Xiao Tang Xiangming was a little confused, and Zhao Qi had to explain in detail

"Of course, Japan will not return sovereignty over the island of Taiwan so easily, and that is conditional. Moreover, there is more than one condition, China's non-interference in Japan's "freedom of action" in the Pacific Ocean is only one of the necessary conditions, and another necessary condition is that China does not demand war reparations from Japan, and this condition, Gu Weijun clearly said in his last telegram. ”

"Don't want war reparations? How's that going to work? After winning the war, of course, the defeated country must pay reparations, otherwise, what is it called a victory? Japan defeated Russia that year because it did not demand war reparations. As a result, it almost caused a national uprising, and this incident can be a lesson for the past, and the center must act cautiously."

Tang Xiangming's brows tightened even tighter, he was not only planning for the center, but also for the navy. As a matter of fact, the Admiralty is now looking at Japan's war reparations in order to use these war reparations to strengthen its naval construction; after the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan used China's war reparations to complete the upgrading of its naval equipment. As a result, it became a naval power, and now, China's Admiralty intends to learn from Japan in the past.

But this cannot be said so bluntly now. If the president knew that the Admiralty was playing his own small calculations, I am afraid that he would not have a good face to show Tang Xiangming, so Tang Xiangming still decided to start with this public opinion, and the president also valued this public opinion the most.

"Chief Tang's concerns do have some truth. However, the situation is different from that of the Russo-Japanese War, and the situation between China and Japan is also different. In addition, after the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan demanded a large amount of war reparations from China, which caused the greed of the Japanese people to gradually rise.

But the situation in China is very different from that of Japan. Since the opening of the country, every foreign war has always been defeated and reparations, but this time our country won a complete victory against Japan, not only achieved a brilliant military victory, but also can recover national sovereignty, for the majority of the people, these can prove the victory of the war, as for the reparations, there is naturally the best, icing on the cake, if not, it will not affect the national mood, so, Chief Tang is too worried. ”

Originally, he also wanted Japan to give some war reparations, but Gu Weijun's telegram said that the Japanese mission resolutely refused to discuss the war reparations, and this matter was more difficult than the Taiwan Island issue, and the Japanese government was very concerned about this face issue, as if the reparations would admit defeat. If you don't pay reparations, you won't be defeated. As for the issue of the return of the island of Taiwan, it was somewhat unexpected by Zhao Bei, who originally thought that Japan would not easily return the island of Taiwan, but now it seems that the Japanese government seems to be relatively vacillating on this issue, or it may be that the anti-Japanese uprising on the island has frightened the Japanese government, perhaps the diplomatic pressure of the United States has played a role, but it is more likely that the Japanese government has been frightened by Gu Weijun's strategy of demanding huge war reparations.

Of course, Japan, as a rising colonial power, will not so easily agree to return the island of Taiwan to China; in fact, the Japanese Government has put forward a series of "additional conditions" that not demanding war reparations and not interfering with Japan's freedom of action in the Pacific Ocean are only two of the necessary conditions, and as for the other additional conditions, there are more than 10 of them, for example, guaranteeing the joint exploitation rights of Japanese businessmen to certain mineral resources on the island within 20 years, and guaranteeing the ownership of enterprises owned by Japanese nationals on the island. China is not allowed to establish a naval base on the island within a few years of recovering its sovereignty over the island and is not allowed to station regular troops on the island, and the Japanese slag ships also have the right to fish in Taiwan's waters, these additional conditions are quite harsh, some are acceptable, some are unacceptable, and now, Gu Weijun is still arguing with the Japanese mission in the Philippines, but the Japanese seem to be very anxious, as if they want to end the negotiations as soon as possible, sign a peace agreement, and then send a fleet to attack Germany's colonies in the Pacific, so, These conditions may be subject to change.

Zhao Bei knew very well that the rice must be eaten one bite at a time. China has been in decline for too long, and it is unlikely that Japan will be completely defeated in one fell swoop by relying on a local war, so some suggestions for Gu Weijun. Zhao Bei was acceptable, including the exchange of war reparations for Japan's return of the island of Taiwan.

But Tang Xiangming didn't think so. After defeating Japan in this war, many senior officers in the squadron were a little complacent, and Tang Xiangming was one of the representatives, in his opinion. It was as if Japan had been completely defeated after this war, and it could be left to China.

Therefore, Tang Xiangming did not agree with Gu Weijun's suggestion of "exchanging war reparations for the island of Taiwan," and the Admiralty also hoped to use these war reparations to strengthen naval construction.

"President Junjian. If I can't ask Japan for war reparations, I am not worried about the dissatisfaction of the people, but about the impact on the prestige of the president, so in my opinion, it is best to tell Gu Cichang to ask him to ask the Japanese for some war reparations, and we want the island of Taiwan and the war reparations. After all, we are the victorious country, and if Japan refuses to accept it, then it will be enough to fight again. ”

Tang Xiangming immediately took out his suggestion, which was somewhat arrogant in Zhao Bei's opinion, but the young naval chief himself did not realize this.

"Just fight again? Chief Tang, you are right-handed, if you continue to fight, where will the war money be allocated? Where will the funds for the production of arms and weapons be allocated? You are not at home, and you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Now that the war in Europe has broken out, all kinds of war-related raw materials are bullish, and the prices of saltpeter and steel have more than tripled. Although the center had some reserves in the past, if they were all used for the war against Japan, there would be another wolf smoke on the frontier in the future. Without reserves, do you let the center sprinkle beans into soldiers and point steel into guns?

Besides, the war doesn't stop every day, merchants

One does not dare to let go of the courage to invest, industry, and now the European industry is busy meeting the war to carry the war is not the time when our industry takes the opportunity to arrest, at this time we do not think about how to develop industry and commerce. But you're busy fighting Japan, do you really think I'm a warmonger? ”

Zhao Bei said this politely at all. It's not that he doesn't want to solve Japan in one fell swoop, but the problem is that if the war continues now, it will not only disrupt his entire strategic deployment, but also make the country miss a good opportunity to develop, so his current thoughts are the same as Gu Weijun's, and like those Chinese industrialists, they are eager to end the state of war as soon as possible, turn the attention of the whole country to industrial construction, and use the opportunity of the European war to realize the rapid development of the country's industry.

Seeing that the president seemed to be a little angry, Tang Xiangming hurriedly stopped talking, he originally planned to use the German topic to pull out the "Five-Year Navy Construction Policy", but now it seems that this goal has not been achieved, and now he takes out the words of the small draft. It is likely to backfire, and instead of being scolded by the president, it is better to raise the matter at another time.

So, Tang Xiang Mingxun ended the discussion of this topic, said goodbye in time, and left the commander's hall.

After Tang Xiangming left, Zhao Bei was still pacing around the office, thinking about the negotiation of peace talks with Japan.

Now Britain was urging Japan to join the war against Germany, and the Japanese government was somewhat eager to try it. However, because it has not been able to reach a peace agreement with China for a long time, the state of war with China cannot be lifted, and under such circumstances, the Japanese Government naturally does not dare to fight on two fronts, so in the current situation, the relations between China and Japan have a direct impact on the strategic pattern of the entire Pacific region, and this is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

Unlike the historical plane before Zhao Bei crossed over, now, because of the crisis in Southeast Asia. In such a situation where the U.S. has strengthened its naval presence on the west coast of the Pacific, if the Japanese Navy makes a move in the Pacific, will the U.S. Navy do the same?

If the U.S. government objected, would the Japanese government insist on attacking Germany's colonies in the Pacific? After all, in this Northeast Asian war, Japan's military power was weakened, and the weakness of the Japanese navy was also exposed in the naval battle, in fact, the US government has decided to transfer several submarines from the country to the Philippines, because the performance of submarines in this Northeast Asian war is impressive.

In fact, Zhao Bei fully supported Japan's expansion in the direction of the Pacific Ocean, and as a historical traveler, Zhao Bei was very aware of Japan's national character. As well as the policy orientation of the Japanese government, for a rising industrial country that is eager to expand outward, it is necessary to find a direction of expansion, in order to release the internal pressure generated in the process of industrial exhibition, in history, Japan chose the direction of expansion is the East Asian continent, but the whole process of expansion is not smooth, so Japan chose to expand to the Pacific Ocean at the same time, and thus led to the Pacific War, and finally Japan was defeated, becoming an important role in the global strategy of the United States.

But the situation now is very different from history. So Japan's actions are very different from those in history.

Historically, after the explosion of the old European war. Japan was immediately invited by Britain to participate in the war against Germany, but the main direction of its operation was the Shandong Peninsula, trying to bring the Shandong Peninsula into Japan's sphere of influence, but the Beiyang government of Yuan Shikai at that time was completely unable to stop Japan's ambitions in Shandong, and later only because of the constraints of the great powers, Japan's ambitions did not succeed, but still achieved some privileges in Jiangdong.

Now, Zhao Bei has thwarted Japan's coveting of the East Asian continent through a local war, and it has also made the Japanese government soberly aware of the rise of China's power, and the current Japanese government is facing a major strategic turn, whether to continue to expand to the East Asian continent, or to turn south. Expansion in the direction of the Pacific Ocean? This is the important task before the Japanese Government.

Zhao Bei hopes that the Japanese government will determine the direction of Japan's strategic expansion in the Pacific direction, because only in this way will Japan not expand in the direction of China in the future, so that China can free up its hands to solve the problems of the East Asian continent.

It was under the influence of this mentality that Zhao Bei finally agreed to Gu Weijun's "interest exchange" strategy, and he wanted to help the "southward faction" in the Japanese government to grasp the right to speak through this kind of "goodwill" action, so as to prompt Japan to speed up the pace of going south to the Pacific Ocean.

In fact, if the Japanese government had the guts, Zhao Bei would not mind "helping" Japan to attack the British and French colonies in Southeast Asia now, and only in this way could the old international order be completely changed.

The international order does need to change, and if it does not change, China will not be able to rise quickly, but with the current strength of China, it is not enough to rely on its own strength to change the old international order, and it is precisely for this reason that Zhao Bei hopes that Japan will take advantage of China's fire.

Of course, this strategy is very risky, because it is likely to strengthen Japan's power, and the Japanese government may not be fooled now, so, to put it mildly, it is just Zhao Bei's wishful thinking. Whether this strategy can be implemented or not, Zhao Bei is completely unsure in his heart, and it is precisely because of this that he has been planning the crisis in the Nanyang region, and has achieved some results, but it is not enough to change the entire international order.

"The switchboard, pick up the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to come forward and invite the US Minister to China to the Presidential Palace. I have something to say to Mr. Minister. ”

Zhao Bei pondered in the office for half an hour, then picked up the phone, shook the switchboard, and instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to arrange an appointment to meet with the US minister to China.

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