However, Kagesa Hiroki's speech was not recognized by other generals, several generals present today have different opinions on the current decision-making of the base camp, Uehara Junpei, as the head of military intelligence, naturally knows the specific situation, he coughed lightly, and the others suddenly quieted down, they also want to know, Uehara Junpei's opinion on this matter.

Junhei Uehara said softly: "Although we cut off the supply line between China and Vietnam in the Battle of Guangxi, but another transportation supply line of the Chinese government, the situation of the Yunnan-Burma Highway has been greatly improved, and it has replaced the position of the Guiyue Highway in the past few months, although the cost and distance of transportation have increased, but the impact on the material supply of the Chinese government is not great, so we do not have an advantage in fighting a war of attrition."

Unless we march into Burma and occupy Yangon, it will be difficult to completely cut off the supply of the Chinese government, but the layers involved are too great, and whether or not we can implement this important decision depends on the cabinet and the base camp, and we are powerless. ”

Everyone sighed when they heard it, and shook their heads helplessly, the current problem of Japan is time, they are eager to participate in the world-wide war for hegemony, and the two years that Hiroki Kagesa said in his mouth make it difficult for them to accept.

In the eyes of the Japanese, the biggest opponent has always been not China, but the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States and other world powers, but because they were too arrogant and underestimated the enemy, so that they made mistakes in strategic judgment, they were entangled in the Chinese theater of operations, and as a result, they were deadlocked, resulting in the embarrassing situation of not being able to go up or down.

They wanted to continue fighting, but the Chinese government resisted stubbornly, and the Japanese were afraid of wasting resources and military strength, and they missed the perfect opportunity to dominate the world.

I don't want to fight, but now that I have occupied most of China, once the troops are withdrawn, the interests in China that have already been obtained will inevitably be lost, and the Chinese army will regain the lost ground, so won't the efforts of the past few years be in vain?

Therefore, there was a move to support the puppet government, but the new Nanjing government was not able to control the situation for the time being, and even without the support of the Japanese, it would be subverted in an instant, and all this did not achieve the expected effect.

In this way, the Japanese military still could not withdraw from the war, and this is why some people represented by Tsuyoshi Harada had the idea that they would directly negotiate with the Chongqing government and reach peace talks, so as to preserve the current results as much as possible, and at the same time allow the military to get out of it and concentrate its forces on participating in the world war.

Ning Zhiheng sat aside and did not say a word, he naturally knew that these Japanese were vainly trying to force the Chinese Government to recognize and consolidate Japan's interests in China at the negotiating table, and they did not want to spend a lot of military strength to maintain them.

Is it just relying on an empty shell puppet government like the puppet government of Nanjing? How can there be such a good thing in the world, unless the Chongqing government is willing to be the public enemy of all Chinese and willing to be a lackey of the Japanese?

At this time, Tsuyoshi Harada saw Ning Zhiheng thoughtful, and suddenly asked out loud: "Fujiwara-kun, do you have a high opinion?" ”

Tsuyo Harada tried to get recognition in this Fujiwara chairman, and sure enough, Ning Zhiheng smiled slightly, and echoed: "Harada-kun is worthy of the title of a wise man, and I also think that the current peace talks are what we need to do the most, to be honest, now we have occupied half of China, and they are all regions with a large population and the richest resources, it can be said that the best regions in China are already in our hands, and the other regions are just to fight down, except for letting us increase our defensive strength in vain and spend military strength, in fact, there is no substantial benefit, So I also agree with Harada-kun's idea, we should take peace talks, not continue to fight, but what Kagesa-kun said also makes sense, the Chongqing government is afraid that it will not be so easy to sit down and talk to us, they have lost half of the country in vain, how can they stop here, so we must make sacrifices, give up some meaningless interests, and make some concessions, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve the goal. ”

Ning Zhiheng's words seemed to be on the side of Tsuyo Harada, but if he savored it, it was tantamount to saying nothing, if the Japanese government was willing to make concessions, why would the war be fought to this day?

Junpei Uehara spread his hands and said helplessly: "It seems that it is another dead end, we still can't do anything at the moment, we can only wait for the decision of the base camp." ”

Everyone shook their heads and said nothing, and they all knew very well that at present, no matter which way Japan adopted, it would not be able to make significant progress in the Chinese battlefield, and the high-intensity operations in the past three years had already caused the Japanese military to lose its original confidence.

In the following time, everyone continued to discuss the current situation, Harada Tsuyoo was very concerned about Ning Zhiheng, and deliberately talked to Ning Zhiheng several times, and the topic was not far from the intention of peace talks with the Chongqing government, Ning Zhiheng had to cheer up to deal with it, he was unwilling to talk about this matter in depth, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, and finally simply found an opportunity to leave the table, and Harada Tsuyo gave up.

Ning Zhiheng found a free time, invited Hiroki Kagesa aside, and the two of them talked in a low voice.

"Ying Zuojun, you are now in charge of the affairs of the Nanjing government, I have a reluctant request, I wonder if you can agree?"

Hiroki Kagesa was in a very good mood during this time, and it took more than a year to finally support the formation of a new Nanjing government, as the executor of Mei's work, he was responsible for the overall management and disposal of all the affairs of the puppet government, which can be described as a great power, a happy life, this is a culmination of life.

Now when I heard Ning Zhiheng's words, he naturally agreed quickly, and said with a smile: "Fujiwara-kun, it's too polite, when I was in Shanghai, thanks to your care, my work can go so smoothly, and now that I'm in Nanjing, if you need anything, please speak up, I should do my best!" ”

Ning Zhiheng smiled: "I heard that a minister of the Supervision Yuan was assassinated a few days ago? ”

Kagesa Yuki nodded, this matter caused a lot of turmoil, so he ordered to investigate the matter, it is said that it was the hand of the military commander, and it is currently in the detection stage.

Ning Zhiheng then asked, "I don't know, has a successor been arranged?" ”

Hiroki Kagesa suddenly realized that Fujiwara Tomohito wanted this position, and naturally someone had followed his path, so he mentioned it to himself.

In fact, this position is not very important, the Nanjing government followed the old system, and there were five major courts, namely the Executive Yuan, the Legislative Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, the Supervision Yuan, and the Examination Yuan.

But except for some key positions, most of the other positions are in name only, and the names are enough to bluff people, and what this director and that minister are actually just some errands used to receive salaries and mix qualifications.

Fang Hongqi, the assassinated Minister of the Supervision Yuan, is an old man of the Restoration Government, and after the establishment of the puppet government, he was marginalized and given such an idle position, it stands to reason that the puppet government should also arrange a successor in the past few days, but since Fujiwara Tomohito asked so, he naturally cannot shirk.

Kagesa Yuki immediately replied: "It should be that there is no arrangement, why, Fujiwara-kun has a suitable candidate?" ”

In Kagesa Yuki's heart, these are naturally small things that can be decided in a word, and it is a good thing to be able to make a character like Fujiwara Tomohito open up to himself for this, but to earn favors.

"That's the case, the person in charge of solving this assassination case is Wen Hao, the director of the Nanjing Secret Service Headquarters, this person is capable, shrewd and capable, and loyal to the empire, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to promote him, this time this position is vacant, I want him to succeed, what do you think?"

"Wen Hao?"

Hiroki Kagesa looked at Ning Zhiheng, and suddenly knew in his heart, for Wen Hao, he also knew some information, this person was also a veteran agent of Zhongtong who had taken refuge in him very early, and later he was assigned to the secret service headquarters, and he succumbed to Li Zhiqun, and when he arrived in Nanjing, he did a very good job in counter-espionage work, and he was recognized by many people, but he didn't expect that now he would be tied to Fujiwara, a powerful person.

Kagesa Yuki immediately nodded and agreed: "There is no problem, in fact, this so-called ministerial position has no real power, since Fujiwara-kun has taken a fancy to this person, it is naturally easy to say." ”

Ning Zhiheng laughed when he heard this, for them, these are just small things, and they can be decided between talking and laughing, and the two of them chatted a few more words.

As the banquet progressed, seeing that it was late, several generals said goodbye one after another, and Junpei Uehara and Ning Zhiheng got up and sent each other outside the gate, watching everyone leave.

Only then did the two of them turn around and return to the study to continue talking, and Junpei Uehara pondered for a moment and said to Ning Zhiheng: "At the banquet today, Tsuyoo Harada asked your opinion several times, do you think it's a little strange?" ”

Ning Zhiheng naturally sensed Harada Tsuyo's abnormality a long time ago, and immediately nodded and said: "It's indeed a little strange, I don't serve in the army, and I don't have the ability to influence high-level decision-making, but Harada-kun seems to want to convince me, why?" ”

Junpei Uehara shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Before today, Harada talked to me, and he had long wanted to find a channel to contact the Chongqing government and convey the meaning of the peace talks. ”

Ning Zhiheng was stunned, and his mind quickly thought about the meaning of Uehara Junpei's words, his Fujiwara Club is mainly engaged in smuggling materials, and I am afraid that everyone knows the whereabouts of some goods, and Uehara Junpei is his own staunch supporter, so he should have no other meaning to ask so bluntly.

"In other words, Harada-kun thinks that I may have some connections in Chongqing and want to make further contact through these connections?"

"Yes!" Junpei Uehara was blunt.

He also knew that to be able to transport these scarce materials to the national control area for sale, and to ensure that the business was not interfered with from outside during this period, his nephew must have put enough effort into it, and he must have some strong relations on the other side.

But Junpei Uehara continued: "However, I have already rejected Harada for you, no matter whether you can do this matter or not, you should not meddle in it, otherwise there will be endless troubles!" ”