Chapter 453: An Agreement Reached
In front of Gu Weijun, Wilson was staring at him tightly, and he didn't dare to miss even the slightest change in his expression...
In front of Wilson, Gu Weijun had a very relaxed attitude.
"So, Mr. Wilson, what do you think of the present proposal?"
Although the situation was already very urgent, and Yan Guang even put forward a request that even if the conditions were lowered, they should be achieved as soon as possible, but Gu Weijun still deliberately made such a gesture. It's very simple, the side that has to ask for someone will always fall behind, if you are really in a hurry, I'm afraid the other side will not be so easy to reach an agreement with yourself...
And that's exactly what happened...
Wilson, on the other side, although he looked at Gu Weijun with some suspicion, always felt that there was some ulterior secret hidden behind his relaxed posture, but finally nodded.
"Isn't that what I'm here for..."
In fact, China's contacts with the Allies and Soviet Russia began a long time ago.
This can even be traced back to the outbreak of World War II, when the Germans swept across Europe and destroyed France in just one month.
This contact reached a peak when Nazi Germany, led by Hitler, began to carry out the "Barbarossa Operation" and Japan on the other side also carried out the "Pearl Harbor Operation".
Seriously, the support of the Allies and Soviet Russia for China was indeed quite urgent, but because Yan Guang's demand was too high, this agreement was never reached.
For example, Yan Guang once demanded that Western forces completely withdraw from Asia, and demanded that the United States cede Hawaii and most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean to China, etc.
Although the Allies were completely inferior in this war, such conditions were still unacceptable to the Allies. Because accepting such conditions is not much different from the defeat of the Allies ...
In fact, if the Allies had made peace with Germany now, I am afraid that the outcome would have been much better than the current one. For Yan Guang, although this is not his bottom line, he is also happy to take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob.
At this time, however, the Thai's betrayal disrupted his plans...
Especially if the Allies and Soviet Russia learned about it. It is impossible to sign a similar treaty with China, after allββββββ China's participation in the war has become an established fact even if it is not to deal with Japan, which has already begun to grow, Yan Guang must also teach Thailand a lesson, after all, China has begun to support new countries in the former French Indochina, which is now Vietnam and Laos. If these countries follow the same example, then Yan Guang's hard work will be in vain.
So Yan Guang must teach Thailand a lesson, which can be regarded as an example to the chickens...
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Due to the betrayal of the Thais, Yan Guang's plan had a great degree of problems, so in the end, in order not to make chickens and eggs, Yan Guang could only lower the conditions as much as possible in order to reach an agreement as soon as possible.
And this coincides with the side of the Allies. The original conditions were too harsh for them to agree to no matter what, but if they lowered it to the extent that their hearts could bear it...
You must know that the situation of the Allies and Russia is not good at the moment, and Russia does not need to talk about it. If it weren't for the fact that China had been transfusing blood for Russia, I am afraid Moscow would have fallen long agoββββββ of course the reverse would have been, and without China's blood transfusion, Germany would have been defeated as it has been in history.
As for the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries on the other side?
Britain was struggling with the German bombardment, and India had already been invaded by the Japanese into Bengal and was about to invade the hinterland. Colonies such as Australia in Oceania have also been occupied by Japan. ..., on the other side of the United States because of Pearl Harbor. The main force of the Pacific Fleet was almost completely annihilated, and the rest had to retreat to the mainland to guard against a possible Japanese attack. For this, even Hawaii is not wanted.
Although the Americans are now using their huge industrial capacity to restore their original strong strength as soon as possible, after all, the navy is different from other branches of the armed forces, and it is impossible to restore this strength without a year or two.
And in a year or two...
In a year or two, maybe the Japanese will have established themselves in Australia, and by that time. Even if the United States can really defeat the Japanese, the price to pay will never be affordable for the Americans...
So. When Yan Guang proposed to lower the conditions, in fact, the Allies and Russia had already accepted it in their hearts...
As for the specific conditions, in fact, the specific conditions are very simple.
Originally, Yan Guang was a lion's mouth, wanting to take down all the islands in the Pacific Ocean that originally belonged to the United States. In this way, China will have the upper hand in a conflict with the United States, regardless of the future.
But now that it's not possible...
Well, leaving aside the small islands for the time being, Hawaii, which has now fallen into the hands of the Japanese...
"The President of our country proposes that Hawaii, which is now in the hands of the Japanese, can be jointly managed by our country and your country in the early stages after the war..."
To put it simply, the two countries divide Hawaii equally, so that Hawaii will not become a tool for either of the two countries to use against the other.
The famous quote seems to be that China suffers, after all, Hawaii is now Japanese, and in this case, it is natural that whoever grabs it will be whom, but in fact, it is the Americans who suffer.
After all, in any case, after the Second World War in history, some countries that lost their territory eventually reclaimed their territoriesββββββ in fact, the current international system was completely established after the war, that is, after the end of the Second World War.
You know, before the Second World War, although many people responded to the "national self-determination" thing, it was actually just a chew. It is undoubtedly imperialism that really dominates the mainstream, as in 1936. That is, before the First World War, Italy also colonized Ethiopia, the last pure land in Africa (that is, the land that was not colonized)...
Britain and France on the other side also did a lot of outrageous things, as for the United States???
Mexico's government has changed so much, but it's all about the United States.
Mexico is rich in oil. As many people know, the United States, Mexico and Russia were the world's three largest oil producers before large-scale oil discoveries were made in the Middle East.
In Mexico, oil companies from the United States and the United Kingdom are dominating oil extraction. These oil companies. The huge profits in Mexico have been so impressive that successive Mexican governments have nationalized the oil profits.
It's a pity that none of the Mexican governments in so many circles have been able to achieve this wish, although every Mexican president who has taken office has proposed to nationalize the oil, but in the end these presidents have been overthrown...
It was not until the outbreak of World War II that Germany drew Mexico together. In order to prevent Mexico from becoming an ally of Germany, the newest member of the Axis, the United States allowed Mexico to nationalize its oil...
Therefore, before World War II, the international order at that time was undoubtedly imperialism and colonialism, and the international order established after the end of World War II had some of its current shadows, and of course, it took many years to develop to the present. And compared to before World War II, it can only be regarded as 50 steps and 100 steps, but in any case, it is still much more peaceful than in the past. ..., the mutual checks and balances of the five hooligans also made the situation before World War II where the powerful countries arbitrarily bullied the weak countries much less...
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Although the law of the jungle is the strongest, if Hawaii is recaptured after the war, it is most likely that Hawaii will eventually be returned to the United States. After all, Hawaii was originally the territory of the United States, and the most important thing is that the United States is not a weak country. Even if the losses in the war are large, as long as the United States is not invaded on its own soil, it is no problem.
So, I can come to Hawaii for half of it. For China, it is already a victory.
As long as half of Hawaii can come, China will be able to share the Pacific Ocean with the United States.
In addition to the Hawaii issue, there is also the question of Japan's status after the end of World War II.
According to the proposal of the Americans, Japan should be jointly administered like Hawaii, starting with Tokyo, with the two countries on one side. In addition, Japan is only allowed to have police Yunyunββββββ I have to say, after experiencing the tragic Pearl Harbor. Americans hate these Japanese more than they did historically.
Although the Americans' proposal is not bad, it does not meet Yan Guang's requirements at all, so...
"No, it's okay for the two countries to jointly manage Hawaii, but Japan must be managed and monitored by our country alone!"
Although Wilson's attitude was very good, Gu Weijun was still aggressive.
There is no way, if you want to build a power that can compete with the West, Japan must get it.
Although Yan Guang also hated the Japanese, after all, Japan had committed many crimes, and he still refused to admit it in later generations. However, Yan Guang has to admit that among the countries around China that may become China's close allies or doglegs, Japan is the only one that is really likely to help China...
And compared with Japan, whether it is North Korea or Thailand, it is obviously a little worse...
Therefore, Yan Guang's position on Japan is the same as that of Britain to the United States, of course, Yan Guang will never allow Japan to master nuclear weapons...
In fact, there is no way to do it, after all, the NATO established by the United States after the war can be said to include the most powerful countries in Europeββββββ except for those in Eastern Europe, which have been adopted by Russia as a younger brother...
England, France, Germany, Italy...
Although France is a little rebellious and Italy has some pig teammates, but Britain and Germany are undoubtedly strong countries, compared with China, if China does not have a few reliable little brothers to help it, even if its own strength is strong, even if it gains more benefits in World War II, it is difficult to compete with the Western forces led by the United States after the war is over...
And there is also an advantage to collecting more younger brothers, not to mention anything else in the future generations, the economic crisis or something is a troublesome thing, and if you can have more younger brothers, you can at least cut wool from your younger brothers.
If the little brother is disobedient, it's easier...
One "Plaza Agreement" is enough ...
In Yan Guang's conception, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand are the best little brothers, but now Thailand has betrayed itself. Then you have to take Thailand out to make an example of the monkeys, otherwise it will be very troublesome to learn the same, but even so, Yan Guang is still very optimistic about Thailand...
There is no way, after all, there are too few decent countries around China, and apart from these few countries. The rest are either lazy people like the Philippines and Indonesia, or guys like India who have more than enough success and more than failure...
By the way, although Italy was an out-and-out pig teammate in this era, it has to be mentioned that in later generations, Italy's military combat effectiveness is likely to have surpassed Germany. In fact, in some of the military exercises of later generations, it was Italy that won the contest between Germany and Italy. ..., but it's no wonder. After all, Germany has already been castrated.
What to say about Germany now...
If you were to rank among the powers of obesity, Germany would definitely be more obese than any other country. And now the life of the German team is very nourishing, and they commute to and from work on time every day ...
Now Germany has become an army of civil servants who are even more civil servants than Japan...
And this, presumably, is also what the United States craves ...
After all, now, the Russian threat is no longer there. The United States also does not need Europe in the presence of a strong Germany anymore ...
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"So..."
Hearing Gu Weijun's words, Wilson nodded understandingly.
In fact, this matter has long been expected by the Americans, after all, the Americans know very well about the Chinese's desire for exclusive desire for Asia, at least the Far East, and therefore so. Americans understand very well what China thinks about Japan.
In fact, Roosevelt had already spoken to Wilson before he came.
As long as China's support can be won, especially in terms of sending troops, then it is not impossible to make concessions in some places. As for Japan? It would be best if it could be won naturally, and it would not matter if it could not be thrown away, after all, the United States is not very confident in maintaining its power by China's side...
In fact, the United States will be like the future generations. In fact, it is more or less British hook and belt ...
As for Wilson, since Roosevelt had already said it beforehand, he was not insisting on anything. After all, the situation is urgent, and almost every second on the battlefield someone can lose their own livesββββββ although after the complete retreat of the United States to its homeland, almost all the British and Russians lost their lives...
"Since you understand, it's for the best..."
Hearing Wilson's words, Gu Weijun nodded with satisfaction.
"In that case, we can continue to talk..."
So to speak. Gu Weijun once again put forward the following requirements.
For example, the complete withdrawal of Western powers from the Far East, etc...
For example, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the original French Indochina. Now Vietnam and Laos, as well as India and so on...
The Americans have no opinion on exiting those places ahead.
Although the Philippines was once a colony of the United States, but now it is occupied by Japan, the Americans know very well that the moment the Japanese occupy the Philippines, they will not return to this land...
After all, the Philippines is too far away from the United States, and if you want to recapture the Philippines, you must first kill Japan, and if you kill Japan, I am afraid that you will not know that it is the Year of the Monkey.
Of course, none of this is important, the most important thing is that China is too close to the Philippines, so maybe when the United States is fighting with the Japanese in the Pacific, the Chinese have already taken the Philippines first, and recaptured the Philippines from the hands of the Chinese?
At least the Americans have little confidence ...
In addition, Guam is the same, and unlike later generations, the current United States does not pay much attention to Guam...
As for the rest of the world?
For example, Indonesia, French Indochina or something, either the Dutch or the French, in fact, the Americans do not care very much about the interests of these countries, after all, these countries did not contribute much in the war, and it is estimated that they will not make any contributions.
In addition, in principle, the United States still supports national self-determination, so as long as these territories do not become Chinese territory at that time, but are true, then the United States has no reason to oppose it.
(By the way, some people have always said that China's contribution in World War II is small, in fact, I think China's contribution is smaller than France's, although the losses are really heavy, so we surrendered in less than a month, didn't we?) Although we have a lot of adults, but look at the industrial strength that is inferior to Beiyang, and look at the industrial level of the French, it's really good, so since the French are qualified to be victorious countries, why don't we... οΌ
As for India? The United States has long had the idea of letting India, after all, the current Britain is supported by the colony of India, without India, the colonial system that the British are proud of is estimated to be not far from collapse, and this is exactly what the Americans want to see...
So...
Although they knew that it was absolutely impossible for the British to agree to India, in the end the United States and China signed a secret treaty, in which China, like the United States, supported India, and of course, also supported those countries that were colonized by the British...
In fact, the United States is not without benefits in this war, at least in the case that Britain has almost the cup, and now as a neighbor of the United States, Canada has begun to have a somewhat substantial attitude towards the United States...
Although Yan Guang's request was urgent, the normal negotiations still lasted for a long time, but fortunately, due to the interference of the military situation, the two bureaus of military defense, and the fact that it was not easy for the Japanese to contact the Americans, so the Americans still did not know about that matter...
It was in this context that the representatives of the two countries finalized a large number of details.
And when all the details are finalized and the representatives of the two countries sign the agreement...
The Nationalist government has decided to officially enter the war...