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Zhou Enlai nodded with a smile: "Brother Zesheng, what's going on? Are the Japanese going to use force because of speculation in Shanghai's public debt?"

Deng Yanda smiled wryly: "That's understandable, Luo Fuwen doesn't follow the rules, and we Chinese have thousands of years of good reputation not to cheat the Japanese. They are naturally unwilling to let it go. But...they can't either. Said it was due to being cheated by others in gambling, so you need to use force? So I used yesterday's riots in Jinan as a "tragedy" and planned to send troops to Shandong. Speaking of which, Mr. Duan Zhi and Chen Jinggong (Chen Jiongming) were attacked by us this time. Tired."

"It's Shandong? Are you sure?" Zhou Enlai was really surprised when he heard the news.When we were in Yan'an, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee also held a meeting overnight to study this issue. The members all believed that Japan would inevitably use force, and the target was undoubtedly Shanghai.And the Kuomintang army is likely to be defeated by the powerful Japanese army in Shanghai...

Deng Yanda nodded and sighed: "It can't be wrong. Not long ago, the diplomatic envoys of Britain, the United States, France, Japan, Italy, and the Soviet Union were still in Huairentang in Zhongnanhai. I heard with my own ears that the Japanese minister Ken Fangze Ji made a negotiation."

"What did he say?" Zhou Enlai took a deep breath and frowned slightly, as if he had a premonition that something was going wrong.

Deng Yanda picked up the tea on the coffee table and took a sip: "Fangze asked us to pay [-] million yen in compensation; the president went to Japan to apologize; punish the responsible person Lu Zijia (Lu Yongxiang); set up an international committee to investigate the truth of the incident and severely punish the perpetrators. If we don't Promise, they will send troops to Shandong to protect the overseas Chinese."

Zhou Enlai picked up the tea cup in front of him, and took a few sips slowly: "Isn't Zeng Muhan the one who is in charge of Zhongnanhai now? How did he reply?"

"I don't know how he replied, but I do know how Wuhan responded." Deng Yanda shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course the meat won't spit out again when it's in the wolf's mouth. It's even more difficult to ask President Sun to go to Japan to apologize. Impossible. And... I came to Beijing to find Wu Ziyu (Wu Peifu) and your party to negotiate how to unite in the war of resistance.”

"United Anti-Japanese War?" Zhou Enlai's heart moved, and he nodded subconsciously: "What kind of coalition law should it be? Is it necessary to establish a unified coalition government?"

"That's not going to happen." Deng Yanda waved his hand: "Brother Enlai, you can rest assured. The President and Luo's uncle and nephew absolutely have no intention of touching your party. Luo Fuwen sent me this time just to make peace with your party. A few deals were negotiated, and in my opinion there is absolutely no harm to your party."

"Oh, what kind of deal does Luo Fuwen want to make?" Zhou Enlai didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

Deng Yanda smiled and said: "Luo Fuwen wants your party to send troops to participate in this national war of resistance. For this purpose, the national government can provide the necessary weapons and ammunition. Taking the 20 elite army currently owned by your party as an example, sending [-] to Thirty thousand troops should not be a problem, right? Moreover, we are responsible for providing all the weapons and ammunition.”

Zhou Enlai nodded slowly noncommittal.Right now Shandong Province is the domain of the Anhui Clique (Zhi Gong Dang), and they are allies with the CCP.Now that they are threatened by foreign enemies, it is natural for the CCP to send troops to aid them. Moreover...the CCP may also gain new territory because of this. Now there is no harm in having the KMT provide weapons and ammunition.Thinking of this, he nodded slowly and said: "When the country is in trouble, we communists are naturally obliged. It's just... our current weapons and equipment are really bad. If we want to send troops, we should provide at least ten reorganized Kuomintang troops. division's weapons and equipment."

"Hehe, brother Enlai, you really know how to speak like a lion." Hearing Zhou Enlai's request, Deng Yanda smiled instead of anger:

"Do you know how many heavy weapons a reorganized division of the Kuomintang Army currently has? Let me just talk about cannons. Right now, our reorganized divisions are equipped with corresponding artillery units at division, brigade, regiment, and battalion level. The artillery regiment is composed of three howitzer battalions, with 105 36-type 150mm battle howitzers and 18 70mm howitzers of the 24th type. The brigade and regiment are respectively assigned to the mountain artillery battalion and the mountain artillery company. A division has two brigades and four regiments There are as many as 70 Min 130-style mountain guns in total! The battalion level is equipped with infantry artillery platoons, which have two Min 340-style [-]mm infantry guns. The twelve infantry battalions of the division have a total of [-] [-]mm infantry guns. A reorganized division has a total of [-] pieces of artillery excluding mortars! It is more than the current standing divisions of the Japanese Army! You need ten divisions, but there are [-] pieces of artillery. Brother Enlai , can you tell me it’s possible?”

"So much!" Zhou Enlai gasped. Deng Yanda's reported data was much more than what was sent back by the CCP's ground workers a few months ago.The 150mm howitzer is newly added, and the number of artillery pieces in each artillery battalion seems to be six more.

"Brother Enlai, don't you think it's too much?" Deng Yanda smiled immediately: "So they are not willing to give the equipment of the ten reorganized divisions, and... this time the troops are dispatched for the holy war of the whole nation, don't they give weapons, your party Are the 20 troops of the Chinese Communist Party just watching from the sidelines?"

"Of course not." Zhou Enlai immediately retorted: "It's just that the lives of our Red Army soldiers are also very precious and cannot be sacrificed casually. Since you have so many weapons and equipment, you should give us some."

Deng Yanda reached out from his coat pocket and took out a list of weapons and ammunition, and handed it to Zhou Enlai: "Brother Enlai, I brought this from Luo Fuwentuo, this... is already the bottom line. He is willing to give you a no The equipment of the reorganized division, including cannons with a caliber of more than 100 mm, is exchanged for sending troops to the vicinity of Beijing to prevent the Japanese army from entering Beijing from Tianjin. However, I still suggest that you send troops to Shandong.”

Zhou Enlai shook his head, expressing his puzzlement.Deng Yanda sighed and explained: "You Communist Party refuses to send troops in vain, so Luo Fuwen is the one who is willing to suffer? If Jinan is occupied by the Japanese and brought back by the Kuomintang... Who do you think Shandong will belong to?" What about the site?"

"You mean that the right wing of the Kuomintang intends to take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese invasion to expand its power again!" Zhou Enlai's face was slightly livid. The Kuomintang's current territory is already very large. If it expands further, other forces in the country will have no place to stand. son.

Deng Yanda said coldly: "Now the Kuomintang Military Commission has ordered General Feng Huanzhang's national army to leave Shaanxi, gather near Zhengzhou, Henan to receive weapons and equipment, and then go to the Shandong Anti-Japanese Front Line! Guanzhong and Hanzhong in Shaanxi will be taken over by the direct Kuomintang troops. Then it will also be included in the training area.”

Zhou Enlai took a deep breath, and his expression became a bit more serious: "General Feng Huanzhang...can he agree?"

Deng Yanda sneered and said: "Of course I will agree. At this time when the nation is in peril, as a soldier, you should be loyal to the country. If you don't obey orders, evade the war, and the president orders... Feng Huanzhang will have nothing !"

Zhou Enlai nodded: "It seems that we should indeed stand on the front line of the War of Resistance. It's just... can we give more of this weapon and equipment?"

Deng Yanda smiled, took out a list from his pocket as if conjuring again, and waved at Zhou Enlai: "As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Your CCP wants money and resources right now. If you have resources, you need talents and you have talents. Why do you have to let others supply weapons and ammunition? Have you never thought about producing them yourself? This is the second thing I came here today. Luo Fuwen intends to help you build near Baotou in Suiyuan Ironworks and arsenals! Of course, not for free."

Zhou Enlai raised his eyebrows, still indifferent.In fact, the CCP has long planned to build a steel factory and an arsenal at the Baiyun Obo Iron Mine north of Baotou.At present, we are trying to request the Soviet Union's "aid for construction". Of course, the Soviet Union's "aid for construction" also needs to be charged.And no cash coupons!

"Brother Enlai, our heavy industry in the south now has a certain amount of large-scale complete equipment manufacturing capabilities, and it is definitely no worse than the Soviet Union." Deng Yanda smiled slightly, and then said: "The battleships they couldn't build in the Soviet Union are not also ordered from us. Is it? So you can rest assured about the technology and quality. In addition, the China Iron and Steel Company in the south is willing to accept silver dollar certificates as payment currency. The Soviet Union will definitely not accept it, right?"

A hint of surprise flashed across Zhou Enlai's face: "They are willing to accept silver coupons, so we can consider giving them the business of building a steel plant. It's just this price..."

"Of course the price is not cheap." Deng Yanda smiled wryly and shook his head: "You get what you pay for, and there is absolutely no good product that is cheap. This time, Yan Laoxi also spent 800 million silver dollars for Sinosteel to build a [-]-ton A steel factory, but that factory can only produce rails and steel bars, not military steel, does your party want it?"

Chapter 0411 Jinan Incident ([-])

"What! 4000 million silver dollar coupons! This... is too expensive, isn't it?" Zhou Enlai stood up abruptly after hearing the quotation, and stared at Deng Yanda with wide eyes, as if he had known him for the first time: "Your hearts are also It’s too dark, and we didn’t get these silver dollar coupons for nothing!”

Deng Yanda chuckled and waved his hands: "Brother Enlai, don't pretend anymore. We all know how your silver coupons came from. And the 4000 million yuan is not expensive at all, and the price is definitely fair." of."

Zhou Enlai was startled, and just wanted to refute.Deng Yanda broke his fingers and calculated for him: "...First of all, let's calculate how much 800 tons of ordinary steel will cost. Yan Laoxi spent 200 million silver dollars. What a shrewd person that is! This price is absolutely It’s the floor price, but what he gave was silver dollars, there are no coupons...Your party has silver dollar coupons, so it’s not too much to add 1000 million to 500 million, right? Next, count 1000 tons of special steel, which requires an additional electric arc furnace , fast forging machine, 2000-ton extrusion machine, 500-kilowatt thermal power unit... [-] million is definitely not high. The third is the arsenal. Yuan Datou’s Gongxian arsenal cost more than [-] million silver dollars The arsenal factories in the three eastern provinces of the Feng Dynasty spent almost [-] million silver dollars. The Chinese military industry asked for [-] million silver dollar certificates to build rifle factories, machine gun factories, gun factories, bullet factories, shell factories, gunpowder factories, and power factories for you. This The price couldn’t be more reasonable.”

"...Brother Enlai, what is the use of these 4000 million silver dollar certificates in your hands? Do you put them in the bank to earn interest? Do you need silver dollar certificates to pay wages or use them to buy rice? It’s a troubled time, even the world is not peaceful, weapons and ammunition are the root! And if you buy it from others, or ask others for assistance, it’s better to hold it in your own hands, right? If you don’t have a factory that makes guns and cannons, just Relying on other people's supply... Isn't the fate of this youth army worthy of your party's vigilance?"

Zhou Enlai listened carefully and kept nodding while listening, as if he was moved by Deng Yanda's words.But thinking about it carefully, this matter doesn't seem to be that simple, how shrewd is this Luo Yaoguo?Would you eagerly send the beautiful thing about building an arsenal to the CCP?I'm afraid there is some conspiracy here?

"...Don't worry about fraud. In fact, things about capitalism are not as complicated as you think. It seems that a group of capitalists and reactionary bureaucrats do nothing else all day long, but are thinking about using conspiracy to bring down the You are like the Communist Party. This matter is purely a business, let me tell you the truth. If this matter can be achieved, the three major companies in the south, China Iron and Steel, China Military Industry, and China Shipbuilding, will all have a lot of money to make. And the money is also It’s not that you need to settle the bill at once, the whole project will take at least three or four years, and it will be divided into several phases, and after each phase is completed, your people will check and accept it before closing the account. So your party doesn’t have to worry about them taking silver dollar coupons to run on.”

After Deng Yanda finished speaking, he just looked at Zhou Enlai with a smile.

"Okay." Zhou Enlai was silent for a while, and finally nodded heavily: "I agree with this matter in principle, but I am not sure whether our Politburo can agree. But... this time we sent troops to Shandong, our weapon Can you give me some more ammunition?"

Deng Yanda just smiled wryly and shook his head: "Brother Enlai, I can't make the decision on this matter. A reorganization division does not include heavy artillery is already the upper limit. But, don't you just think of the Kuomintang? It is number one in the north! Why should they also bleed a little?"

……

March 22, [-] AD.At the same time that the President of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen, who was sitting in Wuhan, issued a telegram, rejecting all the conditions for peace talks proposed by Japan, and called on all factions across the country to "abandon prejudices, unite and resist foreign aggression at this time of national crisis."In the Warlord's Office in Jinan, Shandong, there were "people from friendly countries" visiting.

In the glass flower hall in the back garden of the Superintendent's Office, there is an elegant fragrance that only the best green tea can emit.Duan Qirui, Duan Zhi, and Lu Yongxiang, Lu Jiashuai, the governor of Shandong, who were at the center of the whirlpool of the "Jinan tragedy" this time, were sitting side by side in casual clothes at the moment.Opposite them were two Japanese men in well-crafted Chinese silk robes.One of them is Rihachiro Sakanishi, the former military attache of the Japanese Embassy in China, who is now a member of the House of Nobility in the Japanese Parliament, and the other is Kenji Doihara, an advisor to Zhang Zuolin.These two Japanese spy chiefs came to secretly contact Duan Qirui and Lu Yongxiang on behalf of the Japanese government today.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Duan and Lu and Japan is actually good, and they can be regarded as two "pro-Japanese factions".Even after they ruled Shandong, they never took any actions against Japan, and they have always taken good care of Japan's interests.This "Jinan tragedy" is really an accident.That day happened to be the day when the Fourth Division of the Central Committee of the Anhui Department paid their salaries, and these well-informed veterans actually got the news that Beiyang Industrial Bank had closed down early on... As soon as they saw that the military salaries were still in Beiyang Industrial Bank notes , The battalion was blown up immediately.Duan Qirui and Lu Yongxiang spent the whole day in the barracks to appease them, and they managed to fool them. When they returned to Jinan City, they found that the "tragedy" had already happened, and everything was irreversible.Afterwards, the two also went to condolences to the "victimized" Japanese, and also went to the Japanese consulate to express their humility, and promised to compensate for the loss... They even proposed dozens of death row prisoners from the prison and put them on the spot at the gate of the Yokohama Specie Bank. Fa-rectification can be regarded as a relief to the Japanese.The two of them have already done unequivocally what they should do and what they should not do, but this group of unreasonable Japanese emperors insisted on killing them, which made the two warlords very angry panic.Of course, there was also a little bit of indignation.

After talking about the scene between Duan and Lu and the Japanese, they finally started to get to the point.I saw Duan Qirui's serious face: "Mr. Banxi, you guys are really deceiving people too much this time. Zijia and I almost knelt down and kowtowed to you, but you still insist on asking Sun Yat-sen to go to Japan to apologize. I have to pay [-] million yen in compensation, and even... I have to arrest Zijia and go to prison in a foreign country! What a reason! Besides, strictly speaking, this time, you provoked it! The Kuomintang slaughtered me and caused my Beiyang Bank to close down. If it weren't for this, would my army be able to pay? This... oh..."

Speaking of this, Duan Qirui's eyes were sore and two lines of hot tears rolled down, but he couldn't help sighing.Lu Yongxiang on the side was even more like a defeated rooster, with his head drooping and his face livid.Probably thinking of the sufferings he will suffer in the terrible life behind bars in a foreign country in the future?

Sakasai Rihachiro smiled and waved his hands: "Chilao doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this. Our Great Japanese Empire knows the heart of Zhilao, and we also know that the Jinan tragedy was an accident, and it was definitely not the intention of Zhilao and Jiashuai." .”

Hearing what Banxi said, Duan Qirui and Lu Yongxiang were slightly taken aback, and they looked at each other with doubts on their faces.Before the two of them could open their mouths to ask, Banxi had already changed the subject: "However, the Empire of Japan still has to hold the two of you accountable, and it still has to send troops to Shandong... and Doihara-kun and I are here today for the sake of This matter is to be discussed with the two of you.”

Hearing this, Lu Yongxiang's nose was almost crooked, who is it?If you want to arrest Lao Tzu and go to prison in a foreign country, you still... still come to discuss with me?What are you discussing?How many years in prison?Or what to eat in prison?

"Don't get me wrong, the Japanese Empire has no intention of embarrassing you. I just want to take advantage of this treasure land in Shandong and the real culprit of the 'Jinan tragedy' to have an upright decisive battle!" Speaking of this, Banxi's tone has changed The gloomyness was so frightening, he raised his head, and glanced at Duan Qirui and Lu Yongxiang with a pair of triangular eyes that were almost on fire:

"Please withdraw your Anhui troops to the north of the Yellow River, and let Jinan be stationed by the imperial army. When we defeat the Kuomintang army, this Jinan city will still be yours! And the responsibility of the two in the Jinan tragedy, the empire also Not to be held accountable."

With a bang, Duan Qirui slammed the table and stood up, his old face trembling slightly with anger, and two pairs of sharp eyes staring at Rihachiro Sakanishi: "Sanxi, you bastard!" What are Zijia and me! Go back and tell Hamaguchi that I, Duan Qirui, and Beiyang [-] tigers are waiting for you in Jinan City. You want to borrow my land to compete with the KMT? Well then we Let's compete first! Come and see off!"

After finishing speaking, Duan Qirui shook his sleeves and walked out without looking back, only Lu Yongxiang, Banxi, and Doihara were left looking at each other.

"Jia Shuai, it looks like Mr. Duan Zhi is really old." Banxi smiled at Lu Yongxiang, as if expecting something.

Lu Yongxiang looked at the spring garden outside the window and smiled wryly: "Jinan is my hometown after all... After all, I have to be worthy of the elders in my hometown."

……

Beijing, Prince's Mansion of Shuncheng County.

Kenkichi Yoshizawa, the Japanese minister, and Nanao Matsui, the chief adviser to the Fengjun, had just left. Zhang's father and son were in the study, looking at each other silently, recalling the "advice" from the Japanese just now.

According to the Japanese, this time the Battle of Shandong was neither against the Anhui faction nor against the Feng faction, but a war between the Japanese and the Kuomintang.Ask the Feng faction to remain neutral and not to get involved in this war that "does not belong" to them.In addition, the Japanese also asked Fengjun to effectively protect the interests of Japanese expatriates and merchants on Fengtian territory during the war.

"Father, we can't do such a thing that makes people poke the spine!" After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Xueliang stood up abruptly and walked around the room, looking a little irritable: "This battle is a national war. Now, even the CCP in the far northwest has agreed to send [-] troops. Wu Ziyu also agreed to let the third division fight, and even Mr. Duan Zhi telegraphed the whole country saying that he would live and die with Jinan City. If we don’t say anything, I’m afraid ..."