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Chapter 1592: Diplomatic Breakthrough

On 28 June, at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in the United States, after repeated consultations between the foreign affairs departments and frequent radio waves on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, South China and the US Government reached a number of consensuses, and after being voted by the Senate and House of Representatives, US Secretary of State Hull sent a note to An Yi, President of the South China Government, saying that from now on, the US Government and the Republic of South China will establish formal diplomatic relations and exchange ambassadors. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hull's note reads as follows:

Mr. An Yi, President of the Democratic Republic of South China: The Government of the United States of America, the Senate and the House of Representatives, after studying the proposal for the establishment of diplomatic relations put forward by the Central Government of South China, and in the good intention of establishing genuinely friendly bilateral relations with the people of South China, and convinced that the Central Government of South China is the representative of the will of the overwhelming majority of the South Chinese people, hereby inform Your Excellency that the Government of the United States of America has decided to formally establish diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of South China and to exchange ambassadors.

When An Yi received the telegram, it was half past five in the morning of the 29th Xinjing time in South China. Xinjing in summer, it was too hot, the temperature was basically maintained above forty degrees Celsius, after the family banquet, Ou Chuer rushed back to Anxin City on the western plateau to raise the fetus, without restraint, An Yi simply went to Gong Qian's bedroom to rest at night.

It was a matter of the dignity of the leader, and no one else dared to disturb An Yi's rest at this time, so they could only ask Shen Fengdao to come out.

An Yi was disturbed by his sweet dream when he slept best in the morning, and he was faintly unhappy in his heart, but after hearing that it was a telegram from the U.S. State Department for the establishment of diplomatic relations, he immediately dressed neatly, and after kissing Gong Qian goodbye, he hurried to the Zhizheng Hall with Shen Fengdao and personally wrote a reply, the message was as follows:

Mr. Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America: On behalf of the Central Government of the Democratic Republic of South China, I am honoured to receive your call at 5 o'clock today regarding the decision of the Government of the United States of America to establish diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of South China. The Central Government of the Democratic Republic of South China is convinced that the Government of the United States of America has a profound friendship with the people of South China, and today it has become a full friend of the recognition of the Democratic Republic of South China. I should now like to inform you that the Central Government of the Democratic Republic of South China warmly welcomes the immediate establishment of diplomatic relations between the Democratic Republic of South China and the United States of America and the exchange of ambassadors.

Subsequently, the foreign affairs departments of the governments of South China and the United States both issued official communiqués on the establishment of diplomatic relations, formally establishing diplomatic relations between South China and the United States from a legal point of view.

The establishment of diplomatic relations between South China and the United States has caused an international uproar.

Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru, and other countries have established diplomatic relations with South China, and in addition to the 12 countries that have previously established diplomatic relations with South China, including Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Far East, and Argentina, 36 countries have established diplomatic relations with South China as of 30 June.

Look at the French side again.

By envoy Jule. Henry's observations, the French government basically understood the terrifying military industrial strength of South China, especially the terrible aircraft and tank manufacturing capabilities of South China, so that the French political top level almost broke the previous cognition, but through the photos and live audio and video materials delivered by the special plane, the French finally recognized the reality, and no longer had any hope of recovering South China by force.

However, the dignity of the world's largest army power has made it impossible for the top French political leaders to lose face to recognize the South China government, and at the same time, diplomats are also actively lobbying the Siam government in Bangkok to send troops to the Mekong region.

The establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and South China is tantamount to a blow to the French government. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had suggested to Daladier that the South China government be recognized, that the United States be co-opted, that all countries that could be won over should be united, and that South China should remain neutral no matter how bad it is, otherwise it may affect the overall strategy of Britain and France.

On 30 June, the British Flotilla A and Flotilla Z were bombed by hundreds of Malayan rebel planes while docking at the port of Singapore. When the Malayan rebels purchased the Y-I, they requested that certain improvements be made so that the Y-I could be used as both a transport aircraft and a horizontal bomber.

Although the "Y-I" plane had no protective armor, its flight altitude and speed were not bad at all; when it flew over the harbor like a dark cloud, it dropped thousands of bombs, causing one British destroyer and four gunboats to be sunk on the spot, 12 ships to be damaged to a certain extent, and hundreds of British soldiers to die in the bombing.

What happened next irritated the sensitive nerves of the British even more -- the "Gladiator" carrier-based fighters on the two British aircraft carriers were no match at all when they competed with the rebel G1 fighters, and they lost 41 of their own battles, while their opponents were only shot down 12.

It turned out that the British Navy's "Gladiator" carrier-based fighter was still an old biplane, due to the conservative attitude of the British Navy and Air Force to monoplanes and the Goshawk liquid-cooled engine developed for the British next-generation monoplane fighter did not pass the weight and cooler, it was difficult to get a monoplane fighter that could replace the old equipment, so the British Air Force ordered 23 MKIs from Gloucester in September 1935, and soon increased the order for 108 aircraft, and the British Navy also ordered 328 aircraft" Gladiator" carrier-based fighter, as its own main combat fighter.

The pilots of the Malayan rebels have all undergone a month of short-term assault training in An Yi's air force, and only have 10 to 20 hours of flight experience, but it is this group of rookies who have been trained by assault, flying G1 fighters, and hitting the British Navy's biplane carrier-based aircraft in the sky over Singapore in their original form, which has made the British top brass panic, on the one hand, to speed up the research and development of its own fighters and bombers, and on the other hand, to seek communication with South China, so as to obtain the manufacturing materials of advanced fighters as soon as possible. No matter how poor it is, it is necessary to purchase large quantities to enrich the strength of the navy and air force.

Britain had been at peace for a long time, and the navy, army, and air force did not have much practical combat experience, and they could not use many advanced weapons to suppress the rebellion in the colonies, and the improvement of the army's own strength was extremely limited.

Since the cooperation between Germany and South China is well known to the world, the British Government shuddered when it thought about the extent to which German fighters and bombers were powerful, so whether it was for its own interests in Asia, to balance Japan's rapid development, or to counter Germany's aggressive expansion, Britain hoped that France would abandon its contradictions with South China as soon as possible and reach a reconciliation so that it could obtain South China's "advanced" fighters.

In this context, on July 1, the French Foreign Minister Georges . At the press conference, Bonet announced that in order to show the French government's respect for the principle of "national self-determination" established by the Versailles system, and at the same time to enable millions of French citizens to welcome back their relatives who were lost in South China, the French government is willing to consult with the South China government on the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Under An Yi's instructions, Xu Ziliang, Premier of the State Council of the South China Government, immediately responded to the goodwill released by France, expressing his willingness to reach a settlement with the French government and establish formal diplomatic relations. If Nanhua formally establishes diplomatic relations with France, Nanhua will unconditionally release French soldiers captured during the National War of Independence and conduct normal trade and exchanges with France.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, on 2 July, French Prime Minister Daladier invited South Chinese Premier Xu Ziliang to visit France. After obtaining An Yi's consent, Xu Ziliang's special plane was transferred to Ceylon, Aden, and Cairo on 3 July, and arrived in Paris, the capital of France, on the morning of 4 July, to officially launch a state visit to France on behalf of the South China government.

On 6 July, after two days of arduous negotiations, the prime ministers of South China and France attended a press conference at which the communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides was announced:

1. The Government of France submits an official note to the Government of South China recognizing the Government of the Democratic Republic of South China and immediately establishing diplomatic relations and exchanging ambassadors; 2. The Government of the Democratic Republic of South China welcomes the visit of the French Government and agrees to immediately establish diplomatic relations and exchange ambassadors; Three. At the same time, the two sides issued the above-mentioned note, immediately set up the museum, and sent ambassadors to each other.

Behind this public communiqué, numerous agreements were signed, the most important of which were:

Since the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two sides, the South China government will unconditionally release all prisoners of war, in line with the principle of voluntariness, French citizens can freely choose to join the South China nationality, enjoy all the rights and interests that citizens should enjoy in South China, in the future war in Europe, French citizens can choose to immigrate to South China, the South China government must not use any excuse to obstruct it.

French capital owns all the rights and interests enjoyed by local companies in South China, and the factories and enterprises invested and set up are strictly protected by law, and China and France have become the most favored countries in trade, giving each other preferential benefits and providing necessary convenience in import and export trade, taxation, and navigation between the two countries.

With the equivalent of 100 million francs in gold and silver, the French government will obtain research and development materials and five sets of production lines for Nanhua's A25, GI, G2 (A26 foreign trade) Yun I, Yun II (AN5 foreign trade) aircraft, and Wolf and Hound (Leopard I foreign trade) tanks.

After the two sides issued a joint announcement, the French side secretly placed huge orders for the military industrial enterprises in South China, with 50 units each for the GI and Yun I, 100 each for the A25 and G2 and 2, and 500 each for the battle-tested Wolf and Hound tanks. The French side said that if the superiority of South China weapons is confirmed, it will further increase its procurement efforts.

For a time, the military industrial enterprises in southern Sichuan and southern Yunnan were operating at an unprecedented high speed.

With the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and South China, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland and other countries with very close relations with France have also extended olive branches to South China, and the number of countries that have established formal diplomatic relations with South China soon rose to 42.

Just as Xu Ziliang was about to return to China, the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, sent a telegram of invitation to the South China government, asking Xu Ziliang to visit the United Kingdom at a "suitable" time.

What is the right time? Now Xu Ziliang is in Paris, only separated by a strait from London, the capital of the United Kingdom, and there is nothing more suitable, so at 4 p.m. on 7 July, Xu Ziliang's special plane arrived in London to officially launch a friendly visit to Britain.

There is no contradiction between Britain and South China, if you have to get involved in some grievances, four years ago in the war in western Yunnan, the British ** team in the hands of An Jiajun made a mess.

However, this is the case in this world, the strong always have the right to speak beyond the weak, and it is precisely because of the strong combat effectiveness of the An Jiajun that the British did not show domineering behavior in the subsequent bilateral negotiations, but maintained the overall situation everywhere, and Nanhua and Britain quickly reached an agreement on many issues.

On 9 July, the governments of South China and the United Kingdom simultaneously issued a diplomatic communiqué, announcing that from now on, the two countries would establish formal diplomatic relations, establish embassies, and exchange ambassadors.

As of 12 July, there were more than 50 countries having diplomatic relations with South China, while the maximum number of members of the League of Nations was 58, which means that South China's independence has truly been recognized by the world.