Berlin time, May 7, 1945. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 According to the private agreement between German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and US President Harry S. Truman, today is the last day of engagement in the Atlantic theater of the World War. But the fighting has virtually ceased, and almost all the battlefields in the Atlantic, on the vast continents of South America, in the Caribbean, on the islands of Newfoundland and Labrador, have calmed down. The armies of all warring parties were ordered not to fire ammunition at their former sworn enemy. The dawn of peace seems to be coming!

However, until the night of May 7, 1945, the German headquarters meeting was still arguing over the question of a cease-fire.

Of course, it is not the ceasefire on the Atlantic theater that is now at issue - the fighting in the Atlantic direction has been effectively extinguished since 1 May, and 8 May is only the day when the warring parties publicly declare a cessation of the war.

But in the Pacific direction, the bloody war continues!

Germany's "allies" (alliances, which began when Japan made separate peace with the United States, had been legally suspended), and Japan was now locked in a bitter war on land and sea. On land, the war in the Far East was lost, with Japan losing more than 1 million troops in less than three months, as well as the "Manchurian quasi-colony" that had been in operation for many years and the resource-rich North Korea. Now their possessions on the East Asian continent are only Fort Arthur and the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

And this is not the worst case, the worst is that the industry of Japan, an "industrialized country", is being paralyzed by the joint blockade of the United States, the USSR and China.

The Red Army of China and Russia were able to achieve a surprising victory in the bitter winter of late '44 and early '45, except that their own strength far exceeded the imagination of the Japanese Army, and it was the prolonged blockade caused by submarines, sabotage fleets, and mines that paralyzed Japanese industry.

The loss of resource-rich Manchuria and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula made Japan's industrial woes even worse -- although Japan had taken almost all of Southeast Asia, due to the blockade of US and Soviet submarines and the low degree of exploitation of the industrial resources of Southeast Asian countries, Japan's war resources mainly came from the northern part of the Korean Peninsula and northeast China. Now that these two resource extractors have been lost, Japan lacks not only oil, but also coal and iron ore.

Therefore, by May 1945, Japan's monthly output of key industrial indicators such as steel, coal, and electricity had fallen to a level comparable to that of China. As for oil, although there is a lot of nominal production, the actual amount that can be shipped back to the mainland is very limited, and it may be slightly less than the 1 million tons of oil of the Chinese.

As for the supply of key non-ferrous metals such as copper, aluminum, tungsten, manganese, tin, and chromium, it has also reached the point of being stretched. Military production, so to speak, is completely on the verge of paralysis. An industrially paralyzed "industrialized power" cannot defeat China and Russia, two of which can receive key support from the United States -- although the sea communication between the United States and the Soviet Far East is cut off, it can still provide key supplies by air, such as aircraft engines, high-octane aviation gasoline, various medical supplies, and various high-end special steels. Although the weight of these things is not large, they are very critical and can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Chinese and Russian military forces.

However, because China and Soviet Russia do not have a surface fleet now, even if they have achieved an advantage on the mainland, that is, they will hit Pusan and drive the Japanese army into the sea. Not to mention the liberation of Japan, it is a bit difficult to liberate Taiwan. So it looks like the Japanese Empire can hold on to the fight!

The United States did not seem to really want to force Japan to death, and while they sued for peace with Germany, they also set a condition for peace with Japan -- Japan withdrew all its troops from the Hawaiian Islands (including Midway) and the Aleutian Islands, guaranteed the nominal independence of the Philippines, planned American assets in Southeast Asia and the Japanese mainland, and handed over all the South Pacific islands occupied by Japan to Australia and New Zealand......

Had it not been for the three atomic bombs dropped by Germany, such a peaceful condition would have been readily accepted by a desperate Japan. And now...... The conditions of peace for the Americans, in the long run, were also very favorable for Japan.

Because these conditions eliminated the dispute between the United States and Japan, it was conducive to a comprehensive post-war reconciliation between the United States and Japan.

In the face of the imminent emergence of the United States of Europe, not only the United States and Japan should not be in conflict, but even China, Japan, and the Soviet Union should huddle together to keep warm.

Only by achieving the great unity of the United States, Japan, China, the Soviet Union and Australia (Australia and New Zealand) will it be possible to face a truly united Europe in the future.

As far as Europe is concerned, it is natural to try its best to dismantle the "five-nation alliance" between the United States, Japan, China, the Soviet Union and Australia.

"We cannot allow the United States and Japan to reconcile easily, nor can we allow China and Soviet Russia to reconcile with Japan." Hersman offered his opinion.

Hirschman, who has long known the potential of the United States, Japan, and China in history, will certainly not allow the "five-nation alliance" to happen -- in another time and space, aren't the three countries with the largest GDP in the world the United States, China, and Japan? If these three countries are united in overcoming their differences, how long will the world hegemony of the United States of Europe be maintained?

"But what should be done?" Adolph. Hitler asked. "It seems that Japan will not be able to fight anymore, and it is unlikely that the United States will continue to attack Japan while stopping peace negotiations with us, right?"

The United States is willing! However, Germany cannot allow the United States to defeat Japan -- otherwise, it will still be a "five-nation alliance," but Japan will have one more ...... Oh, there should be at least 3 (one each sent by the United States, China and the Soviet Union) Emperor Taishang.

"For the United States and Japan," Hirschman pondered, "there can be no truce, no peace, the Hawaiian and Aleutian Islands should be demilitarized, and the U.S. naval power must be limited." ”

"Truce" and "peace" are two concepts, an armistice is a suspension of war, and peace is truly no longer fought, and relations have been normalized. And the U.S.-Japan relationship in Hesman's mind will be like the Korean Peninsula in another time and space, stopping but not harmonizing, and always on the verge of war!

"Demilitarization?" German Defense Minister Schleicher was somewhat puzzled, "Who owns the two archipelagos?" ”

"Whoever occupies the island will belong to whomever it occupies, and a ceasefire will be carried out according to the actual control zone." "Then there will be demilitarization, and the two sides will not be able to garrison regular troops, only civilian police." ”

Hersman is laying mines for the United States and Japan!

If the United States and Japan can develop their navies without restrictions, there will be nothing to "demilitarize," because Japan, which has become poor in wars, will soon know that the United States is really not ordinary rich, or it has lost 800 billion 1 trillion yuan, and it can still crush a country like Japan in the arms race. So if the two sides can't fight for a few years in a naval race, the Japanese will cry and hand over the islands of the Hawaiian and Aleutian Islands that they occupied.

However, the United States is a "defeated country," and its navy will certainly be limited. Japan, although down, is a "victorious power", and Hersman is ready to give Japan an ultra-lenient quota in the upcoming "negotiations on the limitation of naval armaments", which will require them to own at least 80% of the tonnage of the surface fleet of the United States of Europe......

Japan, with its expanded maritime power, will certainly not give up the Hawaiian Islands and the Aleutian Islands, and may even further occupy the US-occupied islands in the two archipelagos.

Biting and not letting go, it's a tradition of the Japanese Empire!

"Besides," Hirschman pondered, "we can also mediate the war in the Far East...... After the Chinese and Soviets occupied the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, I think they should be able to get it quickly! ”

The Japanese Army lost too many troops and equipment in the tug-of-war in the Hawaiian Islands and the Far East War, although it also inflicted heavy casualties on the opponent. But they provoked a populous country armed with GCIST ideas!

Today, China has a population of about 600 million, a very young population that can mobilize more than 60 million. Moreover, since 1928, the people of this country have begun to accept the gradual cleansing of GC doctrine, and now it has been 17 years, which is equivalent to 1966 in another time and space, and this spiritual atomic bomb is no less than that of Japan.

Now that Japan has been blockaded by the United States and the Soviet Union, Japan has become a semi-industrial country shoulder to shoulder with China, and it is nothing more than desperate for its life on the Korean Peninsula. How many people are there in China? How many people are there in Japan? And the GC fighters are no worse than the emperor's samurai, what else are the Japanese fighting?

"Don't we need to help Japan?" Adolph. Hitler was somewhat unsure.

"Help?" Hersman shook his head and smiled, "Does Japan need our help?" Why are they fighting with China? The two ethnic groups are close relatives, look exactly the same, and have similar cultures...... Approximately the relationship between France and our Germany. ”

"You're worried they'll join forces?" Hitler asked.

"Shouldn't it?" Hersman shrugged, "None of them are true Aryans there, and they certainly don't speak German. In a world like today, why shouldn't they unite? So what we want to prevent is not Japan being defeated by China and the Soviet Union...... China and the USSR could not have defeated them without a navy. What we want to prevent is the emergence of a United Asian States. ”

"And how do we stop them?" Hitler then asked.

"We mediate and absolve the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Shimonoseki," Hersman said, "and at the same time realize the autonomy and demilitarization of the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and Sakhalin." ”

Naturally, Hersmann's method was to create controversy, and by abrogating the "Sino-Japanese Treaty of Shimonoseki," the sovereignty of the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan would be completely changed, and Sakhalin Island would also become a disputed area. It is impossible for Japan to give up the Korean Peninsula, China will certainly try to recover Taiwan, and Soviet Russia will not be able to give up Sakhalin.

In this way, there will be a long-term antagonism between China and Japan, and Japan will be under pressure from the United States in the east and threatened by China and the Soviet Union in the west.