The United States occupied Japan with two atomic bombs. The shock to Japan was huge, because it was a weapon capable of annihilating the entire Japanese nation, and the environment Japan faced at that time was that the entire world wanted to destroy it. The Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, France, and China All have to judge it.
Under this circumstance, Japan was very cooperative with the U.S. occupation, and the United States was also very cooperative with the Japanese Provisional Government in considering the factors of confronting the Soviet Union.
The current situation is definitely different. Japan has been using the country's tens of millions of people as blackmail in an attempt to retain the emperor system. Others are not a problem. The specific war reparations may need to be discussed again. After all, Japan has some problems on this issue. It has a certain degree of initiative, but Japan has absolutely no way to deal with the issue of Hokkaido and other territorial divisions.
The empire¡¯s land, sea and air forces occupied Hokkaido, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Iwo Islands, and the army of the Republic of Korea occupied Tsuimashima and the Oki Islands.
The empire has a secret bilateral agreement with North Korea. In order to curb Japan's naval superiority, the empire bought Jeju Island by purchasing the island, and established the largest air force base in Northeast Asia here. Today, Jeju Island has a Han population. , this air base also plays a very important role in the empire's long-term restriction of Japan, including a very critical role in protecting North Korea.
In this case, North Korea can only recognize that Jeju Island belongs to China, which is also beneficial to it. The history is very long. If Japan rises again in the future, North Korea will still have to rely on the empire's garrison on Jeju Island to protect North Korea and contain Japan. .
In exchange, the empire agreed to North Korea¡¯s occupation of Tsushima and the Oki Islands. For North Korea, its control of Tsushima was equivalent to taking the initiative on the Japan-Korea Strait issue.
So when it comes to the issue of territorial cession, Japan has no room for negotiation. You don¡¯t even have the most basic military strength. How can you talk about territorial issues?
Japan actually has only one bargaining chip at this stage, and that is the violence of the Japanese people. If China insists on abolishing the emperor system, the Japanese people will be completely violent, and tens of millions of Japanese citizens will fight to the death against the Chinese garrison.
Japan¡¯s current Emperor Showa also has one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes. On the surface, he is willing to abdicate to save the country and the people. Behind the scenes, he constantly contacts various forces and meets with right-wing organizations in an attempt to force China to give in and retain his throne through suicide attacks by the people.
Japan¡¯s problem is currently such a situation.
¡°As Gu Weijun said, if you don¡¯t take the Japanese seriously, then we have no reason to take them too seriously. As long as you are willing to launch an attack, we will shoot. There is no problem with this.
As for bullets, China has a lot of them. One Chinese yuan can buy thirty rounds. The ammunition expenditure of 10 million Chinese yuan is enough to massacre tens of millions of Japanese people.
As long as you dare to attack, I will kill you.
This is never a problem.
Moreover, Japan is different from the previous stage. They do not engage in large-scale riots of tens of thousands or thousands of people. Instead, they use various complex methods in society. Sometimes they engage in small-scale riots, and sometimes they engage in small-scale riots. They were peaceful demonstrations, and sometimes they were mass suicides. At most, more than 400 people committed mass suicide in front of the headquarters of the Northeastern occupation forces.
To be honest, there is a certain amount of political and humanitarian pressure. However, the more this happens, the more determined the empire must be to abolish this evil emperor system.
Time is good for China. As the Northeast Defense Force General Headquarters gradually intensifies its crackdown on Japanese right-wing organizations, and the Senior Advisor Council promotes Japan's unified propaganda, Japanese society is much more stable than before.
Japan is currently a problem, but not a big one.
The empire currently retains 22 conventional mechanical infantry divisions, 4 armored divisions, 2 artillery brigades, and 4 air force divisions in Japan. The Navy has established the Far East Naval Command Japan Fleet stationed in Yokosuka. The fleet has 1 aircraft carrier, 3 battleships, 6 cruisers, 27 destroyers, and more than 40 other types of ships.
Before Japan was completely defeated, its navy had been completely wiped out. Its last two trump cards were the battleship Yamato and the battleship Musashi, which were just completed before 1940, but these two giant ships were directly sunk in the port.
The Northeast General Headquarters re-salvaged these two giant ships, and after some repairs in the Japanese port, they were towed back to Kinshu Port for renovation. The Yamato battleship was left in the Imperial Port Arthur as a trophy for exhibition, and the Musashi battleship was better preserved overall. , it still has the conditions to continue serving after the overhaul, so it will temporarily stay in the Tenth Fleet to serve, using this huge gun to deter Japan itself.
According to the agreement reached between the empire and the North Korean government, the Musashi will be given to North Korea after it is decommissioned, and will remain in the Port of Busan as a trophy of North Korea, which will also be used for exhibitions and to declare their victory.
Generally speaking, the empire has not many troops stationed in Japan. They do not even account for 1/10 of the empire's overall military strength. As a supplement, the Korean National Defense Force also dispatches more than ten infantry divisions. In Japan All captured members of right-wing organizations, criminals, and captured Japanese officers and soldiers were transported to North Korea for post-war reconstruction. The specific detention and management work was the responsibility of the North Korean government, and China did not take care of it.
The Northeast General Command and the North Korean government signed an agreement, requiring North Korea to treat these prisoners of war and criminals in compliance with the principles of international law. The Japanese Provisional Government also signed this agreement, agreeing to the North Korean government's management of these war criminals and prisoners of war. As for whether North Korea abides by it After reaching this agreement, the imperial government and the Northeastern General Command were too lazy to interfere.
Through this series of arrangements, the empire¡¯s garrison in Japan is not large, but it is certainly enough.
His Majesty¡¯s attitude is now simpler and clearer. If the Japanese Provisional Government continues to be uncooperative, it will support the extreme left wing in power, evacuate Japan immediately after signing the armistice treaty, and let the Japanese Soviet organization slowly toss in the country, and the empire will ignore it.
Of course, no written evidence will be left on this matter. Even if the government's confidential documents are lifted, the attitude of Emperor Song Biao will not be found. The people responsible for handling this matter will be Gu Weijun, Chen Wu and the Central Military Intelligence Department. Wang Zhaoming will not agree. There is no way.
For the empire, this should be the only better way at present. It may cause endless troubles in the future, but that is more of a matter for the Japanese people themselves.
After Prime Minister Gu Weijun understood the emperor's intention, he returned to his prime minister's residence and asked Minister Zhang Jun of the Central Military Intelligence Department and Director Tang Xiaohu of the Central Intelligence Agency to come over and hold a very secret meeting to plan the matter.
Gu Weijun's method is still relatively "moderate". His method is to force Japan to pass the Political Party Legalization Act first, allowing various Japanese political parties to emerge to cause trouble. The Ministry of Military Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency secretly contacted Japan's left-wing and ultra-left organizations to ask them to Form a labor party, or a legal political party organization such as the Labor Party or the Socialist Party, control the Japanese Guards organization with the cooperation of the Northeast General Command, control Japan's military power, and then formally come to power through various other means.
After these organizations formed a new Japanese provisional government, the empire signed an armistice treaty with the government, and then gradually withdrew from Japan as scheduled. The two sides also retained formal diplomatic relations. As for how Japan will develop in the future, the empire will no longer interfere.
It's just an overstatement. For Japan's left-wing institutions, the empire will definitely continue to provide long-term support through the Central Intelligence Agency, support a suitable candidate to maintain Japanese rule, and connive with the other party to eliminate all opposition forces. It is best to Let Japan continue to enter a new state of isolation.
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A few weeks later, news of the French army's defeat in Cambrai reached the country, and the news was quickly published in all newspapers. For those Chinese who are concerned about the fate of France, this is definitely not good news. Those who invest in France Corporate stocks have all fallen, with the biggest decline occurring among medium- and related-enterprises such as Northeast Heavy Industries.
In addition to China, the Far East Consortium has four of the largest investment destinations in the world, namely the United States, France, Spain and Sweden. France is the largest bank, the largest automobile company, the largest steel company, the largest aircraft company, and the largest electronics company. Electrical companies, the largest mechanical machine tool and train manufacturing companies are all under the control of the Far East Consortium.
At this time, in Paris and Lyon, various French companies controlled by Far East are desperately trying to transfer their assets to Spain.
After receiving the exact news, Emperor Song Biao held a regular meeting of the Central Defense Commission in the Central Palace as planned. Except for the members who were outside, everyone else attended the meeting.
Army Chief of Staff Fu Liangzuo was seriously ill due to a sudden stroke. Cai E was appointed as the new Army Chief of Staff and came to attend the meeting.
Emperor Song Biao went to the conference hall of the Military Academy on time, accompanied by Chen Jiayou, the chief minister of the inner court. Including Prime Minister Gu Weijun and Chief of General Staff Jiang Fangzhen, a total of 17 members of the Central Committee of National Defense in Beijing all stood up and bowed.
The Military Academy is a complex of buildings in the Central Palace that inherits the meaning of the previous dynasty. It is located on the easternmost side of the Central Palace, also known as Dongji Pavilion. It is the headquarters of the Central Secrecy Bureau and the Defense Bureau of the Imperial Court, and it is also the place where the emperor convened the National Defense Committee.
Although the Dongji Pavilion Conference Hall is only a place that can only accommodate more than a hundred people for meetings, the layout is very magnificent and the momentum is extremely majestic. Unlike the previous imperial palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the entire building of the Imperial Central Palace is Mainly made of stone, the interior stone carvings are lifelike and magnificent, and many have exquisitely painted domes, many of which are painted by famous contemporary Chinese painting masters.
Sitting on his seat, Emperor Song Biao sat down and took his penis inlaid with golden rooster and diamonds.?The golden cane was placed next to the chair, and then he motioned for everyone to sit down.
The Central Secrecy Bureau and the Central Military Department have prepared information for the meeting. In front of each Central Defense Committee member is the latest European war report summary, as well as the latest assistance reports submitted by France and the United Kingdom.
According to the constitution of the empire, since the Sino-Japanese war has not yet ended, the Central Defense Commission remains the highest authority of the empire.
This kind of regular meeting of the whole committee represents the decision-making of the highest power level in China. Even the Congress has no ability to overturn the various decisions made by the Central Defense Commission at this stage. If the resolutions of the Congress and the Central Defense Commission during the war are If they violate each other, the Prime Minister has the right to directly veto and must also veto the parliamentary resolution.
This means that in today's special period, Emperor Song Biao is the supreme leader of the empire, and the empire is currently under the rule of the Central Defense Commission formed by the emperor and senior military officials.
Emperor Song Biao read through the newly submitted aid application reports from Britain and France, and he could not help but sneer at France's many requests. He sneered and said to the committee members: "As Liu Gengyun said, France is an adou that cannot be helped. In the past, Let them strengthen the construction of mechanized troops. They are afraid of spending money. They have to borrow money from us to build a Maginot Line. We have told them long ago that a defense line alone is not enough. We must have enough pilots and air force strength to guarantee it. Regarding the security of the defense line, we still refused to listen and now we are at a disadvantage. We are required to join the war immediately, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. I don¡¯t know what the consequences will be for us. I only know that the consequences for the French are to be subjugated slaves."
What he said was very angry.
Hearing the emperor's angry words, none of the committee members present dared to express their stance. Everyone could only sit as straight as a monument with their heads lowered without saying a word. No one dared to say a word.
Members of the committee also understand that the emperor's anger is justified. During President Lerumbu's administration, a large number of suggestions made by the empire to France fell into the deep pool without any response. Not only this, Lelumbu also greatly improved France's People's welfare benefits, tax cuts, and military expenditures have also been cut again and again. The Germans continue to expand their armaments, but France, under the command of President Lelumbe, has turned its second-ranked army in Europe into a waste.
France had only more than 4,000 tanks before the war, and these were all legacy from the period of Marshal Joffre.
Thanks to the technological output from the empire, France has been able to produce the best tanks, military trucks, artillery, armored vehicles, and aircraft in Europe in the past ten years, but they just don¡¯t want to buy them. Now think about it, President Lelumbe is really a historical figure in France. The most undercover spirit and the most helpful traitor to Germany.
An idiot leader can easily destroy a country.
Even now, France is really confused. Most of the top military generals still view this war with the mindset of World War I. Liu Gengyun made many suggestions to the French army, but very few were adopted by the French army.
This discouraged both General Liu Gengyun and Emperor Song Biao.
Faced with the large number of arms purchase orders made by France, as well as their bizarre request for more free assistance from the empire, Emperor Song Biao actually didn't know how to deal with it.
Angry will not solve the problem.
Emperor Song Biao was very impatient and could only push aside the aid application report in front of him, and asked Jiang Fangzhen and Cai E: "How do you think we should deal with the current situation?"
Jiang Fangzhen thought for a moment and replied: "We can provide France with all the assistance it needs. There is only one condition, and that is that the Chinese military advisers must be given the highest respect. Otherwise, we will strictly follow the agreement between the two parties and cancel all free assistance. Regarding the issue of volunteers in France, I suggest that we try our best to pass the Asian League Council resolution. If we cannot reach an agreement in the Asian League, we can form a free army with Iran and Thailand to participate in the battle in France. We can also recommend that Vietnam join the war in exchange for Vietnam. of**."
Emperor Song Biao was actually very unhappy about giving more aid to France, but being angry would not solve any problem. For the empire, if it could support France in delaying it longer, it would undoubtedly be the best choice.
If France can delay until June next year, the problem on Japan's side will definitely be solved. Of course, if the empire does not require Japan to end the emperor system, it can be solved half a year ago. It will delay the end of Japan's emperor system until June next year and retain one The chaotic Japanese government came to power, which was a reward for the empire.
Song Biao thought about the French affairs in general and felt that the previous exchanges were not of a particularly high level, so he told Jiang Fangzhen: "You will be personally responsible for the negotiations with France. You'd better go to France and arrange Their problem is clear. If France is willing to resist, we can provide everything necessary.If France gives up on itself, or thinks that the French can solve all problems without us, or looks down on us, then let them solve it themselves. It should be said that the problems in France are still very complicated and serious. During my visit to France, I had a very good talk with President Paul Reno. He also made many promises to me, but now it seems that he has not fulfilled them at all. The reason behind this A lot, but I think the chief of staff at Wigan bears the vast majority of the blame¡. "
Song Biao had just finished speaking when the first-class chamberlain Jiang Shoulin hurriedly walked in with a panicked look, holding the red emergency telegram book of the Military Intelligence Department in his hand, and stepped forward to give it to Song Biao for review.
?Everyone here is very surprised, thinking what is going on, running in to report at this time?
Emperor Song Biao also felt very strange. How urgent is it? Can't you wait even half an hour?
After Jiang Shoulin was allowed to report, several intelligence officers behind him also presented the same telegram book to Chief of General Staff Jiang Fangzhen and Minister of Military Intelligence Zhang Jun in the conference room.
The two of them and the emperor have the highest level of intelligence authority within the Military Commission. As long as the emperor can know the intelligence of the military, they can also know it. Of course, the highest level of the Central Secrecy Bureau and the Central Intelligence Agency does not. Same.
Emperor Song Biao, Jiang Fangzhen, and Zhang Jun read the latest telegram at almost the same time, and they were both surprised.
After reading the telegram, Emperor Song Biao slowly put down the telegram book and said: "The German army did not continue to pursue the British and French forces in Lille, but sent the main force to directly attack Paris. The surrender faction in Paris occupied the majority, and Paul. If President Reno steps down, the next step may be to surrender to Germany. Liu Gengyun has taken the lead and has already taken President Paul Reno to Spain on a special plane."
Everyone here is not surprised. Just now we were discussing France¡¯s request for help list, and now it has turned into a general surrender of France. Isn¡¯t this really ridiculous?
France actually decided to surrender?
With the full support of the empire and the joint operation of Britain, France actually wants to surrender?
Isn¡¯t France really a coward to the extreme?
"Absurd!"
Emperor Song Biao couldn't help but sneered, and said to Jiang Fangzhen: "I think you can't go to France. Please arrange for the troops to evacuate from France immediately. The materials sold by the Ministry of Military Industry to France have not arrived and have not been signed for by France. All goods that have not moved out of the port after signing will be taken back and transferred to Spain."
Jiang Fangzhen thought about it and said: "The Empire just sold a batch of short-range missiles and J-6 fighters to France last month. We will immediately find a way to send troops to destroy these materials. The Black Falcon Air Force that has already participated in the war has We will immediately generate electricity to send them to the UK."
Emperor Song Biao nodded and said: "Before France completely surrenders, after stepping up its evacuation to the United Kingdom and Spain, it is recommended that President Reno go to the French colonies to establish a new government and continue to fight against Germany. Our country is willing to continue to provide support according to the original agreement."
Jiang Fangzhen asked: "How to deal with the issue of the surrender of the French government?"
Emperor Song Biao replied: "We consider it a conspiracy and coup and do not recognize the surrender of the government."
After saying these words, Emperor Song Biao continued to give instructions to Prime Minister Gu Weijun, who was sitting on his right: "As for the central cabinet, you must also issue a public warning to Germany in the name of the central government as soon as possible, strictly prohibiting the war from spreading to Sweden, Spain, Swiss neutrality and Asia, otherwise the Empire will take severe military action.¡±
Of course, Prime Minister Gu Weijun's current situation has become extremely dangerous. After France surrendered, there were very few countries left in Europe where the German army did not have a government. Sweden and Spain were the two countries with the highest concentration of investment in the empire. Once occupied by Germany, the empire's main Businesses and the central government's four major trust companies will suffer heavy losses.
The surrender of France was a completely different situation from the previous major defeat, which meant that the Nazi German army had completely threatened Spain, the empire¡¯s bottom line in Europe.
Emperor Song Biao took five minutes to quickly finish the National Defense Committee meeting without any further discussion. Everyone performed their duties according to his orders. The First Army, which had just evacuated from the Japanese battlefield, was immediately transferred to Spain. Garrisoned, even if the German army does not attack Spain, the number of troops transferred to Spain by the empire before the end of the year will increase to 4 armies.
In Africa, Ethiopia will also add two new army groups to defend Italy.
Regardless of whether Britain agrees or not, the Empire must send troops into Egypt to protect the Suez Canal. This is the best channel for the Imperial Navy to enter the Mediterranean to deter the Italian Navy. Italian occupation must not be tolerated.
When France was about to surrender, and a week after the defeat at the Battle of Cambrai in France, the Chinese central government held a new meeting held by Foreign Minister Guo Taiqi.press conference, formally raising China¡¯s bottom line to Germany and its allies, demanding that the German-Italian-Polish Alliance and the Anglo-French Alliance must not attack neutral countries such as Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland, as well as China¡¯s other allies and important strategic partners, for any reason. If China If its interests are violated again, China will take severe military actions to protect the empire's national interests.
Prior to this, the empire had made this position clear to Germany and Poland through diplomatic channels, and Germany and Poland had no objections. They did not intend to attack neutral countries like Spain and Sweden at all, because Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland also served as Germany and Poland. The Italian Entente provided special needs.
The empire has now officially announced this bottom line. In fact, it is not to emphasize the matter again, but to officially launch a new round of large-scale war preparations across the country.
The imperial government's spending increased again to 7 billion yuan. In fact, because the imperial gold reserves grew very fast during this period, it also became the most important foreign exchange reserve in the world, which gave the imperial central bank a larger scale. The currency issuance capacity and the market also have huge digestion capacity. Therefore, it is not difficult for the central government of the empire to maintain an annual military expenditure of 7 billion yuan.
7 billion Chinese yuan is not a small amount. The ex-factory price of the best MBT40B tank is only about 70,000 Chinese yuan, which is about 44,000 US dollars. Ten thousand tanks only cost 700 million Chinese yuan.
In the week before and after the central government held a press conference, the Central Military Department quickly came up with the armaments supplement plan that had been formulated long ago, to expand the total size of the Central Defense Force to 13.5 million, including 9.5 million for the army and 2.2 million for the navy. , Air Force 1.8 million.
In terms of supplementing military equipment, the number of Black Falcon J-6 fighters will increase to 15,500, becoming the main force of the Air Force. The number of naval carrier-based aircraft models J-606 based on J-6 Black Falcon fighters will increase to 3,000. Fourteen of the new Novosibirsk-class aircraft carriers will be put into service in the next five years.
The number of armored divisions nationwide will increase to 75, and the number of permanent group armies will increase to 15. The total number of MBT33\35\40 series main tanks will be 28,500, MT series medium and light tanks will be 35,000, and various types of armored vehicles will be 127,500.
According to this plan, the empire will continue to maintain an annual military expenditure of at least 5 billion Chinese yuan in the next five years. In fact, the construction of the empire's navy, land and air forces has reached a very high level in the past three years, even if Now that the war is going on with the German army at the same time, the Imperial Wehrmacht can completely occupy an absolute advantage. It can only be said that it will be very difficult to face the German, Polish and Italian coalition forces at the same time.
When the empire's permanent group armies increase to 15, the new plan of the Central Military Department is realized, the number of armored divisions reaches 75, and the total number of army personnel increases to 9.5 million, the empire will be fully capable of fighting against the German, Italian, and Polish coalition forces at the same time.
Of course, this is a new five-year plan for the Central Military Department of the Empire during the war. Basically, in the view of Song Biao and Jiang Fangzhen, there is no need to reach this level in the end. After all, the Empire is already prepared to use nuclear weapons.
As long as we continue to increase the service and replacement of new weapons, temporarily mothball old weapons, expand the total number of soldiers, speed up the training of new officers and soldiers, and speed up the training of modern tactics and new equipment for the entire army, really when the war between China and Germany begins, the Imperial Wehrmacht will be in three In about a month, the overall military strength can be raised to a limit.
After all, judging from the current situation, it is still unknown whether China and Germany will eventually fight. If Germany can force Britain to sign an armistice treaty within a few months, temporarily end the war and not invade other countries, the empire will lose its reason for war then what else to fight?
Regardless of whether there is a fight or not, it is inevitable that the empire's navy and air force will undergo a new round of large-scale replacement as the turbojet fighter jets enter service. Britain and Germany are also gradually changing their equipment. The empire cannot do without replacement. .
The current World War II is very fierce. It is an era of assault rifles. The number of tanks and armored vehicles is huge. Once such a war starts, military expenditures will become even more outrageous. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)