Beiyang reactionaries

Although Hideki Tojo is a radical leader, he did not get angry casually.But after hearing the news, Hideki Tojo really couldn't hold back his anger and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground.

Masayuki Ya, the Japanese foreign minister, also had an angry face.

Because both of them understood that China took advantage of the fact that Japan was at war and the Pacific War was in full swing and had no time to take care of it. It began to exert its influence in Asia and began to intervene in the affairs of Southeast Asia.In the past, China was in Asia. If it was an ally, it only had North Korea, which was single-handedly supported, and the occupied Sumatra Island.Among Southeast Asian countries, China's influence cannot be compared with that of Japan.At that time, the entire Southeast Asian countries followed the example of Japan.

But now?

In less than a year, China not only supported a Vientiane country, but also won over Thailand and Myanmar.Originally, both Thailand and Myanmar were allies of Japan, and Myanmar was single-handedly supported by Japan.But now they all go to China.

Of course Tojo understands what Thailand and Myanmar think.

Compared with Japan, China has a vast territory and rich resources.Looking at Thailand's previous economic crisis, Japan has nothing to do and can't help Thailand at all.Luang Phibun Songkham actually asked Japan for help several times, but Japan delayed.It's not that Japan doesn't want to help Thailand, but that Japan is simply incapable of helping Thailand.But China is different. Luang Phibun Songkham once visited Beijing and the matter was settled.China can easily help Thailand solve its economic problems by uprooting its hair.And by the way, it helped Thailand form a strong army.

The same is true for Myanmar.

After cooperating with China, solve those financial problems in minutes.

China is not a rich country, but because of its large size and large population, its total wealth is astonishing.China's fiscal revenue is almost equivalent to Japan's GDP, which is a big country.

Many people say why many countries following the United States are rich, which is not very obvious.The United States is rich, and it is enough for some small countries to live well by uprooting the hair.This is the case now.

The economic crisis in Thailand, which Japan can't solve with all its efforts, can be solved easily for China.Even if China opens up its domestic market a little bit, it will be enough to feed a small country like Thailand.

Look at how many troops China has deployed in the southwestern provinces.

Millions of troops were deployed, and aircraft, tanks and artillery were deployed in the southwest as if they were free of money.Especially after the Sino-Soviet War ended and China's pressure in the north was greatly reduced, the Chinese army began to deploy a large number of troops in the southwest.

It is very stupid to be a neighbor, not a friend, or an enemy with such a big country.Clearly the current leaders of Thailand and Myanmar are not idiots, they both see the benefits of cooperating with China.Cooperating with China can stabilize the domestic economy and develop the military.

But their choice is very unfavorable to Japan.

Hideki Tojo has already sensed China's aggressive posture.Tojo's goal, or Japan's goal is to integrate the resources of Southeast Asia, coupled with Japan's industrial strength, to become the hegemon of Asia and join the formulation of the world order.

But what China is doing now is poaching Japan's corners and undermining Japan's overall strategy.China stretches its hand into Southeast Asia, which will make Japan lose the opportunity to integrate Southeast Asian countries.

"Bring them their statement, and I'll take a look."

Hideki Tojo took over the statement issued by the five countries in Kunming.

After reading it, he handed this statement to Gu Zhengzhi and asked Gu Zhengzhi to read it too.After Gu Zhengzhi finished reading, he put it down and said, "Fortunately, it's not a military alliance treaty."

"Does it matter if it is a military alliance treaty?"

Tojo Hideki snorted coldly.

Looking at the statement again, he said with a wry smile: "China currently maintains 600 million troops. Like Vientiane and Myanmar, how can they have any troops worthy of China's attention. Although North Korea and Thailand have some troops that can help, if they really After the war, what can their small army do. China can expand its army several times or ten times larger than their army in minutes. What China values ​​is not their military strength at all, but to expand their political influence. "

army?

All those who pay attention to the Soviet-German battlefield have begun to understand what war potential is and what war in industrial countries is.Whether it is Germany or the Soviet Union, look at how many troops have been mobilized.

It is common for both sides to invest 300 million troops in a battle.At present, in the Soviet Union, the two sides have 2000 million troops.

At this time, everyone understands.

This is a big country, and this is an industrial country.With a population of more than 2000 million, the Soviet Union was able to mobilize more than 5000 million troops.China's population is seven times that of the population currently controlled by the Soviet Union. What kind of military source is this?Even if China's mobilization ability is not as good as that of the Soviet Union, it is still no problem to mobilize [-] million troops.Who in the current world can stop such a huge army.

China needs military help from these small countries?

What China wants is to increase its influence.What China needs is the cooperation of these countries. Once China takes any military action, these countries can either give China a military base, or they can use it as an excuse.These cooperations alone have greatly increased China's strength in Southeast Asia.

"Prime Minister, the Chinese people have reached into Southeast Asia. Our intelligence agencies have detected that the Vietnamese royal family, the Cambodian royal family, the Luang Prabang royal family, and the Champasak royal family are all in contact with the Chinese people. If left alone, these It is estimated that the royal family will fall to China and want to use China's help to restore the country."

"That's what the Chinese want."

Tojo Hideki sighed.

Since Western colonists came to Asia, all Southeast Asia except Thailand has fallen.Those kingdoms were originally the lords of a country, but with the arrival of Western colonists, each of them became a so-called royal family in name only.

Now seeing that China has supported the Vientiane Kingdom, they are of course eager to move.After all, compared with the so-called royal family in name only, gaining power in their hands is the most important thing.Although the Vientiane Kingdom has implemented a constitutional monarchy, the power is still in the hands of the royal family.More importantly, this constitutional monarchy at least guarantees the special status of these royal families.

Therefore, these Southeast Asian royal families are all flocking, hoping to get China's support.

"Prime Minister, what should we do now? If this continues, China's influence in Southeast Asia will grow."

"We have two things to do right now."

Hideki Tojo was silent for a long time, and finally made a decision.Hideki Tojo is a very decisive person and will not procrastinate.Whether it is the Quebec meeting, or the establishment of the so-called "Chinese Federation" in China, it is not good news for Japan now.So Hideki Tojo immediately said: "The first thing is to negotiate a big business with China. I worry that it will become more and more difficult to do business with China in the future."

"The Prime Minister is worried that China will fall to the United States?"

"Yes, this is something I have always been very worried about. Over the years, China has maintained a very close relationship with the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union. Maybe one day it will really turn to the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union. Therefore, we must give the United States a new life in the Pacific Ocean. Shock, since the U.S. does not agree to the negotiating request, we must concentrate our strength to take down Pearl Harbor. Don’t give the U.S. a look, they really think we are afraid of them. Doesn’t China like money? I want to spend a lot of money to buy warships and transport ships from China .As long as we destroy the US Pacific Fleet one more time, I believe China will choose us."

Hideki Tojo is a ruthless man.

All of Japan's problems now are due to its failure to completely destroy the United States in the Pacific Ocean.The U.S. Pacific Fleet has been destroyed several times, but the U.S. Pacific Fleet is dead but not dead.Now there are a large number of warships serving in the Pacific Fleet, and Hideki Tojo is preparing to destroy the Pacific Fleet again.The best thing is to win Pearl Harbor and occupy the most important base of the United States in the Pacific Ocean.

Let everyone see that in the Pacific Ocean, Japan is still the world.

"The second thing is that we must never allow China to expand its influence in Southeast Asia. Foreign Minister, we want to compete with China for control of Southeast Asia. At this stage, those places are still controlled by us, and we have an advantage over China. You send people to fight with China. Get in touch with these royal families."

"it is good."

"China, China. If China can be pulled to our side and fight with us, then these problems will not be a problem now."

Hideki Tojo regrets it now.

You shouldn't be too defensive against China before, it should be the same as when Yoshiichi Tanaka was there.If a military alliance with China can be reached, then all the problems in Japan are not a problem now.

Hawaii?

If China and Japan cooperate, then taking Hawaii is not a big problem at all with the naval strength of both sides.At present, the tonnage of Japan's navy exceeds that of China, but when it comes to the size of all ships, China far exceeds Japan.In recent years, China has not mentioned that the scale of the shipyards controlled by the Military Commission has expanded rapidly. There are also many shipyards controlled by provincial governments and private shipyards that have developed very rapidly.There are thousands of shipyards and ship repair yards of a certain scale across the country.If you add up the small shipyards and repair yards, there are thousands of them.Although not as powerful as the United States, China also produces 200 million tons of transport ships every year in order to maintain trade, maintain shipping, and sell large quantities to other countries.If these transport ships can join the war, then Japan will not worry about logistics problems every time it attacks.

And the British Indian Army.

Without China, how could the British and Indian troops survive until now.

Pity.

Now it is getting more and more difficult to win over China to join the war.

"Foreign Minister, talk to China about the Taiwan issue. Don't insist on our opinions, and reach a solution as soon as possible according to their opinions. The Taiwan issue has not been resolved for a long time, and I am always worried about it."

"it is good."

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"Okay, make a note for Wei Chen's group and He Fengshan."