Chapter 866 865 [The Birth of a Big Traitor]

On December 15, the Sino-US Tung Oil Loan was established with an amount of US$90 million, with the first batch of US$5 million due to expire in five years.

On December 16, the Sino-British Credit Loan was established, with the first batch of GBP 450,000.

Two consecutive loans from Western powers have boosted the morale of the Chinese military and civilians. The relief of financial pressure is secondary. The most important thing is the change in the attitude of Britain and the United States towards China. This is a precursor to the West's active aid to China.

The reason why the United States and the United Kingdom agreed to borrow money from China was naturally because they were afraid that China would completely collapse. The successive fall of Guangzhou and Wuhan in October was very scary.

Our President Chiang Kai-shek—he will be called President from now on, and Chairman of the Generalissimo has become history—immediately made a public report in Chongqing, declaring that he was extremely optimistic about the future of China’s war of resistance. The Chinese military and civilians and overseas Chinese have worked together, and European and American powers have begun to provide economic aid to China. The right people will get more help, and the unjust people will get less help. China's just war will surely win.

Less than two weeks after President Jiang's report was released, Wang Zhaoming ran away with his wife. He flew to Yunnan in the name of inspection, then transferred to Vietnam. On the way, he sent a telegram to Zhang Qun, saying that he was going abroad to negotiate peace with Japan to save the country.

After arriving in Vietnam, Wang Zhaoming quickly sent out the famous "sexual e-mail", openly treason to the country and the party, and became a traitor.

Wang Zhaoming spoke grandly in his telegram, believing that China's difficulty lies in persisting in the war, and Japan's difficulty lies in ending the war. Both governments hope for peace, and he is willing to be the messenger of peace. Wang Zhaoming also mentioned Sino-British borrowings and Sino-US borrowings, believing that changes in the attitudes of Britain and the United States can promote peace between China and Japan. But it is only to promote peace. It is impossible for Britain and the United States to intervene with force. China will lose on the battlefield, and peace talks are China's only way out.

Well, Wang Zhaoming wants to be the great savior of the Chinese people.

The news of Wang Zhaoming's defection immediately caused an uproar among the people.

Chang Kaishen was inexplicably horrified and extremely angry. His shock and anger were not just that Wang Zhaoming had defected, but that Wang Zhaoming wanted to negotiate peace with Japan. As early as more than half a year ago, Japan publicly declared that it would not engage in peace talks with the Nationalist Government - the hidden meaning of this sentence was that Japan was willing to negotiate with other "governments" in China.

Wang Zhaoming said in the telegram that he wanted to negotiate peace with Japan, which meant that he wanted to establish a new government. This was a challenge to the authority of Chang Kaishen and the National Government.

This is indeed the case. Originally, Wang Zhaoming was hesitant to leave Chongqing and establish a separate government. His wife Chen Bijun came directly and said: "Does a traitor also sit in the second position?"

This sentence is enough to illustrate the essence, that is, Wang Zhaoming's defection has nothing to do with saving the country, but is eyeing the position of the country's top leader.

What is Wang Zhaoming's character?

Indecision, no idea, capricious, impulsive and changeable!

In the words of Chen Gongbo, the number two figure in the Wang puppet regime: "Mr. Wang cannot succeed without Bijun, and he will not fail without Bijun."

As the saying goes, success is a wife, failure is a wife.

Chen Bijun played a decisive role in the entire process of Wang Zhaoming's defection.

In October last year, Japan implemented a delaying strategy and entrusted Germany to mediate the war. China did not accept the conditions because they were too harsh. Chen Bijun deeply regretted this. She actually said: "It is satisfying to get back the south of the Yellow River from Japan. Even the north of the Yellow River and even the Northeast want to take it back, which is not easy... China never had the five eastern provinces before. Fengtian was originally a dowry brought by the Manchus, but now they are just taking their own dowry back, so what reason do they have to object?"

Because the Japanese government issued a statement stating that it would not treat the Nationalist Government as a negotiating opponent, and many government bureaucrats and local warlords had no confidence in the war. Wang Zhaoming and Chen Bijun, combined with the situation at home and abroad, believed that if they stood up for peace talks, there would be a response.

After the Japanese learned of Wang Zhaoming's attitude, they seduced Wang Zhaoming. Wang Zhaoming was extremely excited about this, but he was also afraid that the matter would not end well. He summoned Zhou Fohai and Mei Siping to discuss it repeatedly, but could not make a decision.

Chen Bijun actually took it upon himself to bypass Wang Zhaoming and reply to the Japanese: "As long as Japan recognizes Wang's leadership of the 'peace movement' at the imperial meeting, Mr. Wang is willing to come forward."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Bijun went to Guangzhou for inspection in person, hoping to gain support from Yu Hanmou, Wu Tiecheng and others. And secretly contacted within the Kuomintang to get more supporters.

Until more than half a month before his official defection, Wang Zhaoming had not yet made up his mind to be a traitor, so he convened Zhou Fohai and others for seven or eight meetings. When Mei Siping was about to leave Chongqing to return to the Japanese, Chen Bijun stood up again and said: "Mr. Mei is leaving tomorrow. You must make up your mind this time and don't go back on your word!"

Wang Zhaoming gritted his teeth and nodded: "It's decided, it's decided!"

Chen Bijun was not just an instigator. Wang Zhaoming was able to defect from Yunnan because Chen Bijun personally went to Yunnan to persuade Long Yun. During the establishment of the Wang Puppet regime, Chen Bijun arranged all his relatives and friends into various departments, and even went to Hong Kong to mobilize Chen Gongfu to be a traitor. There were many traitors that Chen Bijun personally pulled out.

Wang Zhaoming was discovered on the third day after leaving Chongqing. Chang Kaishen also wanted to redeem himself, claiming that Wang Zhaoming had not defected, but had just gone to Vietnam to rest because Wang's old injury had relapsed.

Chang Kaishen quickly asked Wu Zhihui to write a letter to persuade him, because Wu had a close personal relationship with Wang Zhaoming and his wife.

Wu Zhihui knew Wang Zhaoming too well and knew that with Wang Zhaoming's courage, he would never be able to do such a big thing as defecting. He ignored Wang Zhaoming and wrote directly to Chen Bijun, knowing that the decision-making power rested with Chen Bijun.

As a result, before the letter was sent, Wang Zhaoming's "sexual e-mail" was sent out. Wu Zhihui's first reaction was not to scold Wang Zhaoming, but to catch Chen Bijun and scold him, and even changed his nickname to "Chen Piqun".

Even though Wang Zhaoming openly expressed treason through "sexual acts", he was still hesitant. Especially when the Japanese Konoe Cabinet collapsed, the newly appointed Hiranuma Cabinet was not enthusiastic about inducing Wang Zhaoming to surrender. As a result, Wang Zhaoming felt abandoned and even had the idea of ​​​​going to Europe for inspection.

Well, he openly betrayed the country and the party, and was treated coldly by Japan. He actually wanted to run away and hide. From the beginning to the end, Wang Zhaoming didn't know what he was thinking. He is a person who thinks very highly of himself, but has low abilities, is impulsive and indecisive. Once he encounters a setback, what he thinks about is not how to solve it, but how to escape.

Only under the obstruction of Chen Bijun and a group of traitors did Wang Zhaoming stop traveling to Europe immediately and began to secretly contact the Japanese again. The Japanese were also afraid that Wang Zhaoming would give up his job, so they quickly sent traitors to stabilize him and also delivered Itagaki's incentive documents.

The content of Wang Zhaoming's reply to the Japanese at this time also fully demonstrated his wavering. There are three contents: first, if Japan comes into contact with Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Zhaoming is willing to help mediate; second, if Japan comes into contact with people other than Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Zhaoming is willing to mediate; third, if he is asked to take responsibility, Wang Zhaoming is willing to mediate. Take action.

What does this mean?

This shows that after Wang Zhaoming openly betrayed the country, he suddenly felt regretful. He did not want to make the decision to be a traitor on his own, but left the decision-making power of being a traitor to the Japanese.

It's like playing mahjong and not knowing which card to play, so you say to your fellow players at the table: "Come and help me play any card."

But Wang Zhaoming's reply to the Japanese was known to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek was very angry, because none of the three contents were acceptable to him. Firstly, he did not want peace talks, and secondly, he did not want others to negotiate with Japan, and he did not want Wang Zhaoming to be promoted to power by Japan.

Originally, Chiang Kai-shek planned to ease the matter. He was the one who instigated Wang Zhaoming to go to Europe for inspection. Now that Wang Zhaoming has given Japan a "clear" reply, Chiang Kai-shek immediately decided to take coercive measures - assassination!

As a result, Wang Zhaoming was lucky, and the assassin killed Zeng Zhongming who was next to him. Wang Zhaoming only injured his arm.

The hesitant Wang Zhaoming finally became angry. He stood up and exposed the details of the "peace talks" between Chiang Kai-shek and Japan, hoping to arouse the sympathy of the Chinese people. While speeding up negotiations with Japan, they finally embarked on the road of no return, the traitor.

Looking at the process of Wang Zhaoming's treason, he was treasonous but not courageous at the beginning, and was encouraged by his wife to take countless steps. After taking the crucial step, he wanted to look back, but he was reluctant and unable to look back. He looked forward and backward without any decision.

Well, in the end, Chiang Kai-shek's assassination helped him make the decision.