Beiyang reactionaries

In May 1943, the British and American coalition forces launched the Tunisian Campaign in North Africa, and more than 5 troops from both sides fought a decisive battle in Tunisia.The German-Italian coalition used the military base in Sicily to support the Tunisian campaign.Needless to say, the British and American coalition forces, relying on their strong naval strength, can deliver whatever logistics materials they want.Britain and the United States have a natural advantage in this regard.Both countries have very strong sea power.Although the United Kingdom has fallen, it can still produce 90 million tons of ships a year.Not to mention that the United States now produces more than 600 million tons of ships a year.Therefore, in terms of logistical support, Britain and the United States are doing the best.The two sides fought in Tunisia for more than two months. Until July, the British and American coalition forces won a complete victory.

Although the German-Italian coalition forces tried their best, and the support from the military base in Sicily was also very strong, they could no longer stop the British and American coalition forces.The British and American coalition forces participated in the Tunisian campaign with more than 3000 combat aircraft.

By July 1943, 7, the Tunisian campaign was over.The 13 troops of the German-Italian coalition chose to surrender.With the end of the Tunisian campaign, the North African campaign officially ended.The British and American forces completely occupied North Africa.

After Duan Xun and Hull met, the exchanges between China and the United States increased.Some unimportant information, the two sides also began to share.Of course, it is not specific information, but will report some of their next actions.

"The European front? They are going to land in Sicily."

"Yes. The location of Sicily is very good. The German and Italian coalition forces have been using Sicily to support the North African campaign. Moreover, the existence of the military base in Sicily has greatly affected the actions of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean. The Allied forces want to come and go freely in the Mediterranean. Solving the military base in Sicily is inevitable."

Duan Xun looked at the map and admired the United States.

The United States is currently fighting life and death on the Pacific battlefield, and the casualties are very heavy.In history, the US military suffered a total of more than one million casualties in World War II, and most of them occurred on the European battlefield.

But not currently.

The strength of the Japanese army caused a lot of casualties to the US military.Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, American military and civilian casualties have reached nearly 200 million people.Not to mention anything else, the United States alone has more than 50 aircraft carriers sunk by the Japanese on the Pacific battlefield, including light aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers.It can be seen how much the US military lost on the Pacific battlefield.Now that the U.S. military has begun to attack those Pacific islands occupied by the Japanese army, the casualties will further increase.Because among these Pacific islands, the Japanese army deployed heavy troops.On some large islands, the Japanese army deployed tens of thousands of troops, 10,000+ troops.To conquer such a large island, the United States needs more than one million army troops in the Pacific battlefield alone.Therefore, in the Pacific Ocean, there are currently more than 4000 US transport ships delivering supplies to frontline troops.

Moreover, a large number of US military aviation units are now deployed on the India-Myanmar battlefield, and there are more than 30 people on the North African battlefield.Now it is time to open up the European battlefield, which can be described as attacking from all sides.

"Chairman, the Japanese consortium is seeking our government's thoughts through the materials committee."

"what idea?"

"Some consortiums in Japan, it should be said that some families in Japan are worried about Japan's defeat and the safety of their funds. Therefore, they are planning to transfer some money to our country. Not only the Japanese consortia, but also many families in Germany, Italy and even Spain, That’s how it’s thought now.”

As long as people have selfishness.

Regardless of the lack of foreign exchange in Japan, it seems that their government is short of money.But these Japanese consortiums and Japanese families are not short of money at all.Just like when the United States is fighting a war, the American consortium makes a lot of money.Japan is at war, and these consortiums in Japan are also rich in money.The Japanese army looted so many gold and silver treasures, and these consortiums also looted a lot of money.He hoarded a lot of good things like gold and silver in his hands.

It is the idea of ​​many big families to put the family first and then the country.Human nature is common.

And those officers in Germany and Italy.

They are not good men and women.During the war, they looted a lot of good things and made a fortune by using the war.Don't underestimate the evil of human nature, especially these invading troops, who just rob money and have good military discipline.When Germany and Italy invaded, looting money was nothing, massacres were commonplace.But now the situation in the Axis countries is getting more and more difficult, and these people are beginning to worry about the safety of their assets.

They were already worried before, so they transferred a lot of funds to China.The Bank of East Asia, currently headquartered in Hong Kong, is to collect these "dirty money".But it was different from that time.

Although there were a lot of funds deposited at that time, the Axis powers were in full swing.The reason why they transferred part of the funds to China is just to spread some risks.But it is different now, the situation of the Axis countries is getting worse and worse.

After entering 1943, the situation of the Axis powers became even more difficult.

All these people are afraid.

Worried about not being able to keep these assets, they all want to transfer these assets.For now, they don't believe much.Many of them have had many relationships with China. After all, China has cooperated with Germany, Italy and Japan for more than 20 years.So they are tempted to move the money to China.

But they also worry that the money will not be safe in China.

So I began to want to find out what the Chinese government meant.

"receive."

If China does not accept this money, it will be cheaper for the United States and the Soviet Union.

Especially the United States.

Historically, after the Second World War, the United States took away countless good things from Japan and Southeast Asia.Many of the good things that Japan scavenged from Southeast Asia were confiscated by the United States before they could be brought back to the mainland.It is better to be taken away by China than to be taken away by the United States.

No matter what it is, money is not afraid of too much.

There are still many places where money will be used in China in the future.

"Vice Chairman Yang (Yang Wei), I also said it last time. There should be more protection for foreign investment, the protection of laws and regulations."

"Chairman, we already have new laws and regulations on how to protect foreign investment and property rights in a deeper way. It's just that we haven't found a good opportunity to announce it. The overall idea is based on what the chairman said last time. Yes. Regardless of any company or individual, even if the company or individual belongs to a company or citizen of a hostile country that is at war with China, as long as they do not engage in things that endanger the security of our country, they will be protected."

"Okay, that's it."

Duan Xun nodded.

How much foreign investment a country can attract actually shows the world's confidence in this country from the side.After entering the 21st century in history, China and the United States are the countries that attract the most foreign investment.Because China and the United States are the largest economic powers in the world, and they are also the two most promising economies in the world.

To attract funds, in addition to a stable political environment and a stable economic environment, a strong protection mechanism is also needed.

"This law and regulation should be announced immediately, and it must be known to the whole world."

"Yes."

"Vice Chairman Dai (Dai Kan), the Bank of China needs to formulate a strong regulation to restrict those banks in our country. Especially the information of bank customers must be kept confidential. It should cooperate with this 'Foreign Investment Protection Law'."

"Yes."

"Vice Chairman Li (Li Jishen), let the materials committee disclose to Germany and Italy. Our country will carry out the most effective protection no matter who deposits the funds in the bank."

"Yes."

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On July 1943, 7, the Supreme Council promulgated the supplementary provisions of the "Law on the Protection of Foreign Investment".

Since the establishment of the Supreme Council, the Supreme Council has become the highest authority in China.Legislative power, executive power, and judicial power are all in one, and all new laws and regulations are formulated and announced by the Supreme Council.The Cabinet, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Prosecutor's Office, the Supervisory Commission, and the Military Commission are all subordinate departments of the Supreme Council.The Supreme Council is the real centralized authority.

Legislative power will return to Congress only after the Supreme Council is terminated and Congress is re-elected.Therefore, the supplementary provisions of the "Foreign Investment Protection Law" were formulated by the Supreme Committee and then announced.

The influence is very large.

Compared with the "Foreign Investment Protection Law" announced before, this time the supplementary provisions are more specific and in-depth for the protection of foreign investment, or for foreign businessmen investing in China.Of course, this non-clause mainly expresses an attitude of the Chinese government.

At present, many countries in the world have "enemy state property law" or "enemy state trade law".Once a war breaks out, it is normal and legal for those countries to use such terms to confiscate the assets of businessmen from enemy countries.No one thinks there is any problem with this, because everyone plays it that way.

After the outbreak of World War II, Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union confiscated the assets of Germany, Italy and Japan, and Germany, Italy and Japan confiscated the assets of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. This is a very common thing.China is the first country to declare that even if war breaks out, it will not confiscate the assets of businessmen from enemy countries.

This is to give a guarantee to the businessmen in Germany, Italy and Japan.

These German, Italian and Japanese businessmen have already felt the change in China's current attitude.China is getting closer and closer to the anti-fascist alliance, and farther and farther away from the Axis powers.According to the current situation, it is only a matter of time before China joins the anti-fascist alliance.

Therefore, German, Italian and Japanese businessmen are somewhat worried about transferring funds to China. After all, the two sides may become hostile countries by then, and may even go to war.At that time, will China confiscate their assets with something like "enemy country property law".But now that China has announced the supplementary provisions of the "Foreign Investment Protection Law", they are very relieved.This is China's measure to further absorb funds from Germany, Italy and Japan.

"Director Li, Beijing Telegraph."

"Let me see."

Li Zhilong took the telegram from Cheng Siyuan.

Then he spread out the map and said, "The first step for Britain and the United States to open up a European battlefield is to land in Sicily."

"The news from Beijing is so. And according to the information we have received recently, the United Kingdom and the United States have been gathering forces. I heard that nearly 4000 auxiliary ships of various types have been concentrated in the Mediterranean Sea. Combined with the news from China , we judge that the target of the Anglo-American coalition forces should be Sicily."