In the living room, looking at Yan Shao, who was still holding his own opinion, Wilson shook his head and sighed. "To tell you the truth, Mr. President, I am disappointed to see that the war in Europe has finally stopped, and the light of peace has finally arrived, and you really should not provoke another war in the Far East at a time when everyone is enjoying peace..."

Sitting next to Wilson, British Prime Minister George Lloyd and France's Clemenceau also nodded in agreement. Apparently agreeing with Wilson.

However, looking at Wilson and the others, Yan Shao shook the juice in the cup and chuckled. "To be honest, I am also disappointed, because several of them know very well that this armed conflict was not provoked by our country, but they all came to me to persuade me to withdraw from Korea first, instead of condemning the Japanese government's despicable and shameless sneak attack, you must know that the Japanese attack on Dandong is still continuing, in this case, you do not ask the Japanese to withdraw their troops, but instead come to us to ask us, is this reasonable..."

"This..."Hearing Yan Shao say this, Clemenceau was dumbfounded for a while.

Unlike Britain and the United States, the relationship between China and France is relatively good after all, but during this period of time, several of their countries have always acted together in addition to the issue of dealing with the allies, so they will follow.

What's more, he also knew that this incident was the first sneak attack launched by Japan on China. Naturally, China then used the topic to send troops to North Korea, which is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, but it is obviously unreasonable to condemn China unilaterally...

However, politicians have always been very shameless, at least if they are not thick-skinned, they will definitely not be able to be politicians. So when I heard Yan Shao say this, George on the side? Lloyd's is the way of the face that does not change.

"It is precisely because we are now trying to mediate the conflict between your country and Japan that we hope that your country will take some action first. As a sign of your country's sincerity in this regard..."

Hear George? Lloyd's said this, Yan Shao was almost angry.

Perhaps his dispatch of troops to eastern Russia is indeed a bit unauthentic, but this time he was indeed innocent of the North Korean incident. Now, instead of condemning Japan, they want Yan Shao to show some sincerity, which cannot but remind Yan Shao of a series of encounters in China in history.

In this world, you still have to have strength.

Fortunately, today's China is no longer the corrupt former Qing government. It's not the incompetent Beiyang government, so even if the heads of state of the three countries come together, Yan Shao is not worried―――――― if it is replaced by the former Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that it has already begun to kneel and lick.

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"Honestly. Several of them really disappointed Yan and the entire Chinese people this time, and in the face of this iron-clad fact, you actually turned a blind eye..." After speaking, Yan Shao stood up from the sofa. After pacing back and forth. He looked at the three again. "I can clearly tell the three of them here that unless the Japanese government withdraws its troops and apologizes first, and compensates our people for the losses suffered in this attack, our country will absolutely not stop this conflict provoked by the Japanese..."

"As for the kindness of the three of them, I have come to understand them here, but if the three of them have the time to come to me, it is better to think about how to persuade the Japanese government not to make mistakes again and again..."

Seeing what Yan Shao said there, Wilson and Clemenceau shook their heads.

It's obvious. They've already collapsed, sure enough. It didn't take long for Yan Shao to express his intention to send off the guest. Wilson and they also want to be embarrassed, since Yan Shao has expressed the intention of sending off guests, it is naturally impossible for them to continue to stay here, so they quickly left Yan Shao's place.

It's just that compared to the enthusiasm of the afterlife, their attitude is obviously much colder, Clemenceau is not bad, after all, the relationship with each other is not bad, Wilson and George? Lloyd's attitude can be...

Even if the conversation was not very happy, there should still be politeness, so when the three of them left, Yan Shao personally sent them out of the door. At the same time, standing on the steps of the residence, he also watched Wilson and the others ride in the car, and they came in a happy way, and returned disappointed.

Standing in front of the steps, looking at the three people who left, Yan Shao smiled and didn't say anything.

"Is it really okay?" Standing beside Yan Shao, Elaline said with some concern.

After all, rejecting the heads of state of the other three countries with a tough attitude can hardly be said to be untroublesome. Hearing Elinor's worried tone, Yan Shao smiled and gently patted her arm twice.

Now that the weather in Paris is much better, Elaline no longer needs the tight, snowy little arms exposed to the sun and reflecting a dazzling light.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems, not to mention that before solving Soviet Russia, the three of them are at most just talking..."Just like Yan Shao said, before solving Soviet Russia, the three of them really didn't have anything to do with Yan Shao―――――― that's right, three...

Not long ago, because of a series of entanglements of interests, the Italians finally withdrew from the peace conference in anger, so the peace conference, which was originally dominated by the United States, Britain, China, France, and Italy, became the United States, Britain, China, and France...

Of course, this is nothing, anyway, Italy does not have much sense of zài in Europe, and its record in the European competition is even less pitiful, and if it retreats, it will retreat.

However, at present, the Soviet Russian Red Army has won consecutive battles in Eastern Europe, defeating the intervention armies of the Entente countries and the White Army led by Kolchak and Denikin several times.

In fact, the purpose of the three of them this time is also very simple, that is, to mediate the armed conflict that is currently taking place on the border between China and North Korea. It was hoped that Yan Shao would order the Wehrmacht, which had crossed the Yalu River and entered northern Korea, to retreat to the northeast, and naturally, they would also demand that the Japanese troops withdraw from Dandong.

As for how to compensate the Commune government for its losses in this conflict......... Sorry, they didn't really say that...

Britain and France and other countries are so insincere, Yan Shao is naturally unlikely to agree. So his answer is also very simple. If he wants to withdraw his army to the northeast, no problem, first of all, he must punish the leader of this sneak attack. The second is to compensate China for its losses in this conflict and apologize, and finally, the Japanese side must withdraw its troops to Korea first...

"China is a one-sided victim of this armed conflict, after all, we have not carried out any provocative actions against Japan, and this armed conflict is entirely caused by the despicable and shameless sneak attack of the Japanese government, as a victim. It is incomprehensible to let us rest without any compensation, of course. If we were still the same China ten years ago, then it would seem nothing to make such a big thing a small thing, and a small thing to make a small thing, but it's a pity. We're not—" and that's when confronting Wilson and the like. Yan Shao opened his mouth to speak.

If it was really the former Qing government ten years ago, I am afraid that it would have been overjoyed to get such a result. After all, Britain and the United States and other countries took the initiative to mediate, which they couldn't ask for in the past, not to mention that this kind of mediation is still gratuitous, not like the intervention of the three countries in the past few years, and they don't have to cede land and pay reparations or anything...

However, this is unacceptable for the Communist, especially today. After experiencing the Shandong Campaign and the European War. In addition, after the recent launch of the 'Westward Expansion Strategy', the morale of the people of the country has been very high. It is simply impossible to accept such a condition. Some newspapers in Japan have even published articles that 'Japan must pay the price.'

Of course, Britain and the United States and other countries are also well aware of this, and after being rejected by Yan Shao, they also miss the original corrupt Manchu government more and more―――――― although China at that time was full of bandits and corrupt officials, and there was a gold barrier that would be encountered once every other time (even if foreign goods did not need to pay a cent, but they were often troubled), Yan zhòng affected their trade in China, but anyway, at least the original Manchu government was obedient enough, they just had to say a word casually, the Manchu government will obediently do what it is told, how can it be so troublesome as it is now...

The most important thing is that the Chinese government at the beginning was almost no threat to the foreign powers, and it was already very good not to be cut by them, like now...

Only now, it's too late to regret it...

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Although Wilson and the others returned in defeat, they finally got a promise from Yan Shao that the Chinese government would not take advantage of this opportunity to occupy North Korea, which was what Britain and the United States and other countries were most worried about.

After all, apart from the United States, Britain and France, the two old imperialist powers, have almost no ability to restrict China's military operations in the Far East. This can be seen from the fact that China occupies two-thirds of Russia's territory, and they still have no way to do it―――――― and it is not really no way, after all, the war with Germany has ended, and they can already draw a considerable amount of troops, but the troops may be allowed, but financially...

If they really continue to fight, maybe Yan Shao won't have anything to do, and their finances will already be bankrupt...

And Yan Shao's promise can more or less reassure them, although Yan Shao's promise is only verbal.

"But the president, you gave Dandong an order to drag the Japanese army in Dandong into the city, not to let them occupy Dandong, and at the same time not to let them withdraw from the city......... Standing beside Yan Shao, Gu Weijun looked a little confused.

"The answer is simple, if they withdraw from Dandong, then why do we have to stay in North Korea? Although I never think that international opinion or the attitude of 'friends' can make any difference, this kind of thing still has some influence after all..."

"In addition, if the Japanese really take the initiative to withdraw from Dandong, then we will definitely have to withdraw together. But on the other hand, if the Japanese stay in Dandong all the time, then our troops in Korea can stay there forever..."

Speaking of this, Yan Shao lowered his head and groaned.

In fact, he was just going to teach the Japanese a lesson and make the Japanese feel the pain, so that the Nationalist government would not have to worry about the trouble from the Japanese side when consolidating its rule in Siberia and Central Asia, but then he felt that he should take advantage of this opportunity to make Japan pay a greater, big enough price to make them feel uncomfortable...

If you have to talk about it, Yan Shao intends to put China and North Korea on the border. The part currently occupied by the Wehrmacht has become a meat grinder like Verdun, so that even in a dozen years, Japan will feel blood in its heart when it thinks about it...

Nature. The defensive lines in the north of Korea were not necessarily stronger than Verdun, but the heavy artillery units of the Japanese were obviously not as strong as those of the Germans. At least casually take out thousands of large-caliber artillery pieces like the European battlefield, this kind of thing is absolutely impossible for the Japanese to do...

Similarly, the northern part of the DPRK is mountainous, and the terrain itself is not suitable for tank operations. There is no need to worry about the Japanese throwing tanks into it―――――― and it is difficult to say whether Japan has tanks that can be put into actual combat.

In addition, it is true that Wu Zhiyi's division in Dandong is a C division, but other units of the Shenyang Military Region are not. At least not entirely. Although most of those fighting the Japanese in northern Korea today are Type C troops, there is still a small number of Type B troops, and these units have no cavalry except for cavalry. At the same time, the artillery was somewhat weakened. Outside of the 105mm howitzer, it is almost indistinguishable from the Division A, especially in terms of light and heavy machine guns and mortars.

And with the advantage of firepower, even if the Japanese army has paid a certain amount of attention to machine guns and other equipment after experiencing the Shandong Campaign, the Wehrmacht is enough to teach them a very profound lesson...

And then there's...

"Feng Guozhang, didn't they always complain that the troops did not have the opportunity to accept actual combat, and they just took this opportunity to pull the domestic troops to North Korea in turn, so that the Japanese could be the whetstones. It also saves those soldiers who have just joined the army and have been soldiers for a few years, but they have never even seen blood..."

"But in terms of finance..."Listening to Yan Shao's words, Gu Weijun said hesitantly.

If there are no newly occupied places. Of course, this is nothing, after all, China has definitely gained more than it has lost this time. What's more, not long ago, Yan Shao also donated 100 million pounds to the government, and the private sector donated 70 million pounds, which is 170 million pounds in total, according to the exchange rate, but there are more than 1.7 billion silver dollars, which is more than the annual financial revenue of the national government...

But if you take into account the costs of Siberia, Central Asia, and the Middle East, as well as the cost of this conflict, the government will be much more financially strained.

"That's a real problem." Yan Shao said calmly. "But if we can take advantage of this opportunity to solve Japan, then we won't have to worry about the border problem for many years to come, and this is not something that money can exchange..."

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While Yan Shao was still talking to Gu Weijun, after receiving Yan Shao's order, Wu Zhiyi of Dandong quickly changed his plan. The original plan of counterattacking and driving the Japanese out of Dandong became a stubborn defense, and a limited counterattack was carried out to ensure that the Japanese could be dragged in Dandong all the time.

On the other hand, the Japanese also changed their strategy, if it turned out that they only planned to withdraw everyone from Dandong, and then punish whoever should be punished. Then, with the deployment of the Wehrmacht to Korea, the Korean Front also had to abandon its original plan.

"Now the situation is very obvious, even if we make unilateral concessions, the Chinese will not be able to give up, on the contrary, the imperial forbearance is seen by them as weakness, in this case, we can only choose tough means to force the Chinese to realize..."

In the headquarters of the Korean Front, facing more than a dozen generals and adjutants who had just arrived, and looking at the telegram coming from the mainland, the commander of the Korean Front, Utsunomiya Taro, said to them with a majestic gaze.

The telegram sent by the Japanese mainland to Utsunomiya Taro made it clear that the mediation of the great powers had basically failed. Although China has promised not to use the issue to fully send troops to North Korea, it is impossible for them to withdraw from North Korea like this―――――― of course, it is not impossible, but first of all, Japan must first withdraw its troops from Dandong, and then punish several culprits, in addition to apologies and reparations, etc...

This was a matter of course for the Nationalist Government, but for the Japanese, it was clearly impossible to agree. After all, if the current Japanese cabinet really agrees to such a condition, not to mention what their political future will be, the people of Japan alone will tear them to shreds...

"So we can only use force to make these despicable Chinese understand that the empire's tolerance is limited, and at the same time we must also take this opportunity to wash away the shame of Shandong..."

"Yes!"

The generals and adjutants in the room said in unison, especially the younger adjutants, their eyes were full of excitement and excitement.

Since Japan no longer has any opinions on this matter, Utsunomiya Taro naturally does not make any restrictions on his subordinates, especially those radical officers. Soon, the troops originally stationed on the Korean Peninsula began to march towards the Yalu River, and their task was very simple, in addition to driving the Wehrmacht out of Korea, the next step was to completely capture Dandong.

In the eyes of many soldiers, including Utsunomiya Taro, this is the only way to make China understand Japan's strength―――――― and at the same time to gain the initiative.

As for the series of conditions put forward by Yan Shao, it is impossible for the Japanese government to accept them...

So war is already inevitable ... (To be continued......)