At the beginning, the highest authorities indeed wanted to regain Wuhan through military means. However, the losses caused to the government by the First World War in Eastern Sichuan were beyond imagination. The losses of troops, supplies, weapons and ammunition were still minor. The biggest trouble was The Japanese army carried out unrestricted germ warfare in order to delay the reinforcement of the mountain city by the national army. Thousands of plagues broke out throughout the southwest. In addition to the plague, there were also cholera, typhoid, diphtheria, red dysentery and anthrax. As time went by, the harm of the epidemic increased. It has already emerged. According to incomplete statistics, the number of infected people has exceeded 500,000.
According to the understanding of government officials from the highest authorities, the actual number of infected people is probably more than one million. If it is not dealt with quickly, the rear area may be completely paralyzed. Therefore, compared with completely defeating the Japanese on the battlefield, , he hopes that his basic base will not collapse.
Wang Yue has an almost unlimited supply of various special medicines and anti-epidemic equipment, and no cash is required. All he needs is an IOU signed jointly by the highest authorities and the man from northern Shaanxi. There is not even any agreement on the repayment period or interest. , Wang Yue has already thought about it. In the future, even if the government repays the loan, he will have to make up for it to the people in other ways. After all, strictly speaking, if he had not entered the time and space of Bright Sword, the people of the Southwest would not have. This time.
After Lieutenant General Ishihara Wanji's request for a talk was conveyed to the mountain city, the highest authorities agreed to the other party's request after careful consideration. While asking Li Yunlong's new army and the national army troops heading south from the Dabie Mountains to fight steadily, they also asked Uncle Er Guo to fly in person. Go to Wuhan and Ishihara Wan'er to conduct substantive consultations on the current war situation in Hubei Province and the way out for the Eleventh Army.
Three days later, on April 7, 1941, Uncle Nikuni and Lieutenant General Kanji Ishihara reached a secret treaty in Wuhan known as the Song-Shi Agreement. The treaty stipulated:
1. China promises to allow Japan to evacuate the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops, expatriates, and supplies from Wuhan between April 7, 1941 and May 7, 1941. During this period, the Chinese Air Force will no longer bomb the urban area of Wuhan and the Yangtze River. Japanese ships on board.
2. The Japanese side promises to ensure that property, materials, and facilities that cannot be evacuated are intact and not to damage urban infrastructure and industrial equipment.
3. China promised that all Japanese prisoners and wounded except the Sixth Division and the Thirteenth Division would be treated well. At the same time, the Jingguan built by Chief Bai in the Sixth Theater would be destroyed, and the Sixth Division and the Thirteenth Division would be properly buried. Regiment killed and captured soldiers.
4. The Japanese side promises to withdraw all Japanese and puppet troops in northern Hubei to Wuhan. The troops will be lightly armed and simple, not carry too much property and supplies, and will not cause damage to road infrastructure.
5. China promises that the troops of the Ninth Theater will defend themselves on the spot and will not continue to advance towards Jiujiang. The Japanese and puppet troops who are still resisting in the hinterland of the Ninth Theater will be allowed to return to Jiujiang, and will be allowed to carry the most basic self-defense weapons and provide a small amount of dry food.
6. The Japanese side promised to hand over all the anti-Japanese elements and prisoners of war in the prisons in the areas controlled by the Eleventh Army to the Yamashiro government, and the personnel "over there" would also be secretly handed over to the Yamashiro government.
7. China promised to withdraw from the urban area of Nanchang and hand over the city to the Japanese troops who once again invaded the vicinity of Nanchang. However, the Japanese side must not prevent us from orderly evacuating people and seizing supplies. The time limit is also one month. For those who cannot evacuate, We will no longer destroy materials and facilities.
8. Japan promises to provide sufficient antiviral serum and other therapeutic drugs to the Yamashiro government to assist the Yamashiro government in controlling the bacterial weapons released by the far-right Japanese military officers and soldiers.
9. China promised that during the Eleventh Army's withdrawal from Hubei Province, as long as Japan does not bomb our big cities, it will not take the initiative to bomb the Japanese mainland.
10. The Japanese side promises to protect the safety of the families and property of the officers and soldiers of the uprising Imperial Army, and will hand over the families of senior officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army who have been detained to the Chinese intelligence agency.
11. China promises that during the period when Japan’s Eleventh Army of the China Expeditionary Force withdraws from Wuhan, it will no longer implement the rewards for retired officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division and the Thirteenth Division, and the Chinese secret service will no longer participate in and assist in the pursuit. Take action to avoid causing social unrest and panic. In return, Japan will "lost" documents recording relevant content when it evacuates Wuhan.
12. The Japanese side promised that Lieutenant General Ishihara Kanji, commander of the Eleventh Army of Japan’s China Expeditionary Force, promised that while he was in charge of the Eleventh Army, the Eleventh Army would never be the first to use biological and chemical weapons to attack the Yamashiro government forces.
13. China has promised to provide humanitarian condolences to the families of non-Sixth Division and Thirteenth Division soldiers who died in the Wushan Battle, tentatively setting a military coupon of 10,000 per person.
14. The Japanese side promised that during the Eleventh Army's withdrawal from Wuhan, the Japanese Navy will no longer actively attack Chinese military and civilian targets in Hubei Province and the area west of Hubei Province.
15. Hu Xia promised to allow the remaining Japanese fleet officers and soldiers trapped in the Small Three Gorges area to return to Wuhan and will provide necessary assistance.
16. The two sides agreed that after the New First Army arrived at the outskirts of Wuhan, they would start an "urban offensive and defensive battle" with the 16th Division. The two sides sent observers to each other and agreed that the daily consumption of artillery shells would not exceed 100 rounds and the ammunition consumption would not exceed 1,000 rounds. .
On the surface, the Agreement seems to have given the Japanese a big advantage, but in fact, the government has gained a complete Wuhan and Northern Hubei, and the people of Hubei Province have also avoided innocent harm. At the same time, the Japanese side has The medicines provided can also stabilize the situation in the rear area more quickly and alleviate the suffering of the people. The national army has been fighting for several months and is in urgent need of repairs. Just like the overwhelming advance armored division of the ninth theater, the equipment adequacy rate is not even 30%. If it cannot be reached, ammunition and fuel have also bottomed out. It is still at the end of the war. Even if the "Agreement" is not reached, it will be difficult to advance all the way to Jiujiang City.
However, Ishihara Wanji still missed a link, and that was Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong would naturally strictly implement the "Agreement" between the two parties, but he would still try his best to find some small loopholes to let Ishihara Wanji and the 16th Division felt uncomfortable.
Just like Article 4 of the agreement stipulates that the Japanese army will not carry too much property and supplies when they retreat. Li Yunlong implemented this to the letter. Didn't you mention weapons and equipment? Okay, let's disarm all the Japanese and puppet troops. As for the excessive goods and materials, there are no standards, okay, let's requisition them all, and then each person will be given a bag of aged grain rice balls and a water hyacinth. Send on the road, what? Personal finance? We respect this very much. Regardless of whether it is the property of the Japanese government or suitable people, it will be guaranteed. The Eleventh Army will use military stamps to pay 100% of the premium based on the valuation. It is reasonable and legal. If you have any objections, please contact the Ministry of Finance. , go to the military department, go to the issuing authority, anyway, you said, this is legal currency.
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