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After hearing what the other party said, Wu Peifu was speechless. He stood there blankly, rubbing his hands back and forth non-stop.

"Don't be so anxious?" Chiang Kai-shek laughed, and slowly came to Wu Peifu, whispering: I've already asked someone to arrange it.It is estimated that Bordeaux will be connected in a while, so please wait patiently. "

Chiang Kai-shek left the meeting place, and after circling around the carriage, he came to an inconspicuous tent nearby, where several high-power radio stations were placed.Several people in uniforms of the Imperial Security Bureau were busy there.

"Is everything ready?" Chiang Kai-shek stepped into the tent and asked.

"It's almost there." An officer wearing a major's epaulets sat in front of a radio station, skillfully operating the instruments on it, and respectfully said to Chiang Kai-shek: "The radio station leading to the French government in Bordeaux has been connected. There is a bug installed in the intercom. As long as you pass through this, you can fully hear what the other party is saying."

"Oh?" Chiang Kai-shek called Zhang Xuesiwei.

"What are your orders?" Zhang Xuesi walked in quickly from outside.

"Tell Henchig that we have connected to the French side in Bordeaux, and tell him that you can use the phone in the train to contact the French side."

After Zhang Xuesi went out, the officer immediately began to fiddle with it, and soon accompanied by the rustling of electricity, Chiang Kai-shek heard a slight conversation. The officer adjusted the volume, and the conversation inside finally became clear.

"Where are you now!" Through the speaker, Chiang Kai-shek heard an old voice, "Is this Renault's voice, or Pétain's voice?"

Soon he heard Henchig's voice: "I'm calling you from the carriage." Henchig's voice seemed worse than crying.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and then slowly said: "Oh! My poor friend! This is really terrible!"

"..."

At 6:24 p.m. on June 11, after finishing the call with the top French government officials, General Henchig announced France's opinion: "France fully accepts the demands made by China." What does it mean to sign the agreement, so he refuses to write on the grounds that he has not obtained the signature authorization.Petain was also unwilling to take on this humiliating decision.

Who rules the ups and downs: The Third World War (Closed Volume) Chapter 330 and Six Polar Lions

After wrangling for a long time, Wu Peifu finally lost his temper. He sent an interpreter to find the Frenchman and issued an ultimatum: "If you can't sign the agreement that has been reached within [-] hour, then the negotiation will break down." , the French delegation will be escorted back to the French positions, and the war will continue!"

Facing the strength of the Chinese.The French had no choice.

At 11:30 p.m., after several conversations with Bordeaux, Gamalin issued a formal order by phone: "French Republic, Ministry of Defense Order No. 43, hereby order the French delegation...to immediately sign the agreement with China armistice."

At 11:50, representatives from both sides stood in front of the signing table where the two sides signed the "Supplementary Clauses to the Treaty of Tianjin" during the Opium War. Henchig was pale, barely holding back the tears that continued to flow, and issued a statement intermittently. He said: France, having lost the war, had to stop fighting on the side of its allies, and thus faced very severe demands imposed on it.We will not forget that ... France has the power to expect that the Chinese will, for some time to come, engage in future negotiations in the spirit of enabling the peoples of these two great nations to live and work in peace. "

Chiang Kai-shek's answer was only a short sentence: "As winners, we should and will definitely respect losers."

At 12 o'clock, Henchig and Keitel signed the armistice agreement as representatives of France and China respectively.According to the provisions of the armistice agreement, six hours after the signing, the two countries will stop all fighting, and the agreement itself will not take effect until the end of the armistice agreement between France and Germany.

After the ceremony, it was an agreement with Germany. Compared with China's triumphant advances, the poor performance of the German army on the French border formed a strong contrast.This also allowed William II and his government to thoroughly figure out how much they have.

The Beijing meeting with the Chinese emperor on June 6 marked the complete shattering of his dream of dividing France with China.The Germans without any confidence have no arrogance in front of the French delegation.Although the German negotiator Keidel forced several senior Chinese military officers including Chiang Kai-shek to fight there, they still could not get rid of their weak position on the negotiating table.In the eyes of Chiang Kai-shek.The two sides did not feel like negotiating at all. The Germans did not have the momentum that a winner should have, and the French did not have the humiliation of a loser.In short, the degree of friendship between the two delegations is simply unimaginable.

The entire meeting lasted only 10 minutes, and the two sides finalized the final agreement.The Germans didn't come up with any unrealistic ideas, he just asked for a demilitarized zone 50 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide along the border.In addition, Toulon in mainland France, Ajaccio in Corsica, Bizerte in Tunisia, and Oran in Algeria were to be demilitarized during the war against Britain.This surprised Chiang Kai-shek. He thought that Germany would carve up Corsica, but they didn't.Of course, the French delegation was not dissatisfied with this result. The two sides signed an armistice agreement at 25 o'clock in the morning on the 1th, which came into effect 6 hours later.

At this moment, Zhang Xuesi rushed to Chiang Kai-shek and whispered a few words in his ear. Chiang Kai-shek had an expression of disbelief and excitement on his face, "Is the news accurate?"

"Definitely."

"Where is that person now?"

"The Adlon Hotel."

"Okay, I'll rush over right away and prepare the car!"

The car drove into the luxurious Aronde Hotel.On the surface, there is no tight defense here, but in fact, most of the waiters inside have been replaced by spies from the Imperial Security Bureau.

The door on the second floor was opened, and under the guidance of Zhang Xuesi, Chiang Kai-shek walked in quickly.I saw a tall man in a gray military uniform standing up slowly. From this man's white hair and the Order of St. George hanging around his neck, it can be judged that this man is the actual leader of Finland. Mannerheim, known as the polar lion in the world.

"Are you Chiang Kai-shek?" The old man greeted Chiang Kai-shek first in an unusual way.Chiang Kai-shek looked at each other in confusion.The most outstanding commander in Finnish history, the greatest statesman, would take the initiative to say hello to himself, which really made him unexpected.

Chiang Kai-shek slowly extended his hand and shook hands with the other party, "My name is Chiang Kai-shek, and my name is Jieshi."

"Haha!" Seeing this, Mannerheim laughed heartily. He patted Chiang Kai-shek on the shoulder, "You surprised me so much. You are the general of the Dragon Army. The number of troops and equipment in your hands There are more soldiers than we mobilized in Finland. Why are you calling me Your Excellency instead now? I will not pay you a military salary just because you called me Your Excellency."

"Well, I don't call you General Jiang, and you don't call me Marshal or Your Excellency. We are equals, I call you Zhongzheng, you call me Carl. Or like this, you call me Old Carl. I call you Little Jiang, how are you?" Manahai said heartily.

Chiang Kai-shek couldn't believe his ears. He really couldn't understand that this highly respected figure in the world would be so kind to him, a Chinese general.Because from the intelligence of the Imperial Security Bureau, he learned that this lion from the Arctic hates the Chinese very much. This may be mainly because he once fought against China in Romania in World War I.For example, in 1915, when it was the birthday of a Swede who was an explorer in the Western Regions of China, Mannerheim did not even accept the invitation, let alone go to Sweden to celebrate his birthday, because he disliked this old man who was of one heart and one mind with the Chinese. .From Mannerheim's expression now, Chiang Kai-shek did not see any displeasure.So he was speculating in his heart, wanting to see what the old man wanted to do.

Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek immediately put a smile on his face, and he replied cautiously: "This is not very good, you are an elder, and you are also a highly respected general. As a junior, I should learn a lot from my seniors. "Speaking of which, he bowed to the other party.

"Study?" Mannerheim was slightly taken aback, then looked around, "Zhongzheng, I really don't understand, what is there for you to learn from me?"

"Of course I did. In the Winter War last year, you led your troops of less than 20 people to bravely resist the attack of millions of Soviet troops. Your brilliant achievements have won you a great international reputation. Of course , I also deeply admire the excellent fighting qualities of the Finnish army. To be honest, I have always wanted to have an army like yours, and I also dreamed of winning a victory with less and more like you."

"Victory! Did you really win?" Mannerheim looked disappointed, and he shook his head slightly: "I didn't win, we failed, we ceded 10% of the territory, and gave the Cohan Port Concession to the Soviet Union , is this the so-called victory?"

"Yes! This is victory. At least I think so." Chiang Kai-shek said decisively: "A country with a population of only 300 million defeated a powerful country with a population of 3000 million and a regular army of 300 million. , forcing the opponent to only achieve limited tactical victories, but unable to achieve decisive strategic victories. This is a victory in itself." He paused at this point, "Besides, you have almost no foreign aid. , With such a small price, in exchange for peace, this itself is very difficult to achieve. At least, in my opinion, there will not be any country in the next few decades."

After finishing speaking, he sighed heavily, "To be honest, I feel annoyed that we did not provide timely assistance. Otherwise, I also want to go to Finland to see what the brave Finnish people have done to defend their country Fight bravely."

"You will definitely have a chance!" Mannerheim smiled mysteriously at the other party, and then patted the other party's shoulder, "To be honest, I am here this time mainly to thank you, your help to us is really great. It's too big!"

"Thank me?" As soon as Mannerheim's words came out, Chiang Kai-shek was taken aback, glanced at him with doubts, and then said slowly: "Your Excellency, oh, no, Karl. I don't seem to have done anything about this things. Why are you thanking me?"

"It's very simple, because when the whole world abandoned us, only your country gave us arms and material support, and sent a large number of volunteers to help us fight and command. I will never forget this .”

After listening to Mannerheim's words, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly understood what he meant. It turned out that what Mannerheim said was that when the situation in Finland was unstable during the Winter War of 1919, your country secretly ordered Finland to The intelligence branch of the Imperial Security Service in Scandinavia gathered intelligence on the local Soviet army and passed it on to the Finns.In addition, 10 ships loaded with various munitions were secretly transported to Sweden, where they were transported to Finland by railway.Then, China also signed the extremely secret "Sino-Swiss Concession Agreement" with Sweden.The main part of this agreement is that China will provide Sweden with a batch of arms worth 2000 million dragon coins and guarantee Sweden's neutrality.Sweden provides iron ore to China at one-third of the market price. In addition, if China intervenes in Scandinavia, Sweden will provide assistance to the Dragon Army.In addition to these superficial peace treaties, as usual, China also signed a secret contract with Sweden. The content of the contract includes two parts.First, China will ensure that Finland will not be completely annexed by the Soviet Union; second, when necessary, China will secretly provide weapons to the Finns.

Although the contract was signed, the reality changed.Due to the launch of China's plan to capture Scandinavia and the plan to attack the British Royal Navy.Therefore, China urgently needs the Soviet Union's Murmansk port as a temporary dock for its own fleet, and Stalin and Molotov began to ask for prices when they saw this situation.If the Soviet Union allowed the northern port of Murmansk in the Chinese Concession and sent supplies for China as it entered Scandinavia, then China must allow the Soviet Union to attack Finland and cut off Finnish arms routes by sea.Additionally, the USSR was allowed to occupy Finland's Hanko peninsula.In addition, if the Soviet Union attacks Finland, China must provide material assistance.Facing Stalin's looting by fire.China did not have a good countermeasure at that time, so it could only abandon Finland at the negotiating table.Because in his opinion, when the conditions are not ripe, it is better to abandon this seemingly small white country than to offend a powerful red empire.

Who rules the ups and downs: The Third World War (Closed) Chapter 330 Seven Great Powers' Chips

However, Guan Xuqing had deep considerations.Because he knew that this tough little country would definitely suffer a lot from the seemingly powerful red Soviet Union.Beyond that, of course, he knew that Finland was a touchstone.The combat power of the Soviet Union, various new weapons and even their advanced tactics will definitely be used in this battle that Western countries regard as a skirmish.Just like what Germany did in Austria and Czechoslovakia in World War II.The only difference is that Germany knocked the latter down without giving the latter any chance at all, while the former may have to fight a series of bitter battles.

Another point is that Guan Xuqing is eager to know the equipment of Soviet tanks, such as the new KV series tanks and T34 tanks, and the winter combat methods of the Finnish army is also what Guan Xuqing urgently needs to know. One day it may collide with the powerful Soviet army.The Soviets, who had suffered a lot in the winter war in history, quickly learned the Finn's tricks, so that the unprepared Germans suffered heavy losses in the severe winter of Russia. For Guan Xuqing, this situation is absolutely not allowed to happen. .Therefore, he must plan ahead.However, since the empire was not yet good at fighting in the severe winter, the dragon army had to learn, so Finland became his best teacher.

Finally, there is a need to keep clear about the mentality of sympathizing with the weak.Although he commanded the dragon army to oppress many weak countries.But this kind of mentality not only did not disappear, but became more intense, and he was quite moved by the spirit of the Finns who are not afraid of powerful enemies.In addition, Guan Xuqing adheres to the principle that the enemy of the enemy is our friend.

After some serious consideration, Guan Xuqing instructed the Security Bureau to launch a "Trojan horse plan" to aid Finland.On the same day, the Finnish branch of the Imperial Security Service notified Finnish intelligence agencies that the Soviet Union was planning to invade Finland in early November.When the Soviet army aggressively attacked Finland, a batch of equipment including 11 French-made Schneider howitzers quietly departed from Copenhagen, Denmark to Sweden.The next day, a group of about 24 foreign volunteers, most of them from China and India, joined the Finnish army.In addition to serving as technical arms such as artillery, communications, and engineers, these people also include pilots, snipers, fighters of special operations forces, and even military doctors.The second batch of volunteers came to the Finnish military camp on November 4000.

In December, six large transport ships directly bypassed the Soviet blockade and entered the Finnish port of Helsinki, bringing a large amount of ammunition and cannons to the Finns, thus helping the Finns withstand the wave of the Soviets Another wave of offensives caused the war to be delayed again and again.

In this battle, the Imperial Security Bureau provided Finland with a large number of weapons and ammunition under various names.Its value is about 1 million dragon coins.In addition, more than 500 Chinese volunteers took part in the battle, in addition to 300 advisers working at the staff level in the Finnish army.In this battle, about 1700 Chinese volunteers were killed and [-] were injured or frostbitten, paying a very heavy price.In addition to these, the Imperial Security Bureau also opened the door to convenience. Although a large number of arms shipped from Britain and France were seized by the French navy in the Baltic Sea.However, most of their goods still inexplicably appear in several important ports in Sweden.

Of course, these situations are no longer top secret five years after the end of the Winter War. Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek said: "Karl, you should thank His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire. He led all this. However, our aid did not play a decisive role."

"Ha ha!" Mannerheim laughed. "In fact, your country's approach surprised me. When the whole world is not optimistic about us, your country can ignore the opposition of the Soviets and do this kind of thing. It can't be measured by courage and money alone. I I admire it." At this point, he fumbled in his pocket for a while, and then took out a box.

"Zhongzheng, I know you are fanatical about medals, so I specially give you this to show your contribution to Finland at its most critical time." Speaking of which, he solemnly handed over the box to each other.

Chiang Kai-shek also took the box with both hands solemnly, and then slowly opened it. Between the blue velvet lay a enamel-plated St. George's cross, with a Finnish crusade inlaid on the cross. The circle in the center of the cross is Pattern of white roses. "Level 1 Medal!"

"That's right! It's the 1st Class Cross of Freedom."

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly thanked the other party.He knew the symbolic significance of this medal, not only to commend himself, but mainly to express his gratitude to China.