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Chapter 1022 (2)

Howard and An Yi's meeting took place at the dinner table, and the two of them talked about the current Sino-British relationship, and it was natural for them to talk about the extremely complex situation in China. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Howard exchanged views with An Yi very frankly, and subtly reminded An Yi not to be too harsh on the British, should give up differences, and try to promote the transition from confrontation to cooperation between China and Britain, in the face of aggressive military coercion and economic aggression in North China and Shanghai, China and Britain have the same common interests as the United States - many British investments and traditional industries in North China are greatly threatened, and China is facing not only industrial and commercial interests, but more serious is that the territory is *** people *** The danger of encroachment.

Howard revealed to An Yi that by tomorrow at the latest, British Ambassador Judge Gan will be ordered to hold special talks with Wang Jingwei, and one of the important topics is to form a border survey team to redraw the historically disputed Sino-Burmese border in accordance with the principle of equality and mutual benefit.

Howard said it was not easy for the British government to make this concession, and that the Anjia army had already crossed the border with China and Burma and occupied a large part of the country's territory, prompting the British government, which had no intention of fighting again, to make a compromise. In addition, the severe economic situation in the UK, the exclusion and erosion of interests in North China, and the financial reforms that are being prepared in the UK are also extremely important factors.

An Yi disagreed with Howard's statement, saying that because the army invaded China's territory in North China, China must make a compromise with the United Kingdom, which also invaded China's southwest territory, although the means of invasion are different, but in essence it is the same banditry, and the border line that Britain insisted on was completely unilaterally imposed on China. For more than 20 years, the British colonial government has promoted the puppet government of Myanmar to advance northward step by step, driving away and destroying Chinese border people with extremely bad violent means, constantly encroaching on China's territory, and trying to create a fait accompli through long-term occupation. Respect history and be open and honest, instead of haggling with the Chinese government and people with their own wishful thinking to demarcate the border map, if they do so, what is the difference between them and the hegemonists who are accused by the whole world?

Howard saw An Yi so excited and tough, and secretly complained in his heart, he shouldered the important mission of the US government on this trip, that is, to try his best to promote An Yi's command of the troops of the southwest provinces behind the scenes, and the British colonial government to reach a settlement, the Americans through careful intelligence collection and summary analysis, has come to a clear conclusion:

The key to resolving the contradictions in Sino-British relations lies in resolving the Sino-Burmese border crisis, and the key to resolving the Sino-Burmese border crisis is not the high-ranking and actually extremely fragile government of the Republic of China, nor the nominal commander of the whole army, Chiang Kai-shek, but the An Yi group, which has huge interests in the southwest, and An Yi, the head of the military, economic alliance that spans the four provinces and regions of Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan and Guizhou.

The Americans now know very well that the An Jia Army, which has become the largest and most powerful warlord force in China, has close ties with the Xiangxi Army and the Qianxi Army, and through the analysis of the data of the generals of the three regional armies, the Americans found that these three armies that dominate a large area of southwest Sichuan, Hunan, and Guizhou have inseparable historical origins, and this is a close military alliance that is rare in the era of chaotic local division in China. The other two ministries will quickly carry out military and economic response and assistance in a variety of ways, either overt or covert, and have done very skillfully and covertly for several years, and this swelling military alliance has always been able to seize precious opportunities in the midst of difficulties again and again, and develop and grow step by step.

After careful investigation by the US intelligence department, the Southwest Bank of China, which was established two years ago and is now growing stronger, suddenly realized that the Southwest Bank, which has branches and sub-branches in southern Sichuan, Xiangxi, and Qianxi, has quietly distributed its tentacles throughout the country, and naturally covers the entire territory of Yunnan Province. This made the Americans immediately realize that Zhu Peide, a respected veteran in the squadron, has long been an important figure in the An Yi Group, not to mention that the veteran Zhu Peide from Yunnan benefited from An Yi's strong military support and was able to return to his hometown and defend one side; not to mention Zhu Peide's son-in-law Zhan Huanqi, who was once a cadre brought out by An Yi; Not to mention Zhu Shigui, the commander of the 38th Army, the main force of the Yunnan Army, established a deep friendship with An Yi when he was the commander of the regiment, and later developed a strategic relationship between them - just from the common economic interests between the vast Yunnan Province and the powerful and expanding southern Sichuan region, you can clearly see the mystery, not to mention the lease of the southern Yunnan region, and the joint construction of the railway artery of the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, looking at China and even the world. Only the four military and political forces in the southwest can do such a tacit understanding, advance and retreat so together, and share weal and woe.

If the conclusions drawn from the analysis of the relationship between economic interests alone are not comprehensive, then during the brief period of An Yi's confrontation with China's supreme commander Chiang Kai-shek last year, it can be clearly seen that the Sichuan-Hunan-Guizhou border region in the southwest and Yunnan have completely fallen to the An Yi clique. The sudden contradiction between the two major military forces in China, the central and local governments, shocked the Americans incomparably, and over the years, they had successively defeated the warlord Tang Shengzhi of the Lianghu Lake, the warlord Li Zongren of the Gui faction, the warlord Feng Yuxiang of the northern region, and Chiang Kai-shek, who had defeated Yan Xishan, but had no way to deal with his young student An Yi. If it weren't for Chiang Kai-shek's chief think tank, Yang Yongtai, who first attacked the Jiangnan Group and the National Industrial and Commercial Bank, the country's largest industrial and commercial consortium controlled by An Yi, the Americans probably wouldn't know that An Yi could easily influence China's entire economic situation to a large extent.

After seeing all this clearly, the Americans finally understood what Chiang Kai-shek's concerns were, fortunately, An Yi did not have aggressive ambitions, and was willing to lie dormant and silently make great contributions to the country and the nation, so that the suspicious Chiang Kai-shek finally completely put his mind at ease, quickly improved relations between them, and once again came together closely under the banner of "for the interests of the country and the nation".

Another important reason is that in the Sichuan Civil War, the old-style warlord Liu Wenhui, who had been at a disadvantage, miraculously turned defeat into victory, which made the Americans particularly interested. An Yi Group not only gave Liu Wenhui Group a large amount of weapons, ammunition, and military material support, but also secretly sent a staff team with extremely rich combat experience and advanced modern warfare concepts to give advice to Liu Wenhui, and even commanded on the battlefield, it is rumored that a division of An Jiajun even changed into the clothes of Liu Wenhui's department to participate in the battle directly, but after repeated analysis by the rigorous Americans, they still denied this rumor, one of the very important reasons is that the cunning and shrewd An Yi will never publicly offend the huge *** in Sichuan Liu Xiang, an influential senior in the army, otherwise, it would be impossible for Liu Xiang not to know, and it is impossible for him to still maintain normal courtesy exchanges with An Yi.

However, all this information has been able to prove that An Yi and his clique did intervene in the Sichuan Civil War, and gained huge benefits from the Sichuan Civil War, and the defeated Liu Xiang clique could only watch An Yi, a descendant of the same Sichuanese, grow rapidly, but they did not dare to offend this dangerous young man who was always smiling. After analysis, the Americans determined that a big reason was that Liu Xiang, like Chiang Kai-shek, was very soberly aware of the huge Southwest Military Alliance behind An Yi, and if he rashly fought against each other due to local losses, it was likely to completely annoy the young and vigorous An Yi, who was also from Sichuan, and now he was fully qualified and had the capital to touch the highest position in the entire Sichuan.

Through a series of valuable information, the Americans finally realized An Yi's ability and status, and had to redefine China's military and political figures, Howard and his colleagues in the U.S. embassies in China even believed that An Yi not only influenced the war in the Sichuan-Tibet region behind the scenes, but also had a direct or indirect connection with the vicious explosions, arson, kidnapping, extortion, and assassinations against the Japanese army in Northeast China and North China since the Chinese Lunar New Year. The army commanded by An Yi has launched an unguardable and ruthless attack on the army and the diaspora through all means, which is very similar to the "unrestricted warfare theory" that An Yi talked about when he taught in the general class of the Central Army School a few years ago.

Therefore, Howard came to shoulder the heavy responsibility entrusted by the U.S. government this time, but An Yi's position was so tough that Howard felt a deep headache, but he didn't have any reason to justify.

Howard thought a little discouraged, this world is very realistic, the strong decide everything, in the world, China is a backward country that has been weak for a long time, but in China, An Yi is a real strong, and a winner, it is very difficult for the winner to make concessions to the loser, even if the Nanjing government is a politician who is pessimistic and disappointed about the future and the future because of habitual humiliation for a hundred years, and tries to protect their vested interests, I'm afraid there is no way to influence the tough and cunning general in front of him.

However, if An Yi cannot be persuaded on this trip, he will not be able to complete the task assigned by his superiors.

Just when Howard was at a loss, Kaplan, who was full of seductive atmosphere, stood up, raised his wine glass elegantly, and a few pleasant and touching witticisms brought the smile back to everyone's faces:

"My dear Ann, after drinking this wine, please allow me to make a small request, is it okay?"

"Say, my friend, I'm always willing to serve you without drinking." An Yi showed a charming smile, and an ambiguous sentence caused everyone to laugh.