Chapter 264: China's Appearance, Liquidation One by One (2)
Portugal has not yet taken a stand, and Germany's younger brother Spain immediately jumped out, feeling that this is an opportunity to perform well. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Franco, this guy is very good at stealing opportunities, and he will also see opportunities, Portugal is the closest to Spain, and the affairs between China and Portugal have nothing to do with them, but Franco knows that they don't care, Germany will definitely take care of it. Rather than this, it is better to be more direct yourself, and you can also make more political capital.
Franco was tough, and Portugal would either accept China's terms, or they would send troops to conquer Portugal by force instead of China.
Spain's attitude is almost mad to Portugal, no matter what, the relationship between the two teeth is much closer, this Spain is so shameless in order to curry favor with Germany, and there is no one.
However, Portugal knows that even if Spain does not come out, Germany may also exert pressure, and with Portugal's current position, can it withstand the pressure from Germany?
Well, there was only a compromise, and in order to continue the so-called neutrality, Portugal had to openly state its acceptance of all the conditions of China.
Even Portugal has admitted it, and now the powers that invaded China at the beginning have not yet accepted the conditions of Britain, the United States and Japan.
However, Britain and the United States did not directly refuse China's demands, hinting that they could negotiate, after all, China is still very heavy as the only major power that has not participated in the war. Although Britain and the United States knew that China would be on the side of Germany, as long as they did not directly enter the war, it was still more beneficial to them.
In the official history, the United States was like this in World War I and World War II, everyone knew that the United States would stand on the side of Britain, and Germany also knew it, but the United States did not directly participate in the war, and Germany would be much more relieved. In the same way, the attitude of Britain and the United States towards China is also the same.
After consultation, Roosevelt and Churchill decided that they would need time to find a way to stabilize China first.
As a result, Britain and the United States have asked their ambassadors to China to negotiate compensation for China.
On the Chinese side, Wei Qidong was in charge of receiving him, because of his understanding of the official history and the character of the leaders of various countries, coupled with his wisdom, it was easy to measure.
As a member of China, Wei Qidong naturally tried to find ways to win more benefits for his motherland.
The most unacceptable condition for Britain now is to cede land and pay compensation, while the United States does not need to cede land because it has not encroached on land in China, but it is a little reluctant to pay a huge amount of compensation.
In fact, for the United States, in order to stabilize China, it is not impossible to grit its teeth and agree to China's conditions, mainly because they are worried that Britain will not be able to bear it, and if Britain does not agree to China's conditions, it will be useless for the United States to agree. Because Britain and the United States are allies, once China and Britain declare war on each other, the United States, as an ally, must also declare war on China.
So the main problem between this is the United Kingdom, and the most unacceptable thing for the United Kingdom is to cede land.
Wei Qidong didn't insist too much on this point, after all, Britain was so far away from China, even if he cut a piece of land, he couldn't hold it, and the reason why he wanted to put forward this condition in the first place was nothing more than to get bigger bargaining chips.
Since you, the British, are not willing to cede the land and cannot pay the reparations, then cede all the interests in Southeast Asia and let China take over.
Britain has a lot of interests in Southeast Asia, and this condition can be said to be very harsh, but the British thought about it for a while, and then under the persuasion of the Americans, they finally accepted it. One of the biggest reasons for this is that their interests in Southeast Asia have basically been encroached upon by the Japanese, and India has been occupied by the Japanese for two-thirds.
Agreeing to this condition is almost equivalent to transferring the occupied interests from the Japanese to the Chinese, which can not only stabilize China, but even deepen the contradictions between China and Japan.
The United States also promised to give up its interests in Southeast Asia and put all of them under China's name as compensation to China.
Britain and the United States are so happy in this regard, Wei Qidong is not a fool, no matter what the future holds, it is very necessary to expel the British and American forces from Southeast Asia.
Of course, this compensation is far from sufficient, after all, most of these benefits promised by Britain and the United States are in the hands of the Japanese, and this compensation is not a substantial compensation.
The ambassadors of the two countries knew that Wei Qidong would not be so easy to speak, and in the end, under the pressure, they all agreed to appraise the indemnity treaty and pay it off in thirty years.
The reason why the agreement spanned several decades was the result of mutual discussions between the two sides, and Britain and the United States were worried that China would turn around and deny people as soon as it got the money.
And Wei Qidong did not want to directly stimulate Britain and the United States to see no hope of negotiation, so he refused all conditions and directly exchanged evil, so that not only would he have to start a war with Britain and the United States in advance, but he would not get any benefits.
Because of this, both sides have given way to finding a balance that has allowed this delicate relationship to remain in place for the time being.
However, Wei Qidong did not give up the right to garrison troops in the United Kingdom, but stationed troops in the United States, then forget it, this is purely a sheep's mouth.
Finally, the relationship between China and Britain and the United States came to an end for the time being, and Wei Qidong also generously said that Britain and the United States could send ships to pick up the expatriates and troops they had surrendered to China, and China would release them unconditionally.
As a result, Wei Qidong's generosity embarrassed the British and Americans, how could they send ships to pick them up? Even if China releases people in Yinuo, but with such a long-term waterway, will the Japanese devils let go of such a great opportunity? It's pure pit.
In desperation, Britain and the United States could only secretly say that they had no intention of taking these prisoners for the time being.
But Wei Qidong felt embarrassed, there are still so many ordinary people in China who are in the stage of food and clothing, but they are unable to support outsiders. If Britain and the United States don't want these people, then China doesn't want them either, so they can only be left to fend for themselves.
This time, Yingmei finally saw the shamelessness of Wei Qidong, to put it bluntly, didn't he just want to take the opportunity to blackmail a sum? I haven't heard of captives who have captured other people, and they still need to be funded by others.
But there was no way, Britain and the United States really had to set this precedent, and they had to agree that they would let these captives live in China temporarily at their own expense. But this is not an indemnity, it is to be paid in cash.
The Americans paid happily, and the British, who were living with their fingers crossed, gritted their teeth and paid, and it is not known how much of this money was actually spent on their people.
In fact, don't blame Wei Qidong for being ruthless, he also learned from these people, these people ignored the fact that China was bullied, and when they had the opportunity, they all swarmed to take advantage of the fire. Now that there is a chance, it is natural to pay back the favor.
After the Anglo-American problem was resolved, only Japan remained.
Since Japan withdrew from China, life has been good, taking advantage of the good situation, encroaching on a lot of territory, north to Siberia, south to Southeast Asia, almost did not cost much to get it, Hirohito often woke up from sleep laughing.
However, at a time when the situation was very good, the most fearful thing for the Japanese appeared, and China was finally about to take action.