German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop arrived in Beijing by plane from Europe on May 18, this time with the aim of reaching an alliance agreement with China as much as possible.

Although the agreement is used to tear up, but it is the power of the strong against the weak, the strength of China is obvious to all, it can be said that it is beyond the reach of the Soviet Union, and now there is no alliance, Hitler has a feeling of being stuck in his throat,

Hitler believed that as long as the alliance treaty was signed, China would have to declare war on the United States and other countries, which would avoid a possible alliance between China and the United States, and the possibility of China attacking Germany after the alliance was much smaller, even if China had that idea, it would be delayed for a long time after the alliance.

Chiang Kai-shek met with Ribbentrop in Beijing, and he had to discuss with Wang Hanzhang how to deal with it in advance, Wang Hanzhang's concerns Chiang Kai-shek was very clear, Wang Hanzhang did not hide anything,

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, Ribbentrop said: "Mr. President, the cooperation between your two countries was very pleasant, we defeated the evil Soviet Union, but now we still have bigger enemies, the United States, Britain and France need to defeat them, our head of state means that our two countries form a strategic alliance to attack them, I don't know what Mr. President wants." ”

Chiang Kai-shek did not answer directly, but said: "Actually, I myself had this idea as early as ten years ago, when you chose Japan as your ally. ”

Ribbentrop blushed when he heard this, he had been to China and Japan ten years ago, and at that time he was resolutely opposed to an alliance with China, and chose Japan instead.

At that time, China was worried about internal and external troubles, not to mention colonies, they were semi-colonies, on the other hand, Japan was in the prime of national strength at that time, and the whole country was opening up to the outside world, who would have expected that seven years later, China had a Wang Hanzhang to turn the tide, and since then China has expelled Japan, seized the Indochina Peninsula, recovered Outer Mongolia, and Wai Xing'an Mountains, and then fought with Germany against the behemoth Soviet Union, and hit the Asia-Europe demarcation line within a year.

Ribbentrop also secretly regretted his mistake in judgment at this time, annoyed by the big joke, a nation that can lead the world civilization for 5,000 years is not the kind of nation that can only fish on the seaside, look at the development of China today, only Germany and the United States can be compared,

Ribbentrop was about to say something, but Chiang Kai-shek continued: "Of course, we are very aware of the choice of your country at that time, when our country was worried about internal and external troubles, at that time we not only had hundreds of warlords entrenched in various places, large and small, but also the national socialist party disputes, and externally, there were Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, Japan, etc., especially Japan, which had not only seized its northeast but also planned the autonomy of North China, and China could be said to be divided, with 40,000 people and a huge territory. ”

"Although Japan is small and has a small population, it first forced Korea to sign an unequal treaty since the Meiji Restoration, then defeated the Manchu government, forced China to cede land and pay reparations, and 10 years later defeated Tsarist Russia in East Asia with Tsarist Russia, took advantage of the rise of the European War, and sat in China from the interests of the pre-war to a dominant one, and annexed Northeast China in 1931, all of which showed that Japan was more suitable than China to be an ally of Germany."

Ribbentrop could tell that Chiang Kai-shek was angry with Germany, and he explained: "Mr. President, in fact, my country has always wanted to form an alliance with your country, so it has been helping your country politically and militarily, and at that time, didn't my country also propose to help your country train 60 German armourers, but Japan's invasion of China made this plan bankrupt before it was completed, and our country did its best." ”

"Our country later abandoned China and Japan to form an alliance is really a helpless move, speaking from the heart, looking for allies is not to make yourself more secure, let yourself have more security, since your country's Mr. Zhongshan we have actively cooperated with the Guangdong Revolutionary Government, support your country, you must know that at that time we have just been defeated not long ago It was also very difficult, and the situation was even worse than your country, let alone France, Poland, and even small countries like Belgium and Luxembourg had to ride on our heads and and pee."

"From before your country's Northern Expedition to our alliance with Japan, we have supported your country for more than ten years, but without results, and with the rise of our country, we are facing more and more pressure in Europe, we have to look for a country that can compete with Britain, France and the United States to contain them, at that time China did not show that kind of courage, looking at the world at that time there were only the Soviet Union and Japan, the Soviet Union was aggressive, and we were separated by Poland, and at the same time he was hated by European and American countries, it can be said that if the alliance with the Soviet Union, Not only will it not make our situation better, but on the contrary, we will immediately become the target of the European and American countries, and we may not be wiped out at that time, and even if the Soviet Union sends troops to rescue us, what can we do, we just drove away a pack of wolves and welcomed a bear, and Germany will still inevitably die, so we have to choose Japan. ”

"Japan is far enough away from Germany to reach out to Europe, and Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union, which can endanger Germany's national security, have contradictions with Japan in Asia, so we can use Japan to contain them, and I think Mr. President would have done the same if he were the head of state." Ribbentrop is also very straightforward,

"Hehe......" Chiang Kai-shek said with a smile: "That's what I said, but after all, I was abandoned, so I suddenly had to form an alliance today, and I couldn't adapt to it for a while." ”

Ribbentrop said: "Countries can only become friends if they have common interests, and they can become friends if they have common enemies, we have common interests and common enemies, but Japan is the same, but your country really can't act as an ally at that time, we are thousands of miles away from your country, not borderlined, according to the situation of your country at that time, although we will not annex us, but if we really ally with your country, we will directly be enemies of Britain, the United States, France, the Soviet Union and Japan, and our land is not next to each other. Even if we tried to help you, there was nothing we could do. ”

"So if you want to become a strong country, you can only rely on your own efforts, it is impossible to completely rely on others to sympathize with you, pity you, help you be independent and strong, try to ask which strong country is strong by relying on the sympathy and mercy of others, do not read is to rely on their own self-improvement and the help of friends and strong, the United States has the help and support of the French to gain independence, but this does not mean that the independence of the United States is entirely the credit of the French, without the support of the French, I think the Americans will also achieve independence, It's just that time is a little slower, and there are more casualties, and besides, our German reunification also depends on its own strength, if we count on France and Austria to sympathize with us, I am afraid that even Prussia no longer exists, there are many, many examples, but you can never list a nation that has become a strong country without its own efforts. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said secretly: "Ribbentrop is worthy of being a diplomat, and he speaks from the past to the present. ”

"Hehe, that's right, so my country has been working very hard to get to where we are today, it's really not easy."

Ribbentrop said: "Yes, how can we not be like this in Germany, under the leadership of the Führer, we have leapt from a defeated country that was bullied by others to the number one power in Europe, and the rats of the past have been trampled under our feet. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said: "But we can't be careless, this time there are more than two million Soviet soldiers and civilians from Central Asia who fled to the Middle East, most of them are regular troops and young adults, if the allies arm them again, it will be two million elite Soviet troops, the threat to us is too great, especially the threat to your country, if they attack from the Baltic Sea or the Arctic Ocean, or the Caucasus Mountains or the Black Sea, they have a broad mass base, once they land in the German army, they will be passive, will repeat the mistakes of Normandy." ”

"We have a lot of luck in successfully defeating the Soviet Union this time, if it weren't for the lack of medical care and medicine in the Soviet army, there was no supply, especially the air force, basically only the bombing in the back, if they were fully armed by the United States, and the weapons and equipment were the same as ours, your country would need the same number of people to deal with them, and it may not be possible."

Ribbentrop said: "Mr. President does not believe in the combat effectiveness of the German army. ”

"Not really." Chiang Kai-shek said: "Your country suffered huge casualties in the war, it was not four years ago, and your country was seriously damaged, although the other occupied areas were large, but the local people did not obey you, once the Soviet Union was unstable, even if the German army was strong in combat, there was no weapons and ammunition in modern warfare, how could flesh and blood fight steel, I am kind to remind, in case the Allies come to that hand again, I am afraid that we will have to send troops to rescue you at that time, at that time our country will not know how many officers and soldiers will be killed and wounded, I think this can be completely avoided as long as your country takes precautions. ”

Ribbentrop could hear the meaning of Chiang Kai-shek's words, and he said: "Then thank you, Mr. President, I will report to the Führer, but the best defense is to attack, and I think that if our two countries join forces to defeat the allies, they will no longer be able to threaten us." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded and said: "Yes, in fact, we didn't form an alliance with you before because we wanted to use the defeat of the Soviet Union to prove that we are a qualified ally, not the kind of oil bottle that Italy is dragging oil." ”

"Haha, it turns out that your country is paying attention to this, and we have to think that your country looks down on Germany."

"How come, I have always felt that Germany is one of the best in the world in terms of military and science and technology, otherwise how can it have the ability to single-handedly compete with the whole of Europe and the Americas with the power of one country."

"Then the alliance is settled."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded and said, "Of course." ”