The belligerent atmosphere in Japan, which had boiled over the whole country when the news of the outbreak of the "Simberian War" had just arrived, had now turned into a kind of dissatisfaction and suspicion against the authorities because of the news of the defeat and the Korean incident. The changes in the battle situation at the front and the losses of troops are now military secrets, and ordinary Japanese people can only judge and analyze for themselves from some sporadic leaked information.

However, the "rebellion" that appeared on the Korean Peninsula was difficult for the Japanese authorities to conceal, and too many Japanese living in Korea ran back to themselves as if they had fled, and recounted what had happened to them to the people around them, and all Koreans were portrayed by them as out-and-out villains and villains. Moreover, now the newspapers of Japan, large and small, also say that the meeting between the 307th and the prophet and the independence of the four monthly tickets is said to be a stab in the back of the Japanese Imperial Army at the critical moment of the war (referring to the Far East War)! Faintly attributed the unfavorable cause of the war to the Korean incident!

The Japanese, the Japanese, never realized that Japan was invading Korea, but instead thought that the fact that the Koreans were able to live the way they are now was all the result of Japan's help and support! In fact, this view is not entirely unreasonable, since Korea became a Japanese colony, Japan has invested billions of yen in the construction of ports, railways, power grids, schools, hospitals, factories, mines, ...... In just over 20 years, it has brought earth-shaking changes to North Korea. In addition, Koreans now enjoy a series of welfare policies, including compulsory education, as Japanese nationals. Well, their right to subsistence and development should have been maximized under the support of the Great Japanese Empire! But this group of overfed white-eyed wolves were not satisfied, and actually took refuge in the arms of Soviet Russia at a critical moment, and betrayed the Imperial Japanese Army that defended them!

Stimulated by the rumors that this was estimated to be deliberately released by the Japanese Army, the anger of the Japanese people was completely ignited almost instantly. The 307th meeting with the Prophet was to ask for a monthly ticket, and the impoverished Japanese people who believed that the Koreans had failed their hard work poured into the streets, and at the instigation of some so-called patriotic groups, staged large-scale anti-North Korean demonstrations. The slogans they shouted were similar to those of the Korean independence movement across the strait, and they were also against the merger of Japan and South Korea, except that the Japanese people wanted to turn Korea into a colony for Japanese brutal exploitation! The police are already somewhat powerless about this situation.

And the Army is sitting on the sidelines...... In fact, they are likely to be the driving force behind this anti-DPRK movement. Moreover, after acquiring the Far Eastern State, which is richer and more vast than the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese Army, which had been fully promoting the merger of Japan and South Korea, had long regretted its sloppiness! After all, the financial resources of the Japanese Empire were limited, and instead of developing Korea, which was "of low value" and bearing the welfare of nearly 20 million Korean people, it would be better to invest its limited resources in the vast and sparsely populated and resource-rich Far Eastern State.

Someone has already typed out on the streets: "Kill all the North Korean parasites!" slogan. Before the Emperor's Palace, and in front of the Prime Minister's Office, there were also petition groups led by ronin, holding placards and chanting slogans to bring down Korea, urging their government and the emperor to immediately send troops to suppress the Korean rebellion, and at the same time to abrogate the "Japan-Korea Merger Treaty" and cancel the qualification of Koreans as Japanese nationals, and replace them with more stringent colonial rule.

At first, the Hara cabinet tried to persuade the Japanese people to tell the Japanese people about the importance of Korea and the Koreans to the empire. But where can the Japanese people, who have never regarded Koreans as their compatriots, listen to the Cabinet? Even within the Japanese cabinet, there were several important figures who were in favor of the harshest exploitation and rule in Korea......

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, now we no longer have enough financial resources to develop both the DPRK and the Far East! A trade-off must be made between these two places, this is the cry of the whole empire! Listen, the voice of the people of the Empire outside the window! ”

Yoshiichi Tanaka pushed open the window of the conference room at the Prime Minister's official residence. The hoarse shouts of the Japanese people on the street outside were heard at once.

This is the attitude of the Japanese people towards the Korean incident, and it is also the meaning of the Japanese army and navy. Hara Kei deeply understands that Japan's financial resources are very limited. The large-scale development of the Far East is imperative, so the Japanese government must cut spending in other areas while trying to increase revenue in every way. China, which was originally able to bring huge economic benefits to Japan, has now become a country that can sit on an equal footing with Japan after this war. It is completely unrealistic to want to extract profits from Manchuria for Japan's domestic construction, and it seems that the only countries that can be exploited by Japan now are Korea and Taiwan. Taiwan is also a springboard for Japan's southward expansion, and its inhabitants are of Chinese descent, so if it adopts too strict policies, it is afraid that it will cause a serious conflict between China and Japan. Therefore, it can only make the more than 10 million "parasites" on the Korean Peninsula who do not know what to do or bad luck do.

Yoshiichi Tanaka continued: "Now this world is the world of the jungle, and the empire should not worry so much. The exploitation of Korea was imperative, and the empire now had to develop the Far Eastern states on the one hand, and maintain a strong army and navy on the other...... The domestic chaebols will continue to grab wealth. Where can wealth come from? In addition to the 60 million loyal subjects of His Majesty the Emperor, there are only those ungrateful Korean parasites! Could it be that we, the ministers of His Majesty the Emperor, who are deeply trusted by the people, want to exploit the Japanese to come to Huairou Korea? This is to put the Koreans above the Japanese, and it is the Japanese who have become second-class nationals of Japan! This is absolutely not feasible, Your Excellency Prime Minister! ”

Hara Kei looked at Tanaka with a look of embarrassment, looking at a room of cabinet ministers. Of course, he understands that the current movement is the result of the combined forces of various forces. Among them is the reason why the Japanese Army is looking for a scapegoat for their defeat, but the deeper reason is that Japan now urgently needs a source of wealth that can replace China, and North Korea is the only option! Korea must become Japan's India, which means that more than 10 million Koreans will become slaves of the Japanese Empire in the future, living a hellish life, and Japan cannot expect the allegiance of these slaves, but can only impose the most terrible high-pressure rule!

And this time the North Korean incident just gave the most excuse for the implementation of this kind of high-pressure rule!

Thinking of this, Prime Minister Yuan Jing showed a helpless wry smile and looked at a group of cabinet officials full of righteous indignation: "At this time, does the empire have any choice?" Only more than 10 million North Koreans have been sacrificed...... After all, we are all members of the Yamato nation, and protecting the Yamato nation is our top priority! In the name of the Cabinet Council, we will ask for the termination of the Japan-Korea Merger Treaty. ”

On the morning of January 18, 1920, Emperor Taisho of Japan issued an edict announcing the abrogation of the "Japan-Korea Merger Treaty", and Korea would become a dominion and trusteeship of the Japanese government, and all Koreans would lose their status and treatment as Japanese nationals at the same time......

However, this edict, which was actually an edict to impose brutal colonial rule on Korea, caused great misunderstanding both internationally and in Korea at the time. The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, which was a bit of a self-talker, was the first to issue a telegram welcoming Emperor Taisho's edict! At the same time, it announced its readiness to negotiate with the Japanese authorities on the issue of Korean autonomy. Presumably, in their opinion, the transformation of Korea into a Dominion was a major victory in their struggle for independence?

GC International in Moscow also announced the good news of the victory of the DPRK in a high-profile manner, and also organized a rally of more than 100,000 people on Red Square. Comrade Lenin, who had kept a low profile for a while, also took the opportunity to deliver a long speech at the rally, insisting that the fact that North Korea had become a Dominion was the beginning of the world's victory in Asia!

Newspapers in Europe and the United States also applauded the Japanese government's statement, arguing that making Korea a Dominion was a great concession.

In China, the press and public opinion, which were unclear about the situation, also published articles overwhelmingly appreciating the open-minded attitude of Emperor Taisho of Japan. He believed that autonomy under Japanese protection was the best option for the Korean people. Some pro-Kuomintang newspapers simply called on the Korean Liberation Army to stop its violent anti-Japanese activities and start negotiations with the Japanese side, and also called on the Chinese Nationalist Government to mediate the conflict between Japan and South Korea in order to maintain stability in Northeast Asia and strengthen the Sino-Japanese alliance (in fact, there is no such thing as a Sino-Japanese alliance).

As for our Changda ** family and China GCD, they seem to be watching from the sidelines and have not publicly expressed any opinions.

Large quantities of boxes and purses containing worn Japanese-made munitions were transported to the newly restored Manzhouli railway station, where thousands of Wehrmacht soldiers pushed second-in-command trolleys to load them onto a truck parked on the platform. Around the railway station, a large number of armed gendarmes stood guard and patrolled, and the small Manchuria railway station was already tightly sealed.

Chang Ruiqing was standing in the VIP room of the waiting building of the railway station at this time, watching the busy scene inside the station through the glass window with several members of the Central Political Affairs Bureau. While watching, he smiled at a few people around him: "The Korean comrades should be able to maintain this batch of old Japanese arms for a while, and now the Japanese government has also made some concessions and turned Korea into a dominion, and I think the Korean independence movement can also accept it when it is good, so as not to completely anger the Japanese......

Listening to his words, it seems that he has also been misled by the Japanese government's statements and statements. It is normal for such a situation to occur, the current history has long been changed beyond recognition, and Chang Ruiqing's historical knowledge in his previous life has no effect. And his energy is now not in Korea or Japan, but on the upcoming meeting with the Prophet Trotsky. He had great expectations for this meeting.

Mao Zd shook his head slightly: "There is absolutely no reason for North Korea to win so lightly, Japanese imperialism has enough strength to suppress it, there is no need for them to take a compromise, there must be a conspiracy here." In my opinion, it is still necessary to warn the Korean comrades to transfer their troops and materiel to the mountainous areas in the northwest of the Korean Peninsula and to prepare for a long-term struggle. ”

Hearing Mao Zd's words, Chang Ruiqing couldn't help but sigh, he didn't know that now was a good opportunity to use the Korean independence movement to weaken Japan. However, the general line of the country cannot be changed lightly because of a sudden opportunity, and the current general line is to build the country! China's victory in the war against the Soviet Union would have won the country at least a decade of golden development. At least until the Great Depression spread to Asia, China's economy was able to maintain high economic growth, and even after the Great Depression, as long as the response was appropriate, it may be possible to comprehensively upgrade China's industrial structure in the Third Five-Year Plan, and then consider the liberation of the oppressed peoples in Asia.

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said to Mao: "We can warn the North Korean comrades, but that's all we can do." In the next fifteen years, our main task will be to build the nation. Only by building the country well can we more effectively support the cause of liberation of the oppressed nations in Asia. He looked left and right, and Zhou Elai, who was in charge of liaison with the Soviet and Russian sides, had already walked in from outside the door: "Comrades, the special train on which Comrade Trotsky is traveling has arrived in Zabaikalsk and will soon arrive at the designated place. It's time for us to go, too. ”

Chang Ruiqing clapped his hands and smiled at the members of the Political Bureau in the room: "Comrades, let's go and meet the ** prophet of Soviet Russia, I hope that the GCD of our two countries can find more consensus through this meeting." ”

The meeting place with the Prophet Trotsky was an ordinary passenger car parked right on the Sino-Russian border. The inside of the carriage was full of unpleasant smells, and the green seat covers were covered with dust and very worn. Under the guidance of Zhou Elai, several members of the Central Government Bureau walked into the carriage one by one, and a middle-aged white man wearing an old suit, a goatee, and a pair of small round eyes stood at the door of the carriage to greet them. Chang Ruiqing recognized this person at a glance as Trotsky, the father of the Red Army of Soviet Russia!

"Sit down, sit down, comrades." After welcoming the Chinese comrades into the carriage, Trotsky enthusiastically summoned them to their seats, and he himself sat down in a broken chair and said in English: "It is a pleasure to meet you, do you want something to drink?" Coffee, vodka, or Chinese tea? The Council of People's Commissars of the Far Eastern Republics nevertheless prepared something for this meeting. ”

"Just have some Chinese tea, thank you." Chang Ruiqing didn't plan to drink it really, his guards had searched the inside and outside of the carriage before they came up, but there was no way to check the drinks and food prepared by the Russians

Trotsky smiled and nodded at a young man who looked like him in the carriage, and the other man turned to leave, and in a moment he saw a blond Russian girl come up with a Chinese teapot and a teacup. He poured a glass in front of everyone, drank it himself, and smiled charmingly at everyone to show that he was safe before leaving. A thought suddenly flashed in Chang Ruiqing's heart: If this girl risked her life to put some very effective chronic poison in the tea, I am afraid that she could save the lives of countless people, right?

"Comrade Zuomin, what do you think of the North Koreans?" Trotsky spoke American English and was as fluent as an American.

Chang Ruiqing smiled faintly: "Just like you look at the Poles." ”

"Well, the Polish nation is a great nation."

"It's just a little bit unsure of life and death, the Koreans are similar, they are not the opponents of the Japanese, no matter how much foreign aid they get, the final result will not be any different, unless we send the army across the Yalu River."

"Why can't you send troops? Now is the perfect opportunity, the main force of the Japanese Army has already suffered casualties in the previous war. If our two countries join forces, the liberation of Korea and the Far East is promising. ”

"Really? I don't think so, the liberation of Korea or Poland may be the beginning of a world war with the imperialist camp! With the national strength of our two countries, we are doomed to be unable to win. ”

"No, all we have to do is light the fire of the world's **. You may not know that now all imperialist countries are on the eve of the proletariat, and as long as there is a little spark, the big ** will explode! ”

Trotsky raised an eyebrow, and continued: "Although the Polish army now occupies many areas, the people there are rebelling against Polish imperialist rule, and we have mobilized an army of hundreds of thousands to soon be able to counterattack. It is believed that the main forces of Poland can be left on the lands of Ukraine and Belarus, and then it will be without difficulty in liberating Poland. And I also believe that the liberation of Poland will trigger a chain reaction throughout Europe, Germany will be the next country to break out in socialism, then the whole of Central Europe, then Southern Europe, from Spain to Greece will become the world of red flags, and finally Britain, France and Northern Europe!

And in Asia, the liberation of Korea will also trigger a frenzy in Japan. If Japan becomes a socialist country, we will get a powerful navy. The navy of socialist Japan, together with your army, is enough to liberate the oppressed peoples of all of Southeast Asia and South Asia! ”

Trotsky's optimistic remarks shocked Chang Ruiqing. Although he and Lenin thought so in history (perhaps with an element of camouflage), they were still so optimistic now that the Russian Red Army had suffered heavy losses in Manchuria?

"The key to Europe is Germany!" Trotsky was still talking, he shook his fist vigorously and shouted: "Germany broke out in November 1918 with the proletariat, and although it failed, no one can deny the will and enthusiasm of the German proletariat. And last year, Britain, France, the United States and other powers also imposed the "Treaty of Versailles" on the German people, this is a very unfair treaty, it is to turn Germany into a colony of Britain and France, the German working class will never accept such a humiliating treaty, as long as we defeat Poland and sprinkle the fire of ** on Germany, Germany will definitely become one of us! With the accession of Germany, the imperialist power of Britain and France is not worth mentioning at all! ”！！！