Lost and Spy

Chapter 1551 Christmas Alliance
The "death" of Professor Weinberg gave the US Consulate an excellent excuse.

At first, the Americans were reluctant to have a head-on conflict with the Japanese government, but the U.S. government also clearly saw that it was only a matter of time before their country was involved in the war.

President Roosevelt said to his cronies:

"There is a situation so serious for the nation that a declaration of war could very well happen tomorrow morning."

Once the United States is involved in the war, the Japan-Germany alliance will be the target of their declaration of war.

In Shanghai, the U.S. Consulate has maintained a "cautious neutrality."

In fact, the attitude of the United States has undergone a major turning point.

And the assistance to the Chongqing Nationalist Government has also quietly begun.

In February 1939 and March 2, Hu Shi and Chen Guangfu actively negotiated with the United States respectively, and obtained two loans of US$1940 million and US$3 million for China. China used the sale of tung oil and tin mines as collateral, which were known as "tung oil loans" and "tung oil loans" in history. "Dianxi style".

Following the "Tung Oil Loan", the U.S. side granted Huaxin a loan of 1 million yuan, including a metal loan of 5000 million U.S. dollars and a stabilization fund loan of 5000 million U.S. dollars.

What is even more exciting is that in July 1940, the United States completely banned the export of scrap iron and steel to Japan, and the embargo on Japan was extended to all weapons and ammunition, military equipment, aircraft parts, optical instruments, metal processing machinery and various strategic materials;

In December, U.S. President Roosevelt approved an expansion of the embargo against Japan, including brass and pure copper, which were urgently needed for Japanese-made arms.

This has greatly boosted the confidence and morale of the Chinese government, military and civilians who are at the most critical juncture of the War of Resistance.

The incident of Professor Weinberg being "tortured to death" quickly attracted great attention from the US Consulate.

Don Bonanu, Consul General of the US Consulate, immediately sent a note to the Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai.

But immediately, the Japanese side vetoed that the death of Professor Weinberg had anything to do with the Japanese side.

The US consulate immediately produced evidence.

The evidence includes a large number of photos, as well as a confession made by Agent 76.

In the confession, Guan Yue clearly admitted that the kidnapping and killing of Professor Weinberg were all signaled by the Japanese side.

The Japanese side continued to deny it, and said that all this was planned long ago, and was aimed at the Japanese side.

The United States and Japan have started a long game over the death of Professor Weinberg.

An American is dead.

Well, it's actually a small thing.

But you can turn it into something big.

For example, the successive embargoes have caused the Japanese government to protest continuously.

However, President Roosevelt was planning to extend the embargo again.

Shanghai gave the United States the best excuse.

The U.S. government has long considered imposing an oil embargo on Japan, and now the opportunity has come.

Not just an embargo, a larger plan is taking shape:

ABCD encirclement net!
The so-called ABCD encirclement network refers to the encirclement network formed by the United States (America), the United Kingdom (Britain), China (China) and the Netherlands (Dutch).

Even more radical is the British government.

They plan to propose three conditions to the Japanese side:

The Japanese army withdrew from mainland China, abolished the Triple Alliance of Japan, Germany and Italy, and did not recognize the Chinese regime other than the Chongqing Nationalist Government.

However, after careful consideration, President Roosevelt believed that these three conditions would seriously stimulate the Japanese government and make the situation irreversible. Therefore, he suggested that the British side not raise these three conditions for the time being.

Not raising it temporarily does not mean never raising it.

Because the Americans are also preparing a memorandum with similar content.

The attitudes of Britain and the United States are rapidly tilting towards the Nationalist government.This is a wonderful booster for China in suffering!
At the most critical juncture, Meng Shaoyuan threw out Professor Weinberg's pawn, giving the US a great say.

No one cared how Professor Weinberg died, at whose hands, or even whether the professor really died.

All they care about is this excuse.

Excuses have always been the favorite of the Japanese.

From Northeast to Peking, from Peking to Shanghai.

Now, it's the Americans' turn to play.

On Christmas Eve in 1940, a person was secretly taken into the consulate by a car of the American consulate.

Meng Shaoyuan!
He wasn't here on Christmas Eve.

He had a three-hour confidential meeting with Consul General Don Bonannu.

No one knows the specific content of this meeting except the highest level.

There is no written record either.

But many years later, part of this meeting appears in Bonanou's memoirs:
"The Chinese predicted early on that Germany would attack the Soviet Union and the Japanese would attack the United States. I was shocked at the time. Although the war was imminent, I thought the future that that person depicted was simply crazy.

But now I have to admit that the Chinese have done their intelligence work to an unbelievably meticulous level! "

This meeting allowed Meng Shaoyuan and the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai to establish an alliance that both parties refused to recognize.

The Shanghai District of the Military Control Bureau under the command of Meng Shaoyuan will fully protect the American Jews in Shanghai within its sphere of influence, and share information with the United States as much as possible.

And the U.S. Consulate will also provide full assistance to the Shanghai District of the Military Control Bureau within the allowed range!
including personal ones.

This is the so-called "Christmas League"

End of January 1941, Washington.

A lady named Peng Bilan took over a dozen boxes from Don Bonannu's personal representative who had been transported from as far away as Shanghai.

Those boxes were all the private property of a man named Meng in Shanghai.

And this is also part of the so-called "Christmas Alliance".

Professor Weinberg was secretly sent away from Shanghai, and after a short stay in Hong Kong, he quietly arrived in the United States.

There, he was reunited with his nephew Leonard Oyewiers.

Leonard was very surprised by Professor Weinberg's "resurrection".

When he found out the whole truth, he immediately gave his uncle a new identity.

Since then, Professor Weinberg has really disappeared.

At the same time, Leonard also reported with his best friend, William Joseph Donovan.

Since then, Shanghai, Meng Shaoyuan, these names have left a deep impression on Donovan's heart.

Meng Shaoyuan, who was in Shanghai at this time, knew very well that the coming 1941 would be his most difficult year.

But also the most promising year.

The darkness before dawn is coming.

However, the light is not far away!

Victory is not far away!
The only thing that made him feel uncomfortable was that Mr. Moyes, the president of the Shanghai Public Settlement Industry Bureau, had expired and was about to return to China.

Meng Shaoyuan was really reluctant.

Over the years, he and Moyes have established a very good friendship from confrontation to cooperation!
(End of this chapter)