Chapter 515: The Diplomatic Road of Matsuoka Yoyo (1)
A week later, Xiao Zhishun returned home with dirt all over his body. As soon as he got home, he hugged his head and cried. Peng Tianlu passed by and saw him like this, and asked strangely, "What's wrong with you? You feel so wronged by being handed over to Liang?"
When Xiao Zhishun saw Peng Tianlu, he cried and said, "Peng Baozhang! You don't know. Five fellow villagers and I went to hand over food. We waited for three full days before it was our turn. The measuring tools were folded and pointed. I was so tired."
I paid 2 shi and 7 dou!! Not only did I not receive any subsidy, but I also borrowed grain from others at high interest rates. I did the math and it cost me 3 shi and 3 dou in total. How could I spend this year!
"As he spoke, he burst into tears again.
Peng Tianlu looked at Xiao Zhishun who kept beating the ground, sighed and left with his hands behind his back. When he returned home, his mother-in-law asked, "Did you tell those tenants? We have to buy four to five hundred shi of food from those mud-legged hands."
Bring it back!"
Peng Tianlu waved his hand and said, "Stop urging me... If I urge you any more, people will really die!"
When his mother-in-law heard this, she became anxious and said, "What the hell? If we don't increase the rent, we are really going to die! It was said to be 300 shi, but we ended up using a small 500 shi! How much is this? Right now
We can sell it for over one million! How much wealth does our family have? This is the food tax this time! I don’t know what other miscellaneous taxes will be in the future!” After that, she lay on him and cried while beating him.
You heartless person! Who am I doing this for? If not for our family, I shouldn’t have married you in the first place!...."
Peng Tianlu was so upset that he pushed his mother-in-law to the ground and cursed, "You know how to cry! Cry! Cry! There will always be something for you to eat. Shut up, you idiot!"
Is it just money? Just get more black soil, what are you afraid of!" Peng Tianlu walked out of the house panting and shouted to the servants, "Go! Call everyone, and I will go to pick up the goods after a while! I will
If you don’t believe it, people will be suffocated to death!”
Through various means of plundering and plundering, the National Government collected enough grain beyond the budget, but the result was that a large number of farmers and small landowners went bankrupt. And this was just the beginning, the war was still going on...
--A Japanese-style teahouse in Peiping
The cool music of shamisen is floating in the teahouse. The wind chimes outside the window bring a coolness to the gradually hot air. The sun shines in the teahouse, making people full of laziness and resentment.
"It's so quiet..." Okamura Neji said to Yamashita while drinking tea.
"Yeah, it's so quiet... There hasn't been much movement from all parties recently, and we're all a little used to it." Yamashita Fengwen nodded and said.
Okamura Neiji took a breath and said, "How is the recent military expansion going? People from Tokyo will come to check it soon. Don't make any mistakes."
Yamashita Fengwen comforted him and said, "Commander, don't worry. Now I think the most important issue is the news that came from Tokyo a few days ago. In principle, there will be no more troops or technical troops in China Pass. This is the most important thing."
Okamura Neiji said with some helplessness, "The domestic strategy has been completely changed. Originally, we were thinking of breaking through from the middle of China and heading north or south. Now that the international situation is like this, it is no longer possible to wait for the end of the war in China. We can only
Let’s go south first.”
Yamashita Fengwen and Okamura Ningji added some tea and said, "The South China Front has begun to attack Vietnam. The Vichy French soldiers are few and far between. The glory of the empire will soon shine on Nanyang."
Vichy France repeatedly gave in to Japanese pressure, and even allowed Japan to have basically the same power as France in Vietnam. However, Japan was still greedy. While the Japanese government was negotiating with the Vichy French government, 3 soldiers from the Japanese 5th Division
Under the command of Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura, 10,000 Japanese troops suddenly crossed the Sino-Vietnamese border and divided their troops into three groups to attack the military town of Lang Son in North Vietnam. At this time, the Vichy French authorities only had 5,000 troops on hand. The Japanese troops were overwhelming and only used
In three days, they captured Liangshan and continued to march towards Hanoi. Seeing that the Japanese army really launched a brazen attack, Vichy France pulled Nazi Germany and shouted for mediation while constantly retreating, hoping to exchange space for time to implement diplomacy.
means.
After thanking Yamashita Fengwen, Okamura Neiji said, "The China battlefield can only be solved after we go south. We just need to stabilize our position now. How is Wu Peifu recently? Is he still honest?"
Yamashita Fengwen laughed and said, "He is now planning to reopen the Army Academy. I'm afraid he wants to be the principal like Chiang Kai-shek. He really loves to toss."
Okamura Neiji looked outside and said, "It's good to be a toss-up, but I'm afraid these people are quiet. There will be a shortage of food in the whole of China this year. We must seize the food. In addition, the Kwantung Army has promised to transport some food to us for emergency relief."
Already."
China's land gradually fell into calm in 1941 when there was a shortage of food. Although the three forces of the Red, White, and Sun had attacks and defenses against each other in the first half of the year, they generally maintained a balanced situation. This situation lasted until the New Fourth Army launched a new offensive in July.
It was only with the southern offensive that there was a change. Maybe there really was some kind of balance in the world. While the eastern battlefield calmed down, Europe also fell into a strange peace. At least compared with the subsequent war, Europe at this time was already a kind of peace.
It can be said to be a peaceful state...except for the United Kingdom.
——London, late June 1941
"Another airport has basically lost its combat capabilities under German air strikes. I have to tell you that now we have less than 100 aircraft that can take off, while the German army still has at least 1,500 aircraft.
"Dawding told a very bad news for Britain.
Churchill blew out a puff of smoke and said, "I don't want to know how much we have lost, I just want to know how long we can hold on?"
"Any time," Dowding said, lowering his head.
Churchill blew out a smoke ring, picked up a phone and dialed a series of numbers, put it down again, stood up and said, "Let's go! Let's go see His Majesty."
Dill next to him asked, "Going to see His Majesty? Do you want His Majesty to leave?"
Churchill shook his head and said, "Your Majesty will not leave. The ones who are leaving are Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth."
At this time, King George VI of England only had two daughters. The eldest daughter Elizabeth was only 15 years old at this time, and the second daughter Margaret was only 11 years old.
In fact, there are many other members of the royal family in the UK. For example, the original British King Edward VIII is still alive at this time, and there are also some other brothers. Logically speaking, if something happens to George VI's family, the British government and the royal family will
He had to choose one of his brothers to inherit the throne, and among these people, Edward VIII was a secret supporter of the Nazis. Churchill did not dare to take such a risk.
"It's so strange. Apparently our people went to Berlin some time ago and already deceived Hitler's trust, and even caused the German bombing to completely stop." Dowding said that he was very confused about the current war situation.
Churchill lit his cigar and put on his clothes and said, "Who knows what was going on in Hitler's head."
--Berlin
Göring and Himmler walked quickly to Hitler's office, their eyes full of joy and horror. In the office, H was reporting to Hitler the status of Nazi Germany's integration of the occupied countries.
"My head of state, according to our current speed, we will replace all factories in various places with German standards by the end of this month. In addition, all French arsenals will be rectified by the end of this year, and 80% of them will be in
We started producing our weapons before August, and our Rome plan was very successful. The number of rebels reported by local people in various places has exceeded 50,000."
Hitler listened to Schacht's words and looked at the report and said with satisfaction, "Very good, we need to increase the production and stockpiling of military industry, especially new weapons. The great German army should be the most powerful military force in the world, so
The best and latest weapons are also needed."
"Knock, knock, knock." There was a knock on the door, and a guard came in and said, "Hi! Hitler, my head of state, Field Marshal Goering and Mr. Himmler have something urgent to see."
H shrugged and looked at Hitler, who nodded and said, "Let them in, Schacht, you go down first."
The three of them passed each other, and Hitler looked at Göring and Himmler and asked, "What's wrong? Is there any news?"
Just as Himmler was about to speak, Goering responded with a gun like a machine gun, "My Führer, the airborne troops we sent to Britain successfully stole the intelligence back. It's really surprising. The British have a lot of control over us."
The intelligence has even studied our transmitter, and the most shocking thing is that there is a British spy beside us, that is our deputy head of state-Mr. Hess!"
Hitler suddenly stood up and said, "Göring! Do you know what you are talking about?" He looked at Himmler and said, "Himmler, tell me, is this true?"
Himmler nodded, looked at Goering and said, "Goering has letters exchanged between Hess and the British and the British's analysis of Hess. In the letters, Hess denied your policies many times, and even
Insulting you, and expressing his longing for Britain, hoping that Britain can coexist peacefully with Germany and jointly deal with the Soviet Union."
Goering took out a document bag and handed it to Hitler. Hitler opened it and read it. He felt more and more angry as he read. Hess was indeed a pro-British faction in the Nazi Party. Hitler knew this and even secretly encouraged Hess and the British.
After all, as a head of government, he needs to be prepared for anything, but he cannot tolerate Hess's betrayal of himself!
Hitler was still calm at this time. He put down the document and said, "Himmler, go and ask Hess immediately. If he does anything strange, I will allow you to arrest him on the spot."
Himmler saluted and said, "Hi! Hitler!" and then turned and left.
Göring looked at Hitler expectantly and asked, "Führer, will you continue to strengthen your attack on Britain and prepare for landing?"
Hitler shook his head and asked, "Göring, you did a good job this time, but the annihilation of your airborne regiment also made me feel that Britain is not as easy to fight as we thought. To be precise... we are actually
There is no need to put too much military power on Britain. It is enough to send enough submarines to surround him and trap him to death, so I am not planning to force a landing."
As he spoke, Hitler took out a document from the drawer and said, "This is the new combat plan given to me by the Navy Dönitz. Combined with continuous air force bombing and long-term naval blockade, Britain will be completely trapped. If Britain is still unwilling to surrender,
, okay then, let’s just let them go back to the Stone Age.”
Goering suddenly felt depressed. If he said this, let alone whether he or the navy was the main person in charge of this plan. According to Churchill's temper, such a non-landing operation would probably never end.
Goering looked at it. Fortunately, Dönitz understood the truth. He was the main person in charge of this battle plan. In fact, Dönitz's military rank had just been promoted to lieutenant general.
Come to him.
As long as it's him, Goering nodded and said, "I understand. I will study this new plan with Dönitz as soon as possible."
After Goering left, Schroeder came in and said, "My head of state, the Japanese and the French have been waiting for a long time. According to the original plan, after Schacht, we should meet with them to solve the problem of Japan's attack on France."
Hitler stood up and said, "Then let's go. These guys are only looking for trouble. I'm not talking about Japan, but also France! They are all a group of guys who are only looking for trouble!"
——
In the conference room, Vichy French Foreign Minister Laval and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka were sitting on both sides, looking at each other without saying a word.
Hitler walked in, and the two men quickly stood up and saluted Hitler. Hitler nodded and said, "Sit down, you're welcome. Matsuoka, we meet again. How are you these days?"
Matsuoka Hiroshi stood up and bowed to Hitler and said, "Thanks to your blessings, everything is fine with me. On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of our country, I bring you and Nazi Germany the most sincere blessings. At the same time, I wish your country to pacify Europe as soon as possible and bring eternal peace to Europe."
"
After the last imperial meeting, Matsuoka Yosuke began his global tour. He first went to the United States to meet Roosevelt, and did a lot of work on the trade between the United States and Japan in the next year, and then came to Germany.
As a result, the Japanese army disobeyed the government's orders and took the initiative to attack without permission. However, he could only swallow the bitter taste and find a way to deal with such a fait accompli. Since he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, France could only send a foreign minister of the same status.
Come and discuss the final outcome of this matter.
Hitler looked back at Laval and said, "Everyone's time is precious, let's get started. This time, we, Germany, will act as the intermediary in the conflict between France and Japan. There have been a lot of discussions in the early stage. I think today we will
Let’s make a final decision.”
Laval looked at Matsuoka Yosuke and said to Matsuoka Yosuke, "The Japanese army's undeclared war is an extremely shameful act. Vietnam is a French colony. This is a fact recognized by the world, and due to Japan's negotiations, we are willing to give Japan
The same rights and interests, but Japan still continues to launch attacks. Does Japan hope to drive France out of Asia so that it can build your Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?"
Matsuoka Yosuke took a breath and said to Laval, "We are also very sorry that such a thing happened, but we have checked and found that the main reason why such a thing happened is that the French army took the initiative to attack us. There is evidence, so our troops have to take the initiative to fight back."
"Is it the same as Manchuria?" Laval smiled contemptuously.
"The reason at the beginning is the same, but I don't know whether the result is the same." Matsuoka Yosuke also said with a smile. In fact, in Matsuoka Yosuke's eyes, this time the main thing is to talk to Hitler. What is Laval about? What thoughts...do they matter?
