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Chapter 603: Conversation between the monarch and his ministers (3)

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    Hearing Li Guoyao's words, Lao Jiang fell silent. He could understand Li Guoyao's generosity, but he was not a general responsible for front-line combat command, but a commander in charge of the overall situation.

    When dealing with problems, you should not be too emotional. You must be rational. It is easy to get confused by being emotional.

    After a long time, Chiang Kai-shek sighed and said: "Seriously, the League of Nations is powerful and we cannot afford to offend it!"

    Li Guoyao did agree with this. The League of Nations at this time was not as inactive as people commented in the future. For now, the League of Nations is still very loud in the international community, not much inferior to today's United Nations.

    After the First World War, mankind was suddenly shocked by the disasters caused by the war.  In order to stop wars, resolve conflicts between countries, and bring justice to weak countries, the League of Nations was born.

    At that time, it was known as the "United Nations", with more than 60 participating countries, and Japan was one of the six permanent members.  Although China, a poor and weak country, was a member at the time, its influence was quite limited.

    Since the League of Nations was founded under the banner of upholding justice for weak countries, Chiang Kai-shek relied on the League of Nations to stand up for China.

    But Li Guoyao knew better that the current League of Nations no longer had the ambitions it had after World War I, so it was indeed a bit far-fetched for China to rely on such a loose organization to uphold justice.

    "A weak country has no diplomacy." Not to mention Chiang Kai-shek, even the vast majority of warlords, big and small, understand this truth, let alone a political giant with astonishing skills like Chiang Kai-shek.

    "It's just that Chiang Kai-shek was confused by some specific facts, that is, the League of Nations owned the two giants in the world at this time-the United Kingdom and the United States.

    At that time, Britain had colonies all over the world and was known as the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets." It was also the initiator of the League of Nations and had a decisive influence on the world. The United States, as an emerging power, was the target of the League of Nations and the world, and had a special role in the League of Nations.  status.

    This made Chiang Kai-shek, who was always worried about his weak status, strongly dependent on him. His view did not change even decades later. However, the United States and Britain, who only valued their own interests, always treated him with aloofness.  Just use it.

    ¡°In the early days of the September 18th Incident, the attitudes of the United States, Britain and other countries determined that the League of Nations could not do much to stop Japan¡¯s invasion.  At that time, the two countries did not have much interest in the Northeast or even North China. Japan's invasion of the north had little impact on them.

    On the contrary, they have been hoping that after Japan succeeds in Northeast China, it will go to war with the Soviet Union, so that Japan can weaken the Soviet Union that they hate.  This was exactly the same as their appeasement of Germany a few years later and their attempt to blame the Soviet Union for the war.

    But both the Japanese at that time and the Germans in the future made clever use of them and took advantage of them militarily and politically.

    After all, Japan has no reputation, and its lack of resources also makes it inseparable from the international community for a while. Japan will certainly not break up with these powers unless it is absolutely necessary.

    So the shrewd Japanese began to make some small concessions in diplomacy and trade to please the United States and Britain.

    Sure enough, the attitudes of these great powers have changed after they tasted the benefits, and the League of Nations has never raised its tone in condemning Japan.

    On October 2, 1932, after nearly a year of on-the-spot investigation, the League of Nations investigation team simultaneously announced its investigation report to the world in Nanjing, Tokyo, and Geneva.  Previously, the League of Nations, under the repeated urging of Chinese representatives, formed a League of Nations investigation team, headed by British Sir Lytton, including American General McCoy, French General Claude, German Dr. Heaney, Italian Count Marcodi, etc.  people.

    This investigation team was welcomed and entertained by Chiang Kai-shek and almost all the important military and political officials of the Kuomintang in China. It once brought a light of hope to Chiang Kai-shek.

    But when the investigation report was released, the faces of all the government officials changed. Even Chiang Kai-shek himself cursed after reading the report: "Is this justice? Niang Xipi! Over the past year, our soldiers have  Being angry and enduring the pain, repeatedly giving in, being beaten without mercy, and being killed without mercy. Isn¡¯t such a magnanimous performance enough to show the hearts of the people in the world? All conscience and justice have been lost!"

    During that time, he endured turbulent pressures at home and abroad, relying on the League of Nations for everything and obeying the League of Nations for everything. As a result, he lost territory, the reputation of the army was discredited, and the country was not like a country. In the end, in exchange for this paper, it designated Japan as the invader.  He felt like he was being tricked and betrayed by the reports that each had fifty major blocks to maintain China's status quo.

    But even so, Chiang Kai-shek still placed certain hopes on the League of Nations at this time. He felt that the League of Nations' previous actions against China were entirely because the United States, Britain and other countries did not have much interest in the Northeast. Japan's invasion of Northeast China had no impact on the United States, Britain and other countries.  Too big an impact.

    ?However, the United States, Britain and other countries have many rights and interests in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and now these rights and interests are affected as Japan launches a full-scale invasion of China. Whether it is to protect their own rights and interests or to curb Japan's ambition to dominate Asia, the United States, Britain and other countries will not sit idly by.  Ignore.

    "Commissioner, let's put aside the League of Nations and talk about the current situation. I feel that we have lost Shanghai, Nanjing, Peiping, Taiyuan, Jinan and other places. Not long ago, we also lost Guangzhou.  To be honest, I really don¡¯t care about losing another city of Wuhan. Whether the United States, Britain and other countries are sympathetic or disappointed, they have gone through everything they have to go through, so I think we don¡¯t need to care about what they think!¡± Li Guoyao said.

    "Then you mean the city of Wuhan can no longer be defended?"

    "Well, this is the meaning of humble duty. If you can't hold it, then don't hold it. Leave the green hills without worrying about having no firewood. As long as we still have troops in our hands and as long as one of us is resisting, the little devil will not be able to die.  China!" Li Guoyao said.

    "If you don't keep it, you won't be able to face the people!" Lao Jiang said with a sigh.

    "No, we have tried our best so far in the war, and the current result is the best!"

    "the best?"

    "Yes, have the committee members forgotten the theory of national defense against Japan of exchanging space for time that Mr. Baili said?"

    "Keep talking!" Lao Jiang said in a deep voice.

    "In terms of combat tools alone, all countries are working towards the word 'speed'. Therefore, the trend of modern tactical strategies is naturally moving towards quick decision. But from the standpoint of the entire country, that is, from the so-called 'all people'  In the context of war the emphasis is on the word 'protracted', and the prevailing self-sufficiency is the fundamental policy of protracted war."

    Then Li Guoyao continued: "Mr. Baili believes that although quick decisions are pursued on the battlefield, long-term preparations are pursued. Modern war is a people's war. Because of its huge cost, an early decisive battle is beneficial to the Japanese army, and delaying the war is beneficial to us; troop strength  Concentration is beneficial to the Japanese army, while dispersion is beneficial to our army; taking the offensive is beneficial to the Japanese army, and taking the defensive is beneficial to our army."

    "The only condition for China to defeat the enemy is to do the opposite. The Japanese army fights quickly, and we rely on it for a long time to tire them out. The center of the Japanese army's force is on the first line, and we put it on the second line to make it temporarily  Strength is useless. In a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, the aggressor always takes the offensive. When China is on the defensive, it must treat its guests as host, determine the strategic policy of protracted operations, trade space for time, and finally turn defense into offense and gain victory.  The final victory.¡±

    "Lao Jiang very much recognized Jiang Baili's ideas. Not to mention Mr. Baili's legendary experience, in terms of his strategic vision alone, it was definitely unique in China.

    As early as before World War I, Jiang Baili was stimulated by the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War and believed that Japan was the primary enemy of China's national defense.

    After World War I, he even more bluntly raised the issue of "we are at war with our most dangerous neighbors" and said, "As for the current situation of the environment, the countries we are most in danger of are those countries with aggressive neighbors." He concluded  Japan will definitely invade China.

    Later, he also put forward the famous Sanyang Line theory, that is, once Japan invades China, the Jingpu and Jinghan roads will be occupied by the Japanese army, and the future strategy against Japan should be to place the main positions south of the Yangtze River and west of the Pinghan Railway.  area, with Luoyang, Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Yichang, and Changde as the last positions to resist the Japanese invading army.

    The development process between China and Japan also confirmed Mr. Baili's conclusion, so now that Li Guoyao once again proposed Mr. Baili's theory of exchanging space for time, Lao Jiang fell into deep thought.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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