As the Chinese people boiled again, and the storm soon swept through Japan, as well as the United States, Great Britain, and France. "What? The Japanese devils have started to slaughter innocent people again? "It's miserable! It's so miserable! "These pigs and dogs are inferior to things! Sooner or later, we will suffer the damnation! ”

"We must not let these dogs continue to slaughter my Chinese compatriots like this!" Hu Shi, Chen Guangfu, Sun Tao and others watched the photos and the documentary, everyone's faces were extremely ugly, their brows were tightly locked, their foreheads were bruised, their chests rose and fell rapidly, and their bodies kept trembling! The boundless anger has long since broken through the tipping point, and everyone wants to wipe all the Japanese off the face of the earth with guns and cannons now.

"Anger alone won't solve the problem!" Meng Wuan sighed lightly, then looked at Hu Shi and Chen Guangfu and said, "Although we are thousands of miles away, we can also make the Japanese devils pay the price!" ”

Hu Shi naturally knew what Meng Wu'an meant, and immediately nodded: "Chairman Meng is right, although Europe and the United States can't go to the battlefield to kill little devils, they can put pressure on Japan through diplomatic channels!" Chen Guangfu continued: "That's right, fighting a war requires not only a lot of manpower, but also a huge war resource, Japan is an island country with extremely scarce resources, especially oil, steel and rubber, which are heavily dependent on exports!"

We can build momentum in Britain and the United States and other countries, so that these Western countries that flaunt democracy and freedom can open their eyes to see the true face of the Japanese devils! "Exactly! I know it's going to be a lot of hard work to really work! These Western countries are all hypocritical politicians, they only care about interests, and they don't care about the life or death of our China at all!

But no matter how difficult it is, we have to do it, and we must not let the Japanese devils continue to slaughter our Chinese compatriots so unscrupulously! "For the current predicament, it is true that pressure through diplomatic channels and public opinion is the best countermeasure, and we can't know that the Japanese devils have kidnapped a large number of ordinary people as hostages, and they still have to bomb and attack indiscriminately, right?

Hu Shi nodded solemnly and said: "That's true, a weak country has no diplomacy!" We provided so much strong evidence the other day, and the result is not an understatement! This foreign devil has always said one thing and done another, unless there is a pain in the skin, they will never let the Japanese people make money! ”

"These mercenary foreign devils are this virtue, and in their eyes they only have money and interests!" Meng Wuan snorted coldly, and said with a gleam in his eyes: "So we always say that it is better to ask for others than for ourselves, and the only way out is to be self-reliant and self-reliant at any time!"

At present, when the national crisis is at hand, we Chinese people should all the more huddle together to keep warm, completely drive the Japanese devils out of China, and establish a prosperous, strong and democratic new China! Only when the country and nation become truly rich and powerful can we Chinese people gain true democracy and freedom and be respected by the Western powers! ”

"Haha! The road is tortuous, the future is bright, and evil can never defeat justice! I firmly believe that under the leadership of our headquarters, we will definitely stand up again! Meng Wuan smiled and drew a big pie, and then asked Chen Guangfu: "Member Chen, has the matter of the tung oil loan been implemented now?" Are there any difficulties? ”

"Fortunately, the tung oil loan has basically been signed now! Just wait for the US side to lend! Chen Guangfu sighed lightly: "Hey, the country is weak, and those of us engaged in diplomacy and foreign aid are really struggling!" ”

In the past few months, Chen Guangfu has really begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother that he didn't know how much thought and energy he spent on running a tung oil loan, and now it has finally been finalized. As early as the Sui and Tang dynasties, tung oil has been widely used in China. However, before the large-scale export of tung oil in China, tung oil was mostly used as fuel and paint, and people can often see tung oil trees in the countryside and mountains.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the great value of tung oil was discovered, and the demand for tung oil in the international market was very strong, so tung oil became an international commodity, and gradually became a traditional bulk export product of China. In the early days of the Republic of China, due to the special needs of paint in the military and machinery industries, it became an important strategic material, and the foreign demand for tung oil continued to increase, resulting in a sharp increase in the export volume of tung oil in China.

China's tung oil production areas are mainly concentrated in the Yangtze River Basin, and Sichuan is the most important tung oil producing area in China, accounting for about 1/3 of China's tung oil production. Due to the huge demand for tung oil in the international market, the development of tung oil planting production has been greatly stimulated. In the 14 years from 1922 to 1936, the national tung oil output increased from 54,940 tons to 145,700 tons, an increase of more than two times.

The export volume of tung oil increased from 450,910 quintals to 867783 quintals, and in 1937, the export volume exceeded 1 million quintals, reaching 1029789 quintals, and the export value of tung oil earned nearly 100 million yuan, which is the largest export commodity in China. In the first three years of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, due to the existence of the Neutrality Act, China was unable to obtain direct military aid from the United States, so the Nationalist Government focused on obtaining financial support and loans. The breakthrough point is the export of tung oil in China.

From the end of 1938 to the beginning of 1939, Huaxia and the United States reached the first loan agreement during the Anti-Japanese War, that is, the tung oil loan. Under the terms of the Tung Oil loan agreement, the Export-Import Bank of the United States will lend $25 million to the Chinese company at an annual interest rate of 4.5% for a term of five years. The Chinese company needs to sell 220,000 tons of tung oil to the American company within this period. The main purpose of the loan is to purchase automobiles and improve transportation on the Yunnan-Burma Road.

The amount of tung oil borrowed is not large, but it is the first loan of the US government to assist the Chinese War of Resistance, and its political significance is obviously far greater than its economic significance. The Nationalist Government used tung oil to open the door to US aid to China, changed US policy toward China, and greatly changed China's isolated and helpless situation.

The tung oil loan was undoubtedly a success for China's war of resistance, but the United States benefited a lot. The signing of the agreement means that American businessmen actually monopolized the sales of tung oil in Huaxia, and at the same time monopolized the price of tung oil in the world market.

American businessmen can easily make a profit by reselling tung oil in the international market, and it has played a great role in increasing employment, reviving and prospering the economy. Thinking back on the whole process, Chen Guangfu sighed again: "It's just a small number, not enough to solve my difficulties!" This loan can only solve the immediate need, and it is far less real than cooperating with your company to make money! ”

"Haha, then I don't need to talk about it! It's better to ask for others than for yourself! Meng Wuan raised his eyebrows quite proudly, and then said: "Then let's go our separate ways, no matter what the result is, we must go all out, even if it is good to add to the blockage of the little devil!" ”

Jiang Qiang didn't expect to play a big substantive role through diplomatic channels, but he could give the little devil eye medicine in advance, and when a certain time came, the outbreak would be even more violent! "Good!" "Let's split up!"

Hu Shi, Chen Guangfu and Sun Tao nodded again and again, and then asked, "By the way, can you give us a copy of these photos and videos?" Meng Wuan nodded and smiled: "Of course there is no problem, the extra one is specially prepared for you!" "Haha, that's good! This makes it more convincing for us to lobby US government officials! ”

"If nothing else, then we'll take our leave! This must be struck while the iron is hot! Hu Shi and Chen Guangfu nodded again, and then said some polite words before getting up to leave. Well, okay! Ambassador Hu, Member Chen, you have worked hard all the way, we have prepared a small gift, and please do not shirk! ”

Meng Wuan was originally a businessman, so he naturally knew what it meant to be "courteous and not strange", not to mention that these two bigwigs came overnight to really save face! If you want the horses to run, you have to let the horses eat grass, and Meng Wuan must give some generous gifts to make the cooperation more enjoyable in the future! "Haha, Chairman Meng is too polite!"

"No merit is not punished, this is what we should do!" Hu Shi and Chen Guangfu smiled, and after a while, they were very "embarrassed" and accepted $500 cash red envelopes each! "Ambassador Hu, Member Chen, please go slowly! If you have time, you will definitely come to play with us often! Good bye! ”

After sending Hu Shi and Chen Guangfu away, Meng Wuan turned back to the office, picked up the phone and called Xia Chen: "Hey, Xia Chen? Well, it's me, and you can come to my office now! Not long after, Xia Chen came to the door of the chairman's office, knocked on the door, walked into the room and asked with a smile: "Chairman, I'm here!" What's the matter? "Sit down and talk!"

Meng Wuan pointed with his hand, and after Xia Chen took his seat, he said with a smile: "That's the case, our Shandong Military Region has recovered Qingdao, Yantai, Weihaiwei and other port cities!"

The head office wants us to open trade routes to the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Singapore and other countries, which requires us to buy several cruise ships in the name of other countries, and this operation process must be complicated after all! I'm going to leave this matter to you to host, what do you think? ”

According to the historical trajectory, it will take more than two years for the Pacific War to break out, which means that it will take more than two years for Japan, Britain, the United States, France, and other countries to tear their skins. Therefore, it is completely possible to take advantage of this gap to carry out population transfer and talent import operations in the name of maritime trade with countries such as Britain, the United States and France!

Even Jiang Qiang plans to expand his influence to Hong Kong and Singapore, and if it is possible, these two places will be recovered and turned into Chinese territory in advance! If nothing can be done, those patriotic overseas Chinese will be evacuated to Shandong in advance for security and Myanmar!

Because Jiang Qiang knew that these overseas Chinese, who vigorously aided the anti-Japanese resistance, had suffered massacres and great suffering after the Japanese occupied Singapore! "What? Buy a cruise ship, but also open a route to Shandong? Really, that's great! Doesn't that mean that in the future, we can go back and forth to China anytime and anywhere? ”

Hearing this, Xia Chen's eyes suddenly brightened, he only knew that Huaxia's domestic economy was backward and the people's livelihood was withering, and it was still in a state of war, and at that time, he would not think of taking the initiative to go back to the national disaster together! In the final analysis, human nature is selfish, instinctively will seek good fortune and avoid evil, not everyone can give up the good living conditions for the sake of ideals and beliefs to throw their heads and spill blood!

Now it's different, because there is a powerful and mysterious Shandong Military Region and an omnipotent headquarters, if you directly arrive at the Shandong Jiangqiang Defense Zone, you won't have any worries about safety and life! "You heard it right, and I didn't say it wrong, indeed! The specific operation steps, we can sit down and discuss carefully! ”

Meng Wuan nodded affirmatively, and then continued: "What the general seat means is that we can also acquire a few mainland Americans, and then invest and build factories in Shandong in the name of American companies!"

At that time, an industrial park similar to the nature of the concession will be established, so that not only will the Japanese devils not be able to carry out air raids and destruction, but we will also be able to use this to carry out some private operations! "Great! In this way, we can continue to return to China to support the anti-Japanese war, and at the same time, we can also let our family members come to our side to develop together! ”

Xia Chen was full of joy when he heard this, if he could ensure that his safety and happiness index were not reduced, he was absolutely willing to contribute to the Chinese nation's resistance and rise. And for the omnipotent general seat depicted by Meng Wuan, the incomparably powerful Shandong Group Army, the modern atmosphere of Zhaoyuan, and the reunion with his sister Xia Yu, Xia Chen is full of boundless yearning!

"You go and prepare the implementation draft first, and tomorrow morning I will gather more people to meet and discuss! This is an important matter, and we need to do it with all our might! Meng Wuan is also excited, if it can really open the sea routes and air routes to Shandong, then it is undoubtedly an extremely beautiful thing for them!

White House, Washington. Roosevelt looked down at the outrageous photos in front of him, looked at Secretary of State Cordell Hull with an ugly look after a while, and asked in a deep voice: "The government of the Republic of China has once again handed over a diplomatic note on sanctions against the Japanese government, how do you think we should respond this time?" ”

Hull muttered: "This is indeed a thorny issue, and the complaint information provided by the government of the Republic of China this time is extremely detailed and credible!" It seems that the Japanese army did commit the crime of slaughter against humanity, what a bunch of barbarians who have not evolved completely! ”

In early 1933, President Roosevelt came to power, and Cordell Hull was appointed Secretary of State. After taking office, Cordell Hull fully supported Roosevelt's "New Deal" in order to minimize the damage caused by the world economic crisis in the United States.

Roosevelt used him to carry out foreign policy in order to quell the criticism and dissatisfaction of some monopoly capitalists with the reform of the "New Deal". Hull is the longest-serving secretary of state in U.S. history and the 1945 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. After a pause, Hull continued: "What's more tricky is that the Chinese side has made a lot of noise, not only overseas Chinese have already rallied and demonstrated many times, but even the American people have shown unprecedented indignation about this, and many newspapers and media are vying to be the first to reprint the report!" ”

Having learned the lessons of the past, coupled with the strong economic strength of the Dongxing Trading Company and the full operation of the Republic of China government, in just four days, the news of Japan's new massacre in Shandong was spread all over the United States! Human beings are born with the psychology of sympathy for the weak, and before detailed ironclad evidence and bloody accusations, the public opinion in the United States is naturally one-sided, and the vast majority of Americans are extremely sympathetic to the suffering of the Chinese people!

Although they did not give generously and fully support the Chinese War of Resistance, they had no problem helping to demonstrate and put some pressure on the US government and the Japanese government! In the past few days, newspapers and magazines have been full of news photos about the brutal massacre of innocent people by the Japanese army, and even news such as the Nanjing Massacre, which had been gradually submerged before, have been turned out and sold hotly!

"This is a matter that really needs to be taken seriously! As the great federal government of the United States, we should take into account the will of the people! Roosevelt tapped his finger on the table, pondered for a long time, and then nodded: "You are right, we really can't have no reaction, and we must seriously state the United States' liberal, democratic, and humane position to the Japanese government!" Although it is impossible to turn the other cheek with the Japanese government and intervene in the Sino-Japanese war because of this matter, and it is impossible to change the isolationism pursued by the United States, but now that public opinion is boiling, Roosevelt must express something!

Hull picked up his coffee, took a sip, and nodded: "Then I'll go and send a note to the Japanese ambassador to the United States, so that they can clearly understand our American position!" "Hmm!" Roosevelt nodded, then picked up a scrap export agreement to Japan, and then said: "Let the Japanese government take care of it, otherwise we will impose sanctions and embargoes on them!" For example, steel with a high melting point will be the first to be included in the embargo! ”

This scrap export agreement to Japan was submitted by the steel king Carnegie, and it is related to great economic interests, and Roosevelt, even if he is the president of the United States, cannot veto it, but it can be put under pressure with a little delay! "Mr. President, I see! If nothing else, then I'll take my leave! ”

With that, Hull stood up and walked out of the president's office. "Baga Ya Road! These Chinese have now also learned to fight public opinion and kidnap public opinion! It's not a good thing for us! The Japanese ambassador to the United States, Horiuchi, had a hard time dealing with Hull, who had come to the house, and immediately convened a short meeting of embassy officials to discuss countermeasures.

Military attache Ozaki Huang said in a gloomy tone: "This time, it is the Dongxing Trading Company that is adding fuel to the fire, and these insidious Chinese people will only use this kind of indiscriminate means!" Koyama Hayato said coldly: "These tricks will disgust the Japanese Empire at most, and the United States will not take any actual action at all!"

Dongxing Trading Company has already run Chinatown like an iron bucket, and we can't take effective military action now, so we can only use diplomatic channels to counteract! Horiuchi nodded and said, "Shhhhh In the face of such vicious slander and framing, we must take strong diplomatic means to negotiate! ”

"Your Excellency the Ambassador is absolutely right!" "In addition, we have to make the domestic imperial warriors do things cleanly and neatly, and such a handle will not fall into the hands of the Huaxia people again!" "Yo Xi! Split up now! ”

These Japanese devils are shameless to the extreme, they have always been and want to set up archways, how can they admit and repent in the face of such anti-civilian crimes? So, soon the Japanese embassy began a new round of shameless thieves shouting to catch thieves, using all kinds of means to deny and splash dirty water! Imperial Palace of the Emperor of Japan.

"Your Majesty, this is a telegram sent back by Ambassador Horiuchi, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look!" After receiving a telegram from the embassy in the United States, Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita did not dare to slack off because of the importance of the matter, and immediately went to the door to ask to see the Japanese emperor. At this time, Chief of Staff Kanin Miyahito, War Minister Koshimano Jiro, and Army Education Director Yamada Otsuzo were discussing with Hirohito at the Emperor's Imperial Palace about the development of the Army.

According to the 1889 Constitution of Japan, the Emperor of Japan is the supreme head of state and the supreme commander of the Japanese army and navy, and can command all the country's armed forces. However, in fact, due to the strong power of the Japanese warlords after the 20 th century, a situation was formed in which the military personnel controlled the direction of national policy, and the most powerful military figures were the Minister of the Army, the Chief of Staff, and the Director of Army Education, who were known as the Japanese Army's three commanders at that time.

The Minister of War is the head of the Japanese Ministry of War and is in charge of the government's national defense policy, troop mobilization, national defense budget, weapons development, etc. The Chief of Staff is the head of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army, and his main duties are to assist the Emperor in commanding the Army and to issue combat orders on behalf of the Emperor. The Director of Army Education controls all elementary and intermediate military schools in all branches of the Japanese Army.

Therefore, the tendency of the Japanese Army's three commanders-in-chief often determines the direction of the Japanese military's decision-making. If the Japanese military is dissatisfied with the policies of a particular Japanese cabinet, it can not send an active-duty army lieutenant general or senior general to the government to serve as minister of the army, so that the cabinet cannot be formed or collapsed. In this way, the Japanese warlords were able to manipulate the policy direction of the country. "Yo Xi!"

Hirohito nodded, then picked up the message and looked at it, his brows became tight after just a few glances, and after a while, he asked Kojima Nojiro in an unhappy tone: "Kojima Aiqing, what the hell is going on?" What did Shouichi Terauchi do in Shandong? How could it be so complicated that even the President of the United States personally intervened? ”

Kojino frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "A few days ago, I received a telegram from the Twelfth Army asking for help, and I have discussed this matter with His Royal Highness Prince Zaihito!" At that time, it was decided to let the Twelfth Army defend the Yellow River defense line and the Taishan defense line, and urgently transfer 2 divisions to support the Twelfth Army and implement a military siege of the Huaxia Shandong Army!

Presumably, the reason why Terauchi Shou held the Chinese people hostage as meat shields was because he was subjected to the strong military pressure of the Huaxia Tiger Army, and it was difficult to hold on to the existing city and defense line, so he took an expedient measure! Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and said, "Your Majesty, it's true!" Although Terauchi Shouichi's methods are a bit excessive, the results achieved so far are quite good, at least the Shandong Group Army has stopped the offensive and has become helpless!

Otherwise, they would not have resorted to such inefficient diplomacy to exert pressure, which is obviously their weakness! After all, the Chinese people have always liked to sell their fame and reputation, and I think the empire can make good use of this to curb the expansion of the Shandong Group Army and buy some time for the growth of the imperial army! "Uncle Huang is very reasonable!"

After figuring out the ins and outs, Hirohito pondered for a while and then said: "But this has a great impact on the reputation of the empire, and Britain and France are in decline, but not the United States!" The United States has in its hands the strategic resources that we urgently need, and the reserves of the empire are far from enough!

Those politicians and oligarchs of the US government do not need to worry, they are a bunch of mercenary capitalists in the face of economic interests! But the popular power behind these capitalists cannot be ignored either, and for the sake of votes and hypocritical values, those politicians are likely to make decisions that are not good for the empire!

There is a good saying, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and the empire has to give the US government some face! "His Majesty the Emperor is wise!"

Kojima Nojiro nodded, and then said: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, our side really needs to do it cleanly!" But we can't give up this deterrent now, the Imperial Army needs more time to regenerate from the ashes! At this time, Hachiro Arita said loudly: "Since the Shandong Group Army can engage in public opinion warfare, the Japanese Empire can do the same!"

Why don't we send NHK radio to make a program to set the record straight and let the world know that the Shandong Group Army is planting blame? "Shw! What Aiqing said is extremely true! ”

Hirohito suddenly frowned, the strength of the Shandong Group Army has reached a rather terrifying height, and if the Japanese Army wants to gather and annihilate it at the current stage, it must concentrate more than 15 full-fledged divisions!

However, at present, Japan is not ready for such a large-scale battle, not to mention that the Japanese army's weapons and equipment are relatively backward, even if it encircles and annihilates the Shandong Group Army at any cost, the casualties and consumption paid are absolutely an unbearable astronomical amount!

Therefore, Japan is holding back its vigor and is intensively expanding its coal liquefaction industry, building a more powerful military industrial system, and developing new anti-tank weapons, new combat vehicles, and new aircraft. And all of this requires time and massive resources, so even if the Shandong Group Army repeatedly expands and "provokes", Hirohito and other Japanese high-level officials have no intention of launching a decisive battle with Jiang Qiang in the short term.

"Shw! Since this is the case, then let's continue to use this trick to make those hypocritical Shandong Group Army helpless! ”

Shouichi Terauchi laughed arrogantly, as if they were really victors, and he didn't feel the slightest sense of guilt for committing a series of crimes against humanity!

Kobayashi Asaburo shook his head lightly and said, "No, Teranachi-kun, we still have to carry out the orders of the base camp!" After all, the Great Japanese Empire still needs to rely on the war resources of the United States at present, and our current enemies are China and the Soviet Union, not the whole world! ”

"That's right, then let the imperial warriors on the front line treat those Chinese people well! After all, China and Japan are friendly and jointly build a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere! Ha ha! ”

Terauchi Shouichi laughed coldly, now the 17th Division and the 38th Division have been reinforced, and the 12th Army has more than 70,000 troops!

Although there is still a big gap compared with the Shandong Group Army, it occupies the advantage of defensive geography, coupled with the entrapment of ordinary people as bargaining chips, Terauchi Shouichi is extremely confident that he can hold on and besiege the Shandong Group Army.