Chapter 169 Post-war influence
Even Wu Siren, who had expected the results in the Battle of Southern Henan, was shocked. Most of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army were annihilated. More than ten generals from the commander Guanyuan and Ichiro were shot dead. Including the number of enemies annihilated by other local troops, a total of more than 60,000 Japanese were eliminated, which was also an unprecedented disaster since the War of Resistance.
When the news reached the ears of the headquarters of the Japanese Army of Jinling invading China, Gangmura Neji, the Chinese Communist Party, locked himself in his study and did not come out for a day and a night. He then submitted a letter of apology and a proposal for combat against China to the Edo Base Camp. In the proposal, Gangmura Neji believed that the military occupation of China was impossible to succeed and should conduct comprehensive negotiations with the Changkaishen regime of Yama Castle, and divide and disintegrate the will of China to resist through diplomatic means to achieve the goal of governing China with China. In addition, he repeatedly emphasized Wu Siren's huge threat to Japan, believing that the best way is to pull China onto Japan's expansion tanks, thereby indirectly making Wu Siren use it for Japan.
The suggestion of Kamura Neji sounds a bit stubborn, but the top leaders of Japan, who have high self-esteem, not only did not veto it, but thought it was very practical, so they secretly sent two negotiation teams to Yama Castle and Luoyi to politically induce surrender to Chang Kaishen and Wu Sairen. Kamura Neji only received a reprimanding telegram without pain, and his position was still consolidated. In fact, the real reason was that the newly appointed Prime Minister of the Japanese Cabinet Hideki Tojo didn't know who to send to the overall situation of the Chinese abbot, and his political enemy Ishihara Kanir wrote a self-recommendation letter, but how could Tojo Hideki make all his wishes come true?
The huge victory in the Battle of Southern Henan triggered a series of chain reactions. The Japanese army began to shrink its forces with Jiangcheng as the center to avoid being defeated by Wu Saren. In addition, Gangcun Ningji also made more preparations for Xingcheng's attack. The result of this was that there was no threat of a large army surrounding Yuzhou, and it also provided a good environment for the development of Yuzhou. Many victims from other regions flocked to Yuzhou.
When the glorious victory of the Battle of Southern Henan spread across the country, it can be said that the whole country was celebrating. People from all walks of life sent congratulatory messages to Luoyi. Taizu and Vice Chairman Wu of Yanzhou not only sent congratulatory messages, but it is said that Taizu ate an extra bowl of braised pork on the same day when he learned the results of the battle.
Chang Kaishen not only issued a congratulatory message and a letter of appointment to be promoted to Wu Siren as a first-class general, but also appointed Prince Chang to Luoyi in person to win over Wu Siren's troops.
"Commander, what are you going to do with all the personnel from all sides who come to Luoyi?" Chen Ziliang asked.
Wu Siren said: "The Japanese negotiators drove them back and told them that the top and bottom of our tax police team would never negotiate with the enemy in any form before driving the Japanese pirates out of China, and you must publish my views in the newspaper. As for representatives at all levels of the political and business circles, they should receive them normally and pay attention to identifying Japanese spies. Mr. Chang received my residence, after all, it was a marriage, and I also want to know what my distant uncle sold in the gourd?"
When Nicholas often set foot on the land of Yuzhou again, even if he had imagined a lot, he could not associate the peaceful scenery in front of him with the past. The wide and flat streets, vast fields, and smiling faces of happiness and confidence were all over the place. Luoyi was developing too fast. Even in the mountain city, some ruins could be seen everywhere, as well as displaced refugees everywhere.
Nicholas Chang looked at all this with lingering fear, and suddenly remembered the words of his father Chang Kaishen before leaving: "If Moran becomes bigger, then there will be no place for you, my father and son in China for ten years..."
A gust of cool breeze blew, and he couldn't help but feel that his back was completely wet.
But these are the beginning. Nicholas Chang was not sure about this trip to Luoyi. When he was kicked out of Yuzhou, he already knew Wu Siren's prestige in the Tax Police Corps and his loyalty to Wu Siren, so he felt that all the methods used by his father Chang Kaishen were futile.
Wu Siren brought Nikola Chang and his group into the arranged residence with his guards, and personally took Prince Chang to live in his official residence.
"Father is very pleased and excited about Moran's outstanding achievements this time. You don't know that when the battle report was sent to the mountain city, Bai Jiansheng and Xue Boling thought the data were sent wrong, and they had to exclaim after confirming it. My father also called you the contemporary Yue Wumu." Nicholas often praised during dinner.
Wu Siren said meaningfully: "Yue Fei, who is loyal to the country, has a bad ending!"
Nicholas often coughed lightly and said awkwardly: "Suddenly, brother was joking. We are relatives of our family, and the broken bones are still connected to the tendons! Don't be affected by the rumors from the outside world. You are the pillar of the country. Your father will never do anything to destroy the foundation." Wu Siren said calmly: "Maybe, I wonder if Brother Jianfeng has any other instructions for coming this time?"
"The words are serious! The words are serious! I am here to reminisce about the past with you. There is another thing. I don't know if you can sell me a batch of weapons. You also know that the production capacity of the arsenals in Bashu is seriously insufficient. The Japanese army is approaching Xiangtan now. The front-line soldiers lack weapons, so it is easy to have problems." Mr. Chang said solemnly.
Wu Siren found that after more than a year of experience, Mr. Chang has become more and more sleek and more like a mature politician.
Speaking of which, reality is cruel. When the Chinese had to face the brutal Japanese invaders alone, the only ones who could provide limited help to China were the Red Polar Bear and the Third German Empire, and a large number of ulterior motives were attached. Now that the Yunnan-Burma Highway has been blocked, China's only access to materials from the outside world has disappeared, so Wu Siren understood the difficulties of Chang Kaishen's inability to advance and retreat.
"Brother Jianfeng, for the sake of my uncle and the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan, I can provide you with 20,000 Type 38 rifles seized in this battle, 1,200 grenade launchers and some Japanese artillery artillery, but it must be calculated based on the market price, and I don't want fiat currency, just silver dollars, gold and US dollars." Wu Siren said seriously.
"No problem, I will start preparing the funds when I go back."
Master Chang knew that it was difficult to get a free lunch from Wu Siren now, but he was already very satisfied. After all, all kinds of guns and artillery are in short supply, and it can be said that there is no price.
After receiving the inspection report of the eldest son, Chang Kaishen can be said to be shocked.
Wu Siren now has hundreds of thousands of troops who can fight and have more and more industrial bases. In the near future, it will not be difficult to build a warlord system of the same size as the former Fengtian forces.
This is also something Chang Kaishen didn't want to see. Why is he so afraid of his sworn brother Zhang Hanqing because the Fengtian faction can be self-sufficient.
Chang Kaishen made a lot of calculations, but what he didn't expect was that Wu Siren would become bigger and stronger in Yuzhou, and became a major concern.
Chapter completed!