Chapter 014: Japan-Soviet Negotiations
Molotov said: "These words are just an analysis, but they are indeed based on the analysis of facts, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, or in Asia, only one country between China and Japan can become a strong country, and the other country will become a vassal of another country even if it will not be wiped out, I don't think your country will be willing to become a vassal of China again as it did hundreds of years ago, and a yawn depends on China's face." ”
Molotov understands very well the relations between countries, especially the major countries of the world, and how can he not understand the filthy relations between China and Japan,
Although Muto was poked in the sore spot by Molotov, after all, he has been doing diplomacy for many years, so he will not be stimulated like this, he smiled and said: "I admit that what you said is very reasonable, but my country is fighting with the United States in Australia, and we don't want to have a war with China on the Asian continent, which is not good for our country, compared to your country, the pain points of the two-front war have been understood, and if you take Australia, can you threaten us with China's navy." ”
Molotov understood this truth, and he said: "Is it that your country is watching China become stronger, you must know that the hatred between your country and them is not something that can be resolved with a single word, what you did in their capital in those years is known to the world, not to mention what you did in Lushun in the Sino-Japanese War, not to mention what you did in Jinan during the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army, not to mention the fact that you used Chinese to conduct bacteriological experiments in Manchuria, let's just say that you from 1937 to your withdrawal from China, How many Chinese died at the hands of the Japanese army during this time, I'm afraid there are not 30 million but 20 million, and how much wealth you robbed China, will the Chinese calculate it like this? ”
"The current Chinese government is not the Manchu Qing Dynasty, nor is it any dynasty in Chinese history, the current Chinese government's revenge psychology is extremely strong, you see that the Tsarist Russian government occupies their millions of square kilometers of land, we have returned a lot of it to them, what will happen to them in the end, aren't they looking for us to settle accounts, I am afraid that there is not only their desire to dominate Asia or even a huge purpose, but also the old enmity between the two countries, they have found an opportunity, so they want to retaliate."
"Your country has an old enmity with China and is still the country with the deepest hatred of China in the world, and at the same time it is also a country that blocks China's withdrawal from Asia, China has no reason to let you go, the Soviet Union is relatively large compared to your country, what do you want, and your country, there are many earthquakes and volcanoes, the land is small and narrow, and there are no resources, if China attacks Japan, as long as it takes the Korean Peninsula and sends planes to bomb it, it can directly bomb Japan back to the Stone Age."
Muto said: "Hehe, although what you said is very reasonable, and you also pointed out the shortcomings of our country, but Mr. Molotov, you have to understand that it is precisely because of this that our country is even more unable to confront the two countries, one is the most industrially developed country in the world, and the other is the most populous country in the world, not to mention that the equipment of these two countries is better than that of their own." ”
Molotov understood what Muto meant, although he didn't say it explicitly, but his words revealed that Japan would not take the initiative to provoke China while fighting with the United States, and the implication was that if the Soviet Union could help Japan get rid of the entanglement of the United States, then it would be easy to say that it would be good to fight against China.
Molotov said: "I understand what His Excellency the Ambassador meant, but there is a small matter that I would like to ask your country for help this time. Molotov did not forget his mission this time,
In fact, from the very beginning Molotov was designing how to get Japan to agree, it is obvious that it is not possible to mention it directly, if Muto refuses, then he will not be able to step down, it will be very beautiful, so he proposed to form an alliance with Japan to deal with China, if Japan really agreed, then it can be described as a great thing for the Soviet Union, if Japan does not agree, it doesn't matter, the Soviet Union will not lose anything, and with this incident, we can see Japan's attitude towards China, it is obvious that Molotov already knows the answer, So he lost no time in proposing the true purpose of this trip,
"Please."
"We have more than 40,000 officers and soldiers in Kamchatka, and we hope that your country will send some ships to transport them away and send them to the United States."
"That's it." Muto knew that there was nothing good, and more than 40,000 people still had to help the Soviets send them to the United States, and I don't know if Japan will go to war with the United States now.
Molotov understood Muto's concerns, and he said: "Keeping a little more of our country's troops is to increase the hope of victory, regardless of whether your country will form an alliance with your country in the future, I think these people will eventually return to the battlefield, they kill one more Chinese, then China will be less threatening to your country, this time your country has helped your country, I think the friendship between the two countries will be further enhanced." ”
Muto said: "I will report this matter to the country." ”
Molotov said: "Then please Muto-kun, I will wait for your good news." Then he took his leave,
In Tokyo, Japan, the Soviet ambassador Yakov Malik is visiting Yamamoto Fifty-six, who is in power in Japan, generally speaking, even if he does not visit the Japanese emperor, he should visit the current Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, but he thinks that the Japanese Army has always had no brains and no strategic vision, so this time he visited Yamamoto Fifty-six, at least he thinks that Yamamoto Fifty-six is still quite strategic, and it is much more reliable to find him than to find Hideki Tojo,
Yakov is much more direct, he knows that Yamamoto Fifty-six is a military strategist, not a diplomat and not a politician, so he thinks about the issue more intuitively, and will not twist and turn.
After listening to Yakov's meaning, Yamamoto Fifty-six thought about it carefully, to be honest, the last time he saw the equipment of the squadron outside Yokohama, he was really shocked,
The aircraft carrier plastic surgery of the Chinese Navy is very good, although it is far worse than Japan, but over time, evaluating China's huge population and resources, China will soon be able to build countless aircraft carriers,
The reason why Yamamoto Isoroku is sure of this is that after seeing the Chinese individual equipment, the Chinese soldier's individual soldier is actually equipped with a gun like a submachine gun, and he has already inquired, this kind of gun is called a dragon assault rifle, which can shoot continuously like a submachine gun, but the range is much longer than that of a submachine gun, and at the same time, he can also shoot like a rifle, and the accuracy will not be bad...... This gun can be said to be a combination of rifles and submachine guns, the key is that this kind of strong is actually equipped with most of China's rifles, his status in the squadron is equivalent to the status of the 38-type rifle in the Japanese army, how can this Yamamoto fifty-six accept, you can shoot twenty or thirty bullets with one bullet, so you never want to look up, otherwise you will die with a gun sweep,
Of course, if only this is naturally not enough to stimulate Yamamoto Fifty-six, what stimulates Yamamoto Fifty-six is China's continuous stream of new weapons, intelligence from the Chinese side, China is not fighting a war like a few years ago by human life, now the squadron is fighting with aircraft first, and then with artillery farther and more powerful, better Yao's rocket artillery bombing, this kind of thing is available in both the Soviet Union and Germany, Yamamoto Fifty-six knows, there are almost no dead ends, and the shelling hits here and there, this is always a good weapon, One dozen is the annihilation of flying ash within a radius of several hundred meters, and China is now fighting several divisions, and several divisions of rocket artillery divisions are fighting.
The second is what 155, 120, 105 large-caliber artillery, diligent in small-caliber artillery is based on countless bases, and there are mysterious flying machines, what is called a helicopter, this thing Yamamoto Fifty-six has seen it, although I didn't see what the weapon was last time, but Yamamoto Fifty-six can basically imagine it,
Yamamoto Fifty-six said: "Mr. Yakov, from my personal point of view, I really want to help you, but you also know the situation that your country is facing now, if we help you, we will offend China, in case the Chinese government is angry and starts a war against our country, we will face a two-front battle, China's army is not what it used to be, and the equipment is also one of the best in the world, I am really sorry." ”
Yakov knew in advance that Japan would use this reason to prevaricate, and he said: "Don't worry about this, in fact, as long as your country can help us, our country will naturally not treat your country badly, we can form an alliance with your country to fight against the Chinese fascists, and of course we can also provide some new weapons developed by our own country, such as tanks and airplanes." ”
Although Yamamoto fifty-six is interested in Soviet tanks and aircraft, but he will not be fooled for this, the Soviet Union wants to form an alliance with Japan against China, it is simply a big joke, now it is not China attacking Japan, the Soviet Union wants to help Japan fight against China, but the Soviet Union was beaten half of the territory by China, what is more worrying is that Sui Lian is still fighting with another world power, Germany, the Soviet Union is now the industrial base is basically controlled by the Germans, the raw material base is basically controlled by the Chinese, maybe it will surrender one day, actually said that he wanted to form an alliance with Japan, why did he go earlier,
"Hehe, I think it's better for my country to solve the contradiction with the United States."
Yakov said: "Your Excellency Marshal, your country and China are mortal enemies, in Yahoo China is strong, your country's natural grace has become a vassal, it is impossible for two powerful countries to exist here at the same time, the hatred between you is probably not a word can be solved, the most harmful to China in history is Tsarist Russia and Japan, now we return China's territory to him still take advantage of the danger when we fight against the German fascists, I think he will also find an opportunity to start with your country." ”
"Before the invasion of our own country, it had a huge population, huge land and resources, and could not effectively deal with the aggression of the Chinese and German fascists, try to ask how big your country is, it is not as big as our Far East, your country's population is only ours, your country's resources are even less pitiful, today your country wants the Soviet Union to lend a helping hand is to save itself, our soldiers kill one more Chinese, China will have one less threat to your country, and your country can easily kill the Chinese without spending a single soldier."