Chapter 283: Prelude to the Cairo Conference (1)
The three of them become tigers, it is really terrifying, an event that may be a rumor, under the impetus of someone with a heart, may be able to make people believe that it is true. Jiang Weiguo has been mired in rumors since he returned from Germany, rumors say that his actual biological father is Dai Jitao, and his biological mother is Japanese nurse Shigematsu Kaneko, and many people have also turned up the past of Lao Jiang and Dai Jitao and others in Japan as evidence.
During the Sino-German cooperation in 1936, Jiang Weiguo went to Germany to serve as a second lieutenant attendant when Jiang Baili visited Germany; The following year he enlisted in Germany and entered the Munich Military Academy. After graduating, he served in the German army; At the beginning of World War II, he participated in the blitzkrieg against Poland and served as a German lieutenant.
In 1939, Germany, Japan and Italy formed the Axis powers, and Chiang Weiguo returned to China and participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Judging from his personal experience, he was indeed a military talent, but after returning to China, he was arranged by Chiang Kai-shek to serve as the deputy director of the logistics department of the Chongqing Garrison Headquarters, which was completely idle.
Although the rumors did not seem to affect Jiang Weiguo's status, he himself has been depressed, lonely because he could not display his talents in the front-line troops, and his life was dull.
On the afternoon of October 30, 1943, Jiang Weiguo took a car home from work as usual, and the driver Xiao Wang seemed to be very nervous today, which made Jiang Weiguo a little puzzled.
"Xiao Wang, I see that your expression is not normal, is there something wrong at home?"
"No, it's nothing, Second Young Master."
The driver, Xiao Wang, entered the mansion with Wang Yulong, the housekeeper of his mansion, three years ago, the two have always been diligent and behaved very well, Jiang Weiguo did not get suspicious, but dozed off in the car as usual.
The car did not drive home as usual, but headed towards Chaotianmen Wharf, and finally stopped in front of an inconspicuous warehouse.
Today's car seems to be traveling a little longer than before, Jiang Weiguo originally thought that it was caused by Xiao Wang's nervousness just now, but when he opened his eyes and found that the car was not parked at home, he had a premonition that something bad was about to happen, he immediately wanted to take out his gun, but saw the driver Xiao Wang was pointing a gun at him.
"Second Young Master, I'm sorry, I can only wronged you for a few days for the sake of our country."
Years of military life made Jiang Weiguo calm down in a moment, he withdrew the hand he was going to get the gun, and asked expressionlessly: "For your country?" Are you Japanese? ”
Xiao Wang took a long breath, relieved his nervousness, and said slowly: "Second Young Master, I am not Japanese, on the contrary, the Japanese are my enemies, and I am a Ryukyuan person!" ”
"Ryukyuan people? So what are your intentions in arresting me? Jiang Weiguo thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't find anything to do with Ryukyu.
"Ryukyu has always been a vassal state of China, but it was forcibly occupied by the Japanese a few decades ago, we just want the second young master to do a favor, and it will definitely not be difficult for you."
"As long as my wife knows about my disappearance, your conspiracy will be exposed, and I advise you to release me as soon as possible, and I can still avoid the blame."
"Second young master, Brother Wang has already left a message to his wife imitating your notes, you have to go out for a month, and the garrison headquarters has also taken a month off on the grounds that there is something at home."
Jiang Weiguo broke out in a cold sweat behind his back, if they really wanted to be unfavorable to themselves, it seemed that they couldn't escape, remembering what the other party seemed to want to do with him just now, so he asked, "You just said to let me help?" What exactly do you want me to do? ”
"Second son, the chairman of the committee is now meeting with the heads of the United States and the United Kingdom in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, and we just hope that the words "Ryukyu independence and freedom" will appear in the declaration finally issued by the Cairo Conference."
Jiang Weiguo saw that he didn't know when, Wang Yulong, the housekeeper in the house, was standing outside the window on the left side with a gun, he hated himself a little bitterly, and he hated that he had no eyes, and the person he trusted so much was going to be unfavorable to him, and said angrily: "What if I don't cooperate?" ”
Wang Yulong said coldly: "The Ryukyu people have been enslaved by Japan for decades, and the Ryukyuan people in Amami Oshima have been enslaved for hundreds of years, and my Ryukyu has been a vassal state of China hundreds of years ago, if the second young master is not willing to help, then don't blame us for being ruthless." ”
The history of the Ryukyus Jiang Weiguo knows very little, but he still vaguely remembers the Ming Dynasty when it became a vassal state of China, China's national weakness for a hundred years, indirectly caused the demise of the Ryukyus, the Ryukyu people have been under Japanese colonial rule for a long time, and he said for a long time: "Okay, I promise you, I hope that in the end you can get your wish, China failed to protect the Ryukyus, and I can also use my useful role to do something for the Ryukyu people." ”
Wang Yulong and the driver Xiao Wang glanced at each other excitedly, and walked into the warehouse with Jiang Weiguo.
Hayashi had long considered the Ryukyu issue, and he remembered that one of the provisions of the Cairo Declaration was that Japan should return all the islands it had occupied in the Pacific region since World War I. There is even a clear article on the independence of Korea, so why is there not a single word about the Ryukyus? He remembered some unfounded rumors on the Internet.
From November 22 to 26, 1943, at the dawn of victory in the World Anti-Fascist War, the heads of the Central Powers held a meeting in Cairo to discuss the aftermath of the Second World War. In the course of the meeting, the head of the Chinese government, Chiang Kai-shek, held 4 talks with US President Benjamin Franklin 61 Roosevelt, two of which spoke about the Ryukyus.
On the evening of November 23, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Chonghui, secretary general of the National Defense Committee, had a private meeting with Roosevelt, talking about depriving Japan of the islands occupied in the Pacific, and Roosevelt mentioned the Ryukyu Islands. He told Chiang Kai-shek: "The Ryukyu archipelago is an arc-shaped archipelago composed of many islands, and Japan used improper means to seize the archipelago in those years, and it should also be deprived." I consider that the Ryukyus are geographically close to your country and have a very close relationship with your country in history, and if your country wants to acquire the Ryukyu Islands, it can be handed over to your country to administer. Roosevelt suddenly offered to hand over the Ryukyu Islands to China, and Chiang Kai-shek did not know how to answer. He was silent for a long time, and said cautiously: "I think it is better for this archipelago to be occupied by China and the United States, and then entrusted to China and the United States for joint management." ”
On November 25, Roosevelt again met with Chiang Kai-shek and spoke again about the Ryukyus. Roosevelt said: "I have repeatedly considered that the Ryukyu Islands, which are northeast of Taiwan and face the Pacific Ocean, are your eastern barrier, and their strategic position is extremely important. You have recovered Taiwan, and if you don't get the Ryukyus, Taiwan won't be safe. More importantly, this island cannot be occupied by aggressive Japan for a long time, so will it be handed over to you together with Taiwan and the Penghu Islands? ”
Chiang Kai-shek saw that Roosevelt had once again mentioned this issue, and that he had not had time to seriously think about it, and that the Ryukyu issue had not yet been included in the draft negotiation plan brought from China.
Seeing that Lao Chiang was silent for a long time, Roosevelt thought that he had not heard clearly, and added: "Do you want Ryukyu?" If you want, the war is over, and the Ryukyu Islands will be handed over to your country. ”
Chiang Kai-shek hesitated again and again, and finally replied: "The Ryukyu issue is more complicated, and I still have that opinion, and it is better for China and the United States to jointly manage it." ”
Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards the Ryukyus made Roosevelt feel incredible. From then on, Roosevelt and the rest of the American side never mentioned the Ryukyus in front of Chiang Kai-shek.
Later, according to some books in Taiwan that described this incident, Chiang Kai-shek came to his senses after the Cairo Conference, regretted that he had not resolutely agreed to Roosevelt, and resolutely took over the Ryukyu Islands. He felt that this matter was very shameless and that leaking it would damage his image, and repeatedly told Wang Chonghui: "Only a few people know about Roosevelt's decision to hand over Ryukyu to us, so don't talk about it again." But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the matter still spread among some high-ranking people in the Kuomintang, and many people even ran to ask Wang Chonghui what was going on. Wang Chonghui was afraid that the matter would not end well, so he had to endure it again and again, and did not dare to tell the truth.
There are also some rumors that the Kuomintang officials who later followed Chiang Kai-shek to Cairo analyzed that the main purpose of his visit to Cairo was to fight for the Northeast, Taiwan, and the Penghu Islands, and there was no plan for fighting for the Ryukyus, and Chiang Kai-shek thought that it would be enough to fight for the Northeast, Taiwan, and Penghu. Another reason is that Japan is an Asian power, and Chiang Kai-shek was afraid that after China got the Ryukyus, Japan would find China in the future, and China and Japan would form new grievances.
Later, many people believed that because Chiang Kai-shek insisted on not wanting the Ryukyu Islands, the "Cairo Declaration" only mentioned "the territories stolen by Japan, such as Manchuria, Taiwan, the Penghu Islands, and the South China Sea Islands" when it wrote that Japan should return the territory to China, without mentioning the Ryukyu Islands.
On November 1, after Lin Junxiong saw off Vice Chairman Zhou, he saw that the two divisions of Yukio Kasahara had really shown signs of being fooled, and they had slowed down the pace of retreating to Changchun.
"Wang Biao, let Zeng Lingshan hide most of the troops, and the vigilance on the periphery is also relaxed, so that Kasawara Yukio's scouts can find out the 'true' situation in the Lotus Mountain base area."
"Commander, what's wrong with you today, you have just ordered Wang Biao to give an order."
Lin Junxiong turned around and found that he didn't know when Qiao Xinyu was standing behind him, as a traverser, many things that he couldn't change, and secrets that he couldn't share with others, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Old Qiao, you should have heard about what I did in Ryukyu in my early years, I don't deny that I have always wanted to find a way out for Ryukyu, but there are many things I feel powerless." ”
"We can't manage the affairs of the Ryukyus, Junxiong should know the grim situation that our party is facing, we must resist foreign humiliation, and we must beware of the Kuomintang, hey!"
Lin Junxiong hesitated for a moment before he said: "Old Qiao, we are brothers, and I won't hide it from you, a few years ago, I asked Shang Tianen to lay out the two sons of Lao Jiang, hoping that this Cairo Conference can appear in international documents related to the independence and freedom of the Ryukyus, and provide a basis for solving the Ryukyu issue in the future." ”