Chapter 230: Sino-Japanese Negotiations (5)
Ishihara Wan'er naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to believe what Wei Qidong said, for example, he couldn't find a reason to attack Japan, it was all nonsense, and he had basically figured out Wei Qidong's strategy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Wei Qidong's strategy was to use the current means to force them to find a way out within a year, either north to the Soviet Union or south to Southeast Asia. As long as Japan acts in this way, China will be able to develop slowly in the rear, and then wait for the changes in the world situation, learn from the performance of the United States in World War I in a timely manner, and make a lot of war profits, and at the same time, when the situation is clear, it will directly join one side, and then reap the fruits of victory.
If China had such an idea in the past, of course, it would be very ridiculous, but now, Ishihara doesn't think that the entire Japanese top brass has already decided that Wei Qidong gave at least part of the advanced weapons in his hands to the Germans, so the Germans will spare no effort to provide so much assistance to China, so that China's strength can grow rapidly.
On the surface, in addition to arms and financial assistance, the Germans also opened many higher military schools and arsenals in China.
However, according to the information of the intelligence officers of the Special High School, the assistance provided by Germany is far more than that, not only helping China build its own industrial base, but also directly lending various technologies, and helping China to establish a number of arms production lines, and simple gun production is no longer difficult for China. With some more time, China will be able to mass-produce its own heavy weapons such as aircraft, artillery, and tanks.
If China really starts to move like this, with the country's resources, population and other advantages, I am afraid that the rise will be very rapid. And once such a rising country completely falls to one side in the stalemate of the war, it will inevitably deal a major blow to the other side.
Judging from the current situation, it is extremely likely that China will fall to the side of Germany, so it is destined to be different from the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, and it is precisely because of this that Wei Qidong wants them to help Japan delay some time, and the longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it will be to China.
After analyzing the situation clearly, it is not very difficult to understand these problems, and the Japanese are not stupid, since they know the general direction and know that it is a trap, will they still comply?
Ishihara took a good look back and found that there really aren't many good choices in the proud country of Japan. Everyone in Japan knows that if Japan wants to truly go to the world, it must embark on the road of aggression, and in the past, the most ideal targets were first of all Korea and China, but now it seems that this road is no longer feasible.
Then there are only two ways to go north and south, and going north is naturally to attack the Soviet Union, and going south can only offend Britain and the United States. But these two paths can now be seen as a trap set by China for Japan.
Of course, there is another way, that is, to make friends with the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, and continue to regard China as the object of aggression, but only if Japan has the support of these countries, the current unfavorable situation of aggression can be alleviated. But is it possible? After all, China did not directly attack the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, nor did it affect their interests, so what reason did they have to help Japan invade China?
There is one last way, that is, to simply cut off the idea of expansion, negotiate peace with China, and don't think about offending the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, and just retreat directly to Japan. However, this road is also a dead end, China will inevitably become stronger in the future, and once Japan is closed, its development will naturally slow down, and China, which has become stronger, will inevitably start with Japan, a close neighbor.
Therefore, thinking about it, Ishihara was a little confused, and he didn't know where the future direction of Japan was.
However, Ishihara had a voice in his heart, telling him that Japan could only find a way out if it really befriended China, and if Japan really got China's understanding and could even form an alliance, then in the future, the two countries would unite and attack the Soviet Union in the north, and threaten Britain and the United States in the south. With the Germans in Europe holding back, the two countries will inevitably dominate the entire Asia-Pacific region, and then join Germany to attack the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union will not be able to defeat it.
The Asia-Pacific, the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and even the Americas, such a vast world, such a huge cake, is enough for several countries to divide up.
How beautiful this vision is, but Japan has brought so much suffering to China, will China forgive Japan? And will the arrogant Japan really admit its mistakes to the country they once looked down upon? These are two moats, forever between China and Japan, and Ishihara feels so terrible when he thinks about it.
"This matter is too important, it is too different from what we expected, the decision is beyond my authority, and I need to report back to Japan......," Ishihara said after a deep sigh of thought.
"Yes, but we need an answer within three days. Otherwise, we would consider Japan to have unilaterally abandoned the talks......" Wei Qidong said solemnly.
Ishihara nodded, then stayed no longer and immediately returned to Japan with his team.
It can be said that the news that Ishihara brought back from China was undoubtedly a time bomb, and the entire Japanese military headquarters was almost blown up, and people like the radical Umezu Yoshijiro and others said that it was impossible to accept it, and even said that Wei Qidong was alarmist, but Mitsumasa Yonechi and other rational factions, especially those of the Admiralty, were nervous.
The navy really experienced the helplessness of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi underwater, if the attack weapons in the hands of the two were really not exhausted, it would really be too much of a threat to the Japanese Combined Fleet. Although the navy and the army have always been at odds, fools know that once Japan leaves the navy, it will only be able to retreat at home.
Therefore, all expansion is inseparable from the support of the navy, and the army has paid great sacrifices, and it is much easier to rebuild. But the losses of the navy are too great, and the staffing is okay, and it is not an overnight thing to build a huge fleet.
Because of this, after being killed by Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi a few months ago, the combined fleet, no matter how arrogant it was, did not dare to move, and honestly withdrew from Chinese waters. But in real terms, the losses of the army are no worse than those of the navy, or even worse, but the army has not thought about the idea of withdrawing from China, and it is precisely for these reasons.
However, the matter was important, and the two factions quarreled fiercely, and they couldn't decide for a while.
But what happened next made the two factions silent at once, the Yokosuka military port was suddenly attacked violently, the port was bombed by more than a dozen torpedoes, although only some facilities were damaged, no large ships were sunk, but everyone knows that it was not the attackers who could not hit their warship, but a deliberate demonstration.
And this object, don't think about it, it must be Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi, the two of them proved with practical actions that they are capable enough to threaten the Japanese Combined Fleet.
As soon as this incident happened, those who had previously suspected that Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi no longer had offensive weapons that threatened the combined fleet could only shut up.