After listening to Yuzaburo Kato's question, Yoshiichi Tanaka was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "This is just a memorandum, or Chang Ruiqing's commitment to the empire...... Kato-kun, there are some things that can only be done like this, and if you want to sign a treaty, even if it is a secret treaty, it will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble. And if the other party wants to tear it up, the empire has no way. ”

"So what's the point of such a promise? Does Your Excellency the Prime Minister trust this Chinese dictator so much? ”

Yoshiichi Tanaka looked at Yuzaburo Kato: "Of course the Standing Chairman is not credible, what is credible is the common interests of the Republic of China and the Great Japanese Empire!" ”

"The common good? What are the common interests of the empire and China? Heihachiro Togo was puzzled. He didn't notice the difference between the memorandum and the treaty, but when Kato reminded him, he also found out that it was wrong.

Tanaka Yoshiichi smiled slightly at Togo and said lightly: "Your Excellency Marshal, there is no eternal enemy in the world. Although many unpleasant things have happened in Japan and China in the past, neither of us can help each other anymore. With its large population, vast land and abundant resources, China is enough to dominate the East Asian continent! And the Japanese Empire, with its earlier development and strong naval superiority, was also enough to dominate the East. China and Japan, one dominating on land and the other dominating at sea, should have been the two masters of the Eastern world! However, now it will be suppressed by British and American imperialism in the West, and the hegemony of Britain and the United States in the East will be overthrown, and the common interests of China and Japan will be replaced by it. And this goal can only be achieved through cooperation between the two countries, not through a policy of mutual hostility...... If China were to develop a large navy at the instigation of the British, they would have to invest a lot of money in naval build-up, thereby eroding their superiority on land. Your Excellency Marshal, Kato-kun, if China has the total tonnage of capital ships equivalent to half of the empire, will the navy have the confidence to defeat them? ”

The two navy bosses looked at each other, were silent for a few minutes, and said in unison: "Have confidence!" Kato said: "That will be a replica of the naval battle in the Yellow Sea in the Sino-Japanese War!" ”

Dongxiang sneered and said: "The navy is not built by building ships and buying ships, and there is no accumulation of decades. Even if the Chinese Navy has more capital ships than the Japanese Navy, it is bound to lose! ”

This may sound like a boast, but that's exactly what happened! The gap between the Chinese Navy and the Japanese Navy is not a little bit, and the Navy is a technical job, and it is not something that can be learned well in a short time...... Unlike the Army of this period. is the number of cannons and cannon fodder.

Tanaka Yi smiled: "Since that's the case. What else are you worried about? The 150,000-ton capital ship cannot be built without 100 million yen, and if you want to buy it, you have to spend at least 150 million to 200 million yuan, equip them with frigates, and train naval personnel. To build a naval base, it will cost at least seven or eight hundred million, right? Finally sail to the sea to be a target for our navy? The chairman of the Chinese committee is not so stupid. He exhaled heavily: "If only he had to be so stupid!" Our army doesn't have to give your navy a hand. ”

Hearing this, Yuzaburo Kato didn't say a word, but Heihachiro Togo snorted softly: "Is the Chinese Army really that powerful?" I think when they were in the Sino-Japanese War, they were not vulnerable at all! ”

Tanaka smiled bitterly at Dongxiang: "The army refers to the situation of the battle of Manchuria-Harigantu Sumu. It is believed that the combat effectiveness of the same number of Chinese Army is about 30% to 50% of that of the Imperial Army. According to the information currently available, China has the ability to expand the mobilization of the army to more than 2 million troops within six months, and their industrial capacity can also meet the basic needs of combat training for these 2 million people...... In other words, the empire would need to mobilize more than 1 million troops to defeat China. But will Soviet Russia watch us defeat China?

We have captured the Far Eastern states...... And the empire has no way to defeat both China and Soviet Russia at the same time! So the plan to develop to the East Asian continent can only be canceled, and this is the price of seizing the Far Eastern states! The future of the empire can only get rid of your navy!

And all I, the Prime Minister from the Army, can do now is to win the most favorable situation for your Navy! Your Excellency Marshal, Kato-kun. Who is the future enemy of the Imperial Navy? Have you thought about it? ”

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"Welcome, Your Excellency. It took so long to come from Germany, and to take so many steamers. It must have been hard, right? ”

The speaker is the current hidden dictator of the Republic of China, Chang Ruiqing, chairman of the Standing Committee. And the person he spoke to was a bald Jew with a big belly! This man's name is Walter. Rathenau. He is the leader of the German Democratic Party, a former managing director of General Electric AG (a major German power company), and now the foreign minister of the Weimar Republic.

Well, it's the kind of German Jewish tycoon and politician that Yuan Xiansheng hated the most. In his article published in the Vienna Free Zeitung of December 24, 1912, he wrote: "Three hundred men (Jews), who knew each other, ruled the fate of the entire European continent. And choose a successor from among their followers. "I don't know if the Führer has read this article? However, this article written by the Jewish government may really be a true portrayal of European politics in this era - the Jews really have considerable power! At least in Soviet Russia, Poland and Germany!

As for why this powerful Jew came to China to visit Wèn, Chang Ruiqing knew very well. His main purpose was to break Germany's current isolation in Europe, and he came to Shanghai under the pretext of visiting China to make contact with the Soviet and Russian delegations. Historically, he has taken advantage of the opportunity to attend the Genoa Conference. The Treaty of Raballo was signed with the Soviet Russian delegation, and an "anti-Versailles alliance" was almost formed. But due to the chaos of the Weimar Republic and the assassination of this Jewish foreign minister. Although Russian-German relations were relaxed, they did not become allies in the end, otherwise World War II would not have known what it would have been?

It was precisely because of the secret mission of contact with Soviet Russia that the German foreign minister was very low-key, and as soon as he arrived in Nanjing, he declared that he needed to recuperate after a tiring journey, and lived in a small villa at the foot of Zhongshan outside Nanjing. Chang Ruiqing came to visit the German foreign minister today, and he was accompanied by Lu Yixuan, deputy chief of the general staff, who had studied in Germany. The two of them were not interested in what the Soviet-German relations were, but they both sincerely hoped that Germany would soon be able to get out of the shadow of defeat in World War I...... At the same time, he is very eager for Germany's advanced industrial technology.

The German Jewish Foreign Minister looked at the two young Chinese generals who were a little unremarkable, smiled and nodded, he shook a cup of coffee in his hand, and said lightly: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman and General Lu for taking time out of their busy schedules to visit and recuperate for a few days." My energy and body have recovered now. I think negotiations on Sino-German educational and economic cooperation can start at any time. We in Germany have the most advanced industry in the world and the best education system – these are all needed for your country's first five-year plan, and we are more than willing to provide them. This is the cornerstone of the friendly relations between China and Germany, and between our two countries there is only friendly cooperation without any conflict of interest......"

Chang Ruiqing smiled and listened to the German Jewish official speak—this Jew could speak fluent English, and Chang Ruiqing and Lu Yixuan could understand it. So there was no translation on site. The stated reason for the German Foreign Minister's visit to China was to negotiate educational and economic cooperation with China. This reason was made by the German scientist Albert Einstein (who actually visited China at about the same time in history) who visited China last year and gave lectures at several universities in China. When the big scientist was in China, he said that he could contact some German universities and ask them to come to China to set up a branch campus, but no one cared at that time.

Who knew that a few months later, the head of the German education department would come to contact the Chinese Embassy in Germany about the relevant matters. Of course, the Chinese embassy was overjoyed and actively promoted the matter. As a result, German Foreign Minister Tranau brought an educational and economic delegation to China...... Now the educational and economic delegations have negotiated the terms of cooperation with the relevant Chinese departments, but the foreign minister who led the delegation is hiding in Nanjing and is sick, waiting for the arrival of the Soviet and Russian delegations.

"You are quite right, Mr. Foreign Minister. There is only cooperation between our two countries, and there is no conflict. Even in a world war. Our two countries have declared war on each other, but we haven't really fought each other—we're so far apart that we should be friends even for that. Speaking of this, Chang Ruiqing paused slightly, smiled and looked at the Jew, "Mr. Tranau, I know that Germany is in a difficult situation right now, if there is anything useful to me, please feel free to speak." For the friendship of the two countries. I'll definitely find a way to make it happen. And, as you know, we have good relations with Soviet Russia, and if you want to meet with the Russian delegation in secret, I can try to arrange it. ”

"A secret meeting with the Soviet and Russian delegations? Why? The German Foreign Minister was stunned for a moment and looked at Chang Ruiqing fixedly.

Chang Ruiqing thought to himself that this Jew must be pretending to be garlic. He turned his head to look at Lu Yixuan. Lu Yixuan said: "As far as I know, Germany is also in a relatively isolated state in Europe at present, don't you want to contact Soviet Russia to change this isolated situation? ”

Traau frowned, reached out and touched his big bald head: "Standing Chairman." General Lu, I would like to think of both of you about the current international situation. In particular, the situation in Europe is not very well understood, right? ”

Chang Ruiqing was stunned for a moment, vaguely feeling that he might have been misled by the memory of his previous life again-the international relations of this time and space had long been unrecognizable because of his butterfly effect. The proximity between the Soviets and Germany in the previous life was built on the basis of a "strong" Poland! And now that Poland has not shown "strong" combat effectiveness, Germany will naturally feel the pressure of Soviet Russia's westward expansion! In fact, the Russians saw the liberation of Germany as a crucial battle for the liberation of all mankind, so it was not surprising that they would not seek to ease relations between the two countries.

Tranau lit himself a cigar at this time, took two puffs, and looked at Chang Ruiqing, who had an embarrassed expression. "Chairman of the Standing Committee, do you know who is the world hegemon now?"

"It's the UK." Chang Ruiqing said lightly: "But Britain's world hegemony is already shaky. ”

Tranau smiled: "Crumbling is also a world hegemon, so do you know who the British Empire's most feared competitor is right now?" ”

"Of course it's the United States, who else can there be?"

"And Soviet Russia!" Tranau took two puffs of his cigar and looked worried. "GCISM has always been a great threat to the European continent! And Russia is no less a greedy bear that covets the rich hinterland of Europe! Now that these two threats have merged into one and become Soviet Russia, how dare the British Empire take it lightly? So Soviet Russia, like the United States, was the object of Britain's efforts to contain! Other powers in the world are now pawns of the British Empire to contain the United States and Russia, including you China and our Germany! And the trick of containment, balance, and containment is the means by which the British Empire rules the world. ”

"We signed a non-aggression pact with Soviet Russia!" Chang Ruiqing reminded.

"That's not right." Tranau grinned. "The British now want to put this bear who believes in GC doctrine in a cage, and your China defeated Russia in Manchuria and signed a non-aggression pact with them, which also seals the passage for the Russian bear to go south, which is not in line with British expectations."

"You Germany are the other side of the cage?" Lu Yixuan said.

"That's right!" Tranau said: "Germany is the key link in blocking the westward advance of Soviet Russia!" In fact, Britain had long been preparing to partially untie the chains that bound Germany, but France had been obstructing this. They did not want to see a strong Germany reappear on their side. ”

Chang Ruiqing said: "So they supported Poland and supported us during the Four-Power War. ”

Tranau shrugged his fat shoulders. "But the efforts of the French failed, and it turned out that Poland could not afford to hold back the westward advance of Russia, a task that only we, Germany, could accomplish."

"Then Mr. Foreign Minister came to China for ......"

"Of course, it's looking for an opportunity to be on the other side of the cage." The German Foreign Minister smiled strangely and treacherously at Chang Ruiqing. "I think Your Excellency the Chairman would like to provide some help to my friend who has come from afar, right? And with China and Germany becoming partners in containing the Russian bear, we can certainly carry out mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation in more areas. ”

Chang Ruiqing thought secretly in his heart. The German Jews were right, and now the only country that could curb the westward expansion of Soviet Russia was Germany. If Britain and France do not relax their oppression on Germany. In the future, once Germany was liberated by the GCD. It is impossible to stop the red tide from sweeping Europe by just one France! In fact, the left-wing forces in France itself are very strong! If the Red Army hits the Franco-German border. Perhaps the French GCD will lead the proletariat to revolution. Therefore, in the case that Poland could not contain Soviet Russia, it was reasonable to partially lift the shackles on Germany and make it a barrier against GCISM.

But what makes sense may not necessarily happen, which is probably the reason why the German Foreign Minister came all the way to China, right? He wanted to seize every change in the Shanghai Conference that was beneficial to Germany. As far as possible, we should make contact with Britain, France, the United States, and other countries in order to achieve the goal of reviving Germany.

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"It's too harsh, it's too harsh. Aristide, do you French want to treat Russia as a colony? ”

British Prime Minister Lloyd's. George tapped the text in his hand with a distressed expression. This document is the draft of the "London Expert Memorandum" (which also exists historically), which was drawn up by high-level officials and experts in Britain and France after secretly studying the "Russian question" in London. At this secret meeting, representatives of the French government put forward unimaginable conditions for negotiations with Russia. They demanded: the Soviet government to repay the debts of the tsar and the Provisional government, as well as the local authorities, totaling more than 18 billion gold rubles; restitution or compensation of nationalized alien property in Russia; abolishing foreign trade monopolies; allowing foreigners to enjoy extraterritoriality in Soviet Russia; The Entente supervised the finances of Soviet Russia. If there is some truth in the first two requirements. The last three conditions basically treated Soviet Russia as a colony, especially extraterritoriality and supervision of Soviet and Russian finances by foreign governments, which were simply insulting conditions!

If such conditions were to be put forward at the Shanghai Conference, the only consequence would be to completely provoke Soviet Russia and close the door to reconciliation between Soviet Russia and Western countries! So Lloyd's. George understood that what the French side was seeking in proposing such conditions was not at all the acceptance of Soviet Russia, but the rejection of Soviet Russia!

Visit 10 Downing Street today with Lloyd's. Prime Minister George met with French Foreign Minister Aristide. Briand, and brought with him the draft of the London Memorandum of Experts, proposed by France. Hearing the British Prime Minister's question, Brian squinted at the other party: "Lloyd." My old friend, you should know why we put forward such conditions...... Since we want to create a cage for Soviet Russia, we should weaken the prisoners inside as much as possible! Otherwise, the stronger the prisoner, the stronger the cage must be! ”

Lloyd's. George smacked his lips. "Can't we keep Soviet Russia behind and at the same time exchange and trade with Soviet Russia, so that the Bolsheviks can be converted into socialists? The New Economic Policy (NEP) now being implemented in Soviet Russia has opened my eyes to the existence of such a possibility...... Do you know, in the current Soviet Russia. Strikes were not allowed, and foreign capitalists who invested in Soviet Russia were paid far less than they paid in their own country...... This is completely contrary to the principles of GC doctrine. Most likely, the Bolsheviks were not really GC ists. They are nothing but an even more brutal Tsarist ......"

Aristide. Briand raised his hand, "I am a Socialist (I was the general secretary of the French Socialist Party), and now I know most of the high-ranking figures of the Russian Bolshevik Party, and I know who they are!" They're certainly not GC ists! They are just tyrants in the garb of Marxism! So we must do everything in our power to contain these evil tyrants and thwart their ambitions to conquer Europe! ”