Chapter 299: Political Competition (2)

Cadol was stunned, Xue Ru was the queen of a country at this time, and her power was greater than that of the president in the state system, but in the system, people of insight could also see that there was an advisory delegation in the Southern Han Dynasty, in fact, it was elected by various parties, that is, the role of the parliament. The Southern Han Dynasty has always implemented a cabinet system, which is no different from the general constitutional monarchy, and Xue Ru, the queen, is more of a national symbol.

However, Xue Ru is indeed a queen with actual power, and she has more power than the Japanese emperor in terms of power, and the Queen of England is even more incomparable. How can you help her by letting yourself help in her capacity? Now I'm an ordinary person. As a French citizen, I have the obligation to contribute to the country, and I can't refuse, and Xiao Yong and they are so big to help Nanhan buy planes, if they don't have a good relationship with the Pétain government, how can they do it. When the president came forward to invite him to come to Nanhan, Cadol knew that Xue Ru would not listen to France, and this woman was very tough and came hard.

After being stunned, he said: "Your Majesty is too polite, please tell me if you need my service." Cador lowered his profile, he had been defeated by Xue Ru in every way, and France had been defeated and occupied by Germany at this time, all of which made him have nothing to be proud of, so he was always respectful and humble.

Xue Ru smiled: "Mr. Cadol, whether it is your help in the past or for Xiao Yong's sake, I think we have nothing to hide, and there are some things to say publicly." The French side can agree to the two demands of the Southern Han Dynasty, and all problems are easy to say. ”

"Oh? But I don't know what to ask for? Cadoll asked. Xue Ru's directness surprised him a little, the main thing was that Xue Ru put him in the position of a friend, and did not treat him as a French negotiator, so he asked directly.

Xue Ru said: "First, France recognized the political status of the Southern Han Dynasty and got Emperor Baoda to agree to permanently give up the territory of Northern Vietnam. Second, when the Japanese army attacked Vietnam, do not resolutely resist and take the initiative to give up, and then find a way to convince the world that Japan wants to occupy the whole of Southeast Asia. ”

Cadol is also a qualified politician, the first point he can understand, Vietnam is a French colony, France recognized the political status of the Southern Han, that is, to give up the control of North Vietnam and Laos, Emperor Bao Dai announced the permanent renunciation of North Vietnam, and there was no territorial dispute in the South Han.

But the second one, I'm afraid, even if it's difficult, I can't figure out why? France also knew that Japan wanted to occupy Vietnam, and in the face of German pressure, the French government had to admit that it agreed to sign a treaty with Thailand and also agreed to Japan's use of the port of Saigon, but why did Xue Ru let France give up resistance?

Xue Ru said: "You don't have to know the reason, Japan's intention to annex Vietnam I think France also understands, if Vietnam is lost, France can do what I said, Vietnam will still be France's in the future, if you don't do that, I'm afraid it's difficult for Vietnam to say whose it is, you can come and I want you to do a favor, how can you make France believe." ”

Cadole thought for a moment and shook his head: "Please forgive me, the president will not agree, because it will damage France's international status, but I will try my best to persuade the president, but there is one thing Her Majesty should know that if Japan attacks south, France will not have the strength to stop it for the time being, and it will not be possible if you want to give up." ”

In fact, these words are beyond what Kadoer's identity should say, but Xue Ru said that he had helped Xue Ru before, and that was also a betrayal of the country, so there was no scruple about saying it at this time.

Xue Ru didn't talk about these issues anymore, because her purpose had been achieved. France had already been defeated, Petain's government was in league with Hitler, and the Japanese-German alliance, Germany inevitably hoped that France would support Japan's attack on Southeast Asia, so as to contain the military power of the United States and Britain. When Japan invaded Vietnam, Germany would inevitably put pressure on the Viesy government.

But there was also a Charles de Gaulle Free French government in England, which ended up being the victorious power as an Allied Power. The government of Vesy is not recognized, what they say is useless. Xue Ru actually did this for de Gaulle's Free French government, the more traitorous the French government is today, the more France will not recognize them in the future, so it is not important whether France recognizes the political status of the Southern Han Dynasty or not, but the recognition of Emperor Bao of Vietnam is important.

If the Viesy government did not resist withdrawing from Vietnam, Xue Ru would hand him over to De Gaulle again, and it would be different in exchange, at least the Allied Congress would recognize the decision of the De Gaulle government. Another point is that France took the initiative to abandon Vietnam, which proves that Japan and the current France are in the same group, and the threat to the United States is greater, because of the fear that the United States will attack Japan, thus triggering the Pacific War.

If France resisted resolutely from southern Vietnam, it would make Japan's ambitions less and the possibility of dragging the United States into war less likely. If Xue Ru's Southern Han and Weixi governments cooperated at this time, the United States would also think that the Southern Han was dangerous and would target the Southern Han. If the Southern Han Dynasty cannot but participate in international affairs, it will have no right to speak in the future. After World War II, the world pattern will be reshuffled, and the Southern Han must occupy the side of the Allies. Thailand and those who took refuge in Germany only saw the strength in front of them, and they were bound to lose, which is where Xue Ru has an advantage over them.

In order to occupy the initiative, Xue Ru could not beg the United States and Britain, so he could only wait for them to come to the door by himself. In order to achieve this goal, the Southern Han had to put pressure on the allies at this time, but these could not be put on the surface, so they said that they would ask Kador to help.

It was impossible for Cadole to understand such a complicated matter, and it was only when he said that France had no strength to confront Japan. Xue Ru's purpose is to muddy the waters, although Cadol does not understand at this time, but these words will inevitably reach the ears of French President Petain, so that Japan can know, and it can also reduce Japan's hostility to the Southern Han Dynasty and buy time for Xue Ru.

In order not to irritate Japan and not reach an agreement with them, Xue Ru racked her brains to find a way, she didn't care whether it worked or not, but at this time, the Japanese people were also negotiating with Xue Ru's Southern Han, which adopted the tactics of the Allies and the Axis powers, and the two sides should not be offended, so as to buy time for their own development, and also wanted to drag out the time until the outbreak of the Pacific War. In order for Japan to attack Pearl Harbor, the Southern Han had to act as if it was no threat to Japan.

Cadol returned to Saigon, Vietnam, to report to the French side, and he did not directly say that he would abandon Vietnam, but he also gave a detailed account of the situation in Vietnam. The implication was that France could not hold Vietnam, and the Southern Han had no intention of getting involved in the war, but only wanted to keep the existing territory in northern Vietnam, and was unwilling to confront France.

When this material came to President Petain, Japan and the United States knew it at the same time, and even the British and French liberal governments knew about it.

This change surprised the countries concerned, the combat effectiveness of the army of the Southern Han Dynasty is known to the whole world, and Xue Ru is swaying from side to side, which is probably not a good thing. British Prime Minister Tony Blair immediately convened a meeting to study how to deal with the problem of the Southern Han. But the German army swept through North Africa, Britain could not afford to send troops to Asia, and if the Southern Han and Japan were to form an alliance, Burma, Thailand, and India would be in danger. Don't look at the Southern Han Dynasty, there are only more than 100,000 troops, and the navy and air force are very weak, but once they ally with Japan, they can quickly occupy Southeast Asia, so Britain must make an attitude and control the Southern Han into their camp.

This proposal was agreed by all the parliamentarians, why, if the strong Southern Han joined the Allied side, it could guarantee Burma and India and block the Japanese attack. The British wartime staff had already held a meeting to study and hold a joint military conference with the Netherlands to study the strengthening of troops in Southeast Asia and increase the deployment of the air force, and the Southern Han Dynasty became a major focus.

At the time of the British meeting, the Taylor family, through the Birmingham Councillor Monlisses, proposed to Parliament that the Southern Han should be given political status to ensure the interests of the British Empire in Indochina.

The Southern Han was established on a French colony, and if Britain agreed, it would be tantamount to betraying French interests, and Britain certainly did not care, once the country was recognized, the Southern Han could no longer attack Burma and Thailand, thus limiting him to the existing territory.

The British side quickly made a decision to send a special envoy to the Southern Han Dynasty to discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Southern Han Dynasty, and when the British made the decision, Blair met with de Gaulle. The position and decision of the United States and Britain urged de Gaulle to agree to give up the areas occupied by the Southern Han, so as to keep the southern part of Vietnam and buy time for Britain.

At this time, the Free French government-in-exile was in England, and without British support, de Gaulle's resistance would have nowhere to go and would have to respect the British opinion. To this end, a representative was sent to the Southern Han Dynasty with the British. Soon the news spread that the Southern Han was in talks with the Japanese, and the Japanese agreed to provide military assistance with a loan to the Southern Han, but the Queen of the Southern Han did not make a decision.

The United States is paying close attention to the changes in the situation in Southeast Asia, and Roosevelt has proposed to Congress that the United States should take an active part in the world anti-fascist war to gain global political influence for the United States and also to penetrate deep into Asia. Although the National Assembly never approved it, the government was preparing to politically support the British, French, and Chinese resistance movements.

The CIA's intelligence caused turmoil within the United States as well, as they received news that Japan would launch a military attack on Southeast Asia to replace British and American control over the region. The U.S. economy is out of the trough and recovering quite well, and it needs the Asian market. Several major arms dealers very much want the United States to participate in the war, and they have also united to put pressure on the congressional administration to participate in the war.

Just when Roosevelt was studying countermeasures, Wei Ming in the palace of the Southern Han Dynasty reported the situation to Xue Ru, in fact, these changes were completely directed by the Southern Han Dynasty, otherwise how could it be that the Taylor family of Birmingham invited members of parliament to submit a bill to Congress. The information in the United States was also leaked by the intelligence department, but it was just right for them to think that they had obtained the information.

Dragging the United States and Britain into the Pacific War was Xue Ru's goal, and taking this opportunity to let the Southern Han Dynasty gain political status was also one of the purposes.

Japan's attack on Southeast Asia, the possibility of the Southern Han Dynasty turning to Japan, immediately threatened the position of Britain, France, the United States, and the Netherlands in Asia. On the one hand, Xue Ru secretly contacted Japan to improve the conditions, but did not refuse, and on the other hand, hinted to Britain that the Southern Han could help Japan or Britain, and then there was a continuous troop movement, and at the same time military exercises were held to show the strong military power of the Southern Han.

This immediately made these countries feel that the Southern Han Dynasty had become a significant force in Asia, especially in Southeast Asia. In such a situation, it is more important to win over the Southern Han than to attack the Southern Han. The negotiations between Japan and the Southern Han were not sincere at all, and they were just appeasement and delayed time to prepare, but they did not expect Xue Ru to take advantage of them and finally force Britain and France to send representatives at the same time.

For more than a month, there was no progress in the negotiations between the South Han side and Japan, and only Thailand had to agree to cede 100 kilometers of the border line backwards. This was agreed by Japan, and in the eyes of the Japanese side, it was useless to give the Southern Han any more space, because once the Japanese army began to attack, the Southern Han would cease to exist. In order to suppress Thailand from completely falling to the Southern Han, the shameless Japanese mediated between the two sides, asking the Southern Han not to attack Thailand for the time being, and forcing Thailand to agree.

At the beginning of April, the two sides formally signed the South Thai Border Treaty, and the original border line extended more than 100 kilometers into the territory of Thailand, and the two regions of Chiang Rai and Nanfu were included in the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty, and the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty expanded by tens of thousands of square kilometers.

The Japanese side was disappointed, and the Southern Han Dynasty did not make any promises to the Japanese side. The Southern Han Dynasty did not reply to the conditions put forward by Japan, but they achieved one goal and succeeded in delaying the time.

Under the aggressive pressure of the Southern Han, Thailand finally agreed that Japan could send troops to Thailand to provide the military bases that Japan needed, and the two sides signed a military alliance agreement, and Japan used the Southern Han to achieve their goals.

When the Japanese representative reported that the 2nd Chinese Fleet had sent transport ships from Bangkok to transport troops into Thailand, the base camp thought that the time was ripe to attack the South Han from the north and south as long as it landed in southern Vietnam and occupied Vietnam, so as to complete control over Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand, and then it could attack Burma. Although the Southern Han did not reach an agreement with Japan, it said that it would remain neutral.

In the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, the Sixth Imperial Council presided over by Emperor Hirohito was very controversial, and at this time, there were still some people in Japan who believed that they should attack the Soviet Union in the north. Those who advocated an alliance with Germany believed that Germany should cooperate in the partition of the Soviet Union.

The Japanese ambassador to Germany reported that he had met with Hitler and learned that a Soviet-German war was inevitable, which made pro-German people in Japan very excited. However, the Imperial Council held for a few days, and the results of the study and analysis were that Japan still attacked southward.

Because with Japan's current national strength, it is impossible to compete with the Soviet Union, and the occupation of Southeast Asia can solve the problem of strategic materials, because Britain and the United States are caught in the war against Germany, and their forces are weak in Southeast Asia, and there is no problem for Japan to occupy there. The emperor finally agreed that the Japanese were preparing to attack south.

Since the emperor's imperial approval, the General Staff Headquarters immediately sent troops into Sanya, Taiwan, and Guangzhou, China, to prepare for an attack on Southeast Asia. If you want to attack these places, the first step is to occupy northern Vietnam, and you must deal with the Southern Han Kingdom.

In accordance with this decision, the Japanese army began military operations. Just as Japan was starting to act, the British representative Mesilt and the French government of Charles de Gaulle came to the Southern Han Syracuse City to negotiate with the Southern Han on the settlement of the problem of the Southeast Peninsula between Britain and France.