I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

China really cannot do without Germany at the moment, because only Germany can help China at the moment. Hardly resisting Japanese aggression, almost helpless, the United States, Britain and France basically stood idly by, and even made a fortune in war. Although the Soviet Union helped China, its original intention was to use China to contain Japan, and the weapons and equipment given to China by the Soviet Union Materials and equipment are not given for free, but sold at three times the international market price, and the Soviet Union only needs gold, not legal currency banknotes.

It is Japan's future ally, Germany, that really helps China vigorously.

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Therefore, after repeated research, Chiang Kai-shek, Jiang Weiguo and others reached a final consensus: take advantage of this opportunity to strive for another province from the Japanese. This request is not particularly "excessive". The possibility of success of Japan's pressure and temptation is not low.

Recovering another province without bloodshed is naturally a very good thing. At that time, whether it is really fighting a world war with Germany and Japan, or turning its back on it and going to war with Japan again, China's situation will be better.

Speaking of which, among the eight provinces and three cities that have fallen, the four northeastern provinces are the most valuable. However, China basically cannot recover the Northeast through war. First, it takes time to reorganize the army. It's easy. Second, to regain the Northeast through war, the Northeast will definitely be smashed, and the industrial facilities in the Northeast will probably be destroyed. In that case, even if the Northeast is recovered, it is not worthwhile.

China needs an intact Northeast, not a Northeast full of ruins.

"Chinese friends, Japanese friends, please calm down!" Haushofer said with a smile, "Please listen to our proposal, okay?"

The three Jiang Weiguo and the three Japanese did not say a word, expressing their acquiescence.

Haushofer cleared his throat, and said eloquently: "As I said before, our three major countries, Germany, China, and Japan, each have their own advantages and can learn from each other's strengths. In order to maximize the collective strength of our Triple Alliance Therefore, our three countries should focus on developing their respective strengths. As for the shortcomings, our allies should make up for them. In this way, our three countries can achieve our goals as quickly as possible.

Germany's advantages lie in the army, air force, industry, and technology. China's advantages lie in resources, population, and territory. Japan's greatest advantage is its navy. Japan's navy is what the Triple Alliance of Germany, China and Japan needs most, and it is also the only irreplaceable part of the Triple Alliance. powerful navy.

As we all know, the navy is the most difficult to build, the longest construction period, and the most expensive military service among the three services of the army, navy and air force. To deal with the United Kingdom, which has the world's second navy (according to the "Washington Naval Treaty", the British Navy and the US Navy are tied for the world's No. [-]) Among the three countries of Germany, China and Japan, only the Japanese navy, which is the third most powerful in the world, can serve.

The war is not far away. The navies of Germany and China are both weak, and there is no way to become stronger before the war breaks out. Therefore, the main task of the Japanese friends is to focus on expanding the strength of the Japanese navy.

Therefore, we hope..." Haushoffel paused, looking at Yoshijiro Umezu, "The Japanese Army will carry out a comprehensive disarmament!Give precious funds and resources to the Japanese Navy!"

Umezu Yoshijiro's heart shook suddenly, and he stared closely at Haushofer.

"Yes, this is our suggestion to the Japanese army!" Haushofer looked at Umezu Yoshijiro with unwavering eyes, and his voice was very firm, "Whether it is dealing with the Soviet Union or Britain and France, the three-nation alliance of Germany, China and Japan needs The army, relying on the German Army and the Chinese Army is enough. The Japanese Army does not need to bear too much responsibility and mission, so it should be reduced to promote the construction of the Japanese Navy. Of course, Germany, as an ally, will undertake the construction of the Japanese Navy. One's own obligation will provide the Japanese navy with the greatest support in terms of funds, resources, and technology.

On the other hand, we all know that China's four northeastern provinces and three north China provinces and three cities are all under the control of Japan, and the seven provinces and three cities all have full borders with the mainland territory currently controlled by the Chinese government. Therefore, if the Japanese army The scale is huge. When the war against the Soviet Union begins, the Japanese Army must have legitimate reasons to station heavy troops in the seven provinces and three cities. However, if the Japanese Army does so, it will inevitably arouse suspicion and anxiety from the Chinese side, and lead to a war between Germany and China. Serious mutual distrust reappeared within the Japan Triple Alliance, which affected the subsequent war cooperation.

Based on the above two points, we believe that the Japanese Army must be reduced!"

"Ridiculous!" Umezu Yoshijiro yelled at the case in a rage, "What if the Japanese army cuts down and the Chinese army sneaks in and attacks us?"

"Please rest assured, we have considered this!" Haushofer said in a deep voice, "We don't want the Japanese Army to abolish its martial arts, but we hope that the Japanese Army will make appropriate cuts, so that the Japanese Army can start from an offensive The army was transformed into a defensive army.

We feel that it is enough for the Japanese Army to retain 10 divisions and about 30 troops.

If the Chinese army breaks the covenant..." He paused, then turned to look at the three of Jiang Weiguo with meaningful eyes, "The German side will not sit idly by and will definitely take decisive action against this behavior that seriously undermines the unity within the alliance. And effective means to stop and remedy!"

The three of Jiang Weiguo exchanged glances with each other, and they all felt that the situation was a bit beyond their expectations.

"This proposal from a German friend is indeed very feasible!" Oikawa Koshiro agreed, and of course he agreed. If this proposal becomes a reality, the Japanese Navy will really make a lot of money. On the one hand, it can get it from the Japanese Army. With a large sum of money and a lot of resources, on the one hand, you can also get support from Germany in terms of funds, resources, and technology. Such a good thing, the Japanese Navy naturally couldn't wait for it.

Umezu Yoshijiro glared at Oikawa Koshiro.

"More than that!" Haushofer continued, "After the Japanese Army's disarmament, because the number of soldiers has been reduced a lot, there must be a large amount of ordnance and supplies. We suggest that the Japanese Army transfer these ordnance supplies to the Chinese Army. Japanese weapons that can arm 30 Chinese soldiers, and the Japanese army arsenal is obliged to produce ammunition and weapons for the Chinese army during the war!"

The three of Jiang Weiguo were immediately surprised, and they exchanged eager looks with each other again.

"It's unreasonable!" Umezu Yoshijiro was completely furious, but Haushofer interrupted him before he could say anything.

Haushofer looked at Yoshijiro Umezu: "We understand the embarrassing situation of the Japanese Army, so we will compensate the Japanese Army accordingly.

The Japanese Army does not have submachine guns, and the Japanese Army’s tanks are not of high quality. If the Japanese Army is willing to accept our proposal, we are willing to sell German submachine guns and German tanks to the Japanese Army at a low price, and even transfer related submachine gun production lines and tank production lines to Japan. army!"

"Oh?" The anger on Umezu Yoshijiro's face faded immediately, replaced by surprise and eager thinking.

Yoshijiro Umezu couldn't help but be moved by the two great gifts of "submachine gun" and "tank" offered by the Germans.

In the past year and three months of the Sino-Japanese War, the shortcomings and disadvantages of the Japanese army have been greatly exposed. The individual quality, fighting will, and fighting spirit of the Japanese army soldiers can be said to be world-class, and their marksmanship is accurate , strong bayonet fighting skills, tenacious will, tenacious spirit, and fear of death are completely human machines. However, the Japanese army was repeatedly defeated in the battle with the Nanjing army. In the battle of Nanjing City, the death ratio of the Japanese army and the Nanjing army was as high as one. Three, it greatly shocked the top Japanese army.

After research and analysis, the reason why the Japanese army suffered so many casualties on the Nanjing battlefield was that the Japanese army as the attacker must have fought harder than the Nanjing army as the defender. The individual quality, fighting will, and fighting spirit of the soldiers of the army are all on par with the Japanese army. The biggest reason is that the equipment of the Nanjing Army greatly exceeds that of the Japanese Army. , the Nanjing Army still has a large number of German submachine guns, which puts the Japanese army at a great disadvantage in the firepower confrontation with the Nanjing Army. The Nanjing Army does not take the initiative to start hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army. The most important thing is to shoot the Japanese army with submachine guns. In addition, the armored troops of the Nanjing Army also made the Japanese army suffer. The Nanjing Army is equipped with many German tanks. The army's armored tactics are also very advanced. Instead of mixing tanks with infantry units to act as mobile firepower bunkers, they are concentrated and rushed to kill the Japanese army like a cavalry group, thus achieving great results.

As later scholars commented: The Japanese Army during World War II was a powerful but deformed army. Its tactics were brilliant but its strategy was incompetent. Its equipment was poor but used properly. Compared with the combat effectiveness of the entire army, the Japanese army is at the bottom of the major powers.

The Japanese trained Japanese army soldiers into powerful and vicious human machines in a cruel and almost inhuman way, but the entire Japanese army was only second-rate due to congenital deficiencies, wrong directions, and wrong routes.

If a Japanese soldier fights an American soldier alone, the Japanese soldier has a high winning rate, but if a Japanese division fights an American division, the Japanese army will be beaten into a mess.

"If the Japanese army is cut down, although the scale is reduced, if it gets the support of the Germans in terms of weapons and equipment, then the combat effectiveness of the entire Japanese army will not be reduced, and it will even be improved..." Umezu Meijiro was thinking sharply It is running, and it is faintly inclined to the suggestion made by the German side.

"Oops! If this is the case, it will be more difficult for us to fight the Japanese army in the future!" Jiang Weiguo, Yang Jie, and Jiang Baili exchanged glances, feeling worried.

"No!" Jiang Weiguo thought again in his mind, "Although Germany has brought China and Japan together, it seems that it treats China and Japan fairly, but Hitler can't really treat China and Japan equally, and he won't really make the Japanese army more powerful." Powerful and more threatening to China... Well, it should be like this, Hitler will not betray China, betray me!"

"Chinese friends, what do you think?" Haushofer looked at the three of Jiang Weiguo with piercing eyes, "If our Japanese friends agree, then you can benefit greatly.

The Japanese army will not threaten you and will also transfer Japanese weapons and weapons that can arm 30 Chinese soldiers to you, making your army even more powerful. Even, during the war, Japanese friends will also produce ammunition for you, Make weapons.

In this way, our three major powers will truly be allies with one heart and one mind fighting side by side!"

Yang Jie and Jiang Baili looked at Jiang Weiguo. After all, Jiang Weiguo had the most say.

"Sounds good!" Jiang Weiguo smiled softly, but it was a sneer, "Unfortunately, the fundamental problem has not been resolved.

The Japanese occupy our 180 million square kilometers of land, and we cannot cooperate with the Japanese without resolving this most acute contradiction.

Even if our government is willing, our military is not willing!Even if our army is willing, our citizens are not willing!I believe you all already know that after the Sino-Japanese peace talks and armistice, there was an extremely huge wave of opposition in our country. Countless citizens demanded that the government and the army resume the war against the Japanese. It is a traitorous regime that betrays the country and seeks glory. Many of our troops also oppose the peace and armistice, and strongly demand the resumption of war.

All of this has caused our government to bear extremely huge pressure from public opinion. In addition, you also know that there are still many anti-government forces in our country. They take this opportunity to fan the flames and attack the government. The power of the government has made our government more and more in a dilemma. Some high-level officials have also said that negotiating a peace and armistice with Japan is really not worth the candle.

Ladies and gentlemen, please think about it, our government has already endured such infamy by negotiating a peace and armistice with the Japanese. If our government turns enemies into friends with the Japanese again, what kind of situation will our government face?I believe that the number of people who are dissatisfied with the government and use this as an excuse to oppose the government and be used by those with ulterior motives will increase dramatically, leading to more and more anti-government forces in our country. At that time, there will be chaos in our country!Our government and our army will be exhausted all day long to wipe out those anti-government forces that are emerging all over the country. Where is the strength to carry out the German-Chinese-Japanese Triple Alliance and participate in the war with Germany and Japan? "

"Yes, that's true!" Marshal Blomberg nodded again and again, he looked at Haushofer and Ribbentrop, "The truce between China and Japan will allow a large number of anti-government forces to appear in China. If China and Japan Alliance, the situation is probably even more dire!" He looked at Fumimaro Konoe, Yoshijiro Umezu, and Shiro Kawako again, with a hint of pressure in his eyes.

Konoe Wenmao looked at Jiang Weiguo with difficulty: "Mr. Jiang, what you said is indeed very reasonable.

So, do you have any suggestions for a solution? "

Umezu Yoshijiro snorted coldly: "It's just an excuse to say so much!"

Yang Jie said, "We don't need to beat around the bush.

From the perspective of national interests, it is really difficult for our country to turn an enemy into a friend with Japan when Japan occupies a large area of ​​our country and damages a large amount of our interests; Under the premise of occupying eight provinces and three cities in our country, the Chinese government still "disregards the past" with the Japanese government, which will inevitably lead to great disadvantages for the Chinese government in terms of public opinion. All kinds of anti-government forces will naturally take advantage of this opportunity to incite the public and confuse people's hearts , launching various anti-government activities and even armed rebellions.

The legitimacy of our government will even be questioned, and the credibility of our government and the prestige of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek will be hit hard, which is extremely detrimental to us!"

Oikawa Koshiro asked, "What exactly do you need?"

Jiang Baili said in a deep voice: "First, it is really difficult for our country to cooperate with Japan in terms of national sentiment, and we cannot trust Japan; second, it is really difficult for our country to adopt a 'disregarding suspicion' attitude towards Japan, which has invaded a large area of ​​our country's territory, in terms of national interests. Countermeasures; thirdly, even if the Chinese government really wants to shake hands with the Japanese government to make peace and make alliances, it cannot give an explanation to the people. Our government needs to step down, maintain face, and gain the understanding and support of the people.

All this can’t be done with empty words!”

Umezu Yoshijiro said coldly: "You want us to give up the territory again?"

"That's right!" Jiang Weiguo looked at the German and Japanese representatives at the scene with fiery eyes, "We need the Japanese side to give up two or three provinces again! First, to prove the sincerity of the Japanese, second, to make amends to our country, and third, to let our government You can give the people an explanation!"

"Wishful thinking!" Umezu Yoshijiro was shocked and mocked again, "Do you think that the Great Japanese Empire is a mermaid? I have just said it! Every piece of territory and territory of the Great Japanese Empire was bought with blood! If you want to take it away, you can only exchange it with blood!"

"Too many! Too many!" Konoe Fumimaro shook his head in astonishment, "The Sino-Japanese War was certainly a wrong war, but the Japanese army paid a heavy price for it with bloodshed and truce. We have returned to your country all the places in Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang that were occupied by the Japanese army. This is already the biggest concession! It is enough to prove our sincerity, enough to make up for your country, and enough for your government to give you An explanation from the nationals of the country.

If the results obtained by the Japanese army through bloodshed and sacrifice were transferred more than once, in the end, wouldn't the blood of the Japanese army be shed in vain?How will our government explain to the Japanese army and Japanese citizens?Where is the face of Japan and the Japanese army? "

Jiang Weiguo said coldly: "The robber robbed someone else's house, was injured, and took away some things at the same time. The robber actually thought that those things should belong to him. As compensation for his injury, it is simply unreasonable!"

"Hachi!" Umezu Yoshijiro swears unbearably, "You are simply overreaching! Insatiable! Arrogant! Let me tell you! What you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get on the negotiating table !"

"Really?" Jiang Weiguo said coldly, "What we can't get at the negotiating table, we can definitely get on the battlefield! And get more! Even with interest!"

Umezu Yoshijiro was furious and got up suddenly, ready to leave in a huff.

"General Umezu! Please calm down!" Haushofer hurriedly stepped forward to stop Umezu Yoshijiro, "There is a problem, let's continue talking!"

"What else is there to talk about?" Umezu Yoshijiro was furious, "They are simply taking the opportunity to blackmail!"

"General Meijin!" Marshal Blomberg said in a low voice, "If Sino-Japanese relations break down again, and China and Japan go to war again, we, Germany, have no choice but to choose between China and Japan, and will fully support one of them. Defeat the other side!"

Umezu Yoshijiro suddenly became furious. He could hear that Blomberg was secretly threatening him. He was deeply annoyed and humiliated, but he knew that a little intolerance would lead to a big conspiracy, so after gritting his teeth for a minute, he forced Holding back his anger, he sat down again and looked at Jiang Weiguo opposite him with sharp eyes.

"Mr. Haushofer!" Jiang Weiguo said proudly, "The blueprint you drew is very attractive. To be honest, I am also very tempted. However, the Japanese occupy our 180 million square kilometers of land. If this core problem is not resolved, To be honest, we can't be an ally of Germany with the Japanese!"

Haushofer smiled bitterly, but he was not surprised, because he had already thought of this beforehand.

There is an irreconcilable ethnic hatred and almost irreconcilable conflicts of interest between China and Japan. It is really too difficult to turn both China and Japan into Germany's allies.

Section 390 Tripartite Talks (5)

At the meeting, the Chinese and Japanese representatives confronted each other and fought with each other. The German representative tried his best to "mediate" but had little effect, because the ethnic hatred and conflict of interests between China and Japan were too great.

Ribbentrop said afterwards: "The head of state hopes that Germany, China, and Japan can become Cerberus (the three-headed hell dog in Greek mythology), but unfortunately, the "head" of Germany sees China and Japan in great pain. The two "heads" are biting each other!"

The morning meeting can be said to have made no progress. Although the blueprint drawn by the German side of "Germany, China, Japan and the three countries join forces to defeat the Soviet Union, Britain and France and carve up the territories and colonies of these three countries" is very attractive. The Japanese side is very tempted, and the Chinese side is also very tempted. The key issue between China and Japan has become the biggest problem hindering the tripartite alliance between Germany, China and Japan (in fact, Germany sincerely wants to build a tripartite alliance between Germany, China and Japan, Japan and China have "impure motives", Japan hopes to use Germany , use China to expand Japan's territory, enhance Japan's strength, and finally "finally resolve" China according to the "development of the situation"; Japan will fight a world war together, and it is possible to fight Japan again).

At eleven o'clock, because the three parties were a little tired, the German staff proposed to suspend the meeting for a lunch break, a meal, and so on.

After the meeting was adjourned, the Japanese personnel left in a hurry, and then sent a telegram to the Tokyo headquarters, requesting a high-level decision in Tokyo.

Through the meeting in the morning, the Japanese could see that, first, China no longer wants to return some of the Japanese-occupied areas, and it is indeed difficult to cooperate with Japan. Second, Germany’s attitude is inclined to China and Japan’s return of some of the Japanese-occupied areas. , but Germany will not "push too hard" on Japan.

After receiving the telegram from Jeju Island, high-level officials in Tokyo, who had been nervously waiting for the progress of the negotiations, hurriedly held a meeting and sent someone to report the situation to Emperor Hirohito for a "sacred ruling."

After repeated discussions, high-level officials in Tokyo believe that it is indeed difficult to realize the "Germany, China and Japan" alliance of three countries that is objectively beneficial to Japan without giving China some land, and Japan is not at a disadvantage, because Germany has already expressed its position Congress aided Japan as compensation. From this point of view, Japan's gains outweighed its losses.

In the end, the high-level officials in Tokyo sent a telegram to Konoe Fumimaro and issued instructions: Some land in China can be returned, but the "elite area" cannot be returned. If it is considered, part, most, or even all of Suiyuan Province can be returned to China. In China, because Suiyuan Province has an area of ​​about 33 square kilometers and a population of only about 200 million, it is sparsely populated, not particularly rich in resources, and its economic value is not particularly high.

Returning such a province with "a large area but low value" to China can satisfy China's requirements and the "vanity" of the Chinese government on the one hand, so that the Chinese government can step down, and on the other hand, it will not cause any harm to Japan. Substantial loss of profits.

At the same time, Jiang Weiguo, Yang Jie, and Jiang Baili also sent telegrams to Wuhan, reporting the preliminary meeting results of the tripartite talks. Chiang Kai-shek replied, "If you want to come back to a province or Shanghai, that's fine."

During lunch, Jiang Weiguo, Yang Jie, and Jiang Baili talked while eating.

"Jian Hao, judging by the performance of the Japanese, they should be able to make a little concession!" Yang Jie said, "The Germans are obviously inclined to us, and the Japanese also know that they are 'justified'. On the one hand, the Germans threatened the Japanese. On the other hand, we are also making lures, as long as we are tough and resolute, the possibility of letting the Japanese spit out another province is still very high!"

"Yeah!" Jiang Weiguo nodded, "However, we can't go to the 'secondary area', we should go to the 'essence area'.

Next, no matter whether we really form an alliance with Germany and Japan, or go back on our word and start a war with the Japanese again, the more elite regions we have, the stronger our strength will naturally be.

After all, we have now negotiated a peace and armistice with the Japanese. We have gained time for development, but the Japanese have also gained.

We competed with the Japanese to develop, but in fact we fell behind because the Japanese occupied too much of our elite land!" Jiang Weiguo was very worried, because he knew very well that in the past, the Japanese were crazy after they got the four northeastern provinces. The land enslaved, squeezed, and plundered the Northeast, and on the one hand, it also tried its best to manage the Northeast.

From 1931 to 1945, the Japanese ruled the Northeast for 14 years, accumulatively investing more than 20 billion U.S. dollars in the Northeast. This is because Japan intends to build the Northeast into Japan's deep land, industrial base, and resource production area.

It can be said that the Japanese really "cherish" the Northeast very much, and put a lot of effort into the construction of the Northeast, making the puppet Manchukuo established in the Northeast become the top "developed country" in Asia and even the world. The industrial system in the Northeast It is also the most complete in all of China and Asia.

The Japanese pay more attention to the Northeast than the Japanese mainland. It must be noted that the Japanese build the Northeast for Japan, not for China.

At the end of World War II in the original history, the Japanese Empire fell immediately, and some high-level Japanese officials even asked the Japanese Emperor to move the capital to the Northeast, completely abandon the Japanese archipelago, and transfer the Japanese nation to Northeast China to continue.

In the past 14 years, the four northeastern provinces have been successfully built by the Japanese, and a series of huge achievements have been achieved. One is because the Japanese have invested and made great efforts to treat the Northeast as Japan's land, and the other is because the development conditions of the Northeast are originally Very superior.

Compared with Japan, which has a small area, barren land, and scarce resources, it is completely different from the Northeast, which has a vast area, fertile land, and rich resources.

The Japanese acquired the Northeast, more than doubling Japan's total economic value, agricultural output, and industrial scale, and its military strength also increased several times, objectively providing Japan with the strength to further invade China.

To put it bluntly, if Japan's national strength was 50 before the acquisition of the Northeast, then after the acquisition of the Northeast, Japan's national strength jumped to more than 110. On the contrary, the loss of the Northeast would cause China's national strength to drop by at least two-thirds.