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Chapter 1006 Feeling proud

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    The next day, a refreshed Zhang Hanqing interviewed Shigemitsu Aoi. China and Japan were at loggerheads over how to cease the war, and the debate had become heated.

    On the general principle of reaching an armistice on the Korean Peninsula, everyone has almost no opinion.  It is undeniable that this war on the Bohai Bay side has partially disrupted the process of China's economic construction.

    Due to the expansion of the war and the extension of the front, the geographically adjacent Northeast shouldered the important task of supplying guns and ammunition to the front line, and most of its heavy industrial production was converted to the production of military products.

    In the Yangtze River Delta and South China, domestic businessmen have significantly reduced overseas trade due to worries that the Japanese will expand the scale of the war and block maritime trade. Some foreign-funded enterprises have also withdrawn investment in China, which has caused great disadvantages to the developing Chinese economy.

    The only benefit this war brought to China was that China completed its rise with the help of Japan.

    China¡¯s great victory on land will not affect Japan¡¯s continued dominance at sea. This will be difficult to change in the short term.  But Japan did not gain the slightest advantage in this war:

    Huge human casualties and the war preparation materials accumulated over the years were wiped out. The country owed a huge foreign debt to support the war. All the benefits gained from the Meiji Restoration until the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1895 were included in it, and it was also lost economically.  Kanto Prefecture and northern Korea, which were crucial to Japan, were almost brought back to their original shape.

    In the long run, the two sides of the war will be the result of double losses. At this point, the people of China and Japan have experienced it.  Both sides feel that the country's economy is severely constrained, and both have a desire to end the war between the two sides as soon as possible.

    Countries such as the United States and Britain are cautious about the Sino-Japanese war: On the one hand, Britain and the United States are happy to see the two Asian powers engage in a war of mutual attrition; but on the other hand, the continued escalation of the war has also made international businessmen very sensitive to the situation in East Asia.

    Affected by this, one year after the war, investment in China dropped from 130 million U.S. dollars per year before the war to less than 40 million U.S. dollars. The two international ports of Shanghai and Hong Kong continued to be depressed, which has directly affected them.  national interests.  Therefore, all parties welcome Chiano's peace initiative.

    Ciano served as the Sino-Japanese armistice mediator after the Japanese government made a request to the Italian government through its minister in Italy.  Because of the sweet relationship between Zhang Hanqing and Ada, the relationship between this once friendly country to Japan and China also warmed up in a short period of time.  As a mutually friendly country, Ciano can be the mediator.

    In this case, Zhang Hanqing cannot deceive others too much, so he has no objections in the general direction.  However, the war was initiated by the Japanese and would not be easily ended by their suggestion.  Therefore, Zhang Hanqing has four main requirements for Chongguang Kui:

    The two sides will use the existing actual control boundary as the ceasefire baseline and shall not provoke further troubles for any reason. Violation will be regarded as the beginning of war;

    Japan shall compensate for losses suffered due to the war, including direct and indirect;

    Japan punishes war criminals, especially the First Division Commander Wada Kameharu and his accomplices who massacred innocent wounded people;

    Japan¡¯s withdrawal from the Gulf is a prerequisite for the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations.

    Except for the first one, which is a fait accompli, everyone knows it, including Japan.  When it comes to competing for spheres of influence, the great powers have their own set of logics: what cannot be obtained through war will be difficult to obtain at the negotiation table. The strength of the country is the basis for everything.  China's outstanding performance on the Korean Peninsula and even during the Sino-Japanese War made everyone recognize that China's existing interests should be respected.

    But the last three points are completely unacceptable: Japan will only benefit from other countries, and it is impossible to make money from domestic sources, unless it is completely defeated - but it will not admit defeat, at most it will be in Korea.  The peninsula is defeated or the attack is weak; it is impossible to hand over senior generals to the enemy. It would be a great shame for the country, and the government would be drowned in the saliva of the people.

    As for withdrawing from the Gulf, everyone knows that this is China's random use of chips.  However, Zhang Hanqing just wanted to disgust them: Japan had the final say whether to fight or not; now it is up to me to stop it!

    What kind of commander is this? He is a scoundrel!

    This was the anger expressed by the Japanese representative in the negotiations, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Aoi Shigemitsu: "Mr. Marshal, if you continue to talk like this, it will only increase the anger of the people of the empire and ultimately destroy this negotiation! I can't see from you that  The Chinese side has no enthusiasm and tendency to negotiate. Can I understand that the Chinese side does not agree with this negotiation or is sabotaging this negotiation?"

    When did this once sick country in East Asia dare to make such a noise against the Eastern Empire?  This is not a negotiation, this is a lion's mouth!  No wonder Aoi Shigemitsu was angry, and even Ciano felt that he should just give it up.  When the war is unfavorable, both sides can calmly talk about peace talks.?She unconsciously made a speech mistake, which is typical of Japanese women.

    To be honest, Liao Yaquan¡¯s Japanese identity is well hidden. Judging from his body structure, language expression, thinking and movements, if he didn¡¯t have the innate advantage of being a time traveler, there would be no way to detect it.  But after just one conquest, her fox tail was exposed. It was an instinctive reaction that went deep into her blood.

    But he didn¡¯t expose it, and instead enjoyed the calm after the storm.  State affairs and family affairs were going so well. The dissatisfaction, resentment, and hatred accumulated against Japan over the years were magically merged into one after the victory on the battlefield and the physical conquest, making him feel particularly refreshed.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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