Chapter 601: War Reparations
July Flowing Fire~
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In the middle of the sky, there is a big sun swaggering in the distance, wantonly releasing its majestic energy.
Sweat had already soaked the neat and neat clothes of the soldiers around them, but it could not shake their majestic posture in the slightest.
Among this group of soldiers, there are Asians with black hair and black eyes, as well as Americans and Europeans with yellow hair and blue eyes.
Their costumes are different, some are strict and neat, some are slightly old, and the posture of wearing military uniforms is also tall, short, fat and thin, all of which are different.
But there is one thing in common, these people in military uniforms are all sharp-eyed, and most of them have a kind of solemnity and majesty unique to soldiers.
Surrounded by the seats of these soldiers, a short and thin man was holding a special fountain pen in his hand, looking dejected, trembling slightly, and was about to bow his head to write something.
This person is the legendary supreme spiritual leader of the island country ~ the emperor.
Needless to say, what he has to do at this moment is to sign his name on the surrender of defeat.
But at this time, he was very hesitant, even under the forced gaze of the soldiers around him, the sweat on his forehead continued to fall, and his eyes contained tears of humiliation, but he refused to put pen to paper.
The reason is simple, this is not a simple surrender form.
The signing of this instrument of surrender will also mark a previously signed reparation agreement for the defeat, which will also take effect immediately.
At this time, more than two months have passed since the first air raid on the mainland of the island country by the national army.
In the past two months, a lot has happened.
Actually, since the end of the first air strike.
That is, the day after the air raid, after the bombing formation of the national army returned to China, the regime on the island mainland could no longer bear the huge losses and pressure, and unilaterally announced that it would surrender.
However, it is also very reasonable to think that after a round of air raids and bombing by the national army, at least more than 150 N2 bombs were dropped on the island of Hokkaido and Honshu Nijima in the island country.
To be honest, although the N2 is not as big a sequelae as nuclear weapons, it is not inferior in terms of lethal power.
Although this is not the first time that this weapon has been logged on the battlefield and demonstrated its power, there is no doubt about the huge lethality and destructiveness of that kind of weapon.
Not to mention anything else, Mt. Fuji, located on the outskirts of Tokyo, has been completely blown from its original high mountain to a hilly area with potholes after this sweeping bombardment.
The high-level people of those island countries saw with their own eyes the huge losses in front of them, and the next day they received statistical reports on losses sent from all parts of the country.
The military junta of the island country was also immediately intimidated.
With a cold heart, he naturally lost the courage to carry on the war.
However, it was not until this moment, that is, in July, that the two sides of China and the island nation finally reached this surrender agreement.
In terms of time, it was dragged out for two months.
During this period, in addition to continuing to digest the fruits of domestic victories, the national army has never stopped unilateral air raids on the mainland of the island country.
On average, there were at least three bombing operations in a week, and for a period of time, the frequency of air raids could even reach more than five times a week.
The ammunition carried by the bomber formations was no longer a N2 bomb with mass destruction performance, but a powerful incendiary bomb.
However, their lethality and deterrence against the mainland of the island country are not inferior to the former.
As for the national army, it seems that there is really a plan to directly destroy the island country.
One by one, powerful incendiary bombs were thrown, and the forests all over the island country were completely destroyed, and the smoke was everywhere, and the fire almost filled the entire island country, and the smoke and dust accumulated into a thick patch, and even the sky was obscured.
In the later period, the national army was no longer satisfied with setting fire to the mountains and destroying the forests of the island country in the selection of bombing targets.
They even set their sights on the farmland......
You must know that at this time, the island country has not much food reserves.
During the interval, a large number of freighters were constantly blown up, and in this case, the island country has basically lost most of the channels for purchasing grain from abroad, and the domestic grain production of the island country is not much, and it is barely self-sufficient.
Now that the national army has bombed down without any scruples, the pressure on the island nation can be imagined.
However, even under these circumstances, the military junta of the island country hesitated for more than two months and refused to sign the surrender agreement.
In this way, we can see how harsh the conditions given by the national army are.
It can be called an unprecedented loss in the history of the island nation.
First of all, as Zhao Hao said to Xiao Yuer and other daughters before, in addition to compensating for many economic and cultural relics losses, as well as dealing with war criminals at all levels, Jiuzhou, Shiguo and Erdao will be permanently ceded to China.
After all, when the Qing Dynasty was still in the Qing Dynasty, the powers of various countries used war as a means to extort the Qing government for compensation and land cession through compensation clauses after the fact.
However, unlike the vast land of China, the territory of the island countries is mainly concentrated on those four islands.
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, of which Honshu Island is the largest.
The two to the south were ceded, and although it was not enough to say that half of their territory would be taken away at once, a fifth was still there.
There is no doubt that the high-level people of the island country were instantly stunned when they saw this condition of Huaxia.
Naturally, they were outgunned with protest and condemnation.
Unfortunately, this is not all the conditions on the Chinese side.
The compensation treaty also provides for the beginning of the boundary of the northern strait of Shikoku Island to the south to the north of the waters of Guam and the east to the west of the waters of the Marshall Islands.
This huge area, which originally belonged to the area occupied by the island nation, all the islands and their attached seas must also be ceded to China.
This area includes a large number of archipelagos, such as the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Northern Marianas, Saipan and other areas, and the sea area is very vast and the geographical location is excellent.
It almost completely chokes the South China Sea and the East China Sea, and controls the sea transportation arteries of the entire East Asian region.
According to the normal historical process, in the future, this will undoubtedly become the frontier hinterland used by the United States and Japan for the forelimbs of China, and now under the intervention of Zhao Hao, it must also be ceded as war compensation.
Needless to say, when I saw the two clauses on the first day of the new year, the island countries were quite angry.
Because this is literally killing them, killing all the development potential and long-term strategic planning direction of their country!
Moreover, after losing this southward sea communication artery, they will inevitably be held hostage by China on the issue of national development and construction after the defeat.
I am afraid that such an unequal treaty will not be agreed to by a country, let alone an island country that has had ambitions since ancient times.
However, it is a pity that Huaxia's demand for compensation this time is not negotiating with them.
And as a defeated and surrendered country, the island country, which has lost all its strategic depth and war potential, does not seem to have any bargaining power.
Almost as soon as they saw these two compensation clauses, the government of the island country sternly rejected the treaty.
Privately, they tactfully expressed their intention to send a professional team to negotiate compensation for the defeat.
It is a pity that this time the Chinese side showed a very tough attitude, and it seems that it has no intention of bargaining with the island countries.
After learning that the other side did not agree to his terms, the war continued.
The work of recovering the lost territories in China was in full swing and with great momentum, and the remnants of the Japanese army continued to retreat under the efforts of the two parties.
The bombing formations of the national army maintained a high-frequency air raid posture.
In this way, more than two months passed, and after waiting for their own mainland to almost turn into a scorched ruin, the government of the island country finally could not bear it anymore and accepted the conditions of the Chinese side with great difficulty.
During this period, many important people in the government of the island countries did not fail to think of other ways to induce compromise in China.
Like the government agencies of the United States, Britain, Russia, France and other powers, they have all gone to find them openly or covertly.
Explain to them the benefits and disadvantages of the indemnity treaty demanded by Huaxia, and through bribery, bribery and other means, hoping to get some relevant people to speak for them.
It's just a pity that the reasons of the island nation are not enough to explain anything, and the identity of a war enemy country is enough to overturn all their intentions.
In addition, and more importantly, today's China is different.
It is not the corrupt Manchu government that anyone can bully, nor is it the Allied state that in the original history, it needed the military power of the United States and Russia to reluctantly force the island nation to defeat.
The strong need to be respected.
In particular, the world anti-fascist war is currently in a state of anxiety, and China was able to first and independently complete the war against the evil axis countries and win the war.
To put it simply, England is currently in a state of scorching, and the previous German air raids and bombings have caused them huge losses.
Gaul was still in exile, and General Charles de Gaul was still organizing an army in England with the intention of counterattacking and recovering the mainland.
The Soviet Union, which was currently busy with the war in the European theater and was preparing for a final decisive battle against the German fascists, had no intention of helping a hostile country in the Far East to speak.
Relatively speaking, the United States has undoubtedly moved closer to the Chinese government, and in order to ensure that it can achieve victory in the war against Japan and hold back the Japanese army in China, they have not assisted the Chinese military government through various means.
Moreover, in this battlefield compensation, the Chinese side also gave the US side enough face because of this.
For example, at present, the US military forces in the Pacific theater have advanced their troops to the Marshall Islands and Guam from the west and south, and they are still in a cruel state of anxiety.
However, when Huaxia demanded compensation from the island countries for land cession, it used these two islands as the boundary, which was actually acquiescing in the US military's occupation of the region.
In addition, the military strength that China is currently displaying is also a great shock to the United States and the Soviet Union.
In today's war period, when the actual interests of the two countries are not harmed, they probably have little heart to compete with their allies for the sake of a defeated country.
Of course, some private negotiations and exchange of interests are certainly unavoidable.