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Chapter 1,153: The direction of the war (End)

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    However, Japan was not very active in responding to the National Government's request for peace talks, and even refused to allow Wang Jingwei to serve as peace ambassador.

    Ugaki said this in reply to the National Government's letter: "If Mr. Wang Zhaoming comes forward to be on the front line, it needs to be carefully considered. In the minds of people in your country, as soon as they hear about Zhang Qun or Wang Zhaoming, they will immediately think that they are pro-Japanese."  Giant. The Japanese talk to you and Wang Zhaoming at the forefront of the negotiations, and it is easy to reach an agreement. However, the people of your country will condemn this as the work of the pro-Japanese faction. They betray the country for glory, which in turn puts the negotiations at a disadvantage."

    At the same time, Ugaki named Kong Xiangxi, the new President of the Executive Yuan who "has no deep relations with Japan," to come forward to negotiate, and subsequent negotiations ensued.

    In fact, it can be seen from here that Wang Jingwei has been hooking up with the Japanese for a long time. Otherwise, the Japanese would not be thinking about Wang Jingwei and want to protect him at such an important moment.  Therefore, the establishment of the Wang Puppet regime some time ago was not a sudden change, but was premeditated.

    On June 26 of the same year, secret negotiations between Ugaki Kazunari and Kong Xiangxi were held in the form of a "preparatory meeting" in Hong Kong between Nakamura Toyichi, the Japanese Consul General in Hong Kong, and Qiao Fuzo, Secretary of the Executive Yuan.

    In this negotiation, Japan's Ugaki foreign minister made six demands on China: recognition of the independence of Manchuria, North China and Inner Mongolia as "special areas", compensation and economic cooperation with Japan, joint development of resources, garrisoning troops in certain areas, and acceptance of Japanese consultants or other guidance in China.  .

    As the Battle of Wuhan was in full swing at that time, the Nationalist Government was eager to seek compromise. Therefore, after careful consideration of the Japanese army's request, the Nationalist Government made an unprecedented major concession to Japan on the issue of "Manchuria independence": it agreed to set up a  In special areas, it is also possible to accept consultants and jointly develop resources, and almost fully accept the Japanese conditions.

    However, Kong Xiangxi made some requests based on China's domestic situation: "It is very difficult for us to openly recognize the independence of Manchuria in the treaty, so we can only implement it quietly and gradually. For example, first set up a consul, and all economic issues will be resolved between the consuls. Such as  When there are many political problems that cannot be solved by the consul, a minister or ambassador will be sent next. At the same time, it is not appropriate to set up a special area in North China, and China cannot afford to pay reparations to Japan."

    In fact, the Nationalist Government has made the greatest concessions, but in the end Japan tried to use "Chiang's removal from power" as one of the Chinese government's "conditions for surrender".  After many meetings between the two sides, Japan's request for "Chiang to leave the field" was ultimately the focus of the negotiations and the crux of the difficulty in reaching a compromise.

    In order to facilitate this peace negotiation, the Nationalist Government even proposed a concession plan: "Kong Xiangxi himself will resign with full responsibility as President of the Executive Yuan. At least until the implementation of the treaty is completed, Mr. Chiang will still occupy his original position."

    However, Japan flatly refused.

    In order to reach a compromise, Kong Xiangxi agreed to take a Japanese warship to Nagasaki to meet directly with Foreign Minister Ugaki.

    In the end, the Japanese Army hardliners Seishiro Itagaki and Hideki Tojo insisted on "Chiang leaving the field" and used the establishment of the "Koya Institute" as a means to force Foreign Minister Ugaki to resign. In the end, the negotiation ended without any problem.

    The third negotiation took place last year. At that time, out of war considerations, Chongqing directly directed the negotiations between Du Shishan of the Renaissance Society and Japan's Kawano Nagatomo and Ogawa Heiyoshi in Hong Kong.

    In mid-March, Liu Yunlong, Du Shishan, and Xuanye Nagachi began negotiations in Room 350 of the Hong Kong Hotel.

    Liu Yunlong proposed the following conditions: equality and mutual accommodation; restoration of the status quo before the Marco Polo Bridge Incident; territorial (integrity) sovereignty (independence); (Japanese) withdrawal of troops; signing of an anti-communist agreement; China agrees with economic cooperation; not holding accountable the personnel of the Reform Government and the Provisional Government;  Manchuria will make a separate agreement.

    Subsequently, former Japanese Railways Minister Ogawa Heiyoshi arrived in Hong Kong to participate in negotiations, but the Japanese side ignored Liu Yunlong¡¯s conditions.

    Ogawa Heiyoshi then raised a "prerequisite issue" for the peace talks, that is, asking Chiang to change "accommodating the Communists and resisting the Japanese" to "excluding the Communists and supporting the Japanese", first crusade against the Eighth Route Army, and then implement a partial armistice and start "peace negotiations" at the same time.

    This "prerequisite question" was raised at a time when the Eighth Route Army and other anti-Japanese forces were growing stronger, indicating that Japan regarded "campaigning communism" as the basis for compromise between Japan and Chiang Kai-shek.  This is a clear difference between the content of this Hong Kong negotiation and previous peace talks.  Du Shishan reported the "prerequisite issues" proposed by Ogawa to discuss the Communist Party first to his wife Song, who was in Hong Kong to supervise at this time. Song said that they could handle it in secret.

    Subsequently, Du called Chiang to ask for instructions, and Chiang replied, "We will handle it by secret agreement."

    The treacherous Ogawa tested Chiang's sincerity and pointed out: "The content of the plan is extremely subtle and secret. It cannot be discussed in detail without meeting Chairman Chiang's close confidants."

    "Lao Jiang heard Xiaochuan's request to send ConfuciusXi may be heading to Hong Kong from Zhengzheng, but he is hesitant to move forward.  Ogawa's secret letter was then transferred to Chongqing, and Chiang submitted it to a meeting of direct line cadres for discussion.

    However, the Yan'an side and the Guangxi clique learned that the Yan'an side requested "the wanted leaders and individuals" and that Chiang Kai-shek must fulfill his promise to resist Japan in Xi'an and not compromise halfway.

    At the same time, the Guangxi clique claimed that if peace was negotiated, the Guangxi army would fight alone.

    On that day, when Chiang Kai-shek was entangled in the issue of dispatching important personnel, Wang Jingwei's activities to surrender to Japan had made progress.  Tokyo determined to implement the policy of "destroying Chiang and establishing Wang". Subsequently, the Japanese government stated that it would support Wang Jingwei in establishing a government as a policy policy.

    Therefore, Xuanye Changzhi left Hong Kong, and negotiations between Japan and Chiang Kai-shek came to a halt.

    ¡°Three consecutive negotiations have failed, and it has been seen that there are fundamental differences between China and Japan, which cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

    ¡°Negotiation is about win-win results. If both parties hold their own opinions in the face of fundamental principles and do not give in to each other, then the negotiation will not be fruitful.

    "Mine, what do you think of His Highness the Prince's opinion? Tell us your opinion?" Prime Minister Konoe said in a deep voice.

    Minai thought for a while and said: "Although the two sides have failed in many negotiations, the main reason is that on the empire's side, due to the army's successive victories, the empire has set its posture too high, so that it  It¡¯s so embarrassing now. So as long as the empire lowers its stance, I believe Chongqing will be happy to contact us!¡±

    As soon as he finished speaking, Tojo stood up and said: "Lower your posture? Minai, you have to understand that once you lower your posture, the Empire of Japan will not be able to make excessive demands, and the imperial army's many years of hard work on the front line will be in vain.  This is something our Army cannot accept under any circumstances!¡±

    As soon as he finished speaking, several military and political officials, including Prince Kanin Gong Zaihito, spoke in support of Tojo's words!

    Mine still underestimated the strong stimulation that Germany's eye-catching performance on the European battlefield had on Japan's military and political giants. In the eyes of these military and political officials, Germany, as a defeated country in World War I, could single-handedly challenge the entire Europe, even after being strong for hundreds of years.  France, the European powerhouse, was brought to its knees.

    The Empire of Japan¡¯s position in Asia is much stronger than that of Germany in Europe. The Germans can dominate Europe, why can¡¯t the Japanese dominate Asia?

    More importantly, although the current situation on the battlefield in China is not very good, the Empire of Japan still has an absolute advantage!

    And the Yichang front line is very close to Chongqing. As long as Chongqing is captured, what escape route does the Chiang regime have?

    So, their chances of winning are still very good!

    What's more, since Wang Zhaoming established the puppet regime in Nanjing, it has greatly weakened Chongqing's strength, and at the same time freed more imperial troops from maintaining public security.

    At this time, Prince Hanwon Gong Zaijin said again: "Your Majesty, gentlemen! It is a foregone conclusion that the United States will terminate the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Japan. This is tantamount to a fatal blow to Japan. And the reason why Z/N persisted in the war of resistance  Not only that, it all depends on international aid, mainly the United States. Without cutting off these aids, Japan will not be able to conquer China militarily, nor will it be able to induce China to surrender politically."

    "Therefore, the best choice for the empire at present is to take advantage of the international situation to facilitate the handling of the China incident and to create a new order in East Asia including the south (Southeast Asia). For this purpose, we can conduct another national mobilization order and recruit more troops  , we must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fully rise the Empire of Japan and completely stand among the nations of the world!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, most of the senior army officials and some political officers in the Imperial Palace applauded excitedly

    Minai, Retsu Kawada and others looked at each other and saw the bitterness in each other's eyes. With the support of His Highness, there may be no hope for peace talks!

    Sure enough, the results came out soon. Contact with China was immediately terminated, and the frontline troops were ordered to continue formulating an offensive plan to avenge the previous failure of the Imperial Japanese Army!

    ¡°Subsequently, the issues discussed in the Imperial Palace changed accordingly. The focus was on whether to carry out the third national mobilization order and how many new troops should be formed. This war eventually entered the uncontrollable abyss that Yone and others were worried about!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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