Nanjing at night

Huang Ke, who was visiting the United States, heard two pieces of news about the Sino-Japanese war, one was that the Japanese army had used chemical weapons from international treaties in the battle, and the other was a killing contest reported by Japanese newspapers.

After seeing these two pieces of news, Huang Ke made instructions, he first instructed the intelligence department to cooperate with the operation, be sure to find out the Japanese chemical weapons storage warehouse and destroy it, and also instructed the front-line troops to issue additional gas mask equipment.

Of course, in addition to these arrangements, Huang Ke also convened a brief temporary meeting in the United States, which was mainly composed of members of the current visit to the United States and representatives of overseas Chinese in the United States, and the topic of discussion was to use the media of various countries to expose these two incidents so that the whole world would know about Japan's barbaric aggression.

Huang Ke has always attached importance to propaganda and public opinion work, and he once said that good public opinion work can be worth thousands of troops, and the influence of public opinion is of utmost importance on the invisible battlefield. Good public opinion work can boost people's morale and cohesion internally, and can also increase their sense of identity and get more support and assistance externally.

On the contrary, if the high ground of public opinion is occupied by the enemy, it will also be a sharp weapon of attack by the enemy, and a large part of the reason why Japan was able to mobilize the strength of the whole country to carry out the Sino-Japanese war was to stir up the minds of the people of the whole country, replace people's dissatisfaction with the government with nationalism, and use the war against China to divert various contradictions at home, so that it could naturally gain support.

"Now that we are in the United States, we should also pay attention to the propaganda of the Sino-Japanese War. I've had people wash up the photos of the front line and send them in, and you can find some credible newspapers to publish them, and use your connections, preferably to let them go to the field to cover them in person. Huang Ke paused and said that European and American countries do not know about the war between China and Japan, and they are not interested, because these things have not yet involved themselves, but soon this war will spread, and although our propaganda work will not achieve great results for the time being, they will suddenly wake up when the war spreads in the future.

The people in the room agreed with Huang Ke's words, but when it came to the expansion and spread of the war later, and even the United States was involved in the war, many people thought it was incredible.

Huang Ke saw their doubts, he didn't explain too much, just smiled and said: "Hitler can't hold it back in Europe, I believe they will tear their faces with Britain and France within a year." ”

The others didn't refute it, but they didn't believe it from the bottom of their hearts. They think it's okay for Huang Ke to fool the Americans when he says these things, but it is a bit out of place to say this in front of his own people.

Because the meeting was held in the United States, and it was a rented conference room, the meeting did not last long before it was disbanded. Everyone went about their own business, and Huang Ke and Fourteen changed into civilian clothes and returned to the White House.

A few days ago, his son Huang Zhengzhong and daughter Huang Ying attended a dinner hosted by President Roosevelt as his children. I have to say that Huang Ying and Huang Zhengzhong have grown up, they are generous and decent, and they speak fluent English, but Huang Zhengzhong has a little London accent. The two families are so happy that they feel like old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time.

Although it was ostensibly a family reunion, the party was politically charged, and Huang Ke kept Huang Ying in the United States and introduced him to the Roosevelts in order to establish more channels of communication.

This trip to the United States was not very successful for Huang Ke, and it certainly did not come without success. He persuaded Roosevelt to give China a huge loan for seven years, and the two countries signed a mutual trade agreement, which would allow China to import more oil, steel, and even guns and ammunition from the United States.

Roosevelt was a far-sighted statesman, and when Secretary of State asked Huang Ke why he had given China such a generous loan, Roosevelt said, "Because only then can they defeat the Japanese, and this is a kind of support for us." ”

Sure enough, within two years, his words were confirmed.

In addition to his talks with the U.S. government, Huang Ke has also established friendly relations with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce through the Corleone family, as well as with some of the top mafia leaders, who are not in the early stages of carrying Thomson* on the streets, but who are mostly in suits and leather shoes, and who are among the successful people in the upper class who control oil, machinery, and Wall Street wealth.

These adventurers have no right or wrong war, they only have money in their eyes like all merchants, and this coincides with Huang Ke's requirements for them.

As a result, the Corleone family also provided freight caravans, and the cargo routes in the United States to be loaded and unloaded at Myanmar ports were once again expanded.

When Corleone and Huang Ke met privately, they proposed to establish a cargo storage site in Manila for faster transportation and transshipment, but Huang Ke objected.

Huang Ke told him that the next targets of the Japanese offensive were the Philippines and Southeast Asia, where it was extremely dangerous to store goods. After hearing this, Corleone smiled disapprovingly: "With General MacArthur here, the Japanese monkeys don't dare to do anything." ”

Huang Ke didn't continue to persuade, he knew that the other party's attention had been decided, so there was nothing to say like this.

However, there are many unsatisfactory aspects of this visit, and the US Congress did not freeze the export of strategic materials to Japan, in other words, they want to take advantage of the war between China and Japan to make a lot of money.

Huang Ke knew that at this time, no one would believe that Japan would fight the United States, so he simply stopped dwelling on this issue. Therefore, after deploying the Sino-Japanese war propaganda work in the United States, he was ready to leave for China, after all, the war at home was extremely urgent, and it was impossible for him to stay in the United States for too long.

Huang Ke here is preparing to return, but someone over there is preparing to leave.

In Nanjing at night, on Zhongshan Road, where the residences of high-ranking officials are concentrated, a dark black Chevrolet sedan drove from the rain. The speed of the car was very fast, whether it was turning or encountering a vehicle, it did not slow down at all, and a lot of muddy water was splashed along the way. The traffic police on duty on the road were very dismissive of this, but when they saw the blue number plate of the Central Special Committee hanging on the back of the car, they said no more.

There are too many high-ranking officials and dignitaries living on this road, and casual vehicles are hung with the number plates of the central ministries and commissions, so it is not surprising that this traffic policeman is not surprised.

The black Chevrolet did not slow down, at a speed of more than 80 miles, quickly crossed Zhongshan Road to the suburbs of Xiliu Road, ten minutes later, in front of a garden villa the car slowed down, the people in the villa opened the iron gate of the villa, Chevrolet's car drove directly in, and then the door of the villa was immediately closed, and the guards with loaded guns also returned to their posts to observe the surroundings vigilantly.

The car was driven directly into the garage, which was connected to the basement. As soon as they arrived at the garage, the door to the garage was closed, and a man in a tweed coat and top hat walked out, surrounded by the crowd.

Although it was indoors, the brim of the man's hat was still very low, and behind him was a man with stocky legs. Although the man also wears a suit and a tweed coat, he walks stiffly, and he looks like he is from a military background.

The two of them walked directly into the basement from the garage under the guidance of the first few people. In the basement, several men wrapped around their shoulders or robes were already there.

Hearing someone coming down from the upper floor, they all stopped talking and focused their eyes on the entrance, and then walked quickly to the entrance to meet them.

The person who came took off his top hat and coat and handed them to the person next to him, only then did he see that he was Wang Maocai, who had disappeared for a long time. And the person next to him bowed slightly, and the discerning person knew that it must be a representative of the Japanese side.

"Zhou Fohai!" The Chinese standing in the middle shook hands with Wang Maocai.

Wang Maocai also smiled and said: "Wang Maocai, this is Mr. Kawashima Seiichi, the representative of the Japanese side. ”

After everyone introduced them one by one, they walked to the middle of the table and sat up, there was a stove in the basement, and the few things in the stove crackled and crackled, which also made the whole room warm.

"Mr. Wang is really bold, and he dares to come to Nanjing to make an appointment. Your Excellency's courage has long been heard, and today I see that it is indeed an extraordinary person. Zhou Fohai smiled.

Wang Maocai picked up the teacup in front of him, gently blew the tea leaves, and then said with a smile: "Commander Huang went to the United States, and Nanjing City is now within the range of the Japanese army's long-range artillery. The current city of Nanjing has become such a mess that even the Japanese will not notice that I came in. ”

"Besides, it's only a matter of time before the Japanese enter Nanjing, and I'm just a front stop."

Zhou Fohai nodded: "The two countries will only injure more lives by fighting each other, since the war against Japan is advocated to preserve national independence and the safety of the people, then can't this requirement be met without fighting?" That's what our 'low-key club' is about. ”

Wang Maocai nodded, he gave Zhou Fohai a thumbs up and said, "In the early years, I heard that Mr. Zhou had a unique vision, but now it seems to be really different. Come, let's replace wine with tea. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the teacup in front of him to salute Zhou Fohai, and Zhou Fohai also picked up the teacup and touched him.

After the two finished speaking, Kawashima, who was sitting on the top seat, nodded, and he smashed his two black lips and said, "Since the goal can be agreed, then our next negotiations will be much smoother." According to the established policy of the Empire, after the capture of Nanjing, we are ready to set up a new Nationalist government here. The new Nationalist government could have an independent armed army, complete taxing powers, and offices to persuade the Huang Ke government to surrender. ”

"That's nature!" A man in a lapel national uniform next to Zhou Fohai said. The two sides also had a series of close talks.

The conversation ended in the early hours of the morning, and when he left, Zhou Fohai quietly handed Wang Maocai an envelope, and he smiled and said, "Mr. Wang has bothered a lot, and this is a little thanks." ”

Wang Maocai took the envelope and flipped it, and smiled with satisfaction.