"Why is he here?" Bai Jiansheng and Fan Hanjie were both slightly surprised when they heard the news.
"I heard that I came here to learn Buddhist scriptures!"
"To learn from the scriptures, does Chen Cixiu also want to be a Tang monk?" Bai Jiansheng smiled, but there was an imperceptible coldness in his eyes.
The reason why he asked to stay was because he didn't want to learn from the experience. Although he could see the leopard, he wanted to see who the leopard was.
"Meiqi, where did you get this news?"
"Their people told me!" Yu Hanmou said, "There is also news that Dongkang agreed to our stay, and also said that they would set up a military advisory group."
"Military advisory group, you won't get any advantage from Lu Houde!" Bai Jiansheng laughed.
"What?"
"It's not obvious why we should help you make plans!"
"That's right. This has nothing to do with us in the first place, but if you pull us, the Military Advisory Group, if we win this battle, it will be their credit, but if we lose, then we will be embarrassed together! "
"This is an excuse for us to watch the battle up close. Do you really think they will let us participate in command decisions?"
"That's true, just watch it and don't express your opinion!"
"Recovering Rehe, Dongkang's actions this time cannot be ignored. Nanjing is probably going to jump on the bandwagon again!" Bai Jiansheng said with a smile.
¡°Old Jiang deliberately wanted to transfer the Northeast Army to the south to suppress the bandits. With this attack, his wishful thinking may be in vain!¡± Yu Hanmou said with a smile.
"That's not necessarily the case. It just depends on how the Japanese respond this time. I haven't watched the Dongkang exercise. I'm worried for Dongkang, facing this elite Kwantung Army. Can they maintain their undefeated record? But now, I'm actually a little worried about the Japanese army, how long they can hold on in Rehe!" Bai Jiansheng said.
"Brother Jiansheng is optimistic about Dongkang?"
"I'm not optimistic about the battlefield in the Northeast. Although the Japanese army is strong, it defends too many places. Once the troops are divided, it seems to be overstretched. However, although the Eastern Resistance has only a hundred thousand troops, they have a slight advantage. , occupying the two favorable factors of geographical location and people, so in general, it has the upper hand!" Bai Jiansheng said, "According to my judgment, the Eastern Anti-Japanese War has been damaged since the bloody battle of Zhengjiatun, and it must take a while to rest. , there won¡¯t even be a war within this year, but I still underestimated their recovery ability. In just a few months, they not only recovered, but also became stronger than before!¡±
"Looking at the Japanese army, since the War of Resistance in Rehe, except for the replacement of soldiers who were damaged in the battle, there has not been much supplementation in other aspects. The Japanese cabinet does not want to expand the war with us, so the supplies the Kwantung Army has received can only maintain the current level. situation, so they can only shrink their defenses and hope to negotiate an armistice with us!"
"What Brother Jiansheng said makes sense. It seems that there is hope to regain Rehe!"
"If this battle is commanded by someone else, I can't say yet, but if this battle is commanded by Lu Houde himself, Rehe will most likely return to our embrace, and may even inflict another heavy blow to the Japanese army!" Bai Jiansheng said.
"It would be great if we could inflict another heavy blow to the Japanese army!"
"It's a pity that compared with the national strength of China and Japan, Japan is much higher than us, and the most powerful thing in Japan is not the army. It is the navy!" Bai Jiansheng sighed.
¡°It¡¯s amazing to be able to defeat the Japanese Army, the so-called elite Kwantung Army!¡± Fan Hanjie said.
"Then let's wait and see!"
The residence of the international observation group.
"No, no, I don't agree to stay. Since they have terminated the exercise, this exercise has passed and our mission has been completed. We must set off now to go where we should go!" France observed. On behalf of Major Piet, he insisted on leaving immediately.
"Lieutenant Colonel Aled, you are the leader of the observation group, what do you think?"
"I think we should stay. Although the exercise has been terminated, this is a rare opportunity. If we miss it, I think we will regret it for life!" Aled said, "Everyone, think about it carefully. We In a military life, how many opportunities do you have to experience war firsthand?"
"David, you are the deputy leader, what do you think?"
"I agree with Lieutenant Colonel Allred. We are soldiers, and soldiers should face war bravely. Even if this war has nothing to do with us, at least we can learn from others, right?"
"What do the Chinese have to learn from us?"
"That's right, their fighting has no technical content at all"
"Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, you seem??Absent? "
"Oh, I think we need to clarify one thing!" Lieutenant Colonel Wilson said, "Who started this war?"
"Does it need to be said? Of course they are Japanese, and they admit it themselves?"
"No, although they admitted that they wanted to sabotage the Chinese exercises, they did not want to provoke this war!" Wilson said.
¡°Wilson, your butt is not even a little crooked!¡± said Lukashevich, the representative of the Soviet-Russian observation group.
"Lukashevich, what do you want to say?"
"The Japanese have admitted their sabotage plan. Shouldn't the East Resistance fight back? I think this is a normal reaction!" Lukashevich said, "If someone does this to us, the Soviet Union, we will definitely let him You know how powerful we are.¡±
"That's your logic!"
"What's wrong with this logic? If you're beaten, you should be a coward. Shouldn't you even be able to fight back?"
"Wilson, just say what you have to say?" U.S. Representative David stepped forward to stop the quarrel between the two.
"I mean, although Japan provoked it first, China seemed to react too quickly, as if it was prepared in advance?" Wilson said.
"Indeed, the Chinese people's reaction was very strange. They did know the Japanese plan in advance and made arrangements early. Obviously, this was premeditated!" Major Pierre said.
"Yep¡¡"
"Even if the Chinese are prepared, it's normal. No one knows that someone is going to sabotage, but they do nothing and let the other party sabotage. Isn't it?" Aled stood up and said.
"Yes, if it were me, I would do the same thing!"
"Yes, I would do the same thing if it were me, but don't you think the Chinese people's reaction is excessive?"
"Excessive. Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, it seems you don't understand the thinking of the Chinese. Japan is an invader to them. The attitude of soldiers of any country towards invaders is the same, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson!" Reid said seriously.
"I think what Lieutenant Colonel Allred said makes sense, even if this is an excuse for the Chinese to launch a war. But this excuse was also brought to the door by the Japanese themselves." Lukashevich said, the East Resistance and the Kwantung Army Vietnam The more intense the fight, the safer the Soviet Far East will be.
"A war between China and Japan will not be beneficial to your countries' interests in the Far East. I think you don't want to see your own interests damaged!" Wilson said.
"Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, what do you want to say?" David asked.
"What I mean is, should we find a way to prevent the outbreak of this war? As far as I know, China and Japan have already been in contact, and they are ready to negotiate a ceasefire in Northeast and North China!" Lieutenant Colonel Wilson said eagerly road.
"Preventing the outbreak of war, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, don't you think this is a ridiculous thing?"
"It's ridiculous, I don't think it's ridiculous. China and Japan are both big countries in Asia. If the war between these two countries continues, it will not be good for us, right?" Wilson said.
The world economy is in a sluggish state, and there is just a glimmer of recovery. It needs a stable environment, and the two huge markets of China and Japan are digesting their excess production capacity. If a war breaks out between China and Japan, it will inevitably affect the recovery of the world economy. !
"What, the representatives of the observation group want to see me?" Lu Shan received Feng Yun's report. Slightly surprised.
"Do they also want to stay?" Qin Shiyu asked.
"Probably not, what are they doing here?"
"Who are all those people?"
"They elected a total of four representatives, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson for the British representative, Major Pierre for the French representative, Lieutenant Colonel Alred for the German representative. and Major David for the American representative." Feng Yundao.
¡°Why are there no representatives from Soviet Russia?¡±
"I don't know, this is a decision they made on their own."
"Let's do this. Invite them to the reception room. It's not convenient to see them here." Lu Shan thought for a moment and ordered.
"Yes, Mr. Lu!"
In the reception room, Wilson and the other four people had already arrived, and Lu Shan walked in accompanied by Feng Yun.
"General Lu!"
"Four gentlemen, please take a seat!" Lu Shan greeted with a smile.
"General Lu, we are here to make a request to you!" Lieutenant Colonel Wilson said.
"Request, what request?"
"We request you to order a halt to the attack on Jehol."
"You want meOrder to stop the attack? " Lu Shan suddenly felt a surge of anger rising from his chest, and his face changed slightly. Behind him, Feng Yun also showed a hint of anger.
"Yes, although I know this is an offense from the Japanese side, we still hope you can exercise restraint. If a war breaks out between China and Japan, it will not be what you and your country want, nor what we want! "Wilson said.
"Is this the intention of Mr. Wilson alone, or the consensus of all four of you?" Lu Shan asked slowly, suppressing the anger in his heart.
"Yes, we in France mean the same thing!" said Young Hero Pierre.
"We, the United States of America, remain neutral, but we hope that General Lu will carefully consider the opinions of Wilson and Piet!" David said.
"I am just a military attache stationed in China and have no right to interfere in your country's military operations, so I will not express any opinions!" Aled said.
Fortunately, these people do not have unanimous opinions. Britain and France are obviously wearing the same pants. The Americans remain neutral and continue to follow the isolation line. As for Germany, it is obvious that they do not want to intervene in this matter, or they also maintain a kind of neutrality.
As for the representatives of the Soviet Union and Russia who did not come, they probably did not want to join the representatives of Britain, the United States, France and Germany, but not coming was also an attitude.
"Mr. Wilson, can you represent the British government?"
"cannot!"
"Then can you represent the British government?"
"You can't do this either!"
"Since you can't represent anything, what qualifications do you have to ask me to stop the order I just issued?" Lu Shan asked with a sneer.
"General Lu, this is a request. Please consider it carefully. If you insist on going your own way, it will bring you unpredictable consequences!" Wilson said, with a strong sense of warning and threat in his words!