"Forcing Chiang to resist Japan" is a hard work, and it is also a strength work, which is more difficult than "opposing Chiang Kai-shek's resistance to Japan"! "Anti-Chiang and anti-Japanese" everyone can fight a tough battle, and if they win, they will naturally achieve their wishes. Forcing Chiang to resist Japan is different, it is necessary to exert force, but it is more dependent on brains.

Although the Nationalist Government is not very positive about the olive branch thrown by Japan, whether the two sides will reach a substantive agreement in the end depends entirely on what kind of bargaining chips Japan gives. If Japan is willing to give up some of its interests, the Nationalist Government is likely to make peace with Japan alone.

A year ago, the Japanese side would never have made too many concessions, but now it is difficult to say, because the situation in Japan is relatively bad now, and this forces the Japanese Government to give up some interests, which means that there is a possibility of cooperation between the Japanese Government and the Nationalist Government.

However, Chen Feng also knows that Lao Jiang does not believe in the Japanese very much now, after all, the Wang puppet regime is a thorn in Lao Chiang's heart, and if this thorn is not pulled out of Jiang's bald head, it can be said that it will be difficult to sleep and eat, how can he still have the heart to negotiate with the Japanese.

Moreover, there are detailed records of this peace talks in history, and various sources show that the peace talks were only wishful thinking on the part of the Japanese side, and Chiang's response to the "peace talks" was only an expedient measure, not sincere. At that time, some people on the Japanese side realized that "the work of Kiri is the peace work that the Japanese government has pinned its hopes on." Chongqing, on the other hand, carried out strategic work under the leadership of Dai Li, the leader of the Blue Coat Society. ”

If the Nationalist Government paid very sincerely in the first two peace talks, then this time Lao Jiang paid at most three points of sincerity in the peace talks. For the "peace talks" that the Japanese government aimed at luring surrender. Although Chongqing has many considerations. In response to this policy of the Japanese side, talks were held with it. However, the talks went on for almost a year and ended without any results.

As for how to prevent Lao Jiang from making peace with the Japanese, to be honest, Chen Feng has not thought of an effective way, he is not ambiguous about fighting, but when it comes to playing politics, he is really a novice, and it is better to find a few helpers for this kind of thing.

Regarding the peace talks between the Nationalist Government and the Japanese army, the most worried is probably the Yan'an side, and secondly, the bigwigs of the Gui family do not seem to agree. His cheap old man, Yan Xishan, is a wall-to-wall grass. It's windy over there, it's unreliable! However, having a conscience in this matter should not support him, after all, Yan Laoxi is most concerned about his old nest Shanxi, which is his foundation.

Now the biggest threat to him is the Japanese. Therefore, Yan Laoxi wished that the Nationalist Government would make peace with the Japanese devils as soon as possible. When the time comes, wait for the Japanese to withdraw. This Shanxi is not the world of his Yan someone, so Yan Laoxi will not support him to force Jiang to resist Japan.

In addition, among the few local warlords that still exist in China, there are probably not many people who support them internally. The vast majority of the officers and men of the Northeast Army hoped to fight the Japanese to the end and return to their hometowns. But since the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xiaoliu, the boss of the Northeast Army, was put under house arrest by Lao Jiang, and Lao Jiang basically made more than 300,000 Northeast Army a plate of scattered sand through various means such as division, attack, and co-optation.

The situation of the Northwest Army is the same, Yang Hucheng was forced to go abroad, and the Northwest Army is now commanded by Sun Weiru, but the entire Northwest Army is now only a few tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, and it is also placed under the guns of the strategic group of Hu Zongnan, the old Jiang Yan, even if he borrows Sun Weiru's courage, he does not dare to toss blindly, and if he can't get it, Lao Jiang will use this as an excuse to split the Northwest Army.

Not to mention the Sichuan army, since Liu Xiang's death, the entire Sichuan army has been chaotic, and then it was completely stunned by Lao Jiang's combination of punches, and the current Sichuan army is better than the Northeast Army, and it can be regarded as having a root. But let them force Chiang to resist Japan with him, I am afraid that it will be too much to do.

The Hunan army, the Yunnan army, and the Guizhou army are all the same, there are few decent armies, as long as Lao Jiang is willing, he will send a few divisions into the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau casually, and these warlords will be wiped out, so they will definitely not dare to be with themselves, and the only ones who can support each other with themselves are the Gui army and Yan'an.

On January 28, 1940, the Nationalist Government raised three questions with the Japanese about whether it was necessary for China and Japan to hold talks: First, whether Japan should reconsider its statement that it would not regard the Nationalist Government and Chiang Kai-shek as opponents, and if so, how would it confirm it to the Chinese side? Second, if Japan's attitude toward China is really an economic partnership between China and Japan, will it be able to restore the situation before the July 7 Incident when it can achieve this goal? Third, does the Japanese Government intend to submit a peace proposal to the Nationalist Government? If so, can you secretly send a letter of intimacy to Chiang himself on the issue of peace? Conducting it openly would greatly hinder Chiang's peace work with Japan. The "Konoe Statement" had been made public, which made Chiang's position extremely difficult.

If the Japanese can give the Nationalist Government a clear answer to these three questions, and if the answers they give can satisfy the Nationalist Government, then there will be a basis for peace talks between the two sides, and the Nationalist Government will also formally hold talks with the Japanese side at that time, otherwise there will be no need for the two sides to waste their saliva.

At this time, the Nationalist Government is very different from the Nationalist Government in history, first of all, in terms of national strength, due to Chen Feng's birth and strong rise, the international community has a lot of complaints about Japan's barbaric invasion of China, and more importantly, because the Chinese army has repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army, although the Japanese army still has a strategic advantage, but the Japanese army has fallen behind in many local battles, so many countries, including Britain and the United States, do not think that Japan can completely occupy China.

In addition, some time ago, the Eighth War Zone, with the cooperation of the First War Zone and the Second War Zone and the Eighth Route Army, ruthlessly cleaned up the North China Front of the Japanese Army, and also detonated a major plague in Japan, which had a huge negative impact on Japan's national strength, so Lao Chiang was not as worried about the Japanese as he was in history.

In addition, the gap in military strength between the two sides is not as great as in history, and the Nationalist Government has basically run out of oil until now, but now, the Nationalist Government has not only received a large amount of aid from the Soviet Union, but also purchased weapons and equipment from Chen Feng for no less than 15 infantry divisions. These are all good Japanese and German equipment, so the weapons and equipment of the Central Army at this time are not much worse than the Japanese, at most they are worse in artillery and air force, but this gap can be made up by the advantage of numbers, so Lao Jiang is very "calm".

Of course, the representative of the Japanese side was not prepared to answer the above questions, after all, he was only a small army lieutenant, and he was only responsible for maintaining contact with the Chinese troops or the underground secret work area. Soong Ziliang then relayed Chongqing's opinion: "Before the formal talks between China and Japan, three representatives from each side will hold a round-table meeting in Hong Kong at the end of February to discuss the conditions for peace. ”

On 7 February, representatives of China and Japan held preparatory talks between Japan and China on the second floor of the Tohi & Co. in Hong Kong, which was prepared by the Japanese side. Among the Japanese representatives attending the talks, in addition to Suzuki Nakasa and Imawa Osa, there was also a new member of the Eighth Section of the General Staff Headquarters, Shigeki Usui Osa. In addition to Song Ziliang and Lieutenant General Chen Chaolin, deputy director of the Chongqing Xingying Staff Office, and Zhang Yousan, former chief of the Supreme National Defense Council of the former Counselor in Germany, there were also alternate deputies, Deputy Director of the Chamberlain, Major General Zhang Hannian, and Liaison Officer Zhang Zhiping.

Before the start of the talks, the two sides presented their respective certificates, the Japanese side was issued by the mainland minister, and the Chinese side was the only two people, Chen and Zhang, who held the certificate of Zhang Qun, secretary general of the Supreme National Defense Council. Confirm your identity and enter the discussion.

After several rounds of talks, the center of the controversy between the two sides came out: first, the recognition of the Manchukuo issue; secondly, the issue of garrisoning troops in North China; The last issue is the handling of the Wang government.

On the issue of recognizing Manchukuo, the Chinese side initially advocated that it be protected by Japan and China, but the Japanese side opposed it. As a result of the request for instructions from Chongqing, it is suggested that the matter should be changed to not be contacted for the time being and that a silent attitude be maintained. The reason is very simple: even if we ignore the political influence of the slogan of reconquista in China and the opposition of Yan'an, it will cause a split in the Kuomintang due to the resolute opposition of the northeast and northwest departments within the Kuomintang, and it is likely to cause great chaos in the country.

On the issue of stationing troops in North China, although the Chongqing side acknowledged that Inner Mongolia was a special area, it opposed the stationing of Japanese troops in North China, saying that the issue could be changed to negotiations after the restoration of peace, and demanded that the Japanese army put forward a plan for withdrawing troops. However, he also proposed that if there is a need for national defense, China and Japan could postpone the partial withdrawal of troops and wait until peace is restored before holding consultations. With regard to the issue of Wang Zhaoming, since the anti-Wang atmosphere in China is extremely strong, we cannot consider joining forces with him at this time, but since the Japanese Government also has its own position, it will be properly handled as a domestic issue anyway.

Since there were too many differences between the two sides, the two sides could not reach a consensus on any of the conditions in this meeting, so the Japanese side proposed that the two sides report the results of the talks for the time being and keep in touch with each other, and then make a decision after the discussions at the top.

Chen Feng had already expected the outcome of this round of peace talks, the two sides had already torn their faces, and even declared war, so it was easy to succeed in the peace talks all of a sudden, but the two sides did not collapse, which made Chen Feng feel a strange threat.

So, on February 12, that is, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Feng took advantage of the New Year's greeting to meet with Kang Ze and the Communist Party respectively. Deng Ping, a representative of the Industrial Party. Chen Feng made it clear that apart from his own voice in these two ways, he Chen would not agree to the Sino-Japanese negotiations in any case, unless Japan could fully withdraw its troops from China, including Northeast China and Taiwan. At the same time, the war criminals were severely punished for compensating for their losses, and whoever was responsible for making peace with the Japanese side alone would be traitors and sinners of the nation. (To be continued......)