Beiyang reactionaries

Especially during the Great Depression, the United States' own economy was not good. How could Americans like the Philippines, which robbed them of their jobs.So as early as the Great Depression, the United States began to prepare for the independence of the Philippines.The Philippines was also given ten years to prepare.

Therefore, the United States has little objection to making the Philippines independent.

But it is not necessarily the case for European countries such as Britain, France and the Netherlands.Now they are swept away by Japan, so they lost their colonies.But once the anti-fascist countries win this war, Britain, France and the Netherlands will definitely not give up their colonies in Asia easily.Because these colonies can bring them a lot of raw materials and give them a big market.Those colonial businessmen can make a lot of money in the colonies by relying on their political advantages.

Although they were blasted by Germany, Italy and Japan, it was still easy to bully those colonial armed forces.

Are Britain, France and the Netherlands willing to give up their Southeast Asian colonies?But Duan Xun's words have been said here, and the meaning is already very clear.That is, East Asia and Southeast Asia are both China's sphere of influence, and European and American countries will never be allowed to intervene.

Stilwell did not dare to guarantee this at will.

After all, this involves countries such as Britain, France and the Netherlands.So Stilwell said very cautiously: "Chairman Duan, our country has always supported national independence and hoped that there would be no more colonies in the world. This is the value that our country has always adhered to. As for the Philippines, our country has long been prepared to abandon colonization and support their independence .As for the other colonies, our country will try our best to persuade Britain, France and the Netherlands."

Although Stilwell didn't dare to guarantee it at will, Stilwell already had a certain degree of certainty.

In the current situation, only Charles de Gaulle was left in France to fight with the troops of the French colonies, and the Dutch royal family lost their country and ran to Canada. They are all bereaved dogs.Only Britain was left in Europe, together with the Soviet Union to resist Germany.

Just convince the UK.

Now that the UK is in a difficult situation, how dare it offend China.Give up their colonies in Southeast Asia in exchange for China's support, how dare Britain oppose it?If there is a conflict between Britain and China, China can destroy the British and Indian troops entrenched in Myitkyina in a matter of minutes.

Seeing Stilwell's answer, Duan Xun's expression became a little better.

But that's all.

Duan Xun continued: "Actually, it's ridiculous to say this. Because our country has not even resolved its own territorial issues, how can it be qualified to manage the affairs of other countries and nations. For our country, solving our own territorial issues is the most important thing. important things."

"Chairman Duan is talking about the southern Sakhalin Island and the Taiwan issue?"

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"Chairman Duan is talking about the southern Sakhalin Island and the Taiwan issue?"

When Stilwell heard Duan Xun's words, he immediately regained his spirits.

After all, the United States will try its best to help solve the two conditions Duan Xun put forward.Moreover, the conditions proposed by Duan Xun are not too difficult, or they are not too embarrassing for the United States.Among them, the slightly difficult thing is the matter of the Southeast Asian colonies.

However, judging from China's current status and the current world situation, it is impossible for the UK to object.In fact, after the First World War, Britain was forced to give up a large number of colonies.How did those Commonwealth countries come about? It was because Britain was weak and could not control the colonies, so they could only let them be independent.With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's strength declined further, even more than the decline in World War I.Under such circumstances, whether Britain can control the Nanyang colonies in the future is a problem.

Therefore, even if the United Kingdom is to deal with China temporarily, it will agree to China.As for de Gaulle and the Dutch royal family, as bereaved dogs, they even lost their own country. How could they object to it?

Therefore, in Stilwell's view, the conditions put forward by China can be fulfilled if the United States works hard.Now that Duan Xun has proposed conditions and the United States is willing to accept them, shouldn't Duan Xun also show some sincerity?Negotiation Negotiation is an exchange of interests, and it is impossible for only one party to pay.Now that Duan Xun suddenly mentioned China's territorial issue, Stilwell's first thought was the southern Sakhalin and Taiwan issues.

This is China's most important territorial issue.

Even foreigners like Stilwell know it.One reason why the United States judges that China will not join the German-Italian-Japanese military alliance is that there is a territorial dispute between China and Japan, and it is a very important territorial dispute.Judging from the consistent performance of Duan Xun and the Chinese government, the Chinese government will not compromise on such territorial disputes.

So Roosevelt and the others think that they can win over China.

Now that Duan Xun is talking about the territorial issue, is he expressing China's attitude to the United States?Once the territorial dispute between China and Japan becomes more and more serious, it will be impossible for China to join the German-Italian-Japanese Alliance.This is what America wants most.

Duan Xun saw that Stilwell was a little happy, and immediately shook his head.Looking at Stilwell, he said: "No. The southern Sakhalin and Taiwan issues involve too many things and are too sensitive. Especially the Taiwan issue, which involves Japan's core interests, so our country and Japan are currently mainly discussing Sakhalin. The issue of the southern part of the island. As for the Taiwan issue, we will talk about it slowly. At present, our two countries are discussing the issue of the southern part of Sakhalin Island, and the talks are relatively smooth. It is very likely that the two sides will reach an agreement.”

Duan Xun explained with a smile.

Hideki Tojo really represents the radical forces in Japan, and those people are fanatical war elements, but Hideki Tojo is not a fool.At present, Japan needs China, especially to compete with the United States in the Pacific Ocean, and it needs China's support even more.

Without China building those warships for Japan, how could the Japanese navy be so powerful.It is precisely because China sold so many warships to Japan that Japan was able to concentrate on building large warships.

And now Japan has begun to import crude steel directly from China.Because Japan's industrial scale is limited, steel production is also limited.This is no longer a problem that can be solved by how much iron ore Japan imports.With Japan's current industrial technology and industrial scale, steel output will not increase much.Japan's steel output is now around 400 million to 500 million tons. No matter how hard Japan tries, it is impossible for Japan's steel output to develop by leaps and bounds.

But Japan now needs to build a large number of warships, aircraft, and tanks, which one does not require steel.Historically, Japan purchased a large amount of scrap iron from the United States, but now it can only import crude steel from China.In order to meet the needs of Japan.

That is to say, although Japan won Nanyang, it solved many material problems.But Japan is still inseparable from China and cannot do without China's supplies.Therefore, the Taiwan issue involves Japan's core interests, so Japan will not give up.But on the issue of southern Sakhalin Island, Japan is slowly letting go.It is to continue to win over China.

"What does the chairman mean?"

Stilwell was completely dumbfounded this time.

China started from the Opium War, and there are really many territorial issues left over.But for now, China's territorial issues are basically resolved.Hong Kong and Macau were all taken back, and Japan also left from the Northeast and Shandong.As for the territorial dispute between China and the United Kingdom in Tibet, the border was finally divided according to China's will.As a result, the territory that China recovered from Tibet was directly inserted into the lifeline of India.As long as China is willing, it can directly threaten the hinterland of India at any time.

Then there is the question of the outer northeast and outer northwest.

For this place, China and the Soviet Union fought a war. After the Soviet-German war broke out, the Soviet Union hastily signed the "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship" with China, returning the Outer Northeast and Outer Northwest to China.In order to appease China.

There is also the issue of the China-Myanmar border.

At present, China and the United Kingdom have begun to discuss the issue of the Sino-Myanmar border.There is no need to consider this. The current UK does not have the energy to talk to China about the China-Myanmar border.Britain gave up such a large territory in India.Britain will not insist on the territory on the China-Myanmar border.

Apart from these, what territorial disputes does China have now?

Isn't it just the territorial disputes with Japan, is there anything else?

"The first real border treaty in our history was the 'Treaty of Nerchinsk' signed 260 years ago, which was the border between my country and Tsarist Russia in the Far East. There are also many differences in the division of the line. Because many places in the north are desolate places, so it was not sure how to divide the boundary line. As a result, many places have become disputed areas.”

As soon as Duan Xun said it, Stilwell was really baffled.

Stilwell also had a brief understanding of the Sino-Soviet affairs.In the border negotiations between China and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union can be said to have made a lot of concessions.When demarcating the border line, as long as China's side is not too much, the Soviet Union basically makes concessions.Some of the original disputed territories were assigned to China this time.The Soviet Union was at an absolute disadvantage during the negotiations, because the Soviet-German war was too fierce, the Soviet Union could only use this method to appease China.But now Duan Xun actually said that there is still a disputed area between China and the Soviet Union.

Some secret clauses in the "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship" signed by China and the Soviet Union have not been fully disclosed.That is the issue of the disputed area in the northern region.So Stilwell really didn't know these things.

But I was very surprised in my heart.

Because what Duan Xun was talking about was not the territorial dispute with Japan, but the territorial dispute with the Soviet Union.The Soviet Union is now one of the most important allies of the United States, and the three countries of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union are core members of the anti-fascist group.

The Soviet Union is now resisting Germany's 500 million troops, plus Germany's allies and servants have nearly 700 million troops.It can be said that Germany, their allies, and the main army of the servant army are all on the Soviet-German battlefield.If the Soviet Union cannot stand up to Germany, then the situation in Europe will be really chaotic.Now that the United States cannot withstand the pressure of Japan in the Pacific Ocean, it has adopted the strategy of "first Asia and then Europe" by mobilizing the Atlantic Fleet.But it is not to say that the United States does not attach importance to Europe. On the contrary, for the United States, Europe is the most important.It's just that the United States judged that with the strength of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, even if they could not defeat Germany, they could still stop Germany.But once the Soviet Union can't stand up to Germany, the whole of Europe will become Germany's territory, and the United States will really lose both ends.

So Duan Xun suddenly said that the territorial dispute with the Soviet Union made Stilwell wonder what to do.

What does Duan Xun mean?

Is Duan Xun going to start another "Sino-Soviet War"?In the current situation, it is difficult for the Soviet Union to deal with Germany, so how can it stop China.In particular, the Soviet Union did not have many troops in the Far East and Central Asia, so it was impossible to be China's opponent.Once the Chinese army drives straight into Central Asia, it will directly threaten the Caucasus region, the Soviet oil base, and the Ural industrial zone of the Soviet Union.

China and Germany are attacking from both sides, and the Soviet Union will definitely not be able to withstand it.

This is not what America wants.So Stilwell immediately said: "Chairman Duan, we really don't know the specific situation of the 'Nerchinsk Treaty'. But I know that China and the Soviet Union signed the 'Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship'. I believe everyone As long as you sit down, you can discuss any issues clearly."

"Khabarovsk Territory, Magadan Region, Kamchatsky Region, General Stilwell, do you know how big this area is?"

Duan Xun pointed to the map.

Looking at Stilwell who was at a loss, Duan Xun said with a smile: "300 million square kilometers, the area of ​​this place is about 300 million square kilometers. But when the 'Nerchinsk Treaty' was signed 260 years ago, this place It is an uninhabited place where neither China nor Russia has set foot. Because of this, there were no clear regulations on this area at the time, and it was an area to be discussed. However, the first article of our original 'Nerchinsk Treaty' says "From the Geerbiqi River, a tributary of the Heilongjiang River, to the Outer Xing'an Mountains, to the sea, the south of the Lingnan belongs to China, and the north of the Ling belongs to Russia. The west is bounded by the Ergun River, the south belongs to China, the north belongs to Russia, and the south bank of the Ergun River The houses at the mouth of the Herrilke River should all be relocated to the north bank', which means that these places should belong to our country. Our country still needs to solve such a big problem. As for General Stilwell's cooperation in opposing the German-Italian-Japanese alliance , we really don’t have the energy.”

Duan Xun spoke easily, but Stilwell couldn't listen casually.

The first two conditions seemed very simple, and Stilwell thought Duan Xun was easy to talk to.I didn't expect the real big move to be here. 300 million square kilometers, does Duan Xun really dare to say?Although these places are places with few people, they are 300 million kilometers of land after all. There are several countries in the world with an area of ​​300 million kilometers.How could the Soviet Union agree to easily transfer such a large territory to China.

Moreover, Stilwell had never carefully understood the "Nerchinsk Treaty", so he dared not speak casually.It's just that Stilwell didn't want to anger Duan Xun. The purpose of the United States now is to stabilize China.