Chapter 137

Roosevelt tried to get China and Japan to get started first, and the withdrawal from the Philippines was to drive away the wolf, but unexpectedly, someone else did even more desperately, and directly visited Japan. The Japanese side, of course, is ecstatic, and without China staring behind the ass, it can only be confident and bold when it goes south. At present, the situation in Europe is becoming more and more tense day by day, and Japan's method of relying on armaments to boost the economy is like a boiler burning for a long time after a long time, and it must vent its air pressure, otherwise it will explode on its own. The result of armaments can only be a war, and the difference is a question of who to fight with. It is obvious that Japan is not willing to fight China first, and whether it wins or does not win is two different things, and the key is that China's resources are not necessary for Japan. On the other hand, in the South Seas, all kinds of ores, natural rubber, and oil, which one is not a strategic resource that Japan must have?

Don't say that the Japanese are stupid and crazy, they also have to calculate the cost before the war. In parallel history, Japan came from the Northeast too easily, the benefits were too great, and the cost was almost negligible, so it was ambitious and tried to conquer China first. As a result, he lost himself after eight years of fighting. At this time and space, Japan is not very strong in attacking China, at least until it obtains the resources of the South Seas, the Japanese Army does not have much confidence in the Chinese Army.

Roosevelt was angry, and there was nothing good to do with China. In parallel history, the foreign trade volume of the United States before World War II was less than 3 billion US dollars, and because of the rise of China, the annual import from the United States was 3 billion. Although the imported products are mainly concentrated on equipment and oil and other war-ready resources, the total amount accounts for more than 60 percent of the US foreign trade. If Roosevelt really wants to do anything about China, he, as president, should not think about the present. In the United States, it is capital that has the final say. Whoever can't get along with the capital profits of the United States will have capital to get along with.

China's 50 billion yuan plan to boost domestic demand requires 80% of the equipment from the United States. Last year, because Roosevelt was manipulating in some aspects, and there was a serious decline in Sino-US trade, Roosevelt was disgraced, and now because of the issue of Fang Jianxiong's visit to Japan, if Roosevelt dares to mess around, it will be a pipe dream to be re-elected president.

All in all, in the course of this silent contest. Fang Jianxiong had the upper hand for a while. Of course, in the long run, Roosevelt did not suffer, and the biggest enemy in front of Japan was still China. Now it's just a matter of stabilizing China.

Fang Jianxiong's means of transportation for his visit to Japan is an airplane, and according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is better to be a warship, which can show the strength of the Chinese Navy. Let Japan not dare to underestimate. However, Fang Jianxiong vetoed this meaning. The Chinese Navy's warship air defense capability and radar storage really don't dare to let Japan take a closer look. This cannot be said explicitly, and it is vetoed on the grounds that the cost of opening a warship is too high.

The ready-made aircraft choice is the German Junker aunt, and the B-17 has not yet been officially put into production, so it will fly to Tianjin for refueling before flying to Tokyo. The Air Force dispatched a squadron of fighters to escort the escort, and when it approached Japan, the Japanese Type Zero appeared. In fact, at this time, the number of Japanese Zeros was very small. But there are only a few dozen, after all, it is a new product.

In order to show the strength of the Japanese Air Force. Hirota Hiroki still asked the Japanese Navy to send the Zero, and the army was very annoyed by this. However, the plane in his hand is not as good as the Zero, so he can only endure it. The four Lightning fighters of the Chinese Air Force have the same performance as the Japanese Type Zero, but the protection is even better, that is, the range is only 2,000 kilometers. Taking into account the military needs, the new supercharger is not equipped, so now it seems that the Japanese Zero still has the advantage of a larger range and a smaller turning radius.

The Zero is a perverted model that only the Japanese can come up with. In parallel history, in the early days of the outbreak of the Pacific War, the United States suffered a lot because it was not familiar with the Zero Style. After mastering the weakness of the Zero Style in the middle and late stages, it became a hardship for Japan. Curtis's P-40, there is only one way to deal with the Zero, dive, pull, dive, and pull up, and the Zero has no way at all. Just the thin body of the Zero type, it can disintegrate in the air if the dive speed is fast.

Therefore, the Air Force is confident in dealing with the Zero, and from Fang Jianxiong's point of view, it would be more ideal if there was an aircraft that comprehensively surpassed the Zero, as if there was a kind of wind in the later period of Japan, and I don't know how the performance was.

Sitting on the plane and looking out the window at the clouds, the escort fighters circled the side, one on one side, and two in front of the road. There was news on the radio that Japanese fighters came to escort it, Fang Jianxiong smiled slightly when he heard it, knowing that the little devil had nothing to do and was not well-intentioned, everything was in the calculation, and the little devil couldn't do anything.

In fact, what Fang Jianxiong is most worried about is the Japanese army, once Japan mobilizes, millions of troops can still be armed, and then it will be fatal to engage with the Soviet Union, and the matter of fighting on two fronts must be avoided. Therefore, the safest thing is that the Japanese army will go south first, and after a large number of troops are pinned down in the South Seas, it will be easy to pack up.

In that little place in the Far East, three or four mechanized armies were concentrated, and it would take a month at most. The Japanese army's mechanization is too low, compared to the Chinese Army in this time and space, although the mechanization is not very high, but it can't stand the Japanese and is even worse. Moreover, once Japan goes south and Europe suffers again, the United States will definitely have to rely on China's strength. When the time comes, we will make another request that we must lay a solid foundation for China's interests in the future, and as for US aid, it is estimated that Roosevelt's cunning will not give China much aid. On the other hand, Roosevelt's main focus must be on Europe, and Roosevelt will not rest on his laurels without breaking the traditional European-dominated world system.

The Japanese plane was in front, and the Chinese fighter plane was cut off, escorting Fang Jianxiong's plane to the airport in Tokyo. Japanese dignitaries except Hirohito all appeared on the stage. It is a national policy formulated by the Hirota Cabinet to paralyze China and facilitate Japan's southward movement, and it is not surprising that the next Cabinet will do the same, and this is the result of a compromise reached by the Navy and the Army.

...... Hirota Hiroki, Mitsumasa Yonechi, and Shanshan Moto, Fang Jianxiong got off the plane and shook hands one by one, and then shook hands with Hirota Hiroki and posed for reporters to take pictures. After going through the motions, Fang Jianxiong delivered a speech at the airport, once again reiterating the high profile of friendship between China and Japan, and stressing the need to strengthen economic and trade exchanges between the two countries and the ...... China and Japan to support each other.

What politicians say in these years must be regarded as farts, regardless of the person's moral character. After Fang Jianxiong finished pulling, Hirota Hongyi continued to pull, in short, the tone is very high, they are the most peace-loving people in the world. After singing the high-pitched peace song, Fang Jianxiong went to the hotel in Tokyo to rest, and Zhang Zongxiang, the minister to Japan, hurriedly came to report on the itinerary arranged by the Japanese side.

"At half past six in the evening, the Hirota Cabinet will hold a welcome reception, and tomorrow at eight in the morning, the delegations of the two countries will meet, and at three in the afternoon, we will visit the sights of Tokyo. The day after tomorrow, we will depart for Tokyo Bay at 8 a.m. to visit the Japanese battleship Nagato, which will ...... the day after tomorrow. "Zhang Zongxiang is a member of Duan Qirui's faction, because there is also Xu Shuzheng in the position of chief of the General Staff, and he, a former minister to Japan, returned to Japan many years later to continue to do his old job. But now it is not what it used to be, no one goes back to burn Zhao's house, and he will not be affected by the pond fish.

To say that Duan Qirui, Cao Rulin, and Zhang Zongxiang in parallel history are pro-Japanese factions, they are more or less wronged. The so-called not in his position and not seeking his own politics, looking at the problems of the whole country from Duan Qirui's point of view, if you want to unify China as much as possible, you have to have money in your hands. At that time, countries around the world had arms embargo treaties against China, and only Japan could provide weapons and funds to China. In other words, as long as Duan Qirui does not give up his plan to unify the whole country by force, he can only betray the country. Having said that, in historical China, no matter who is in power, shouldn't the national interest be sold when needed?

In any case, because of history, Fang Jianxiong has prejudices against Zhang Zongxiang, so in the field of diplomacy, Zhang Zongxiang can only go back and forth in the position of minister. No matter how old he is, he can only stand still.

After Fang Jianxiong patiently listened to Zhang Zongxiang's report, he shook hands with him with a smile and said, "Hard work!" "Zhang Zongxiang's bones are a few taels lighter, it's not easy, to do diplomacy in this country, the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs don't deal with Lao Beiyang. If you want Zhang Zongxiang to go into the wilderness, he is still reluctant. Today, President Fangda's attitude made Zhang Zongxiang see the dawn.

After saying something, Zhang Zongxiang retreated, Fang Jianxiong walked to the window and looked out the window, he couldn't help but crooked his mouth, Tokyo is really shabby, what is there to see in this city? Japan is a country that has the ability to put powder on its own face, and it is also first-class. What kimono has a history of more than 3,000 years, and what heroes of Japan's Warring States period came out one after another, in short, it doesn't cost money to brag.

Fang Jianxiong looked down on Japan in his bones, and always felt that Japan had a small family spirit. The problem is that in parallel history, it was such a small country that a mere two million troops could walk sideways in China and occupy half of the territory of the Republic of China. Although this kind of thing will not happen in this time and space, it does not prevent President Fang Da from shaking his determination to drop bombs on the heads of the Japanese.

The welcome reception in the evening was Japanese-style, and Fang Jianxiong was not used to it. Japanese food isn't unpalatable, but it's pitiful that every serving is too small. I had eaten Japanese food once in my previous life, and at that time I thought that sushi would be full, not to mention anything else. It's just to taste it, and when you get home, you have to make your own bowl of noodle mats.

Of course, eating at this welcome reception is secondary, and the key is to let the media see that China and Japan are being friendly. (To be continued......)