Chapter 143 Signing of the Agreement
"Minister He, as you have heard and seen, Thunder has successively defeated four Japanese divisions in Burma, of which the Japanese Sixth Division has been completely annihilated, the remnants of the Japanese 22nd Division and the 56th Division were defeated and withdrew to Rangoon, the 55th Division was defeated and surrendered to our side, the division commander Takeuchi Kuan and 30 officers were on the way to transfer thousands of troops, and the Japanese 18th Division has also been surrounded by us in the Taunggyi area of the Chan State Plateau in Burma, and the war in Burma is about to end" Facing the inquiry of the Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin, Rowling answered them one by one with great momentum and confidence.
"However, according to the information we have obtained, the Japanese army still has the 31st Division and the 33rd Division have not shown up, how do you Thunder judge the movements of these two Japanese divisions?" The scheming Ho Ying-chin was trying to change the subject, and in front of the reporters present, he tried to focus everyone's attention on the war in Burma, and he did not want to sign the agreement so smoothly.
"The war in Burma has not had much impact on our agreement, but I am willing to answer Minister He's question" Rowling smiled a little I knew very well, and then said, "According to the information we have just obtained, the 31st Division of the Japanese Army has appeared on the front line of Ringanqiang, and at present, Thunder's troops from Yangmidin and Donghu are rushing to Ringanqiang, I believe that at the moment when Thunder's armored troops appeared in Ringanqiang, The only choice given to the 31st Division of the Japanese Army is to be defeated by us or surrender to us like their 55th Division, and I am confident in that."
"Ms. Rowling, does this answer of yours represent the Thunder? Why do you only say that you are personally confident? Isn't it the other senior officers of the Thunder who think so? Or can it be said that they did not have confidence in the complete defeat of the Japanese army in Burma? A young reporter seized on the loophole in Rowling's words and began to ask questions of Rowling, completely ignoring Chrissy's murderous gaze.
"I'm sorry that this journalist feels so uneasy because of my slip of the tongue in Chinese" In the face of the reporter's deliberate difficulty, Rowling still replied calmly, she attributed the loophole caught by the reporter to just her own slip of the tongue, anyway, she is a foreigner herself, and it is not impossible to say that it is a slip of the tongue. "You all know Thunder's previous records, we have defeated four Japanese divisions several times our size in a row, but what can we do with the 31st Division of the Japanese Army that appears alone in Ren'anqiang? The Thunder will speak with their records, so please stay tuned to the war in Burma, and I think everyone, including this uneasy gentleman, will get the answers you want."
The young reporter who was affected by Rowling's words blushed in the laughter of everyone, but he still mustered up the courage to raise his hand and ask under the stern gaze of the editor-in-chief of his newspaper, "Ms. Rowling, according to reliable sources, a special plane from the United States landed in Chongqing a few days ago, is there any connection between this matter and today's press conference?" If so, can you tell us some relevant information" The chairman has been seeking the support of the international community since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, and if Rowling's arrival and this press conference are really related to the United States, then this news is indeed very explosive.
"Mr. young reporter, I have to tell you one thing with regret, I have to add a sensitive title to your comment," Rowling looked at the young reporter with a smile on her face, "In fact, this plane from the United States does exist, but the plane and the people on the plane have nothing to do with the U.S. government, those people were sent by my grandfather to take care of me, gardeners, cooks, tailors, and a very good butler." I think maybe my grandfather felt that Zhao Zhi couldn't take good care of me, so he sent these people to China, you know, I have a big estate on the outskirts of Kunming that needs someone to take care of."
Rowling's words in the second half of the sentence are like a child who doesn't grow up, and the people from the Ministry of Military Affairs and the reporters present laughed good-naturedly, people who have left their homes are indeed the most in need of family affection, and Rowling is naturally no exception. He Yingqin, who had a formulaic smile on his face, secretly scolded Luo Lin, a foreign woman, who had also learned the methods of Chinese officialdom, and he had seen those people from the United States, what kind of cook, gardener, tailor, and housekeeper there, but whose housekeeper was wearing the uniform of the US military?
This press conference was proposed by Rowling, and the opening scene was some battlefield photos taken by Xie Xiaoqi and her sisters in Burma, with the big headline "The Japanese 55th Division surrendered to Thunder", and some physical objects were also on display, including the command knife and gun of the commander of the 55th Division, Takeuchi, half of the 55th Division's military flag and a large number of officers' certificates and diaries were burned. Summoning reporters to Myanmar was the first step in Rowling's campaign, and today's press conference is her second step, followed by a third step in newspaper publicity, all of which pave the way for a new plan.
"Ms. Rowling's eloquence is good, Boyuan is really blessed to be able to hold a beauty" After the press conference, He Yingqin, who was not happy but had a smile on his face, teased Rowling. Thunder's new plan, which was supposed to be the leading role of the Ministry of Military Affairs, did not want Rowling to inform the chairman of the committee in the villa on the south bank earlier, the Ministry of Military Affairs is now reduced to a task to deal with the aftermath, and the details of the agreement have already been finalized privately by Chiang Kai-shek and Rowling, and the Ministry of Military Affairs has no right to modify the content at all.
"Minister He has won the award" Rowling politely replied to He Yingqin's joke, Zhao Zhi is still fighting hard in Myanmar, Rowling is anxious to sign an agreement to go back to Myanmar to take care of Zhao Zhi, if it weren't for thinking that He Yingqin is the chief officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Rowling would not bother to deal with this person at all. The Jewish merchant group brought by Rowling from Kunming had the privilege of participating in the negotiation and signing of the agreement, in which the Nationalist government would pay 50% of the Burmese mercenaries, and the Jewish merchant community would take care of the remaining half, while Zhao Zhi would only have to open the entire territory of Burma to the Jews in exchange.
The Jews wanted their own country, but most of the people who lived in Kunming lived comfortably, and they no longer wanted to travel long distances to fight for life and death, and they felt comfortable under the wings of thunder. The Jewish merchant group that came to Chongqing with Rowling was one of those who supported this argument. Yunnan was connected to Burma, and Zhao Zhi had close ties with the top level of the Nationalist government, so even if China lost the war against Japan, they could smoothly withdraw into Burma under the protection of Thunder. As long as the Jews tie themselves to the carriage of Thunder, I believe that Zhao Zhi will not watch the Jews fend for themselves.
The general content of the agreement had already been agreed and confirmed by Chiang Kai-shek and Rowling, and the Ministry of Military Affairs was just going through the motions, and the two sides sat down to talk for less than half an hour, and He Yingqin signed his name on the agreement and stamped the seal of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and this agreement will then be sent to the villa on the south bank for Chiang Kai-shek to see, and finally to be stamped with Chiang Kai-shek's seal. However, He Yingqin still deeply regretted that the Jewish Legion and mercenary troops could not enter the Japanese theater of operations, to which Rowling only smiled and did not answer.
Of course, the Jewish Legion and mercenary troops of Thunder will continue to participate in the war, this is a fact that Zhao Zhi was destined to be unchangeable when he decided to leave his name in the history of World War II, and Zhao Zhi's decision to rush to solve the Japanese army in Burma within three months is also based on this reason, Thunder's Jewish Legion and mercenary troops must join the military operations launched by the US military in South Asia, and Zhao Zhi also wants to get involved in Australia, and the collusion between the Japanese army and British politicians in exile in Australia is the best reason.
The attack on Burma is Zhao Zhi's need to have an opportunity to show the world the strength of the Thunder, and two of the staff sent by the Rockman family to Rowling are working for the U.S. government, and their affirmation of the war in Burma represents the U.S. government's affirmation of the Thunder. Only when the United States confirmed the strength of the Thunder and took the initiative to mention that the Thunder sent troops to South Asia to help the US military conduct ground operations could Zhao Zhi have the opportunity to join the group that divided the interests after the war, which was an important part of Zhao Zhi's final plan.
"Okay, let's go, we have to rush to Zhangwu County, I don't know what happened to Dazhi?" Hurriedly bidding farewell to the high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Rowling went to the airport with her escort team and staff group. Along with Rowling's plane, there were three military transport planes, and the cabin contained weapons and equipment from the Japanese army in Burma, which was a gift from Rowling to the CCP, and she wanted to knock on the door of the CCP's top leadership.
"Madam, haven't we already signed an agreement with the National Government? So why do we still have to negotiate with the CCP? I remember that the relationship between the national government of the Republic of China does not seem to be harmonious, so will this cause problems for the development of our new plan? One of Rowling's staff members voiced his doubts, and several members of the staff did not approve of Rowling's new plan to talk to the CCP about Thunder's new plan at this time.
"You don't have to worry so much, we don't go to Yan'an, the representatives sent by the CCP's top leadership have arrived in Zhangwu County, and now they are living in the barracks of Qinglongping Airport, Qinglongping Airport is only free for our own people to enter and exit, and the people of the National Government don't know about it" Rowling took the cigarette handed by Chrissy and lit it and smoked, and then continued slowly, "For the future development of Thunder, we need to make a secret agreement with the CCP, but I can't tell you the content of the agreement yet."
"Madam, do you mean that the CCP may replace the Nationalist Government in leading post-war China?" The faces of the staff in the cabin were full of shock, and Rowling's argument was so shocking that no one could believe that the Nationalist Government would be replaced by the CCP, which is currently in a remote corner.
"Time will tell, let's wait and see" Rowling tilted the corners of her mouth to show a hint of a smile, thinking that when Zhao Zhi persuaded herself, she was not as shocked as them. If it weren't for Zhao Zhi's careful analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the CCP and the Nationalist Government for himself, he would not have been confident in persuading his family to support Zhao Zhi's new plan.