Beiyang reactionaries

To respect the history of Asian countries and the choices of Asian nations is the original intention of China and Japan to establish the Asia United Organization.Of course, China and Japan are not the International Liberation Army, and they have no such good intentions to bring liberation to Asian countries and nations.China and Japan are using such slogans to increase their influence in Asia.

"Foreign Minister Hirota, what does your country mean?"

"Completely expel the Dutch colonists. The future of Celebes is left to the Republic of Indonesia and the local people of Celebes to make their own decisions. I hope your country will support our proposition."

"this?"

In fact, China can only acquiesce at present, acquiescing to Japan's actions.But although China has made a decision, Gu Weijun cannot show it.This time, China is wiping Japan's ass. It cannot just nod so easily, and it cannot let Japan lead China by the nose.

"Ambassador Gu, I think the friendship between our two countries has a long history, and the relationship between our two countries has been the best in history in the past few years. The just concluded military arms cooperation agreement is left to be approved by the cabinet. This should be passed soon The cabinet review, I think the relationship between the two countries should be closer at this time."

This time Japan must get the support of China.

If there is no support from China, or China will fight back and stand with Britain, France and the United States.Then Japan's situation in Nanyang will quickly deteriorate, and it may repeat the "Three Kingdoms Intervention and Return to Liao" incident.Therefore, Japan must tie China to its side.

Therefore, Hirota Koki began to talk about the issue of military arms cooperation between China and Japan.

The arms cooperation negotiations this time are mainly about the transfer of aircraft carrier technology.China, Japan and Germany have a lot of cooperation in military weapons. As a late-developing country, China has many technical problems.So learn a lot of military technology from Japan and Germany.Of course, in order to obtain these technologies, China has also paid enough benefits, including monetary benefits, political benefits, and so on.

But the benefits are obvious.

China's current aircraft, tanks, and submarines all have very strong traces of German technology. In terms of technical parameters, China is already in the world's first echelon in this regard.Including the destroyer technology imported from Japan, China has been studying it in recent years.After the naval limitation treaty with Japan ended, Chinese shipyards have begun to imitate Japanese destroyers in large numbers.

But it's not over.

What China is currently talking about with Japan is the issue of aircraft carriers.China hopes that Japan can transfer the technology of their aircraft carrier to China, mainly for the Kaga aircraft carrier that Japan has just completed the transformation.

We talked for a while.

The two parties have signed a relevant contract. Japan will transfer the technology of the Kaga aircraft carrier to China, and also send their experts to guide China in building an aircraft carrier.Of course, in order to get this, China has also paid enough benefits.Now wait for the approval of the Japanese cabinet, this treaty will officially come into effect.At that time, China's Dalian Shipyard will build aircraft carriers with technology transferred from Japan, and Jiangnan Shipyard will build aircraft carriers developed with British technology.The goal of the navy in the third five-year plan is that China will have at least six aircraft carriers in 1939.

Hirota Koki used this treaty as a matter of fact, hoping that China would not forget that there are many cooperations between China and Japan.Don't affect the cooperation between the two countries just because of a small matter.

"Foreign Minister Hirota, our country is trying to understand your country about this matter. But our country hopes that next time something like this happens, your country can communicate with our country in advance. Only in this way can our two countries fight side by side, and we will not let Our country's diplomacy is passive."

"of course."

Hirota Koki finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With China's support, things in Sulawesi will be much easier to handle.In the face of Britain, France and the United States, Japan is also full of confidence.What has been swallowed cannot be spit out again.Japan finally swallowed Java Island and Sulawesi Island one after another, and it will never give up.

On September 1936, 9, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, China, and Japan held a meeting in Singapore to target the Japanese army's control of Sulawesi Island.However, the Netherlands, another party concerned, did not participate in this meeting because it did not receive an invitation.The representatives of the Netherlands, like the representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, can only come to Singapore this time as a non-voting attendee.After the daily meeting, get some notifications about the content of the meeting, that's all.

Because the strength of the Netherlands is getting worse and worse, these countries have completely ignored the Netherlands and do not regard the Netherlands as a country of the same level.

The Netherlands used to have some strength in Nanyang, but after two wars, it has now been wiped out.With the current strength of the Netherlands, it is no longer able to return to the Far East, so everyone tacitly excluded the Netherlands.

Holland is very angry.

After all, the Netherlands was once a powerful country in the world. It was known as the "sea coachman" and was also the world's maritime hegemon.Moreover, the Netherlands is currently in Europe and has good relations with the United Kingdom and France.In order to suppress Germany, France has always wooed neutral countries such as the Netherlands.

But this time Britain and France went too far, and did not take the Netherlands seriously.

The last time Britain and France betrayed the Netherlands, they not only failed to uphold "justice" for the Netherlands, but also allowed the Netherlands to give up the islands of Java and Sumatra.But this time it was even more extreme, and the Netherlands was not allowed to participate in the meeting.Obviously, the Netherlands should be regarded as a sacrificial country again.But no matter how angry the Netherlands is, it is useless, because the strength of the Netherlands has dropped too much. Needless to say, the European and American powers, China and Japan also regard the Netherlands as a soft persimmon.

The meeting of the five countries in Singapore was known as the "Second Far East Conference" in history.The "Far East Conference" was held twice in just one year, which shows the turmoil in Nanyang.It is precisely because of the turmoil in Nanyang that these countries need to hold such a meeting to coordinate conflicts.

Britain and France are actually very angry.Because Japan gradually expanded its power in Nanyang, which seriously affected the interests of Britain and France.However, in the face of Japan's aggressive attitude, Britain and France did not have many countermeasures.

In particular, the attitudes of the United States and China are ambiguous.

The relationship between the United States and Japan is not good. For the hegemony of the Pacific Ocean, the relationship between the two countries has taken a turn for the worse since the end of the First World War.The relationship between the two countries, which was not very good, has become even worse.

How bad is it.

During the three or four years after the end of World War I, that is, before the Washington Conference, both Japan and the United States regarded each other as their greatest enemies.Even in the Washington meeting, the two sides stopped the naval arms race, but the relationship is still not good.However, although the relationship is not good, isolationism is prevalent in the United States now, and the United States does not have much thought about Nanyang affairs, and does not want to intervene much.

China's attitude is relatively clear.

First of all, together with Britain and France, they condemned Japan's actions this time, thinking that Japan was too impulsive.But the verbal criticism is criticism, but it is to support Japan's point of view on solving this problem.In particular, Japan believes that Sulawesi belongs to the Republic of Indonesia and should have been returned to the Republic of Indonesia.Moreover, Japan also cited a large number of crimes committed by the Dutch colonists in Sulawesi.

The colonists ruled the colonies, of course, committed many crimes.There have never been any civilized colonists in the world.No matter how later people whitewashed and made excuses for the colonists, the colonists were bloody in the process of conquering the colonies, and they were full of crimes in the process of ruling.

But it also depends on how it is used.

The Republic of Indonesia has the support of Japan behind it, of course it is to accuse the crimes of the Dutch colonists.And China also supports the Republic of Indonesia's complaint against the Dutch colonists, believing that the Netherlands is no longer worthy of continuing to rule Sulawesi, and supports the residents of Sulawesi to decide their own future development.That is, support for national self-determination in Sulawesi.

The attitude of China and the United States makes Britain and France helpless.

Unless China and the United States also join in and the four countries oppress Japan together, there will be a chance for Japan to spit out Sulawesi.However, the attitudes of China and the United States are ambiguous, and China supports Japan even more, so the direction of this meeting is very clear.

Britain and France will not really have a military conflict with Japan for their interests in Nanyang.Britain and France suffered heavy casualties in the First World War, and anti-war thoughts prevailed in the country.

Therefore, the choice between Britain and France is very simple.

Just as they faced Germany and Italy's continuous concessions in Europe, Britain and France also adopted the same strategy in Nanyang.As long as it doesn't really involve their core interests, they will keep giving in.

On October 1936, 10, the Second Far East Conference signed a new "peace agreement".

Recognize the history of Sulawesi and the self-determination of the people of Sulawesi.To put it bluntly, it is to recognize that Sulawesi is part of the Republic of Indonesia, and how they will go in the future is a matter for the Republic of Indonesia and Sulawesi itself.

And this meeting decided to set up a coordinating body in Singapore.

The participating countries are Britain, France, the United States, China, Japan, as well as the Republic of Indonesia, Siam (Thailand), and representatives of the Sumatra Autonomous Government.It is mainly an institution for discussing Nanyang issues.

Britain and France hope to use such an institution to restrain Japan's actions.

"Shixian (Yan Shichao), you know Mongolia best among us. Those of us who formulate policies only know Mongolia based on the information reported. But you have worked in Mongolia for many years, and you are more familiar with Mongolia than any of us. , Familiar with Mongolian history, Mongolian geography, Mongolian culture. Mongolia is not the same as our other provinces, and it is in the far north. The establishment of the Northern Bureau this time to lead Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Tangnu Wulianghai is to gather All forces are preparing for the conflict that may break out next. So your task is very heavy."

The release of the Sino-British Joint Statement is a huge encouragement for the country.

After all, the opponent is the United Kingdom.Although it has declined, it is still the world's hegemon.China was able to negotiate with Britain, took Hong Kong without bloodshed, and established China's position in Nanyang. No matter how you look at it, it is a huge achievement in diplomacy.

Shi Zhaoji carried the credit of the "Sino-British Joint Declaration" and entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the new Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.And after taking office, the first thing to complete was to sign the Nanyang Peace Agreement with Britain, France, the United States and Japan.

It can be said that this time Japan made a sudden move, Japan got benefits, and China also got enough benefits.

But at this time, Duan Xun was still thinking more about the northern affairs.Compared with the interests of Nanyang, the north is the top priority.Both the Soviet Union and Germany are lunatics, and they cannot be deduced by common sense.The first five-year plan of the Soviet Union, including the second five-year plan, was not completed well compared to what was accomplished in history.Of course, the second five-year plan is not over yet, but on the whole, it is not bad that the Soviet Union’s first five-year plan and second five-year plan can complete about 60% of the history.

But they did not delay in expanding their army.

Especially the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union is a big country, and its standing army has always been the largest country in the world.After the establishment of the Soviet Union, the size of the standing army of the Soviet Union has remained at around 200 million.But in the past two years, with strong pressure from China, the Soviet Union expanded its military at a rapid pace.At present, the size of the standing army of the Soviet Union has exceeded 300 million. In terms of the size of the standing army, the Soviet Union and China are comparable.Moreover, the anti-revolutionary movement in the Soviet Union is in full swing. The greater the external pressure, the stronger their anti-revolutionary campaign will be.

But while the anti-revolutionary movement is powerful, the military expansion is equally powerful.

Of course, because of the industrial strength of the Soviet Union, many of their military expansion plans were lagging behind.Originally, their plan for the army was to build a large number of armored troops and build automated troops.However, because the industrial strength of the Soviet Union could not keep up, many needed equipment could not keep up.Unless the Soviet Union mobilizes for war, their military equipment plans are seriously lagging behind with their peacetime production.