"Good morning, Mr. Zhou." Seeing Zhou Weiguo coming, Zhongdao smiled and said hello.
Zhou Weiguo just nodded, and then entered the room. After greeting several representatives, he sat down directly in his seat, and then an attendant brought tea.
After using some things, the German representative sat down on the main seat, and representatives from other countries also took their seats. This mediation has been going on for three days so far, so it can be considered as progress. After all, Japan has come up with
The conditions for independent division to be exciting.
"Then, mediation begins."
"Mr. Zhou, I wonder what you think of yesterday's conditions?"
Zhou Weiguo put down the cup in his hand, "We are still discussing. I came here today to ask you, apart from this, what other conditions can you offer?"
Nakajima nodded. Indeed, the conditions given yesterday could not be negotiated so quickly. Of course, this was what he thought. In fact, whether it was the National Army or the Eighth Route Army, they had already negotiated it. But Zhou Weiguo didn't say anything now.
It was just so that when Baoding was captured, the Japanese would shed some more blood and things would go more smoothly.
However, when Nakajima heard the second half of Zhou Weiguo's words, he frowned. Isn't this condition enough? Well, such conditions are indeed a trap. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is an upright conspiracy.
"Mr. Zhou, regarding those prisoners, I feel that since they are from your country, it would be better to return them to you." Nakajima said, "At least, in your country, their lives will be better. Otherwise, I
The imperial army will feed them and consume a lot of food from us."
Zhou Weiguo nodded, "In this case, I still have requests."
"Mr. Zhou, please speak."
"At that time, in the several provincial capitals where our independent division troops are stationed, our independent division will be responsible for transporting them by land or water. I hope your army will not block it. Otherwise, if there is any obstruction, our independent division will immediately send its troops north to fight with you.
The imperial army will fight until death." Zhou Weiguo thought for a while and said, if he can get this condition, it will be relatively easy for other domestic troops to supply supplies.
Nakajima was silent for a moment, obviously thinking of other consequences, "I will ask for your instructions and then reply to Mr. Zhou. Regarding the prisoners?"
"Since your commander wants to give me people as a gift, whether he can accept them or not depends on whether our conversation is pleasant or not. Let's do this. If your commander agrees to the conditions I just made, then I will accept these prisoners."
Nakajima frowned and nodded helplessly, "Okay."
At this time, Zhou Weiguo discovered that the bottom line of the Japanese was really low. It seemed that they really did not want to fight this battle. However, what he did not know was that if he fought with the Kwantung Army again in the future, both sides would suffer losses.
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"Okay, let me briefly explain the content of the current mediation." Seeing that the two people had nothing to say, the German representative opened his mouth. It was a rare thing that Zhou Weiguo finally left without complaining about the case today. He also had to play the role of mediator, "First point,
Regarding the exchange of prisoners of war, the Independent Division exchanged one Japanese major general for four Chinese major generals on the Japanese side, and exchanged one assistant officer for five colonel officers. The second point, regarding the first point, is that the extra prisoners of war in Japanese hands are waiting for the Japanese side
The representative will make a decision after going back to ask for instructions. The third point is that the Chinese side is still negotiating on Japan's return of some territory to China."
Both Zhou Weiguo and Nakajima nodded. Indeed, after talking for several days, they only talked about these few points. Negotiation is a time-consuming and labor-intensive matter.
The Tianjin side was mediating and continued to argue. On the Baoding side, Fang Shengli led a multi-pronged attack and caught the Japanese by surprise. No one would have thought that while the mediation was still going on, the Independent Division would suddenly send troops and start an attack.
The first one is Baoding. Baoding was the provincial capital of Hebei during the Republic of China. After the fall of the People's Republic of China, the Hebei Provincial Government also moved westward.
Fang Shengli still continued the blitzkrieg strategy in this battle. After quickly capturing the Japanese positions, the follow-up troops dealt with them, while the forward attacking troops continued to advance westward.
And because the troops were divided and their thoughts were divided, the Japanese in Baoding did not react at once.
Baoding Headquarters
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to the current intelligence, the independent divisions are attacking Baoding according to the idea!" A major general said, "And the speed is extremely fast. If we don't respond, I'm afraid Baoding will be the next Tianjin!"
"Yalu! Aren't you mediating? How could the independent division be like this..." The Japanese lieutenant general didn't know what to say. In North China, it is impossible for a city to be guarded by one division. Most cities may have one.
The rest of the brigade's troops are all assisted by puppet troops, while some small counties may be guarded by a Japanese squad. Most of his division's troops were previously deployed to assist Tianjin, and they went to Tianjin and then ran back.
. As a result, the higher-ups said they wanted to mediate, and he let the troops return to their respective defense lines. As a result, the independent division came to the door like a debt collector.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to the following estimate, the Independent Division has almost 100,000 troops to attack Baoding."
"Nani!" The Japanese Lieutenant General opened his mouth. Yes, the Independent Division is really going to be dispatched. How can they stop it with their dispersed forces? When their forces are not dispersed, they may not be able to stop it. Now that their forces are dispersed, let alone
I said it, and my heart was full of tears. If the Japanese Lieutenant General said mmp, he must have said a lot. The Japanese troops in North China are really a little scared when they hear the independent division.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I will sort out the situation and report it to the Kwantung Army headquarters."
"Well." Since Tianjin was captured by Zhou Weiguo, the command of North China has been temporarily delegated to the Kwantung Army. "Order the warriors to move in if they are unable to defeat us!"
"Hi!" The major general nodded. To him, this didn't matter. After all, wasn't it the process of mediation? However, the independent division's failure to follow routines did make things difficult for them.
So, when Umezu Yoshijiro received the telegram, he frowned, "Iimura-kun, are you sure the telegram is genuine?"
"Hi! Your Excellency, Commander, this was just sent from Baoding!" Iimura Rang nodded, he was very sure, because he also sent a telegram back to inquire again, and the result was still the same.
"Ya Lu!" Umezu Yoshijiro cursed in a low voice, "Zhou Weiguo is really difficult to deal with. He actually acted so unreasonably! Baga!"
"Hey, Commander, Baoding cannot stop the independent division's offensive." Iimura Rang continued.
"I know, let them move in and save their strength!"
"Hi!"
"Tell Inoue and Nakajima to speed up the mediation negotiations!"
"Hi!"
"Send a message to the base camp and we must step up the development of new rifles and weapons to improve the performance of fighter planes! The Imperial Warriors are not inferior to the independent divisions, but they lag behind in terms of equipment!"
