"Failed negotiations?"

"This is to be expected, and if an agreement can be reached in the first negotiation, it means that our opponents are not so easy to deal with." Kenji Dohihara sat on the sofa, lit a cigar, took a puff, and said pleasantly.

"That's right, what's next?"

"There is an old Chinese saying that you can neither do to others as you would have them do unto you, and the exchange of prisoners is never a good option for the 'Yakshas', and I can roughly see their purpose from their reactions." Kenji Dohihara had a confident expression.

"Oh?" Hatohiko Asaka reached out and touched his head, this action of his has developed since he was injured on the "Loyal Spirit Sacrifice", and he has a headache.

"They want to use our prisoners of war in exchange for food and other necessary living materials, the purpose is to occupy Qinglong Mountain for a long time and fight against the empire for a long time, which is obviously very unfavorable to us." Kenji Dohihara said slowly.

"Yes, it was when we saw their idea that we came up with the strategy of exchanging prisoners of war for prisoners of war, and forced them to agree to our terms."

"Your Excellency the Commander's strategy is very clever, and although to some extent, it has damaged the reputation of the Imperial Army, but it has also forced the other side to consider negotiating with us through the exchange of prisoners of war." Kenji Tsuchihara said with a smile, "This just confirms another old Chinese saying, which is burdened by fame." ”

"That's right, there is a similar proverb in our Japan......"

"This shows that His Excellency the Commander still knows China very well, and if the 'Yaksha' is just an independent organization, then we can't use this trick to force him to comply, at least he doesn't have to bear the pressure from above. Instead, they only need to endure the pressure of secular morality. ”

"What Tohihara-kun said is right. In fact. The idea didn't come from me. ”

"Didn't Your Excellency the Commander come up with it?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I also thought about this method for a whole night before I decided to take a risk, and now it seems that the effect is not bad."

"And who came up with this idea?" Kenji Tsuchihara asked in surprise.

"It's Ikeda Shozo of the 16th Division!"

"Ikeda-kun?" Kenji Dohihara showed a look of surprise.

"That's right, he was defeated in Qinglong Mountain, and I ordered him to be removed from his post and sent someone to bring him back. Then, he gave me this advice. ”

"I didn't expect that."

"Does Tu Fei Yuanjun have the heart to cherish talents?"

"To be honest, yes, such a talent should not be wasted in combat units, but should be in the staff headquarters, which is his ideal battlefield." Kenji Dochihara.

"I heard that the base camp intends to let Tu Fei Yuanjun set up a strategic intelligence agency against China in Shanghai?"

"Your Excellency the Commander is really well-informed, but this is only a proposal, whether it can be formed or not depends on the decision of the base camp. At present, I am only the division commander of the 14th Division. Kenji Dohihara did not deny that, in fact. He prefers to work in intelligence, which is more thrilling than doing real work on the battlefield.

"Well, when will the second round of negotiations begin?"

"Although the first negotiation broke up unhappily, I can see that they did not completely refuse, so I hope that it will not be long before the second round of negotiations comes." Kenji Tohihara said firmly.

"Okay, will we take the initiative this time?"

"No, this time they took the initiative, I think the news of the breakdown of the negotiations must be known to their command at this moment." Kenji Dochihara.

"Didn't Chairman Jiang refuse to communicate directly with us?"

"The Chinese have a good face, and our Chairman Jiang has a better face than anyone else, so he found a high-sounding excuse to refuse us, but there are still many people in their government who support the prisoner exchange talks, after all, this is beneficial and harmless!" Kenji Dohihara said with a smile.

"Got it, Takami!"

"I'd like to have a good talk with Ikeda-kun, Your Excellency, Commander, do you think it's okay?"

"There's no problem with that, he's your assistant now, but if you want to poach people, you have to pass Nakajima-kun's level, and he also values Ikeda very much." Hatohiko smiled at the Asaka Palace.

"Really?" A smile appeared at the corner of Kenji Dohihara's mouth, the person he values Kenji Dohihara valued, can he still dig it up?

Wuhan, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

"Yaksha telegram, the first round of negotiations failed, here are the minutes of the negotiations." Mao Qingxiang, the confidential secretary, handed over a telegram and put it on Lao Jiang's desk.

"You go first, I'll call you if there's something." Lao Jiang was reviewing a document, and did not immediately review the message, and ordered, "Please Mr. Bu Lei and Vice President Yue Jun come over." ”

"Yes!" Mao Qingxiang closed the folder and respectfully retreated.

About ten minutes later, Chen Bulei stepped on black cloth cotton shoes and wore a gray cloth cotton robe, and the guard at the door directly opened the door for him and invited him in.

Chen Bulei is a person that Lao Jiang absolutely trusts, so under normal circumstances, he can directly enter Lao Jiang's office without special instructions.

"Mr. Bu Lei is here, wait a minute, Yue Jun will also come over."

"Yes, sir." Chen Bulei found a place to sit down, this position is basically where he often sits, close to Lao Jiang's desk, trust and glory. Pet. Visible in general.

"Mr. Bu Lei, look at this, Mao Qingxiang just sent it."

Chen Bulei stood up, stepped forward, took the minutes of the negotiation, and read them carefully.

"Chairman of the committee, Zhang Yuejun asks to see!"

"Come in, please!" Zhang Yuejun handed over the coat to the guards outside, and walked in with his hair combed meticulously, just as Chen Bulei finished reading the negotiation minutes in his hand.

"Hello Mr. Blei!"

"Mr. Yue Jun." Chen Bulei got up to greet him, Zhang Yue is the vice president of the Executive Yuan, and he is also the chairman of Sichuan Province, and his relationship with Lao Jiang is extraordinary.

Seeing Zhang Yuejun, Lao Jiang also put down the brush in his hand and stood up: "Yue Jun is here, please take a seat." ”

Without Lao Jiang's instructions, the secretary brought in from making hot tea.

"I heard you're going to be bustling over there?"

"Yes, for Han Xiangfang. Quite a few people came to me. I hope I can say a few kind words in front of the chairman. Let him live. Zhang Yuejun said with a wry smile.

"Who are they?" Lao Jiang asked.

"Mr. He Siyuan, Mr. Liang Ming......"

These are all great figures in the field of education, all of whom have worked in Shandong under Han Xiangfang, and Mr. Liang is also a national defense senator, and the society is very popular.

Lao Jiang was silent in thought, his determination to kill Han Xiangfang was unchanged, and it was useless for anyone to intercede, at this time. If you don't make an example, I'm afraid the situation will be even worse.

If you want to negotiate with Japan, you can negotiate the compensation for the cession of land, but if you surrender to the Japanese and use the Japanese as a puppet, he will never be able to do it.

Now the land is ceded and the reparations are paid, and in the future, when the country is strong, it will be able to send troops to take it back, but once the Japanese surrender, then China will be gone. What other countries are you talking about the independence of the nation?

"Don't talk about that, Yue Jun. Check this out. Lao Jiang took the minutes of the negotiation from Chen Bulei and handed them to Zhang Yuejun.

"This is the minutes of the negotiations between the Shanghai dispatch army and the 'Yaksha'?"

"Yes, just sent back." Lao Jiang nodded.

Zhang Yuejun briefly flipped through it, revealing a slight puzzlement: "One-on-one prisoner exchange is not a loss for us, why would Yaksha not agree?" ”

"Don't you see that the Japanese are setting us up?"

"Set up?"

"The Japanese asked the 'Yaksha' to provide a list of prisoners, which in itself is impossible to do, how many prisoners of the national army, I dare to say, we ourselves don't know now, where to get the list, even if we have some captured lists, who do we change or not, this is a huge problem, and our list is sent over, the Japanese will definitely not agree to all of them, when the time comes, they will do tricks in the list, and there will be endless troubles in it!" Chen Bulei said, "Especially China and Japan are still at war, how should we deal with these people who have been replaced, whether to use them or not?" ”

"This ......"

"So what should we do, don't we change it?"

"If we refuse to exchange prisoners, will the people agree, will the relatives of the captured national army agree, now everyone knows that there is such an opportunity to save their families, I am afraid that those related family members are already up and down, hoping to add the names of their relatives to the prisoner exchange list." Chen Bulei said.

"That's right, now that the news of the prisoner exchange is flying all over the sky, rumors have begun to spread at the bottom, what will happen if the news of the breakdown of this negotiation spreads?"

"Then why not draw up a list, change people back first, and then slowly screen them, besides, the number of places is limited, and only a small part can be exchanged, and the people can understand, we try our best to replace more people?" Zhang Yuejun said.

"Who will draw up the list, and according to how many people?" Lao Jiang asked rhetorically.

"This ......"

"The Ministry of Military Affairs should have counted the list of missing and captured people......"

"The question is how to reply to the 'Yaksha' side, they have already refused to negotiate, and if they restart negotiations, it will be tantamount to telling them to bow their heads to the Japanese?"

"Why is 'Yaksha' so reckless, don't you know if you can't refuse this kind of thing?"

"They have their considerations, with this group of prisoners and hostages in hand, their situation is not too bad, but once the prisoners are exchanged, and they have no real benefits, the situation will be even more difficult, they are in the enemy-occupied area, there is a shortage of materials, food and grass, they want to use the Japanese prisoners in exchange for supplies and food, so that they can have the ability to resist for a long time." Chen Bulei explained.

"Then we can consider withdrawing the 'Yaksha', we can agree to the conditions of the Japanese for the exchange of prisoners, but the condition for the exchange of prisoners is that they get out of the way, let the 'Yaksha' and withdraw to our army's defense area."

"Brother Yue Jun, how easy is this, hundreds of miles of mountain roads, once the Yaksha withdraws from Qinglong Mountain, it will be the meat on the Japanese chopping block, and when the time comes, it will not be how to handle it as you want, treacherous things, and it is not the first time that the Japanese have done it?" Chen Bulei sighed.

Zhang Yuejun was not unaware of the huge risks involved, but now that they have all been kidnapped, even the European and American powers are secretly paying attention to this "prisoner exchange" incident.

The Japanese are already good at reversing black and white, and the European and American powers have pursued an ostrich policy, coupled with the fact that they have asked Japan to secretly connive, and what China can obtain in the international community is only three or two sentences of moral innocence. (To be continued.) )