Historically, the spheres of influence in Asia were demarcated: the United States occupied all of Japan, the Kuril Islands near Hokkaido were returned to the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union demanded the independence of Outer Mongolia and retained its sphere of influence in China, especially the railway and the port of Dalian. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoOnly when these points were satisfied, the Soviet Union sent troops to northeast China to attack Japan.

The United States had little confidence in the war situation in Asia, mainly behind Iwo Jima, and was afraid that the Japanese would not die, causing a large number of American soldiers to be killed and wounded, so they pulled the Soviet Union in. The United States agreed to whatever the Soviet Union demanded.

So the Soviet Union, after reaping a very good return, did what it was supposed to do.

This is how European and American historians have reviewed Yalta. They believed that the USSR should be allowed to play the same role in the fighting, but not to give them such a large sphere of influence.

Now, the axis of history has changed, the spheres of influence of the Soviet Union and China have changed, and there are a series of agreements between the two countries, and the world war has not yet ended, and they are not able to tear up the agreements, so they raise the issue of ports and railways.

Stalin interrupted the Soviet general's speech, saying: "After the victory in the European theater, the Soviet Union can send troops to Japan. In return, the Chinese government needed to return the Baikal area to the Soviet Union, and did not retain ownership of the railroad and the port of Dalian. ”

At this point, the negotiations were somewhat deadlocked. Almost all countries do not believe that China can reach Japan, and even they do not believe that China can reach Korea.

An American officer interjected: "Can the Chinese army hit North Korea?" If we can, we can take the 38th parallel as the boundary, the US theater of operations to the south, and the area of operations of China plus the Soviet Union to the north. ”

He showed a map, on which he drew a line in the middle of the Korean Peninsula with red and blue pencils.

Roosevelt did not speak, did not stop the interjection of this staff officer. Obviously, the words of this staff officer were instructed by him.

A Soviet officer suddenly interjected: "If you can't hit Japan, the Soviet Union will inevitably send troops." I believe that all the lands of our Soviet Union in the Far East should be returned to us. ”

Stalin nodded.

Roosevelt: "We can occupy Japan on our own." ”

All of a sudden, the division of post-war interests in Asia became a situation in which the Soviet Union and the United States oppressed China. Several of them are amplifying their words here, assuming that China cannot defeat Japan.

Historically, the division of power in Korea was negotiated between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Regarding the DPRK, it is clear that they themselves are not capable of self-liberation. By August 1945, there were two main types of consensus among the heads of the Allied powers.

After the war, Korea should be independent. This proposal was supported by the United States and Britain and written into the "Cairo Declaration," which the Soviet Union expressed "full approval" at the Tehran Conference.

The second consensus is that the path to independence for the DPRK is to implement the four-nation trusteeship of the United States, China, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom on the DPRK.

During the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, the military leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union reached an agreement on the scope of activities of the naval and air forces of the two sides after the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, but no clear line was drawn between the two armies. After the Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 8, 1945, the Soviet army immediately landed in the north of Korea and advanced southward, with a great tendency to occupy the entire peninsula, while the US army was still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in the Pacific Ocean and was far away from the peninsula. Under these circumstances, the US ****** proposed that US troops should immediately land in the south of the peninsula and head north, so as to prevent the entire territory of Korea from being occupied by the Soviet Union, but the US Army believed that this could not be done.

The United States ****** an emergency meeting on the night of August 10. As a result, Rusk, who was then an operational staff officer (later the US Secretary of State), and a colleague proposed a plan to use the 38th parallel in central Korea as the boundary between the US and Soviet ground forces and the surrender. This proposal was approved by Truman on the 13th and sent to the Soviet and British governments on the 15th. The Soviet Union agreed, and Stalin intended to make concessions in Korea in exchange for the United States agreeing to the Soviet occupation of Hokkaido, Japan. The United States insisted on monopolizing Japan and did not make concessions.

Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945, and on September 2, 1945, MacArthur, commander-in-chief of Allied forces in the Pacific, announced in an order the decision between the United States and the Soviet Union on the 38th parallel, and the Soviet forces that had entered the south of the 38th parallel immediately withdrew to the north of the line.

It was only on September 7, 1945 that U.S. troops landed at the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula. Since late August, the exchange of personnel and materials between the two sides of the 38th parallel has been prohibited, the railway has been cut off, and communication links have been suspended in early September, and the north and south of Korea have been effectively separated.

The United States' proposal to demarcate the boundary by the 38th parallel was by no means merely the result of an accidental discovery by an American officer, but was purely military in nature. When the US Army colonels draw the demarcation line, they do so on the premise that the "political considerations" of the ****** are met. The demarcation of the 38th parallel included Seoul, the old capital of North Korea, and the two important ports of Incheon and Pusan, all of which were included in the southern area where the US troops surrendered.

Colonel Rusk, who proposed the 38th Parallel, later spoke about the matter, admitting in a July 1950 memorandum: "If this line had been rejected by the Soviet Union, it would have been impossible for the American forces to reach these areas according to their strength." However, we believe that it is important to include the capital of the DPRK in the territory of the US military, so we propose this line anyway. ”

The most pleasing thing for the Americans was that the USSR actually agreed to this plan.

Zhou Gong: "At present, the war in Europe is deadlocked, and it has been eight months since the Allied troops landed. For eight months, the Allies on the Western Front did not even recover France. Although you think that the capture of several Nordic countries is a victory, there is not much progress on the European continent. The Soviet Union was attacking in the east, and even the Soviet mainland had not yet been completely liberated. ”

Several leaders knew that what he said was the truth, and they were a little lacking in confidence.

Zhou Gong continued: "Now, the Germans and the Allies have their own victories and defeats, and the Germans both believe that Germany will not perish. Nor did the German client states think that Germany would perish. Conversely, some of the people of the allied countries felt that the allies would win, while others were about to give up. In the United States, for example, hundreds of major cities are anti-war. Although the workers were working overtime to produce supplies, the women, the fathers and mothers were marching and protesting. ”

Every sentence of Zhou Gong's words hit the hearts of the people, and they couldn't interject, only listened.

Zhou Gong continued: "The leaders of several of our countries thought that the Allies would win, so we held a meeting here. But ordinary people don't have such a high angle. Without confidence among the people, the war will not be won. Germany and their client states do not believe in defeat, the puppet army will not surrender, they will not lose. This is the logic of China's war. So, today, it's not time to split the cake. We have the ability to occupy Korea, which will change the situation in Asia, will save the military strength of the Allies, and the situation in Europe will be better. ”

Xiao Lu continued: "The Allies have been fighting the Japanese army in the Pacific theater for a long time, how many people have died? We assessed that after landing on the Japanese mainland, all Japanese would become combatants. Without losing two million troops, the Japanese army would not surrender. Can you afford to lose two million people to occupy Japan? In order to liberate ourselves, we in China are willing to pay this price. ”

That concludes our meeting for today.

Back at their accommodations, the delegation met urgently. The mood of the crowd was heavy. Song Ziwen said: "The government doesn't know that you want to fight North Korea. Do you have this faith? It's hard for North Korea, let alone Japan? ”

Xiaolu: "We said it a few times, it's not that you don't know, but you don't believe in us at all, and you don't believe that we can do it." Xiaolu was in a bad mood and was not so polite to Song Ziwen.

Mao Gong: "We must do something to prevent the Soviet Union from following the United States in coaxing." We must occupy Japan. This is related to our 100-year national fortunes, and no matter how great the cost is, we must do it. ”

Xiaolu: "You want to promise to send troops to the Soviet Union?" ”

Mao Gong: "We can send troops to the Soviet Union." The mouth of the Soviet Union was gagged, and it is unlikely that the United States itself will put too much pressure on China again. ”

Zhou Gong: "Then let's meet with the Soviet Union at night?" ”

Mao Gong: "You can take advantage of dinner time to discuss a plan, and I will take the plan to see Stalin." ”

Later, everyone recommended several plans for sending troops to the Soviet Union in the past, and dispatched a railway unit to help the Soviet army engage in transportation and logistics.

There were two reasons why the Soviet Union so-called sent troops to Japan: one was that some people were not convinced by the loss of the vast territory in the east, and the second was that they wanted to make a fuss at the conference and gain some benefits. After the victory in the European theater, the Soviet army marched eastward to not only defeat Japan, but also to take back the territory occupied by China.

That night, Xiao Lu and Zhou Gong personally went to the Soviet delegation and said that Mao Gong wanted to see him. Xiao Gang agreed.

Half an hour later, Mao Gong led Zhou Gong Xiaolu, plus two translators and two staff officers, to meet with Xiaogang and hold a small-scale meeting between leaders.

Mao Gong first asked the Soviet Union to support China. He said that after the war, the world pattern will inevitably form two camps, the East and the West, one is our two countries, and the other is the United States and Britain. Our two countries need to work closely together.

Xiaogang: We are skeptical about whether you can defeat Japan. I agree with you about the two camps, however, there is a lot of variability between them. China also has Chongqing, they are pro-American. If you consume all the troops in Japan, the two camps will not be possible.

Mao Gong: We still have a few secret weapons, and our victory in Japan will not be so difficult.

Xiaogang: Oh?

Mao Gong: First, the number of our troops is not two million, as you know, but three million. We also have 600,000 troops in the south of China, and hundreds of thousands of troops in the north, stationed in various places in the form of police forces. Second, we have two armies in Korea, regular armies, about 100,000 people. In south-central Korea, we still have 150,000 guerrillas. These 250,000 people have been secretly trained and equipped for a long time. Thirdly, we still have a secret army in Japan, an underground party. We have a relatively good mass base in northern Japan.

Xiaogang: Oh!?

After a detailed explanation by several people, Xiaogang agreed to the role of these secret weapons, and he felt that it would not be a problem to occupy Korea, but it would be very difficult to occupy northern Japan. However, if Chinese troops land in Japan, then the United States will not be willing to allow Japan to become China's sphere of influence, and will inevitably send troops to Japan itself. In this way, the situation in Asia will not be bad.

Xiaogang said: What we are worried about is not the situation in Asia, but the interests of the Soviet Union. The base of our interests in Asia is all lost.

Mao Gong: As long as you get benefits, Europe is always much closer to Moscow, Europe has rich land, rich minerals, and most importantly, well-educated labor. In order to help the Soviet Union expand its interests in Southern, Central, and Northern Europe, we are willing to contribute an army to help the Soviet Union.

Xiaogang: Oh?!!

In the end, Xiaogang agreed that the Chinese army would send a railway unit to help the Soviet Union. In addition, if the Chinese army could not defeat Japan within a month of the victory in Europe, the Soviet Union had already set to send troops to Asia.

Mao Gong: Okay.