Chapter 77 Cairo Declaration (continued)
Hearing that the Führer wanted Japan to claim the former German Pacific Territories, Keitel, who accompanied Hoffmann, was shocked: The United States has not surrendered yet, so why should the Führer take the allies first? What if Japan is pushed over to the side of the United States?
But he didn't dare to persuade him, because the Fuhrer's reason was completely reasonable: In such a big part of the Pacific Ocean, could it be Japan and the United States that would have the final say in the future? What about Germany? It is impossible for the world hegemon to really turn a blind eye to the Far East and the Pacific Ocean, what if Japan's position is unstable?
The decision-making efficiency of the dictatorship system is high, and as soon as the top trio of Japan discussed, Horikichi visited Hoffman in the company of Cole the next morning. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Since Japan did not bring a foreign minister, Hoffman did not let Ribbentrop, a big mouth, participate, and only allowed Keitel and Cole to accompany him. Cole is theoretically a translator, but in fact, the title of envoy has not been taken off, everyone understands his weight, don't look at him as just a major general, in terms of power and status even more than many generals. There are rumors that the Führer is preparing to send Cole to the American Republic as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in the future, a proper high-level reserve, knowing that Cole is not even 40 years old.
"After the farewell of Europe, the Führer and Marshal Keitel still have a vague demeanor, and they have established themselves in Europe and achieved hegemony, which is deeply admirable." Horikichi came up and was a sycophant, "Only the empire is still fighting hard, the future is unknown, and I am ashamed of my allies." ”
"Where, where, Marshal Hori was polite. Your country has taken India, and the future is limitless, so don't mind the affairs of the United States, don't we continue to fight with them, and one day the American people will come to their senses. ”
"Since they're all acquaintances, you're welcome?"
"You say ......"
"After in-depth deliberations last night, our side came up with the following preliminary opinions on your country's request." Horikichi knew that it was useless to be false and wrongful and go around in circles at this time, the Führer was the most practical, and diplomatic rhetoric could only provoke disgust, so he simply got straight to the point:
First, the territory of the former German New Guinea under our control may be transferred to you, and those that are not under the control of our army shall be captured by you on your own, and if we need our cooperation, we will discuss it separately at that time;
Second, the former German Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands and other islands are not large in size, but they are the pillars of the absolute national defense circle of the country, and they have major interests in the survival and self-defense of the empire, and cannot be handed over;
Thirdly, the former German Samoa and other places have never been occupied by the country, and there is no talk of handing them over, and they will be captured by your country itself.
Keitel's eyes widened in astonishment, and he couldn't believe his ears: the Japanese had handed over the largest, and what he thought was the most improbable—more than 50,000 square kilometers of land, and he thought that the other party would at best give a guano island like Nauru.
"Marshal Hori worked hard." Hoffman smiled slightly, "Your country has made such a sacrifice, of course the contempt country can't sit back and enjoy the results, I don't know what your country's needs are?" ”
"This ......"
"It's all my own people, but it doesn't hurt to say that it's always a pleasure to do business with Marshal Hori in the future."
"Then I'll just say it cheekily." Horikichi cleared his throat and elaborated one by one.
First, if the German army marches into Australia and New Zealand, the country hopes to obtain the part of Western Australia and the Northern Territory in the current Australian territory as Japanese Australia, and has no territorial claims to New Zealand.
Second, all the fortifications built by the country in the area will be handed over to your country unconditionally, and all the weapons, equipment, supplies, and materials that your country needs can be left behind, and they will be compensated with the same quantity and quality of ordnance and materials as your army;
Thirdly, within three years, your country will provide our army with 5 Axis-class aircraft carriers, 10 Hedgehog-class destroyers, 1,500 tanks, 3,000 aircraft, 10 million tons of petroleum products, 10 million tons of special steel and other partial equipment lists, of which the composition ratio of No. 4, No. 5 (Leopard) and No. 6 (Tiger) in tanks is 3:5:2, and the 3,000 aircraft are mainly ME-262, Zidian, Gale, Ta-152, Fw-190, Ju-188, a small number of 4-round heavy bombers, the specific proportion will be negotiated separately;
Fourth, your country will transfer high-performance engines, key superalloy steel formulations, advanced radars and some other important technologies to other countries, and we guarantee that they will only be used and not transmitted to other countries.
Fifth, after your country is stationed in German New Guinea, no matter what the relationship between your country and the United States is, the two armies are still allies, and your army needs to provide our army with equipment, materials, supplies, intelligence and other assistance as much as possible. If your country is in a neutral position with the United States, in the unlikely event that our army loses the battle and takes refuge in your army's defense area, your army needs to protect it with all its might, and must not hand it over to the US army, and return it to the country at an appropriate time;
Sixth, your military needs promise not to provide convenience and assistance for the US military to cross your defense area to attack our side;
Seventh, help the country train 2,000 pilots, half of the army and half of the navy, and the navy needs to be carrier-based aircraft pilots, and the cost and consumables will be borne by you.
Keitel's face changed again, and Horikishi's request was also a lion's mouth, and even Cole was stunned, when did Hori-dai become so greedy?
Hoffman's face was very calm: "Your Excellency's conditions are finished?" ”
"Sorry, there's one more. The army of the country was very happy after using the train cannon, and longed to get 1 more Gustav cannon and 5 K5 heavy guns, and begged your country to bear the pain and love, so that we could transfer the production technology of the Yamato-class 460 cannon to your country. Horikichi bowed deeply, "I know that these conditions are really a bit excessive, Japan and Germany, as allies who share life and death and depend on each other, should not have taken some conditions seriously, since Germany wants the old territory, take it." However, Japan is really poor in national strength and is unable to confront the United States for a long time, and now the military and people of the whole country are starving, gritting their teeth, and persevering, asking the head of state to understand the difficulties of the despicable country and the despicable people. ”
Hoffman nodded: "I know the conditions of your country, we will discuss it in a while, and give your country an answer as soon as possible." ”
"I'm sorry for your trouble."
Hoffman thought for a moment: "Do you have any suggestions for revising other aspects of the conference, such as the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, the formation of the United Nations, the principle of unity among the major powers, and the contents of the Cairo Declaration?" ”
"We have absolutely no objection to the rest, and we can sign at any time with the head of the head of state, but there is only one thing that I hope to make a reservation."
"Please."
"China has a vast territory, a large number of people, and although its economy and industry are a little inferior, its potential is not small, and it has historically been a model of Asian countries and an ancient civilization, and it hopes to retain a permanent status after the normalization of its system, with fewer voting rights, on the condition that it must normalize Sino-Japanese relations before it can become a permanent country."
Hoffman immediately understood Hori's overtone: Japan wants to pull China to increase its voting rights, but first to ensure that China and Japan end hostilities so that these voting rights can be added to Japan. He nodded: "I think I can agree." ”
Although Hoffman's United Nations advocates the unanimity of the major powers, no major power has the right of veto, and only depends on the number of votes, and more than half of the votes are valid.
The voting ratio between permanent and non-permanent members is 80%:20%, and Germany, Japan, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Russia are all permanent members, and they do not need to be re-elected, and they remain in office permanently; There are a total of 12 non-permanent members, half of which are re-elected every three years and cannot be re-elected. Of these, 5 are in Europe, 3 are in Asia and the Pacific, 2 are in South America, 1 is in North America and the Caribbean, and 1 is in Africa.
The meeting agreed that the United States will also be included in the permanent membership after the admission of the United States in the future, and in the case of the temporary exclusion of the United States, the voting rights of the major powers will be as follows:
Germany: 24%
Japan: 16%
Italy: 12%
France: 11%
United Kingdom: 10%
Russia: 7%
Among them, Germany's basic votes are 24% + 12% of Italy + 7% of Russia, a total of 43%, plus some non-permanent voting rights, for example, in Hoffman's design, there are very few independent countries in Africa in the short term, only a few such as Egypt, the German Republic of Africa, and the Republic of Boer, and the South American La Plata Group is also Germany's basic plate, no matter how you choose, you can't escape from Germany's hands, and you can basically get more than 50% of the veto. Other great powers should also understand, but no one dares to jump out to challenge the authority of Germany, otherwise whoever jumps first will be picked up by Germany.
After Horikichi left, Keitel sighed: "Today I finally got a long experience, and I didn't expect two things: the first one didn't expect that Japan was willing to cut meat; The second was that Japan's demand was so high, and the price of a mere piece of New Guinea territory was much higher than that of Pakistan. ”
"You don't agree?"
"Push down the price." Keitel smiled bitterly, "If this condition is spread, others will laugh at us for being wronged, and it is difficult to buy Pakistan with so much money?" ”
"Do you think the Japanese are really willing to exchange or don't want to give and deliberately offer a high price?"
"I ......" the chief of the General Staff is stuck, he really can't tell.
"Cole, tell me about it."
"I think the Japanese are sincere, and Admiral Hori intends to persuade the country to deliberately set this price, and he also has the consideration of testing whether we are willing to continue to maintain the Japanese-German axis." Cole analyzed: "If we do not agree, it cannot be ruled out that Japan will accelerate the pace of submission to the United States, and Truman's rejection of Japan's proposal for peace talks does not mean that Dewey will easily refuse." ”
Hoffman turned around and asked Keitel: "Do you want Japan and the United States to continue fighting?" ”
"Of course, the longer you fight, the better, and the more you die, the better! It's better to fight for another ten or eight years, and wait for the Führer to unify Europe, and at that time, tsk......"
"In that case, I agreed to Horikishi's conditions, and Cole can close the deal by pressing the price slightly."
"Really?"
"This is a down payment, of course, it should be a little higher, and when Japan can't bear it, it will slowly lower the requirements, besides, is it difficult to have only a few thousand tanks and planes? For example, on the 4th, we were going to make a move, and Gustav would actually have nothing to do in the future except to enter the museum, and there is time for the military industry to change, so it is good to continue to maintain inertia. Instead of letting these tanks and planes obsolete in their hands, why not give them to the Japanese, let them go and kill the Americans? ”
Keitel and Cole were stunned, the Führer's business seemed to be more insidious......
ps: The ranking of the historical monthly pass was blown up by one, crying......