From the perspective of Britain and the United States, this is certainly a world power that cannot be ignored, and this is determined by the quality and size of the navy, and once Britain and the United States intervene in coordination, and China agrees to this coordination, many things cannot be said by China.

This requires real bargaining and negotiation.

At China's suggestion, the talks were moved to Singapore, where Chinese Foreign Minister Gu Weijun, Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida, and U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Murphy were moved to Singapore. Hull, British Foreign Secretary John Murphy. Sir Simon, the Dutch Governor in Indonesia, Sir Halifax, and the French Envoy to China, Mr. Gaston. Dumeg has led diplomatic teams to Singapore, China and China continue to actively prepare for war, the two navies can break out at any time between Palau and Taiwan in a large-scale naval battle, the Netherlands, France also sent fleets to Indonesian waters.

China and France are military alliances, and they are extremely close, and if China says that a war starts, France will inevitably send troops to participate in the war.

As France's attitude became tougher, China's posture of all-out war was clearly launched, and the pressure from Britain and the United States made it clear that this had become particularly tragic.

As long as China becomes strong, it is destined to be a tragedy if it wants to compete with China for the leadership of Asia.

With the decline of Britain, it is inevitable to expand externally if it wants to continue to develop, and the entire Chinese empire is in the north, and the sphere of influence of Britain, the United States, China, France and the Netherlands in the south, except for Indonesia, which is controlled by the Netherlands, there is no other direction of development.

Even in the distant reaches of Africa and the Middle East, he has not found any foothold.

Although the contradictions and differences between China and the United States have been widening in the past few years, especially in the context of China's deep expansion into South America to expand its economic interests, the relationship between China and the United Kingdom has improved, and the posture of China, the United States, and the United Kingdom in the whole world has become more and more obvious.

Although Britain and the United States are common Anglo-Saxons, the contradictions between the former hegemon and the current hegemon are the most acute, while China adopts a foreign policy of skillful strength, maintaining good cooperative relations with Britain and the United States, but also keeping a distance to maintain a balance between Britain and the United States.

Therefore, between the struggle between these three great powers, it is very difficult to profit from it.

In fact, Britain not only no longer supports it, but is actively suppressing it to break the existing order, and China and the United States and China have been old enemies for half a century, and at the same time offended the three most powerful countries in the world.

Throughout the month of September 1933, the whole society from top to bottom, from the emperor to the common people, was filled with incomparably sad and indignant hatred, but anger could not solve the problem, the reality was cruel, and history also said that Ben had no choice but to promise to abide by the "Rotterdam Treaty".

Heaven can still live if it is evil, but people who do it cannot live!

…… By the time of the Singapore Conference, Song Biao had already completed all his visits to Europe, sailed from Lisbon to Canada, and arrived in New York in late October 1933.

Prior to his visit to the Americas, Song Biao and Prime Minister John Macdonald issued the Sino-British Joint Declaration, in which Britain formally apologized for its mistakes during the Opium War and agreed to return the cultural relics looted from the Old Summer Palace in the British Museum.

Britain officially recognized Tibet as Chinese territory and Kashmir as a Chinese protectorate, while China supported the maintenance of a stable exchange rate between the British pound and the Chinese yuan, and promised to restore free trade and trade, reduce tariffs to pre-Depression levels, and give each other most-favored-nation status.

The pledge is not a simple word, it means that China will significantly increase its holdings of British debt, maintain the stability of the pound, and at the same time expand the internal market, allow further influx of British financial capital into Chinese investment, and re-use the pound as a unit of calculation for Sino-British trade.

This is a high-risk affair, because the UK's trade deficit makes it difficult for it to continue to return to the gold standard, which means that the pound has lost its former hard currency status and may continue to depreciate at any time, and China will have to increase its holdings of sterling debt and assets in order to expand trade and investment in the Commonwealth market.

Song Biao's continued visit to Canada and Australia is to extend the Sino-British Joint Declaration to the entire Commonwealth and expand China's total trade volume within the pound sterling market.

The United States is very dissatisfied with the agreement reached between China and Britain, but the triangular relationship between China, Britain, and the United States is already very fixed, and no one can unilaterally shake it, and there is still a common enemy in front of us.

Poor Ben, how did you get mixed up in such a field!

After all, not every country can become the common enemy of the three world powers, China, Britain and the United States.

Under such circumstances, Song Biao continued to visit the United States.

There is no longer as harmony between China and the United States as ten years ago, and now there are more problems, especially in the South American market, China's strength has expanded very much, during the entire Great Depression, China has almost single-handedly stabilized the economy of South American countries such as Brazil and Colombia by greatly increasing its holdings and investing in South America, so that they will not fall too badly in the Great Depression, and in this process, the trade volume between China and South America has also expanded, and China has quickly replaced the United States. To become the largest exporter of industrial products to South America.

China and the United States are too similar.

Industry is very similar, agriculture is also similar, and even education has a great similarity, because China originally learned from the United States.

In particular, during the five years of the Great Depression, China's industrial products not only improved by a large margin in terms of quality and variety, but also rapidly improved the scale and management capabilities of domestic enterprises, and greatly improved their technological level.

By 1933, China and the United States basically overlapped in terms of industrial products and scale, and the total trade volume between China and the United States also fell sharply.

In this year, the United States began to widely mention the issue of technology transfer blockade, demanding restrictions on technology transfer to China, and at the same time restricting Chinese companies from controlling American companies. President Roosevelt was a very tough person, and he was indeed actively pursuing legislation in this area.

It was under such circumstances that Song Biao visited the United States.

Although Song Biao arrived in the United States accompanied by Empress Shu Xuan, he knew very well that the secret struggle between China and the United States was already fierce, and the two countries were starting a new competition for the seat of world supremacy, and Britain was not necessarily excluded from the list of competitors.

The fierce contradiction between the United States and Britain lies in the European debt problem, and the contradiction between China and the United States is the competition of the world's factories, which is more difficult to reconcile.

In order to resolve the crisis as much as possible, Song Biao and Empress Shu Xuan carried out some warm diplomacy as much as possible, and after arriving in the United States, the two first visited Connecticut and Connecticut Women's College, held some public and goodwill speeches in support of the United States to tide over the difficulties, and then met with Franklin in Washington, D.C. President Roosevelt met, and after that, the two men took their children to the Glendale Memorial Meadow Cemetery in Los Angeles to pay their respects to Theodore. President Roosevelt thanked President Roosevelt Sr. for his outstanding contributions to China and Sino-American friendship, and posthumously awarded him the title of Honorary Duke.

…… Singapore.

The seven-nation meeting between China, Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, France, and Australia and Singapore, which was chaired by Britain and the United States, has gradually come to an end, and in the midst of fierce debates, the final result of coordination is not very favorable to all parties, and it is inevitable that there will be some appeasement tendencies toward the Dutch warship, and the responsibility for the sinking of the Dutch warship has not been held accountable.

Weak countries have no diplomacy.

This criterion is not limited to Asian countries, but also applies to European countries.

The biggest loser at the Singapore Conference was clearly the Netherlands, and although it escaped a war, it was inevitable that the colonies would suffer a massive reduction and rebalancing.

Under the Reich Foreign Minister Gu Weijun and British Foreign Secretary John Murphy. Under Sir Simon's joint proposal, the final result of the coordinated negotiations was that the Netherlands ceded the Bird of Paradise Peninsula (the western peninsula of Dutch New Guinea) and the Maluku Islands to Yuben, and Benben paid the Netherlands about £7 million for the purchase of land, and British New Guinea, Central New Guinea and Dutch New Guinea merged into a single Republic of Pabunia, which was entrusted by China.

The Southwest, Southeast, Moluccas, and Sura Islands in the Banda Sea are part of China's Sulawesi Overseas Province, and China has paid £8.5 million to the Netherlands for the purchase of land.

China and the United States reached an agreement to include the Sangih Islands between the Philippines and Sulawesi Province as part of the Sulawesi Province.

Since then, the only Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia have been left with two large islands, Sumatra and Java.

According to the requirements of the treaty, no country is allowed to deploy capital ships in Southeast Asia, and the navy can only maintain a military port in Southeast Asia.

It has obtained the new colonies it has dreamed of, but according to the new "Singapore Entente" that is about to be formally signed, all countries will readjust their naval deployments in Southeast Asia to strengthen their military support in this sea area, China has been recognized by Britain, the United States and France, and the restrictions on the navy in the "Washington Naval Treaty" have been greatly increased, and the capital ships can remain the same size as the British and Americans, and the aircraft carriers can remain the same size as the British and Americans. The United States, for its part, withdrew some of its commitments under the Washington Naval Treaty and re-established its navy and naval base in the Philippines.

Through this "Singapore Entente", the countries adopted a basically synchronous policy towards the book, so as to curb the southward expansion of the book, but also gave the book a part of the benefits, after all, the rabbit is in a hurry and bites, as for whether the book can be satisfied, it is unknown.

At the Governor's House in the Straits Settlements, discussions on the Entente had officially ended, and after the countries had formally signed the Entente, Imperial Foreign Minister Gu Weijun was given the opportunity to give a public speech to make a concluding speech on behalf of the participating countries.

He wrote the speech himself, revised it several times, and had a lot to say, but not too harsh.

The treaty has already been finalized, and it will only take effect before May 1934 when the diplomatic systems of various countries send it back to China for approval, and it will come into force before May 1934, during which the Chinese Navy will also withdraw the recently deployed battleships from the Bandar Seri Begawan naval base and return to the Sanduao naval base.

Gu Weijun walked up to the rostrum, opened the speech clipped in the notebook and took a second look, then raised his head to look at the more than 100 diplomats from various countries in the conference hall, and said: "Mr. Yukichi Fukuzawa, a well-known modern thinker, once said that every country has the right to make the country rich and strong, and make its people happy, which is the right of every country. We all believe in the importance of these words, but we should also understand that no country has the right to exploit and plunder other countries, and that it is shameful and anti-human progress to make its own country rich and strong by plundering the wealth of its colonies, which is the consensus of all of us, and our management of the colonies should be to promote their autonomy in an orderly manner, to the prosperity of their own regions and their own countries, and finally to become a modern reading country. ”

"We have always believed, and it is also a well-known consensus, that the establishment of the Commonwealth itself represents the progress of human society, which is a great achievement of the British, and it is a good thing to build a modern country like Australia and Canada, which is a good thing that mankind expects. Human beings are always making progress, if the factor of the outbreak of the First World War is that countries such as Germany and Italy need more colonies, then after we have experienced this cruel and bloody war, we have become more and more clear that every country on this planet should be equal, as Jehovah and Shakyamuni guided, human beings are born equal, everyone is equal, inevitable, countries should also be equal, no country has the right to be higher than other countries, high, Directing other countries is anti-human progress, and will eventually be ridiculed by future generations. ”

"There is an old Chinese saying that history is always fair, no matter what you have done, even if it seems to be understandable now, because the strong can bully the weak, but in a few decades, or even a hundred years from now, what you do will be regarded as an atrocity against humanity."

"As the largest and most populous country in Asia, China has the responsibility to stop any form of war and aggression in Asia, China has the responsibility to protect those small countries that have read their strength, and allow them to govern the country according to their own customs and ways, rather than necessarily obeying the arrangements of other major powers, China also promises here that we can protect our allies and protect those weak countries in Asia, and the Chinese are true to their promises, as long as we promise to protect the peace and stability of other countries and regions, We will do whatever it takes to deliver on our promises. ”

"China needs peace, we love peace, we hate war, but we have never been afraid of war, we must cooperate closely with any peace-loving country in the world to jointly resist and sanction those militaristic countries that like to invade other countries. China has a recordable ancient civilization as long as 4,000 years, from the Xia Zhou War to the Sino-Soviet War, there are tens of thousands of wars recorded in more detail in Chinese history, a long 4,000 years, the ancient military strategists and famous generals born in this nation are like stars in the sky, in the period of Alexander's Empire, China has been a military competition of millions of troops, the famous generals at that time fought in a war and killed 600,000 enemy troops, that was one of the times with the most famous generals in ancient Chinese history. Therefore, this is a country that has developed and unified in war, and we have never been afraid of war, if we misjudge that we are afraid of war, afraid of provocation, and will retreat when we encounter provocation because we love peace, it will be a complete miscalculation, whether it is to ensure its own peace, or to ensure the peace of its allies, China will not hesitate to devote itself to the war for peace, even if it is at the expense of millions of soldiers, our soldiers will not have the slightest regret and hesitation, In this long history, China has a true martial spirit, but we are more peace-loving, so it may be misunderstood as weakness by some countries. ”

"Now, a series of events prove that Asia needs more protection, in today's world economic crisis, one of our most important conclusions is the imbalance of the world economy, Asia needs to develop, only a peaceful, stable and prosperous Asia can supply more raw materials to the world, as well as a new prosperous market, attract capital investment, and generate more returns, we call on other major powers to work together in the stability of Asia, and replace the barbaric war plunder and militaristic ideology with the contract spirit of free trade."

"Here, we state that the Asian market should be open to the international community, that it does not belong to any country, still less to China, and that every country has the right to participate in the construction of Asia, and if Ben actively participates in this construction, we will welcome it more than any other country, provided that Ben must abandon the current expansionist policy and grow together with Asian countries with the plan of peace and common development."

Here, Gu Weijun had a long talk.

His fluent English and beautiful rhythm were one of his strengths in public speaking in international forums, and he could have chosen to speak in Chinese, but he decided to use English anyway, so that the diplomats present could interact with his speech at the first time.

Of course, he knew very well in his heart that it would be very difficult for Yue Ben to really want to integrate into Asia, and this Asia would inevitably be dominated by China, and China would continue to restrict Yu Ben's development for a long time to come, and if Yue Ben still wanted to compete with China for dominance in Asia, then he must be prepared for an all-out war.

Without war, I don't want to get anything from China.

China loves peace, but it is also by no means afraid of war.

He knew that Gu Weijun's speeches on behalf of the Central Political Axe of the Chinese Empire were almost all aimed at him, and he also sternly warned that he should not act rashly again, and if there were similar incidents again, the next step would be to directly usher in a real all-out war between China and China.

Yasuya Uchida's feelings were mixed: although Emperor Showa had given silent support to the Singapore Entente, and Prime Minister Minoru Saito had made up his mind to sign the Entente, both the Navy and the Army were firmly opposed to the Entente within the military.

This is an obvious problem, and it is precisely because of the spread of militarism and the fierce emergence of expansionist policies that China, Britain, the United States, and France will join hands to suppress China, Britain, the United States, and France.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Although at the Singapore Conference, the countries coordinated the transfer of some of the Dutch colonies to the Zoben, but as in the previous meeting, the ultimate biggest beneficiary was China, and he would not understand why the countries should assist China in suppressing the Zoben.

If China continues to connive at China's continuous expansion in this way, it must be Britain and the United States that will regret it in the end.

The most complicated thing is that Britain and the United States have agreed to increase the size of the Chinese navy, which is the same as the original in terms of the total tonnage of capital ships and the same as the United States in the total tonnage of aircraft carriers.

Yasuya Uchida thought to himself, this alone, the military will never agree, he can't agree, but Prime Minister Minoru Saito has approved him to sign this treaty and agree to this clause, he always feels that Prime Minister Minoru Saito is killing himself, even if Minoru Saito is a naval admiral, it is absolutely impossible to suppress the backlash of the Saimoto Navy.

How can this be?

Yasuya Uchida was disheartened, he had already put all his efforts into this, constantly lobbying countries to attack China's naval threat, but it still had no effect, in the contest with Gu Weijun, he lost very badly, and this kind of defeat has been laid down from the beginning.

A weak country has no diplomacy, and the diplomacy of a strong country is also based on strength.

Judging by the current state of the economy, even if China announces its withdrawal from the "Washington Naval Treaty" and frantically builds ships, it is unlikely that it will pose too many threats to Britain and the United States, but if China announces its withdrawal, the situation will be very complicated, and the entire "Washington Naval Treaty" will directly break down.

China's economy is here, its annual steel production capacity has surpassed that of the United States, and the total manufacturing tonnage of the shipbuilding industry has also surpassed that of the United States, which is destined to require a world-class super navy.

If the world's diplomatic circles are a poker competition, although the book has a hand of bomb cards, but China not only has better cards in its hand, but also more, almost four or five times as many as the book, and can play as much as it wants, and this hand of the book is a pure bomb card, which is very scary, and it does not intimidate China but scares Britain and the United States very much.

Yasuya Uchida knew very well that his official fortune had come to an end, and when he had to sign this treaty, he would be regarded as scum by his countrymen and nailed to the pillar of shame.

He was also very aggrieved, because he had done everything he could to fight for the sake of the capital, and tried his best to contain China from taking advantage of the opportunity to make profits from it, but the benefits of the capital were still far less than China's.

China is the country with the fastest growing marine fishery in the world, and the total scale of China's marine fishery output value is close to that of the Palau Islands alone, and China has a large number of pearl-like islands throughout the South Pacific, raging the fishery resources of the entire South Pacific.

Now, the fishery resources of the Banda Sea will also be completely occupied by China.

Yasuya Uchida felt that it was tragic, he did not understand why China could become such a powerful empire, and why Ben couldn't.

Isn't Ben the best of the nation?

He was ashamed of this huge diplomatic setback, and at this point, he really couldn't find any way out except to commit suicide by disembowelment and apologize for the guilt of his people.

(To be continued)