Zhang Zhonghua returned to the study upstairs, sat on a chair and began to quietly recall the details of Commander America's visit to Xia. He was very interested in this past event when he was studying modern history in his previous life.
In order to understand this historical event in detail, Zhang Zhonghua also searched a lot of relevant information on the Internet and asked university teachers for advice. Although the content on the Internet may not be true, Zhang Zhonghua was able to combine the teacher's explanations with the information on the Internet.
I understand this period of history very well, so there is generally no problem.
Commander America's visit to Yanxia is the first meeting between the two countries after 25 years of separation of diplomatic relations. The main purpose of the visit is to lay a good foundation for the future relations between the two countries. It is also to win over us and prevent us from completely falling to his side.
Opponent Furry Bear.
At the same time, we also have a need to improve our relationship with America, so we can benefit from both.
As the dignified commander of America, it was certainly impossible for him to visit Yanxia empty-handed.
On the surface, Commander America brought five saplings from California to Hangzhou. These five trees will also become a special attraction in the Hangzhou Botanical Garden in the future, so the redwood forest has also become a symbol of Xia Mei's friendship.
In January 1969, Commander-in-Chief Richard of America was sworn in as the 37th Commander-in-Chief of America. He followed the tradition of previous commanders taking office and planted the American redwood tree in his hometown in the courtyard of the White House.
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Now three years have passed, and the redwood trees planted by Commander-in-Chief America in the courtyard of the White House have already become strong saplings. Therefore, the five saplings he brought during his visit are also full of sincerity. At least they have a very symbolic meaning.
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In addition to the five saplings on the surface, Commander America also brought some little-known gifts when she visited.
That is to say, in addition to some regular gifts such as specialties, accessories, etc., some things were also given secretly. The most special one was a special list.
The list of Commander America is said to be a list, but in fact it contains not much, or even very little. The most important thing is a longitude and latitude coordinate and a directory. This coordinate is classified as top secret information by the country.
It was much later that news came out that this coordinate was exactly where the Japanese freighter "Awa Maru" sank, and this list was naturally the various treasures that fell into the ocean with the sinking of the "Awa Maru", including
40 tons of gold and various antique artifacts.
Of course, in addition to various antique cultural relics and more than two thousand Japanese army corpses.
The origin of America's list can be traced back to 1945. At that time, the situation in the Pacific battlefield was basically clear. The small Japanese army was retreating steadily. Sea and air supremacy were firmly controlled by the US military. Except for the Japanese Islands, Japan
As for the island strongholds, only a few islands such as Okinawa and Iwo Jima are left. It can be said that the defeat is certain.
In this situation, Japan's domestic economy, which was already short of resources at the time, was almost facing complete collapse.
In order to solve the domestic resource problem, the Japanese government began to continuously squeeze the remaining resources of the remaining colonies in its hands, and continuously transported these resources back to the country to fill the huge financial hole caused by the war machine.
On March 29, 1945, the "Awa Maru" was such a cargo ship. With such a mission, it loaded 40 tons of gold and other treasures plundered by the Japanese army, and carried 2009 Japanese generals and soldiers from the new country.
Anchor, sail to the Japanese mainland.
The Japanese army made a good calculation and tried to transport this bloody wealth back to the country through the "Awa Maru" and keep it for themselves. It could also add some foundation to the defeated Japan so that it could make a comeback in the future.
The "Awa Maru" is a transport ship built in Japan. It has a displacement of more than 10,000 tons and has been militarized. Under the guise of a civilian ship, it has actually been serving the military.
The "Awa Maru" has completed arms transportation tasks for the military many times. In the late Pacific War when the US military occupied air and sea control, the "Awa Maru" braved indiscriminate bombings many times to transport military supplies for the Japanese army. It has never been able to
was sunk.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Japanese army, the "Awa Maru" was a lucky ship with excellent luck.
Moreover, the "Awa Maru" is a transport ship, unlike the battleship "Yukikaze", which often cheats teammates. Naturally, the top brass of the Japanese Army attaches more importance to the "Awa Maru" and often sends it to perform important transportation tasks.
The "Awa Maru" on this mission had a fairly smooth sailing at the beginning. It crossed the South China Sea smoothly without encountering any bombing or interception by the US military. The South China Sea was calm. Although the crew on board was very crowded, because the first half of the voyage went smoothly,
During the voyage, everyone's mentality was relatively stable.
However, there are unforeseen circumstances in Yunnan, and misfortune comes to everyone. When the freighter "Awa Maru" sailed to the waters east of Niushan Island, FJ Province, the US submarine "Queenfish" happened to be patrolling nearby. The "Queenfish" was very
The Japanese freighter "Awa Maru" was soon discovered.
The captain of the "Queenfish" had previously received a report from a US military reconnaissance aircraft. He knew that the "Awa Maru" had a "green cross" mark and was a civilian ship.
But his intuition made him feel that something was wrong with the "Awa Maru" and that it might be transporting military supplies, so he ordered the radio operator to send a message to the "Awa Maru" requesting the "Awa Maru" to stop the ship for inspection.
Laughlin, then the captain, first warned the "Awa Maru" and asked it to stop operations and undergo inspection.
However, the captain of the "Awa Maru" who received the warning did not take it seriously. He ignored the telegram from the US submarine commander. Instead, he continued to let the ship sail and used a searchlight to illuminate his "talisman"-the green cross.
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Seeing that the captain of the "Queenfish" had sent multiple reports but received no response, he directly concluded that there must be something fishy about this Japanese transport ship and that it must be transporting important military supplies. He immediately ordered the launch of the "Awa Maru"
torpedo.
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Thinking that the American warship with the "green cross" mark would not attack them, they were completely unprepared and were shot instantly.
Although in World War II, America's torpedoes had many ridiculous accidents due to their miraculous performance. The torpedoes often hit the target accurately without exploding. Therefore, America's torpedoes were nicknamed "iron" by US soldiers.
stick".
But this time, Japan was very lucky. They encountered fish with very good performance. These launched torpedoes not only hit the target accurately, but also triggered a violent explosion, instantly tearing the entire hull apart and erupting into the sky.
The fire broke out, and with the sinking of the "Awa Maru", a large amount of wealth on the ship also sank to the bottom of the sea.
More than four months later, Japan successfully recruited its members under the leadership of Emperor Showa. Two little guys came to Japan. Japan was forced to surrender under the heavy losses it suffered. The so-called "100 million pieces of jade" formulated by the Japanese military headquarters was ridiculous.
The plan also went bankrupt.
The wreckage of the "Awa Maru", together with the broken dreams of the 2008 people who were far away from the war, rested at the bottom of the sea with no one paying attention.
In fact, the "Awa Maru" not only carried 40 tons of gold and a large amount of jewelry, diamonds, antiques and cultural relics, but more importantly, there was probably a very important thing stored on it, that is BJ, one of the ancestors of the Yanxia people.
Fossil skull of ape man.
As for why America told Yan Xia the news? Wouldn't it be better for the US military to salvage the sunken ship of the "Awa Maru" themselves and make a huge fortune?
The main reason for this is that the "Awa Maru" sank in the hot summer waters. Although America could have brought the warship over and salvaged the "Awa Maru", according to the international law of the sea, where did the ship sink?
National salvage rights belong to which country, so even though the navy in the hot summer is very weak now, the US military cannot carry out salvage operations in the hot summer waters openly.
Only Yan Xia has the power to salvage the sunken ship "Awa Maru". Since America cannot salvage it, she naturally does this as a favor. Although these things are very valuable, they are really not much for a superpower.
But for Yan Xia, the meaning is different. After all, there may be skull cap fossils of BJ ape-man on it. Compared with improving the relationship between the two countries, the financial point is not worth mentioning.
The game between great powers is also reflected in various aspects. The behavior of America's commander-in-chief is of course also the advice given by America's think tank. Of course, there are many calculations behind America's move.
There are many speculations on the Internet about the reasons why America did this, but they can be summarized into three reasons.
The first is that America's move is to suppress the rising Japanese. America wants Japan to be his "little brother" forever, so it is necessary to beat Japan, and it is undoubtedly a good idea to support Yan Xia, who is "separately separated" from Japan.
As long as Yan Xia becomes stronger, Japan will naturally not dare to break free from the reins of its "father".
The second is that America deliberately wanted to test the strength of Yanxia Navy. Naval strength is an important aspect that reflects the military strength of a country. America wanted to speculate on the strength of Yanxia Navy by salvaging supplies.
The third and most important point is that this move is an expression of goodwill by America. Establishing diplomatic relations is the key, and everything else is just a side purpose. Only by winning over Yan Xia, America can stop her decline in the confrontation with the bear.
If it is the second reason, then America will be disappointed, because the salvage plan for the "Awa Maru" did not officially begin until 1977, and the salvage of the ship was not completed until three years later.
Since 1949, all American reporters have been prohibited from visiting Xia in the hot summer. Last year’s American table tennis delegation was the first group of Americans to enter the new hot summer. There seemed to be an abyss between the two sides, which separated the two.
The country is completely isolated.
This time President America visited Yan Xia, but for the first time, Xia Fang agreed that 100 media workers could accompany him, and allowed some activities of President America's visit to Xia to be broadcast on television.
The means of transportation for Commander America to travel must be the Air Force One driven by the Commander. Air Force One is more domineering than the Boeing 747, and it is very huge. Kai Tak Airport on Hong Kong Island cannot satisfy the inspiration of Air Force One.
and landing.
Yan Xia made a lot of preparations for Commander America's visit to the summer. The first issue was the landing site of Commander America's special aircraft "Air Force One".
Neither Shanghai Pudong Airport nor Sijiucheng City Airport has the conditions for takeoff and landing, and expansion work has been carried out specifically for the arrival of Commander America.
Hangzhou, the closest city to Shanghai, was also a stop during the visit. There was also no airport large enough to accommodate the reception, so investment began in the expansion of Jianqiao Airport and the corresponding runway;
In order to leave a good impression on Commander America in the hot summer, Hangzhou also specially re-planned the road expansion and greening of "Zoumatang".
The visit of Commander-in-Chief America to Xia not only attracted huge attention in Yanxia and the entire East Asia, but even America itself became very lively because of this incident.
Since America Black Palace announced her summer visit last year, America's various media outlets have become lively, with newspapers and TV stations fiercely vying for spots to participate in this historic journey.
In the past, every time President America visited, the following press team usually had a huge size of 150 to 200 people.
CFC However, this time, Xia imposed strict restrictions on the number of journalists accompanying the delegation. After Secretary of State Kissinger personally coordinated the visit, it was finally agreed to allow 87 journalists and dozens of technical personnel to accompany the delegation.
At the same time, some non-technical personnel, including presidents, vice presidents, executive producers of large companies, etc., also crowded in. They signed up as 'sound effects engineers', 'photographers', etc. It can be seen that the number of people who visited Xia this time was
The degree of heat.
However, America's top bosses have different relationships with each media. One boss once vowed to exclude his two least favorite newspapers, the New York Times and the Peanut Pile Post.
As for why it did this, it was because the "Peanut Heap Post" caught the leader of America making fun of him from time to time, and it also continued to smear it last year. At the same time, it also reported on many things that Xia Fang didn't like in China. If the "Peanut Heap Post"
》Accompanying him, it is very likely that Xia Fang will be dissatisfied and the visit plan will be ruined.
Therefore, when a big boss saw reporters from two newspapers appearing on the list, they immediately crossed them out and made a special note of "absolutely not".
The Peanut Heap Post was a newspaper with a large circulation in America, so the relationship with the White House was of course very leveraged. Later, many efforts were made to prevent the Peanut Heap Post from being relegated to the cold palace.
However, these American reporters are destined to be disappointed. In this case, foreign reporters cannot get access to substantive news. That is, before the meeting, everyone is allowed to take a few photos of the American commander here.
After that, you can take a shower and go to bed.
At the same time, Xia Fang also enthusiastically provided translators for all reporters. Want to go out for a walk when you have nothing to do? No problem, of course, but they must be accompanied by these translators. If the reporter has the ability, he can spare a few minutes.
But it is completely impossible to get rid of it completely.
