Chapter 678: Finale
On the stage of war, which gathers the essence of all human materials and talents, the situation is like a swift wind and water, and it is infinitely changing.
The Second World War was never before in history in history when such a war caused such a catastrophe and disaster to mankind in all aspects of life and material.
In this war, 61 countries were involved in the war, the war affected 80% of the world's population, a total of about 1.7 billion people, the battlefield throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean four oceans, the war as many as 110 million troops, direct military expenditure of 1,352 billion US dollars, accounting for about 60~70% of the total national income of the warring countries at that time.
In terms of human costs, more than 22.1 million military deaths and more than 34.3 million civilian deaths were killed, for a total death toll of about 56 million, four times that of the First World War. Among them, China has experienced the longest war and has suffered the largest number of casualties, about 30 million people; The Soviet Union itself was ravaged by Germany, at the expense of about 20 million people, or about 12% of the population; Poland lost about 6 million people, or about 22% of the population, about 600,000 died in battle, and most of the rest were Jews who died in concentration camps; Yugoslavia lost 300,000 killed and 1.2 million civilians; France lost 200,000 people killed and 400,000 civilians; Greece lost 20,000 people killed and 140,000 civilians killed; For the first time in modern times, Britain experienced the horrors of war on its own soil, killing 326,000 people and killing 62,000 civilians in air raids, while the continental United States was not devastated by the war, and basically all soldiers were killed, with 300,000 killed in the European and Asian theaters.
The death toll in Italy is about 310,000. Half of them are civilians; A total of 8 million people died in Germany, including 4.4 million soldiers killed in battle. 3/4 of the Germans died on the Eastern Front in Europe, and about 2 million Germans died in Allied air raids; Japan has killed 3 million people. Of these, 600,000 civilians died.
The material catastrophe of the participating countries was also staggering. According to incomplete statistics, the losses of various countries are as high as more than 4 trillion US dollars. The Soviet Union destroyed 1,710 cities and towns, 70,000 villages, 6 million houses, and 31,850 factories. Poland lost one-third of the country's wealth, 80 percent of its industrial facilities were destroyed, 50 percent of its agricultural facilities and buildings were destroyed, and 620,000 acres of forest were destroyed. In Yugoslavia, 20 per cent of houses were destroyed, 30 per cent of orchards were destroyed, and 50 per cent of livestock was lost. All French ports were damaged, and 23,000 miles of railways were destroyed. 1,900 railway bridges and tunnels were damaged, 4,000 road bridges were destroyed, more than 1 million houses were destroyed, and 13 million landmines were laid on beaches, open spaces and fields throughout France.
Narrator: Wasn't Hitler seen as powerful? However, history has proven that he is a paper tiger. The same was true of Mussolini, and so was Japanese imperialism. On the contrary, the power of the people who love democracy and freedom is much stronger than one might expect.
The Second World War was over, but it left more problems than it solved. Rebellion in Asia. The yoke of Western domination is being thrown. The flames of war have transformed from global conflicts to sporadic national liberation struggles.
Ironically, Japan's most desirable war goal is gradually being realized. Asia is finally beginning to break free from white control. Britain had lost Burma and had been forced to loosen its rule over India. In the Dutch East Indies, Ahmed, who had supported Japan in the conflict. Sukarno and Muhammad. Hada is unleashing an irresistible independence movement.
In China. The war resolved the struggle for supreme power between the Communists and the Western-controlled Kuomintang. Due to the massive destruction of property and the loss of capital, the Kuomintang industry came to a standstill. Compared with the level of 1937, prices have risen more than 2,000 times; The international exchange value of the Chinese currency fell by more than seventy percent in less than a month after Japan's surrender. Inflation has all but wiped out the middle class. Disillusioned intellectuals. Surrounded by all these difficulties, the Kuomintang could no longer meet the needs of the people. Unlike the Communist Party, they are reluctant to divide the land. For better or for worse - it can no longer be any worse for ordinary people - China's only hope is Mao Zedong.
In Indochina. Agrarian reform is also the cornerstone of the new government. During the war, the Vietminh, under the leadership of the communist Ho Chi Minh, received sympathy and support from Britain and the United States, fought against the French and Japanese, and became the dominant nationalist movement in the country. After peace came, the playboy Emperor Bao Dai was deposed, and the Vietminh issued the Declaration of Independence, which was copied from the United States, proclaiming the Republic of Vietnam. But the United States, which had pledged Indochina's independence during the war, has changed its policy. On August 24, 1945, Truman informed General de Gaulle that he advocated the return of Indochina to France. In January 1946, in the first elections of the Republic, the Vietminh won a majority of seats in the new National Assembly, but the French forces in Vietnam, supported by American transports to bring reinforcements to France, occupied Saigon and Bao Dai was reinstated. Puppet dynasties were also established in Cambodia and Laos, and these governments were recognized by the United States.
The fact that the United States supported French colonialism showed that the American leaders were intent on adopting Britain's outdated "East of Suez" policy - giving the European countries national self-determination to Asia. The American leader believes that Asians do not understand what is best for themselves and for the security of the world. The United States still does not know that the blood and wealth it has paid has helped to win two different wars: one against fascism in Europe and the other against the aspirations of Asians. The course of world history for the next 20, 30, or perhaps 40 years will be irretrievably decided.
A few months after the war, a wrinkled old woodcutter stopped in front of MacArthur's new headquarters, Building No. 1. He carried a large bundle of firewood on his back. He bowed deeply to MacArthur's banner, then turned and bowed deeply to the palace on the other side of the square. The onlooker was amused and confused by what it meant, as if he were the embodiment of the contradictions of the incredible Oriental. However, the Japanese who saw him understood him. He unreservedly acknowledges the temporary power of today's "generals," while at the same time respecting the eternal existence on the other side of the street.
And in this space-time. Everything is different.
In the summer of the seventeenth year of ZTE, Eisenhower, who was propelled to the altar, carried the American surrender with him. Walked the red carpet of Hanking Airport.
In the eyes of the "new president" of the United States, the red carpet under his feet. Glaring like blood, it is an indelible mark left by millions of Americans.
Today, the day of true peace may have arrived, but the civilians who died in battle yesterday are all vividly remembered.
Under the leadership of Chinese diplomats, they came to the reception of overseas guests in China and South Africa. Here, Eisenhower saw a lot of acquaintances, Churchill who lost a lot of weight, Stalin with half-gray hair. The high-spirited Mussolini and Hitler. There are also many European royalties that are about to be forgotten.
A meeting on the future of the world and the fate of countless nations begins as soon as all the countries participating in the world are brought to them.
During the half-month talks, Chen Shao undoubtedly led the entire talks.
The main points of the meeting:
1: All countries recognize all the sovereignty of China over the existing occupied areas.
2: With Moscow as the middle line, 200 kilometers from east to west, north to the mouth of the Arctic Ocean, south to the central Caucasus, this is the territory of the Soviet Union. Annex 1, the USSR did not have the right to form an army. It is strictly forbidden to develop, purchase or use active offensive and weapons of mass destruction. Annex 2, the defense of the Soviet Union, was shared between the German Confederation and the Chinese Empire.
3: The German federal government properly arranged the original European royal family and enjoyed sovereignty from the Black Sea to the southern Caucasus. Annex 1. In non-war times, Germany had to ensure the smooth passage of the Black Sea route.
4: States shall not interfere in the internal affairs of the signatory countries.
5: China owns half of the shares of the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal, as well as the right to garrison troops.
6: Abolish all the colonies before the signing of this treaty, and the countries must unconditionally support the original inhabitants of the present colonies in forming their own regimes.
7: After China banned nuclear weapons. The development and production of nuclear weapons by all countries is strictly prohibited, and nuclear weapons projects already under development must be stopped. Blow up the uranium enrichment plant and other supporting nuclear physics laboratories and destroy all materials. Annex 1. The enrichment of uranium from peaceful uses of nuclear energy should not exceed 20 per cent.
8: With the consent of all the signatory countries, a world United Nations will be formed. United Nations Permanent Residence, Shanghai.
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During the half-month talks, no less than 100 agreements were signed between the countries alone.
What Chen Shao wanted to obtain, he also obtained one by one in this month and a half. In fact, when Eisenhower signed the instrument of surrender, China's interests had already been maximized.
At the talks, no one raised the issue of sovereignty over the occupied areas of China. When Chen Shao said the content of the first meeting, it was basically all passed.
The approach to the Soviet Union was the result of negotiations between Chen Shao and Hitler. Today's Soviet Union is a thing of the past, but Germany and China need a buffer zone, which requires the existence of the Soviet Union. A country that does not have its own army, that does not have the right to develop and produce weapons, could not be better than this.
At this time, Stalin did not matter, at least Yugoslavia was not destroyed.
The Black Sea, China is beyond the reach of the whip, it is like Germany's back garden, and the third article is actually to give Germany a better mouth.
Chen Shao didn't say anything about the Mediterranean, Hitler and Mussolini didn't say anything, the world always needs some places for people to play, otherwise it will be too dangerous.
Chen Shao insisted on obtaining half of the shares of the two canals, mainly in order to increase his presence in that place, and with a certain garrison right, he could also ensure his own interests.
As for the establishment of the United Nations, Chen Shao also took advantage of the trend.
Regarding nuclear weapons, Chen Shao didn't really think that this contract could stop everyone, but the main purpose was to let some ambitious small countries stop it. After all, nuclear weapons are more of a deterrent, and in the hands of big countries, they are definitely much safer than those small countries.
At the end of the half-month talks, Chen Shao invited everyone to observe the election of China's first prime minister and formally determine the path of China's future constitutional monarchy.
PS: Actually, there are still many things to explain about Gorgeous, and this chapter has also been rewritten and rewritten. In the end, the book ends with such an ending.
Many people say that the imperial system is a big failure of the book, and it is also from the beginning of the imperial system that the performance of the book has dropped a lot. In fact, the constitutional monarchy has always been the favorite system of Huahua.
The United States is free and democratic, and in the eyes of the gorgeous, the only country that is truly democratic and free is Australia.
The release time of the new book will be in the testimonials of the finished book. (To be continued......)