42. Negotiation
"Boom" planes hovering in the sky continued to drop bombs, and Osaka, Japan's second-largest city, trembled in the sound of violent explosions.
With the recovery of Korea by the Chinese side, a few days later the Chinese air force began to bomb and strike on important Japanese cities and military installations, and the so-called scattered sabotage attacks by the remnants of Japan in Korea did not achieve their goals, and the Chinese side sent "mountain warfare experts" to deal heavy blows to the remnants of the remnants in just two days, and had to stay away from the railway communication lines, but even so, they were still constantly surrounded and intercepted by the superior forces of the Chinese side, and the casualties were mixed.
The bomb fell, and the explosion rose into a huge fireball, countless sparks shot out in all directions, and in an instant, a large area was on fire, and the fire was out of control by the wind. The bombs used to bomb cities and the bombs used to bomb hundreds of millions of military facilities on the battlefield are completely different; most of the Japanese buildings are made of paper and wood, and there is an unscrupulous traverser of the Wu enemy, and the bombing is naturally an incendiary bomb; although the effect of this hastily made incendiary bomb is not so perfect, but the power of destroying the city is far greater than that of ordinary aerial bombs.
A large number of businessmen and reporters from various countries stood on the high-rise buildings in the area where foreign businessmen gathered, looking at this city in flames and gunsmoke. Foreigners were filled with fear when they looked at the Japanese fleeing in mourning, and there were also a large number of people struggling in the fire.
"The main bombing targets of the Chinese are Japan's industrial areas, and they want to destroy Japan's industry, that is, to destroy Japan's war potential."
"The Chinese control the sky, their planes are too advanced, and the Japanese have no way to deal with them." The outcome of the war is already obvious, if the Japanese have not been able to find a way to deal with Chinese aircraft, then even if the Chinese do not land in Japan, they can use aircraft bombing to force Japan to surrender, otherwise Japan will be bombed into a primitive society. ”
"It is said that the first round of bombing by the Chinese was to destroy the Japanese Yawata Iron Works, followed by the bombardment of shipyards, naval bases, and docks."
Journalists and businessmen from all over the world were talking about it, and they kept looking up at the H-1 Thunderbolt bomber in the sky, as if they were seeing death.
Tokyo is still in shambles, after the earthquake, because the war did not stop, transport ships were attacked by submarines, disaster relief materials could not be effectively delivered, countless refugees slept on the streets like beggars, and the wounded were constantly wailing.
A roar can be heard from inside the cabinet headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
"Gentlemen, have you seen it? Can't hesitate any longer. Every minute of delay, the Empire's losses are greater, and every hour or two, a city in the Empire is devastated, and if it continues, the Empire will soon be in ruins. The old face of the Duke of Xiyuan Temple turned red with excitement.
The corners of Togo Heihachiro's mouth were full of bitterness, China's striking force on the Japanese mainland was far beyond his imagination, and the other side did not need to cross the sea to fight, and could destroy Japanese cities directly with aircraft, and almost all important shipyards in Japan were violently bombed without exception. Although he was extremely reluctant in his heart, he still had to let go: "Please ask the prime minister to decide." "It seems to put the problem on the Prime Minister, but everyone understands that he has agreed.
The speed of the Chinese attack was far beyond everyone's imagination, three days ago the Mariana Islands fell, and in the morning came news that the Caroline Islands had fallen.
Yasuya Uchida shook his head vigorously and said, "I'm not the prime minister, I'm just acting." Faced with this situation, he really didn't dare to take on this heavy responsibility, because he knew too well that it would be a catastrophe and would have to be left for 10,000 years.
However, the top cabinet officials could only look at the pale Uchida Yasuya with pity, and no one was willing to take this hot potato. At this moment, everyone knows that it is impossible to win the war, and whoever becomes the prime minister will have to bear the blame. Judging from the current occupation, China will almost completely recover the benefits that Japan has gained since the Meiji Restoration, including the recovery of the Ryukyus and Korea, and even the Mariana Islands and the Caroline Islands that Japan acquired in the World War, and Japan will be suppressed under China's coercion for a considerable time in the future, and Chinese planes can bomb Japan today, and they can also deter Japan in the future.
None of the top echelons of the Japanese cabinet could imagine what the consequences would be for Japan after the defeat of the war, and in the face of an awakened behemoth, would Japan still have a chance to turn around? The outlook is very bleak.
The prince of Xiyuan Temple said in a deep voice: "Uchida-kun, now is the time when someone must take responsibility. At present, the defeat of the empire is irreversible, but the empire is not without a chance to turn over. The empire has been working hard in China for many years, and it is entirely possible to encourage the people of China to take the opportunity of this victory over the empire to stir up national sentiment, force the Nanjing government of China to abolish the unequal treaties, promote the bitterness between China and the foreign powers, detonate the suppression of China by the entire Western world, and repeat the history of the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Only with the collapse of China will the empire have a chance to re-emerge. ”
Someone immediately said: "Xiyuan Sijun, don't take the Chinese people and the great powers as fools, the Chinese will not easily provoke the great powers, and the European and American powers have experienced a world war, and their war-weariness is high, and they will not easily start a war." ”
Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple sneered: "Everyone understands this. But conflicts of interest are inevitable, we just need to add fuel to them at the right time, once is not enough twice, two times is not enough to continue, there will always be an outbreak. Moreover, the great powers would not want to see China dominate in East Asia, and it was inevitable that the empire would be needed to contain China, and the empire would undoubtedly be supported by the great powers again. This helped the empire to recover quickly, and it took time for the empire to recover, as well as to trigger conflicts and wars between China and the Great Powers. With the current state of the empire, if the fighting power is insufficient, then there is only fighting wit. ”
On September 18, 1923, the Japanese cabinet finally made a decision after deliberation and reported it to Emperor Taisho of Japan.
"Is there really no hope?" Japan's Prince Regent Hirohito asked Yasuya Uchida quietly.
Yasuya Uchida shook his head with a gloomy face, unable to say a word, as the prime minister who was forced to take office, in fact, he did not want to admit defeat the most, but there was no room for recovery, the Chinese side was extremely tough in the mediation between Britain, France and the United States, and Japan would never negotiate peace if it did not admit defeat.
On the same day, the Emperor of Japan issued an edict: "It is not a crime of war, in order to save the vast number of earthquake victims, the empire is no longer able to continue the war"
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Japan finally admitted defeat in order to negotiate peace, and under the traction of Britain, France, and the United States, negotiations began in Shanghai.
Li Bufan's study in the Provisional Presidential Palace in Nanjing.
Wu Di said a little unhappily: "What's going on with this little Japan? It's only been a few clicks and it's softened. I remember that during World War II, it was blown to slag, and it was clamoring for the whole country to be shattered, if it wasn't for the atomic bomb that exploded so many times, I don't know when it would have been delayed. There's no reason why the gap is so big? "As a traverser, he is really very dissatisfied with reading a lot of military literature, you must know that almost all of the military literature are extremely rigid in small Japan, but the gap between reality and military literature is too big, right?
Li Bufan rolled his eyes and said: "Our 300mm rocket artillery is simply the destroyer of the battlefield, you should be comparable to ordinary army artillery?" That's the equivalent of a 300-millimeter cannon bombardment. Didn't you say that the army's largest caliber artillery on the battlefields of World War II did not exceed 155 mm? Even if there were larger caliber guns, it would be in the single digits. Although there were 203 mm howitzers in the later period, the number was also very small, can it be compared with 300 mm guns? A salvo is equivalent to the shell strike of hundreds of 300-mm cannons, which is more powerful than the salvo of the main guns of any fleet in the world. ”
Wu Di thought for a while and said, "It seems to be right." I remember that in history, it seems that in the 21st century, our country's 300-mm rocket artillery can kill a brigade of troops with only a few salvos. Hey, cheap little Japan, I wanted to beat them back to the primitive society. Or, let's turn around again and blow him up for ten days and half a month? ”
Li Bufan smiled bitterly: "I would like to, but the great powers are already impatient." Now that the great powers have blockaded us, it is much more difficult to import parts and assemble equipment, and the price is much more expensive. At present, we really don't have enough strength to compete with the powers, so bear with us. Didn't you say that the Japanese launched the 918 incident in history? Today, Japan admits defeat and begins negotiations based on defeat, and I think it's a good day. ”
Wu Di shook his head and said, "No matter what, I think Little Japan has a conspiracy." I think we have to drag out the negotiations, and we have to ask for billions of dollars on the issue of war reparations. By the way, Boss, how much do you want from them? "Pick up your teacup and drink water.
Li Bufan said lightly: "Open your mouth to 10 billion." ”
"Poof" Wu Di just drank the water in his mouth and squirted out at once, looked at Li Bufan in a daze, and then gave a thumbs up, "The boss is the boss, it's amazing." He felt that his traverser was too small, look at how domineering the ancient people were. Ten billion yuan, you must know that China's annual fiscal revenue is almost five or six billion, and it is necessary to get more than 10 billion teenagers who do not eat or drink? How much hatred you have to have for little Japan to be able to open your mouth like this.
"1. 10 Billion Ocean !!" Not only the dog who came to negotiate, but also the representatives of Britain, France and the United States, Smith, Hollande and Conger, were dumbfounded.
Tang Shaoyi was also weak-hearted, Li Bufan resolutely asked him to ask for 10 billion, and his surprise at that time was not lower than these people, you must know that Germany was defeated, and the reparations demanded by the great powers were only more than 5 billion gold marks, which was still repaid in decades. However, he stubbornly continued to inform Li Bufan's explanation, "The president said that Japan must directly deliver half of it, and the remaining half will be paid off year by year. ”
The representative of the United States, Conger, couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency, are you sure you didn't say one more zero?" ”
Tang Shaoyi said: "Of course not." The president said that Japan was originally poor and white, but it could plunder China's wealth, and the property lost by the earthquake alone exceeded $30 billion.
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