In fact, Tojo's words have always been the same argument in Japan, and many scholars and government officials have repeatedly said that China and Japan are both Asian countries, and they should jointly oppose colonialism and deal with the white race.

There is still a certain market in the world for regional theory and ethnography, and Japan also wants to use this to redeem its friendship with China, but the Chinese side has responded extremely coldly, China has not given up its vigilance against Japan, and Japan also wants to take revenge at all times.

Japan is also aware of this, so they have said it in private, and they have never been put on the table, and now Tojo has officially said it in his capacity as prime minister, and at the same time it has a tone with a lesson, which immediately aroused the strong dissatisfaction of the Chinese government, and Tojo is not qualified to make irresponsible remarks about China's policy, and the Japanese government is not qualified to do so.

Chinese Foreign Minister Gu Weijun immediately held a press conference to lodge a strong protest to Hideki Tojo and demand that Tojo apologize for his inappropriate remarks, and at the same time said that the Chinese government firmly stands on the side of the forces for world peace and resolutely opposes aggression.

"The Chinese government has always advocated ethnic equality and racial equality, and the arguments of the so-called yellow people and Asians on the Japanese side are simply that they have ulterior motives and want to confuse the public. In fact, after the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan did the most serious damage to China, causing the horrific Lushun Massacre. Not long ago, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the base of the US Pacific Fleet, causing heavy casualties, which is inhumane, and the Chinese Government has always adhered to the principle of maintaining peace in the Pacific region. ”

At the press conference, Gu Weijun answered a question from an American reporter, and immediately received a warm response from many Western reporters in the audience, who knew that the foreign minister of a country could say such a thing, and it had already made clear that China would stand on the side of the United States.

According to the normal procedure, the next step is "Don't be unpredictable!" "To go further is to declare war. China can join the anti-fascist side. Not only can Japan be caught in a situation where it is attacked on both sides. It was also able to provide the USSR with a strong rear. Even if Germany could capture Moscow, it would not be able to win.

Therefore, these Western reporters were all bursts of joy, "Mr. Foreign Minister, since you said that the Chinese government will stand on the side of international justice. Does that mean that China will officially declare war on Japan? ”

"I'm sorry, your question is beyond my authority to answer, I can only say here that China will definitely not sit idly by and watch the aggressive forces continue to wreak havoc!"

Gu Weijun's statement quickly became the headline of various countries, and experts and scholars from all walks of life jumped out to predict when China would declare war. What kind of changes will it bring to the world?

The United States, Great Britain and even the USSR made statements in support of China's position.

At this time, the Japanese government felt a burst of pressure, and the old Tojo also regretted it because of his big mouth, completely annihilated the Pacific Fleet, and occupied a lot of islands. Tojo thought that with the prestige of his great victory, he could put strong pressure on China. Forcing China not to dare to act.

How do you know that Tojo's words have provoked a backlash from China, and Gu Weijun is known as a hawkish foreign minister in the world. To a large extent, his words represent Qiao Yu and the will of the Chinese government. Tojo had already noticed that the Lushun Massacre was mentioned in Gu Weijun's words, which shows that China has not forgotten its hatred with Japan at all!

At this time, the Japanese government was frantically grabbing the colonies, and they really did not want to see China involved, and Japan needed the most time to digest the results of the war, but China's statement made them feel that war was imminent.

Even more depressed than the Japanese government was Hitler, who could not tell whether Japan was his ally or his enemy, and the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was not notified to Germany, and Japan did it recklessly, dragging China and the United States, the two countries that Hitler was most unwilling to offend, into the war at once.

You must know that before this, Germany adopted a tolerant attitude towards both China and the United States, German submarines were strictly forbidden to attack American merchant ships, China provided weapons to Britain, and even provided a large number of pilots, Germany also endured, Hitler knew that what Germany needed most was time.

However, Japan dragged the two countries into the battlefield at once, and did not give Germany time to digest Europe at all, and this is not the kind of play that is played to death!

Just after Gu Weijun held a press conference, China announced another order, which was to withdraw its nationals.

The number of Chinese expatriates in Japan is not large, and this time the main evacuation is the Chinese expatriates in Pontianak, Borneo, after China supported Japan to seize Borneo, the Chinese-populated Pontianak was classified as a free city, and over the years it has become the largest trading port in the South Seas.

As a pearl of Nanyang, Pontianak gathered more than 100,000 Chinese, most of whom are Nanyang Chinese, and tens of thousands of Chinese merchants in recent years, who are engaged in ore, timber, rubber, grain and other industries, and some of them have become famous and rich.

With the tension between China and Japan, these people continue to withdraw to China, and they are also very aware that a major war between China and Japan is about to happen.

A large number of passenger ships entered Pontianak under the escort of warships, and a large number of Chinese businessmen who had already been prepared, including overseas Chinese, boarded the ships and embarked on the road home. Not far away, Japanese warships are closely watching.

Now the two countries have not finally declared war, and Japan cannot stop it, but they are ready, as long as the Japanese government gives the order, these Japanese navies can launch an attack and wash away the shame of the last Sino-Japanese war.

In fact, they are so gearing up, and even more so on the Chinese side, when Japan still had an advantage in strength, China was not afraid, and almost the entire combined fleet was sent to the bottom of the sea, and now China's strength on the books is already stronger than Japan's, will it still be afraid that Japan will not succeed!

With the unfolding of China's evacuation of overseas Chinese, everyone knew that China's participation in the war had reached the final moment, and at this time Japan was also nervously preparing for battle, and in two months, Japan had passed through North Borneo, the Philippines, Guam, New Guinea and other regions, and its sphere of influence had expanded unprecedentedly.

The entire South Sea region is still in the hands of the British, and it is clear that this is the focus of Japan's next attack, and only by taking the Strait of Malacca can Japan enter the Indian Ocean, and even join forces with Germany in Africa, and this is also an encirclement of China.

Japan has carefully built a chain of maritime islands from Kamchatka in the north to Indonesia in the south, and China is completely blocked in it, and this island chain is where the confidence of the whole Japanese people lies, believing that being able to completely blockade China and take Singapore is tantamount to putting a lock on this blockade chain.

Therefore, Singapore Japan is determined to win! Britain, who had been guarding Singapore, had moved all its naval forces to Europe to defend its homeland, and now there are only about 170 planes left in Singapore, all of which are old biplanes, a large part of which are leased from China. The number of troops is not small, including the entire Malay Peninsula, a total of more than 80,000 people, but more than 60,000 of them are colonial troops, including India, Australia and other places, which are completely miscellaneous among the miscellaneous cards.

The British knew very well that they had no chance of winning, that the United States had seriously weakened its power in the Pacific, that the Philippines had been lost, let alone to help the British, so Churchill could only pin his hopes on China and let China send troops to help defend Singapore.

However, before China could respond, the Japanese attack on Singapore had already begun, Singapore held the Strait of Malacca, the strategic location is extremely important, the British have been operating here for a long time, although the Kra Canal was successfully built, but the Strait of Malacca is also one of the most important international waterways.

Japan sent two large aircraft carriers, the Soryu and the Flying Dragon, to attack Singapore, and the Zuihe and Shozuru were also on standby in the waters of Java and could be reinforced at any time.

According to the battle plan, Japan was prepared to capture Singapore in ten days and the entire Malay Peninsula in a month. Japan also made this plan with its own considerations, that is, Japan believed that if China wanted to enter the war, it would take at least two months of preparation before Japan could seize the opportunity.

Japan's air power fired the first shot at Singapore, with nearly 200 combat planes launching a carpet bombing of the naval and air bases in Xinjiapo, and the entire Lion City was in flames in an instant.

British planes also took off in large numbers to meet the battle, but these old biplanes did not threaten the Japanese at all, and on the first day of the war, the British shot down more than 40 combat planes, and most of the rest were destroyed on the airfield.

After the threat of the air force was lifted, the Japanese landing force began to land rapidly under the protection of the superior forces of the navy and air force, and the British also used shore defense artillery to defend at this time, but these coastal defense guns were old guys before World War I, and their combat effectiveness was limited, and the batteries were blown up by a large number of aircraft.

When the Japanese army finally set foot on the soil of Singapore, the British were completely untenacious as they imagined, and after the coastal defense line was breached, they were routed all the way, and the whole of Singapore was about to fall into Japanese hands.

At this juncture, the Chinese government suddenly announced that in order to prevent a large-scale humanitarian crisis in Singapore, it would send troops to help defend Singapore.

Britain had now reached the end of its rope and was overjoyed when it heard that China had sent troops, and opened all its military bases in the Malay Peninsula, and the first batch of 300 combat aircraft and four marine divisions were dispatched to the Malay Peninsula. (To be continued.) )