Chapter 301: Political Competition (4)

Xue Ru and Ai Senqi's conversation ended, and Ai Senqi left with a trace of confusion and shock, and decided to report the situation to China and make a decision after asking for instructions. He really couldn't answer Xue Ru's question, the first one was already very difficult to handle, and the third one was even more difficult to handle, because that would involve the United States in a war in Asia, and Congress might not be able to pass it.

Xue Ru then met with the representatives of Britain and France, and in the matter of dealing with Britain and France, the attitude of the Southern Han was even tougher, and directly raised these three issues, but there were some differences, the three countries had the same problem, that is, the political status of the Southern Han must be recognized, and the two sides could only talk about other issues after formally establishing diplomatic relations.

Of course, the result is the same, none of the three countries responded, and if they agreed, they would have lost North Vietnam and Laos, and it would be impossible to retake these areas. In particular, the representative of the French liberal government, Olin Jacks, urgently reported to the country. But he got the news that the Southern Han was negotiating with Japan at the same time. The Japanese side had made a commitment to recognize the political status of the Southern Han, and the government of Visy, which was an alliance between Japan and Germany, had replied by permanently abandoning the regions of northern Vietnam and Laos.

While the three countries were still waiting for news, it was not Japan that reacted first, it was the Vietnamese Emperor Bao Dai, who issued a statement in Hue Province, recognizing the Southern Han regime, permanently abandoning the northern territories, and establishing diplomatic relations with the Southern Han Dynasty.

In fact, everyone knows that the Vietnamese Emperor Bao Dai is a puppet, and it is the French Governor's Palace that really has the final say. After Ducco was dismissed, the new governor was Krent, who was under the orders of the Viesy government, and without the consent of the French governor, would the Emperor dare Paul? That is, now Japan and Germany are showing goodwill to the Southern Han.

This was a big blow to the regime of de Gaulle, who had not yet received the consent of the whole people and was in exile in England, and would deprive him of his legal status in France, which made de Gaulle anxious, and if he did not speak again, he would lose politically to the government of Vesey.

In order to obtain a political legitimacy and use the resistance movement to call on the people in the country, Olin Jack was ordered not to listen to the British again, and held talks with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Southern Han Dynasty, jointly issued a joint statement recognizing the political status of the Southern Han Dynasty, and the South France formally established diplomatic relations, and the two sides exchanged ambassadors. This made Britain passive, and the Southern Han Dynasty established power in the French colonies, and even France had agreed, what else could Britain expect. Mesilt also had to start talks with the South Han to negotiate the political status of the two countries on the border issue.

According to Xue Ru's instructions, Sun Zheng's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Zhang Donglin's cabinet also made commitments to determine the border between the two sides. To this end, Prime Minister Luang Phibun of Thailand also sent a representative Hawang Song to participate. The British did this in order to prevent the expansion of the Southern Han Dynasty into Thailand, and at the same time to compete with Japan for control of Thailand.

Because this was a decision made by the British side, and the Indochina Federation also made a decision, the Burmese government sent a representative to Hanoi to participate in the negotiations. When these news appeared in the newspapers, the Chongqing Nationalist Government finally reacted, and Chiang Kai-shek's representative Song Yingkun came on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China.

As a representative of the Japanese side, Shiro Yoshino was mad, and it was no wonder that the Southern Han Dynasty only talked with them, got some conditions that Japan could not agree, and kept talking about them three times a day, but did not reply. He even took advantage of Japan and forced the Thai border back a hundred kilometers. At this time, many parties are jointly involved, and it is useless for Japan not to recognize the border.

Someone from Sun Zheng's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially notified Shiro Yoshino that, in view of the failure of an agreement between the two sides, Nanhan will suspend talks with Japan, and another decision will be made on when it will resume. Yoshino Shiro understood that there was no longer any use value in Japan, and Xue Ru of the Southern Han Dynasty completely played Japan.

But he left with a balance in his mind, because Japan's purpose had also been achieved. Originally, Japan did not plan to cooperate with the Southern Han Dynasty, but it was just delaying time, and at the same time solving Thailand, it promised not to let the Southern Han destroy Thailand before Japan finished its preparations. Now that Germany is at war with the Soviet Union in a blitzkrieg, and the German army is advancing towards Moscow, the German-Italian-Japanese axis is bound to win, and Shiro Yoshino, who has hatred, left the Southern Han and returned to Japan.

Yoshino Shiro's face was full of hatred, but there was also a burst of dissatisfaction within the Southern Han Army, thinking that the Miss Queen had let Zhang Donglin take it badly, otherwise how could Yoshino Shiro leave the Southern Han alive. In front of the Snow Fox Army, when did the Japanese leave alive.

But there is no way, the queen decreed that the Southern Han has become a formal state, and the state cannot kill diplomatic negotiators, this is an international norm, and the Southern Han must also abide by it, otherwise any country dares to come to the Southern Han.

Yoshino Shiro left indignantly, he didn't know that he had turned around in the Ghost Gate Pass and almost lost his life in Nanhan. If it weren't for the United States, Britain, France, and China that have successively expressed their statements agreeing to the establishment of the Southern Han Dynasty and recognizing the international political status of the Southern Han Dynasty, the two sides would formally establish diplomatic relations. I'm afraid that Xue Ru will be able to do it and throw Shiro Yoshino into the sea to feed the fish.

In the palace of the Snow City of the Southern Han Dynasty, Xue Ru breathed a long sigh of relief, this step finally went out, it seems that the United States recognizes the status of the Southern Han Dynasty is the most important, which is bound to make Japan see the restrictions imposed on him by the United States, and the possibility of dragging the United States into the war has increased.

But at the same time, there is also a danger, that is, Japan will inevitably attack the Southern Han and remove this thorn in the side. If there was a Southern Han Dynasty, it would be impossible for Japan to occupy Southeast Asia and would inevitably fail in China. However, if he wants to expand the war and obtain strategic resources in Southeast Asia, he will inevitably touch the interests of the United States.

In the meeting room of the Japanese Cabinet in Tokyo, the five ministers and the heads of various departments were all present, and the meeting lasted for several days. As the new prime minister, Hideki Tojo was already a little hysterical, and he could not tolerate such a thing. Thailand had already agreed to military cooperation with Japan and signed a military alliance agreement, but the South Han issue had not been resolved.

Today's meeting is to study the march of troops into South Vietnam, occupy South Vietnam, and prepare for an attack on Southeast Asia. Japan has carried out a series of adjustments to its domestic and foreign armies, and the General Staff Headquarters of the base camp is also stepping up its efforts to make adjustments and determine the offensive plan.

When night fell, the meeting was completed, and the Japanese side finally decided to launch an all-out war to seize Southeast Asia.

Beginning the next day, the 2nd Fleet left the port of Sanya to protect the transport ships loaded with a division of the Army towards Cam Ranh Bay, while the 2nd Fleet in the Ryukyu Islands entered the South China Sea to monitor the Southern Han Navy.

The General Staff Headquarters decided that in order to achieve the goal of a surprise attack, the Japanese army would do its best to act secretly to achieve a complete occupation of southern Vietnam, and at the same time send troops into Thailand. When the troops are ready, they will first launch an attack on the Southern Han and completely solve the Southern Han. At the same time, it is believed that if you want to solve Southeast Asia, the danger comes from the US Pacific Fleet, so the US Pacific Fleet in Hawaii must be solved before the war starts.

"Miss, Your Majesty" Gigi Xu came in: "Report from the Intelligence Department." ”

Xue Ru put down the materials in her hand, she knew that this was a critical moment, and the intelligence department's energy was almost entirely spent in the direction of the United States, always paying attention to the movements of Japan and the United States. Gigi Chui must be in such a hurry that it must be an important thing.

took the report and read it, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "Inform Ouyang Sari and Liu Yuanshan to come to me." ”

Gigi Chui agreed, and called the two people to come. Xue Ru leaned back in his chair, Japan had finally begun, and they still hadn't let go of their ambitions. According to Xue Ru's idea, she hopes to drag the United States into the war, but she also hopes that Japan will not attack Southeast Asia, so that Japan will lose its ability to succeed the war and will inevitably lose in the hands of China, and there will be no situation in which the United States controls Japan in the future to form an encirclement of China. But the Japanese really didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and they still attacked.

According to the report of Wei Ming's intelligence department, the 25th Army of the Japanese Southern Army, under the command of Vice Admiral Yojiro Iida, was divided into more than 50 transport ships, and the 12th Independent Mixed Brigade under the jurisdiction of the Guards Division and the 12th Independent Mixed Brigade of Shan Shan Piao Peanut entered Saigon from the south, and an air force flight group entered the airfields in southern Vietnam and Thailand, and the 55th Division entered Thailand and Cambodia.

Wei Ming's report also mentioned a problem, because the Japanese army arrived in Saigon, and the United States announced the next day that it would freeze Japanese assets in the United States. In response to this, the Japanese side sent Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka to the United States to make representations, but did not stop the military movement. It seems that Japan is planning to make a move against the United States, and in any case, this is a good phenomenon, and if Japan moves against the United States, then they will not be able to escape the end of defeat in four or five years.

What Xue Ru is thinking about now is how to seize the greatest benefits for the Southern Han and China in this war. However, there was no movement on the part of the Nationalist Government, and there was no other question except for the dispatch of an ambassador, and there was no reply to the Southern Han Dynasty's suggestion that troops could be sent into China to fight against the Japanese army.

History is no longer the same, and Xue Ru doesn't know why Chiang Kai-shek? Don't you still worry about Xue Ru? At the time when the order was given to Wei Ming and them to find out what the Chinese side meant, the Japanese troops entered Saigon and at the same time marched into Thailand, which is probably not a good thing. It is impossible for Japan not to want to solve the Southern Han and to prepare early.

Just as she was thinking, Ouyang Sari and Liu Yuanshan came, and after reading Wei Ming's report, Ouyang Sari said, "Your Majesty, what should we do?" ”

Liu Yuanshan said: "I think it is possible for the Japanese army to attack from the north and south and solve the Southern Han first, otherwise they will not have the courage to attack in other directions." ”

Xue Ru nodded and said: "I think so too, the General Staff immediately formulated a defensive operation plan, the Ministry of Defense issued an order for the whole country to enter a state of war, and the government carried out a full mobilization to prepare for war." ”

"Yes" two people stand upright. The Southern Han Dynasty was calm for almost a year, and there was no battle since the Battle of Longgang, and during this time the Ministry of Defense had been preparing for war and making strategic reserves, thinking that the war would come from the French side, but in the end it was Japan. That's just right, clean them up hard.

After Xue Ru arranged for Liu Yuanshan and Ouyang Sari, he immediately went to the cabinet and held a cabinet meeting, and the Southern Han government issued a war mobilization order to the whole country, and the two fronts in the north and south, east and west, entered a state of war defense. The Ministry of National Defense has rapidly expanded the armed forces, expanding the garrison forces and border guard forces into national defense forces on the basis of the original four divisions, and at the same time increasing the number of troops to four army corps and eight divisions, and the other four special divisions to 12 divisions, totaling more than 130,000 troops.

The navy only increased the number of light boats purchased from Britain by five light boats, and there were no capital warships, but the number of air force aircraft was increased to 350. With Xue Ru's order, the war atmosphere in the Southern Han Dynasty suddenly became tense, and the organs and schools in various places also began to act in an all-round way, and strategic points were used to prepare for war. From China, Thailand, and Burma, there were constant vehicles transporting food and supplies to the Southern Han Dynasty.

Haiphong Port, Vinh City, and Thanh Hoa Port are also full of large and small ships. For those with brains, Nanhan's reaction was correct, but their reaction was also too fast, and it was obvious that all this had been prepared for a long time. How easy is it to expand the army and mobilize for the national war?

The reaction of the Southern Han caused a wave of surprise in the world, because the new regime was not favored by most people, after all, it was too young. Their queen is not even twenty years old, and the prime minister is only in his thirties, not only the country is young, but the leaders are also young, how can such a country cope with emergencies.

But Japan had just entered Vietnam and Thailand, and the Southern Han Dynasty immediately began preparations for all-out war as if they had taken a stimulant. The French ambassador to the Southern Han Dynasty immediately asked Xue Ru to attack Saigon and expel the Japanese, but the Southern Han did not reply. Anyone can see that this is nothing more than rhetoric, and it is nothing more than a determination of the political status of the de Gaulle government. It's already good that Nanhan can protect himself, how can he have the energy to attack?

Japan not only has a division and a brigade in the south, but also a division and a division in Thailand in the west, and at the same time has the 18th Division and the 5th Division from Qinzhou to Longzhou on the Chinese side, that is, Japan has prepared four divisions and one brigade around the Southern Han Dynasty, with a strength of nearly 150,000 troops.

At the same time, the Japanese army sent a 3rd Fleet from the sea into the waters of the Southern Han Dynasty, and there was also a 48th Division in Taiwan that could land and operate at any time.

But it is strange that the Southern Han did not make a request to any country, but actively prepared for war. Could they have been able to cope with such a massive attack on their own? It made these ambassadors to Yugoslavia want to find out the strategic intentions of the Southern Han Dynasty. It's a pity that the Nanhan News did not make any remarks to the outside world, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs remained silent, but the troops were frequently moved.

The General Staff Headquarters has just been readjusted, and generals at and above the division level of the army have gathered here for meetings. Xue Ru attended the meeting as the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, and the meeting was presided over by Ouyang Sari, deputy chief of the general staff.

The people at the meeting had a serious face, although the Southern Han had made full preparations, but the Japanese army attacked on such a large scale, and the Southern Han would also suffer heavy losses. This is a patriotic battle, there is no way to maneuver, it will form a defensive operation like China, and it is not the same as the usual combat method of the snow fox.

Ouyang Sari glanced at Xue Ru, Xue Ru nodded, he opened the map and said: "Everyone, I won't say much, this is the first Great Patriotic War of Snow Fox, so it is still the previous request, to hurt Japan, so that he does not dare to covet the Southern Han Dynasty again." Therefore, according to the decision of the General Staff, Qiao Han's First Army was deployed in the north to defend against the Japanese army attacking from China, Chen Dong's troops of the Second Army defended the Japanese army attacking in South Vietnam on the southern front, the Third Army Ding Fenglun's headquarters entered the west to defend the Japanese army attacking in the direction of Thailand, and the Fourth Army's Du Heng Division was used as a mobile force as a general reserve. On the naval side, the naval fleet and marine divisions defended the Halong port direction, and the artillery divisions and coast guard divisions were responsible for defending the coastal defense side. The Air Force is divided into four brigades, which support each battlefield, and the detailed battle plan is issued to each military headquarters by the General Staff. ”

He paused and said: "The commanders of the units should remember that the General Staff is only a coordinating command body, and the military headquarters itself directs all aspects of operations, and the tactics are decided by themselves, and the General Staff is not involved. However, Her Majesty has a request, although this is his own national territory, the principle of Snow Fox's operation remains unchanged, that is, to avoid stubborn fighting, to decide victory tactically, and to kill and injure the Japanese army. Let me tell you the only request of the General Staff, the Japanese troops who stepped into the territory of the Southern Han, they only had corpses, no prisoners of war, understand? ”

"Understood" all the generals who participated in the meeting replied together in the loudest voice. They were nervous because the young lady had recently become mild. Besides, this is a defensive territory, and it is inevitable to fight a defensive war, so there is not much bottom. If this is still the case, then of course it is reassuring. 100,000 Japanese troops, 100,000 Southern Han troops, who is afraid of whom! It's better not to capture and kill them all, then let the Japanese see what happens when they step into the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty!