The "sincerity" of the Japanese side in the Sino-Japanese peace talks surprised both the British side and the People's Party. Japan said it could make a complete truce with the People's Party under British supervision, and that it hoped that peace would be restored on land, at sea, and in the sky. This sincerity does not presuppose conditions, does not talk about other issues, but in a word, "stop the war and restore peace".

For a normal country, this kind of statement means one thing, and Japan is pursuing a truce rather than peace. War is never a game in which both sides are fed up, and war has its own interests. When Lee Yun-seok, a representative of the People's Party, mentioned this issue, the Japanese representative who had Rindan-hu in his name said that Japan was willing to coexist peacefully with China, but that the People's Party was not now the Chinese government, but a local government, and that Japan could not sign any agreement with the People's Party in the name of the state. However, Japan was willing for peace, so it could be determined in the form of a memorandum that the two sides would try to resolve the issue through consultation, rather than resorting directly to force, as had been the case a few months earlier.

If it was the Manchu or Beiyang governments that negotiated with Japan, they would have rejoiced in this "great victory." However, the representatives of the BJP were not happy about it. Japan's statement can be said to be "just right," and the ideas they put forward based on the reality of the situation really fully guarantee Japan's best interests at the moment. This war between China and Japan is, in essence, a war between imperialism and the People's Party for the interests of China. In the final analysis, this contradiction is the most fundamental point of conflict between China and the European and American powers. Japan cleverly withdrew from the vanguard position to the position of one step behind the British, and the British intervened in the matter. The whole contradiction is back to the pre-conflict situation, and the BJP must reach a solution with Britain on the issue of China's interests, and other countries follow this model. If the People's Party bypasses Britain and strikes at Japan's "territory", it will be tantamount to directly challenging Britain's bottom line.

After listening to the Japanese side's statement, the British representative took over the conversation: "We, the Entente, must not accept any attack on the territory of the Entente members. ”

Li Runshi's tone was full of malice, "What if Japan takes the initiative to attack us from their territory?" ”

"We in Japan are willing to pursue peace." The Japanese representative replied with a straight face, "As far as the authorization I have been given, we can sign a two-year peace agreement with you. ”

Having said that, Lee Yun-seok has already understood that Japan does not pursue peace at all. As the Party Central Committee had inferred, the Japanese side now needed a truce of at least two years. According to the history of the Japanese war collected by the People's Party, in the Russo-Japanese War, 55,655 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded, 27,192 died of disease (mainly due to beriberi due to lack of vitamins), and 153584 people were wounded. Although the Russo-Japanese War ended in a Japanese victory, Japan also seized huge rights and interests in Northeast China. However, Japan itself still feels that the fight is not worth it, and Japan will not be able to withstand it.

In this Sino-Japanese war, Japan was killed nearly 150,000 people one after another. In particular, in the last two wars of annihilation, due to the extremely cold winter, the death rate soared, and the death rate of the Japanese wounded hit a new high of more than 95%. Japan's pursuit of an armistice is quite understandable. It is unlikely that they will continue the war against all odds.

Li Runshi felt that Japan's current strength was much stronger than during the Russo-Japanese War, and if it lost so many troops in the Russo-Japanese War, Japan was afraid that it would collapse. Now that Japan does not have the support of other European and American powers, it is indeed quite difficult for Japan to stabilize the situation after suffering such losses alone. Of course, the European countries that have died millions of troops on the battlefield in Europe and can still grit their teeth and persist in the war are even more important existences.

At the same time, Li Runshi is also more confident in the current people's political power. If the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army had lost 150,000 troops, it would have inflicted considerable damage on the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, but it would have been far from breaking its backbone and forcing it to demand an armistice.

As a negotiator, Li Runshi does not have much discretionary power, and the central government has actually agreed to an armistice in principle, and the central government does not think that bargaining will be meaningful. International justice has always been within the range of artillery, and since the BJP does not have a navy and forcibly demands safety at sea, it will only be pinched by others. Moreover, what the British needed now was not to disrupt the order of shipping in the western Pacific, but to do their best to maintain it during the war. The BJP's request for shipping is completely missing the point.

Glancing at the Japanese representative of Rendanhu, Li Runshi said with a smile: "Everyone wants peace, but I don't know how the Japanese side is going to implement this peace concretely?" ”

After several days of discussions, China and Japan coordinated with Britain and issued a framework intention for an "armistice agreement." Japan suffered heavy losses this time, and both China and Japan acquiesced in Japan's presence in Lushun, and other than that, the People's Party did not recognize all the privileges of the Japanese side in China. Regarding the matter of Gengzi's indemnity, Li Runshi clearly told the Japanese Rendanhu deputies that they didn't have to think about it anymore.

Even after suffering such huge losses, the Japanese side reluctantly acquiesced to these facts. With regard to the implementation of the armistice agreement, since both China and Japan needed an armistice, it was easy to reach an agreement. All the troops that Japan withdrew from China, and the Japanese concession could still exist, but the judicial and other powers in the Japanese concession were taken back by the Chinese side. Japan was only given the right to settle in settlements.

To the surprise of the British, there was no discriminatory treatment in Japan's normal trade. The People's Party's attitude toward the reform of the concessions is to "nationalize" them, and as long as any Japanese enterprise operating in China abides by Chinese laws and pays taxes on time and in accordance with the law, it will not encounter any special problems. At least in the protocol there is no particular problem.

If the People's Party really wanted to reform the concession in this way, although the British did not want to give up all kinds of privileges, let alone the benefits brought by the concession, they were not completely unacceptable to such treatment when the situation was unfavorable.

By mid-April, China and Japan had reached a final agreement on paper. From the beginning to the end, the Chinese side did not talk about the provisional government of Sun Yat-sen, and the Japanese side did not talk about it. In fact, the armistice has been carried out in fact, at least after the People's Party seized Tianjin, the trains ran inside and outside the Guan. When the agreement was signed, the order in the Far East was determined by law. None of the People's Party, the Japanese, or the British believed that this peace would last long, but everyone believed that peace was needed now. And each side believes that time is on its side.

On the third day after the agreement was signed, Miyazaki, who had already arrived in Beijing, took more than 20 North Korean fighters to the northeast. Before departure, these people were well trained. Their purpose was also very simple: to enter the northern part of Korea, contact the local Korean people, mobilize the Korean masses, and prepare for the liberation of Korea.

Although Miyazaki is a very idealistic person, he is not an honest person. He knew that the People's Party had signed a peace agreement with Japan this time, and he also knew that the People's Party had no intention of sabotaging the agreement at the grand strategic level, and he knew even more that the People's Party was determined to recapture Korea. These seemingly contradictory ideas are all boiled down to the fact that the People's Party has no roots in North Korea. At present, these Korean aspirants are going to lay the foundation for the liberation of Korea in the future.

North Korea is not very big, and there are few trains, and these North Korean aspirants have never had the opportunity to ride the train for several days and nights in a row. These North Koreans have even become numb to the vastness of the Chinese land. Although at first they were amazed at what they saw. Especially when the train passed through the boundless Huanghuai Plain and the North China Plain, the neat fields on both sides of the railway, and the neat army-like trees on both sides of the railway, really opened the eyes of the Korean warriors. This neatness is by no means innate, and at least two rows of trees are planted between each field. In addition to windbreak and soil consolidation, forests can also serve as demarcation. For mountainous North Korea, this design is not suitable. The North Korean aspirants were amazed at how much manpower it took to complete these trees, which were not yet tall. This rigid layout means that the BJP has the ability to dominate its rule. With such a strong organization as their backing, the DPRK aspirants also feel that their confidence is growing.

When the train arrived in Anton, Miyazaki felt the atmosphere of war. The city has now been turned into a large barracks, full of military men. The sound of drill training is almost non-stop all day. These people did not stop at Andong, they took a car to Benxi Lake again, and the comrades of the troops who came to greet them took the Korean warriors to Changbai Mountain. The People's Party has already laid out a communication line in the mountainous area, and what the DPRK aspirants need is to enter the DPRK along the communication line and open up a base area in the DPRK.

"Mr. Miyazaki, you've worked hard." Park You-hee knew that he was going to be separated from Miyazaki, and he was more emotional.

Miyazaki smiled and said, "Be careful when you return to North Korea." ”

Before Park Yook-hee could speak, another North Korean aspirant, Kim Sung-il, interjected, "We will definitely complete the task as soon as possible, and the aspirants hope that the People's Party can fully support us." ”

"It's nature." Miyazaki laughed.

The road that should be said has already been said, and the work of these North Korean aspirants this time is not difficult, what they have to do first is to return to North Korea and establish a communication line on the North Korean side.

After everyone said goodbye and checked their weapons, the Korean aspirants followed the comrades led by the People's Party and began to march towards the depths of the dense mountain forest. Miyazaki watched the team's figure finally be obscured by the dense woods, and he could only wish them all the best.

Lines of communication mean that there are supply points and roads that are easy to move around. The Korean aspirants entered North Korea smoothly. Most of them were northerners, and according to the original plan, after crossing the border line, they would go home and settle down in their hometowns to contact the local Koreans who opposed Japan. Then build a whole line of communication.

Park Youxi is a native of Seoul, Kim Sung-il and Kim Liuling are from Pyongyang, and other people with lofty ideals are everywhere. As the Korean leader of the future Sino-Japanese War, they found that unlike when they left, they could see Japanese military camps everywhere in northern Korea, and the number of checkpoints to and from the checkpoints had increased a lot. The crowd finally bypassed, and when they got on the road, they dispersed.

After more than ten days of trekking, Kim Sung-il and Kim Liuling finally returned to Pyongyang. Pyongyang is now full of Japanese, and the two entered Pyongyang at night, and after the discrediting breakup, Kim Liuling went to his house. But as soon as he approached his house, suddenly there was a noise on the road. A large group of Japanese soldiers came along the road with torches, and Jin Liuling hurriedly hid on the side of the road. Fortunately, he was familiar with the place, so he was not discovered by the Japanese. I saw that under the light of the torches, there were several Koreans tied with ropes in the Japanese ranks, and the Japanese tied them together with ropes, and they were stumbled and dragged away.

Secretly looking at the Japanese soldiers with loaded guns and those captured Koreans from the shadows, Jin Liuling's heart was pounding, and he couldn't help but think: Could it be that the Japanese found that these Korean warriors had returned?