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Chapter 852 Fighting

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    After many years of construction, China's rapid growth in strength gave Zhang Hanqing a strong urge to regain its territory. This was not only a matter of national blood, but also because the Japanese occupation of Kanto Prefecture was like a choke in the throat, and the Chinese government was stuck for a long time.  It is not considered by the great powers to be a big country that can stand on an equal footing with them, and it has been containing most of China's energy and military strength in the Northeast.

    After the national strength gradually increased, Zhang Zuolin's government began to change from "tolerance" towards Japan to "toughness".  The wealth is strong, the waist is strong and the heart is strong.  With nearly two million navy, land and air force at hand, it is time to drive little Japan out of China.

    Zhang Hanqing said calmly to the high-level people of the Kuomintang gathered together: "Punch away with one punch to avoid hundreds of punches. Japan, which is the weakest among the great powers, appears first. We must devote all our efforts to give it a heavy blow."  Attack - this is a touchstone. We cannot afford to lose, nor can we retreat. Once defeated or retreated, other powers will reach out to us.

    I believe that since we have so many troops who have fought in actual combat and have a strong logistics and industrial base, we will definitely win.  The key is how far the battle will go?

    My opinion is to inflict pain on the Japanese until the troubles of the Bohai Bay and the Northeast are completely resolved!  Beat them until they dare not challenge us again within ten years, and give China a golden decade of economic construction!  With this battle, the northern territory and territorial waters were completely recovered and guaranteed.

    To be honest, I don¡¯t want to fight at this time.  If we wait another three years and wait until our navy and air force have made great progress before fighting, our comprehensive military strength with Japan will be much smaller.  The Japanese have no choice but to take action at this point - they also know that in a few years, it will not be whether they want to attack us, but whether we will take the initiative to look for them.

    But there are also benefits to playing early.  Firstly, we can carry out construction with peace of mind, and secondly, it also prevents the Japanese from going north.  The sea is the strong point of the British and Americans. It¡¯s time to let them go dog-eat-dog. The Chinese nation has suffered enough!

    Dealing with the Japanese Army is not a big problem, even the Shenyang Military Region alone is enough, but to confront its powerful maritime power, we need to take it seriously.  The General Staff Headquarters can order the mobilization of various heavy artillery units to places around the Bohai Sea, Qingdao and other places to strengthen coastal defense capabilities.

    Of course, in order to paralyze Japan and keep a low profile, I suggest loosening up external forces and tightening up internal forces. We should not use the front-line troops along the coast for now, but transfer some troops from the interior.

    Didn¡¯t the ¡®Beidahuang Construction Corps¡¯ have a scale of hundreds of thousands of people?  very good!  Arm yourself nearby.  There are veterans among them who have experienced hundreds of battles, and they can resolutely obey the party's instructions and switch from military to civilian affairs. This is commendable.  They are very enthusiastic about defending the Northeast and China. As long as they are properly equipped with some weapons, they will be a steel army!

    ¡° In this way, even if the war in the north expands, the military strength in East and South China will not shrink, and it will also stop some countries from taking advantage of the situation and allow us to concentrate on the war in the Northeast.

    While mobilizing troops, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must make it clear to all parties that we are in a passive war situation.  ¡®The soldiers who mourn will surely win¡¯.  They provoked first and exchanged fire first, but it is up to us to decide how large the scale of the fight will be, how long the fight will last, and how it will end!  "

    In accordance with the resolution of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the People's Party, Foreign Minister Gu Weijun urgently summoned the ambassadors or charge d'affaires of the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Germany, the Soviet Union and other countries to respond to the Japanese army's atrocious act of invading Chinese territory and massacring border guards in Zhanggufeng.  condemned it and called on all major powers to mediate and asked the "League of Nations" to exert influence on Japan to promote peace in the Far East.

    "The League of Nations" is naturally unreliable, as Zhang Hanqing, who is familiar with history, naturally knows.  This predecessor of the United Nations, which originally served imperialism, has never provided any beneficial or even moral support to China except its continued appeasement of Japan.

    "However, his raising the banner of the "League of Nations" is just a guise. The purpose is to show the world that China is unwilling to fight. If the war escalates, it will be forced on China by Japan.  In this way, the outside world cannot point fingers at China's possible future plans in North Korea. Everything is forced and develops naturally. There are reasons for the future situation.

    To this end, the "League of Nations" held a meeting of the parties to the "Washington Treaty" in Brussels to discuss the situation that had developed in the Far East.  The meeting was attended by the United Kingdom, the United States, China, France, etc., but Japan refused to attend the meeting.

    At this meeting, the Chinese delegation requested the Brussels Conference to make a resolution on imposing economic sanctions on the aggressors and providing assistance to China.  From China's perspective, the Japanese would not be able to fight even a medium-sized war without the support of foreign countries.

    As the Chinese delegation solemnly stated: ¡°If all member states of the League of Nations impose economic sanctions on Japan, it will be a means to stop the aggressor, because about three-quarters of Japan¡¯s raw material imports come from the United Kingdom.?, United States, China, Netherlands, Indonesia, France, Indochina.  The important strategic raw materials needed by Japan, such as iron sand, lead, tin, manganese, etc., are almost entirely dependent on imports from the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Netherlands."

    However, the proposal on sanctions did not receive support from France, Britain and the United States.

    These major powers have been brewing a feud between Japan and the Soviet Union to restrict the development of the Soviet Union as a socialist country in the East. They are also unwilling to take practical measures such as economic sanctions against Japan. They are afraid that these measures will worsen relations with Japan and damage Japan's focus on its hatred of the Soviet Union.  , interfered with Japan's strategy and war preparations for attacking the Soviet Union, and caused the United States and others to abort Japan's war against the Soviet Union.

    Therefore, the United States and other Western countries continue to condone Japan's aggression and expansion in North China.

    Another important factor is that China's rapid development has brought strategic pressure to them. If China is weakened by this war, they will be happy to see it happen.

    Therefore, French Foreign Minister Delbot said in his speech: "No mandatory resolution can effectively and satisfactorily resolve the mutual relations between China and Japan legally and factually."

    Britain and France spoke from the same nostril, and DeVos, the head of the U.S. delegation, quickly echoed Delbo's opinion.  In the end, the Brussels Conference only adopted a declaratory resolution, stating that Japan's actions in China violated the Nine-Nation Washington Convention and recommending that Japan cease military operations, but did not stipulate any measures to deal with the aggressors.

    Japan figured out the intentions of the United States, Britain and France, so it shouted anti-Soviet and anti-communist movements, and took measures to worsen Soviet-Japanese relations, including attacking the Soviet border, to show that it was the main force that the United States, Britain and France must rely on and could attack the Soviet Union nearby;  On the other hand, they dare to aggressively expand and cause trouble in Northeast China and North China.

    Japan believes that the United States, Britain and France dare not take actual actions to punish Japan for its aggression in China. They must rely on Japan, the main force that can attack the Soviet Union nearby.  It is precisely because of the indulgence of the United States and others that Japan recklessly displayed force in Northeast China when it was obviously weaker than China.

    The most hateful thing is the United States.

    Historically, the United States not only continued to condone Japan's aggression and expansion, providing arms and equipment to Japan, but even when the Japanese Army proposed the notorious "Tanaka Memorial" in 1927, which was blatantly attacking China, the United States also provided a large amount of supplies to Japan's munitions industry.  Investment to help Japan establish a modern military industry:

    For example, the American Ford Company provides Japan with modern metallurgical technology; the Rockefeller Foundation helps Japan establish a new electrical industry; and the Mellon Foundation helps Japan further modernize its aircraft manufacturing industry.

    At that time, the United States believed that this was mainly a war preparation plan for the Soviet Union, and agreed that various consortiums would continue to provide practical support for the Japanese Army's military expansion and war preparations in the form of loans to Japan and the supply of strategic materials.

    This corresponds to a sentence: "There are no long-term friendships between countries, only permanent interests."

    But the "friendship" between the U.S. government and China must also be reflected and China must be given an explanation.  Not long after, on August 14, the United States announced a ban on the export of weapons and military equipment loaded on American ships (mainly targeting China and Japan).

    At first glance, the United States seems to be very neutral and fair, not using American ships to provide arms procurement services for either warring party.  However, this policy first treats the aggressor and the invaded equally, which does not reflect the "justice" of the United States and the US government's claim that "the United States is China's most steadfast and powerful strategic ally."

    If nothing else, this policy suits the requirements of Japan, which has a powerful navy, because when the Japanese navy controls the seas between China and Japan, Japanese ships can load weapons, military equipment and other strategic materials from the United States unimpeded.

    The Japanese navy, which controls the sea, has blocked China's coast. Even if China buys weapons and equipment in the United States, it does not dare to use Chinese ships to transport them (unless it hopes to avoid interception by Japanese ships). It can only rent American ships that Japan does not dare to inspect.  Waiting for national ships.

    In order to "solve" this loophole, the United States created new arms trade regulations, prohibiting the chartering of U.S. ships to transport weapons purchased in the United States (only U.S. ships can be chartered to transport non-weapons goods purchased in the United States), so that Japan can still obtain  U.S. weapons and military equipment, but China has difficulty obtaining U.S. weapons and military equipment.

    This completely blocks the help China may receive from the United States.

    As an example, on November 1, 1928, the U.S. State Department informed the American Aircraft Company that the U.S. government did not agree to sell aircraft and aircraft parts to countries that were conducting indiscriminate bombings. This is the famous "moral embargo."

    But "after the 'moral embargo', American monopoly capitalists instead increased their exports to Japan. For example, this year, the value of the aircraft sold by the United States to Japan was US$2.484 million, and after the so-called 'moral embargo' was implemented in 1929  In 2008, the value of the aircraft sold by the United States to Japan increased to US$17.454 million. This example is enough to illustrate the hypocrisy of the Coolidge government's so-called "moral embargo."

    As a cover, on October 5, President Coolidge issued a speech calling for the establishment of a "peace front" against the aggressors, as evidence of the United States' support for China's war against Japan.

    But President Coolidge did not dare to name the invaders in his speech, nor did he dare to offend Japan too much.  At the press conference the next day, someone asked: Does the term "peace front" mean economic sanctions?

    President Coolidge initially responded, "No, not necessarily," then simply said, "No."  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)However, the value of the aircraft sold by the United States to Japan increased to US$17.454 million. This example is enough to illustrate the hypocrisy of the Coolidge administration's so-called "moral embargo."

    As a cover, on October 5, President Coolidge issued a speech calling for the establishment of a "peace front" against the aggressors, as evidence of the United States' support for China's war against Japan.

    But President Coolidge did not dare to name the invaders in his speech, nor did he dare to offend Japan too much.  At the press conference the next day, someone asked: Does the term "peace front" mean economic sanctions?

    President Coolidge initially responded, "No, not necessarily," then simply said, "No."  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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