Beiyang reactionaries

The Japanese army entered India this time, and the biggest supporter was Chandra Bose, the leader of Free India.At the beginning, the situation was indeed very good. Chandra Bose had a high reputation in India and was one of the leaders of the Indian national liberation movement, so he received the support of many young people.When Chandra Bose entered India with the Japanese army, many people defected to Chandra Bose every day.Even the surrender of the British and Indian troops was due to Chandra Bose's reputation in India.Chandra Bose's Indian National Army continued to enter India, plus those who defected to Chandra Bose, the size of Chandra Bose's army expanded to nearly 30 in a short period of time, becoming the Japanese army Best ally in India.

The Japanese army at that time was really full of confidence.

Not only has Chandra Bose as an ally, but many people in India don't have a bad impression of the Japanese army.Even some national liberation activists in India regarded the Japanese army as the "savior" who liberated India.It is believed that relying on Japan, India can achieve complete national liberation.

But then what?

After the British and American allied forces attacked the Japanese army's logistics, the Japanese army's logistics was seriously insufficient.The Japanese army was not a kind person in the first place, and they were able to put on a show at the beginning.After the army lacked food and couldn't eat enough, how could the Japanese army maintain military discipline and began to rob several cities in India.Everything happens during this process.

That's what military discipline is all about.

Once indulged, it is difficult to take it back.Once a person breaks through the bottom line, there will be no bottom line in the future.As it is as an individual, so it is as a team.After the Japanese army relaxed military discipline, they not only robbed food and money from India, but also began to rob women.Anyway, the Japanese army immediately began to scourge Northeast India.

Chandra Bose defected to Japan, but his purpose of defecting to Japan was to make India independent with the help of Japan.It's not that Chandra Bose is an Indian traitor who wants to make India a colony of Japan and let Japan do whatever he wants in India.Therefore, this approach of the Japanese army made the top leaders of Free India headed by Chandra Bose very dissatisfied.The same is true of many young Indian students who defected to Chandra Bose.They protested with the Japanese army, hoping that the Japanese army would restrain itself.But it had no effect at all. Regardless of the 30 people in Chandra Bose's hands, the Japanese army didn't pay attention at all.If you can still restrain yourself at ordinary times, you can't even eat now, how can you have the energy to manage Chandra Bose.Even the base camp of the Japanese army can't control the situation of the frontline troops of the Japanese army, let alone Chandra Bose.

They originally thought that Japan was the liberator, but seeing this situation now, it is not as good as the military discipline of the British army in India.This led to great conflicts between Japan and Chandra Bose, and Chandra Bose himself began to regret working with Japan.

And this time Imphal suffered a disastrous defeat, and Chandra Bose's Indian National Army was almost wiped out.After Chandra Bose returned to Singapore, relations with Japan were not as good as before.

Currently in Southeast Asia, Japan's biggest ally is the Republic of Indonesia.Others, such as the Republic of Malaysia, the Vietnamese royal family, and the Cambodian royal family, although weak, are obedient to Japan.Among them, Malaysia itself does not have a good impression of Japan. The powerful Malaysians are closer to the British and do not like Japan.As for Vietnam and Cambodia, the influence of the French colonists is still great.Although Japan has taken over these places, it is not good to go too far against Vichy France.The result is that integrating Vietnam and Cambodia is not easy.Power factions in Vietnam and Cambodia prefer French colonists, while ordinary people don't like anyone.As a result, it is difficult for Japan to get much support from the Republic of Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

In fact, what Japan cares most about is Thailand.

Thailand is already powerful among Southeast Asian countries. After cooperating with China, its economic strength, military strength, and political influence have rapidly expanded.At present, Thailand can easily organize hundreds of thousands of troops, and has an air force and navy, including tank troops, heavy artillery troops, and so on.If Japan can fully support Japan, it will have a great advantage for Japan to stabilize the Indochina Peninsula.

But that's not the case.

Thailand is too oily.

Not only is it slick, but it has also been too close to China in the past two years, and has become more and more influenced by China.In the early days of Japan's military operations in the Indochina Peninsula, Thailand sent troops to assist.But in the past two years, Thailand has refused to participate in Japan's military operations, and did not follow the Japanese army to fight against the British army. At most, it allowed the Japanese army to use Thailand to operate.

But recently, Thailand has made many "difficulties" even for the Japanese army.However, due to the disastrous defeat of the Japanese army in the Battle of Imphal, in order to stabilize the situation in the Indochina Peninsula, it is not easy to directly fall out with Thailand.

In order to win over Thailand, Gu Zhengzhi also went to meet Luang Phibun Songkham in person, hoping that Thailand would continue to assist Japan.Not long after returning to China, I received this call.

"November 4th, November 15th."

Hideki Tojo couldn't help scratching his head, and said, "With less than 20 days left, North Korea is planning to go to war with us. China, the United States, and Britain held a meeting in Almaty. What exactly did they talk about?"

After the time entered 1944, the situation in Japan really took a turn for the worse.

The defeat at the Battle of Imphal saw the loss of more than 50 troops, and Chandra Bose lost even more.Moreover, Japan's outer positions in the Pacific Ocean will soon be breached by the US military.In addition, the strength of the British Far East Fleet, which has only been established for two months, has grown rapidly. Recently, the Japanese fleet has frequently attacked Singapore, preparing to capture Malacca.

Japan really wants to control Malacca, but its strength is seriously insufficient.Since the United States turned to the counter-offensive, not only has it begun to master the air supremacy, but the scale of the United States' submarine warfare has become larger and larger.After the US war machine was launched, the number of submarines produced each year increased greatly, and most of them were used in the Pacific battlefield.Such a violent attack by the US military attracted all the main force of the Japanese navy to the Pacific Ocean, leaving Japan helpless.

Once Malacca is lost, the entire Indochina Peninsula will be in danger.

"We haven't got the specific content, but this meeting must be aimed at us. Since Duan Xun returned to Beijing, Wang Jingwei has met with the ambassador of the Republic of Korea to China several times. And according to our information, the North Korean side in those two days A heavyweight secretly went to Beijing to meet with high-level officials in China. We don’t have accurate information on who it is. However, according to analysis from several aspects, it should be Park Chung-shin, Vice Chairman of the North Korean Republic.”

The Alma-Ata Conference was a secret meeting between Duan Xun, Roosevelt, and Churchill.Except for these three people, all the participants were high-level officials from China, the United States and the United Kingdom.During the meeting, the front and rear were protected by the troops sent by the Xinjiang Military Region, and no chance was given to outsiders.

Although the Japanese intelligence agency worked hard, the specific content of the meeting was not obtained.

However, although the specific content of the meeting was not obtained, the intelligence agency can analyze the content of the meeting based on some clues later.Gu Zhengzhi is like this.

"And our people discovered that on the seventh day after Duan Xun returned to Beijing, the Federation of China Conference was secretly held in Chengdu. Representatives from North Korea, Thailand, Vientiane, Laos, Champasak, and Myanmar all participated. After that, Thailand, Myanmar They are indifferent to us, and even if we want to excuse us, they can delay it. I think it should have something to do with the meeting they held in Almaty."

"Then what about this?"

Hideki Tojo patted the telegram in his hand.

Gu Zhengzhi nodded.

He said with certainty: "Prime Minister, I think this is all China's attitude. If China hadn't had such an idea, how would Thailand and Myanmar dare to treat the empire like this. Our requirements are already very low, and it's not that the army wants to cross the border, it's just that Some logistics supplies need to pass through the border, and they push left and right. And this, without the support of China, how dare North Korea do this?"

"Hey--"

Tojo Hideki sighed.

At this time, Hideki Tojo really could not see the hope of victory.After the outbreak of World War II, the Japanese army suffered huge casualties.Not to mention other places, just on the India-Myanmar battlefield, and this time in the Battle of Imphal, the Japanese casualties reached more than 150 million.If the Japanese servant army is also added, the casualties on the India-Myanmar battlefield exceeded more than 300 million.Not to mention the Pacific battlefield, the number of aircraft shot down by the US military exceeded [-].In the past, with the support of China behind it, Japan was not only able to persist, but also to attack strongly.But after the United States turned on its war machine, and now China has interrupted the arms trade, Japan immediately felt the pressure from the industrial power.

Britain and the United States, one counterattacked in the India-Myanmar battlefield, and the other counterattacked in the Pacific battlefield.To deal with the United Kingdom and the United States, Japan has already tried its best. If China also ends at this time, it will be difficult for Japan to bear.

"Foreign Minister, you are going to Beijing."

"I'm afraid it's useless now."

Gu Zhengzhi frowned.

Since Duan Xun blatantly participated in the Tehran Conference, and then held a separate meeting with Roosevelt and Churchill in Almaty, it shows that China has slowly fallen into the camp of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.What's the use of going to Beijing now.

"Even if it's useless, go and fight for the last chance. Don't let China end. They have recharged their batteries in this war, and their strength is unknown. We and China are countries that are close at hand. If it ends, it will be far more terrifying than Britain and the United States. Foreign Minister, go to Beijing to see what they want? If it is to resolve the territorial dispute with our country, the two sides can sit down and talk carefully without fighting each other."

War with China?

This is something Japan cannot afford.

After the arms trade with Japan was interrupted, China's arms production did not completely stop.Like in 1943, Chinese shipyards produced two large aircraft carriers and four escort aircraft carriers.After five or six years of war stimulation, the scale of China's shipyards expanded rapidly, and the output was more than ten times that of before the war.

Not to mention, that daunting population size.

With a population of more than 10 billion, even with a slight industrial foundation, it is a formidable big country.But China is not just a country with some industrial base, but the second largest industrial country in the world.

Also close to Japan.

China's heavy bombers can directly bomb the Japanese army at airports in Northeast China and Shandong.China produced more than [-] aircraft a year before the war, and tens of thousands of aircraft could be easily produced during the war.

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Therefore, Hideki Tojo must fight for China not to join the war.As for the ultimatum from the Republic of Korea, he didn't take it to heart.If there is no China behind it, North Korea is nothing to worry about for Japan.Although North Korea is already very strong now, it is not too strong an opponent in the eyes of Japan.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away and fly to Beijing as soon as possible."

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"Gu Zheng, Foreign Minister, please."

"Please."

Gu Zhengzhi didn't waste any time because he couldn't afford it.

After receiving the telegram from the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gu Zhengzhi discussed with Hideki Tojo.After the two discussed it, Gu Zhengzhi immediately called Beijing, saying that he wanted to visit and discuss the territorial dispute between China and Japan with high-level Chinese officials.There is no obstruction on the Chinese side, and the answer is very fast.After only one day passed, he replied to Gu Zhengzhi, welcome Gu Zhengzhi to visit China.With China's consent, Gu Zhengzhi set off the next day and arrived in Beijing by plane.

Just three days.

Gu Zhengzhi arrived in Beijing just three days after receiving the telegram from the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Ever since he entered Beijing, Gu Zhengzhi had been smiling all the time, without any hint of what was going on in his heart.

In fact, Gu Zhengzhi has been in a very bad mood ever since he came to Beijing.