Chapter 287: Ambiguity (Part 1)

(... During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, many areas appeared in many areas, that is, some areas, the puppet regimes and the Japanese army did not enter, and those local puppet regimes were stationed in administration; the traitors in the puppet regime were very hateful, they asked the devils to eat Chinese food to fight the Chinese and use Chinese minerals to produce weapons; but if they had not eased like this, perhaps the people who died in the war of resistance would have been several times more... Excerpted from "My Memories of the Anti-Japanese War - Cao Xiaomin")

"This chief is really a little different." He Yan thought that when she was in the "holy land", her leaders and leaders always talked to her on excuses and cared about her life. Even after she was spotted by the TKI, some leaders found out about her whereabouts through various channels, and asked her leaders who were training in TKI to convey their greetings and concerns.

But Cao Xiaomin is really different. After saying hello to her, he never paid attention to her and Teacher Xie again and talked about the serious matters, and he didn't even look at her again!

What are they talking about? It's very important! She found that his face was extremely solemn...

What!? The Nanjing government actually wanted to establish a relationship with itself!? The information brought by Xie Zhong surprised Cao Xiaomin!

At this time, the full name of the Nanjing government was "Reform Government of the Republic of China", and the Supreme Leader's President was named Liang Hongzhi; Cao Xiaomin's entire understanding of this person came from newspapers in the Kuomintang-controlled area, and he only knew that this person had worked in the Beiyang government before... In fact, Cao Xiaomin couldn't even explain what the Beiyang government was, so if it weren't for Xie Zhong's mention, he would have forgotten such a person. In addition, he was devoted to fighting wars, and he really didn't pay attention to a traitor.

"Actually, this matter was still the one who was threading the needle. When the representatives found me, I was like the chief at the beginning and didn't want to pay attention to him at all..." Xie Zhong said: "But later, I heard him say something, but I felt that I couldn't ignore him..."

The representatives of the Nanjing Reform Government came here to ask Cao Xiaomin to give up a certain territory and everyone was in peace!

According to the logic, Cao Xiaomin would kill someone once he asked, but in the end he fell into deep thought like Xie Zhong - he had to seriously consider this issue!

The reason proposed by Nanjing is very simple: after last year's food shortage, if the farmland in northern Jiangsu continues to be abandoned in the war this year, not only will the food shortage continue but also become more and more intense. Even if the fields that have been abandoned for two years will be reduced on a large scale in the future. How to solve the people's livelihood in northern Jiangsu after the war? Could it be that a large number of people who escaped from the war continue to be refugees?... Nanjing has proposed that Cao Xiaomin can fully comply with people's livelihood and give up a certain buffer after the war, everyone will not invade each other to benefit people's livelihood!

Since Cao Xiaomin's troops marched in a big circle to the south of Gaoyou Lake, he had heard the local soldiers in the township discussing privately. They were very worried that the food shortage will continue this year: the farmland that was not flooded has also been left unmanaged due to the escaping of the army. Many rice fields have grown as high as the seedlings... The poor harvest this year is basically foregone conclusion. If the war continues to burn, it is estimated that no one will manage these rice fields within a month, and the yield will be reduced to about 60% of the normal level!

The war will always be completed and the army will be transferred, but what about the common people? Now there are countless refugees gathering in the area north of Baoying, many of them are not ready to flee to the mainland, including psychologically and materially. What should they do!?

The main reason for the refugee wave was the infamous reputation of the Sixth Division, and various anti-Japanese war propaganda. However, many of the people who fled north of Baoying could no longer hold on. They could only rely on the government and some local charity to live in a foreign land, and their faces were pale and thin. When Cao Xiaomin's troops arrived in Baoying, he had heard a lot of news that people were starving to death. Almost everyone stranded in that area was looking forward to the end of the war and could return to their hometowns and go back to take care of the familiar lands!

"I hope to have a serious talk with you. I have met someone who has met. Actually, I know that person. He is from a gang..." Xie Zhong said carefully while looking at Cao Xiaomin. He knew how much the boss hated him. Seeing Cao Xiaomin, Xie Zhong was not angry on the spot and said a little relieved: "They said that the *** people agreed not to engage in massacres, and the grain collection standards can be agreed upon, etc.... By the way, Nanjing also said that in order to let northern Jiangsu resume farming as soon as possible, the *** people also agreed to help farmers plow oxen and other production tools..."

"Do you believe what the *** people said?" Cao Xiaomin asked. If he had used this sentence to ask himself that the brothers in the army must have been ridiculed and contempt, but this time his tone sounded like asking Xie Zhong for his opinion!

"I..." Xie Zhong observed Cao Xiaomin again before he hesitating: "Actually, I believe it a little... People themselves lack food. If northern Jiangsu has completely lost production, I think they can't stand it... Also, I believe Brother Liu..."

The figure of the Jianghu boss who was extremely tall in the light and even sacrificed his life to rescue the four lonely troops appeared clearly in his mind. Liu Junfeng is indeed worthy of trust. A person who was willing to destroy himself in order to fight against the war of resistance and a person who was determined to let his younger brother go to *** to fight for the country to die in order to prove his innocent heart is indeed worthy of trust!

At this moment, Cao Xiaomin suddenly realized how great those who were willing to stay behind enemy lines as "traitors" to fight for this nation: many people can do it if passionate men sacrifice their lives for the country, but if you carry it on your back, you don't know how long it takes to carry it, and you can fight silently with the infamy that you can't clear up for your whole life?? If Cao Xiaomin agreed to negotiate with the Nanjing Reform Government at this moment and finally negotiated something, then once this matter is exposed, he really can't imagine what consequences will be!

I must never do this! Because I am a well-known hero of the War of Resistance against Japan in the country. Once such a thing happened, it would be a great spiritual blow to the military and civilians of the War of Resistance against Japan in the country! Cao Xiaomin almost immediately decided; but another voice in his heart kept asking: "Do you ignore the people? Do you ignore the millions of creatures on this land?..."

If I really talked to Nanjing, this matter would not be kept secret. What did Chiang Kai-shek say? ***Will the other side take the opportunity to drown himself in saliva?... After so much experience, Cao Xiaomin has never been as difficult as this moment.

"Nanjing said that they don't want much territory, as long as we give in a little... They said that they are also Chinese, and I hope the superiors can understand..." Xie Zhong and Nanjing seemed to have already talked, and they might even agree to something about Nanjing! Cao Xiaomin frowned even more after hearing what he said: No matter whether it is Xie Zhong or something else, as long as they reach any intention with Nanjing, once it is exposed, will it fall on his head? This is not a joke. The charge of Tongri is much more serious than the front-line disobedience! Moreover, now even Xie Zhong dares to act like this, so what about the others? By the way, Xie Zhong can have an ambiguous relationship with Nanjing, what about the others? Cao Xiaomin felt a chill in his heart: The Sixth Division has not been destroyed yet! The backyard has caught fire?! He tried his best to tell himself to calm down and find out the situation first...

"It is absolutely impossible to give up the territory to the *** people. If you don't say anything else, no one can even enter the ancestral grave in the future..." Cao Xiaomin said: "I am also very worried about the people, but this cannot be at the cost of land, nor at the cost of not resisting!"

"Nanjing said that they reached a consensus with the *** people, and everyone knew the superior's determination to resist Japan, so they asked the *** people not to enter the buffer zone, where they could only be stationed by their Nanjing government..." Xie Zhong's voice became increasingly weaker and weaker: "Even in the season of collecting grain, the *** people would not drive in, and it was up to the Nanjing government to decide. It was just... it was just that if we took action against them, the Japanese army would go in to protect them..."

I was so furious that I couldn’t go in: Is it true that people wouldn’t go in? If I take a step back, I really won’t go further? Can I believe this?! Xie Zhong spoke to the Nanjing government at once, which made people even more angry... But if all this could be achieved, it would have saved millions of people!

When Cao Xiaomin was so angry that he thought that the Japanese could eat rice produced in northern Jiangsu and requisition the people in northern Jiangsu to repair fortifications for themselves to fight with him. But if he didn't do this, if he left a way to support the people, could the National Government give the people another way to survive? Where did his troops in northern Jiangsu do their future supply?

"Let's do this, we must adhere to four principles: First, the Japanese army cannot enter the designated boundary, and no soldier can do it. Second, the Nanjing puppet government's standards for collecting grain in the buffer zone must be determined by us, and they must strictly abide by it when implementing it. Third, they must provide local people with a considerable number of production tools, and we must verify these materials to ensure that they are handed over to the people. Fourth, the buffer zone does not equal the peaceful area, and we will also fight the Japanese from there, and the Japanese will not be allowed to

Revenge on the people of the buffer zone." Cao Xiaomin locked his eyebrows and said, "Reply to them first. If these four principles are passed by us, then talk to them. As for what the Japanese protect them, you say to Nanjing, 'I, Cao Xiaomin, want to start, and the people themselves can't protect themselves. Let's see how they protect you'... Think about so much first, let's talk so much first, what do I think of to add later..." (In history, many buffer zones and pseudo-occupied areas had similar agreements...)

Although he was helpless and hated the traitors to the core, Cao Xiaomin finally decided to maintain contact with Nanjing for the sake of the people...

(Author: These contents are difficult to write because they are easy to cause misunderstandings, but they are historical facts. Without these pseudo-government as buffers, if China and Japan do not compromise in every place, perhaps the people in the War of Resistance Against Japan would die several times more! I know a friend from Wuhua who said that his grandfather once discussed with local gentry when the *** people came and became an official of the pseudo-government in Guangzhou and preserved the local people. But after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he had to bear the matter alone. In the end, his family property was deprived of by the town party who was planning to work together at that time, and his friend's grandfather hanged him. To this day, he still recorded that he was a traitor... not speaking for the traitor who seeks honor for ***, but just sighing for some helpless and ambiguous people. In that era, it was difficult to explain the right and wrong...)
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