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The latest website: On the long Mikhail Avenue, the military and police in neat uniforms stood on both sides of the avenue, and behind them were cheering crowds, who were waving the Romanian flag and the German *** in their hands. , Welcoming the visit of Hitler, the German head of state, who accompanied him by car to take over the cheers of the crowd was Prime Minister Mihalakah.

Hitler waved to the cheering crowd from time to time, which made the welcoming crowd more excited and the cheers became higher.

"I didn't expect the people in your country to be so enthusiastic. I'm really flattered."

Hitler also smiled and told Prime Minister Mihalakah about his feelings while waving his hands.

In the face of Hitler's words, Prime Minister Mihalake answered politely. "Where, this is the respect of the Romanian people to the head of state for leading Germany to stand up again. The friendship between our two countries can be said to have a long history. Germany has always been our country's most important country. Regarding Germany's previous experience, our people are all Have considerable sympathy."

The words of Prime Minister Mihalakai touched Hitler a lot, and he continued to speak. "I'm not afraid of your joke. After retiring from the army, I also received relief funds at that time, and I was very clear about the difficulties of the people at that time. At that time, the only thing that helped us was Romania, and the food aided by His Majesty Edel made the The famine-stricken Germany has felt the care from the outside world, which we have never forgotten in Germany.”

Hitler was talking about Eder's food aid to Germany after the end of the First World War. In the face of Hitler's words, Prime Minister Miharakai naturally wouldn't talk about unhappy things, but he said it slowly. "Our two countries have always had close ties in terms of military, economics and trade. As far back as the Kaiser era, the help from Germany enabled Romania to develop adequately in terms of military and economic development. The subsequent economic, trade and military cooperation between the two countries , also benefit us all. So there is a deep and close connection between our two countries.”

What Mihalake said is right, except that Romania joined the Allied Powers during World War I, the military and economic ties between Germany and Romania have always been very good, and Germany has always occupied the position of Romania's import and export chief. As for Hitler's trip this time, Romania still has some speculation, but how to talk about this requires Eder to make a decision.

So what is our dear Edel Majesty doing?

He is now meeting with Japanese special envoy Yoshizaburo Nomura, who later served as Japan's ambassador to the United States and made outstanding contributions to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. He has only recently retired from the reserve service. In addition to his in-depth research on international law, his appointment as special envoy this time has a lot to do with the defeat of the Lanfeng Battle that Japan just suffered.

Because of the defeat in the Battle of Xuzhou, more than 30,000 casualties (influenced by Romanian aid) failed to capture the Japanese army that the Chinese army was besieging and annihilating.

Quite unhappy. Then they followed the footsteps of the Chinese army's withdrawal in an attempt to retaliate, and they pursued westward to occupy Lanfeng, Guide and other places, while their troops fought with the Chinese troops stationed in the area.

The 14th Division of the Japanese Army, led by Kenji Doihara, intended to raid Lanfeng from behind and seize the back road of the Chinese army.

On May 17, more than 20,000 people from the 14th Division crossed the Yellow River, intending to raid Lanfeng, a strategic location on the Longhai Line, to cut off the Chinese army's back path.

Facing the 14th Division's approach to Lan Feng, the Chinese side was shocked. However, considering that the enemy was advancing alone, a battle plan to encircle and wipe out the 14th Division near Lanfeng was launched. So the Chinese side dispatched troops and prepared to kill Kenji Doihara in Lanfeng. So the 74th Army, the 64th Army, the 27th Army, and the 71st Army, more than 100,000 troops began to prepare to encircle the 14th Division.

Considering the tight time and heavy tasks in this battle, the commanding department also urgently transferred the 43rd Army, its dearest darling, from Kaifeng to Lanfeng. Maybe you don't know much about the 43rd Army, but you are absolutely familiar with the commander of the 43rd Army. Its commander is Du Yuming.

After receiving more than 100 Jackal IV tanks and self-propelled artillery supplements from Romania, the 204th Division, which was trained by the Armored Corps, belongs to the army configuration. In addition to the 202th Division of the Armored Forces, the 43rd Army also consists of the 127th Division and the 79th Division. In order to keep up with the footsteps of the armored troops, these two divisions are equipped with bicycles, which can be regarded as human-powered motorcycle divisions.

Due to the need to be familiar with and cooperate with tank operations, the army missed the Songhu and Xuzhou battles before. Until now, the high command decided to release its trump card and deal a devastating blow to the arrogant 14th Division.

Therefore, in the battle, the 43rd Army was used as the arrow, supplemented by the 27th Army and the 64th Army, and the 14th Division was hit like a hammer on the waist of the 14th Division.

The Japanese army was also panicked by the sudden attack of the tank. The Douding tank it was equipped with was not an opponent of the Jackal IV at all, and its anti-tank capability was very limited.

Therefore, the underestimated Japanese army collapsed, and a large number of Japanese troops fled, and abandoned guns, artillery, ammunition, and vehicles were thrown everywhere. Let the 27th Army and the 64th Army who followed the battle smile happily, as for the expelled Japanese army, it was divided into three parts that were not connected. The results of the 43rd Army greatly encouraged the Chinese army. Next, facing the Japanese army, which was divided into three parts, lacking guns and ammunition, the Chinese army immediately launched a series of attacks one after another, without giving the opponent any respite at all.

In the face of the 14th Division, which suffered a crushing defeat, the Japanese army will of course not give up. Its 10th Division, 16th Division, and the mixed 3rd and 5th brigades are desperately trying to break through the obstacles and rescue the 14th Division that was struggling. group.

However, under the desperate obstruction of the Chinese army, they could not make a breakthrough at all. And all the units of the 14th Division were aware of the pressure on the periphery, and their offensive was even more ferocious.

And in order to ensure this battle, the Air Force put all the 46 Albatross fighter jets currently available into this battle. As the most advanced fighter aircraft of its air force, the Albatross has a great reputation in the sky of the Far East, and many Japanese pilots have a very deep image of it.

And this time, in order to protect the smooth battle of Lanfeng, this can be regarded as a hemorrhage of the Air Force. Therefore, when the ground battle is in full swing, the sky is also experiencing a desperate struggle.

As for the officers and soldiers of the defending 14th Division, after losing a lot of heavy firepower and falling into a desperate situation, although they struggled to resist the fierce attack of the Chinese army. But in the end, in the face of the overwhelmingly dominant Chinese army, failure is inevitable. First, the Japanese army in Luowangzhai was defeated, then the Japanese army in Quxingji was annihilated, and finally the Japanese army received a farewell telegram from Sanyizhai, which made the Japanese army fall into an extremely disappointed mood.

In the end, only more than 2,000 people from the 14th Division escaped and ascended to heaven, and the division leader Kenji Doihara was killed. In the face of the fact that a division commander died in battle and nearly 20,000 people died, it made Japan more urgent to cut off China's foreign aid, so this time Nomura Yoshizaburo's mission is very important.

Because compared with Germany, Romania's military assistance against the Republic of China in the war was more important. Ordnance decommissioned from the Romanian army was continuously imported from Annan and Guangzhou by sea, supplementing its losses, which once gave Japan the idea of ​​​​killing at sea. But considering the consequences of angering Romania, Japan backed off.

So this time, Japan is also fully prepared, I saw Nomura Yoshizaburo said quite politely. "Your Majesty Edel, the war in the Far East is a very unfavorable situation for the world. Our country has not thought of overthrowing the Chiang government, but because the government is deeply influenced by communism, our country only wants to punish it. No Thinking of such a big reaction, our country is also involuntarily involved in this war."

Edel looked at special envoy Nomura Yoshizaburo who was talking nonsense in front of him, and he didn't speak until he finished speaking. "Mr. Special Envoy, I don't think it's more than a dispute about who is right and who is wrong in this war. I also know the purpose of your country's visit this time. But this condition cannot meet the needs of our country at all. So expensive The country’s request, we cannot agree to it.”

Eder has already seen the conditions for Japan to stop Romania from providing assistance to the Republic of China, and I have to say that Japan's stingy side is vividly displayed above. Compared with the profits of nearly 200 million lei that the Republic of China can bring to Romania every year, the conditions given by Japan only give a profit of 40 to 50 million, mainly because Japan purchases materials from Romania.

In the face of Edel's rejection, Nomura Yoshizaburo was not angry at all, because his reliance did not come from this. I saw him take out a document and hand it to Edel to speak. "This is a picture taken by our country. It shows that the Soviet Union has appeared in the Republic of China. They are slowly replacing your country and Germany, and they are playing an important role."

That's right, this is the trump card of Nomura Yoshizaburo, because Japan is very aware of Romania's inaction with the Soviet Union, and as long as the Republic of China has Soviet assistance or even an advisory group, Romania will never agree. Because the Romanian people will not agree, even if the country has interests, it will not share the interests of the Republic of China with its enemy, the Soviet Union. So this is the key that Nomura Yoshizaburo feels can persuade Romania.

Sure enough, Nomura Yoshizaburo's words silenced Edel. In fact, he knew about the Soviet aid. From December 1, 1937, the Soviet Union assisted the Republic of China with pilots, intending to use the Republic of China to contain Japan and reduce the pressure on the Far East.

But in 1938, the aid of the Soviet Union began to increase sharply, mainly because the Republic of China consumed too much, and some were hungry, which made Germany the first to express dissatisfaction. Hitler, who was visiting for this reason, complained abnormally about it. At a deeper level, it is more that Germany needs to choose between China and Japan.

Romania actually needs to make a choice, but Edeldo's love for his motherland in his previous life made him deliberately suppress this choice.

However, as Nomura Yoshizaburo made the topic clear, Edel knew that this choice had to be made, so he picked up this photo of the Soviet Union and the Republic of China soldiers, looked at it and said. "Thank you, Your Excellency Special Envoy, for giving me this photo. But we still need to discuss your country's plan."

And Nomura Jisaburo was prepared for Edel's words, knowing that this kind of thing could not be agreed immediately. However, he knew that this time, there was already a six-layered success. This is a big victory for Japan, knowing that every request from Japan has been directly blocked back.

After sending the Japanese special envoy Yoshizaburo Nomura away, Edel picked up this photo and felt a lot. He said something silently in his heart. "I can only help here, my dear country."

After speaking, Edel immediately called a guard. "Go and invite Ambassador Zhu immediately, I have something to look for him."

When Ambassador Zhu arrived in a hurry, he saw Eder playing with a photo.

"I don't know, Your Majesty Edel, do you have anything to do with me this time?"

Looking at Ambassador Zhu in front of him, Eder put the photo in front of him. "Your country is in contact with the Soviet Union?"

Eder's words flashed a trace of panic in Ambassador Zhu's eyes. He is different from people in China. He has been in Romania for many years and knows that this country is disgusted with the Soviet Union. So he hastily denied it. "Your Majesty is joking, this is just a photo from the Soviet Union's visit before."

"Okay, don't lie to me."

Edel interrupted the other party's words and continued. "From November last year to January this year, the Soviet Union has dispatched a flight group to the Republic of China three times. As far as I know, the first batch of aid your country received from the Soviet Union in March was arms worth 50 million US dollars."

Hearing Edel's exact statement of the time and scale of aid, Zhu Jialuo knew that although he did not know the domestic and Soviet aid plans, he knew that he could not continue to deny it, otherwise things would get worse.

I saw him speak. "Your Majesty, I don't know much about this situation. But please believe that our country has always been grateful to Romania. Our country's current war with Japan has caused too many losses and consumption. In order to ensure that our country is not oppressed by the Japanese aggressors. , no, don't do something that goes against the original intention."

When Zhu Jialuo was talking, he was also carefully observing Edel's expression, but unfortunately, this His Majesty was expressionless throughout the whole process.

Edel did not speak until Ambassador Zhu finished speaking. "As for the arms contract that you sent to purchase last time, we will prepare it for you as soon as possible. But this is the last arms sale of our country to your country. Next, our country will have its own considerations,..."

When Ambassador Zhu Jialuo walked out of the palace, his face was completely pale. The driver hurried up to grab him. "Ambassador, what's wrong with you?"

Ambassador Zhu Jialuo, who was called back to God by the driver, held the driver's hand tightly and said hurriedly. "Hurry back to the embassy, ​​I have an emergency to report to the country."

The reason for Zhu Jialuo's gaffe is that Romania's relations with China have undergone tremendous changes. The reason is the assistance of the Soviet Union, which made Romania decide to stop continuing arms sales to China. How can this not make him gaffe.

The Republic of China successively obtained equipment of more than 300,000 people from Romania. Although most of these equipments are second-hand and outdated, they are only outdated in Europe. In terms of confrontation, only elite troops can obtain these equipments.

And relying on Romanian weapons and equipment, the Republic of China was able to maintain its combat effectiveness after the Battle of Songhu and Xuzhou. Now with the cut-off of Romanian aid, the situation of the war of resistance is about to change. You must know that the government just sent a telegram to itself before coming here, asking you to find a way to get a batch of aid from Romania, because the Wuhan battle is about to break out, and the Republic of China cannot do without it. Cheap arms from Romania.

In June 1938, Romania decided to terminate arms sales to China, and the arms sales contracts signed before will continue to be shipped. And Ambassador Zhu Jialuo's move to sign a batch of supplies worth 70 million lei such as tanks, armored vehicles, and planes the day before has won him a lot of praise in China.

However, for the war of resistance, difficult times are coming, I hope they will be well equipped.