Beiyang reactionaries

"Sell."

Duan Xun did not hesitate.

It's not that Duan Xun is not worried that Japan may counterattack China, so when doing arms business with Japan, Duan Xun still has a lot to consider.However, Duan Xun carefully analyzed the current distribution of troops in Japan.The main force of the Japanese navy is in the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands, and many warships are also deployed in Midway Island.The main force of the Japanese navy is currently dealing with the US Pacific Fleet in the Pacific Ocean.

The remaining naval forces were mainly deployed on Illian Island and the Coral Sea to cooperate with the Japanese army in attacking Australia.And there are still a small number of troops to control Malacca and the ports in Burma.

Then came the Japanese Army Corps.

The main force of the Japanese Army is divided into three parts.Some are left in the country.Japan is also very defensive against China, so it is impossible not to deploy troops on the mainland. In addition, the Japanese reserve forces are all on the mainland, so the local strength is very strong.

Among overseas troops, the most troops are deployed in French Indochina, the Malaya Peninsula, and Burma.The total number of Japanese troops here is nearly 100 million, and the number of troops deployed in Myanmar alone exceeds 50.

Because the battlefield in Myanmar is also the cruelest.

After Japan launched the Burma campaign, it fought many tough battles.Before the Battle of Myitkyina, especially the Battle of Mandalay, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties.Although most of the British Indian Army is composed of Indians, their combat effectiveness is not as bad as that of the former colonial troops.On the contrary, the British and Indian troops are becoming more and more capable of fighting, and Japan can only keep sending troops to Burma.

The Battle of Burma was the battlefield with the heaviest Japanese casualties after the outbreak of World War II.In Burma, Japan lost 17 casualties and over 50 casualties within two years.If you add Japan's allies and servants, the number of casualties reaches nearly 30.

In addition to here, another large-scale deployment of the Japanese Army is Illian Island.This is the bridgehead area where the Japanese army attacked Australia. Before that, the Japanese army and the Australian army fought a head-to-head battle here.Although the Japanese army with superior numbers finally won, it also paid a very painful price.At present, the Japanese army still has nearly 40 troops on Illian Island.

This is the main deployment situation of the Japanese Army.

Of course, in addition to these three places, Japan has also deployed many troops in other places.For example, troops from two divisions have been deployed on the Korean Peninsula, and army troops have been deployed in places such as the Philippines, the Republic of Indonesia, Kalimantan, the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Gilbert Islands, and the Tuvalu Islands.If you add them all up, there are more than a dozen divisions.

According to this analysis, even if Japan wants to counterattack China, it will be impossible in a short time.Because the deployment of Japanese troops is too scattered, it is not so easy to concentrate.And as long as the troops are concentrated, China will be able to find out.

So Duan Xun nodded.

sell it.

It is not so easy to continue the arms trade in the future.In other words, there are not many opportunities to do arms business in the future.That is to say, it is still possible to do arms business this year, but it will be difficult to continue to do arms business in the future.

"Chairman, Japan has other actions now."

Wang Jingwei spoke again.

Duan Xun looked at Wang Jingwei, and Wang Jingwei immediately said: "Recently, Japan has begun to sell properties in the Nanyang region. Many properties are sold at very low prices and are allowed to be settled in RMB. According to statistics from the Overseas Chinese Committee, Japan is currently selling Some assets are almost one-fifth of the pre-war price, and some are even one-tenth. Many Chinese businessmen are a little tempted, so they want to ask us what we mean."

"Japan sells assets in Nanyang?"

"Yes."

Duan Xun smiled and said: "It seems that Japan is really short of money, and it started to make our overseas RMB idea. This is to search for RMB from Nanyang, and then buy materials from our country. But this asset, can be You can’t buy it casually. After the Japanese came to Nanyang, all the assets of European and American businessmen were confiscated. After the war is over, the legal assets of European and American businessmen will be returned to them. We are not robbers, and even swallowed these assets. Let the Chinese merchants pay attention, so as not to make trouble in the future."

"They are also worried about this, so they ask us. They want to know our policies and how to deal with these assets after the war. If our country does not recognize the ownership of these assets in the hands of European and American businessmen, then they will take action."

Businessmen are very courageous.

Japan sold its assets, and many Chinese businessmen were thrilled.Because the current price is very low, once the war is over, their assets may multiply several times.But they are worried, because these assets are not Japanese assets after all, but they confiscated other people's assets.

"You can clearly tell them that wars are wars and business is business. No matter the businessman of any country, as long as he does not engage in things that endanger national security, then we will guarantee their personal safety and property safety. Therefore, Japan We will not recognize the legitimate assets of those European and American businessmen confiscated during the war. Let us decide in the future, and we will only recognize the original owners of these assets.”

Duan Xun paused for a moment and said to Yang Wei: "Deputy Secretary-General Yang, you need to come up with a legal clause in this regard, or formulate a legal clause. On the basis of the current 'Foreign Investment Protection Law' in our country, we must add The content about hostile assets. When a war breaks out between our country and a certain country, as long as the businessmen of the enemy country who do business in our country do not engage in things that endanger our national security, including engaging in intelligence work and smuggling, then the assets of these businessmen from the enemy country will be Legal protection should be provided. Their normal commercial activities should also be legally protected. We must provide the world capital with a safe legal guarantee system. We cannot arbitrarily confiscate the assets of businessmen from other countries in the name of assets of hostile countries.”

"I see."

Yang Wei nodded.

For more than 20 years after Duan Xun entered Beijing, the most important thing was to determine the property rights and not blur the ownership relationship of assets.Then there is the protection of these foreign investments.If Duan Xun wants to make China a world power, he must let the world see a responsible power.Protecting these foreign capitals is for world capital to see.So that they can safely and boldly invest in China.

"However, some assets, like those occupied by the colonial government, we will not recognize. These assets of the colonial government are not their legitimate assets, they are robbed with bayonets, so we do not recognize the legality of these assets These assets can be collected. But generally speaking, I am opposed to Chinese businessmen buying those assets confiscated by Japan. You just need to convey this meaning to them. Some people want to be greedy for petty gains, and we can’t stop them.”

"Yes."

Wang Jingwei nodded, and then continued: "Chairman, recently we discovered that Japan has also begun to contact the royal families of various countries in Southeast Asia. It should be worried that these royal families will fall to us."

"This is normal."

Duan Xun is not in a hurry.

How can Japan ignore China's hand in Southeast Asia?But Japan is already too late. China has been very successful in supporting the Vientiane Kingdom and has set an example for those royal families.And it also showed the strength of China by the way.

The Vientiane Kingdom was established, just under the control of Japan and France.But Japan, including France, which one dares to directly oppose, the establishment of the Vientiane Kingdom has not been very smooth.These are all because of China's deterrence.This made the royal families in Nanyang see it, so they immediately started contacting China.

Some people have already reached an agreement with China.It is too late for Japan to intervene now.

"Don't give up our conditions because of Japan's intervention. Whatever should be done. However, we must speed up the negotiations, especially Luang Prabang and Champasak. We must win as soon as possible. Tell Luang Prabang and The Champasak royal family, when they establish an independent country, our country is willing to give them political, economic, and military assistance."

"Yes."

Wang Jingwei nodded, and said: "I will ask He Fengshan to speed up the negotiations. Chairman, during the Sino-Japanese Taiwan issue negotiations, the Japanese side suddenly lowered the conditions significantly and made a lot of concessions in an instant. If we look at Japan's current concessions, it will be possible soon. Completion of negotiations."

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"A lot of concessions?"

China and Japan have been talking about the Taiwan issue for many years.

Speaking of which, the first person who wanted to talk to China about the Taiwan issue was the former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka.At that time, Tanaka Yoshiichi wanted to end some historical disputes with China, and hoped that China and Japan would no longer have historical burdens.For this reason, Yoshiichi Tanaka had already decided to make a lot of concessions, including transferring Taiwan's sovereignty to China.

Tanaka Yoshiichi's strategy is very clear.

Unite with China in Asia, unite with Germany and Italy in the world, stabilize the United States, and mainly expel European colonists such as Britain, France and the Netherlands.Because in Tanaka Yoshiichi's view, as long as China and Japan cooperate, it is impossible for European and American countries to intervene in Asian affairs.Although Japan's goal is to stabilize the United States, Tanaka Yoshiichi believes that the United States is most concerned about not keeping the Philippines.

At that time, Yoshihide Tanaka had planned Japan's future strategy.

It's just that this negotiation has just begun, and Tanaka Yoshiichi was assassinated, so the negotiation can only end without a problem, and Tanaka Yoshiichi's plan is also in vain.After Hideki Tojo took office, he and Yoshiichi Tanaka thought differently.He does not want to give up Taiwan, a place with such an important strategic position.Hideki Tojo's idea is to integrate the resources of Southeast Asian countries, and then use Japanese industry to defeat European and American countries.Go back and compete with China again.Therefore, Hideki Tojo does not want to negotiate with China, and the two parties only need to maintain superficial cooperation.

Even if he talked about the Taiwan issue with China later, Tojo's idea was just to delay the time, and he didn't want to really solve the Taiwan issue with China.Because Hideki Tojo always believes that Japan needs time now, time to resolve the war with Britain and the United States.As long as Japan resolves the current war, it will have enough ability to compete with China for hegemony in Asia.

So negotiations on Taiwan have been procrastinating.

"Yes. The Japanese side almost gave up all their original claims, and then fully agreed with our opinion. They are willing to withdraw from the South Sakhalin Island and the South Kuril Islands within half a year, and are willing to facilitate the negotiations between China, Japan, France and Vietnam as soon as possible. The decision on the ownership of North Vietnam. Among their conditions, they only retained one, and that is to ask our country not to deploy troops in the South Sakhalin Island and the South Kuril Islands.”

Wang Jingwei nodded.

Japan's sudden concession made the negotiators on the front line look confused and confused.Because they really did not expect such a dramatic change in the negotiations.Before, everyone was muddling along and didn't pay much attention to this negotiation.This is true in Japan, and it is also true in China.Except for the negotiators of the two sides eating and drinking every day, the negotiations basically made no progress, and everyone was not in a hurry.The top executives of both sides are not in a hurry, so why are they negotiators in a hurry.But now the Japanese side has made a big concession suddenly, and the result is that the Chinese negotiators are all stupid.

Because if the talks go on like this, the negotiations will end soon.But they didn't receive orders from above, and they didn't dare to promise anything casually.

"Hideki Tojo, are you really in a hurry?"

Duan Xun smiled.

In the current situation, whether it is Japan or Germany, there is a big problem.That is, on the surface, they seem to be extremely strong, and their performance on the battlefield is also very good.The casualties of the Soviet army on the Soviet-German battlefield were several times that of the German army. Every battle seemed to be dominated by the German army.Including the current battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet army has begun to have an overall advantage in the overall trend, but the daily casualties are still more Soviet troops than German troops.On the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese Navy even destroyed the main force of the US Pacific Fleet several times.But the real situation is that Japan and Germany are already somewhat powerless.

Although it would not be the end of the battle, the battle line was too long, which made them feel very difficult.Difficulties are felt in all aspects, logistics difficulties, and the mobilization of military resources are becoming more and more difficult.Of course, more importantly, the enemy is getting stronger and stronger.