February 7, 1936.

Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival. The traditional Chinese New Year is not over until this day, although the Spring Festival holiday stipulated by the Great Chinese Federal Government is only a short three days, but the power of habit is still huge, and during the period from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, many people will still choose to take a long vacation to reunite with their families -- of course, the current federation does not have the concept of "migrant workers", but there are still many people who are accustomed to returning to their hometowns during the Spring Festival. Therefore, during this period, except for the war-related departments that were still operating efficiently, the general industrial and commercial sectors could often only ensure basic operations, and some small factories and small businesses simply put up signs of vacation.

Even the central organs of the various political parties in Nanjing basically do not carry out any political activities during this period, and even the Senate and the Legislative Council of the National Assembly will cease to function - in fact, the federal parliament does not meet all year round, the parliament has a recess, and during the recess of the parliament, except for the members who are federal officials, they generally return to their constituencies to interact with the voters. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the day of the federal parliament will soon come, so the parliamentarians will also return to Nanjing before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Chang Ruiqing will hold a reception in his official residence on the day of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year, and government ministers, representatives of parliamentarians, senior generals of the army, foreign ambassadors, members of the alliance delegation, as well as representatives of trade unions, peasant associations, culture, education, commerce, and industry will gather in the banquet hall of Tangshan official residence. Clothes and sideburns. All in one place. And this year, of course, is no exception, and because the world war is very good, Prime Minister Chang Dae is also in a good mood. Therefore, the specifications of the reception have been improved a lot, of course, the expenses for holding the reception are all taken out by Chang Ruiqing's personal political fund (the source is, of course, the political donation).

In the banquet hall of Nuoda, Western-style sweets, Chinese cold dishes, and a variety of sake and drinks are available for people to take at will, and there is even a long table full of Japanese-style sashimi. There are several chefs in white overalls who perform Japanese cooking on the spot. This makes the followers of Saionji Konobi, who have been away from Japan for many years and have almost forgotten what authentic Japanese cuisine is like, and feel like a world away. It seems to have relived the old dream of the heyday of the Great Japanese Empire! But the former Japanese prime minister himself. But he had no interest in these Japanese dishes, and what really interested him was the guests who attended today's reception. Including Chang Ruiqing, who will appear -- after today's reception, he will have a formal meeting with Chang Ruiqing to decide whether or not to join the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association. Furthermore. He was also very interested in the political figures of the "Heshang" and the Gongrong Association who participated in the reception. Right now. Before Chang Ruiqing appeared, he formed a small circle with these former compatriots and talked to each other in a low voice.

"Your Excellency Saionji, it's great that you can join us, so that our Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association will have a chance to overwhelm Zhongg and take the ruling position in the general election of the Republic of Japan." A short young man with a glass of champagne smiled and said to Xiyuan Temple Gongwang.

"Overwhelmed by the G?" The old man was confused, he didn't know what the member of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Council wanted to tell him when he came to China as a teenager and now couldn't even speak Japanese.

"Your Excellency, don't you know? There are already many dignitaries in the Japanese G who have secretly taken refuge in the middle G. Their families now live in Hong Kong, and it is the Zhongg who is sheltering them. And the chairman of the Chinese G, Mao Zd, in an internal speech. We have already made it clear that we will go all out to fight for the power of the Republic of Japan and the seat of the Federal Legion after the war! ”

There is such a thing!? Saionji Gongwang showed a surprised expression, and set his eyes on Okamura Ninji, Okamura is the patriarch of the Co-Eigen, but he has never run for parliament, nor has he served as a political officer, he is a relatively alternative high-level of the Koeikai, maybe in his mind, he is still a subject of the Japanese Empire, right?

Okamura nodded, revealing a pained expression: "The current day is really ......" He sighed: "They themselves have long lost confidence, and there is no emperor to be loyal to, so it is not surprising that they have arranged a back road." There are really a lot of family members of my former army colleagues in Hong Kong, and I have met some of them......

He didn't say what he would talk about after the meeting, so it must not be Marxist, Trotskyist, and Takeda thought, right? For these Japanese military and political dignitaries, it is not only the Chinese G that is trying to win them over, but the Gongei Association also wants to take them into the account!

"Okamura-kun, you know...... Do you know the situation of His Royal Highness Hirohito? Xiyuan Temple Gongwang hesitated for a long time, but still asked this question that didn't seem like much to ask. He had already asked many acquaintances the same question, but no one answered it positively, they all shook their heads and sighed.

"Crazy!" Okamura replied directly. "There is no hope for the Heavenly Emperor, most of the direct families who stay in Japan have been harmed by the Japanese g, if His Royal Highness Hirohito is not crazy, he will probably not be anymore now."

The Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple was silent for a while, showing a sad expression, but the two shining eyes swept over the faces of the dozen or so people around him, taking their expressions into his eyes. Most of the elderly people of the He clan showed sad or regretful expressions, but most of the young people under the age of 30 were indifferent. It seems that there really is no emperor and no Japan in the hearts of these people......

At this moment, applause and cheers suddenly sounded in the hall, from far and near, connected into a piece. Everyone turned in the direction of the entrance to the hall. The public hope of Xiyuan Temple also looked in that direction, and it turned out that Chang Ruiqing, Wang Ruonan, and Sun Yuexun had already come out. Chang Ruiqing was wearing a set of Wehrmacht uniforms without military ranks, neat armed belts, high military boots, and a Blue Sky and White Sun medal on his chest. It looks like a military dictator. He took Wang Ruonan's arm and waved to greet everyone, while Sun Yuexun followed on the other side of him, and a Lori face was also full of smiles.

Chang Ruiqing smiled and walked up to the podium, where the megaphone had already been set up. Everyone gradually quieted down, waiting for Chang Ruiqing to speak. Now is a critical moment for the sharp deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations. Therefore, every important speech he made is likely to have an important impact on the situation in Greater East Asia as a whole.

"Dear gentlemen, girls. There are also people in the military and political circles, as well as friends abroad. Welcome to today's Lantern Festival reception. At a time when the war was still raging on the front lines of the world war, holding such a banquet was a bit disrespectful to the soldiers who were bleeding. But I think I need to have an occasion to tell all of us about the federal government's latest policy on this war and the greater East Asia policy that our Federation of Great China is going to pursue in the new year. ”

At this, he paused slightly, his eyes swept over the crowd in the banquet hall. In the end, it fell on the body of the public hope of Xiyuan Temple. "Ladies and gentlemen, before I tell you about the latest federal policy, I have a piece of news that I have just received to convey to you. The government of the German Reich had just made a decision. Ground troops will be sent to Australia to defend that rich continent from the increasingly frantic invasion of the Japanese Soviet authorities! The German Air Force had already flown from Singapore to an airfield in northwestern Australia last night. It is believed that the Japanese Soviet invasion of Australia will soon be thwarted! ”

Hearing these words, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang's heart was chuckled. He glanced at Ninji Okamura. I found a calm expression on the other party's face. It seems that the policy of going south to Australia is completely bankrupt so far! Just don't know how those Japanese GCDs are ready to make their final struggle? I hope that I can leave more vitality for the Japanese nation......

Chang Ruiqing raised his voice: "And the policy we will pursue in the new year is also related to the Japanese Soviets!" I believe that you already have a very good understanding of the Federation's consistent Greater East Asia policy, that is, to promote the reunification of Greater East Asia! With a unified Greater East Asia, we should engage in dialogue and exchanges with Western civilization on an equal footing. This is not for the sake of a certain ethnic group in the Greater East Asian region, but for the collective interests of the entire East Asian yellow race! After the complete reunification of Greater East Asia, the 30 million square kilometers of fertile land, including the entire Greater East Asia, Central Asia, and Siberia regions, will belong to the entire East Asian Yellow Race, and the future Greater China Federation will be a great country with the largest territory, the largest population, and the richest resources in the world. It will always stand in the east of the world and stand on the top of Asia! ”

Warm applause burst forth. Xiyuan Temple found that the applause actually sounded first from his side! The merchants of the He clan and the politicians of the Gongei Association were all clapping their hands vigorously, and the applause rang out again, almost tearing off the entire roof!

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand, and the scene was quiet again, and the smile on his face was almost about to fly: "...... Of course, in the process of reunifying Greater East Asia, our Federation of Great China has always adhered to the principles of peace and justice, and has given the people of the Greater East Asia region the right to choose, and the people of the Japanese Soviet Socialist Republic also have the right to choose to join or not to join! But this power should be exercised by the Japanese people themselves, with the votes in their hands, and not by the Japanese GCD, which kidnapped the whole of Japan on the battlefield of the Soviet Union, on their behalf......

In order to save the 50 million Japanese people kidnapped by the Japanese GCD from the evil rule of the Japanese G, to let all the people of Greater East Asia go hand in hand in hand, and to put an end to this terrible world war at an early date, the mission of our Great China Federation in 1936 will be to defeat the Japanese Soviets! ”

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Tokyo, Japan.

In February, the cold streets were already full of people marching and demonstrative, and the People's Square (formerly the Imperial Palace Square), the Red Army Training Ground (formerly the Daiyogi Training Ground), and the Supreme Soviet Building were full of passionate Japanese revolutionary masses. In front of them were often young people who looked like students, holding small banners with slogans in support of the Japanese GCD and opposing the war for the unification of Greater East Asia, shouting and scolding loudly. Some of the more intense ones simply took out the portrait of Chang Ruiqing and the blue sky and the red flag of the Great China Federation (I don't know where I got it?). ), all of which were painted in a mess, and in the portrait, Chang Ruiqing's head was painted with sharp horns and sharp teeth that symbolized the devil. There were also people who lit fires in the open spaces of the People's Square and the Red Army's training grounds, and threw the goods imported from China into the fire and burned them -- this act is said to be called a "boycott of Chinese goods", and by burning these Chinese export goods, it can deal a heavy blow to the economy of Chinese imperialism!

In Japan, where the dictatorship of the proletariat is practiced, there has not been such a fierce protest for a long, long time. In fact. The Japanese GCD does not like people to march on the streets to protest against this and against that, which shows that the leadership of the Japanese GCD is not wise enough, and it is not conducive to maintaining social stability. However, today's security fighters, policemen, and soldiers of the Japanese Revolutionary Guards are also on the alert in the People's Square and the Red Army's training grounds. The marchers were prevented from storming the key buildings, but no action was taken to disperse the crowds. It is clear that today's protest is supported by the Japanese g. On the main streets of Tokyo, there are also young people wearing red armbands on their arms holding printed leaflets and handing out leaflets to passers-by, all of which are against Chang Ruiqing's Lantern Festival speech!

Although the Senate and the Legislature of the Parliament of the Federation of Great China have not yet voted to declare war on Japan and start a war for the unification of Greater East Asia. However, as soon as the content of Chang Ruiqing's Lantern Festival speech was announced, it immediately caused an uproar in China and Japan, especially in Japan. Their ** propaganda has been going on for a long time, and on the second day of Chang Ruiqing's Lantern Festival speech, the Japanese organ publication "Red Flag Daily" published the full text of his speech. Immediately, a ** protest that swept the whole of Japan was launched. Oh. By the way, what the Japanese people are now opposing is not only the aggressive ambitions of Chinese imperialism, but also the conspiracy to lead Japan down the evil path of democratic constitutionalism, which is said to be a conspiracy of US imperialism and the Saionji traitorous group!

However, outside of People's Square and the Red Army training grounds, the streets of most of Tokyo are in the streets. There are still some people who don't know the truth together. Commenting in a low voice with different views -- Japan is not India after all, and although it is also a dictatorship of the proletariat under the leadership of the GCD, since the failure of the suppression of the "counter-revolutionary samurai" in 1924, the prestige of the Japanese defense cadres has not been re-established, and even in the current special period, the cadres of the Japanese NKVD still have a tolerant attitude towards all kinds of "rumors".

"Isn't this Chinese imperialism defeated by the Soviet Red Army and the Indian Red Army, and opposed by the Chinese people, and will soon be finished? How dare you invade Japan? Don't they know that Japan has the most powerful navy in the world? ”

"Oops. How can that nonsense be believed? I read that the words of the "Red Banner Newspaper" should be understood in reverse, it must be that the Soviet Red Army and the Indian Red Army were defeated by the fast Chinese. Therefore, the 'Zuomin Damyojin' is ready to turn the spearhead of the attack to Japan! It looks like the crucial battle that will determine the fate of Greater East Asia is about to begin! ”

"Yes, the Chinese army must have been very strong, and in 1923 it crushed the emperor's army, and also captured the entire Far East and half of Korea...... And they also have the help of the Germans - Germany has always been an army power! It is also possible for China and Germany to join forces to defeat the Soviet Union, as for how powerful can India be Asan? What a big victory in the Middle East is mostly bragging. But the Chinese navy should not be comparable to us, right? Didn't they abandon their invasion plans in 1924 because of the weakness of the navy? ”

"But listen to my eldest brother, who is an engineer at the Nakajima Aircraft Factory, secretly told me that the Chinese are now at least a generation ahead of us. Their aircraft has the technology provided by the white ghost, and the white ghost engineer helps to design it, and our aircraft is no match at all! And now naval warfare mainly relies on aircraft carriers, that is, on aircraft to fight ......"

"Didn't you say that there were Red Army warriors who drove planes to die with the enemy's aircraft carriers and battleships?"

"But China is too close to Japan, and the airfield in the south of the Korean Peninsula is only two or three hundred kilometers away from the Japanese mainland, so they don't need to dispatch aircraft ......carriers at all."

"Then speaking of which, isn't the Chinese Army going to hit the Japanese mainland soon?"

"What's there to be afraid of? And the Great Japanese Red Army, and 10 million Red Guard soldiers, I don't believe that the Chinese can really conquer us! ”

"What do you know, now the families of those Japanese officials have either gone to China to settle down or have gone to Nanyang to avoid the limelight! Even the director and party secretary of our factory sent their wives and children to Manila during this time...... They also call it a beautiful name: free from worries! I think they are ready to run away and abandon the Japanese mainland at any time, and hand us over to the Chinese and the Saionji traitor group! ”

"They're going to run? Impossible, right? If they really want to run away, then what kind of ** parade are they going to do, and what kind of Chinese goods are they boycotting? Let's just vote on joining the Federation of Great China. ”

"Huh, let's vote? Will we agree to surrender to the Chinese? ”

"Definitely not!"

"Yes, we wouldn't do that!"

"That's why they want to lead us to resist China, only by completing the task assigned by the Great Ming God of the Left People, can they serve our Japanese people without worries!"

"I see, it seems that we can only defend the country on our own!"

"Yes, we ...... on our own"

"We won't learn from those corrupt officials who only want to run away, even if we don't want to fight for this life, we have to fight with Chinese imperialism!"

"Yes, fight with them!" (To be continued......)