some munitions factories, there were even cries from workers shouting that the emperor was dead and that there should be no more fighting, and there were small commotions in some places where food was scarce. Japan is already in chaos!

Fortunately, Shunroku Hata is not at all at all, and he still has cards to play, that is, the contradictions and disputes between the two parties in KC, and perhaps he may seek the most favorable situation for Japan.

"It would be good if we could keep the three eastern provinces." Shunroku Hata couldn't help but think.

At this time, Chongqing and the Japanese found each other almost at the same time, and their intentions were surprisingly the same - an armistice, a handshake and peace.

Chongqing understood that the Japanese had nothing to worry about, that their main enemy had once again become the CPC, which was now in full swing, and that if the CPC continued to develop, it would inevitably replace the Nationalist Government as the official government of China.

Japan, on the other hand, wants to preserve as many interests as possible, so that the Japanese troops stranded in China can return to China, and the overall situation can be determined before the United States intervenes in China's situation.

Chongqing chose Guangzhou as the place of negotiation with the Japanese, and it was one of the few large cities where the Japanese could still completely control it. After Shanghai was breached, Hangzhou, which was close at hand, was also occupied by the New Fourth Army with very weak resistance, and the New Fourth Army was sweeping through the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions like a wild wind. The Eighth Route Army, which also received the support of Qi Yuan, did not confine itself to some small county towns in North China, Jinan, Baoding and even some large cities in Tianjin and Beiping began to be shelled by the Eighth Route Army, and there were signs that the Eighth Route Army could attack these cities at any time, and even if the Eighth Route Army seemed to be insufficient, as long as the Wheel King entered the battle, it was obvious that even one or two thousand people were enough to occupy a large city.

The person who was sent to Guangzhou by Chang Kaishen was still He Yingqin, who had an obvious pro-Japanese complex, and his appearance in itself was enough to illustrate the problem - Chang Kaishen did not want to defeat the Japanese and drive them away, but to shake hands with the Japanese and make peace.

Chang Kaishen is not stupid, he naturally understands what kind of crimes the Japanese have committed on Chinese soil, and even his own country has been slaughtered by others, and the sorrow of 300,000 resentful souls is still in his ears.

But Chang Kaishen doesn't think there is a problem, in his opinion, this is politics, the so-called justice and ethics, are not important enough for practical interests, and there must be no discipline when there should be no discipline. It's just that he forgot a problem, there is a limit to the festival and the ground, everyone can accept that you drop the festival on the ground once or twice, but if you repeatedly drop the festival, everyone will not be willing to be friends with you.

And the Japanese negotiating team represented by Shunroku Hata showed such respect that they did not have for many years in this negotiation, and even in He Yingqin's view, the Japanese can be regarded as groveling.

"He Jun, welcome to Guangzhou." Shunroku Hata personally picked up the plane.

If any diplomat who is a little temperamental, he will definitely spit on the other side at this time and say: "Guangzhou is a Chinese city, and this sentence should be said by me, but I will say that you Japanese are not welcome in Guangzhou." ”

But He Yingqin was flattered and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Shunroku Hata's personal welcome.

The two of them rode in the same car and came to the negotiation venue.

"I don't think anyone has any objection to the cessation of the war between China and Japan." He Yingqin said during the negotiations.

"That's right, the war between Japan and China may have been a misunderstanding, and it has caused huge losses to the people of Japan and China, hurt the friendship and feelings of the two peoples, and it is indeed time to end it." Shunroku Hata did not mention the great damage and casualties caused by Japan in China, and covered it up with a misunderstanding.

But He Yingqin did not raise any objections, but agreed with it.

Shunroku Hata first proposed Japan's plan: "The Japanese army in China will stop its military operations against the official Chinese government forces, and at the same time, we hope to return to the Japanese mainland under our own organization." In addition, the Japanese troops in Wuhan, such as Wuhan, who are deep inland, hope that you can open up a safe road to Guò for us, and the Japanese troops in Wuhan will board ships from Guangzhou and then return to China. We can further negotiate the specific withdrawal plan. ”

In fact, He Yingqin was still thinking about whether he could use the Japanese army to contain the Jing army, which Chang Kaishen asked him to ask, but it seems that the Japanese army can no longer continue to fight, so it is not bad to withdraw from the country earlier.

Next, He Yingqin asked what he was most concerned about: "So what about the three eastern provinces......"

Shunroku Hata immediately hardened this time: "It is Manchukuo, Manchukuo is a legally established independent state, and it is protected by the Japanese Empire, and it is not the effective territory of China, so the rights and interests and sovereignty of Manchuria are not within the scope of Sino-Japanese discussions. ”

He Yingqin wanted to say a few words of intimidation at this time, for example, since you think that Manchuria is not within the scope of Sino-Japanese discussions, then it will not be a problem for our government army to attack Manchuria. But He Yingqin understands that at this time, it is impossible for Chang Kaishen to agree to any military action against the three eastern provinces, Chang Kaishen believes that the great enemy is the CPC, if he spends his energy on the three eastern provinces, then the CPC may be developed when the opportunity is taken, and Chang Kaishen will have no place to cry when he cries.

Hata Junliu also took the test early on He Yingqin's consideration, but he also has a very good way, negotiation is an exchange of interests, and after giving a stick, he also has to give a sweet date, Hata Junliu said: "In the process of retreating from the Imperial Japanese Army, it is inconvenient to bring a lot of ordnance back to the mainland, if our armistice agreement can be signed smoothly, the empire agrees to transfer most of the military equipment to the Chinese side at a reasonable price." At the same time, in order to further enhance Sino-Japanese friendship and promote military cooperation between the two sides, some Japanese instructors and military staff officers of a high level can also join the national army in the form of dispatch to assist in the military activities carried out by the national army in the future. ”

Obviously, this kind of military activity can only be an encirclement and suppression of the "rebels" in the country.

He Yingqin was also extremely excited when he heard this, although Manchuria could not get it back, but if he could get the weapons and equipment left by hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, it would obviously be very beneficial to deal with the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army in the future. In particular, now that the United States is seeking to establish ties with the CPC, if this really happens, Chang Kaishen will not be able to continue to obtain weapons and equipment support in the United States, which will be extremely disadvantageous, and with this batch of Japanese equipment, it will be of great benefit to dealing with the Chinese army in the future.

Hata Shunroku and He Yingqin eventually signed this armistice agreement, and the two sides agreed that the Line of Actual Control would return to before the July 7 Incident in 1937, which meant that the Japanese still held on to the outside of the Guan, but they would not want a large area of land inside the Guan. Moreover, these sites will not be received by CPC, but only by the national army. At the same time, a considerable number of Japanese weapons were also received. Naturally, the Japanese army will not completely disarm, but will hold Tai'a to give people a handle.

After the negotiation agreement was signed, Shunroku Hata was also relieved: "Now there is only one United States left, but the empire still can't escape the use of the word surrender in the end." ”

Afterwards, Shunroku Hata looked at the jubilant He Yingqin again, and couldn't help but disdain in his heart, "Even the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire has been defeated repeatedly, but after receiving hundreds of thousands of equipment, do you think that you can fight against the Chinese Red Elements and the Wheel King, a god-like existence like Zài?" I'm afraid it won't be long before the Chongqing regime will be destroyed. But what does this have to do with Japan? ”

With a long sigh, Shunroku Hata fell into a silent sadness.