As the war situation in Wuhan became more dangerous... the base camp has begun to arrange for Wuhan to retreat. The Ming Dynasty institutions and all embassies and consulates of various countries, the base camp institutions and factories began to transfer to Chongqing, and Wuhan citizens gradually evacuated to Changsha, Guizhou and Sichuan.

In addition, the low-key club became active again. Zhou Fohai instructed Tao Xisheng to publish a brochure, "The Patriotic Road". It pointed out that the War of Resistance has lasted for two years, the country has suffered great losses, and the people have suffered huge pain. Many famous cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beiping have been lost one after another. Wuhan is now unable to protect it day and night. Where is the future of the War of Resistance? Publicly proposing peace talks is the only way to save China from destruction.

Once this booklet was released, public opinion in Wuhan was suddenly in an uproar. Newspapers led by Xinhua Daily and Ta Kung Pao strongly criticized it. It pointed out that this was not a patriotic path but a path to stolen the country and a path to destroy Lu. Ta Kung Pao reiterated Chen Jiageng's proposal, "Before the Japanese invaders withdraw from Chinese territory, all those who say peace were traitors." However, the official newspaper "Central Daily" controlled by the Kuomintang Propaganda Department remained silent. The attitude of the al-Shabaab official newspaper "New China Daily" was ambiguous. The newspaper "International Communications" controlled by the faction, "International Weekly", and "International Issues" successively published reports from Britain, France, the United States and Germany, saying that once the battles carried out around Wuhan proved that China did not have the strength to defeat Japan. Peace talks are the best way to resolve the dispute between the two countries.

Wang Jingwei in Chongqing also became active, constantly convening salons and holding tea parties with leaders of various political parties and local forces. Promoting peaceful propositions has had some impact on the top government and diplomats, but Chongqing’s press control is extremely strict and has little impact on the lower class people.

"Did the Chairman send a telegram to Director Zhuang and ask what his purpose is?" Lin Wei suggested carefully.

"Yes, tell him the British to discuss the conscience, and see what he said." Lin Wei added.

However, Chiang Kai-shek's face darkened and he said angrily: "Why do you need to listen to the central government's affairs? If you do this today, he will have more things to do tomorrow. You can't be abusive to his problem."

"Chairman, since this matter was instructed by him, the central government should question him why he was doing this and ask him to understand the report. The central government will deal with him and Liu Wenhui. In addition, he can also call Wu Zhongxin and ask him why he took action in Lhasa without reporting."

Lin Wei was sincerely admired after hearing Chen Bulei's words. His purpose was the same as himself. He did not want Chiang Kai-shek to make a hurried decision. He asked Zhuang Jihua's purpose and then made a decision. He also tactfully reminded Chiang Kai-shek that Liu Wenhui was taking action at **, which was a local force. If he did not listen to the central government, the central government did not have severe measures for the time being.

Chiang Kai-shek obviously understood Chen Bulei's words. He was silent and was about to speak, but Chen Xizeng hurriedly reported outside the door. Chiang Kai-shek called him in with some anger.

"The telegram from General Zhuang Jihua, director of the Southwest Camp." Chen Xizeng sent the folder in his hand to Chiang Kai-shek with both hands. When Chiang Kai-shek heard that it was Zhuang Jihua's telegram, all his anger disappeared immediately. Li Hai took the folder, and Chen Xizeng immediately turned around and left.

"He is very wise and wants me to cooperate with him." To Chen Bulei and Lin Wei's expectations, Chiang Kai-shek did not get angry after reading it, but closed his eyes and pondered for a while. Then he said a word helplessly.

Chiang Kai-shek handed them the documents casually, and Chen Bulei took them. Lin Weilihai leaned over and saw what Zhuang Jihua said together.

Zhuang Jihua explained his plan in detail in the telegram. His purpose was very simple. He used this incident to completely defeat the trend of the ***. The Western power relied on the power of the British, so to build their momentum, we must first eliminate their fantasies about the British, eliminate the British in Lhasa and even the ***, which is to kill monkeys and scare chickens. After eliminating the British, Britain will definitely respond, but this doesn't matter, it is only temporary. The current international situation will inevitably force Britain to stand on the same front as us, and they have no second choice.

Zhuang Jihua's telegram was very long, analyzing the current situation and the current national situation, and finally told Chiang Kai-shek that as long as the stalemate was in place, the British would inevitably make concessions in the end. ** is optional for Britain, and they would not completely turn against China.

"Chairman, I think let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs negotiate with the British. After all, we have not agreed to the UK to set up an office in Lhasa. In international law, Britain has violated our country's power." Chen Bulei said after exchanging glances with Lin Wei, but his words have already shown his attitude.

"This Zhuang Wenge. It seems that even if he is allowed to do diplomacy, it's okay." Lin Wei joked casually, but Chiang Kai-shek's heart moved.

Wang Chonghui negotiated with British Ambassador Carl in accordance with Chiang Kai-shek's order. Although his attitude was moderate, he refused to make concessions on substantive issues. The Chinese government did not agree to the UK's establishment of an office in Lhasa. Therefore, the Lhasa office is illegal and not protected by diplomatic protection. It is the power of the Chinese government to close the office. I hope the British side can understand it. At the same time, he also reminded Carl not to insert another Tibet. The Chinese government will never agree to Sili. Carl was very dissatisfied with this reply and reported to London, demanding tough measures against China, first of all, to close the Yunnan-Burma channel, secondly, to jointly put pressure on China, and finally gather troops on the Indian-Tibet border.

In order to find out the attitude of the United States and France on the issue of **, Carl invited French Ambassador to China Nazia and US Ambassador to China Jensen to the British Embassy to meet.

"In the past, we have always taken joint action on China, and this time I hope we can take joint action." Carl said to the two ambassadors in a little indignant manner: "The Chinese have closed the offices in Lhasa in their own brutal ways. This is agreed to by the Lhasa Treaty and the Westward Latin Treaty. This is a challenge to international law and Western authority. This action must be stopped. Otherwise, it will seriously shake our prestige in China."

Carl's righteous condemnation was not received, which made him a little discouraged and his momentum fell down. Nazia played with the red wine in her hand and said slowly: "Paris is not capable of taking action against China now. In Paris's view, the Germans pose a greater threat."

Carl was about to respond, but the young man named Thomas who came with Jensen opened first

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"Mr. Karl, as far as I know, the Chinese government has never recognized the Shimla Treaty, and the Lhasa Treaty does not have the terms to set up an office or consulate in Lhasa."

Carl looked up at the young man with chestnut hair, with thin cheeks, his jaw shaved, and his eyes were staring at him calmly.

"The West-Jie La Treaty is a treaty signed by us and the ** government. We have been negotiating with the Chinese central government to sign this treaty. The Yuan Shikai government once agreed to sign this treaty, but it fell too quickly and the treaty was not finally signed." Carl argued.

"If this is the case, the Chinese government will not violate national laws.

Thomas did not relax and immediately pressed up in a concluding tone.

"But this is a challenge to the West," Carl roared. "For more than a hundred years, the West has been constantly working hard to force the Chinese government to surrender. If we give in this time, they will gain a better position next time. If we cannot unite this time, the entire West will lose its power in China.

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"The West has long lost its prestige in China." Thomas was not polite. He was as sharp as a journalist: "At September 18th, the West lost its prestige; at 128th, the West lost its prestige again; at Lugou Bridge, China placed its hopes on the nine countries openly; but the Chinese did not wait for anything. Since the West concessions in front of Japan, why can't China, which has defeated Japan several times on the battlefield, challenge the West like Japan?"

"Mr. Carl" Jansen felt that his subordinates were too intense, so Carl was about to leave. Li Xuan came forward to ease: "Young people speak too recklessly, don't worry." He said and glared at Thomas. This, young people are really not suitable for diplomatic work: "However, Mr. Carl, Washington's briefing on my situation mentioned another thing. German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop once had a secret talk with Chinese Ambassador to Germany Chen Jie to persuade China-Japan peace talks, and Germany is willing to act as a mediator between the two countries."

Carl sneered and said contemptuously: "Chairman Chiang Kai-shek will probably jump up with joy. I'm afraid he has been looking forward to this news for a long time."

Jansen shook his head slightly in his heart. It seemed that this Carl was fainted by the angrily anger and lost the minimum vigilance. He would not remind him.

"Dear Mr. Carl, if Germany mediates successfully, Japan will take action from the Sino-Japanese War, and sign a covenant with Germany, if China and Japan join hands," Jansen said this and paused. Looking at Carl, the latter couldn't help but fight a cold war. He immediately thought about whether the Lhasa incident was deliberately created by China, with the goal of conveying some information to Japan and Germany.

Then another thought came to my mind. China and Japan joined forces to attack Southeast Asia. Japan had a strong navy. China had a vast border. It attacked Myanmar and Thailand in the east, and crossed the Himalayas in the west. It rushed into India and combined with the Congress led by Gandhi. India, the brightest jewel in the crown of the Queen. It will no longer belong to the Great Britain Empire.

Looking at the changing expression on Carl's face, Jansen sighed softly: "It seems that the Ambassador has understood the subtlety. What we need to do now is to strengthen Chiang Kai-shek's resistance and must not let Chiang Kai-shek form a combination with Japan. Compared with this, what happened in Lhasa is just a small thing."

Carl calmed down at this time. He heard the advice in Jensen's words, but he was very unwilling to accept it. Once upon a time, the British Empire's status in China had fallen to this point.

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