In the past six months, the Third Sino-Japanese War has gone through many different stages. From August to September 1939, it was the Japanese offensive period. The three most important battles were the Battle of Sanduao and the Air Battle of Inchon. , Kaesong Battle, and then China and Japan entered a stage of strategic stalemate. In January 1939, Japan launched the Jeju Naval Battle in an attempt to break the stalemate. As a result, the Japanese navy was completely damaged. In late January, China subsequently launched The Seoul Offensive was launched, and the two fronts deployed by Japan on the western coast of Korea were annihilated, bringing the entire situation from a stalemate to a new stage of China's all-out attack.
During this period, the international situation continued to undergo new changes. First, Germany signed a paramilitary alliance with Italy. With the coordination of China and the United States, Germany also signed a peace treaty with Britain and France promising never to go to war.
In the past six years, especially driven by the strong military industry, the German economy has recovered very quickly. With the accumulation of military technology, a large number of German scientists who have been engaged in research and development in China for a long time have returned to China. Due to the close and frequent long-term secret military technology exchanges and cooperation between China and Germany, Germany has also built a complete large-scale mechanized military system and a new air force system, and obtained various aircraft carrier-related technologies from China.
At this time, Germany's self-confidence was extremely strong, coupled with the fact that the international situation was very favorable to Germany, as well as the unanimous anti-Soviet stance of the German-Polish Alliance and the intensification of territorial disputes between the Soviet Union and Poland, Germany was fully prepared to attack the Soviet Union. There is also absolute confidence in destroying the Soviet Union.
Germany and Nazi leader Hitler also wanted to build a Great German Empire as powerful and vast as China. Rather than attacking the Soviet Union, the Germans wanted to regain the lost territory from France, and they wanted to force France to permanently give up its huge World War I claims against Germany. , but the special existence of Sino-French relations, as well as the key to Germany's Soviet Union and the secret instigation of Britain, the United States, France and other countries, made Germany have no choice but to go to war with the Soviet Union first, occupy the Soviet Union as its own colony and part of the empire, and provide further military support for Germany. Action provides countless resources.
The Germans are confident that they can defeat the Soviet Union. Therefore, Germany hopes that China will be trapped in the Sino-Japanese War so that it cannot free up more military power to intervene in the Soviet-German War.
Similarly, China also hopes that Germany will launch a war against the Soviet Union to prevent the Soviet Union from intervening and interfering with China during the Sino-Japanese War. At the same time, China also hopes that the Soviet Union and Germany will fall into a long-term war vortex.
The German envoy representing Hitler's head of state this time is still German Foreign Minister Alfred Rosenberg. In the past two years, there has been an open and covert struggle between Foreign Minister Rosenberg and Deputy Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. It has become a well-known fact in European politics.
Rosenberg's leading ideology was mainly anti-Soviet, maintaining cooperation with China, Britain, the United States, France and other countries, and looking down on Italy and Japan. Joachim von Ribbentrop was very strange and even self-righteous. Preferred to forge a closer alliance with Italy and directly opposed Britain and France.
CIA intelligence proves that Hitler may prefer the latter. Even Germany's current overall foreign and military policies are still dominated by Rosenberg's anti-Soviet ideas. In particular, the special relationship between China, France and China made it impossible for Nazi Germany to Easily forming an alliance with Italy and carrying out anti-French activities together would be tantamount to directly becoming an enemy of China. To some extent, Germany expected Japan to pose a serious threat to the Chinese navy. However, it failed to do so. At this time, it favored Italy and Japan instead. Countries such as Britain, France, China and the United States are even less likely.
Foreign Minister Rosenberg has visited China for the third time. He has a deep understanding of the power of the Chinese Empire in this era. During his previous two visits to China, he had the honor to meet with Emperor Hua, and this time is no exception.
When meeting with the Vice President of the United States, Song Biao arranged a time on the morning of the 20th of the twelfth lunar month before the Spring Festival to meet with the German special envoy Foreign Minister Rosenberg who had been waiting for him for nearly a week.
Considering that when he met with the Vice President of the United States before, he invited him to attend the royal banquet, Song Biao also arranged for Foreign Minister Rosenberg to have a meal in the Royal Family¡¯s Furong Hall at noon.
The interview in the morning was not long. Song Biao did not talk too much with Foreign Minister Rosenberg. After the royal banquet at the royal family at noon, he took another half-hour of rest time to talk to Rosenberg in the West Flower Hall. The foreign ministers drank another afternoon black tea together, which was to make up for the fact that Foreign Minister Rosenberg stayed in China for nearly half a month before being summoned.
Foreign Minister Rosenberg's mission in coming to China this time was very clear. Germany had basically decided to go to war with the Soviet Union. However, this news was only known to the Imperial Chancellor Gu Weijun in secret talks, and Gu Weijun promised not to report it except to Emperor Hua. No information will be disclosed.
The reason why Germany wanted to notify China in advance was that it hoped that China would agree to provide more assistance and promise not to sign a peace treaty with the Soviet Union, forcing the Soviet Union to divide its troops to guard against the Chinese National Defense Forces on the Sino-Soviet border. Germany hoped that China would promise to continue to fight during the war. Selling war supplies to Germany,Maintain normal trade relations and cease trade relations with the Soviet Union.
If China makes this series of commitments to support Germany in defeating the Soviet Union, Germany will be willing to fulfill its previous commitments and support Kazakhstan's independence or come under Chinese rule.
¡° Gu Weijun has already reached a secret agreement with Foreign Minister Rosenberg on all kinds of inter-governmental matters. Therefore, as His Majesty the Emperor, Song Biao does not need to negotiate with Foreign Minister Rosenberg on this series of issues.
After sitting down in the West Flower Hall, Foreign Minister Rosenberg took the initiative to convey the greetings from Hitler to His Majesty the Emperor of China, and briefed Song Biao on the current cooperation between the German-Polish Alliance and the intensified conflicts between the German-Polish Alliance and the Soviet Union. A dispensable bilateral briefing was given.
Song Biao simply listened.
After a brief briefing, Foreign Minister Rosenberg could not wait to turn the topic back to the special trade and anti-Soviet cooperation between China and Germany. He quickly mentioned again that he wanted to purchase Tiger Shark fighter-bombers and bombers from China. This matter of designing and manufacturing drawings.
In this matter, Gu Weijun had already rejected the German proposal on the grounds that the military ministry did not agree.
Gu Weijun has done in-depth research on the issue of German fascism. He has always believed that Germany will attack France sooner or later. Fighting France is equivalent to declaring war with China and Britain. If Germany has a large number of Tiger Shark fighter-bombers, it will not only have many capabilities in the Soviet-German war. It will have great air superiority against Britain and France, especially against France.
From the perspective of interests, China supports Germany in attacking Britain, but it does not want Germany to defeat Britain. That would be detrimental to China.
It is impossible for China to really support Germany to become the Chinese Empire in Europe. It is impossible to accept that it owns half of the continent like China. Germany's intention to buy Tiger Shark fighter-bombers from China is obvious. Not only does it want to obtain This true super-range fighter-bomber also wants to obtain Tiger Shark's night-time airborne radar technology.
Germany¡¯s intelligence work is very detailed. They now know that the Tiger Shark¡¯s radar is very powerful, but the specific performance parameters, raw materials and processing technology, as well as the theories involved are not very clear.
Europe currently has theoretical research work on Doppler radar, but to realize this radar, a high level of semiconductor materials is required. In the entire global world, only China can currently produce high level semiconductors.
In addition, Germany also wants to purchase two to five high-performance electronic computers from China.
This is obvious. Germany is also secretly engaged in the development of nuclear weapons.
Gu Weijun's cabinet refused to respond to these two demands from Germany, but the refusal was very tactful, basically using the Central Military Department as a shield. Foreign Minister Rosenberg did not give up, and waited for a week in Beijing to see Hua Huang, that is I want to make these two urgent requests to Hua Huang in person.
After Foreign Minister Rosenberg couldn't wait to speak out these two proposals, Song Biao thought for a moment and still refused: "The new breakthroughs we have made in the electronic field should still be considered special cases in the international world. Because this The impact of this technology on the military industry and modern weapons and equipment is too great. The Chief of General Staff and the Minister of Defense of the Military Ministry are strictly opposed to the export of this technology. Therefore, it is impossible for the empire to agree to export this technology to any foreign country for the time being, whether it is Germany, Whether it is the United States or the allies of the empire, all countries are not within the scope of this permission."
There are a very large number of German scientists and engineers in China. Many of them are involved in research and development work in the computer field, and many of them have used advanced electronic computers within the empire. Therefore, it is not difficult for the Nazis to obtain information in this area. , but whether it is the Nazis, Britain, the United States, France, the Soviet Union and other countries, it is still very difficult to achieve semiconductor manufacturing in a short time.
The basis of semiconductors is the purification and growth control technology of semiconductor crystals. It really took the empire twenty years to study the technologies and theories in these fields. Even if countries are now starting to catch up, it will be difficult to fully understand them in less than ten years. of this technology.
Unless they obtain this technology directly from China, the possibility is slim and almost impossible.
After hearing Hua Huang's formal answer, Foreign Minister Rosenberg could not help but be a little disappointed, but it was what he expected. He then suggested: "Your Majesty, can you separately allow the export of Tiger Shark fighter jets to our country and install them?" Night radar model, and will the production patent of this fighter be licensed to our country?¡±
Song Biao thought for a while and decided that this was not a serious problem. Using Germany¡¯s technical foundation and a rough model of the Tiger Shark fighter¡¯s aerodynamic layout and design structure, Germany quickly completed the design and final production of the new fighter.
Throughout World War II, even in the early stages of World War II, Germany actually had no shortage of large fighter jets similar to the Tiger Shark.What does Germany really want?
The answer is very simple, that is, pulse magnetron tubes. This technology was jointly developed by China and France. France has it and China has it. The new tube radar developed based on this technology has higher transmission power and smaller size. There is no need to hang all the receiving antennas on the aircraft like Germany's early airborne radar.
However, during the joint development period, China and France had promised each other not to leak this technology to other countries. It is precisely because France uses it that Germany wants it more, and this is enough to show that the country Germany really wants to attack is France.
China can use pulse magnetron tube radar as a substitute for Doppler radar and install it on Tiger Shark fighter jets. However, this exactly meets Germany's real requirements, because Germany does not know that China's latest generation of airborne radar belongs to the semiconductor era. product, the guess it makes is magnetron tube technology.
After some consideration, Song Biao still made it clear that Foreign Minister Rosenberg emphasized: "Many technologies of the new airborne radar were jointly developed by China and France during the alliance, and we abide by the confidentiality clauses of the agreement at that time. The Tiger Shark fighter itself Design and authorized production are not a problem, and Germany may not really lack it, but if Germany wants to obtain authorized production and products for this technological breakthrough, it will still be very difficult. Even if my country agrees to sell, it will still need to obtain France agrees."
Sometimes, it¡¯s better not to see something.
Song Biao did not want Sino-German relations to be damaged as a result, but before he agreed to meet Foreign Minister Rosenberg, Gu Weijun's cabinet had had many conversations with Rosenberg about this and politely rejected the German proposal. For the sake of German cooperation, China still provided most of the design drawings of the Northeast-class aircraft carrier and the manufacturing drawings of the J-303 carrier-based aircraft. The empire also provided special support to Germany in terms of the latest sonar technology.
In the past two years before this, the empire also conducted a large number of technology exchanges with Germany in the armored vehicle system. Overall, it exported more and received less in return. It can be said that it did not take care of Germany and did not give preferential treatment to Germany.
If Germany is still not satisfied and threatens to attack the Soviet Union and wants more, the empire would really rather attack the Soviet Union itself.
Foreign Minister Rosenberg had no choice. The war was about to begin, and it was a good thing to get more benefits. However, the opportunity to meet Emperor Hua was very special. It also represented the highest level of diplomatic occasion between China and Germany. Being rejected directly in this way not only made Rosenberg Foreign Minister Schenburg and Germany suffered some loss of face, which was also a very unhappy and disappointing thing for Hua Huang.
Song Biao¡¯s face didn¡¯t look good.
Foreign Minister Rosenberg could only avoid talking about the matter.
After the meeting between the two, Song Biao asked Gu Weijun to meet in his office to discuss the semiconductor industry.
Although Germany has not yet realized that the empire's radar and computer technology has broken through the barriers of electron tubes, vacuum tubes, and magnetron tubes, and has entered the era of transistor semiconductors and digital electronics from analog electronics, Song Biao still has a better understanding of this. Many worries require Gu Weijun to continue to increase investment in scientific research and education in the field of Imperial Semiconductor. At the same time, he must also strengthen confidentiality during the years of preparation for trial industrialization.
After Gu Weijun left, Song Biao sat alone in the office and meditated.
There are too many thoughts flashing in his mind. He does not have Hitler's crazy sense of pride because of the empire's technological progress and the country's prosperity. On the contrary, he has more of a sense of crisis.
There are also many troubles in the current Sino-Japanese war, but they are all things that can be solved and predicted, while the development of the country is difficult to determine and full of unknowns. The problem here is that the bigger the country, the more problems it has. And China has grown beyond a certain limit.
In Song Biao's view, although China is large, it is still not strong enough. It can only be said to be relatively strong now. To maintain this "relatively strong" advantage, there are only two ways to further promote China to become stronger. That is to continue to vigorously promote education and scientific research in China. The government must not only provide large-scale investment and support, but also ensure fairness and freedom in education and scientific research.
China was indeed promoting the outbreak of World War II. Nazi Germany was a greedy European wild tiger without any restraint. However, from the long-term needs of China's overall national interests, China also needed to support Nazi Germany in attacking the Soviet Union, and even Supporting Nazi Germany to attack Britain and France disrupted the order and development of the entire Europe.
If the situation develops into an unstoppable situation, China will need to send troops to eliminate Nazi Germany at the last moment. It can join forces with the United States, or it does not need the United States to send troops. It may be difficult to support the war situation, but in terms of long-term national status,* *Resolving World War II is undoubtedly the best choice.
If you want to take advantage of the international situation and becomeAs the final victorious country, China needs to reserve more technology and national strength for the final war. It must compete with the Nazis in technology and national strength.
It was based on this idea that Song Biao decided to inspect domestic scientific research work before Germany officially launched war against the Soviet Union. He set the time after the Spring Festival and asked the inner court to make arrangements immediately.
The Chinese Spring Festival in 1940 arrived in such a seemingly peaceful international environment full of unknown wars and chaos.
The royal family members returned to the Central Palace in Beijing one after another three days in advance. This is a real big family. After admitting a new young concubine two years ago, the Song Emperor had five wives, five daughters and eight Except for the fifth son who died in infancy, all the sons are healthy and entering school one after another. The youngest daughter has just turned one year old.
The eldest daughters Princess Yuanyuan, Princess An Yi, and Princess An Xian are all married. Crown Prince Yuhua, Prince Yuqing, Prince Yuchen, and Prince Yuying are also married to princesses. There are also seven grandchildren in their generation.
Thirty years have been as calm as a stream. Inadvertently, the imperial royal family has grown from only the Emperor Song and Empress Shu to 24 people, with flourishing branches.
The children generally have their own interests. Princess Yuanyuan works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Princess An Yi teaches at the Central Institute of Foreign Languages, Princess An Xian and her husband both studied science and engineering materials, and both work at the Central Institute of Materials Engineering. Crown Prince Hua serves in the Joint Staff Department of the Military Ministry, Prince Yuqing serves in the Navy, Prince Yuchen serves in the Ministry of Culture and Education, responsible for sports and traditional Chinese martial arts, and Prince Yuying is still studying at the Central Academy of Chinese Studies and wants to work in the National Museum in the future.
The children said they were big, and they were not small.
Every Spring Festival is like this. Most of the princes and princesses will return to the palace to stay a few days in advance. The Emperor Song will also take a vacation during this period to spend time with his family at home.
Although there are several daughters, the one who really understands their father is Princess Yuanyuan who works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has always been such a considerate and good child, but she has slowly changed from a good child to a very good one. Mother.
During the Spring Festival, it snowed heavily in Beijing, and the Central Palace was decorated as pure and clean as if it were wrapped in silver.
At noon on New Year¡¯s Eve, after having lunch at Furong Hall, Song Biao asked his eldest daughter, Princess Yuanyuan, to accompany him for a walk in the imperial garden to talk about the family¡¯s shortcomings.
After all, Princess Yuanyuan married Chen Jin. The marriage was quite happy. She had two children very early, both sons. In the past few years, she did not participate in work much and spent most of her time at home. Taking care of the children at home and translating some not very important documents for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at home.
Such work is only a symbolic and caring arrangement.
She can choose not to work and stay at home to take care of her children, but this is not in compliance with the regulations.
She still hopes to work, but she just hopes that her two children will be older. Her husband Chen Jin has been working in the Central Reserve Bureau, and it should be said that he is doing very well. He is considering transferring to the Central Bank this year.
Whether it is an emperor or an ordinary family, family life is like this. In other words, happy families are basically the same. They have no financial worries, live a carefree life, and can try to do more meaningful things.
Song Biao established a very large fund for the princes and princesses, which will ensure their living needs. Even if they leave the royal family in the future, as part of the family members, they can still get the continuation of their inheritance rights.
The future is always far away.
No one can think about forever.
The ups and downs of every royal family are inevitable. At this time, they are still at their peak. They have to consider the long-term future and the future. In fact, there is no need to worry too much, because no matter how far you think about it, it may not have practical significance.
It¡¯s better to let nature take its course. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)