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"Closely."

"Yes."

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On September 1941, 9, the Asian Joint Conference was held in Nanjing.

There was a lot of momentum.

It is really a big event in Asia.

It has attracted the attention of all Asian countries and ethnic groups.Because every Asian joint meeting is a division of interests among Asian countries.Even those puppet governments supported by Japan have their own interests.It is hoped that more interests can be divided in the Asian joint meeting.So every country, the American nation, will come to the Asian Joint Conference with full hopes.

Of course, such a conference also attracted the attention of the whole world.Allies of Japan, such as Germany and Italy, hope that Japan will use this Asian joint conference to win over China and let China join the Axis powers.Even if China does not join the Axis powers, China must continue to support the Axis powers and must not join the anti-fascist alliance.Stabilizing China is the greatest hope of the Axis powers now.

And now there are more and more countries in Asia.

Germany and Italy hope that Japan can unite these Asian countries, gather the power of Asia, and completely eliminate the British army in Asia.Of course, what they expect more is that Japan can continue to contain the United States in the Pacific Ocean.

This was true of the Axis powers, and the anti-fascist countries of the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union were also paying attention to this meeting.

In order to stabilize China, the United States agreed to China's request and asked Henry Wallace, the vice president, to go out in person to persuade the Soviet Union.The Soviet Union even reluctantly "ceded" more than 300 million square kilometers of land to China.The British, American and Soviet countries tried their best to stabilize China and prevent China from joining the Axis powers.It is also for this reason that they can only turn a blind eye to China's continued support for the Axis countries and keep selling supplies to the Axis countries, and they can only swallow their teeth.

What the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union now hope is that China will never reach an agreement with Japan at this Asia Joint Conference.Once China and Japan really sign a consensus agreement, it will really be detrimental to the anti-fascist countries.They hope that at this meeting, China and Japan will have conflicts over territorial issues, and it would be best if they fall out.

Therefore, it can be said that the whole world is paying attention to the Asian Joint Conference.

After the meeting between Duan Xun and Tanaka Yoshiichi that year, the Asia United Organization was established and the Asia United Conference began.Over the years, the number of members of the Asian Joint Organization has increased, and more and more countries have participated in the Asian Joint Conference.Of course, the Asian Joint Conference is becoming more and more important, and it is the best platform for exchanges among countries.

This time the Asian Joint Conference has the most countries and leaders.Only the heads of state in Asia, including Duan Xun, Chairman of the Supreme Council of China, Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of the Japanese Cabinet, Choi Hyun, Chairman of the North Korean Council, Sukarno, President of the Republic of Indonesia, Luang Phibun Songkham, Prime Minister of Thailand, and The "President" Lawwell of the Second Republic, the head of the Interim Government of Free India Chandra Bose, and the Prime Minister of Myanmar Bhamo.

This is the first time that Philippine President Lawwell and Myanmar Prime Minister Bamo participated in the meeting.

Lawwell cooperated with Japan after Japan captured the Philippines.In fact, the Second Philippine Republic has not yet been established and is in the preparatory stage.Not enough Lawwell is the chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Second Philippine Republic and the default president of the Second Philippine Republic, so he will represent the soon-to-be-established Second Philippine Republic to participate in the meeting.

As for Bhamo, Myanmar was originally supported by the United Kingdom and was a British colony.Bhamo is the Prime Minister of British Burma, and he listens to the British.However, after the Japanese launched the Burma campaign, they have been winning consecutive battles and are extremely strong in Burma.Although the situation in the Myitkyina campaign launched this year was not very smooth, Japan's Myitkyina campaign was basically a failure.But it still shocked many people in Myanmar.

After all, in their eyes, or in the hearts of many Asian countries and nations, the white people in Europe and the United States are invincible.This is not formed in a day or two, but is the result of the subtle influence of Asian countries and nations being invaded and colonized by European and American countries for 100 years, or even 300 years.In the eyes of all nations in Asia, Europe and the United States are invincible opponents in Asia, and their strength is beyond everyone's imagination.At this time, Japan came out.Japan swept the European and American white troops in Southeast Asia, which brought great confidence to many Asian countries and nations.Because they discovered that Asian countries can also defeat European and American countries, and Asian races can also defeat white people.European and American whites are not invincible.

This self-confidence is brought to them by Japan.

In this regard, Japan has made certain "contributions" to Asian countries and nations.

As a result, after World War II, China, North Korea and South Korea strongly condemned Japan's aggression.But in Southeast Asian countries, starting from the governments of Southeast Asian countries, many of the people below do not dislike Japan like China, North Korea and South Korea. On the contrary, they still have a certain liking for Japan.Because those countries were originally colonies, and it is uncertain when they would become independent without Japan.

So is Myanmar.

Those people in Burma watched the Japanese beating up the British. At first they were shocked, but later many people were excited.In the end, most of the officials of the British Burmese government defected to Japan and formed a new Burmese government.Bhamo also fled from the British, defected to Japan, established the Burmese government, and became the prime minister of the new Burmese government.

Therefore, in this meeting, Myanmar Prime Minister Bhamo also attended.

In fact, there are still some countries in Asia that have governments.

In particular, several countries in French Indochina, such as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, all have royal families.But because they belong to French Indochina, they still have to look at the face of France.So their king did not come in person, but they also sent representatives to attend this meeting.

In Southeast Asia, the only one not participating is the representative from Malaysia.

Because many powerful factions in Malaysia followed the British to resist Japan.Japan established various puppet governments throughout Asia.But only a puppet government was not established in Malaysia. Instead, it suppressed rebel organizations.

But even so, there were a lot of people coming to this meeting.Representatives from some ethnic groups including India also came to this meeting.There are many ethnic groups in India, and ethnic groups with large populations abound.Many of them also participated in the national liberation movement and sent people to this meeting.

In fact, with so many heads of state participating in this meeting, the actual meeting will not be discussed by these heads of state, but will still be a meeting of foreign ministers of various countries or a meeting of ministers of various countries as before.The heads of state only met on the first day and briefly stated the purpose of the meeting.The following meetings were held by foreign ministers and ministers of various countries.The content of the discussion included political, military, and economic aspects.

As for these heads of state, they mainly meet in private.

"Prime Minister Tojo, the purpose of the Asia United Organization is anti-colonial. Should your country withdraw from the Korean peninsula?"

After everyone participated in the opening ceremony, each country will meet according to its own situation.

The leaders of China, Japan and North Korea met.Choi Hyun, chairman of the North Korean Committee, immediately expressed his opinion and asked the Japanese army to withdraw from the Korean peninsula.In fact, facing Hideki Tojo, Cui Xian didn't have much confidence.

Especially not long ago, all Asian countries knew that Japan once again fought a big victory at Midway Island.Not only severely damaged the US Navy, but also occupied Midway Island.If it weren't for the support of China behind him, Cui Xian would really dare not talk to Japan like this.

Hideki Tojo has a "bad reputation" in Asia today.

"The purpose of our country has always been anti-colonial, and there is nothing wrong with that."

Hideki Tojo nodded, not feeling embarrassed at all, but directly admitted that Japan was against colonization.Anti-colonialism is the banner held high by China and Japan. Whether it is the Asian United Organization or the Asian Joint Conference, the purpose is to be anti-colonial.After acknowledging that Japan's purpose is to be anti-colonial, Hideki Tojo continued: "Chairman Cui, although our country is anti-colonial and supports the independence of all ethnic groups, we must also respect the status quo formed by history. Chairman Duan, I believe that I You should agree with this statement. The ethnic groups in Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Hulunbuir in your country all demanded independence, didn’t your country agree? I think this is the result of your country’s respect for history.”

Duan Xun frowned.

This time at the Asian Joint Conference, Duan Xun met Hideki Tojo for the first time.Unexpectedly, Hideki Tojo was really eloquent, and he turned the topic to China.But Duan Xun didn't speak, Duan Xun wanted to see what Hideki Tojo had to say.

Seeing Duan Xun's refusal to comment, Tojo shrugged.

Duan Xun was really calm.The leader of the small North Korean government dared to ask Japan directly for the southern part of the Korean peninsula. Hideki Tojo knew that there must be China's support behind him.So Hideki Tojo originally wanted to provoke Duan Xun, but it seemed that Duan Xun was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"Prime Minister Tojo, I support what you said about respecting history. But I think your analogy is wrong. The regions you mentioned, Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Hulunbeier, have been in Chinese history for thousands of years. As early as During the Han Dynasty, most of these areas were already China’s territory. This situation is called history. But the Korean Peninsula has never belonged to your country in history. It was forcibly taken by your country after the Sino-Japanese War. Your country China’s behavior is the most typical colonial. Since your country advocates against colonization, it is necessary to withdraw from the Korean peninsula and return the southern part of the Korean peninsula to our country. Our army has made all preparations to fight for the unification of the country.”

Cui Xianke has lived in China for 20 years and has been studying in China all the time. He also graduated from a Chinese university.It should be said that most of the party, government and military leaders of the North Korean government graduated from Chinese universities.He is very clear about Chinese history, so he immediately refuted Tojo's statement.

And express the determination of the North Korean government.

Hideki Tojo didn't seem angry at all, but smiled slightly: "Chairman Cui also made sense. But what I said about respecting history is that I hope your country respects the ideas of the people in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. How can your country affirm their beliefs?" Are you willing to change the current situation and be unified by the Republic of Korea?"

"The unity of the country is the greatest wish of our nation."

"I don't believe such words. I only believe in the facts I see. So I have prepared a plan. I hope that Chairman Duan and Chairman Cui will discuss it together. Our Japanese plan is the southern part of the Korean peninsula. Form an interim government."

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"A provisional government is formed in the southern part of the Korean peninsula."

"Provisional government?"

"Yes."

Hideki Tojo nodded slightly.

He smiled and said: "Our idea is to respect the ideas of the people in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula and the people in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, and not impose our own ideas on either side. The current situation on the Korean Peninsula is formed by history. We We should respect history and find an optimal solution. It is precisely to respect history that we propose to establish an interim government in the southern part of the Korean peninsula. In this way, there will be two governments on the Korean peninsula at the same time, allowing the two governments to strengthen various cooperation After a few years, the two governments will complete the merger according to the wishes of the people on the peninsula, so that the reunification of the Korean peninsula will be completed. At that time, who can become the leader of the new government will depend on the choice of the people on the peninsula, and which of the two governments is more important Can get the support of the people of the peninsula. What do you two think?"

Cui Xian was furious.

Japan is trying to split North Korea.Moreover, when talking about the establishment of a provisional government, it is not to establish a puppet government supported by Japan.The government supported by Japan must obey the orders of Japan.

damn it.