Chapter 2 Fujian Strategy (8)
When Xuebingjun was in Renqiu, he already had his own financial system. However, due to the lack of a general who can lead the overall situation, there are still various shortcomings in the financial industry. When the economic scale of the student army was not obvious, it could still be supported, but once it developed to today's scale, its limitations appeared, which was also one of the reasons why Ouyang Yun was so urgent to snare Luost.
Another reason is due to a condition promised by Jiang Shuren during the relocation negotiations with Nanjing. At that time, because Ouyang Yun was unconscious, Jiang Shuren was anxious to change the dilemma of the Xuebing Army, and promised Nanjing that if the Xuebing Military Government could not come up with a more advanced financial policy within a year, then it would accept the "fiat currency reform plan", abolish the circulation of silver dollars, and use fiat currency as the only official currency. If the Cadet Army accepts "legal tender" as its official currency, then its financial industry will inevitably be constrained by Nanjing, and this will obviously be extremely unfavorable to the Cadet Army Government, which seeks de facto independence. Seeing that the deadline agreed upon by the two sides was getting closer and closer, and no one on the side of the Cadet Army had been able to come up with an effective financial policy, it was not difficult to understand Ouyang Yun's mood at the moment.
Bringing the Bonn father and son to the United States, Ouyang Yun obviously did the right move.
In Gu Lianyun's narrative, Rost is very arrogant, and his gaze is slanted. However, maybe it was Dapol who played a role, or maybe it was because the father and son of Old Bonn came across the ocean, he was still more polite to Ouyang Yun. After listening to Ouyang Yun's words, the old man thought for a while and said, "Well, being young is not a weakness. However, I am living well in the United States now, and I am a little reluctant to leave rashly, can you make me think about it for a while? ”
Seeing that his words were loose, there was no need for Ouyang Yun to hint, and old Bonn said, "Mr. Rost, we really need you in the Cadet Army. For the sake of more than one million compatriots in Guangdong, please agree to our request! ”
Looking at old Bonn with some surprise, perhaps for the sentence "We are in the army", Rost asked: "Mr. Bonn, are you in an important position in the army?" ”
"Yes. I am the chairman of the Jewish Council of Self-Government. ”
The Jewish Autonomous Committee was a product of Guangdong, and the reason why the Jewish Chamber of Commerce was upgraded to such an organization was that Ouyang Yun's original idea was to govern the Jews with Judah. And after several months of practice, it turned out that his original decision was wise. Nowadays, the Jews are much more motivated to participate in the activities of the Cadet Army, which is still secondary, and the most important thing is that the Cantonese people are no longer as sensitive to the Jews as they were at the beginning. The reason for this was that the Jewish Autonomous Council began to legislate internally to regulate the business and daily behavior of the Jews, which reduced the friction between the Jews and the Cantonese people, and naturally allowed the latter to gradually eliminate their bad feelings towards the former.
"Jewish self-government councils? Will you be able to govern yourself? Rost asked Old Bonn, but his eyes looked at Ouyang Yun.
Ouyang Yun nodded affirmatively: "Of course, the territory we control now is too small, so we can only assign residential points to you, and when the area under control is larger in the future, it is completely possible to divide a county or even a province for you to govern." Mr. Rost, have you studied your history? After receiving Rost's affirmative answer, Ouyang Yun continued: "So, you don't know the root cause of why your nation has suffered so many calamities? ”
Rost's face turned ugly.
The corners of Ouyang Yun's mouth twitched slightly, knowing that he had hit the other party's vital point. He said: "I have also done a small study on the history of your people, and according to my personal opinion, I think the key to why you are always bullied is that you do not have your own country. The term country may be too broad, so to put it mildly, you don't have your own territory. Forgive my arrogance, Mr. Rost, and I think that the next ten years will be an opportunity for you Jews to find your own territory, and even to establish your own state. In the West, sooner or later Hitler would have launched a war of aggression; In the East, Japan has always been ambitious to expand outward - it is predictable that a large-scale war is about to start on a scale no smaller than the World War, and then your opportunity will come. As long as you see the situation clearly now and choose to be on the side of the victors, I think you should be able to win a place by then. I don't dare to say in other places, in the East, our student army should be able to help you win it. ”
Ouyang Yun's words, no matter who they fall on, are shocking enough. But he was by no means a general, and from the day he prepared and absorbed the Jews, he had mature ideas.
And the territory he envisioned for the Jews was the four northern islands of Japan.
At his time, the four northern islands were controlled by the Soviets and then inherited by Russia. If it wants to change this outcome, China will have to replace the Soviet Union as the main force in the anti-fascist movement in Asia – can China do this? It's hanging. There are two difficulties, the first is that China's own strength must be strong enough, and the second is how to limit the Soviet Union's play.
From Ouyang Yun's various layouts when he was in Renqiu, in fact, we can find long-term arrangements for the above two points. The most obvious point is that in terms of military technology, the Cadet Army released water to the Japanese army - of course, this is the possibility of playing with fire and self-immolation. And in order to put an end to this, it must be a prerequisite that the student army is strong enough.
Roosevelt was obviously frightened by Ouyang Yun's bold idea. The greatest dream of the Jews, young and old, rich or poor, is undoubtedly to establish their own state. However, many years have passed, and many generations have struggled, but they have never been able to achieve it. Roosevelt stood up, looked at Ouyang Yun deeply for nearly five minutes, and saw that the other party's expression was always the same, he bent down, bowed, choked and said: "Sir, if this is the case, you will be the savior of our Jews, and we will erect a monument to you, so that future generations will never dare to forget your kindness!" ”
Helping him up, Ouyang Yun said, "It's too early to talk about this, now, we need your help." ”
"No problem, no matter whether it is possible to achieve it or not, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, it is worth our struggle. Thank you so much, sir, for lighting the light in my heart that is almost going out! ”
After successfully capturing Rost, the latter two were much more convincing. With Rost's assistance, although Sherif and Warpots had doubts, they finally agreed to Ouyang Yun's request. So far, Ouyang Yun's implementation in the United States has been more than half successful, and the next thing is the transfer negotiation of some core technologies.
Because Ouyang Yun has the massive amount of information provided by the handheld computer, he has mastered too many key skills. It is a pity that the territory controlled by the Cadet Army is too small, and the Chinese authorities are not trustworthy, otherwise he would never have given these benefits to the Americans.
Ouyang Yun spent a total of six days in the United States, and the last three days were spent in New York.
And the day after arriving in New York, he experienced a false alarm. He never imagined that he would be remembered by Hitler, the demon king of World War II, and the reason why the latter chose to send someone to contact him at this time and place was because he wanted to cooperate with him.
No matter what future generations say about Hitler, there is a history that should not be forgotten by the Chinese. That was Hitler's goodwill towards the Chinese. According to reliable historical records, Hitler's reason for distinguishing Chinese from other colored people was that he was helped by an overseas Chinese couple when he was a teenager. Germany's help and support for China was particularly evident in its military cooperation in the years leading up to the start of World War II. This is also the real origin of the Central Military Armament Division. Had it not been for China's weakness at the time, it is not hard to believe that Hitler would have even chosen China as his ally in Asia.
Back to New York.
The secret appointment with Ouyang Yun was a military attache at the German Embassy in the United States. When he was first introduced to Ouyang Yun, the latter thought he was an American businessman, but after he reported his home, he learned that the other party was actually German.
The German military attache was not too polite, and after greetings, he directly took out a document and handed it to Ouyang Yun, saying that one of the letters was dictated by the Führer himself.
In the letter, Hitler said that although he was far away in Europe, he still noticed the rise of the Cadet Army, and noticed the strong technology displayed by the Cadet Army. He believed that the Cadet Army was the only advanced army in the world that could keep up with the steps of the German army, and hoped that the two sides could cooperate more in the military field. At the end of the letter, he proposed that the two sides should establish a military laboratory, which would be composed of the most intelligent Aryans and Han Chinese in the world, and jointly study military techniques that could represent the most advanced level in the world, and for example, a missile and a large bomb that could destroy a city. Of course, in order to demonstrate sincerity, the Cadet Army had to expel the Jews...... Yunyun.
The German government and the central government in Nanjing have a military cooperation agreement, and Ouyang Yun is clear about it. The reform of the Central Army, which began last year, actually stemmed from the recommendations of the German military advisory group.
The German military attaché's request for a meeting, the shrewd Gu Lianyun did not reveal any rumors to the outside world, but on American soil, it is almost impossible to be unknown. Thinking of this, Ouyang Yun only accepted the document, and immediately waved his hand to send the guest, asking Liu Kui to invite the former out.
Working with Hitler? Joke. Let's not talk about success or failure, even if you succeed, then in the history of future generations, you will definitely become a person who will be remembered for thousands of years. At that time, history still doesn't know what kind of changes will happen to the road. There is no need to consider this problem at all, what Ouyang Yun is worried about now is how to solve the possible sequelae of this meeting.
Is it a direct confession to the Jews? This will undoubtedly make them feel more at ease with themselves, but the Germans must have spy agents in the United States, so they can accurately know their whereabouts. Once this is known to them, with the current level of madness of the Germans, Ouyang Yun is worried about whether he will become the target of targeted eradication.
He is not afraid of death, but if he dies now, the Cadet Army will inevitably fall into division, and then it may be eaten or even wiped out. In that case, all the things you have done so far will be in vain. And without the loss of the student army to balance Japan, God knows what will happen in the future war of resistance, if it really leads to defeat because of this, he will die and cannot escape the blame...... After much thought, he finally decided to hide it from the Jews, but he had to confess to Roosevelt that the Americans would certainly find out about the visit of the German military attaché, and let them help him hide the Jews as the only option.
So before leaving, Ouyang Yun had another phone call with Roosevelt.
This was an unacceptable move for him, but unexpectedly planted a bane. And the reason why this is so is because in order to convince Roosevelt that sooner or later the United States will be dragged into the world war, he said the following: I know that you don't believe it now, so let's make a bet. I bet that Germany would attack Poland on September 1, 1939, and then your Congress would issue the Declaration of Neutrality—don't ask me where I got this information, but in any case, help me keep it a secret until my prophecy or lie has been confirmed.
The last American guest Ouyang Yun received in the United States was Juan. Tripp, who was the manager of Pan Am's predecessor, American Airlines. Pan Am had already secured a contract in 1935 to carry mail from San Francisco to Canton, and was interested in establishing a wholly-owned airline in China so that passengers bound for China could transfer to its planes in Hong Kong to travel to the various parts of the route. It was only because of the subsequent Liangguang Incident and the change of regime that this plan had to be delayed. Ouyang Yun is now the de facto ruler of Guangdong, and his recognition will undoubtedly be conducive to Pan America's business. And Ouyang Yun, who is familiar with this history, wants to get a piece of the pie. At his suggestion, Juan agreed to form a joint venture, in which Pan American would have a 51 percent stake and Xuebingjun a 49 percent stake, to collaborate on aviation operations in China.
Don't think that Ouyang Yun's purpose in reaching this agreement is to take a fancy to the domestic aviation industry market and future. In doing so, the first thing he considered was actually to facilitate the recruitment of talents by the military army. After all, the distance between the United States and Guangdong is too long, and the voyage time of the ship is too long. Second, it is to make the ties between Guangdong and the United States closer, which is naturally of great benefit to promoting economic and trade exchanges between the two places -- and is naturally extremely beneficial to the development of the subordinate enterprises of the Cadet Army.
Before you know it, it's time for the scheduled return date. For nearly a week, Ouyang Yun and Gu Lianyun were almost in and out of pairs, and at night they were lingering for several hours, in the former's private words to the latter: I'm about to be squeezed dry by you. However, when it came to breaking up, Gu Lianyun still felt reluctant, and said more than once: I want to go back with you! Damn America, I don't want to stay for a minute. What's the point of me living without you by my side?!
Having said that, both of them know it, so they can only talk. Before boarding, for the first time, Ouyang Yun did not shy away from everyone, hugged Gu Lianyun tightly in his arms, and kissed her lips with the separation habit that only Americans have! whispered in her ear, "Trust me, it won't be long before we will never be separated again!" I promise! ”
"Just believe you once!" Gu Lianyun said that he tried to give him a smile so that his journey would be more comfortable, but in the end, he still couldn't help the ripples of tears.