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    Hua Fei actually knew it very well.  There is not much time left for China, and indeed for world security and peace, to develop.  The entire golden development period of the 1920s would eventually plunge the world into unprecedented panic in an unprecedented crisis.  At the same time, history has recognized that it was this unprecedented economic crisis that became one of the important triggers for the outbreak of World War II.

    Hua Fei¡¯s initial idea was just to contain Japan¡¯s development in all aspects, even at the expense of using military means.  But this strategy is actually a double-edged sword. While it hurts others, it also causes certain harm to yourself.  The most obvious example is the severe financial crisis encountered by the central government in Nanjing this year. To some extent, it is related to the government's excessive investment in military affairs in recent years.

    But just as everything Hua Fei did was to avoid the recurrence of the massive Japanese invasion of China, he suddenly discovered that not only had history changed, but much of it might never happen again.  Although there is no detailed economic and industrial data for comparison of the gap in comprehensive national strength between China and Japan, Hua Fei is confident that even if there is still a gap between China and Japan, this gap must have been narrowed.

    In terms of military affairs, especially the army, although the expansion of the army and the mechanical and motorized construction of the army are restricted by the financial budget, the current army strength.  has been able to form strong military pressure on Japan.  The most obvious example is that among today's Japanese government and even the military, there are increasingly frequent calls to withdraw troops from Northeast China.  Many people believe that instead of expending national power in the confrontation with China, it is better to look for development opportunities from the north (referring to Russia) or from the island countries in the Pacific.  The emergence of this trend of thought may also be the basis for Wang Yan's proposal to use negotiations to release strategic confusion.

    Although Hua Fei did not completely agree with Wang Mi¡¯s advice, many issues, especially the construction of the financial system and his views on Sino-Japanese relations, still caused Hua Fei to think deeply.  Hua Fei had to admit that he did have too many personal emotions mixed in with the issue of Japan, which also made various tactics too irrational.  Perhaps this is also the fundamental reason why the Sino-Japanese issue has had mixed results, with both advantages and disadvantages.

    To a certain extent, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. In this narrow area, it is difficult to accommodate the rise of two great powers.  But at the same time, when neither side is able to swallow the other in a short period of time, continuing to fight will end up hurting the muscles and bones, and will only allow the wolf to take advantage.

    And Hua Fei admired Wang Mi's strategy of strategic fog, which made inspiration flash in Hua Fei's mind.  The reason why Japan attacked China was that it would not hesitate to fight China to the death.  Although there are so-called dignity and "shame culture" at work, the root cause of everything is nothing more than profit.  The later famous saying, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, is also applicable to this era and between China and Japan.  What if Japan discovered a resource-rich ¡®New World¡¯ in another area?  What if the Japanese discovered that their navy had a lot to offer?  If they could fully feel China's goodwill and strong force.  Let them understand very clearly that there is no future in confronting China?  What if the Japanese government and people were made to understand that China and Japan can work together to jointly dominate Asia?

    Ideas are born and brewing in Hua Fei¡¯s mind.  But at the same time, Wang Yan's brief opinions on financial construction also attracted Hua Fei's full attention.  Hua Fei, who has lived in the United States for many years, will not be unaware of the power of financial weapons. It is precisely relying on its strong military power and strong financial power that the United States has become the world's hegemon for many years and has become one of the most impressive empires in the history of human civilization.

    In the post-colonial era, the traditional model of occupying land, sending troops, ruling the colonies, and plundering the raw materials and resources of the colonies has begun to disintegrate in this era, and reached a climax of liberation after World War II.  However, the essential act of plundering in the colonial era has never stopped. They have used numerous disguises such as loans, aid, foreign investment, monopoly of core technologies, etc. to continue to monopolize and control most of the world's wealth.  Technology and resources.  Let most countries and people in the world remain essentially the same as in the colonial era and continue to create wealth for them.

    However, the ideas about financial security and foreign resource strategies that Wang Yan unconsciously proposed initially hit the gist of colonial economic control.  Although Hua Fei currently has no intention or plan for external expansion, at least the bottom line is that it cannot control the economy of the colonial country and plunder the country's production wealth.

    Without any suspense, Wang Yan was quickly summoned to Nanjing and had a secret conversation with Hua Fei.  What surprised Hua Fei was that this young man who had attracted considerable attention from the Cabinet Office had not yet gone to university.  He has been familiar with ancient Chinese books since he was a child, and he still loves history. He especially has in-depth research and attainments on modern history and modern foreign development history, and has learned a lot from it.

    After Hua Fei had a deep conversation with Wang Mian all night, Wang Mian disappeared from Nanjing the next day.Only a few people know that this young, previously unknown person has changed his face, assumed another identity, and is about to embark on the road to study abroad.  Hua Fei has great expectations for him, although Wang Yan is not too willing to leave his parents.  But Hua Fei said, if you don't go to the powerful countries to see them in person, how can you know yourself and the enemy, and be safe in a hundred battles?

    Hua Fei hopes that Wang Yan can continue to enrich his knowledge abroad, not only by studying abroad, but more importantly, by gaining an intuitive feel for foreign customs, habits, systems, etc., which is undoubtedly useful for staff decision-makers.  very important.  Don¡¯t say anything else.  This young man, in an ordinary position, can worry about national security and put forward refreshing directions and perspectives. It is really a huge waste if such talents are not focused on cultivating.  However, Wang Mian's remonstrance is now widely known within the central government, and it is inevitable that it will not be known to outsiders in the end.  Therefore, in order to protect Wang Yan's safety, Hua Fei finally decided to let Wang Yan study abroad under a pseudonym.

    Since Wang Mi¡¯s advice strategy was leaked due to negligence, Hua Fei simply took advantage of it and gradually made changes in some policies.  For example, newspapers controlled by Hua Fei, military newspapers and government-owned newspapers have published comments on Japanese thinking, various arguments for negotiating with Japan, resolving disputes, and developing mutually beneficial and friendly development between the two countries in a short period of time.  Coming in overwhelming numbers.  At the same time, many important officials of the Chinese government have expressed their views on relations with Japan on the important opportunity of the Olympic Games. They believe that China and Japan are neighbors to each other, and a long-term confrontation will not only harm the interests of the two peoples, but also the interests of Asia as a whole.  is extremely disadvantageous.

    The sudden change of attitude of the Central Committee of Nanjing in China towards Japan not only stunned the opposition parties, but also caused a lot of puzzled commentators among the people.  But most agree that Nanking's severe financial crisis left the government unable to continue the war against Japan.  So the current proactive show of goodwill is a compromise.  Or in the words of representatives of the opposition parties, this is the collapse of the image of the tough Nanjing government.  This was the first time that the Nanjing government betrayed national interests, betrayed Northeast China, and betrayed Taiwan in order to continue Nanjing's rule.  This is a shameful and completely unacceptable move by the president, who is known for his iron fist, to surrender to the Japanese!

    While seizing this opportunity, the opposition parties called on the people to join the camp against the government and continued to exert strong pressure, urging the government to hold public elections as soon as possible and establish a truly democratically elected and legitimate government.  The implication is that the current interim government has far exceeded the legal time limit and is an illegitimate government.  So you, President Huada, are also an illegal president.  Your so-called new thinking about the sun.  It has nothing to do with the Chinese government.

    But soon, a letter of advice about Wang Mi was quietly leaked with the title New Vision for Asia, New Strategic Thinking.  Of course, it¡¯s not a complete leak, but a general idea.  Private newspapers quickly started discussing it. It turned out that the government's sudden change in foreign policy and even military strategy was not without reason, but it was because of this.

    Current Affairs Review has always been a battlefield for major domestic commentators, and this time is no exception.  The well-known commentators were once again divided into two camps in the newspaper. They were back and forth, and their pens were sharp and sharp.  However, as usual, the government has stayed out of these debates.  As for the focus of sensitive issues, abandoning the Northeast and Taiwan issues, the spokesperson of the Nanjing Presidential Office of China gave a brief reply. We have never promised to give up any piece of land in China, and we will never sacrifice the core interests of the country.  in exchange for peaceful development of any situation.  It¡¯s just that war can never be a means to resolve differences, so we are even more eager to use negotiation and peaceful methods to resolve the obstacles that stand between China and Japan.

    This brief statement by the spokesperson of the President¡¯s Office has caused a lot of criticism.  Critics believe that since the decision has been made to compromise with Japan, the issue should be resolved through peaceful negotiations.  Then in your speech, you cannot use strong words such as "absolutely won't", etc., without leaving any room.  Critics also sharply accused the Nanjing government of being vacillating in foreign policy and lacking long-term planning.

    Originally, the words of these critics would not receive a response from the government, but just the next day, someone from the Central Prime Minister¡¯s Office came forward to provide a certain explanation.  There was a lot less toughness in the words and a lot more euphemistic words.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? but or?we did away out and?speak of the?reactions from the Japanese government and even the?military?is?is?not?not?not?not?not?not?not?not?not?not?not an unintense reaction, but also the various reactions in China.  Because while China is experiencing a financial crisis, Japan's economic situation is not much better.  Just experienced the Great Kanto Earthquake, Japan's industry and economy suffered a huge blow.  Moreover, Japan has not benefited much from the several wars that have occurred with China in recent years, and its economic development has been severely restricted.

    It is also a development arms race. Although Japan has certain advantages in economy and industry, this is also directly proportional to their investment.  Moreover, Japan has stationed a large number of people in Northeast China.Army, this will undoubtedly increase their military expenditures a lot.  And although Japan has an advantage in the navy.  But the investment in maintaining and expanding such a powerful fleet is also staggering.  This has greatly consumed Japan's limited financial resources and military expenditures, and its energy consumption has reached alarming levels.

    This is also one of the important reasons why the National Defense Forces, although military expenditures have continued to increase for many years, has been slow in naval construction, especially the construction of large surface warships.  However, the National Defense Forces Navy uses asymmetric advantages such as submarines and aircraft. Although it cannot compete with Japan, it can at least deal with it, preventing it from unscrupulously attacking China's coastal cities and ports.

    "Compared to China, Japan is also facing a huge material supply crisis. Various daily necessities, even industrial raw materials, coal, oil and other materials required for warship combustion are all in unprecedented tension.  As early as after the Great Kanto Earthquake, the Japanese government quickly implemented a material rationing system for the country.  Until China suddenly changed its policy towards Japan, the Japanese government itself had huge differences on this issue.  Therefore, it can be said that China's sudden compromise is exactly what Japan wants.

    And suppose China didn¡¯t do this?  What will happen to Japan?  This is an unknowable hypothesis, but a dangerous trend is that the army is getting stronger and stronger, and the navy, which the Japanese are proud of, has repeatedly failed to achieve satisfactory results in naval battles with China, and its status in the military is rapidly declining.  decline.  Therefore, the veteran generals in the Japanese army proposed to reduce the military expenditure of the navy and use the navy to protect Japan's territory from infringement and protect Japan's sea lanes.

    All the military expenditures saved will be used to expand the army, double the number of the army within a year, and launch a full-scale confrontation with China. Either you die or I die in a sad and angry tone, just like a samurai facing a desperate situation.  Picking up his saber and stabbing it into his abdomen, he was so determined and so crazy.

    Before the Japanese government gave a positive response, a Chinese scientific expedition team in Australia discovered a huge coal deposit in its northeastern region. It was initially estimated that this coal field could be mined for a hundred years without being exhausted.  Since Australia was under British colonization at this period, the Chinese government immediately sent a delegation to Britain to negotiate on the mining rights of this newly discovered coal mine in Australia.

    Soon, the leader of the expedition, Li Siguang, a well-known overseas geologist, published a professional article in relevant publications, saying that Australia is a country with extremely rich mineral resources.  Rich in large islands, the coal deposits currently discovered are only a small part of Australia's rich mineral deposits.

    Li Siguang did not mention many other discussions in the geological survey report, but the discovery of large coal mines in Australia and Li Siguang's report still made a small number of knowledgeable people in China realize that such a resource-rich continent has a population as big as China's  For a country with many resources and huge consumption, the strategic significance is very important.  This is why the Chinese delegation arrived so quickly and was sent to the UK to discuss cooperation in the development of coal mines.

    However, the Japanese responded very quickly.  They are extremely sensitive to resources. Almost a few hours after learning that China had sent a delegation to the UK, Japan quickly sent a very heavy-weight official to the UK.  For the Japanese at this moment, after all, they once had an alliance with Britain.  And if we can get the cooperative development rights of this coal mine, it will obviously be extremely important for Japan to get rid of the blockade of the sea route to the south.
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