Battle of the Third Reich

Compared with the British and French consul generals, the US consul general in Shanghai does not have so many ideas. Originally, the US interests in China were mainly concentrated in the north, and only a few foreign banks and financial institutions exist in Shanghai. Because of the economic and trade relations between the two countries, the Japanese Basic respect for the United States is still maintained. At least under the protection of the Stars and Stripes, the working life of American businessmen in Shanghai has not been hindered.

One more important point is that this Mr. Monat Byrne Davis will return to China next month. As for whether he will hold a diplomatic post in the future, it is still difficult to say. The United States is about to hold a general election at the end of this month. The current President, Mr. Roosevelt, because of a serious scandal, announced his withdrawal from the election at the beginning of the month and no longer seeks re-election.

According to Davis’s friend in Washington, this was part of the deal. Roosevelt was willing to surrender power peacefully. In exchange, Congress agreed to give up impeachment against him, while continuing to retain his immunity. Judging from the evidence currently available, this President has many suspicions of illegality and unconstitutionality. Once the impeachment of Congress succeeds, it will not only be defeated, but it may even be imprisoned.

Of course, this is just some rumors inside Washington. The truth of the matter is that only the core staff of the party knows that the marginal fish like Mr. Davis may not have the answer in this life.

The Republican Party also made some changes because of suspected collusion with Roosevelt in private, Wilkie was deprived of his candidacy and replaced Thomas Dewey as presidential candidate. On the contrary, because Roosevelt withdrew, the Democratic Party couldn't even push out a candidate at one time, and no one was willing to participate in this election destined to fail, because this election situation is too special, it is likely to lose participants The political future of the electorate, Ghana, who was then vice president at the end, came forward as this cannon fodder. The old man had already retreated when he followed Roosevelt, and he simply took the opportunity to get rid of it.

No matter who comes to power, it has nothing to do with Mr. Davis. He does not worry about his future. After all, he is an experienced professional diplomat. It is very likely that he will sleep for a year and a half and then change places to continue to work.

Because the Cabinet is busy with cuffs with rolled sleeves, of course, Washington will not give him any instructions, only let the Consul General perform his duties, and on behalf of the United States, I would like to extend my sincere greetings to the German Special Envoy. Anyway, the United States has little say in the public concession, and Davis is happy to be a spectator.

Also from news from friends in Washington, the current relationship between the United States and Germany is rapidly heating up. The German Foreign Minister, Mr. Niu Wright, has been traveling around the states of the United States for several months. Almost every governor has met with him. The United States sent a fleet for a friendly visit. It is said that a high-level delegation also arrived.

The European procurement team, led by the German Ministry of Commerce, is carrying out crazy sweeps across the United States. Those Europeans want almost everything, and they are all rich and rich, and they do not care about the price proposed by the US.

In this situation, the US economy, which has always been dead, has shown signs of rapid recovery. The large number of European orders makes American companies seem to see the prosperity of ten years ago, and the major factories have resumed production. At the same time, the unemployment rate also began to decline rapidly.

Farmers in the west and south emptied their stocks for the first time, and even received orders for next year. Tens of thousands of various kinds of meat and livestock were shipped to Europe every day in New York Harbor, and there were also full cabins. Corn rice and flour.

When American workers count their salaries, they will never forget who sent these jobs and orders. Out of curiosity, they desperately want to know everything about this head of state. Various newspapers and media did not know when they started competing to publish the story of the head of state. Even serial comics of the head of state appeared on the market, but every recorded movie he appeared would be full.

The American people have been fascinated by this European handsome blond who has created countless miracles. The media have also taken the opportunity to fuel the storm. A fever of heads of state has been generated on the east coast of the United States and is spreading towards the west coast at an alarming rate. It is no exaggeration to say that the enthusiasm of Americans for this head of state has exceeded the concern for the presidential election.

Anyone with a higher intelligence than a mule knows the reason why those who follow the prosperity and those who perish are dead. What goes against the trend of the society is not called personality, but life and death. Of course, Davis will not do anything at this time that will damage the friendship between Germany and the United States. Of course, because of his personal character, he can't deliberately flatter. In this respect, there is really no way to compare with the French. Looking at the appearance of Aoqi, they can't wait to lick the palm of the German.

Davis turned around and glanced at the Japanese who were still in the circle. This group of unlucky guys didn't know how to be punished after going back. There are so many Chinese and foreign reporters on the scene today, even if they want to seal it, as long as As soon as the photos and videos were published, the face of the Japanese empire fell to the ground.

Matsuoka didn't know this. If there were not so many reporters present, he had already slapped a few slaps on Hori and Sawada who were in charge of the reception. The glory of the Great Japanese Empire and its own name of the world will soon fall on the hands of these two red deer, how can it not let the blood of the foreign minister who is devoting his blood for the cause of the imperial kingdom.

To be honest, Japan will agree to greet the German missions in the Bund, which is also impossible. The area north of the Suzhou River occupied by Japan, except for the area near the Bund, is still prosperous. There is no way to show it to the Germans. In the west of Shanghai, there are a large number of dense lilongs and poor shantytowns. Jiangwan Zhabei still retains the dilapidated buildings that were destroyed by the war. Apart from part of the natural villages where Baoshan has cultivated agricultural land, the rest is a large wasteland wild beach.

It is not always possible to stop the [Prince Eugen] at the Japanese Navy Pier, and then let the Germans visit the Hongkou Dojo. So when it was really time to consider how to receive, the Japanese started to worry.

The German side has already indicated that it is going to visit the two major concessions. You don’t always stop the German marshal. Tell him there is nothing fun there.

Even if you want to stop you, there must be a reason. If you change to a Japanese marshal, it will be much more convenient. As long as you eat and drink and find a few geishas, ​​you can solve any problems. But that was the German Marshal, and a lot of senior officials around him, how many geishas would have to be found to smooth it out.

Although Little Tokyo in Hongkou is quite prosperous and has many European-style buildings, compared with the facilities in the public concession and the French concession, it is not at the same level. After all, the development of Hongkou area is relatively late, and it is not comparable to the old European concession.

Moreover, the population in the Japanese residential area is mixed, and there are many rogues and gangsters who can’t get along in Japan. These people even have a headache for the gendarmerie. If a sake-filled red deer accidentally caused an accident, it happened like Paris. As such, this time it was not possible to compensate the Germans by cutting the small intestine.

Just when the two were worried, the public concession suddenly sent an official letter. They proposed that the mission should be landed in the most prosperous area of ​​the Bund. At the same time, the concession will make the best arrangements for welcoming the mission. The Japanese side is not worried. Send someone to supervise the preparation work, or you can make your own suggestions, and all the expenses on reception can be counted in the accounts of the two concessions.

Horiuchi and Sawada started to play a small abacus, thinking that this is indeed the most convenient and convenient plan at present, they believe that the concession does not have the guts to play tricks in front of the Great Japanese Empire.

Eventually, things turned out like this. The British and the French dug a hole. The Japanese jumped in without knowing the depth. The Americans watched with cold eyes, and in the end they had to rely on the Germans to save the scene.

ps: Chapter 2 is served early, my eyes are a little uncomfortable, so I went to rest.

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