Beiyang reactionaries

But Japan is different from Germany.

Let's talk about Japan first. This is a country with extremely scarce resources and a very poor domestic market.Even though Japan has a population of 7000 million, it is a country with a large population in the world. Its population is larger than that of Britain, France, Italy, and Spain, and it is not much different from that of Germany.But the people in Japan are poorer than the people in China, and the domestic market is very poor.

Domestic resources are scarce and the domestic market is small, so the Japanese economy is completely dependent on imports and exports.

The result is that Japan has always been eyeing the colonies with rich resources, and can also use the colonies as a market for dumping industrial products.Only with such a colony, Japan's economy will not be like it is now, and it can only look at other people's faces.

Including their resource imports are also stuck by other countries.

Germany is slightly better than Japan, but not much better.The way for Germany to get rid of the economic crisis is to increase the military industry, and a large number of military orders support everyone.Once there are no military orders, the unemployment rate in Germany will increase again, and a large number of factories will go bankrupt.The current situation in Germany is that you have to fight if you fight, and you have to fight if you don’t fight.

So Germany and Japan can only keep challenging the world order.

The current situation is not that Duan Xun is smart, but China is smart and can assess the situation, so it can be stabilized.Rather, this is the case.China is not eager to break the current order, but Germany and Japan cannot look at it like China, they must keep expanding.

Because of this, in the current alliance, Germany and Japan are asking China instead.Every strike needs the support of China.

"Ambassador Gu, we are also belatedly aware of the affairs of the Republic of Indonesia."

Hirota Hongyi immediately shied away.

Although everyone knows that there is Japan's support behind the "Report to the Nationals" of the Republic of Indonesia.But it can't be admitted directly on the face.Gu Weijun frowned, not because of Hirota Hongyi's attitude, but because Gu Weijun wanted to show his dissatisfaction.

In fact, everyone knows it in their hearts.

Japan cut first and played later, without notifying China, and then decided on its own.This time it reached out to the Australian-controlled Irian Island.Because Japan knows that the interests of China and Japan are the same at this stage.At least before driving away the European and American powers such as Britain, the United States and France, the two sides still have to cooperate.

Therefore, Japan does not care whether China will be angry.Even if China is angry, at this stage, everyone still cannot turn their faces.As long as China supports it and China does not turn its face, Japan will be able to make the next move.

"Ambassador Gu, now that something has happened, should we think about the aftermath?"

"What does Foreign Minister Hirota mean?"

"The Republic of Indonesia is a formal member of our Asian Union, and our Asian Union should support their claims logically. Only in this way can we reflect the role of our Asian Union as a cooperative organization. Let everyone see that our Asian Union is not loose not an alliance, but an institution willing to serve the interests of the nations of Asia."

kidnap China.

That's how Japan thinks.

The current situation is very good. Germany has caused unrest in Britain and France in Europe, and has restrained most of the energy of Britain and France.Japan's attack during this time period will make Britain and France very uncomfortable.But even so, Japan does not want to offend Britain and France alone, and face Britain and France alone.In order to fight against Britain and France, Japan has only one best way, and that is to kidnap China together.In the Far East, as long as China and Japan cooperate, then there is really no fear of any country.

Before Gu Weijun and Hirota Hongyi met, he had thought about this a long time ago.

Therefore, Gu Weijun smiled slightly and said: "Maintaining the interests of Asian countries is indeed the responsibility that our two countries should shoulder. Since the Soviet Union established the Far East Fleet, the Soviet Navy in Vladivostok has been very active. I think we should take precautions."

Gu Weijun immediately changed the subject.

"Ambassador Gu thinks what precautions should be taken?"

The current situation in China and Japan is different.

Japan wants to develop to the south and occupy the territory of Southeast Asia, so it offends Britain, France and the United States.At present, China is hoarding heavy troops in the north to confront the Soviet Union.Hirota Kony knew that China must put forward conditions to support him.

"Our country thinks that Rajin Port, which is very close to Vladivostok, is very good. It wants to expand the military port here and station the naval forces."

Hirota Koki became serious.

Rajin Port is a very important natural port in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.In the past few years, the North Korean government has turned this place into a military port, but the strength of the North Korean navy is very poor, and there are basically no warships.Their navy only has a few torpedo boats and a few gunboats, all of which are warships sold by China to the North Korean navy.Japan doesn't care.

But once this place becomes the military port of China and North Korea, the status will be completely different.If it was before, Hirota Hongyi must have firmly opposed it.After all, Rajin Port is close to Vladivostok, but not far from Japan.If the Chinese navy is stationed in Rajin Port, it will also put pressure on the northern regions of Japan.But now is the time for Japan to ask China, and Hirota Koki cannot directly object.

Hirota Koki had to think about it.

"How many warships does your country plan to station in Rajin Port?"

"We will deploy troops according to the changes in the Soviet Far East Fleet. According to the current size of the Soviet Far East Fleet, we will not deploy too many troops. The general idea is three destroyers, seven torpedo boats, and about five submarines. Of course If the Soviet Far East Fleet increases warships, then we will also increase warships appropriately."

"Ah."

Hirota Hongyi felt a little relieved.

If it's just this few warships, Japan can rest assured.Of course, as long as China turns Rajin Port into a military port, Japan cannot really rest assured.It's just that Japan is now asking China for the issue of Irian Island, so Hirota Koki thought for a while and said: "It is necessary to guard against the Soviet Far East Fleet. Rajin Port has been the military port of the Republic of Korea in recent years. Your country It's normal to want to use it."

"It's all about stability in Asia."

Gu Weijun felt relieved.

Because this time the goal has been achieved.China has long wanted to expand Rajin Port on a large scale, but has been worried about Japan's response, so it can only quietly support the North Korean government to develop Rajin Port.Now the opportunity is very good, let Japan make a concession, and China can justifiably expand Rajin Port.

"Yeah, it's all for the stability of Asia."

Hirota Koki immediately answered the call, saying: "For the stability of Asia, and for the purpose of our establishment of the Asian Alliance, I think we should issue a statement on the matter of Irian Island in the name of the Asian Alliance."

"Foreign Minister Hirota, my opinion is that we should issue a statement. But we should not support the Republic of Indonesia, nor should we oppose the Republic of Indonesia. Because Irian Island is the territory of the Republic of Indonesia, there are still some disputes. However, the Australian administration Irian Island is completely unreasonable. Irian Island was colonized by colonists and was given to Australia during the last war. Therefore, my opinion is that we should oppose Australia's jurisdiction over Irian Island and respect Irian If they want to join the Republic of Indonesia, then we respect their opinion. If they want independence, we should also support them.”

"Something makes sense."

Hirota Koki knew that China did not want to get into too much trouble with Britain and France.

This is China's compromise.China will not express support for the Republic of Indonesia, or against the Republic of Indonesia.Although it is supporting Japan, it has to turn a corner.Support the so-called self-determination of nations, an idea put forward by US President Wilson in the early years.

In fact, the result is the same.

The leader of the resistance organization on Irian Island was supported by Japan in the past two years.The people of Irian Island are indeed dissatisfied with Australia and think that Australia is a colonist.Therefore, in history, when Japan and the United States fought here during World War II, the people here basically supported Japan.At the height of the war, they secretly transported the Japanese wounded and helped them heal.

It can be said that during World War II, many ethnic groups in Southeast Asia were close to Japan.Because in their view, Japan is the liberator who helped them gain independence.This kind of favor has lasted for a long time, so that Southeast Asian countries have always been very close to Japan.Including Japanese products are very popular in Southeast Asia.

"Then we will issue such a statement on behalf of the Asian Alliance."

"it is good."

"Prime Minister, Hitler has just ordered seven divisions to enter the forward position and start a confrontation with the Czechoslovak army."

Being the hegemon of the world is tiring.

Especially when absolute strength cannot control the world order, the world hegemon is even more tired.Because they were born as overlords and descendants of the "Empire on which the sun never sets", Britain has always wanted to maintain their hegemony.

It is a pity that the strength no longer allows Britain to control the world.Especially after World War I, Britain's strength plummeted.If Britain was able to barely maintain its status as the world's hegemon before the First World War, then after the end of the First World War, the United Kingdom no longer has the absolute strength to suppress the world powers.

Very early on, it was already driven out of the Americas by the United States, and even the industrial output value was surpassed by the United States.Then the emergence of the Soviet Union caused Britain to lose its influence among the countries that joined the Soviet Union.What's more, the Soviet Union was the first socialist country, and it was not afraid of Britain, the world hegemon, at all.After World War I, with the rise of China and Japan, Britain lost its position in East Asia.

It can be said that the UK is taking steps backwards everywhere in the world.

But Britain was not reconciled and still wanted to maintain their hegemony.That would be too tiring.There are countries challenging Britain's status everywhere.Of course, what they are challenging is not the status of the British hegemony, but the status of the UK in a certain area.

As long as there are regional overlords, the British influence and control in the local area will decline.All this has exhausted Britain.

"Shit, damn it."