Chapter 348: Harsh Treaty

After listening to Wang Changqing's introduction, the faces of the members of the Japanese delegation became more and more ugly; first, they felt that it was difficult to resist the fighting strength of South China, and second, that Wang Changqing was vigorously comparing himself with Japan, which made the Japanese a little unbearable.

"Your Excellency, has Nanhua exaggerated the performance of these fighters, as far as our Japanese side knows, the most advanced fighter in the world is only a biplane with a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, and I have never heard that country has produced such an advanced aircraft." One member of the delegation expressed doubts about Wang's statement.

Although Japan does not yet have an air force, it does not mean that Japan does not pay attention to this new weapon, in fact, now on the battlefield of the European war, the use of aircraft has entered the scale, which is not new, but he is skeptical about the performance of these aircraft in South China.

Wang Changqing muttered in his heart, sometimes if he tells the truth, others may not believe it.

"I'm only responsible for explaining to you, as for whether you suspect it, it's not within the scope of my service, I just want to say that you Japan have the least need to doubt the performance of these planes, after all, the planes we bomb Japan every day are these guys." Wang Changqing said with a sarcastic face.

This kid's words are really faceless, and one sentence made all Japanese people turn blue and feel uncomfortable.

"And how many of these planes are there?" Japanese Foreign Minister Ichiro Motono asked.

Wang Changqing paused slightly before he said, "I can only tell you that there are 400 planes at Busan Airport, and I can't tell you about the number of planes at several other airports." ”

Here, Wang Changqing played a trick. In fact, as the commander of the Air Force, he naturally knows the number of planes in the Huafu Air Force, and in addition to the ten such new planes on the island, the other airfields only have the original Su-26 training aircraft.

But in order to fool the Japanese, this is nothing, I didn't look at what he said. Is the face of the Japanese even more gray?

"Your Excellency, Deputy Commander, can you allow us to board the plane and watch it to increase our knowledge." A Secretary of the Delegation of Japan said.

"I can't promise you this, because these planes are assigned to the hands of various combat flight groups, although I am the deputy commander, but I can't allow you to board the planes, these planes are very sophisticated machinery, need careful maintenance, I am afraid that you will go in. If the aircraft is damaged, the safety of the pilot cannot be guaranteed. ”

It's too straightforward, I'm afraid that you will do something if you break it, can you afford it, you really don't have any face.

Looking at the Big Mac in front of you, watching the whole row of planes parked here in the airport, the scene is also spectacular. But these were the main culprits of the disaster in Japan, and they hated them very much.

After a visit that made everyone feel very depressed. The Japanese delegation returned to the hotel, had a hasty lunch, and without resting, directly convened a meeting, the main purpose of which was to study the 24 treaties proposed by South China.

Cabinet Secretary Hideo Kodama sat there. Holding a copy of the treaty, he read it one by one, "Article 1, Japan officially announced its defeat and surrender, and the Japanese emperor personally signed and announced the surrender to the outside world. ”

"Article 2, the South China Kingdom guarantees the status of the emperor. However, freedom and democracy are allowed, but Japan is not allowed to adopt a universal suffrage system. ”

"Article 3 With the exception of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, Japan has no right of sovereignty over the territorial islands occupied by Japan. At the same time, Nanhua will declare control over the islands. ”

"Fourth, the land of Kanagawa Prefecture shall be ceded forever to all the facilities on the land of Nanhua Province, including the Yokosuka Military Port."

"Article 5, Japan shall disarm only the necessary army and police forces, and the number of which shall not exceed 100,000. Japan must not develop its navy, air force and other military forces, and must not research weapons of mass destruction. ”

"Article 6, Japan will hand over 450 million taels of silver to Nanhua as war reparations, and this indemnity can be repaid in eight years, 100 million taels in the first year, and 50 million taels of silver in each year thereafter. The above indemnity can only be paid for precious metals such as gold and silver, or equivalent materials. ”

"Article 7, the South China State will station troops in Japan to maintain the situation in East Asia and maintain Japan's political stability."

"Article 8, Japan will open its ports to South China, open its domestic market, shall not levy taxes, and shall allow free trade."

"Article 9 allows South China to open banks in Japan and enjoy the same treatment as Japan, except for the issuance of currency."

"Article 10 allows South China ships to sail freely in Japanese waters, and South China fishermen are allowed to fish in the Sea of Japan."

"Article 11 shall allow Japan to maintain industries which are necessary for its economy and for which it can pay reparations for goods, but which will enable it to obtain raw materials, as opposed to the control of raw materials, and Japan's eventual participation in international trade relations shall be permitted."

Article 12

Article 13

The more Kodama Hideo read it, the quieter his voice became, but he still insisted on finishing the treaty, and his head was covered with sweat as if he had put in a lot of effort.

"Is Nanhua preparing to destroy our country, ceding land and paying reparations, stationing troops on the island, and restricting our country's military and economic development, it is simply too deceitful, I don't think we can accept these terms, Japan has not yet surrendered, we can still hold on."

"If Nanhua only wants to pay more compensation to us for the sake of profit, we will grit our teeth and promise it, even if the people suffer a little, there will always be a time when Japan will turn over, but if we really agree to these terms of Nanhua, Japan will never turn over."

"The conditions are too harsh, we can't agree, let's ask His Majesty the Emperor, let's find another way, Your Excellency the Prime Minister."

The members of the delegation expressed their opinions one after another, and they were all angry and unacceptable to South China for putting forward such harsh conditions.

Terauchi Masashi looked at these people with indignant looks, and said: "Today we visited the air force of Nanhua, I believe you all have a general understanding of the strength of Nanhuaguo, their navy, defeated the Japanese combined fleet, so that Japan directly fell into the situation of being trapped on an isolated island, their air force, with the most powerful aircraft in the world, Japan has suffered heavy losses, the island is threatened at any time, and there will be no peace." ”

"Surrendering and admitting defeat is the most unacceptable result, but now that we have come to this point, we have to seriously consider these issues, how long can Japan hold out, whether we have the possibility of defeating Nanhua again, what should we do now, whether to bow our heads and survive this catastrophe, and try to rise again in the future, or go directly to the top, and continue to use our bodies to meet the enemy's bombs."

"The second negotiation, but also in our helplessness, begged Nanhua to negotiate again, if there is no result this time, I think the consequences will be thought of by everyone, that is, it will not die, after all, Nanhua does not want to be played twice."

"At that time, Japan will be in dire straits again, and now you should understand that Japan's finances are basically on the verge of collapse, the army has no ability to fight back, even food can no longer meet the most basic supplies, and there are many opposing social elements who are constantly agitating and propaganda in an attempt to overthrow the rule of His Majesty the Emperor and implement a democratic system."

"These things make us have to face a reality, Japan can no longer hold on, okay, if you can solve the above problems, I agree to give up negotiations, you know, if Japan signs this treaty, the most shameful person will be our temple Masatsu."

Terauchi Masatake's speech was not fast, and his tone was not high, but the words he said went straight to the heart, and everyone who was doing it calmed down, yes, if Japan still has the ability to resist, who wants to do it here, come and see this shameful treaty.

The scene fell silent at once.

After coming over for a long time, Terauchi Masatsuki spoke again: "Since you don't say it, let's start discussing, and come up with a treaty that we can accept and the other party can accept, we still have a lot of things to do, and we can't delay it." ”

Next, the crowd began to enter a state of discussion.

"We absolutely cannot accept the land cession, Japan's land area is already small, and Kanagawa is only a few dozen kilometers away from Tokyo, if Nanhua occupies Kanagawa, Tokyo will live in a state of tension all day long." Someone said.

"I think what you said is not the point, you know, South China wants territory, just for the garrison, I think that allowing them to station troops on the island is the biggest trouble, we Japan is still a sovereign country, how can we allow troops to be garrisoned by other countries."

"I think Nanhua is definitely revenge, you look at these terms, many of them are copies of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, ceding the land in the Northeast, compensating 200 million taels of silver, allowing the establishment of treaty ports, etc., not allowing the collection of customs taxes, we forced Li Hongzhang to sign the treaty back then, I guess he is also our mood now." Someone said it suddenly.

Yes, Japan forced the Qing Dynasty to sign more than a dozen unequal treaties, and forced the Republic of China government to also sign several unequal treaties.

The crowd watching the discussion stopped, and Terauchi Masashi said, "Time has changed, let's still think about the things in front of us, it's best to discuss a rough idea today, and send a telegram to His Majesty the Emperor before dinner, okay Let's continue." ”

"Look at this article, it is obviously intended to limit Japan to the island, and not let us develop outward, industrial restrictions, raw material restrictions, and even the number of products produced are restricted, so how can Japanese enterprises develop in the future?"

"Actually, I think the amount of compensation is too much, 450 million taels of silver, and as long as precious metals and equivalent goods, this will make Japan unable to slow down at all in the years of repayment, let alone development."

"Look at this ......" (to be continued......)