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"So, 20 hours have passed since the Soviet ambassador's conversation, and Moscow suggested to Beijing that the time for a ceasefire to start negotiations will only be earlier, which means that Beijing has received information from the Soviet Union for more than 20 hours, but has not responded yet. They seem It intends to completely wipe out the remaining forces of the Republic of China in Taipei." Taylor said, "This is not good. The planes of the Chinese Communist Air Force have appeared in Taipei, and the fighter jets of the Republic of China are gradually being lost. Reaching Taipei requires a raid of 600 kilometers. If the Chinese-Communist forces continue to fight regardless, within 48 hours the 6 divisions in Taichung will be squeezed and crushed. Subsequently, the 9 divisions that China fought in Kaohsiung also won Liberation, all landing forces will besiege Taipei, the last stronghold of the Republic of China in the northern part of the island of Taiwan."

"No, General Marshall is not so pessimistic about this," Clark said. "Four hours ago, it seemed that a piece of information was deliberately leaked to our intelligence system by China. Zhu De, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, was Take the plane to Fujian across the Taiwan Strait. Perhaps it has landed now. He is one of the most core leaders of the CCP, who can negotiate on behalf of Mao and Zhou and sign the agreement after the negotiation."

"So we'll hear China's response to the negotiations soon?"

Clark: "It should be...General Marshall invited us to his office. Let's go there. There is no need to watch the progress of the battle in Taiwan. The news from Marshall's office is the fastest."

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"General Marshall, if the CCP keeps refusing to respond to the proposal for peace talks—whether proposed by the United States or the Soviet Union, the U.S. Navy and Air Force will be in a very passive position. This is what worries me the most."

Clark and Taylor walked into Marshall's office with a conference hall. Clark spoke first, but he spoke of his own concerns.

Marshall: "Are you saying that the U.S. naval and air blockade will not cause much damage to China, and that naval ships will be very tired if they maintain the naval blockade for a long time?"

"Exactly. Since 1951, NATO and Batumi have imposed a strict strategic embargo on China. Almost all machines and equipment invented after the electric power era are prohibited from being transported to China by sea. The embargoed materials even include gasoline. Because there are no oil fields in China. Except for the trade with Eastern European countries, the goods China transports by sea now are only some grains, agricultural and mineral products. And the trade of Eastern European countries can enter China through the Siberian Railway.”

After talking about China's shipping, Clark, the commander of the United Nations Army, returned to his own job-military.

“封锁中国的主要港口至少需要2艘航母和20艘战舰，为此我们还要在横须贺准备2艘航母随时轮换；而为了保证在西太平洋常年存在4艘航母用于封锁中国，那么还有2艘在西海岸维护。仅仅一个中国就牵制了6艘航母，几乎是美国在太平洋的海军力量的一半。”

"Our current high-intensity naval blockade will not last long," Marshall said. "After a period of time, aircraft carriers will no longer participate in naval blockade operations, and land-based aircraft will be used for sea surface reconnaissance and air control. The warships will also be cut. We will even replenish some of the warships of the South Korean Navy and the upcoming Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in due course. Of course, this is still a relatively bad situation, and it is our worst after China has been refusing to negotiate Imagine."

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While Marshall was talking to Clark, another plane landed at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida greeted him at the airport in person.

The visit was Karl Svirk, special envoy sent by UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.

"Hello, Envoy Sverker."

"Please notify and make an appointment for me in advance. I want to see General Marshall immediately." Svirk said.

Marshall soon saw Svirk, while Clark, Taylor, and Charles Willoughby were still in Marshall's office.

"General Marshall, the United Nations and the United States now share the same goal of restoring peace to Taiwan and preventing the Western Pacific from falling into large-scale conflict and war. We should be more candid and cooperative."

Marshall: "The United States has proposed a ceasefire and negotiations to the CCP, and we are waiting for the CCP to respond."

"What we have to do is to prevent the upcoming Sino-US war. Again, it is a Sino-US war." Since Svirk was sent by the Secretary-General to mediate military conflicts, he is naturally not a military layman. "I have been paying attention to the wars in Taiwan and the Western Pacific. China is not without the means to attack the US Navy. I think you know this, but almost all of their advanced air force is concentrated in front of Taiwan. When the war in Taiwan is over , China will tear open the blockade with its own claws, and of course, this will scratch the United States with bruises."

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When the U.S. Navy blocked China's coast, there was an area that was not actually blocked.Even this is an area that the US navy and air force basically dare not invade-the Taiwan Strait and the airspace over Taiwan.

This has formed a strange pattern. In the Taiwan Strait, the People's Liberation Army Air Force has formed a control area with five fighter divisions; on the Chinese coast outside the Taiwan Strait, the US Navy's ships and aircraft are active.A U.S. Navy destroyer recently sailed within 5 nautical miles of China's coastline to intercept it.

This is because the Chinese Air Force has concentrated all five fighter pilots with sea navigation capabilities in the Taiwan Strait.Bombers and special bombers with sea navigation capabilities are also all face to face in the Taiwan Strait.Once the Taiwan campaign is over, all these fighter and bomber divisions and regiments will be liberated, not to mention breaking the blockade in an all-round way, at least in one direction, the warships of the US Navy will face great trouble.

Special Envoy Svirk saw this, and in fact Marshall also saw it, so when he talked with Clark, he only emphasized the need to use land-based aircraft instead of aircraft carriers to perform reconnaissance and blockade.

"General! The Chinese side has sent a telegram! It's a telegram in the public frequency band!" The secretary rushed into the office.

Marshall took the telegram first, and read it carefully and word for word.

"[-]. On the basis of punishing war criminals and banning all Kuomintang reactionary troops, domestic problems can be resolved by peaceful means."

"[-]. National assets such as cultural relics from the Forbidden City, gold reserves in banks, books in colleges and universities, and scientific research equipment looted from the mainland to Taiwan by the Chiang Kai-shek government all belong to China and are not allowed to be taken away without authorization."

"[-]. Release Zhang Xueliang and his wife;"

"Fourth, the Li Zongren government still needs to hand over to us the following criminals who have committed serious crimes against the Chinese people: Mao Renfeng, Peng Mengji, Du Changcheng..."

"V. Prohibit U.S. imperialism from interfering in China's reunification process."

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"Who is Mao Renfeng?" Svirk asked.

"Chiang Kai-shek's spy chief, when they withdrew from mainland China, Mao Renfeng secretly executed General Yang Hucheng and his youngest son under Chiang Kai-shek's order. Yang Hucheng was a close friend of the CCP for many years." Charles, Commander of US Far East Intelligence said Willoughby.

"Where's Peng Mengji?"

"The deputy commander of Taiwan's security did not commit serious crimes in the mainland, but massacred a large number of civilians in Kaohsiung City during a riot in Taiwan in 1947."

Svirk: "I understand the meaning of this list."

The list is quite long.The dozen or so people behind Svirk felt that there was no need to ask, and they should all belong to the list of war criminals to be "punished" in the first article.

"Last question," Svirk said, "where are the Chinese proposed negotiation venues, Taichung and Meizhen?"

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As if he had caught a life-saving straw, Clark immediately sent a telegram instruction to William Childs, the head of the advisory group in Taipei. William Childs told Li Zongren, and Li Zongren responded to Clark and Marshall at the same time on the public frequency.

During this period, the secretary rushed into the office again and told Marshall that the Soviet ambassador to China would participate in the negotiations as an intermediary. At this time, he had flown from Beijing to Shanghai and was ready to fly to Chiayi Airport at any time—the first Taiwan that was restored and put into use by the People's Liberation Army. Airport.The negotiations will be witnessed by envoys from the United Nations, the United States and the Soviet Union.

After sorting out all the affairs as quickly as possible, Marshall and Special Envoy Svirker realized that it was 9:[-] p.m., and they missed the dinner time without anyone noticing.

"Taichung and Meizhen, here in the early morning of April 4th, the People's Liberation Army killed Chiang Kai-shek with missiles, and at the same time wiped out most of the senior generals of the Republic of China." At the dinner table, Charles Willoughby said.

Clark: "Of course the CCP must choose a negotiation site that is the easiest to show off its force. Then another question, will the CCP detain Li Zongren? I remember that at the end of 1948, among the 43 war criminals listed by the CCP, Li Zongren Ranked second."

"That was just a negotiating tactic..." Marshall said, "as I did in China in 1946."

Chapter 62, Negotiations Begin, Negotiations End

On the evening of April 1953, 4, China publicly responded to the Soviet Union's proposal for an armistice.

However, the fighting in Taichung continued until the morning of April 4, when the two sides gradually disengaged, and the fighting stopped completely at 19 noon.

从4月18日夜到4月19日上午，台中的国军第2军、第4军继续被28军、28军和29军挤压，最终控制区域只剩下大甲溪到台中市一带的15公里长、10公里宽的长方形区域。在这里拥集着15万部队，其中第2军剩下约10万人，第4军剩下约5万人。

从中央山脉冲下去的82师和84师掐断了国军台中和台北的联系，也让台湾中部到北部的敌我态势像是个大号的双层汉堡：台中以南是解-放-军主攻的27、28、29军；台中有一坨15万人的国军；解-放-军82、84师在大安溪北岸卡位；从苗栗县往北又是国军的地盘。

在苗栗县固守的是国军第2兵团第5军的两个师及第5军快速机械化纵队——下辖一个“谢尔曼”坦克营和一个机械化步兵团。这两个师加快速机械化纵队的战斗力，用叶灰的话来说就是“只要给82、84师两个榴弹炮营，苗栗县马上就打下来”。不过现在82和84师还没与南方大部队会师，没有榴弹炮，拆散肩扛的108毫米火箭炮带的炮弹又太少。

Further north of Miaoli are Hsinchu, Taoyuan, Taipei, and Keelung.Li Zongren and Guo Jiqiao deployed the only reliable army, the Annan Army, in Taipei, basically along the Tamsui River. Another part of the troops was deployed on the line from Taipei to Keelung. As for the other troops, they were dotted around Hsinchu, Taoyuan, and Taipei. .

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"The location of Li Zongren's deployment of the Annan Army is in line with our previous agreement," Li Kenong said, "The second regiment of the Annan Army that he can completely control is deployed in the lower reaches of the Tamsui River, that is, the line from the mouth of the Tamsui River to Luzhou; it has not yet reached full control. The 2st and 1rd regiments under control are between Taipei City and Keelung, which will play a very good role in cooperating with the follow-up actions of our army."

总理听李刻农汇报前方情报，自己却不自觉地看了一次表。现在是下午3时，距离双方正式谈判时间——4月20日上午11时还有20个小时。

Li Kenong also looked at his watch: "There are still a lot of things ahead today, and there are so many things to think about. Before the negotiations officially start, I will be busy."

4月19日停火之后，福州机场起飞的图-2特种轰炸机、图-2侦查型和米格-15率先赶到台湾北部空域，对基隆港外海域进行监视。