Beiyang reactionaries

"Do they have any other requests?"

Duan Xun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Japan was finally about to surrender.

Judging from the current situation, although Germany is at the end of the road, it is impossible for Germany to surrender without more than half a year.After all, Germany is still very powerful, and there are still millions of elite troops in its hands.Hitler was not someone who surrendered easily.

It's not like Japan.

The joint bombing of China and the United States almost destroyed Japan's industrial base.

Now a large number of factories in Japan have been bombed, a large number of supporting factories have been bombed, and a large number of workers have fled the city.It directly caused Japan's industry to almost stagnate, and its industrial output was less than 10%.

In such a situation, Japan can't fight at all.

The troops will soon be unable to even supply ammunition, so what will they use to fight.Moreover, although Japan still has millions of troops, compared with Germany, they are all troops that were added later and did not have much training, and their combat effectiveness is very poor.Therefore, although the Japanese army boss has been clamoring for war, the Japanese emperor is really scared now and dare not continue to delay.The only option is to surrender.

"There is no other request. They accept all the results of the last negotiation. They just emphasized again that Japan should retain the emperor and demand that our country guarantee the personal safety and property safety of Japanese people. Japan is not only willing to accept the 'Ili Declaration', but also agrees to Our army has landed in Japan, and we are willing to join the Federation of China, and we are willing to support China in leading the Asian Joint Conference. We are also willing to make the renminbi one of the legal currencies of Japan, and hope to get help from China after the war.”

Any country, any nation has elites with vision.

Japan has reached its current position. Among the many capitulators, apart from some timid and cowardly people, most of them are smart people who have seen the status quo clearly.They don't just see what's happening now, they're thinking about what's after the war.

For the development of Japan after the war, they all carefully studied the "Ili Declaration".

Judging from the situation of the "Ili Declaration", Britain and the United States both recognized China's special status in Asia, or recognized China's status as the leader of Asia.Even the United States has made a lot of concessions.

After all, China and the United States have decided to use the Marshall Islands, the Gilbert Islands, and the Tuvalu Islands as the boundaries between the two countries to divide the Pacific Ocean.The United States signed the "Ili Declaration" and needed to withdraw from the occupied places such as the Philippines, the Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands.Once this happens, China's status in Asia will be very high, and its power will expand rapidly.China will become the veritable overlord and king of Asia.

And overall, Asia is far behind Europe.

Even if Europe was smashed to pieces in World War II, its foundation is much higher than that of Asian countries.Europe's education foundation and Europe's industrial accumulation are enough for them to rise again.Post-war Asia must rely on China if it wants to develop.The same is true for Japan. If it wants to rise again after the war, it must get the support of China.

Therefore, these people immediately expressed their attitude to China.

Very knowledgeable.

Lower your profile and express that Japan is willing to become Japan's younger brother and is willing to recognize China's status in Asia.Use this method to get support from China.Of course, I also hope that China will not kill the surrendered Japan for the sake of Japan's understanding of current affairs.

"it is good."

Duan Xun nodded and said: "As long as it is not an unreasonable request, there are not many problems. Of course, let them not go too far. They are not qualified to make conditions now. Tell Gu Zhengzhi to let Japan surrender as soon as possible, and we will support the rest."

Japan is still sensible and has not put forward any excessive conditions.

Of course, Japan is not qualified now, nor does it have the capital to bargain with China.Duan Xun thought for a while and said with a smile: "If Japan had been so sensible earlier, then the Far East War would have ended long ago, and there would be no need for so many people to die. Now that Japan has been hit so hard, I don't know what to do if I want to recover." How long. The important cities in Japan are now seriously injured, and the blow to Japan is too great."

"Suppressing Japan is also good for the future. And Japan has a sufficient educational foundation and a sufficient industrial foundation. Even if the damage is serious, as long as we have our support, it will recover quickly."

Li Jishen spoke.

Humanism?

For these people in the current Supreme Committee, the death of several 10 people in Japan, or even millions of people, is just a statistic.It may sound cruel, like there is no humanity, but the reality is so cruel.

For example, Duan Xun, Dai Kan, Li Jishen, and Yang Wei of the Supreme Committee were all soldiers, and they all saw the situation where corpses littered the battlefield.Even Wang Jingwei himself participated in riots and assassinated the regent when he was young.You have seen countless deaths, so you may have hardened your hearts.

The reality is such a cruel thing.

In our current position, what everyone is thinking about is how to completely rid China of the humiliation it has suffered since the end of the Qing Dynasty.To get rid of this, what China has to do is to become truly independent and take the position of a world power.For this goal, the number of people who die is data, and the eyes will not blink.To put it more cruelly, the current casualties of the Chinese army are also statistics in front of several people.What a few people can do is to give them more pensions and care for their families, that's all.

Even the casualties of their own army are the same, let alone the casualties of Japan.

So Li Jishen's meaning is very simple.

Although Japan is a second-rate industrial power, it is also a number one industrial country in the world, and its industrial foundation is still sufficient.If Japan had not been hit hard, with Japan's strength, it would be impossible to surrender willingly.Even if it is surrender, it will not be willing.After all, in a powerful country, no one wants to be a younger brother.

Things are actually going right now.

Japan has been hit hard, and not just in general.In this war, Japanese military and civilian casualties reached nearly tens of millions, and most of them were young and middle-aged.Not to mention anything else, the number of Japanese troops annihilated by the US military on the Pacific battlefield alone has exceeded 300 million.The Japanese troops combined by other Britain and China easily exceeded 200 million.

Japan's industry was severely damaged, and it was very difficult to restore it without external help.Now Japan owes a lot of debt to China, and has borrowed a lot from China in recent years.If Japan wants to rise again after the war, it must also rely heavily on China.

Now that Japan has been hit hard, it is suitable for China to manage.

"That's very reasonable. Vice Chairman Dai (Dai Kan), you should study how to support the Japanese economy after the war, and more importantly, study how to fully integrate the Japanese economy and our country's economy. Benefits are eternal and must be Let the Japanese economy completely depend on our country, so that Japan will follow us in the future."

"it is good."

"Ren Chao (Li Jishen), send a message to the General Staff. Let our troops, no matter what method we use, attack quickly. Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara Islands must be close, because there is not much time Yes. As long as Japan announces its surrender, our troops will land immediately, accept the surrender of the Japanese army in these places, and not allow the United States to expand their occupied territories. Including Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands, we must accept the surrender of the Japanese army as soon as possible , these places can’t be messed up.”

"Yes."

"Appoint Ma Xiaojun as the commander of the station in Japan, and prepare all transport ships and landing craft. As long as Japan announces its surrender, our troops will land on the Japanese mainland. My opinion is that the troops stationed in Japan must maintain at least 6 regiments and 100 million people. scale. Wait until the situation in Japan stabilizes before making adjustments.”

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On October 1944, 10, Emperor Meiji of Japan made the decision to surrender.

Faced with an increasingly difficult situation, Japan's Emperor Meiji held an imperial meeting for several hours with close ministers who supported the surrender.In the end, in order to keep Japan's final capital, the Japanese emperor decided to reach an agreement with China as soon as possible, and get China's protection after the defeat.

On October 10, representatives of China and Japan began the final negotiations in Beijing.The representatives on the Chinese side were Wang Jingwei, Vice Chairman of the Supreme Council, and Gu Weijun, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the representative of Japan was former Foreign Minister Gu Masayuki.

The two sides quickly reached an agreement.

After all, the basis of the previous negotiations between the two countries is still there, and Japan is also eager to surrender, so all the content of the discussion was finished within a day.Because Japan is more anxious, it has made more concessions in many aspects.Japan also accepts all of the clauses that were previously resisted.For example, the Chinese army landed on the Japanese mainland, accepted the surrender of the Japanese army, and supervised the abolition of the Japanese military factories. The Japanese side agreed.

There are also those who started the war, who will become war criminals and be tried by the post-war court.And Japan needs to come up with war reparations.

Of course, China also gave Japan a guarantee.

Retain the emperor, but abolish the current power mechanism headed by the emperor of Japan.After the Chinese army landed on the mainland of Japan, it will guarantee the safety of the lives and property of the Japanese people, especially will not deprive the property of the Japanese consortium at will.

And on the issue of war criminals, take care of Japan's opinions.At the same time, in terms of war reparations, it will also support Japan more and reduce the impact on the Japanese economy.

On October 1944, 10, after receiving an answer from China, the Emperor of Japan held another meeting with several ministers who supported the surrender.

Including the Speaker of the Privy Council Kiichiro Hiranuma, the Minister of Internal Affairs Koichi Kido, the Minister of the Imperial Household, Shotaro Ishiwata, the Prime Minister of the Japanese Cabinet Kantaro Suzuki, the Minister of the Navy Mitsumasa Yonechi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Matoku Togo and so on.

In the current situation, most civil servants support surrender.However, there are too many radicals in the Japanese military, and many of them are against surrender.Not to mention the Supreme War Council held several times before, even at the imperial meeting held by Emperor Meiji, these military leaders clamored for "[-] million pieces of jade" and "a decisive battle in the local area".They even rejected Emperor Meiji's idea of ​​peace talks. One can imagine the attitude of the radicals in the Japanese military.

Of course, even the ministers who supported the surrender were different.

Just like Kiichiro Hiranuma, the chairman of the Privy Council, is also a Japanese veteran and a fanatical royalist.I am very supportive of the emperor system, that is to say, I am very satisfied with the current Japanese system.But because the situation is difficult now, his biggest worry is that the war will continue and China and the United States will abolish the emperor.That's why he supports the end of the war and the surrender.

But it is precisely because of this that Kiichiro Hiranuma became the target of Japanese radicals, thinking that he was a capitulator.Kiichiro Hiranuma has been attacked several times because of such claims.

But in any case, these important ministers unanimously decided to support the emperor.