Even though he clearly felt Zhuang Jihua's body tremble, he seemed to know that Zhuang Jihua's T-shirt, Japan sent seven peace conditions through Germany, including Inner Mongolia Autonomy; establishing a demilitarized zone along the Manchuria border in North China; expanding the unarmed zone in Shanghai, and the police team controlled by Japan's public concession; stopping the anti-Japanese policy; jointly opposing **; reducing tariffs on Japan; respecting foreign rights and interests. Some time ago, Todman visited President Confucius in Wuhan, saying that the conditions in Japan have not changed, and the chairman decided to accept these conditions."

"Accept it?" Zhuang Jihua frowned and couldn't help but say, "What else can I do when I have a meeting?"

"Oh, there is no decision yet. Today's meeting is about discussing whether to accept these conditions." Tang Zong felt that he had said too much, but he knew that Chiang Kai-shek had no other way. The 700,000 troops on the Songhu front had been defeated, and the situation in the north was not good. Taiyuan was lost in mid-November. The Zhong** team retreated to southern Shanxi and relied on Zhongtiao Mountain to prepare for a long-term war of resistance.

Taiyuan was guarded for one month more than before, thanks to Deng Xihou's 23rd Army entering the battle at Niangzi Pass. However, what made Deng Xihou depressed was that his army was divided and used in Kou and Niangzi Pass. As a result, the Japanese army finally broke through Niangzi Pass and the battle between Kou and Kou was over.

When the war reached this point, Tang Zong thought about it for Chiang Kai-shek, but there was no other way, only peace talks.

"Senior, do you think the peace talks are possible now?" Zhuang Jihua, a Tang Zongjian, was still not very tall, so he asked.

Zhuang Jihua looked out the car window, and there were chaos in Nanjing. There were people everywhere on the streets. All of these people were very panicked. Nanjing, which has a population of millions, killed 300,000, of which 100,000 were soldiers, indicating that many people had already left the city to flee before, 300,000.

"Senior, senior," Tang Zong saw Zhuang Jihua looking out the car window unpretentiously, and greeted him.

"Oh, what did you say just now?" Zhuang Jihua came to his senses and turned his head to look at Tang Zong.

"Do you think the Japanese will negotiate with us so easily now?" Tang Zong asked repeatedly.

"The Japanese's conditions will not be just like this," Zhuang Jihua shook his head gently and sighed, "We have called out a lot of people with the Japanese. The Japanese government is essentially not honest. I guess they will take the method they will first induce us to negotiate, reduce our resistance, disintegrate morale and people's hearts, and then raise the conditions."

In history, whether Chiang Kai-shek negotiated with the Japanese. Zhuang Jihua didn't know. However, China was always resisting. So he was not worried about whether the negotiations were successful or not. Although he realized that the butterfly caused the storm was getting bigger and bigger, he still believed that he was not enough to affect China-Japan diplomacy, especially the Japanese diplomacy.

Tang Zong also sighed heavily. If this condition is currently under this condition, he believes that it is possible to negotiate with the Japanese. If this condition is followed, China can recover most of the land in the mainland, including Pingjin, and can win a few years to ease. And among the seven items, at least the public concessions, the tariffs on Japan are reduced, and the Chinese government no longer has actual control.

Needless to say, the concession is the boundary of Manchuria. The Japanese have occupied the tariffs. China has never had autonomy. So these three Chinese governments cannot actually decide. They can agree to it.

But Zhuang Jihua didn't see this way. He thought and said slowly: "Naijian. Have you read the national defense theory of General Baili? General Baili has a very correct saying. Whether it is victory or defeat, just fight. This is the best strategy for dealing with the Japanese. If the principal negotiates with the Japanese now, he may lose the hearts of the people across the country. For the principal, it will do more harm than good."

"But, can we still fight now? The loss of the army is too great." Tang Zongdi's eyes showed deep worries.

"Strategies are more than tactics. In the Battle of Shanghai, we failed in tactics. But in terms of strategy, we are the winners. The main force of the Japanese army is bound to advance west along the Yangtze River. What's more, we are tired. Are the Japanese army differently tired? The Japanese army reinforced about 100,000 people. Our 49th Army also has more than 100,000 people. There are also 46th Army led by Guangting, and there are more than 100,000 people. Liu Xiang is reorganizing the 26th Army in Sichuan. I believe that it will be formed in one month at most. The soldiers lost to the Shanghai war can be replenished in only three months. After three months of training, the troops can recover their vitality." Zhuang Jihua spoke a little slowly, but his tone was very stable. There was no ambiguity at all.

Tang Zong shook his head slightly. If he hadn't been working in Chongqing for so many years, he would have refuted immediately. After a while of silence, he asked softly: "Will the Japanese give us half a year? And now Nanjing is in danger."

"The Japanese army also needs to be supplemented, not only Sichuan, Guangxi, Hubei, and Guangdong also have troops. We have time and at least we can get time. Secondly, the Japanese army occupied so many places, can we not leave troops to defend? Look at the loss of southern Zhejiang and Hangzhou, the Japanese army must leave at least 2,000 people, Shanghai must leave at least 3,500 people, and Suzhou must also leave one or two thousand people. Stay there, the Japanese army has already gone to a division, and has 300,000 people, and they must leave at least 100,000 people, even if they have to leave at least 100,000 people.

There are not many troops that can be sent out in Jiangxi Defense."

"As for Nanjing, it's even better to give it to them. In this war, we don't compete with them for the gains and losses of a city and a land, but only seek to eliminate its vitality. It takes eighteen years to support a Japanese soldier." Zhuang Jihua's tone became a little swim-like. His eyes passed through the windshield and looked at the streets of Nanjing, the streets full of Jiangnan atmosphere, and the uneasy people on the streets.

The car was slowly moving on the street, and from time to time, he made way for those who stopped and fled in a hurry. The attendant in the front row was so anxious that he pushed open the car door and shouted at the front.

"Nanjing will become a battlefield, will the organization retreat?"

"Most government departments have been withdrawn." Tang Zong replied.

"Where are non-government departments? Schools, hospitals, and ordinary citizens, are they going to retreat?" Zhuang Jihua turned his head and stared at Tang Zong.

"There are some different situations here. Most public schools began to retreat, but mainly because of universities and middle schools. The situation in the church schools was not clear at that time. They thought that they were affiliated with the church and would not be in trouble. The situation in the hospital was the same. Public hospitals began to retreat, and church hospitals were unwilling to leave. As for the citizens, no one organized them." Tang Zong said briefly.

Zhuang Jihua shook his head and expressed his objection. These people must be driven out of Nanjing. If possible, it would be better for Nanjing to be left with only soldiers. Zhuang Jihua didn't say much, Tang Zong was just a conveyor or executor, not a decision maker, and no matter how much he said it was useless.

The car finally started again and soon arrived at the Ministry of Military Affairs. After getting off the car, Zhuang Jihua went straight to the conference room of the Ministry of Military Affairs. At this moment, there were not many people in the conference room, but the military and political leaders who were still in Nanjing were already in the conference room. Everyone was talking in groups of three or three. It was obvious that Chiang Kai-shek had not arrived yet.

Zhuang Jihua looked around the room and knew a lot of people, in addition to He Yingqin and Lin Wei, there was also Xu Yongchang who met in Peking. He Jian, whom he met in Nanjing some time ago, except for two people who didn’t know each other, one was tall and the other was older with glasses.

Seeing Zhuang Jihua come in, Lin Wei first came over to say hello to him. Zhuang Jihua also chatted with him casually, and at the same time, he quietly asked him about the two of them.

Lin Wei couldn't help but feel a little funny. Zhuang Jihua was alone in the top management, holding the three southwest provinces, but did not have any relationship with anyone and did not win over any forces. This may be one of the reasons why Chiang Kai-shek trusted him.

Lin Wei gently introduced that the older one was Tang Shengzhi, the President of the Military Senate, and the younger one was talking to Bai Chongxi, Liu Fei, the Deputy Minister of the Military Affairs Department, and the other one was Gu Zhenglun, the commander of the military police, and Xu Yongchang, the director of the General Office of the Military Commission.

"Cultural Revolution, you have sharpened your knife for five years and finally come in handy." Lin Wei said meaningfully.

Zhuang Jihua nodded randomly, and then felt that the smell in his words was wrong: "Brother Wei Wen, what do you mean?"

"Don't you know what it means?" Lin Wei whispered: "The front-line troops suffered serious losses and could not stop the Japanese attack. The chairman was considering the issue of defending Nanjing. They," Lin Wei's chin was lightly raised: "None of them agreed to defend Nanjing."

"What does the principal mean?" Zhuang Jihua was very calm. He understood a little in his heart. No wonder he must arrive in Nanjing today and let him attend the meeting as soon as he got off the boat.

Lin Wei saw that he was very calm and couldn't help but admire him. It was not a good job to defend Nanjing now. The front-line troops were extremely tired and consumed a lot. The morale of the Japanese army was extremely high. A brigade dared to carry out a long-distance pursuit. I'm afraid that the four divisions of the Forty-Ninth Army, guarding Nanjing were probably the only ones who rely on Zhuang Jihua's 49th Army: "I heard that when I was in Guangzhou, the Chairman would ask you to take action whenever you were in trouble. This time, I'm afraid you will have to shoulder the heavy responsibility again."

Zhuang Jihua sighed in his heart. He was willing to defend Nanjing, which was better than giving it to others, at least he would not create a Nanjing Massacre.

"If this is the case, the four divisions can no longer go to the front line to consume it." Zhuang Jihua made up his mind that the four divisions must stay, which is the main force guarding Nanjing.

"Chief is here!"

With a loud shout, the people in the room immediately kept their posture at attention in an orderly manner. Chiang Kai-shek was in front and Yang Yongtai was behind. The two of them walked in quickly, and the honest Dai Li was behind them.

"Please sit."

After Chiang Kai-shek finished speaking, he sat down, and the others sat down immediately. Chiang Kai-shek's eyes glanced at everyone's faces for a week and said, "Today we are summoning everyone to talk about two things. The first is that the news came from Todman, the Japanese are willing to negotiate on the original conditions. Mr. Chang Qing, please read the Japanese conditions for everyone."

Yang Yongtai stood up and read out the seven points proposed by the Japanese to the congregation. Tang Zong had a good memory, and most of the seven points were the same, at most they were the differences between individual words and sentences.

After Yang Yongtai finished reading, he suddenly became silent in the conference room. It is hard to say this, he has to bear historical responsibility.
Chapter completed!