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Text Chapter 1401 [Open your mouth and a fly will fly in]

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    There was a reason for this. Hoover was here to negotiate business, not to act as a spy, so there was no radio station following him.  There was no radio station, but they wanted to contact him. The British were also thinking hard, but they were sure that Hoover was in Zhejiang.  Where is Zhejiang!  Wang Xueqian's territory, let's just stop beating around the bush and send a telegram to Wang Xueqian urging Hoover to come to Shanghai.  But why are the British so impatient?  Baron Lee Farrar and Sir Lapson, as the plenipotentiary representatives of the British Far East affairs, were equivalent to the imperial ministers of the previous dynasty, and had the right to kill first and report later.  But no matter how powerful you are, you are still here to do things. If the things are not done, you will not be able to get rid of the consequences when you go back?  Besides, the conflict between the Republic of China and Britain did not involve fighting and killing.  Their only worry was that Hoover would privately sign an agreement with Wang Xueqian that they were not responsible for, which would put the Far East mediation in a passive position.  But the British never imagined that the situation would be much worse than they expected.  The negotiations between Hoover and Wang Xueqian were under the guise of trade, but the key point of the actual negotiations was the public concession in Xiamen.  If the United States returns the concession in Xiamen, the British, who only own a small area of ????port in Xiamen, will have no meaning in retaining the concession.  Because the British Concession in Xiamen simply cannot make room for residential areas, the foreign residential areas in Xiamen are basically in the public concession, most of which belong to the original American Concession.  For this reason, Hoover no longer needed to hide it. He directly wrote the content of the reply on the back of the telegram. He didn't care about Chen Brai who was standing next to him and said directly: "Help me get this out of the way."  A telegram was sent to the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai for Consul Keninghan to coordinate. "The coordination time is false, but the delay is true.  Hoover also wants to fight for key issues, such as retaining Xiamen's commercial district and obtaining more customs clearance privileges for U.S. goods at Ningbo Port.  Unfortunately, when asked this question, Wang Xueqian used tariffs to excuse him, while Gu Weijun's eyes lit up Hoover thought maliciously that this guy would not wait for him to negotiate with the British and help the Republic of China get back the money.  Customs taxation rights?  How could he do such a stupid thing?  Hoover thought this way, as for the British urging him to go to Shanghai, there was no secret involved at all. It was the same to send it to the radio station under Wang Xueqian as to send it to the telegraph office. Let Chen Bulei do it for him, and he could save the errands.  effort.  But as time went by, there were many such things, and Hoover asked Wang Xueqian with a righteous face: "Your Excellency, Governor, do you have any questions for your British friends?" At first, Wang Xueqian really didn't react.  I feel like this doesn't seem very reasonable!  Can you still do this?  If the British really knew about it, could Britain and the United States still be friends?  It seems that foreigners also know the profound meaning of the saying "Friends are for sale".  But seeing that Hoover didn't look like he was just talking casually, Wang Xueqian began to mutter in his heart: The war in Shanghai can't be fought. If the British spend so much energy just to buy time for the fleet, it's nonsense.  If it were really preparing for war, the British government would not send any diplomatic mission to Shanghai to provide diplomatic mediation.  ¡°It is estimated that at first the British wanted to encourage the Japanese to rush to the front and fight the Republic of China Unfortunately, the Japanese government did not accept this approach at all.  Although the Japanese economy has begun to enter the era of large-scale industry, the domestic finance has been operating very hard.  The cabinet even had to cut infrastructure projects to free up the navy's huge military spending.  At this juncture, everything is fake, and ensuring the Navy¡¯s military expenditure is the first priority.  Japan simply has no money to fight a war and cannot afford it.  Even if the army is jumping up and down, clamoring that just one division can wipe out Wang Xueqian's military strength, but in fact, the officers who are speaking are too young and have never seen anything.  Like idealists, they stubbornly believe that the Japanese Army is the best in Asia and has no rivals in Asia.  However, senior Japanese Army officials with a little bit of strategic interest knew that if the Army wanted to attack Wang Xueqian, it would not only have to send a large number of troops, but this number should not be less than 100,000, or even more.  And it also needs the support of the navy.  But don¡¯t forget, Japan¡¯s current Prime Minister Tomosaburo Kato is not from the Army. He is a Navy Marshal and the spokesman for Japan¡¯s promotion of large-scale naval shipbuilding. At the same time, he also has another identity, the son-in-law of the president of the Mitsubishi Foundation, directly  Representing the interests of the chaebol and the navy, he certainly would not approve of a war breaking out in a short period of time, especially when facing the army spokesman Tanaka Yiichi, he would be tit for tat and refuse to give in.  In fact, he disdainfully believed that this was a ploy by the Army to defraud military expenditures.  And that guy Tanaka just wants to use the army's momentum to add more chips to his political status, that's all.    Just like Kato Yusaburo asked Yamamoto Isoroku, whom he valued very much, about the advantages and disadvantages of the Japanese Army and the Zhejiang Army.  Seeing that there was no one around, Yamamoto Isoroku said without even thinking: "In a battle with less than 100,000 soldiers, the army will be defeated!" This answer was too simple and crude, but Yamamoto was a naval rookie who advocated air superiority. Yamamoto Isoroku  Liu believed that the Japanese Army was like a battle between a wolf and a vulture in front of the Zhejiang Army, and there was no comparison.  In terms of aviation industry, Japan has lagged behind the Republic of China. It is obvious that Yamamoto Isoroku is no longer optimistic about the aircraft technology provided to Japan by Britain.  Even the aircraft equipped are not as good as those of the Zhejiang Army of the Republic of China, so the balance of the war will tilt towards the Zhejiang Army from the beginning, and the final result can be imagined.  If the navy supplies and supports at sea, it may be attacked by Zhejiang aircraft Judging from the lessons learned by the British, warships that patrol heavily are greatly threatened.  This does not mean that heavy cruisers must be able to protect themselves, but there is no precedent for an aircraft being sunk.  Maybe one day the Zhejiang Army's morale will break out and this precedent will be set?  Therefore, no matter how the British instigate it, Japan does not want to go to war.  It is not easy for Japan's combined fleet to save a little wealth, and it cannot be used without that ship.  ¡°In this way, the British have to start the journey of mediation. This is the most difficult thing, to unite all members who can have an impact on the negotiations.  The appearance of Americans made the British realize that this was also someone to unite with.  But what Baron Lee Farrar never imagined was that Hoover had already 'rebelled'. He did not want to collude with the British at all, and used diplomatic means to pressure Wang Xueqian to agree to conditions that were against his will.  Instead, they wanted to gain more favor from Wang Xueqian, so that cooperation between Zhejiang, Zhejiang chaebols, and even the Republic of China Chamber of Commerce in the entire Yangtze River Basin could even squeeze British industrial products out of the Republic of China market and dominate the entire Republic of China industrial product import market.  .  This idea is easy to understand. Following the United Kingdom is like being a little brother, which damages the image of the United States as a major country.  Of course, if the British offer enough benefits, Hoover will not refuse.  But, can Baron Lee Farrar come up with any conditions to attract the United States?  No, nothing.  ¡°Only using the excuse of being an ally requires the United States to provide unconditional support. Only a fool would do this.  But in fact, Baron Lee Farrar still naively thought that Hoover used the UK as his base to help the American war in Europe and overseas Chinese to leave Europe.  It should be said Hoover should have a good feeling about Britain.  In addition, Australia, South Africa and other countries all have Hoover's business, so there is no reason to cause unpleasant things with the British government.  What he didn¡¯t expect was that despite looking around, the telegram that Hoover had not come to Shanghai was delivered to him.  Instead, Consul General Keninghan, whom he had met recently, appeared at the British Consulate General in his two iconic red Cadillacs.  When Consul General Keninghan handed over a notice to split up the Xiamen Public Settlement and withdraw the United States from all British concessions in the Republic of China, the smile on the face of the British Consul General in Shanghai, Sir Considine, suddenly froze.  Stunned, he looked at Consul General Keninghan with eyes as dull as a dead fish, and then the corners of his mouth began to twist with anger: "Your Excellency, is this an ultimatum?" "Of course not, Britain is the most powerful country in Europe.  We are an important ally, and we will not do anything so sentimental." Keninghan was still in the mood to make a joke and betray his allies. This kind of thing has been done countless times by the British.  Americans have also been stabbed, and I have never seen British people show any guilty expressions before!  But it¡¯s the Americans¡¯ turn to do it, and the British look like they killed their father and their enemies, right?  Consul General Keninghan was very disdainful of this, but with an almost friendly smile, facing Sir Considine who was about to explode, he explained: "The Congress passed a resolution in June. In view of the complex situation in the southeast of the Republic of China, the government and citizens of the Republic of China  The dissatisfaction of European and American countries in the Republic of China gave rise to worries and pessimistic judgments about the situation. ""And then" Sir Considine almost gritted his teeth and asked, seeming like a gangster fighting on the street. If he disagrees, he will say something.  The white knife goes in and the red knife comes out.  Kninghan seemed to deliberately offend Sir Considine, and he shrugged his shoulders pretending to be relaxed: "So Congress hopes to return part of the concession in the United States to ease local tensions. This is also to break up the Xiamen public  The reason for the concession" Sir Considine was completely unaware of what Keninghan said after that. He was consciously buzzing in his ears and feeling dizzy.  This feeling is comparable to meeting an acquaintance on the street in the afternoon. When he opens his mouth to say hello, a fly unwilling to be left alone flies into his mouth.  What was so frustrating was that when he looked intently, there was something in front of him.A common building on the street, with a sign hanging on it, two big characters showing public toilets!  (To be continued.)
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