Beiyang reactionaries

Whether it is negotiation or cooperation, it is a step-by-step process, and there has never been a one-step process.

Not to mention the cooperation between major countries such as China and the United States, or the cooperation between China and Laos, it will not be achieved overnight.All negotiations are resolved step by step, one by one.

Although the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union are currently in a hurry, they need to negotiate with China step by step.Therefore, Wang Jingwei judged that the United States currently hopes that China and Japan will first cut off trade relations.As long as China completes this step, it will be much easier for China to join the anti-fascist alliance in the next step.

"Commander, I think so too."

Li Jishen spoke.

Dao: "The blockage of the Panama Canal has seriously affected the mobilization of U.S. warships and the replenishment of the Pacific Fleet. In the third Pearl Harbor naval battle, the U.S. Pacific Fleet once again suffered heavy casualties. It is difficult for the U.S. to mobilize warships, but Japan can supplement their The naval forces can also purchase warships from our country. I think this is something the United States cannot tolerate. They should want my country to stop the arms trade with Japan, especially the warship trade. Only for this matter, the United States will Willing to make such a concession.”

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded.

Both Li Jishen and Wang Jingwei believed that the United States wanted China and Japan to end the arms trade for the sake of the Pacific War.If it weren't for such things, it would be impossible for the United States to make so many concessions.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the United States suffered more and more casualties in the Pacific Ocean.The US Pacific Fleet was also destroyed by Japan time and time again.The United States has sunk 11 large aircraft carriers by Japan on the Pacific battlefield, and there are nearly 30 escort aircraft carriers, more than 20 battleships, more than 10 cruisers, more than 100 destroyers and escort destroyers, and more than 80 submarines. Japanese navy sunk.These were all sunk. In addition to being sunk, there were a large number of wounded warships on the Pacific battlefield.Now the USS Essex aircraft carrier has more than 3400 officers and soldiers.Battleships generally have more than 2000 people, and some large battleships have nearly 3000 officers and soldiers.Those escort aircraft carriers, some small ones with only 2000 to [-] tons, have nearly a thousand officers and soldiers.Some relatively large escort aircraft carriers also have more than [-] officers and soldiers.As for the number of officers and soldiers of destroyers, there are not many, but there are hundreds of them.

In addition to these, although the number of American transport ships sunk by the Japanese Navy in the Pacific Ocean is not as good as that in the Atlantic Ocean, the number of US transport ships sunk is also quite a lot.The United States is playing submarine warfare with Japan, and Japan is also playing submarine warfare with the United States.After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the total tonnage of the American transport ships sunk by the Japanese Navy was more than 300 million tons.

These alone are not ordinary losses.Whether it is a warship or a transport ship sunk by the Japanese navy, most of them will drown if the rescue is not timely.Including the loss of the United States in the Philippines, the direct death toll of the United States on the Pacific battlefield has reached 20, and the casualties are nearly 70.

Such losses are nothing in Germany and the Soviet Union, that is, a battle.But for the United States, it is a very large casualty.So the United States wanted to reduce casualties.

"The Pacific Ocean, the Pacific islands closest to Asia, mainly include the Yap Islands, Palau Islands, Mariana Islands, Rollin Islands, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Gilbert Islands, and Tuvalu Islands. Let's talk about it , what about the US proposal? Should we accept it?"

The map of the Pacific Ocean is spread out.

Duan Xun pointed out some important islands, which are very important islands in the Pacific Ocean.If Duan Xun is not greedy, it must be false.As long as China owns these islands, it will have a certain right to speak in the Pacific Ocean.Japan dared to fight the United States in the Pacific Ocean by controlling these Pacific islands.Before Japan's most important naval base in the Pacific was the Marshall Islands.

It is precisely because of the Marshall Islands that Japan dared to make a move in the Pacific Ocean.

"I think it's acceptable."

Li Jishen said: "According to the current situation of the Pacific War, once Japan is defeated in the future, the American army will inevitably flood in. If the American army is allowed to completely control these islands, it will directly threaten the entire Southeast Asia. If you want to prevent the United States from intervening in Southeast Asia, Then these Asian coasts should indeed be controlled by us. Even if they are not controlled by us, these islands should not be controlled by the United States."

Every time Li Jishen speaks, he starts from a military point of view.

From a military point of view, if China wants to control Asia and integrate Southeast Asia, it cannot allow US troops to flood into Asia.Once the U.S. military floods into Asia and controls these roads, the whole of Asia will depend on the face of the U.S. military.In China's strategy, post-war Asia should become China's back garden, and the United States cannot be allowed to intervene here.

Even if China's future competition in the Pacific Ocean is not considered, China should take those islands just to ensure the stability of Asia.

"I agree with Vice Chairman Li's words."

Dai Kan said: "Even if these islands are allowed to be independent, the U.S. military cannot be allowed to control them. If the U.S. military builds naval bases on these islands, then the entire Pacific Ocean will belong to the U.S. in the future. We will also have to look at the face of the U.S. in the future."

Although the United States is now repeatedly attacked by Japan, no one thinks that the final winner is Japan.

No matter who sees the United States building more than 1000 million tons of ships a year, it will not think that Japan can win.This is just the beginning of the industrial machinery in the United States, and now the production speed in the United States is getting faster and faster.According to the situation in 1942, it was normal for the United States to produce more than 1300 million tons of ships a year.Even as long as the United States continues to increase investment, it will not be a big problem to produce 1500 tons or 1600 tons a year.This is the industrial strength of the United States.

How many ships Japan can produce now is not even a fraction of that of the United States.

The greatest strength of the United States is that no matter how many warships Japan sinks, they can replenish them in a short time.How many times has the Pacific Fleet been destroyed by Japan, but the United States can continue to replenish it.Although Japan's losses are much smaller than those of the US military, its replenishment capabilities are not as good as that of the US.This is the gap between the two sides.

The longer the time, the greater the US advantage.

In fact, this situation has already begun to manifest itself.There are fewer and fewer elite pilots in Japan, and they have already asked China to help them train pilots, but it is still not enough.But the United States is different. Group after group of pilots joined the army and became pilots of U.S. fighter jets.

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded.

Dao: "I also think that even if we don't develop in the Pacific Ocean, we must protect Asia and not let the US troops pour into Asia. Some important islands cannot be controlled by the US. Vice Chairman Wang, you can Conduct more in-depth negotiations with Stilwell. Find out how many islands the United States wants our country to control and which islands. Of course, you must negotiate what the United States wants. Negotiations are your strengths, and you must get them at the least cost. The highest interest. Tell Stilwell, as long as your talks go well, then I will invite Roosevelt to visit China, and I am willing to talk face-to-face with Roosevelt."

"Yes."

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"Chairman, should I call and ask?"

The room was quiet.

They were all smoking silently, and although the windows were all open, there was still a strong smell of smoke in the room.The political leaders of the Supreme Council and some of the leaders of the Military Council are all sitting here.Except for a few of these people, most of them are relatively fierce smokers.

As far as the Supreme Council is concerned, Wang Jingwei is the only one who doesn't smoke much.

Everyone else smokes.

This is a habit left over when leading troops to fight.Almost none of the generals who came out of the army did not smoke.Not to mention anything else, after the outbreak of World War II, the sales of many things in the world have skyrocketed.Among them, the sales volume of cigarettes increased the fastest.

Among China's current exports, cigarettes are a very important export item.Whether it is exported to Europe, sold to Japan, or sold to the British and Indian troops, there are a lot of cigarettes.Because when fighting, those soldiers need to take a puff of cigarettes.At present, the number of cigarettes exported by China every month exceeds 700 million at the least. In 1941, the number of cigarettes exported in one year exceeded [-] million.The growth rate of cigarettes during the war years can be seen.

Everyone is sitting here quietly, all of them are so serious because today is the day of the atomic bomb test.

1942年6月17日，目前是早上09:30。

At the nuclear test base, the time for the test explosion was decided at 7:[-] in the morning.It's been two hours now.Except for some small problems when the test was approaching, there has been no news until now, and the faces of the people present are of course getting more and more serious.

The atomic bomb is easy to say, but not easy to do.

Be honest how much it cost.

Counting from 1936 to now, China has spent more than 200 billion in direct and indirect expenditures.Thousands of departments were newly established for the atomic bomb, many scientists were recruited, and many outstanding technical workers from all walks of life were recruited.Just to build a nuclear industry base, a small city that can accommodate 10 people was built on the base.Moreover, around the nuclear industrial base, there are not many military bases deployed.

Is there anyone in the upper echelons of Chinese politics who opposes this plan?

In fact, there are.

China is a late-developing country, and all of China's industrial development follows the development path of European and American countries.For many generals in the Chinese military, the development of China's weapons can only be developed with the support of Europe, America and Japan.Even though China's military industry has developed relatively fast in the past few years, the foundation is the foundation of Europe, America and Japan.This includes some cutting-edge technology as well.

Like China's current heavy bombers and heavy fighters, the basic technology is learned from Germany.Including the missile technology and radar technology currently developed by China, the foundations all come from Germany.

This is even more true when it comes to industrial development.

Which one of China's industrial basic technology is not learning from European and American countries.The largest proportion is the United States and Germany.It can be said that China's industrial development is all after Europe and the United States have gone through, and China has followed in their footsteps.Most of the scientists including China returned from studying abroad and went to the West to learn new technologies.The results of true originality in China are almost blank.

It is not that the Chinese are naturally lagging behind others, but that the 100-year process has made the Chinese less confident.Especially in science and technology, many people in China are not confident from the bottom of their hearts.In everyone's opinion, as long as science and technology are mentioned, it must be a matter for European and American countries.

Therefore, many people are afraid that China will build an atomic bomb.After all, can China do things that even Europe and the United States have not done?

Never heard of such a thing as an atomic bomb.

And it blows too hard, saying that a bomb can destroy a city.Everyone came out of the smoke of war. Things like atomic bombs sound too mysterious and unreal at all.

But for this thing, how many institutions across the country have cooperated and how much money has been invested. 200 billion, it hurts to think about it.After all, with so much money, why not do it.If the 200 billion is invested in a city, then even a large city with a population of one million can be developed.

It's just that this project is promoted by Duan Xun, even if someone wants to oppose it, they can't oppose it.But there are other thoughts in mind.Now two hours have passed since the original test explosion time, but there is still no news, and everyone has more thoughts in their hearts.