Tanaka Yoshiichi thought quietly for a while, looked at Chang Ruiqing's sincere smile on his face, and nodded slowly. The Japanese prime minister is certainly not a fool – a fool can't get to this position. Of course, he knew that it was a very stupid act to compete with the United States, the world's largest industrial power, in shipbuilding! In other words, the action of not hesitating to smash the pot and sell iron to build warships is just a bargaining chip on the negotiating table of the arms control meeting. However, he has no bottom in his heart about the arms control meeting that will begin.

"Your Excellency, it is true that we in Japan will not be able to win the shipbuilding competition, but will we be able to win when we go to the negotiating table? In the world war, the results of the naval battles between Britain and Germany showed that the navy was a branch of the armed forces with only the first and no second! If Japan does not have the strength to defeat the US Navy and the British Navy, then all the investments will be meaningless...... Rather than that, the empire should not waste itself in the navy. ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded lightly and agreed with Tanaka Yoshiichi's words. Although this guy hadn't worked in the Navy for a day, he keenly spotted the biggest difference between the Navy and the Army. The Navy is a completely offensive service! The navy is used to fight for sea supremacy, not to be used as a floating battery in a port. So the Navy has only the first, not the second! If the Japanese Navy could not obtain a quota of capital ship tonnage sufficient to defeat the British and American navies at the Shanghai Conference, then there would be no need for them to develop at all!

In its original history, the Japanese Navy was a military revolution that eliminated battleships, using aircraft and aircraft carriers to temporarily take the lead in the Pacific War. If there is a traditional decisive battle at sea in the style of giant ships and cannons, before the Yamato and Musashi ships are commissioned, the Japanese Navy will not be able to defeat the US Navy on the ocean in any case!

Under such circumstances, Japan naturally did not dare to really launch their southward strategy. However, Chang Ruiqing, who had been instigating Japan to go south, thought of a countermeasure for the Japanese.

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke: "...... According to my estimates, at the Shanghai meeting, it will be possible for the United States and Great Britain to receive the same number of capital ships...... It could be 500,000 tons or 550,000 tons, and Japan should be able to get the status of the third naval power in the world. But Britain and the United States also wanted to maintain naval superiority over Japan. So they won't let the total tonnage of Japan's capital ships reach 70% of the British and American, and it's good to have 60%. China, France, and Italy may receive a 30% of the capital ship tonnage quota of Britain and the United States, that is, 15 to 170,000 tons. However, due to Japan's weak industrial base, we cannot afford to build our own capital ships, so I will entrust Japanese shipyards to build all capital ships...... After the completion of the construction of its own capital ship in Japan. And it can be done slowly. We Chinese are very patient. ”

After listening to Sun Yuexun, who served as the translator, Tanaka Yoshiichi stood up at once and looked at Chang Ruiqing with burning eyes: "It's not a joke!" Chairman of the Standing Committee, are you going to transfer China's capital ship quota to Japan in disguise? ”

Chang Ruiqing looked at Yoshiichi Tanaka quietly. He nodded heavily: "In this way, Japan will have 90% of the capital ship tonnage of Britain and the United States when the war starts!" Moreover, the capital ships of the United States are still scattered across two oceans, and in the Pacific Ocean, the total tonnage of Japan's capital ships is likely to be about twice that of the United States! The Japanese Navy shouldn't have been defeated, should it? ”

A certain spy Xiao Lori was holding back her excitement at this time and was translating Chang Ruiqing's words into Japanese sentence by sentence, and she felt guilty in her heart - this Chairman Chang Da was obviously a friend of the Japanese Empire, and he actually wanted to kill him! It's so undeserved. My conscience is so bad!

And Tanaka Yoshiichi sat down in his seat, unable to believe what he had heard, and his heart was even more ecstatic. Chang Ruiqing slowly continued to speak.

“…… While U.S. industrial superiority allows them to rebuild their naval fleets in a short period of time, good naval officers and soldiers require long training sessions. If your combined fleet can annihilate the main force of the U.S. Navy in a decisive battle with the guò fleet, you will basically be able to seize the entire Pacific Ocean supremacy. Then the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Malaya, and even Australia will be in your pocket! Your Excellency Tanaka, this is a great opportunity for our Asian yellow peoples to defeat their European white peoples! What do you think? ”

Yoshiichi Tanaka pressed his forehead at this time. Can he still be no? Involuntarily, he even imagined the scene of the Japanese Empire dominating the Pacific Ocean, how exciting it was! This is Japan's ultimate goal since the Meiji Restoration and embarked on the road of becoming a rich country and strengthening its army! Even if it's an unrealistic dream, you should do it once, right? He muttered, "This is really a great opportunity." In the future, Japan will dominate the sea, and China will rule the mainland, and this will be the future of the yellow nation......"

At this time, the excited spy Little Lori had forgotten about the translation. Just staring at Chang Ruiqing with adoring eyes there, I probably want to dedicate myself to the other party immediately, right?

However, Chang Ruiqing didn't pay attention to this Lori. Instead, he nodded at Tanaka - although he didn't know what the Japanese devil was talking about, it was always militaristic rhetoric. Well, then, you go and do this militaristic dream! We in China will resolutely support you spiritually! Use your fifteen battleships to fight a war in the Pacific!

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At this time, in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, the most important thing is the succession of the president of the United States. The 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, will end his term on March 3, 1921, and the 29th president, Warren Harding, known as "the most mediocre man in America", will become the new owner of the White House. But unlike all outgoing U.S. presidents in history, Wilson is almost fingers crossed in anticipation of the day when he will step down. Because he, the president of the United States with a brilliant mind, has been bedridden for more than a year!

He suffered his first stroke on September 25, 1919, and again a few days later, on October 2. The left side of his body was completely paralyzed, his left eye was blind, and he was almost completely incapacitated. However, Wilson remained in the presidency and did not resign voluntarily, but reluctantly coped with the complicated government affairs with the assistance of his wife Edith. But a stroke patient is clearly incapable of dealing with the depression and chaos that followed the World War in the United States. The first was that the issue of post-war demobilization was messed up, and four million soldiers were sent back to the United States without any resettlement plan or relief. The bursting of the wartime bubble in farmland prices led many peasants to go bankrupt or fall into debt. In 1919, workers in the steel and meat processing industries in the United States went on a general strike. Race riots have also spread in major cities across the United States. Even more troubling is the fact that there was a series of bombings carried out by radical anarchists in the United States, which was almost a harbinger of the proletarian revolution.

But what annoys and frightens Americans the most is their current bad relations with the British Empire! Americans are now aware that at their expense hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded and untold amounts of money. After helping the British Empire to defeat Germany, they themselves became the next Germany!

In the aftermath of World War I, Britain's world empire was showing signs of decay, while the United States' economic and industrial power was on the rise. If you want to compare the amount of money in your pocket and the amount of domestic industrial production, you will determine the ownership of world hegemony. The United States is already the unyielding hegemon! But the British Empire had no intention of giving way. Just as Germany was suppressed before the World War, containing the United States has become a non-public national policy of Britain, and the core of this is to maintain the superiority of the British Navy over the United States.

History seems to repeat itself as if the Anglo-German naval competition before the World War, and the shipyards of the United States and Britain did not fall into depression because of the end of the World War. Instead, they got more orders from the military - but, as everyone knows, the British simply can't win this game. Now the industrial power and financial power of the United States far surpasses that of the United Kingdom! There were only two results in the shipbuilding competition, either Britain spent the last penny in its pocket and went bankrupt; Either Britain, unwilling to accept defeat, unleashed a new world war to defeat the United States! And the latter is clearly more likely!

But now a third possibility has emerged. Britain and the United States may be able to adjust their respective spheres of influence through a conference aimed at limiting the arms race, and "share" world hegemony for a period of time.

A man walked into President Wilson's hospital room. There was almost no sound of footsteps on the carpeted floor, but it still woke the president, who was recuperating with his eyes closed. Wilson, who had already suffered a stroke, looked up with difficulty and saw his aide on foreign affairs issues, Secretary of State Lansing, striding forward. Wilson hurriedly greeted him: "Robert, what's going on?" ”

Lan Xin nodded slightly at Wilson, seeing his old friend and old boss lying on the hospital bed dying, he could only sigh silently in his heart: the president, who was once so humorous and wise, was completely confused after the stroke. He should resign and let Vice President Thomas Marshall take his place, rather than force himself to be a president for whom he is not qualified.

"Mr. President, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka, who is on a visit to China, made a statement in Nanjing. It was announced that representatives would be sent to attend the Shanghai meeting. Lan Xin said and found an armchair and sat down. Mr. Harding has just called the State Department and hopes that the United States will also express its position to participate in the Shanghai meeting in a timely manner, so as not to fall into international isolation. ”

Wilson let out a long breath and said in distress, "Isn't this right? Didn't he always advocate isolationism? Isn't the international isolation of the United States just what he and the Republican Party want? They even vetoed the resolution to join the League of Nations...... Robert. Isn't our country really ready to lead the world, you say? ”

Lan Xin smiled slightly bitterly, he seemed to agree with Harding's meaning in some way. "Leading the world is not only about interests, but also about responsibilities and obligations...... And Britain will not give up the leadership of the world lightly. That could mean a war between the Old and New Continents, and it would mean countless lives to pay for it......"

Woodrow Wilson sighed again: "Of course there is a price. But it's not as big as some people think...... The Old Continent is already exhausted by the world wars, they are very weak, very, very weak. And the United States does not have to take action personally, we can also follow the example of Britain and let other countries shed blood for us...... There has never been a shortage of countries in this world that are willing to use the blood of their own citizens to stain the way forward! ”

"Mr. President, do you mean China and Japan?"

"And Germany!" Wilson squeezed out a helpless smile. "If it weren't for this damn stroke, my main job in my second term would have been to support Germany! As long as Germany comes again, the world will be American...... The Karp coup d'état in March this year, in which Dr. Karp, the top governor of East Prussia, colluded with the German navy to launch a coup d'état, but unfortunately, a stroke patient is always a little slower to react. ”

"What about China and Japan? There are now those who have figured out that Guò would prop up these two countries to shake the hegemony of the British Empire. ”

"It's better to prop up Germany," Mr. Wilson said, "China is too big, with a population of 450 million, if they are really strong." It will be another America! And Japan ...... Their powerful navy has always been a threat to the United States. Only Germany is the most suitable, and it is close enough to the British mainland. So what I mean is to support Germany! ”

"Understood, I'll relay your meaning to them." Lan Xin paused for a moment and asked again, "What about the Shanghai meeting?" Do you want to announce your participation? ”

"Oh well. Since it is Mr. Harding's opinion. Then go for it. Wilson sighed softly again. One of the most mediocre people in the United States...... Why wasn't Roosevelt referring to Theodore Roosevelt, who died of illness in 1919? Roosevelt died, I had another stroke, and there is really no talent left in the United States...... When will there be a president who can lead the United States to the world? ”

……

When the news of the announcement that the United States would send representatives to the Shanghai conference reached Mao Zd's ears. He was sitting at the residence of the Chinese-G delegation in Moscow. This is an apartment building diagonally opposite the Kremlin, and the Chinese delegation rented the top floor of the apartment. So Mao ZD can now clearly see the view of the morning glow shining on the Kremlin's Red Tower. For a true GCIST, there is nothing more beautiful than that.

The sunlight also shone on the stack of handwritten texts spread out on the writing desk by the window, which was a little experience of Mao Zd studying the new economic policy of Soviet Russia on his way to Russia. He is going to make a study report on the New Economic Policy -- as a basis for carrying out socialist transformation in China in the future. In his view, capitalism has no future after all, no matter how it is reformed. The only way out is perdition! Therefore, in the near future, China will still have to make the transition to socialism. And the new economic policy of Soviet Russia should also apply to the transition of China's capitalist economy to socialism.

The first step in the transition should be to establish the party's leadership in politics. This is a prerequisite for any capitalist or feudal country to move towards socialism and GCISM! There must be a genuine Marxist party exercising overall leadership over the country...... The practice of Soviet Russia has shown that in the socialist countries under the leadership of the GCD, the capitalist economic model can still survive for a while - but only under the strict supervision of the GCD! Moreover, the GCD-led state must also control all the big industries, banks, and monopolize foreign trade. Only private and foreign capital can be allowed to operate small and medium-sized enterprises and domestic trade, as well as agriculture.

In this case, the capitalist mode of production is actually dependent on the socialist system. And a part of the "new rich class" who got rich first is actually under the leadership of the party and the state, and is also a supporter of GCD and socialism. As long as the party gives an order, they will happily take out the wealth they have accumulated...... According to the propaganda of the Russian GCD. This is called "the first rich to help the later rich". When Mao ZD wrote about "the first rich help the latter get rich", he raised a very interesting question.

“…… In GCD-led Russia, who will be the group of people who will get rich later? Because of the advanced, revolutionary and pure nature of the GCD, it is the servants of the people who are GCD members who will eventually become rich in Russia. Their work is so selfless, and they hardly pay off. Lenin and Trotsky's wages were no more than those of ordinary workers' masters. The broader rank-and-file GCD cadres are even more of the poorest people in Russia! Such a regime is truly unprecedented in the history of mankind. Compared with them, the bourgeois officials of our country who are well-paid and ride on the heads of the people are really too unspeakable. Even the bourgeoisie is a little unaccustomed to them...... Where is it like in Russia, GCD cadres are the poorest people. At the same time, he is also the most beloved person, and in the conceivable future, the Russians who got rich first should be more than happy to contribute a considerable part of their wealth and share it with their beloved GCD cadres, right? ”

When he finished writing this paragraph, Yang Kaihui pushed the door and walked in, and brought him a telegram that the Chinese and G international delegations to the GC had just received about the United States' agreement to participate in the Shanghai meeting.

"Xiaoxia," Mao Zd glanced at the telegram, calling Yang Kaihui's nickname. "Go and inform Comrade Zhong Zhijie and ask him to arrange for me to meet with the chairman of the GC International Executive Committee."

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