Beiyang reactionaries

"What does Vice Chairman Wang mean?"

"The negotiations with Japan are over, and I will meet with Cordell Hull after this year's Asian Joint Conference is over."

"Asian United Conference?"

Duan Xun immediately understood what Wang Jingwei meant.Looking at Wang Jingwei, he said, "Vice Chairman Wang means that in the Asia Joint Conference, all the Pacific islands controlled by Japan will be brought in, and they will become members of the Asia Joint Organization?"

"Yes. I think Japan will be very willing to our proposal, because it will also have many benefits for Japan. As long as these islands are legitimately included in the Asian Joint Organization, the situation will be completely different. In this way, we and the United States Negotiations will give you more bargaining chips. If the United States does not give enough chips, or if the United States does not fulfill its commitments in the future, then this is also a matter that can be restrained.”

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded.

Wang Jingwei's idea is more insidious, but it is the most beneficial plan for China.If these islands in the Pacific Ocean become members of the Asia United Organization, they will have more leverage in negotiating with the United States.

Although the final ownership of these islands still depends on who is stronger.But if they all enter the Asian Joint Organization, then China has enough excuses to intervene in the affairs of these islands.

When China's strength is not very strong, this thing may be useless.But as long as China's strength increases, this is a good excuse, and China can intervene in things here at any time.Therefore, the United States will never like these islands to become members of the Asian United Organization.We must find ways to solve this problem.This is a bargaining chip in China's negotiations.

As long as the United States fulfills its commitment, China can exclude these islands from the Asian joint organization.

"That's it. This year's Asian Joint Conference is also held in our country. Advance the time to August 8th, shorten the meeting time, and end the meeting at the end of August. We invite Cordell Hull to visit our country at the end of August. From the time Looking at it from above, it will take more than a month. Vice Chairman Wang, you replied to the United States and said that our country is currently busy preparing for the Asian Joint Conference. Visit Beijing."

"it is good."

After talking about Cordell Hull's visit, Duan Xun asked Li Jishen, "What do you mean by Japan?"

"They are going to borrow 10 billion yuan from our bank, and then add 300 tons of gold. They will use this money to do a big deal with our country, that is, to sign an arms treaty with a large order with our country. Among their arms list, In addition to the warships as before, there are also a large number of fighter jets and bombers, involving more than 3000 aircraft."

Li Jishen reported immediately.

One billion yuan, and 300 tons of gold, which is close to 8 million US dollars.Under the current circumstances, this is not a small amount.Japan's military expenditure in 1941 was only 40 billion U.S. dollars, and this year's military expenditure is estimated to be around 60 billion U.S. dollars. 8 million US dollars is a very large sum for Japan.Japan has to spend so much money to buy Chinese arms at one time.

A great deal indeed.

"Loans? What are they using as collateral?"

"Assets of the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu. There are three mortgaged companies, all of which are owned by the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu. One is Mitsubishi Bank, the other is Mitsubishi Corporation, and the other is Nippon Yusen. Although the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu is not the biggest antique of Nippon Yusen, its management rights are Under the control of the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu. We have estimated that the current assets of these three companies are more than 15 billion U.S. dollars. However, it is a war era, and the security of these assets is not guaranteed, and they may suffer losses during the war. Banks It is possible to run into a run. Nippon Yusen has been transporting supplies for the army, and their transport ships are likely to be attacked by the United States. This kind of thing will affect their total assets. But we have done analysis and think that even if these things happen , affecting their assets. But with the status of these companies in Japan, it is very easy to restore their strength after the war. Therefore, using these three companies as collateral, a loan of 10 billion yuan should not lose money. Here are the detailed information of these three companies .”

The Mitsubishi chaebol, this is the number one chaebol in Japan.

The industries they control are among the best among all industries in Japan.Bank of Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Nippon Yusen are all outstanding companies in Japan.

"And they're in a hurry."

Wang Jingwei on the side also spoke.

When Gu Zhengzhi came to China this time, he had to deal with too many things.You need loans, you need to sign an arms deal, and you need to negotiate with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"How urgent is it?"

"Three months. What Gu Zhengzhi means is that he hopes to complete all of this within three months. Starting from the loan contract, the arms trade will be completed within three months. We are required to complete all the transactions within three months. All the munitions were sent to Japan."

"Three months?"

Really anxious.

They want so many things, 3000 fighter jets and bombers alone, and they only give China three months.With so many things, it takes time just to transport them.In other words, what Japan wants is not newly produced arms, but China's inventory.

"However, Gu Zhengzhi revealed it to us. As long as this cooperation can be successfully completed, Japan is willing to let the Vietnamese government recognize that the sovereignty of North Vietnam belongs to our country."

"Ah."

Japan is really in a hurry.

Originally, Japan should not have taken the initiative to bring up such a matter.Because I took the initiative to propose it, I was already at a disadvantage.But Gu Zhengzhi had only been in China for a few days, and he couldn't wait.It can be seen that Japan is more urgent than China.

So Duan Xun said: "Talk. Use these companies as collateral. As long as Japan is defeated, they will not be able to return the money to us. At that time, all these Japanese companies will be ours. As for North Vietnam, it is a good place. Our country It would not be a bad thing if there is one more Annan Province."

732

"Chairman, the battle report from Imphal."

June was a busy month, and so is July.

The more intense the war, the more prominent the importance of China.Because China is a big industrial country and a big populous country, the war potential is astonishing.So for countries in the world now, China is really a sweet pastry.All countries have begun to win over China, hoping that China can stand on their side.Even if you don't join the war, you have to support yourself.It is really because all countries are exhausted from fighting now.Especially the Soviet Union and Germany currently on the Soviet-German battlefield, that is really a serious blow to their vitality.

Needless to say the Soviet Union.

According to preliminary statistics, the military and civilian casualties in the Soviet Union have exceeded 3000 million so far, and the number is about 3300 million.In a country with a population of hundreds of millions, such casualties would definitely affect the foundation of the entire country.However, Germany and its vassals still maintain an army of 800 million in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union wants to defeat Germany, and some will fight.It is not yet known how many casualties will be paid.

As a result of such casualties, the Soviet Union's military resources began to be insufficient, so that the Soviet Union has even created millions of female soldiers to participate in the war.Including many factories in the current Soviet Union, there are a group of female workers.

The situation in the Soviet Union was so tragic, and Germany was not at all easy.Although Germany did not suffer such heavy losses as the Soviet Union, the German army has currently suffered nearly 600 million casualties.The Soviet-German War lasted for two years, the Battle of Leningrad, the Battle of Moscow, and the Battle of Stalingrad. The German casualties in these three battles alone reached nearly 400 million.Especially after the defeat of the Battle of Stalingrad, some guerrillas in the German-occupied areas began to slowly become active.Seriously affected German shipping lines.

The population of Germany is only about 8000 million, and the 600 million casualties are also traumatic.The servants who fought with Germany also had 400 million casualties.The combined casualties of the German army and the servant army are currently about 1000 million.The greater the casualties, the more and more unbearable it is for those slave countries.

Of course, the UK is not feeling well at all.

Because after the United States adopted the strategy of "first Asia and then Europe", although the United States still has a large number of material resources to continuously support the United Kingdom.But the United States pays more attention to the Pacific battlefield, so a large number of military forces are deployed in the Pacific.The result is insufficient protection in the Atlantic Ocean.

Historically, in order to ensure the Atlantic route, the United States has dispatched a large number of escort aircraft carriers, destroyers, escort destroyers, and even a large number of US naval aviation units have been deployed in Iceland.All for the safety of this route.

In anti-submarine, the U.S. Navy has made great contributions.

But now the U.S. Navy has much fewer warships participating in escorts, and the deployment of naval aviation has also decreased.Because the United States is always at a disadvantage in the Pacific Ocean, a large number of warships can only participate in the Pacific War.As a result, Britain was solely responsible for the Atlantic route, and it really suffered heavy losses in the face of German submarine warfare.Including in the Mediterranean, Britain struggled in the face of German submarine warfare.Fortunately, the British navy is strong, otherwise it would have been beaten to the ground by Germany.

Not to mention that in other battlefields, the British situation is not very good.

The India-Myanmar region was beaten back by the Japanese army, and the Australian army was threatened by the Japanese army at any time.As a result, India and Australia, the two most important sources of troops for the UK, were unable to send more troops to support the UK.Therefore, more and more troops were mobilized in the British mainland.The situation in North Africa is not very good either.The United States sent 15 reinforcements, and the British and American coalition forces launched the "Torch Battle", but the result was unsuccessful.The Anglo-American coalition forces were divided into three routes and landed from three different ports respectively. As a result, two routes encountered strong resistance from the North African army, causing heavy losses to the British and American coalition forces. The "Torch Project" can be said to have basically failed.

It's all a headache.

Not to mention countries such as the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United Kingdom, even the United States has been struggling to destroy the Pacific Fleet several times by Japan.

After all, the money in the United States does not come from the wind.

In 1939, the military expenditure of the United States was only about 30 billion U.S. dollars.By 1940, U.S. military spending began to soar, rising to more than 80 billion U.S. dollars.However, after the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor Incident, the military expenditure of the United States quickly reached 1941 billion U.S. dollars in 420.After entering 1942, the military expenditure of the United States continued to soar.In just seven months now, the military expenditure of the United States has exceeded that of the whole year of 1941, reaching nearly 500 billion U.S. dollars.

Of course, the United States also feels that it is difficult to spend so much money.

The United States has strong economic strength and strong industrial strength, so it can hold on.But the casualties of the United States are also gradually increasing, consuming all the strength of the United States.So far, the United States has sunk more than 40 large aircraft carriers, light aircraft carriers, and escort aircraft carriers in the Pacific battlefield by Japan.More than 40 battleships and cruisers were sunk by Japan.

What a loss.

Although the United States is very powerful, a loss of this scale will seriously affect the United States and consume its strength.The U.S. government spends so much money, all of which is borrowed, and the U.S. fiscal revenue is not so high.With so much debt, it is all interest-bearing.If the war continues like this, it is certain that the US military expenditure will exceed 1000 billion a year. 1000 billion US dollars, what kind of concept is this.If we fight in this situation for a few years, the debt of the United States will reach the point where even the US government has a headache.It will even directly affect the fiscal policy and financial order of the United States.

Although these countries currently participating in the war still have great war potential, they are all really tired.At this time, they all hope that a living force will appear to help them.