In Shanghai, the sun is shining at noon. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hongkou, a two-storey red building in the Japanese Concession, is a tea room opened by a Japanese named Yuichi Uchiyama, and most of the guests are Japanese himself.

"Uchiyama-kun."

"Nakamura-kun, the guest you asked is upstairs." A balding Japanese pokes his head out from behind the counter and smiles gently.

"Thank you." Nakamura was carrying a cowhide briefcase and wearing a short-sleeved white shirt, looking like a white-collar worker working at a bank.

In the box that Uchiyama was talking about, a man of about forty years old, wearing glasses, was kneeling on a straw mat with his legs in his hands, holding a cup of tea in his hand, savoring it slowly.

"Siri-kun!"

Seeing the middle-aged man, the short-sleeved young man called out in surprise.

"Nakamura, you're finally here." When I saw Nakamura's face, I put down my teacup in surprise, stood up and walked down to greet the young man.

"I've kept Xili-kun waiting." The young man named Nakamura seemed embarrassed, and after bowing deeply to the middle-aged man, he took off his leather shoes and sat down on the straw mat.

"This is this year's Biluo Spring New Tea from Dongting Lake, and Nakamura-kun can't drink such a good tea in Manchuria." Ciri greeted solemnly.

"Yes." Nakamura respectfully took the teacup, took a sip, and suddenly felt the fragrance of his teeth and cheeks, and all the troubles and sorrows dissipated in this faint fragrance of tea.

"Good tea!"

"The Japanese tea ceremony was passed down from China and carried forward."

"That's what Siri-kun said."

"Shirakawa-kun said in the telegram that you are coming to Shanghai to work, and I am very happy that we have another comrade with the same ideals." Nishiri was obviously very happy about Nakamura's arrival.

"Xili-kun is polite, I am also very honored to be able to join Xili-kun's intelligence team." Nakamura put down the teacup and smiled excitedly.

"Please!"

"Xili-kun, I came to work in the Shanghai Manchurian Railway Office, in fact, it was arranged by Shirakawa-kun, and I am now seconded to the Special Service Department of the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters to be responsible for intelligence analysis, and recently they are formulating a top-secret battle plan, which is aimed at a unit of China J." Nakamura lowered his voice and said, at this time, although there are not many guests in the tea room, this box has also been soundproofed.

Even the boss is his own person, but he still acts cautiously.

"Oh, the top-secret battle plan, aren't the newspapers outside now saying that it is possible for China and Japan to reach an armistice agreement?"

"This is absolutely impossible, the news I received is that the empire will never negotiate peacefully with the Chinese, but now the situation in Manchuria is a little tense, and the base camp is afraid of fighting on two fronts, so it wants to stabilize the Chinese."

"So, it's just a scam?"

"Even if it is not a hoax, the Chinese probably will not believe it, but according to my analysis, the Chinese side will also need time to train the army and prepare for the next campaign, and I am afraid that it will really be possible to engage with the empire, or even negotiate." Nakamura said seriously.

"And who is the top-secret battle plan you are talking about?"

"Northern Henan, the new First Army, the famous King of Leng Yan, Xili Jun should have heard of this name, right?" Nakamura said.

When Xili heard this, his face changed slightly: "Is the information you got reliable?" ”

"Reliable, I have consulted the secret archives, and the top brass of the dispatch army has held several secret military meetings specifically for the formulation of this top-secret plan, and the level is very high, and the content is also top secret, I just came, and some of the meeting minutes are not yet accessible to me." Nakamura explained.

"Can you get the contents of this top-secret military plan?"

"Difficult."

"Try it, you just came, you must not reveal your identity, in order for you to smoothly enter the position of the Central China Dispatch Army, we have worked a lot."

"I know, I'll be careful, I'll let you know as soon as there's news, and I'll meet here." Nakamura said as he stood up.

"Well, I'm waiting for your good news." Siri reached over and clasped Nakamura's hand tightly.

Nanjing, the headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army.

"Unsolicited leaks?"

"That's right, part of this top-secret plan can be revealed to Liang Hongzhi's Nanjing government, and through their mouths, the news can be leaked to the Jiang side in Wuhan."

"Are you sure there are Chiang's people in Liang's government?"

"Of course, Okamura-kun, you don't know the Chinese too well, they have a saying that they are in Cao Ying's heart in Han, although many people submit to us on the surface, but they may not really serve us as the master in their bones, only when the empire completely controls China, they will really return to their hearts, just like more than two hundred years ago, the Manchu Qing Dynasty unified the Central Plains." Kenji said with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Okay, I'll arrange this matter, but are you sure that Jiang in Wuhan will believe it?"

"He won't believe it, but as long as he is suspicious, as long as the news gets through, he will let the guards of the generals loosen." Kenji Tsuchihara said, "That's what we're for." ”

"Yuxi, Tufeiyuan-kun, you have seen all the Chinese through."

"Chinese, numb in thinking, not good at unity, like infighting, I received some news, the new army Leng Feng and some generals in the GMD high-level relationship is not good, even sharp contradictions, these are all places we can take advantage of."

"Yes, Tu Feiyuan-kun, I was right to choose you as my special advisor." Okamura Ninji said with great satisfaction.

"In order to realize the dream of the Great Nippon Honi Empire, Dohihara will not hesitate."

"I'm convinced that I'm the bravest fighter of the Great Nippon Empire." Okamura Ninji Road.

The military committee of the state government in Wuhan was also stunned by the sudden high-profile "goodwill" of the Japanese side, and the Japanese himself refused to admit the "Nanjing Massacre" in the last second, and poured dirty water on China J, especially the new army led by Leng Feng, which was completely demonized by the Japanese army.

If it is difficult to distinguish between Chinese soldiers and civilians, it is a manslaughter, if it is a mistakenly injured or killed in battle, there is nothing to say, but they all laid down their weapons and became prisoners of war, isn't that still a massacre?

What is even more interesting is that the Japanese army also found some so-called witnesses to prove their innocence, and held so-called press conferences in Nanjing, Shanghai and other places.

The more they perform like this, the more they let the Chinese and the world see their ugly faces clearly.

However, since the Japanese side has released its goodwill, the Chinese side has to continue, not to mention that the Japanese himself seems to have asked the Germans to mediate, and the task of the German ambassador Todmann has basically been completed, and now he has gone to Wuhan to meet, talk, and mediate.

It stands to reason that the credibility of the Germans is still good, but since the last time Todman fart. After the stock was crooked, Chiang's trust in the Germans seriously declined.

In addition, Germany allied with Japan and Ben, withdrew its military advisory group, and did not export weapons to China, and the influence of Lao Chiang on the Germans was even worse.

This time when Todman was in Wuhan, he did not have the same grand reception as before, and he was even afraid that Todman would leak his residence and office to Japan himself, and he would meet him at his temporary residence in Hankow.

Lao Jiang only gave Tao Deman half an hour, and in this half an hour, he still gave enough patience, after all, he couldn't show too much.

How to say, the Chinese can't do the thing of people taking tea and cooling.

Ambassador Todman was greatly disappointed by Chiang's indifference to "peace", and when he left, his expression was very lonely, and from the feeling in his heart, he still had some feelings for China, but feelings did not represent reason, he was a German and had to serve the German Empire.

When Todman returned, he reported in detail about his meeting with Lao Chiang, and whether the German diplomatic department would communicate with Japan and Japan on these contents was beyond his control.

Of course, it's just a new contact, and it's hard to say what will happen in the future.

After meeting Todman, Lao Chiang also held a military meeting, and the demonic wind of "peace" suddenly blew, which could not be without reason.

It must be known that the main war faction is in power in Japan and Japan, and looking at those who are on stage, which one is not a war maniac who is clamoring for war?

A truce with China sounds unreliable.

A group of people in the Executive Yuan headed by Wang Zhaoming all felt that this was an opportunity to strive for "peace," and if a peace agreement could be reached under the supervision of the international community, it would be beneficial to China, at least the lives of the people would not be ruined, and the country would be able to achieve tranquility.

However, Chen Cixiu and some other pro-war factions resolutely did not agree to sign a so-called peace agreement with Japan and Japan, and if this agreement was signed, it would certainly be a loss of power and humiliation to the country.

The two sides quarreled at the meeting.

"I am a wolf with ambitions, this kind of peace is to betray the country for glory, my Lao Feng will never agree, I want to sign you to sign, it's a big deal for Lao Tzu to recruit troops and buy horses, and continue to work with the little devil!" Feng Huanzhang had a hot temper, and as soon as he came up, he slapped the table, and the smell of gunpowder ignited all of a sudden.

"The Japanese army found that it was impossible to bring us to our knees by force, so they resorted to this tactic of political inducement to force us to be fooled, and we must not be fooled!"

"Negotiations are always about bargaining, and since there is an opportunity to talk, why don't we sit down and talk?"

"It's whimsical to seek the skin of the tiger, the strategy formulated by Japan and Ben to destroy China has never changed, even if we are peaceful, can we guarantee that they will not tear up the agreement?"

"The tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre is just around the corner, once it is fought, it is difficult to guarantee that Wuhan will not repeat the tragedy of Nanjing, and killing red-eyed soldiers is a ...... of humanity."

"Mr. Wang still knows about the tragedy in Nanjing, after half a year, can we forget all the hatred?"

"A gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late!"

"Haha, ridiculous, even the backbone is bent, what to take revenge, we finally overthrew the feudal Manchu government and established the Republic of China, we just don't want to be enslaved and oppressed, do we want to go back to that dark era?"

"If Wuhan falls, where will we go and go to the big ravines to learn how to fight guerrillas?"

"It's not impossible to fight guerrillas, we would rather die standing than live on our knees!"

"It is not only the force that fights the war, but also the economic strength of a country, China, which is poor and weak, has no strength to fight with Japan at all, Japan has aircraft and artillery, warships, and a complete industrial system, what do we have? Don't you understand this truth, and now that Japan and Japan have taken the initiative to extend an olive branch, why don't we push the boat down the river and seek peace? Wang Zhaoming stood up, "This is China's only wise choice!" ”

"Humph!"

"Do you want us all to be Qin Hui?"

"The little devil's family background is thicker than ours, but we don't have our advantage, this is fighting on our territory, we have a broad strategic depth, there are hundreds of millions of people, judging from the current war situation, although our overall strength is not as good as Japan's, but in the local battlefield we are not all defeated."

"Yes, we have elites like the New First Army, the Eighth Army, and the 20th Army Corps, unless the Japanese army invades the whole country, and it is not so easy for them to defeat us."

Obviously, although strategically China is retreating, in the battle, China J did not completely fight back, and in several local battles, China J also dealt a huge blow to the Japanese army, causing heavy losses to the Japanese army.

The loss of four elite divisions in a row in China was almost a quarter of Japan's standing strength for the Japanese army.

"The Japanese army suffered too many losses, is this the reason why they took the initiative to sue for peace?"

Some people who have not expressed their position before analyzed.

"Recently, the Northeast does not seem to be at peace, and the relationship between the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Far East Military District is somewhat tense, and conflicts or wars may break out at any time.

"Makes sense, makes sense......"

"Recently, the Japanese army has continued to increase its troops in China, according to incomplete statistics, excluding the Kwantung Army, the Japanese army in North China and Central China has exceeded 400,000 ......."

"The new Japanese divisions include the 116th, 15th, 17th, and 22nd divisions, which are mainly concentrated in Central China.

400,000 Japanese troops!

The high-level officials of the state government who attended the meeting couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, you must know that in the battles of Songhu and Nanjing, the Japanese army only dispatched 200,000 people.

The 700,000 national army that fought 200,000 was overwhelmed, and now it is 400,000, what a powerful force is this?

In fact, Xu Peigen, director of the Intelligence Department, did not say that the 400,000 Japanese troops were at least conservatively estimated, and the actual number may be even higher, and some third-line troops of a garrison nature are not included in the statistics.

Under such strong military pressure, the faces of those lords and factions were already white, and some of the generals of the main battle faction also had heavy expressions.

While the Japanese army continued to increase its troops, it played a deck of cards of "seeking peace", which was clearly a means of force coercion and political inducement to force the government to bow its head.

This is the usual method used by Japan and Japan.

When the meeting came here, the door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside, and a confidential secretary from the attendant's room walked in from the outside, walked quickly to Lin Wei's side, and whispered a few words.

After Lin Wei heard this, he immediately got up and walked over and said a few words in Lao Jiang's ear, Lao Jiang's face changed slightly, he raised his hand, said a few words of conclusion, and then announced the dismissal of the meeting.