The Chinese side's reply, the Japanese side has been prepared for a long time, they certainly can't have extravagant hopes, just a contact, they can conclude a treaty, put forward conditions, there is already a problem of bargaining, but the Chinese side is so sharp that it goes straight to the core of the problem, Japan still did not expect it,

Britain and the United States have given Japan 6.5 billion yuan, but what the Japanese government has in its hands is very meager, and if it really follows China's demands and comes up with $4 billion in compensation, I am afraid that Japan's economy will collapse.

This is absolutely not allowed, if Japan had a choice, Japan would have already turned its face, but it is a pity that now, China occupies an absolute advantage, and Japan is not allowed to refuse at all, if Japan forcibly refuses there is only one result, that is, complete sinking, China only has to hold the Japanese route, send fast warships, sink all the merchant ships that come to Japan, Japan will not have any possibility of churning, officially with such a background, China has come up with such harsh conditions, almost forced Japan to the bottom line.

For this reason, Japan began difficult negotiations, negotiations are exchanges between countries, but the negotiations themselves, natural asymmetry, the strong country always has the right to speak, the weak country may only be able to move under limited circumstances, strive to reach a contract, and obtain limited benefits, this is the axiom between countries, especially in the jungle era during the First World War, harsh to the extreme.

The negotiators on the Chinese side are only temporarily sent, but they are experienced, and China occupies a favorable position, the negotiators do not need too many means, just use constant coercion, the Chinese side has already had a bottom line under Yang Yuanzhao's suggestion, 4 billion US dollars is just a bargaining interface, the ultimate goal is very simple, Japan must repay, in the past war years, all the antiques obtained by China, this must be unconditional, the plunder of the war, the acquisition after the war, Japan is one of the largest holders of cultural relics in China.

On the one hand, it is plundered by war, from Japan's participation in several wars against the Qing Dynasty, Japan has obtained a large number of shareholders, and with the help of Britain, France, the United States and other countries, for the Chinese antiques do not understand, with a lower price, in the hands of the officers and soldiers of the great powers, a large number of antiques have been acquired, countless Chinese antiques have been lost in later generations, the antiques of the broken dynasties, found in Japan, these must be returned.

This is not impossible, although the value of Chinese antiques is very high, but the antique thing, the price is uncertain, people who like it, no matter how much they can bear, put it at the height of the country, it is just a kind of display, a kind of glory, Japan has been defeated by China, and is about to face the danger of extinction of the country, why care about these foreign objects? And it can't be directly exchanged for money.

Antiques are a major item of China's bottom line, as long as this is agreed, the next thing is much easier, 5 million labor, 1 million various teachers, including 200,000 naval teachers, and all kinds of others, really to the cash, there is not much, so with the previous 4 billion US dollars, it is not a concept at all.

When it comes to negotiations, even if the general intention is reached, it will take time to complete them one by one, especially in many details, these things are in charge of the professional part, from the Intelligence Bureau to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the military does not focus on Japan, itself, China does not plan to attack the Japanese mainland, in this case, the price paid is too great, just let it go, anyway, Japan is already a fish on the chopping block, even if you want to jump the wall, the wall you face is too high, you can't jump over, In the current Pacific Ocean, there are too many targets worth taking, starting from the Ogasawara Islands, the Pacific War has broken out, and now, it is a step further to make China's foothold in the Pacific more stable.

After the home fleet sent a large army and occupied the Japanese Kokurihara Islands, on the Philippine side, Lan Fang's preparations were also completed, all the fleets were in place, the landing force was also in place, and even the munitions were stored enough for all the troops, and the materials for more than 4 months of high-intensity fighting, under the premise that Southeast Asia had become China's territory, it was quite easy to replenish, they immediately attacked, and the largest fleet rushed to Guam, with 6 battleships as the core, Forty-five ships, large and small, as well as a landing force of nearly two regiments, formed a neat formation and headed for Guam.

The landing on the Ogasawara Islands was regarded as the first landing operation, which was a complete success, but it also exposed a series of problems, the landing force carried too much, in this era, many islands in the Pacific Ocean are basically not very important, that is, Hawaii, tens of thousands of troops are stationed, other places say that it is an army, but it is a show of strength, similar to a garrison and the like, they are not to ensure the safety of the islands, but to swear sovereignty.

In this case, carrying tens of thousands of land forces, plus a series of materials such as logistics supplies, the transportation capacity consumed is too much, even if China is strong enough, has too many resources, but it is not unlimited, the entire Pacific War, the sea area involved, even more than China's current land area, for logistics, for transportation, the cost is huge, in this case, carrying a large number of troops, waste in vain, this is not in the interest, 2 regiments of 6000 people, it is enough to take many islands near Guam, more, It's a waste, it's really a waste of it, and after it is taken, the follow-up troops will either be replaced, or cross this island chain and go in a deeper direction, it is the right choice, there is no need to press all the troops at the first time.

From Manila to Guam, a voyage of 2,400 kilometers, during which there are also several simple coral islands, these coral islands are not particularly important, after all, there are not a few areas large enough, perhaps in the future, in the case of occupying the entire southwest Pacific Ocean, with the method of reclamation of land from the sea, several artificial islands have been developed here to consolidate the defense system, but that depends on the overall layout, at this moment, even if China has a huge advantage in machinery and engineering, reclamation of islands is also a huge problem, The cost is huge, and if there is not enough profit, there is no need to invest so much.

The huge fleet, they did not stay too long, rushed directly to Guam, Guam has an island area of 549 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the entire area of a huge city in later generations, this area, not only can support a sea base, but also can support a super air base, not to mention 5,000 meters, even a 10,000-meter-long runway, built on this.

Different from the port needs a port, the airport needs enough area and length, the longer the runway, the more powerful the fighter, according to the take-off distance of the strongest 8-engine strategic bomber in the northwest, it takes between 3200 meters and 3500 meters, these runways are enough to support, and even in the future, when the development of the aircraft goes further, the take-off weight of more than 100 tons or even 300 tons of big guys appear, will use the runway above 5000 meters.

However, for this era, and even for the next few decades, a runway within 5,000 meters is enough to use, and the runway for China's most advanced aircraft to take off is only 3,500 meters at most. This is 3.5 kilometers on land, but for a large island of several hundred square kilometers, it is not a problem at all, there is no problem with the construction of seven or eight or even a dozen, there is no problem, the take-off weight can reach 87 tons, it can carry a huge amount of fuel, with a new turboprop engine, plus some technology in the field of aviation in China, the largest range of 15,000 kilometers of huge guys, in this era, can fly across the continent, after all, the equatorial circumference of the entire earth, is only 40,000 kilometers, almost three-eighths of the equatorial perimeter, enough from Manila, direct flight to Los Angeles in the United States, across the entire Pacific OceanEven if it is halved, it is enough to cover most of Southeast Asia from Guam, and it can also cover many islands in the southwest Pacific and Hawaii, if Guam completes the transformation and builds this super military airport, in this sense, Guam is truly worthy of being a super A-class island, and the aircraft is Guam's biggest killer weapon and the key point of island defense.

15,000 kilometers, representing the 7,500 kilometers of combat radius, can be wrapped to Hawaii, Hawaii and Guam linkage, even 9,000 kilometers of medium-sized bombers, can freely move between the two, a little refueling transfer, can provide help to another base, the two special island bases, their combined role, will be a base can not be compared.

In China's plans, Hawaii and Guam are highlighted, and Hawaii will become a regional fleet and ship center, and Hawaii will even have the site to build a special steel plant, even if it is only at the level of less than 200,000 tons per year, enough for Hawaii to have a large shipbuilding enterprise.

In the future outlook, when the infrastructure is completed, the two bases form separate support for each other, including the Carolingian Islands, the Marshall Islands, and even most of the islands in the entire southwest Pacific, plus the islands that are reclaimed and valuable to build airports, the combination of islands and airports, and China's air force superiority over the whole world, this piece will become an impregnable line of defense, even if it is not comparable to the defense of the core area, it will definitely become a huge barrier, and the United States wants to threaten Australia. I am afraid that only by starting from the Indian Ocean is extremely safe, and it can be regarded as protecting Australia's flank. (To be continued.) )