Chapter 639: The Whole Country Shatters
Roosevelt had already put forward his idea of the future United Nations before the formal talks, and it was a tool that Roosevelt painstakingly developed to maintain world peace. In his vision, the most important organ of the United Nations is the Security Council, which is composed of the major powers that contributed the most to the anti-fascist war as permanent members, and then selects a number of non-permanent members from other regions according to regional quotas, and handles international affairs according to the principle of majority unity.
According to the original idea, Roosevelt advocated that China, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain should serve as permanent members, and among the four countries, Britain was only a follower of the United States, and the United States naturally held two votes and was already in an invincible position.
Churchill also agreed with Roosevelt's idea in principle, but he strongly advocated that France should be brought in as well, so that the United States would have three votes and would have an absolute advantage, and even if China and the Soviet Union joined forces, it would be useless.
Roosevelt actually saw through Churchill's thoughts, and he brought France in, not necessarily to help the United States, but perhaps to join forces with Britain and become a pole to compete with China, the United States and the Soviet Union, so he was also undecided about whether France would become a permanent member.
After Qiao Yu objected, Roosevelt also fell into deep thought, what attitude the United States should take, it must be carefully considered, and Stalin spoke directly.
"President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, President Qiao Yu, and the Soviet side believed that the idea of the Security Council was irrational, and that it was simply unfair that the interests of the great powers could not be decided by a simple majority. Our side insists that the major powers must have a veto, and as long as one country opposes it, it cannot be passed! ”
Yes, this proposal is worth considering, Germany provoked two world wars, and both single-handedly challenged the whole world. Saying that a simple majority will not solve the problem. A veto is necessary. Qiao Yu also spoke in support of Stalin.
The ball was kicked at Roosevelt's feet again: "If any great power can veto an international resolution." Isn't it too unfair to other small countries? ”
"That's why this veto is so important that it can't be used casually." Qiao Yu said with a smile: "The veto power must also be the embodiment of the will of a great power, solemn and sacred, and France obviously should not be given this power!" ”
Although there are various relationships between countries. But in the final analysis, it is still a comparison of strength, and if there is not enough strength, it will not be able to assume the sacred veto power at all. In the future, a certain island had the right of veto for more than 20 years, but at the last moment it could not even retain its seat in the United Nations. Even if the veto power was used at that time, who would take it seriously.
Therefore, Qiao Yu definitely doesn't want to get some indiscriminate countries in, as the so-called no diamond diamond don't do porcelain work, now there is such a-stirring stick as Britain, France should step aside!
Qiao Yu and Stalin both expressed their positions, and Roosevelt could not help but think about it, judging from the current situation, China and the Soviet Union are very likely to have reached an agreement, which is very unfavorable to the United States, and Roosevelt immediately proposed that the issue of the United Nations be postponed. On the question of the partition occupation of Germany, France was not given this power for the time being.
It is clear that Roosevelt had shown his own inclinations. France was in big trouble on its way to becoming a great power.
Next, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union quarreled over how to divide Europe, the core of which was the belonging of the three countries, Poland, Greece, and Turkey!
Churchill still took the lead in expressing his position, he demanded that the Soviet Union return to Poland the eastern Polish territories occupied when it partitioned Poland with Germany, and also demanded that the original governments of the two countries be respected and that the Soviet Union withdraw its garrisons!
Qiao Yu has no interest on the side, with Russia's greed, as long as they occupy the land, they will definitely not give up easily, unless Britain has the ability to fight a world war with the Soviet Union, otherwise the Soviet Union will never let go.
Sure enough, Stalin was resolutely opposed, the eastern territory of Poland belonged to Russia before World War I, and even the whole of Poland was Russian territory, and the common people there were mainly Ukrainians and Belarusians, but it was the Entente who took advantage of the Russian civil war to forcibly support Poland. Now that Stalin has regained control of these regions, how can he give them up!
As for Greece and Turkey, the Soviet Union overthrew the original Turkish government on the charge of colluding with fascism and re-established a leftist regime, which now controls the whole country, and Greece has done the same. Stalin had already signed a treaty of friendship and alliance with the new governments of the two countries, rented military bases, and carried out economic cooperation, and was so busy that it was useless for the British to say anything.
Sure enough, the two sides fell into a fierce quarrel, and the dignified giants were like street vendors, scheming about each other for the sake of profit, and the sound of the quarrel was about to lift the roof. Roosevelt had no choice but to act as a mediator, constantly cooling down Churchill and Stalin.
Qiao Yu didn't say much, but kept calmly observing, among the other three, although Churchill was the loudest, but he was very inward-looking, although he didn't want to be the gravedigger of the British Empire, but he couldn't change the reality of the rapid decline of the British Empire, compared to the confident Stalin, Churchill was obviously a little difficult to deal with, he had to frequently signal to Roosevelt, hoping that Roosevelt could support him.
Among these three people, Roosevelt is the deepest, and he is now staring at the hegemony of the world, rather than the gains and losses of one city and one place, so it is the most beneficial for the United States to give Russia enough benefits to integrate Russia into the post-war international system.
Therefore, after repeated trade-offs, Roosevelt made major concessions to Stalin on many issues, and finally finished arguing about the Eastern European issue, and the war situation in the Asia-Pacific region was again on the table.
Qiao Yu could not help but speak on this issue, and Stalin was able to stand by coldly.
"President Roosevelt, the Chinese and American allies have besieged Tokyo, and Japan's fall is imminent, and I suggest that after eliminating Japan, China and the United States should convene a peace conference to jointly resolve the Asia-Pacific issue within the framework of the United Nations!"
Qiao Yu unexpectedly avoided the Asia-Pacific issue and did not want to talk about it at the Yalta meeting. Moreover, Qiao Yu positioned the Asia-Pacific issue between China and the United States, and once again poked Churchill's sore spot. Before the war, Britain also had a number of colonies in Asia.
Therefore, Churchill has always regarded Britain as a Pacific stakeholder, and now when he heard Qiao Yu directly exclude him, Lao Qiu's face became gloomy, and his fat face trembled uncontrollably.
It's not the first time he's been ignored, just now he was almost forced into a corner by Stalin, and now Qiao Yu is directly telling him that the problem of the Far East has nothing to do with you, and people are ready to negotiate with the United States behind closed doors, so you can watch from the side.
How could Lao Qiu not be furious, he said in a fierce voice: "The British government has great interests in the Asia-Pacific region, and Japan invaded our Singapore, Malaya and other places at the time of the war, and this aggression must be corrected. The British government has already sent an aircraft carrier battle group and will soon be heading to the Far East to take part in the war against Japan. ”
"Mr. Prime Minister, I don't think it's necessary, China and the United States have launched an offensive against Tokyo, I believe that soon Japan will collapse completely, as for other issues, I don't think there is much need to argue, what we need more is to recognize the reality!"
Qiao Yu hated Churchill to the extreme, Britain is no longer the hegemon of the world, a small country must have the consciousness of a small country, Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean Sea are not something that Britain can interfere with, and the Far East is not something that the British should interfere with.
However, Churchill obviously did not adapt to his new identity, and tried in vain to meddle in the Far East, at this time there was no need for Britain to send troops, and China and the United States surpassed; An army of two million is rapidly deploying and gradually encircling Tokyo.
In order to defend the homeland, the Japanese government formulated a detailed defense plan, retreated layer by layer, and then used the advantage of the homeland to kill and injure a large number of Allied soldiers, and then forced China and the United States to accept a decent end to the war by Japan.
These ideas became a dream when the Allies landed on Japanese soil, the Japanese archipelago had no strategic depth at all, and after the Allies broke through the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, Japan was completely exposed to the blows of China and the United States, from planes to warships, to be able to attack the Japanese mainland.
Moreover, both China and the United States were ruthless, regardless of the loss of ammunition, shells and bombs fell on the heads of the Japanese like hailstones, basically destroying all their infrastructure, and the Japanese army had to fall into a situation of fighting on its own, how could this situation compete with the Allies.
In addition, the effect of the large amount of Agent Orange dropped by China and the United States has finally appeared, and there has been a food crisis of unprecedented scale in Japan, with tens of thousands of people starving to death every day, and now most of the Japanese people are in a state of hunger, and there is not much combat effectiveness at all.
And the Japanese are not as crazy as they imagined, on the contrary, since the surrender of the Osaka Division, there has been another voice in Japan, that is, the voice of surrender.
In the eyes of the Japanese, there is nothing unacceptable about surrendering to the strong, and the Japanese are not without hard work, they have resorted to suicidal attacks, but they have not yet achieved results, so surrender has become an unacceptable option, and it will not be necessary to burn all the jade.
This kind of thinking has spread to the top of the Japanese military and government, and some people have begun to constantly examine whether the war should continue, and Prime Minister Koiso Kuniaki also suggested contacting the Soviet Union, hoping that the Soviet Union can come out to mediate, after all, among the four major powers, the Soviet Union is the only one that has not declared war on Japan.
But the Soviet Union would not help Japan at all, Stalin only sent a declaration of war against Japan to the Japanese, Japan's last hope was also cut off, and Hirohito, as the de facto ruler of the country, fell into complete collapse.
He gathered all the cabinet officials together: "The soldiers of China and the United States are wreaking havoc on the sacred land of the empire, this is a shame that the empire has never suffered in thousands of years, and every subject of the empire should defend the dignity of the empire with their own lives, and the whole country should be shattered and fight to the death!" (To be continued.) )