Age of Conquest Reborn

The steps in Chairman Chiang Kai-shek’s official residence in Huangshan, Chongqing were not too high, let alone too many. They were only twenty or thirty steps, but Dai Li was so overwhelmed that he felt sore from all the bumps and bruises.

Climb

Get up, this is not the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau. There are a large group of subordinates around you, who will definitely rush over to help you, shouting and yelling. It will be more uncomfortable than falling alone. The guards at the Chairman's Residence are not guilty of trying to curry favor with Dai Li.

The horse stumbled, and Dai Li shouted that he was unlucky. However, such a fall made his brain clear. He hurriedly returned to the bureau headquarters in a car. As soon as he entered the door, he called the director of the Special Operations Division over and ordered: "Start immediately

Let us work inside the German Embassy in China to find out what price the Japanese want to negotiate? I want to see this information when I get to work tomorrow morning!"

The director of the Special Operations Division took charge, "Please rest assured, sir, we have more than one insider in the German Embassy in China. The confidential room of the embassy is almost like our back garden. It won't be used until tomorrow morning."

, five hours later, the photocopy of the original document will be on your desk!"

Dai Li believed his subordinate's words and waved his hand to let him out. Then, he found a stack of letter paper and began to write a telegram. The telegram was sent to Tang Qiuli. He dropped it on the steps in front of Chairman Chiang's official residence.

After the fall, Dai Li

Suddenly a bold idea came to him. Since the agents of the Military Command Bureau could not reach Vice Chairman Tang, no matter how much he thought about it, it would be in vain. Maybe he would offend this ruthless man who could cause earthquakes in the country if he just stamped his feet.

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Since this road is blocked, let's find another way. Simply go straight and send a telegram to Vice Chairman Tang yourself. Ask him about his plans and thoughts on the Japanese request for negotiations. Anyway, this is what the old man wants to know. German Ambassador to China Tod

It is no secret that Man. sent the telegram through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moreover, when dealing with the Central Bureau of Statistics, Vice Chairman Tang often gave him face-to-face advice.

After all, I also have a close relationship with Vice Chairman Tang. We get along relatively harmoniously in normal times and have a personal relationship. His eldest wife, Mei Ting, was given to me by myself. Many factors were taken into consideration. Let’s go.

Formal channels are absolutely feasible. As long as you explain your intentions clearly, not only will there be no danger, but you will also end up in an aboveboard manner!

In Jinzhou, the Independent Division regained the Northeastern Campaign Headquarters. In the morning, after Tang Qiuli arrived at the headquarters, Colonel Chen Feng, the director of the Division's Communications Office, had been waiting for him at the door. As soon as he saw him coming, he took a few steps up.

Before that, the report came: "Commander, I received a reply from the German Ambassador to China, Traudemann. The content of the telegram is about the conditions that the Japanese want to negotiate with us this time!"

"Oh! It's quite fast. It seems that the Japanese are really anxious!" Tang Qiuli was slightly surprised and took the telegram from Chen Feng's hand, "Dear Vice Chairman Tang, after receiving your telegram.

I immediately contacted the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received a call back from them."

"The content of the negotiation between the Japanese and your Excellency is as follows. In the Far East battlefield, the Korean Peninsula battlefield, and the Manchurian battlefield, the two sides will immediately implement a ceasefire on the spot. The Japanese are willing to withdraw all the Kwantung Army from Manchuria, acknowledge that they will give up their territorial and sovereign claims to Manchuria, and recognize Manchuria.

Territory belonging to the Republic of China, on this condition, the independent division troops are required to withdraw from the Korean Peninsula and the Far East, and relevant treaties are signed in the name of the Chinese government."

"The chief representative of the Japanese side in this negotiation is General Nanjiro, the new commander-in-chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army. If you agree to negotiate with the Japanese, I will immediately convey your opinions to the Japanese and discuss the location and time of the negotiation! In addition,

Tell the Japanese attitude that giving up Manchuria is the final bottom line!"

Tang Qiuli didn't care at all about the other contents of Todman's telegram. Anyway, he had no intention of negotiating at all. Besides, the Japanese had a good calculation and tried to exchange the Northeast for the Korean Peninsula and the Far East. Don't they know that now

The Japanese do not have the capital to negotiate at all. They not only want the Northeast, but also the Korean Peninsula and the Far East, including the lives of millions of Japanese soldiers in the above-mentioned areas!

The Japanese are in a hurry and seek medical treatment. They treat others as fools. What Tang Qiuli is concerned about is that the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army has been replaced again. He is no stranger to Nanjiro, an old devil. The Japanese want to negotiate.

It is reasonable to replace the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army with a politician-type commander in order to obtain maximum benefits during negotiations. The key is, where is Umezu Yoshijiro?

The intelligence system did not receive any news that Umezu Yoshijiro had resigned as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. Nanjiro's arrival was so sudden that Tang Qiuli had to suspect that the Japanese were playing some conspiracy. On the one hand, Nanjiro was sent to negotiate with him.

, cast a smoke screen to draw his attention to the negotiations, and on the other hand, let Umezu Yoshijiro, who has considerable military command skills, secretly do tricks and plan big moves to get rid of the current predicament in the Northeast?

The whereabouts of the former Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, was unknown, which made Tang Qiuli alert. When several things were connected together, it seemed strange. It is self-evident that the Northeast is more important to the Japanese than the Korean Peninsula and the Far East.

area, why were the Japanese willing to give up? Is it just because the main force of the Kwantung Army was surrounded by their own troops?

In the memory brought by the past life, the Japanese did not want to abandon Northeast China. Even on the Pacific battlefield, when the Japanese army was retreating steadily and the homeland was exposed to the firepower of the US military, Japan's Emperor Hirohito said, "One hundred million people will be shattered.

We must resist to the end!" In the end, the Japanese royal family led the remaining citizens and moved to Manchuria to establish a foothold in Manchuria in an attempt to make a comeback. This shows the importance of Northeast China to the Japanese!

Furthermore, with the strength of the Kwantung Army in the Northeast, even though it is surrounded, it is still capable of fighting. Although it cannot escape the fate of total destruction in the end, it is not the Japanese character to abandon the Northeast without a fight!

The negotiation was a Japanese conspiracy. Tang Qiuli was almost sure of his own judgment, but what he didn't know was that his judgment was wrong this time. The news that General Yoshijiro Umezu, the former commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, committed suicide by caesarean section was extremely strictly blocked.

It was the unknown whereabouts of General Umezu that guided his thinking.

Since the Japanese are plotting, then let's keep playing with them. Tang Qiuli has already made a decision and said to Chen Feng: "Director Chen, send a telegram back to Tao Deman. Currently, our independent division troops are on the battlefield in the Northeast.

We have an absolute advantage on the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula and even on the battlefield in the Far East. How can we make peace easily under such a battlefield situation?"

"But regarding the negotiation, it is not that there is no room for negotiation. However, the bargaining chips offered by the Japanese are too low to make me give up the military victory I have obtained. If the Japanese negotiate sincerely, don't be petty and treat me like a beggar.

Bring out enough chips to impress me!"

"Now, the Japanese are not qualified to negotiate any bottom line, let alone put forward any bullshit bottom line. Please tell the Japanese that whether or not to negotiate is irrelevant to me, and I am not even interested!"

"In addition, I also emphasize that I will not negotiate face-to-face with any Japanese, including Emperor Hirohito, because the Japanese are not worthy. Therefore, regarding the specific matters of negotiation, I will trouble Ambassador Toddman to be the middleman.

, forward the messages exchanged between the two parties!”

Tang Qiuli is deliberately disgusting the Japanese. In addition, since you Germans are involved, don't think about getting away easily. You have to play together. With the shrewdness of the Germans, if you don't get benefits, you are willing to do it.

Are the Japanese stepping in to act as peacemakers?

Tang Qiuli doubted this very much, but it didn't matter. Anyway, it would take a few days to prepare for the battle on his side. How to fight, and when to arrive. The initiative was in his own hands. He couldn't help it.

Germans and Japanese.

After Chen Feng recorded the telegram from the division commander, he grinned slightly and said, "Commander, is this your attitude towards negotiation? I'm afraid the Japanese will be angry and vomit blood after reading it! Since you don't want to talk, then just refuse it and tell the Japanese,

I’m so determined!”

Tang Qiuli put his hands behind his back and said leisurely: "If you ask for a high price, you can pay it back on the spot. This is what negotiation is all about. Besides, I had no intention of negotiating with the Japanese in the first place. This telegram is just to test the Japanese's bottom line.

Also to verify one of my judgments!"

"In addition, Yu Deshui's intelligence department is ordered to find out the whereabouts of the former commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, at all costs. This is an urgent task, and Yu Deshui will know the importance of it!"

As soon as Chen Feng left, Ge Zhenzhuang, Director of the Division's General Staff Office, arrived, also holding a telegram in his hand, "Director Ge, which telegram from the gods did you get?" Tang Qiuli, who was obviously in a good mood, said

asked jokingly.

Ge Zhenzhuang replied succinctly: "Commander, this is Dai Li, deputy director of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics of the Military Commission of the Chongqing National Government. The private telegram sent to you should have been received by the confidential room. I don't know why, but it was sent to the staff office!"

"Dai Li!" Tang Qiuli thought thoughtfully. It seems that the news that the Japanese requested negotiations through the German Ambassador to China Traudeman alarmed Chairman Chiang who was enjoying a good life in Chongqing in the southwest. I am afraid that this Chairman Chiang

, I’m so nervous, I’m afraid I’ll start a new telegraph business!

After receiving the telegram, Dai Li spoke in a very humble and polite manner. It started with a show of friendship, recalling many past events between the two people, and said that he had benefited a lot from Vice Chairman Tang's face-to-face teachings. He had always thought that Vice Chairman Tang

He was proud of his subordinates, and then asked about the health of Mei Ting and the other two ladies.

In short, Tang Qiuli was almost put on a par with Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and seemed to have a personal relationship with Tang Qiuli. The mountain was high and the water was long. Tang Qiuli couldn't hold back his laughter, knowing that these were just appetizers for Dai Li.

Son, the big dinner is coming later.

Sure enough, at the end of the telegram, Dai Li wrote: "I was shocked to hear that the Japanese were about to be defeated in the Northeast. I had no choice but to beg for peace. This is the great contribution of the Vice Chairman's army. I wonder what you have proposed to the Japanese.

Negotiation, what are the countermeasures?”

(To be continued)