Chapter 243: Declaring War (2) (Asking for subscriptions, monthly passes, and various !! ）

Lao Jiang didn't expect the Japanese to react so violently, saying that he would declare war and declare war, he didn't know what it was like to feel now, in fact, he was under pressure to declare war with the Japanese, but he was also prepared, after all, the two sides had been fighting each other for more than a year. Although he had not declared war before, he planned to fight like this, but it did not mean that he was unprepared.

But Lao Jiang is still bitter in his heart, declaring war with Japan is really not what he wants, as the leader of a country, but also a leader who climbed up from dicks, Lao Jiang's wrist is undoubtedly extremely clever, and he also has a deep study of the relationship between countries in the world. He knew very well that relative to the two warring countries, the general trend in the international community was that whoever declares war will be legally detrimental to whom.

Because in 1928 there was an international "Non-War Pact", and if war is declared, whether it is the invading side or the invaded side, there is a suspicion of belligerence and will be isolated by the international community. Therefore, if China and Japan declare war in this way, then whether China retaliates in self-defense or not, and whether you are the righteous party or not, the Western countries will formally keep a very long distance from you. In order not to be isolated in the international community, no matter how persecuted by the Japanese army, Lao Chiang always maintained an important reason for not declaring war on Japan.

Lao Chiang did not expect that a successful air raid would cause Japan to declare war on China, perhaps precisely because this air raid had a prefix like "success", if this air raid was the same as before, the results would be mediocre. Then the Japanese would not have declared war on China like this, Lao Chiang thought.

Now that the Japanese had declared war, Chiang had to reconsider his strategic decisions and relations with Japan. For this reason, Lao Jiang didn't care whether to eat breakfast or not, but told Wang Shihe that he immediately notified the ministers and major officers to come to the camp for a meeting.

All the military and political officials who came to the meeting were surprised to find that the committee seat was actually wearing a military uniform today, and you must know that the committee rarely wears a military uniform, especially when the meeting is held.

"You all know about the war declared by the Japanese and us, let's talk about it. What should we do? Lao Jiang's voice was not high. I couldn't tell whether it was joy or sadness, but it was this faint voice that made the atmosphere in the entire conference room cold again, because these government officials knew that this faint performance was the old man's cover before he broke out. It is precisely because of this knowledge that these things are known. So no one dared to be the first to answer. It's okay to say if it's okay. It's not just a scolding if you can't pick it up, it's not good that the black gauze hat that you finally brought was taken off like this.

As a well-deserved No. 2 person in the national government, He Yingqin does not want to be willing or not. He had to continue Lao Jiang's words, and he must not let the venue be cold: "Commission, the declaration of war between Japan and us was expected to be expected, both sides have been fighting for more than a year, and the declaration of war is not a very difficult problem to accept. Now we have to consider how to respond to the declaration of war by the Japanese, whether to declare war on Japan in a-for-tat manner, or to continue the war without declaring it. ”

Wang Ching-wei, vice president of the Nationalist Government, pondered for a while and said: "Everyone is well aware of the situation of the party-state, and it is obvious that declaring war will do more harm than good to the party-state. The strategic impact of a declaration of war alone has to be carefully considered, and the word declaration of war is easy to say and easy to say, but if you think about it, once the declaration of war has been made, there is no way back, let alone international assistance and international mediation. ”

He Yingqin frowned and said: "What the vice president said is not unreasonable, after the 9.18 incident and the 77 incident, Britain and the United States did not stand on the side of the party-state, nor did they assist us. The Americans, in particular, on the contrary, also vigorously aided Japan, especially some military supplies, including oil, steel and even loans. If the Americans do not succeed in declaring war, they will increase their aid to Japan, and then there will indeed be some trouble. ”

"Another point is that the only countries that are assisting us now are the Soviet Union and Germany, especially Germany, and our army is also trained by German officers, and a large number of German military supplies, including guns and artillery and other heavy weapons, are constantly being shipped to China, and these weapons and equipment are also an important basis for us to dare to fight with the Japanese. Once China declares war on Japan, Germany, which has the same good relations with Japan, will not be able to provide assistance to China and will have to remain neutral. According to international law, once war is declared, then other countries cannot assist the belligerents, including troops, military supplies, loans, transportation, intelligence, etc., and the impact on us is catastrophic, so my opinion is to go to war without declaring it, and even to contact the Japanese as soon as possible, or let the Germans come forward to coordinate and end this war as soon as possible. Wang Jingwei said.

Although Wang Jingwei's ideas are a bit of a wretchedness, and even a bit of loss of power and humiliation of the country, a weak country has no diplomacy, and people are under the roof and have to bow their heads. Now the situation is already obvious, the party-state has been defeated repeatedly, the entire coast has been lost, and now the Japanese navy has even sailed to the periphery of Wuhan, and if it continues to fight, it will really destroy the country, so there are still many people who support Wang Jingwei's idea.

Defense Minister Chen Cheng stood up and said: "I don't agree, the war against Japan is a foregone conclusion, and the thief's heart of the Japanese to destroy our party and state is already known to everyone, and now that they have declared war, if we continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb like this, we will only cover our ears and steal the bell, coax ourselves, and do all kinds of harm to reality but no benefit." More importantly, if we do not immediately declare war on Japan, then what will the common people and the army at home think of us people, how will they view the commission, and whether they will be afraid or something. If we don't respond, I can guarantee that an even larger rout will happen immediately, and if the hearts of the people are scattered, we won't be able to hold out for long without the Japanese fighting. ”

Bai Chongxi, who has always been known as Xiao Zhuge looked at Li Zongren who lowered his head to make a record, and then got up and said: "I think it is better to declare war than not to declare war, don't think about international mediation, whether it is the Japanese or the Americans, they are hungry wolves who eat people and do not spit out bones, they are all raccoon dogs." After the 918 incident, the League of Nations did not have no people, but everyone must know what the result is, so I don't need to tell you about it here. Moreover, the Japanese are not British or French, their goal is to occupy our land in order to make up for their own congenital deficiencies, and they have never thought of making peace with us. It is not that Germany has not helped us mediate Sino-Japanese relations, but Japan is asking too high a price, not only asking China for war reparations, but also asking us to recognize Manchukuo. We are not a decadent Qing Dynasty, one Outer Mongolia is enough for us to be poked in the backbone by the common people, and then there is another Manchukuo, and then the fun will be great. ”

"So it's okay to talk about mediation, and now our navy is completely gone, sea transportation has ended, and aid is even more gone, so what kind of aid, what mediation, this is all nonsense, if you still want to fight, you must declare war on Japan, or simply surrender. Declare in advance that we, the Gui Army, will never compromise with the Japanese. ”

"Vice President Bai, what do you mean by this, your Guijun is not a prisoner, is our Central Army willing to be a prisoner?" Chen Cheng said dissatisfied.

Bai Chongxi continued: "That's not what it means, anyway, either declare war, at most lose some diplomatic relations, and you won't really lose the country." But if it is not declared, the consequences will be really catastrophic, and if you don't get it right, you will really be destroyed. If you think about those bigwigs in the north, don't talk about Zhu Mao, just talk about that Chen Feng, if we don't declare war, will he do it? If he raises his arms at this time, what do you think we can do with him? ”

"If we lose the support of Zhu Mao and the 40th Army, how long can we hold out, in addition, Chen Feng is Yan Xishan's son-in-law, and he also controls Suiyuan and Chahar. It can be said that if the Japanese do not declare war, we can also pretend that we do not know the way, and no one will care about this. But now that the Japanese have opened this mouth, the only thing we can do is to go toe-to-toe with them. ”

Li Zongren, who had not spoken, finally spoke: "It is still necessary to declare war, anyway, the situation is already like this, rather than letting ourselves be eaten in silence, it is better to clarify our views and set up a posture, so that everyone knows our position." In this way, not to mention that it can boost morale, the most important thing is to tie everyone to our chariot, Zhu Mao or Chen Feng, or Yan Xishan and our Guijun Sichuan Army, can only closely follow the Central Army to fight, and anyone who has other ideas will be spurned by the people of the whole country. (To be continued......)