Chapter 683: The Cairo Conference

Regarding the issues discussed at this meeting, Roosevelt communicated with Chen Feng during the meal, and there were two of them, one was to end the war as soon as possible, and the other was the political arrangements in the post-war world.

Because of Chen Feng's new force, the development of many things is beneficial to the Allied side, take the Soviet Union as an example, because of Chen Feng's support, although the Soviet army still suffered heavy losses in the early days of the war, and the small 3 million army was annihilated, but with Chen Feng's cooperation with the Soviet Union, a large number of advanced weapons and equipment were added to the Soviet troops on the front line, especially the use of T34 tanks, which made the Soviet army like a tiger.

At this time, the Soviet army had already gained a firm foothold on the Soviet-German battlefield, and the local battlefield had even gained the initiative in the war, and the situation was very good.

As far as the world as a whole is concerned, the strength of the Allied forces is growing rapidly, while the fascist power is declining, especially Japan, which dominates the Asian theater, its army, navy, and air force have been hit by unprecedented blows, and even the mainland has been frequently attacked by Chinese strategic bomber groups, and after each major bombing, Japan's national strength will decline.

However, with the protracted war, the economic decline of the countries is very serious, and the huge population casualties are causing headaches for the top leaders of the countries, and the increasing unemployment rate and the impoverishment of the population are also a difficult problem facing the governments of various countries, which must be solved.

However, there must be a premise for solving these problems, that is, a stable environment for development, so that the economy can develop, so the leaders of various countries are eager to end the war as soon as possible.

Everyone wants to end the war. But who has the ability to end the war as soon as possible, Roosevelt did not, Stalin did not, and Churchill and Chen Feng did not.

Although the ties between countries have strengthened since the Atlantic Charter, there are still many problems in forging a close relationship, so this meeting can be said to be a solution to the problem.

After the conference began, Roosevelt put forward his own political proposals, hoping that all countries would abandon their previous prejudices and work together to deal with the evil axis of Germany, Italy and Japan, and restore peace to the world.

Regarding Roosevelt's question, Chen Feng agreed in principle. But he raised some of his own "concerns?". What are the concerns? It was still a territorial dispute between China and its neighboring countries, first of all, the Sino-Soviet territorial issue, although there was a final agreement between China and the Soviet Union on the territorial issue, but after all, it was signed when the Soviet Union was facing a powerful external threat. After the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War, it is still unknown whether or not to recognize the previously signed Entente. Therefore, Chen Feng needed Stalin, on behalf of the Soviet government, to reconfirm the legal status of the previously signed Sino-Soviet territorial resolution.

The second is the territorial dispute between China and Britain and China and France. The territorial dispute between China and Britain involved the territory of Xiangjiang, Kowloon, Burma and the southern Tibetan border, and the British had promised the Chinese government to return the Heung Kong and Kowloon Division to China, but did not specify the time for such return. In addition, the British government had voluntarily relinquished the ownership of Burma under the pressure of the war and recognized China's status as the suzerainty of Burma.

Now Chen Feng needs a clear answer from the British government, Britain must return Xiangjiang and other places to China at the same time as the end of the war, and at the same time withdraw troops from Burma, which will become a province of China. In addition, Britain must stop infiltrating China's southern Tibetan region, the Chinese government has never recognized any bullshit McMahon Line, and China's territory does not need a foreigner to dictate it.

There is only one place involved in the territorial dispute between China and France, and that is Annam (Vietnam), China's suzerainty over Annam has lasted for hundreds of years, because the arrival of the French forced China to give up its ownership of Annam, and France also seized a large area of Chinese territory when it colonized Annam, which must be returned.

The last is the territorial dispute between China and Japan, which is a big problem, because China still has a large part of its territory under Japanese control, including North China, Northeast China, Central China, and South China, in addition to the treasure island and the attached islands. These places have always been China's inherent territory, and China's ownership of them is unquestionable and does not need to be discussed at the General Assembly.

However, Japan still controls the Korean Peninsula and the Ryukyu Islands, and the Korean Peninsula has been under China as its suzerainty since hundreds of years ago, paying tribute every year, and before the First Sino-Japanese War, China also had a standing army in Korea, so the relationship between China and Korea is a relationship between master and servant, and therefore China must enjoy the ownership of Korea after defeating the Japanese.

The Ryukyu Islands have not been an inherent territory of Japan since ancient times, and according to the Kanyu Chart of the Qing Dynasty in China, the Amami Islands, Okinawa Islands, Miyako Islands, and Yaeyama Islands belonged to the Ryukyu Kingdom before 1609. China and Western countries include the Amami Islands before 1609 as the "Ryukyu Islands". In 1609, the Japanese Satsuma clan invaded the Ryukyus and ceded the Amami Islands to Satsuma.

After the Meiji Restoration, Japan sent troops to occupy the Ryukyu Islands, and in 1871, it was first forced to "canonize" the king of the Ryukyus as a vassal king, and at that time the Ryukyu Kingdom was still a vassal state of the Qing and Japan, making the Ryukyus a Japanese order state, in 1872 the Ryukyu Domain was relocated, and in 1879 the Ryukyu Domain was abolished, first incorporated into Kagoshima Prefecture, and then changed to Okinawa Prefecture, and the rest of the island groups except the Amami Islands of the original Ryukyu Domain were under the jurisdiction of Okinawa Prefecture, and the Amami Islands were under the jurisdiction of Kagoshima Prefecture. Although the Qing government made representations about this from 1877 to 1880, it failed as the Qing state weakened.

On behalf of the Chinese government, Chen Feng raised objections to the ownership of the Ryukyu Islands, demanding that after the war, the Japanese government must return all territories within China, the treasure islands, the Korean Peninsula, and the Ryukyu Islands.

Chen Feng knew very well how important China's position was in the anti-fascist war in the world, and that the United States could not afford to look eastward, and in order to protect their Hawaiian Islands and West Coast in the Pacific Ocean, Americans had to rely on China; The same is true of the Soviets, if it weren't for Chen Feng's generosity, the Soviet Union would probably still be passively beaten now; If the British want to keep India, the most beautiful pearl in the queen's crown, they must cooperate with the Chinese government, otherwise the imperial army of the Japanese Empire will tear all those Indian Asans apart.

Chen Feng did not believe that with China's current strength, the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and other countries could not agree to the above conditions.

For example, when talking about the deprivation of the islands occupied by Japan in the Pacific Ocean, Roosevelt thought of the Ryukyu Islands and said to Chiang: "The arc-shaped archipelago composed of many islands in the Ryukyu series should also be deprived of the islands that Japan used improper means to rob the islands." I consider that the Ryukyus are geographically close to your country and have historically had very close ties with your country, and if your country wants to acquire the Ryukyu Islands, it can be handed over to your country for management."

Sifu's sudden offer to hand over the Ryukyu Islands to China greatly surprised Chiang, who did not know how to answer. After a while, he said to Roosevelt: "I think it would be better for China and the United States to occupy the islands, and then to administer them together." When Chiang said this, Roosevelt felt that Chiang did not want the Ryukyu Islands, so he did not go any further.

Chen Feng came this time to solve all these regrets, it is mine that must be given to me, not my best to strive for, besides, the places Chen Feng said were indeed China's subject countries before, China was a weak country in the past, and weak countries had no diplomacy, and no one cared even if this government had any ideas.

But now it is different, China's navy, land and air force have developed into a powerful military force in a very short period of time, and the army has launched a comprehensive counterattack against the Japanese army throughout the Chinese battlefield, becoming the first battlefield for the Allies to enter the counteroffensive. Its navy almost wiped out the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, achieving an unprecedented record. And China's long-range bomber fleet has long achieved a large-scale bombing of the Japanese mainland, and by all indications, the Chinese government has risen, as Napoleon said, the lion of the East has woken up.

The issues raised by Chen Feng were quickly brought to the congress for discussion, although they were very sensitive and acute, and some of them the Soviet Union and Britain really did not want to face, and Churchill even shouted at the congress and refused to discuss any question about the future of the British colonies in the Far East, and refused to return Hong Kong and Kowloon to China.

According to the unequal treaty signed between Britain and the Qing government, the British leased the river for a period of up to 99 years, and before that, although the British recognized China's ownership of the river, it would not return it to China in advance.

The second is the Burma issue, the British have a very vague relationship between China and Burma, and after the war, Burma either remains independent or joins the British Commonwealth, but China will never be allowed to annex Burma.

Due to Churchill's resistance, among the many issues raised by Chen Feng, only the territorial dispute with Japan was passed, and the Soviet Union, Britain, and France reached a deadlock.

However, Chen Feng didn't care, some things could not be solved in negotiations, and the attitude of the Soviet Union in Britain, the Soviet Union, and France was not tough, because they had seen the strength of the Chinese Army, and the two countries had agreed before, but some details still needed to be discussed, and there was no problem in the general direction.

And now France has no government, the Vesey regime does not represent France at all, and the government-in-exile is under the roof and must follow the footsteps of the British, so the crux of all problems lies with the British.

As for the British, Chen Feng thought that there was no need to do it himself, and when the Japanese found them, these Anglos would take the initiative to give in. (To be continued......)