Old Jiang was not an easy person to talk to.
Liu Ze wasn't confident that he could convince Old Jiang by himself. After seeing Zhang Zhizhong, the two of them could work together.
The effect was very good. Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Zhang Zhizhong picked up the private phone and called Old Jiang in Jinling.
Liu Ze sat quietly at the side and watched the conversation between Zhang Zhizhong and Old Jiang. Zhang Zhizhong and Old Jiang had a good relationship, otherwise, Liu Ze would not have approached Zhang Zhizhong.
However, this time, Zhang Zhizhong did not succeed in persuading him. After a while, he waved Liu Ze forward and handed the microphone to him.
Liu Ze took the phone and said,""Principal!"
"Tell me, is the information true?”
" The information is 100% authentic," Liu Ze said with certainty." I intercepted and deciphered hundreds of Japanese secret cables. These cables are from Matsui Ishigen and the General Staff Headquarters. There are also secret cables from the 10th Army. There was no need to doubt its authenticity.”
On the other end of the phone, Old Jiang pondered for a long time before sighing and asking,""Will the western countries really adopt the policy of appeasement and compromise with the Japanese?”
"Vice-chancellor, there's no need to doubt this at all. The western powers have begun to adopt a policy of appeasement towards the expansion of the German Empire. Moreover, I have also intercepted the cables of the various countries 'ambassadors in Shanghai, requesting the envoys stationed in China not to participate in our war with the devils. The most important thing is that the cables request the envoys not to have a conflict with Fusang because Europe is already troublesome enough.”
Old Jiang was silent for a moment before asking,""What about the M Nation?"
"Principal, if you see that all the bombs used by the Japanese say that they were made by the M Nation, I believe that you won't expect the M Nation to mediate, at least not for the time being.
The M Nation was different from the western countries. They didn't have much interest in China to begin with, and those financial groups in the M Nation wanted to sell their weapons, rubber, and oil to the Fusang people at a high price. They didn't want this war to stop and lose a large amount of wealth.”
Liu Ze's words on the phone completely shattered all of Old Jiang's fantasies.
How could Old Jiang not know that the bombs used by the Japanese were actually sold to Japan by the M Nation?
He also knew that the Star-Spangled Banner Country had taken advantage of this war to sell a large number of goods to Fusang and made a fortune from the war.
It was just that Old Jiang had always had a glimmer of hope for the M Nation. He hoped that the M Nation would not be willing to see Fusang expand, so they were willing to stand on China's side.
However, Liu Ze's words hit the nail on the head. As an outstanding political expert, Old Jiang knew that the M Nation didn't have much to rely on, but he didn't want to believe it.
It was like a drowning person who had finally caught a piece of duckweed. Even if the duckweed could not save him, he would never let go until the duckweed sank with him.
Now, Old Jiang was a drowning man, and the duckweed in his hands was the Western countries and the M Nation.
Liu Ze's words immediately turned this meaningless duckweed into a bubble. It also let Old Jiang, who had just fallen into the water, know that he should rely on himself to swim ashore while he still had the strength.
Liu Ze held the phone. Even though Old Jiang didn't speak for a long time, he didn't panic and just waited quietly.
He knew very well that Old Jiang must be in a dilemma at this moment. He was wavering and could not make a decision in a short time.
After waiting for about three minutes, Old Jiang seemed to have finally understood. He said,"What do you think we should do?"
"The retreat order must be carried out resolutely. At the same time, the troops are required to erect walls and clear the wilderness. All the residents of the cities and towns are to be relocated. Not a single grain or a piece of cloth is to be left for the Japanese.”、
Liu Ze's eyes flashed with a hint of pity when he mentioned the vertical wall, but he still continued firmly,"
"The Japanese have mobilized 200,000 troops to land on the Golden Mountain Guards. There is a serious shortage of food. The plan of the Japanese base camp is to let the troops prepare their own food after landing. When the time comes, they will definitely plunder food everywhere after landing. If they don't erect walls and clear the wilderness, more innocent people will definitely die.”
Liu Ze knew very well what these four words meant. From Suzhou to Jinling, there were a large number of towns and villages. There were tens of millions of people. It was not easy to migrate all of them.
Most importantly, such an emergency migration would inevitably lead to a considerable loss of benefits for the people.
It was difficult to leave their homeland. Coupled with the upcoming harvest of grain in the golden autumn, there would definitely be many people who were unwilling to give up their land. Therefore, they had to take forceful measures to harvest grain and forcefully migrate the people.
The relocation of tens of millions of civilians was also an extremely troublesome matter. Casualties were absolutely unavoidable.
However, Liu Ze still hoped that all the civilians would leave. The Japanese who had landed on the Golden Mountain Guards did not have much food reserves at all. They had to rob everything that came ashore.
If they didn't move the people away, more people would die. At that time, hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangnan would be killed.
In fact, Liu Ze was definitely not the first person to mention the words " vertical wall clearing the wilderness ", but it was always suppressed by Old Jiang.
The reason was very simple. The enemy hadn't arrived yet, so it was impossible for them to get into chaos first!
And with so many people, where would they move to?
This was the main problem.
"With so many people, why would they migrate to the west?”Old Jiang asked the most crucial question.
"Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Fujian.”Liu Ze said straightforwardly.
"Why?" Old Jiang asked.
"As long as the people go to Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and other places, the Japanese will definitely not act rashly. The reason is very simple. The Japanese need to restore the normal order and economic order in these cities. In addition, there are too many eyes in Shanghai. The Japanese naturally have to take into account the international influence and will not act rashly against the relocated people.
At present, Fujian and Jiangxi were very far away from the Japanese. The Japanese did not have any military forces to threaten these two provinces. This migration was only temporary. After the Battle of Jinling was over, the people could go home.”
"I need to think about this matter again.”Old Jiang did not give a direct reply.
Liu Ze was also slightly disappointed. He knew what Old Jiang was worried about, but there was nothing he could do about it.
This was because he could not force Old Jiang to do anything. Moreover, this matter was indeed not a small matter.
"The retreat order is firm. What's next?”Old Jiang asked again.
"In the next ten days, the China Trading Company will transport 500,000 tons of cement to Jinling. I hope that we can start preparing for the battle of Jinling immediately. We will build a large number of fortifications and be mentally prepared for the decisive battle with the Japanese near Jinling.”Liu Ze said.
Liu Ze had a large amount of cement in his dimensional space, which was dropped from killing enemies. This cement could be used to build a large number of permanent fortifications.
If there was no historical situation where a large number of Chinese soldiers were defeated and captured on the Songhu battlefield, with these hundreds of thousands of troops retreating to Jinling and sufficient preparations, the Japanese would have to pay an extremely high price if they wanted to capture Jinling.
"Vice-chancellor, even if we can't clear the wilderness, please move the people on both sides of the road that the Japanese must pass through. Don't be afraid that there's no food to settle these people. I've already asked the trading company to purchase a large amount of food in Nanyang, which can completely meet the needs of the people.”
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