It should be said that the US government is actually happy to see the Japanese government's proposal to open up the passage from Shanghai to Jiaxing and Hangzhou to Shaoxing.
Jensen, in particular, welcomes this result, because once these three million women and children in Shanghai go to the CCP’s Dameishan base area, in the short term, it may cause certain economic pressure on the Dameishan base area, but in the long term
, but it can greatly increase the war potential of the Dameishan base area.
Because most of these three million people are women and children, and there are also many high-level talents.
Although Stilwell has different opinions on this, he is now a man of few words and cannot change any outcome.
Therefore, the result is not that the US government is incompetent at all, but that they have not tried hard at all!
Xu Rui also felt helpless about such a result, because it was impossible for the U.S. government to pay attention to its relationship with the CCP at this time. In history, it was also in 1944 that the Allied forces were victorious on all other battlefields.
Only the disastrous defeat in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi occurred on the Chinese battlefield, and the U.S. government really began to consider the possibility of cooperation with the CCP. Then there was the Dixie Mission's trip to Yan'an, but now, this is impossible.
Even if Xu Rui appears, he cannot change the strong inertia of history.
Wang Husheng also tried to make a last-ditch effort and said: "Mr. Ambassador, this may not work. The Japanese army must give way to the Dameishan Pass and allow more than three million refugees in Shanghai to go to the Dameishan base area under the control of our New Fourth Army. Otherwise, we will
We can only block all exits from Shanghai and make up our minds to die together with the invaders!"
Jason smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Wang, I can understand your mood, but unfortunately, the Japanese are very arrogant and rude. You should also know this. Really, our US government has done our best,
But the Japanese refused to give way to the Dameishan Pass, and we were really helpless."
Wang Husheng wanted to say more, but Xu Rui stopped him.
It is indeed a pity that the three million refugees in Shanghai cannot be allowed to go to Dameishan, but it is not unacceptable to allow them to enter the Kuomintang-controlled area, because the ultimate purpose of Xu Rui's brazen kidnapping of Western hostages was to ensure that these three hundred
The lives of tens of thousands of people are safe. Now at least this ultimate goal has been achieved, right?
Then all that's left are the minutiae, so there's no need to get hung up on them to avoid long nights and too many dreams.
What's more, even if these three million refugees entered the Kuomintang-controlled area, wouldn't they be able to go to Dameishan?
With the stupid nature of the local officials of the National Government, facing so many refugees, it would be too late to shirk the blame.
At that moment, Xu Rui said: "It is okay not to open the Dameishan Pass, but we will not release the detained Western nationals until all the more than three million refugees have entered the Kuomintang-controlled areas."
"There is no problem with this." Jason said, "However, there is another thing. You officers and soldiers of the Songhu Independent Regiment must not leave Shanghai, especially Mr. Xu, and your Wolf Fang, none of them can be missing!
If an agreement is reached, the U.S. government and the Japanese government will jointly send personnel to supervise the evacuation before the evacuation begins."
"Yes." Xu Rui replied readily, "However, you must ensure the safety of the refugees."
"Of course." Jason said cheerfully, "But in order to ensure the absolute safety of the refugees, you must use the detained British troops, French troops, our American troops, oh, by the way, and the Cincinnati
Sailor, you must hand over these armed forces to me, otherwise, I will not be able to maintain order among the refugees, let alone ensure their safety."
"Okay." Xu Rui nodded and said, "After the agreement is reached, we will immediately release the troops stationed by various countries."
"Okay." Jason smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, it's been a pleasure negotiating with you. Goodbye."
Xu Rui said coldly: "I think it's better for us not to see each other again."
Jason shrugged, picked up his bag and left.
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Jason left the Broadway Building happily and then fed the news back to Tokyo.
Stilwell, who stayed in Tokyo, immediately reported the news to the Japanese base camp. After reaching an agreement on the most basic issue of not allowing the Songhu Independent Regiment to leave Shanghai, the obstacles to this behind-the-scenes transaction no longer existed.
, Hideki Tojo readily agreed to the deal on behalf of the Japanese military headquarters.
Of course, it's impossible to sign a written agreement or anything like that.
This was originally a shameful behind-the-scenes deal. Which government would be stupid enough to leave evidence?
However, neither the Songhu Independent Group nor the Japanese are worried that the other party will change their mind, because the powerful United States is behind this deal. The Songhu Independent Group and Xu Rui do not think that Japan dares to risk offending the U.S. government.
The Japanese also did not believe that the Songhu Independence Group dared to offend the U.S. government.
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After the deal was reached, the Songhu Independent Group immediately began arranging evacuation arrangements.
Almost as soon as Jensen left, Xu Rui convened an emergency meeting of members of the Youth League Party Committee.
Du Junjie, who had just joined the party and attended the League Party Committee meeting for the first time, said: "Captain, I suggest that the main force of the Songhu Independent Regiment be dressed up in disguise, mixed with the refugees, and evacuated from Shanghai, and then more than 5,000 people from the militia be transferred.
Militiamen put on military uniforms and pretend to be the main force of an independent regiment, and little devils may not be able to tell them apart."
Wang Husheng angrily scolded: "What bad idea are you coming up with? Do you think you are a little devil and the Americans are fools? They can tell at a glance whether they are the main force. Can the militiamen compare with the veterans? Besides, you have the nerve to let it go
The militiamen come to support the main force of our regiment? Can you do such a thing?"
Du Junjie immediately blushed.
Xu Rui said coldly: "What's the matter, do you want to be a deserter?"
"Uh, no, that's not what I meant." Du Junjie quickly waved his hand and said, "Captain, that's not what I meant."
"Then don't mention this again." Xu Rui's cold eyes swept across the faces of several regiment cadres and said in a deep voice, "The little devil made a condition to us through the Americans not to let the officers and soldiers of our Songhu Independent Regiment
, leaving Shanghai with the refugees is unnecessary, because our Songhu Independence Group has no intention of doing so."
After a pause, Xu Rui continued: "Our brothers in the Songhu Independent Group are all men and heroes. When will we be reduced to the point where we have to dress up in Qiao makeup to escape? Even if we really want to leave, it must be
Break through the encirclement from the front, defeat the Japs’ troops from the front, and leave Shanghai calmly!”
Upon hearing this, Leng Tiefeng and Yang Rui's eyes immediately flashed with strange looks.
That's right. The Songhu Independent Group has always been a tough frontal force. To let them pretend to be refugees and escape secretly is an insult to them!
"Now, let's talk about the evacuation arrangements." Wang Husheng took over the conversation and said, "The refugee team is led by Director Ye, Deputy Director Jiang and Chief of Staff Du."
Wang Husheng's eyes swept across the faces of Liu Mei, Jiang Nan and Du Junjie one by one, and then continued: "According to the agreement, the US government will escort you to Shengxian County, which is the Kuomintang-controlled area after entering Shengxian County, and then they will leave you alone.
At that time, the Nationalist Government will definitely ask you to continue south to western Zhejiang."
After a pause, Wang Husheng continued: "But you don't need to pay attention. After arriving in Sheng County, we will immediately mobilize the people to go to southern Anhui. The three detachments will send troops to meet them. Of course, we must not use force. For those who are willing to go to southern Anhui, we will
Welcome them with both hands, and if you don’t want to, we will never make it difficult for you.”
"Where's the food?" Du Junjie asked, "If you don't want to go to southern Anhui, do you want to take back their food?"
Of the three million shi of grain purchased from Southeast Asia, after deducting what has been consumed and what has been burned, there are now about two million shi left. With such a huge sum of grain, the Songhu Independent Regiment alone can
It was absolutely impossible to take them away, so they planned to take them out and distribute them to the people in Shanghai.
In this way, the problem of some people being unwilling to leave Shanghai can be successfully solved.
Although they have already suffered a bacterial attack by the Japanese, there are always some people who are lucky and unwilling to leave Shanghai. For these people, the Songhu Independent Group cannot use coercive means, so they can only adopt the method of dividing food.
If you follow us and leave, you will get half a stone per person! In this way, the resistance to leaving Shanghai will be much smaller.
In other words, with the three million refugees leaving Shanghai, there were more than two million shi of rice! This is definitely an extremely huge wealth. To be honest, Xu Rui was even worried that local officials of the Nationalist Government would find out.
, will start to rob these refugees of food. This is really not an unfounded worry, so we have arranged three detachments to respond.
But the question is, if someone is unwilling to follow to Wannan, should their food be taken back?
"We won't take this back." Xu Rui said coldly, "Leave it to them to make a living. These refugees fled their homes from all over the country and took refuge in Shanghai. They are already very pitiful. As soldiers, we are unable to protect them.
Not only providing them with a stable environment, but also taking back the food provided to them, then can we still be considered human beings?"
Wang Husheng said: "Old Xu is right, these grains will be given to them and will not be taken back."
Liu Mei said: "What if the local National Government officials obstruct it? After all, it will take several days for the three detachments to get from southern Anhui to western Zhejiang, and it is easy to cause disputes across the Kuomintang-controlled area."
Wang Husheng said: "There is nothing to say. If it is an armed provocation, we will resolutely fight back."
Jiang Nan said: "The problem is that when the Americans asked us to leave, we were not allowed to carry weapons. We have no weapons. How can we respond to the provocation of the local armed forces of the Nationalist Government?"
