In 1936, Hirohito made a long-planned and elaborate political reform, changing the medal on the Order of the Shomoto Empire from the original "Emperor of the Tsurumon Empire" to "Emperor of the Great Tsurumoto Empire".

How so?

…… After the State Intelligence Administration and the Central Military Intelligence Department intensively shifted the focus of intelligence work to the local area, all kinds of intelligence collected from the Central Military Department proved more and more that the company was going to attack Sanduao and drew up an operational plan.

No matter what kind of tactical planning it is, the Chinese army has a problem that is difficult to solve, that is, if its fighters and carrier-based torpedo bombers want to enter the Sanduao operation, its aircraft carrier group must be no more than 300 kilometers away from the mainland of the empire, and above this distance, the imperial air force and navy have extremely strong counterattack strength.

This means that if it is not successful, it will become benevolent, and as long as it comes, it will not be able to run away at all.

If the aircraft carrier group wants to escape the counterattack after the attack, it will have at least a five-hour flight, and if it is necessary to wait for the carrier-based aircraft group to return, this time will be as long as seven hours.

Undoubtedly, this is also the best time to defeat the main force of the Yamaben Navy.

Of course, the Central Military Department wanted to induce him to adopt such an extremely risky strategy, but in order to be fooled, it was necessary to give enough bait, and even though it knew that it was planning this matter and preparing for an all-out declaration of war against China, the military headquarters still maintained a normal situation, and the military headquarters did not send new troops on the battlefield between North and South Korea.

As if everything was normal.

Gu Weijun's central cabinet continued to work hard to drag out the war, trying to force him and South Korea to recognize the legal surname of the North Korean political axe through diplomatic means as much as possible, or even if they did not recognize it, then not to take extreme measures such as war.

War has obviously come, it is impossible to avoid it, they will not accept a situation without a Korean colony, they would rather fight for this, today they say that they will lose Korea, tomorrow they will lose Ryukyu, what will be left in the end?

Since the Chinese Empire has been adopting this kind of gradual suppression and cutting tactics against Yue Ben, it is better for Yu Ben to suddenly burst out with all his strength, and smash the Chinese Empire's navy in World War I, so that Yu Ben can truly become a great power in the world and dominate the whole of East Asia.

Said Ben came silently like this.

The cabinet is also working hard to resolve the Korean issue through peace talks and stop the adventurous opportunism of the military department, but in this regard, although Konoe Fumiji personally met with Gu Weijun in Pyongyang to negotiate, the two have not been able to reach a condition that can basically satisfy him.

After March 1939, war between China and China became inevitable.

During the same period, under the persuasion of Gu Weijun, Poland agreed to accept the German Treaty of Alliance, which basically declared that Poland had lost its diplomatic and military autonomy, but at least the Republic of Poland was retained.

In order to force Poland to sign this so-called alliance treaty, Germany had forcibly annexed all of Czechoslovakia, and before that, Gu Weijun had reached a verbal agreement with Hitler, who promised not to annex the non-German-speaking part of the Czech Republic.

Promises were always a lie to Hitler.

Gu Weijun was of course very angry, but he had no choice but to sit back and watch Germany use the alliance treaty to force Poland to be included in the territory of Nazi Germany, because Germany used the alliance treaty, and Britain and France could not stop the German-Polish alliance, and at the same time hoped to pour the Nazi disaster on the Soviet Union.

It was precisely with the connivance of the appeasement and appeasement policies of China, Britain, and France that Nazi Germany had the conditions to launch an attack on the Soviet Union.

Although Nazi Germany's sudden attack on France will catch France off guard, in terms of the military and international political environment, this is the worst option, it depends on how Hitler himself weighs, he can expand according to normal logic, first rely on the support of China, Britain and the United States to defeat the Soviet Union, occupy the Soviet Union, and then use the resources and heavy industry base of the Soviet Union to attack France in turn, how will it match the strategic planning, even if Britain and the United States want to stop, the price will be unprecedentedly amazing.

Before Nazi Germany decided on the final direction, on March 4, 1939, the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, Hermann. Admiral Goering visited China as Hitler's visiting envoy as a visiting envoy to the Führer. Commander-in-Chief Goering attached great importance to it, and Gu Weijun sent Foreign Minister Guo Taiqi to the airport to greet him in person.

In the Central Political Axe Building, Herman. Commander-in-Chief Goering held talks with Prime Minister Gu Weijun, and the next afternoon, he was given the opportunity to officially go to the Purple Light Hall of the Central Palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor Hua.

In the palace complex of the Central Palace, the status of the Purple Light Hall is second only to the Huangji Hall and the Taihe Palace, and these three halls are listed as the first three halls, while the Purple Light Hall is dedicated to receiving dignitaries at the level of foreign heads of state. Goering's audience in the Purple Light Hall was in itself a special courtesy for him.

On this afternoon, Song Biao also arrived at the Longli Pavilion of the Purple Light Hall twenty minutes ahead of schedule to make preparations.

Longli Pavilion is a place to receive foreign heads of state, so unlike the Imperial Palace, Taihe Hall emphasizes the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, the emperor's dragon chair is not more luxurious than the seat of foreign heads of state in terms of level, and the overall decoration is naturally exquisite and luxurious, highlighting the wealth and strength of the empire.

In Hermann. When Admiral Goering walked into the Longli Pavilion, Song Biao also stood in front of the dragon chair to greet him, and when he led the German delegation to bow down and salute, Song Biao stretched out his hand to shake hands with him, and after shaking hands with the other visitors, he also invited them to sit down.

This time accompanied Herman. Göring's visit to the Nazi diplomatic line-up was extraordinarily luxurious, and not only the newly appointed German Foreign Office's Deputy Minister Joachim. Feng. Ribbentrop, Commander of the German Submarine Fleet, Karl Brown. Dönitz, as well as Alfred Brown, the ideological leader of the Nazi Party. Rosenberg, Fritz, Chief Deputy Chief of Staff of the German War Office. Feng. Major General Manstein.

Such a luxurious lineup to visit the Chinese Empire, of course, was not for the sake of the so-called friendship, Nazi Germany had already begun preparations for an attack on the Soviet Union, and Alfred . Rosenberg's theory of the "Eastern Colonies" was precisely the dominant idea of Germany's attack on the Soviet Union.

According to Rosenberg's concept, Germany would occupy Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, establish a large rear colony, and at the same time fight against Britain and France at the front, until it conquered all of Europe and became the new world hegemon on the basis of the European lord.

Joachim. Feng. Ribbentrop was a special Nazi diplomat, and the German-Italian Axis Iron Alliance was the world's greatest achievement, and of course it also dragged Germany into hell completely.

Even now, Ribbentrop supported the German-Italian alliance and prepared for war with Britain and France. Goering, Alfred. Rosenberg and others supported the eastward expansion route. Ribbentrop insisted on going to war with Britain and France first, defeating them before attacking the Soviet Union.

Why this person participated in the interview, Song Biao is still not very clear.

Herman. Commander-in-Chief Goering's admiration for the Emperor Hua was as high as ever, and as soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to praise: "Your Majesty, Great Emperor Hua, this is my first visit to your territory, stepping into this great ancient empire of the East, my soul has been sublimated, in my eyes, this is completely your greatness, the empire is definitely worthy of the title of the most powerful empire in the history of mankind." ”

Song Biao accepted such praise with a smile, and Herman. Goering thanked: "I am very happy that you can personally visit our country to see what the real Eastern Empire looks like, and I welcome it very much. I once said that if you have time to visit our country, I will definitely personally accompany you to visit some places that truly represent our empire, our Chinese nation is a nation that attaches great importance to commitment, in the Qin Empire more than 2,000 years ago, we have an allusion to a promise of a thousand gold, saying that a promise is more important than a thousand taels of gold. For a country like ours, the emperor's promise is even more true, and there is absolutely no going back. Therefore, after knowing that you are going to visit China, I asked the inner court to arrange six good places to visit and areas, and at that time, I will personally accompany you to walk around, take a look, and hope that you can make this trip worthwhile. ”

Such treatment should have never been seen before in the history of the Empire, Herman. Goering was also extremely surprised when he heard this, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, Great Emperor Hua, this is really the honor of my life! ”

Song Biao said: "China is a country of gratitude, this is a national heritage and morality, without the support of Germany in the decade before the First World War, the empire could not have risen to become the largest power in Asia, although it is a pity that because of some differences that eventually led China and Germany to go in different directions during the First World War, but this does not change our welcome and gratitude to Germany." War is cruel, there is no right or wrong, there is no friend or foe, but if there is no war, China and Germany will still be very important countries of cooperation and friends. ”

Herman. "The Chinese are truly a great nation, and the Chinese Empire is one of the greatest and most glorious empires in the world, and we Germans are sincerely proud to have such a country of friends," Goering praised. ”

Song Biao bowed his head and cut straight to the point: "I am a person who does not like to talk nonsense, and the Prime Minister has already conveyed to me some of your thoughts and goals for this visit, and we fully agree with your request to visit the Imperial Wehrmacht and to carry out more cooperation. As for some issues of discussion, exchange, and coordination between the two countries in foreign policy, I think Premier Gu has made it clear to you that Italy is not an important enemy for us, we just don't want any country to invade East Africa, and in the entire Indian Ocean region, China is hoping to create an environment of freedom of reading. On the basis of some explanations of Premier Gu, I would like to say a few more words on this, first of all, we are not opposed to the alliance between Germany and Italy, and we have no reason or power to interfere in this matter, but I would like to remind our German friends that in the East African war, we have fully proved that Italy is a country that has not achieved enough and has more than enough to lose, and militarily, they are useless, but they want to re-establish a new Roman Empire. To be precise, most Italians don't think this way at all, but the Italian fascists and their leaders think so. If Germany and Italy form an alliance, Italy will expand into East Africa and the Balkans, and this is absolutely not allowed, and if Germany cannot effectively limit this, before Italy expands its military into the Asian League, we will send troops to attack Italy, and it will be an attack that leaves absolutely no room for error. The so-called new Roman Empire of Italy will directly threaten the Middle East and West Asian countries of the Asian League, and this is the center of gravity of the empire's interests, and the empire will absolutely not sit idly by and watch Italy's expansion. ”

Speaking of this, Song Biao paused slightly, and Herman. Göring added: "I hope you will forgive me for being blunt, and maybe we should start with something very friendly, but it is clear that there is always not much to negotiate on a friendly topic, and there is always no limit to cooperation as long as both parties are willing to cooperate." So, the only thing we have to disagree about is the treatment of Italy, to put it simply, I like Germany, but I hate Italy, Germany and our country have a wide range of strategic cooperation, and Italy and our country only have competition. If Germany needs allies, my suggestion is that Germany should look for allies willing to work together in weak, bullied countries, rather than Italy, which seems to be strong, but in fact weak and incompetent, and has too many ambitions, which will always cause endless trouble. ”

Herman. Goering nodded in agreement, and said, "My opinion on this matter is strikingly similar to yours. Recently, we have also noticed that there seems to be a move to challenge your country's authority in Asia, and it cannot be ruled out that this will start a stupid war, and I would like to know your opinion on this, Your Majesty. ”

Song Biao thought for a moment and replied: "For our neighbors, peaceful coexistence is always the best thing, and we will try our best to coordinate and negotiate with Yu Ben to try to have a result that is not too bad." As for war, I suspect that Ben has the courage, but it is difficult to say whether they have the strength or not. In short, we should talk more to our opponents, and negotiations often solve the most complex problems, but it just requires more patience. ”

Herman. Still, Goering praised: "You are absolutely right. ”

In the same Herman. During Goering's conversation, Song Biao consciously looked at Joachim. Ribbentrop glanced at it and felt that his face was ugly.

There has never been a shortage of ambitious, seemingly shrewd, but in fact stupid pig-like people in this world, Joachim. Ribbentrop was such a man, and it was the most foolish idea of him to actively promote the German-Italian steel alliance.

Joachim. Ribbentrop was a man with a very high self-esteem, he had always had a deep hatred for the British, and he always kept suggesting that Hitler attack Britain and France first, and it was strange that Hitler had always had a very special affinity for this man.

For China, Britain and the United States, of course, everyone still encouraged Nazi Germany to invade the Soviet Union as much as possible, and if Nazi Germany must want to expand, it is always the best thing to let the two madmen of the Soviet Union and Germany fight to the death.

As far as China is concerned, China's thinking is not necessarily the same as that of Britain and the United States, because China and Germany are too far away, and they hope that Germany will drag Britain, France, and the United States into the sea together, and completely destroy the entire European industry.

Although such an outcome will not do China any good, China's position as the world's number one hegemon will no longer be shaken.

Therefore, China should not only encourage Germany to fight the Soviet Union, but also provide Germany with more reliable and advanced new technologies, new equipment, and new tactical ideas to help Germany wreak havoc on the whole of Europe.

Of course, Germany knew that the Reich was also working on missiles and jet aircraft, and as for the results, Germany did not know, but it was very eager to personally send the most senior envoy to visit, and proposed two-way exchanges and joint research and development, so as to make progress together and fight the Soviet Union together.

The empire not only did not object, but welcomed such exchanges.

After all, China and Germany are too far away, and the possibility of direct war is too low, if they can provide Germany with some technology, exchange with each other, gain from each other, and support Germany to toss Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and France into cripples, why not do it for China?

Although there is no problem between China and Germany, wouldn't it be more beneficial for Germany if it could use the book to delay China and not extend its hand to interfere in the European and Soviet issues?

Therefore, the world is very dark and dark, and everything is done in pursuit of the maximization of national interests.

The interests of both sides determined the special surname of Sino-German relations, and the two sides had a very pleasant conversation, and Song Biao avoided mentioning the proposal put forward by the German special envoy that he hoped that China would fight against the Semites together, and the German side only made a proposal in accordance with the Führer's request, and did not continue to discuss this issue.

As the Nazis intensified their destruction of the Jews, China also maintained a policy of taking Jews from countries such as Germany and Austria, and for those Jews with a skill, the empire developed a very careful and comprehensive list of talents, and the pace of recruiting talent from all over Europe was accelerating.

In addition to talents, what is more important is assets.

The China International Commercial Bank was one of the very few banks in Germany that even the Nazis did not want to offend, and as long as the property was kept here and remitted to China, whether it was silver, gold, or jewelry, the bank could send it away intact.

In the days that followed, Song Biao did fulfill his promise to accompany the German special delegation to visit Yanjing, Tianjin, and Luanzhou, introducing to them China's traditions, history, and folk culture, as well as China's modern industry, education, and so on, so as to help the German delegation gain a deeper understanding of how strong China's national strength really is.

At the same time, the German envoy was also secretly negotiating with China, and Germany had now basically decided to go to war with the Soviet Union, and to that end it had put forward a proposal that China and Germany establish a solid military alliance and declare war on the Soviet Union together, and after the defeat of the Soviet Union, the two sides would be bounded by the Ural Mountains, with China in the east and Germany in the west.

China rejected this proposal because, according to the principle of the Asian League, all member states of the Asian League, including China, are not allowed to conclude military alliances with other countries in order to guarantee the reading of the surname of Asia, and it is on this principle that China and France have ended their original long-term alliance.

Soon after, the German envoy headed by Goering reiterated another proposal, namely, that Germany declare war on the Soviet Union, that China provide Germany with financial and material assistance, and that after the German victory, Germany guarantee the Kazakh region and transfer the trusteeship to China.

On this basis, Germany demanded the signing of the Sino-German Treaty of Strategic Mutual Assistance, similar to that of France, with China to guarantee that China would never declare war on Germany, while Germany promised not to sign an alliance agreement with Italy and would not support or condone Italy's aggression against Africa.

Gu Weijun in the same session with Herman. After many consultations, Goering finally agreed to sign the Sino-German Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, rather than the "Treaty of Strategic Mutual Assistance" like France, but the Sino-German Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation also guaranteed that China would provide Germany with the material and financial assistance it needed, provided that Germany did not infringe on the interests of China and its allies.

After the two sides agreed on this matter, they held comprehensive discussions on this matter, decided on the specific terms, and decided to sign the treaty around May.

During this period, Germany was planning to attack the Soviet Union and find resource colonies to conquer the whole of Europe, while the Soviet Union and China were planning to attack China in order to keep their colonies.

In the final analysis, the Soviet Union did not want to go to war with Germany, and China was fully prepared to destroy the main naval force of the country.

Just as the German envoy left China, the titular head of state of the Soviet Union, Mikhail . Kalinin also personally led a delegation to visit China, hoping to hold talks with China on the issue of renewing the "Sino-Soviet Peace Treaty." In the past few years, along with the rise of its industrial strength, the Soviet Union continued to express its stance of maintaining friendship with China on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also actively infiltrated Central Asia.

In the eyes of the Soviet Union, the Asian League was founded against the Soviet Union, and it has always wanted to split the Asian League, and it is willing to promise all kinds of conditions from economic to military assistance, in a vain attempt to separate Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and other countries from the Asian League, and it has also actively sent Soviets to infiltrate the Kyrgyz region and support the Kyrgyz local faction to study from China.

All countries play yin.

It was only when Nazi Germany, with the support of China, began to make clear preparations for a military attack on the Soviet Union, that the Soviet Union was now in a hurry to come to China to negotiate a peace treaty and to renew the conditions for abiding by the various commitments made during the armistice.

Whether it is the Soviet Union or Tsarist Russia, in fact, they are all typical countries that do not keep their promises, and what they say is as worthless as a fart that has been released.

Interestingly, the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and the fascists all have the same characteristics.

Because the Reich had just reached an agreement with Germany on this, the Reich directly rejected the negotiations with the Soviet Union to continue the renewal of the treaty, and although the policy of two sides and three swords was conducive to the national interests of the Reich and the Reich to gather heavy troops to destroy the Reich, the Reich's strength was sufficient to ensure that the country fought on both sides.

Even if it did not fight, the Reich's heavy accumulation of troops in the western theater would be enough to separate the Soviet army, make it difficult for the Soviet Union to concentrate its forces to resist the German attack, induce German opportunism to run rampant, and induce Germany to make an all-out decision to attack the Soviet Union more easily.

It's still very early.

It is absolutely impossible for Germany to make all preparations for attacking the Soviet Union within this year, and even if the Reich wants to sign a peace treaty with the Soviet Union, it will choose the best time to blackmail the Soviet Union and make the Soviet Union fiercely reflect on the rampant situation of the past few years.

The Soviet Union, believing that the strength of heavy industry was growing rapidly, got carried away and thought that it could take revenge on China.

They really don't understand the truth that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind.

In short, in the first half of 1939, the situation in the world had become extremely clear, and the possibility that Germany would attack the Soviet Union was increasing, but that Germany could also attack France, or that Germany's revenge on France would come sooner or later.

Yenching became the center of the world political stage, and special envoys from Germany, the Soviet Union, France, and Britain all arrived in Yenching one after another.

Britain even sent former Prime Minister Stanley. With the increasing trend of reading power and one-nation doctrine in the world, there are some important politicians in the British Conservative Party and the Labour Party who realize that decolonization is a problem that Britain must face, especially in Asia. Utterly lost leadership in the free world.

Of course, there was definitely no more conservative and tenacious Churchill among these people.

The mainstream opinion of the Conservative Party at this time is to hope for Indian autonomy, but this opinion is not unified in the party, the most famous leader among the opponents is Churchill, who was also expelled from the political center of the Conservative Party at one time, but it doesn't matter, Churchill was originally a person who changed parties many times, he didn't care whether to leave the Conservative Party at all, the problem is that Churchill could not join the Labour Party, he would rather be excluded from the Conservative Party.

Stanley. The Earl Baldwin also had the privilege of meeting His Majesty the Emperor and having several hours of discussion with His Majesty on the situation in Asia and the world at the Longli Court, and it is said that His Majesty did not very much agree with the Conservative idea of Indian autonomy, because the Emperor believed that an India, separated from the British Empire, was likely to be taken to one extreme and become a destabilizing factor in Asia.

At the same time, the Emperor also made some suggestions for Indian autonomy, arguing that Britain should divide India into four countries and separate them, rather than forcibly continue to be entangled in one country, which would only lead to more serious problems, and he did not want the Indian peninsula to fall into war, otherwise it would be a disaster for Asia.

The two sides held some discussions on the issue of Myanmar's autonomy.

Although autonomy was discussed, Britain did not give any consideration to countries such as Myanmar and India, so Britain still demanded that China and the Asian League not support rebel forces in Burma, India and other regions.

Right here in Stanley. When the Earl Baldwin delegation visited China, it was said that all preparations were made for a surprise attack on Santoao, and the final battle order was sent to the Imperial Palace to await the final approval of Emperor Showa, but it was held because Emperor Showa refused to sign it.

(To be continued)