Faced with the frequent attacks by the South China Sea Federation, Britain, France and other countries regarded these actions as provocations, and the British and French governments could not always be tired of dealing with them. Therefore, after convincing the US government, Britain, France and the United States began to plan an attack on the South China Sea Federation.
Launch a counterattack.
Just one month after Italy and the South China Sea Federation signed an agreement to loan and lease the Dodecanese Islands, the three governments of Britain, France and the United States simultaneously announced a cooperation plan. Under the guise of humanitarian assistance and stabilizing the situation in Asia, these three countries
Winning over the Japanese government and the Republic of China government launched negotiations in Shanghai on Japan's withdrawal from Northeast China.
After Liu Fu heard the news, he was a little confused at first. Why did these European and American countries suddenly become concerned about the long-term occupation of Northeast China by Japan? But in the following days, the contents of the negotiations from Shanghai were exposed.
The ultimate goal of Britain, France and the United States. During the negotiations, representatives of the Japanese government stated in a very high-profile manner that the Japanese government was willing to return part of the Northeastern territory it had occupied for many years to the Republic of China government. From then on, the two sides would use the Yalu River as the boundary, and Japan would continue to occupy the entire territory of North Korea.
Faced with the high profile of the Japanese government, the Republic of China government could not refuse. The territory in Northeast China originally belonged to China, but due to the unstable domestic situation, no one had the strength to face the Japanese occupying forces alone to liberate that land.
Now the Japanese have taken the initiative to return it without any additional conditions. This is a good thing. The Republic of China government readily agreed.
As a result, the two sides quickly signed an agreement in Shanghai and agreed on a timetable for the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Northeast China. After the signing of the agreement, Britain, France and the United States stated that as mediators, in order to compensate for the losses suffered by Japan's withdrawal,
The governments of the three countries provided Japan with an interest-free loan of US$1 billion to help the Japanese government recover from years of economic recession and the recent earthquake. The Japanese government soon announced their economic development plan in Tokyo.
The first step is to develop the Southwest!
Where is the southwest of Japan? The Ryukyu Islands! Although Japan has always occupied the Ryukyu Islands, it has not invested much money in the development and utilization here. Now with loans from three countries, the Japanese government plans to build Naha, Amami, etc.
We will build large and medium-sized ports locally, increase the immigration rate from the mainland to the Ryukyu Islands, increase government investment, establish international trade special zones, and carry out effective economic development on these islands.
Economic development?! What a liar. When Liu Fu heard the news, he immediately understood what Britain, France and the United States wanted to do. They wanted to use the Japanese to hold back the Federation, because the South China Sea Federation was now the only one in East Asia.
In addition to the government of the Republic of China, there are only two national forces left, Japan and North Korea. The three countries of the Republic of China dare not count on the South China Sea.
The Federation and the Republic of China are both Chinese governments. No matter how confused Britain, France, the United States and other countries are, they dare not expect the Republic of China to play any role in containing the South China Sea Federation. This time, they forced the Japanese government to agree to return the Northeast region to the Republic of China government.
I just hope that the government of the Republic of China will not interfere in the issue of containing the South China Sea Federation and just watch the fun on the side.
Korea has been completely occupied by Japan, and the Japanese are not prepared to return Korea, so this does not need to be included. In the end, the only one left is the Japanese government. From the perspective of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Japan, as the South China Sea Federation
The conditions for being a hostile country couldn't be more perfect. Taiwan, where the South China Sea Federation was founded, was recaptured from the Japanese, and the Japanese navy was completely wiped out by the South China Sea Federation through many ambushes.
Talk about Japan
From a country with good development momentum to the current half-dead state, it is entirely due to the South China Sea Federation. No other country can rob it. In addition, since the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894 to the present, decades have passed, and the South China Sea has
The Federation and the Japanese government are still in a state of war. The Japanese government has made many efforts, but the South China Sea Federal Government has refused to sign any peace, armistice and other agreements. The South China Sea Federal Government's only demand from Japan is unconditional surrender.
Unconditional surrender means being at the mercy of others. The Japanese government will not agree to this request even if it is killed. So the two countries are in a stalemate. The South China Sea Federation does not have the ability to completely occupy Japan, and Japan cannot escape the suppression of the Federation Navy. It has been wasting away like this.
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In recent years, when the British and American navies attacked the Federation, Japan's Meiji chose neutrality, which relaxed the originally very tense situation between the two countries. In addition to being very concerned about the development of the Japanese navy, the Federation navy also paid great attention to Japan.
The attacks on merchant ships have basically stopped, but this
The three countries of Britain, France and the United States have once again pushed the Japanese government to a fork in the road. The current situation only gives the Japanese government two paths. One is to remain neutral or even fall to the South China Sea Federation. The other is to follow Britain, France and the United States, accept their assistance and cooperate with the South China Sea Federation.
As an enemy, there is no other choice.
It is said that there are two ways, but there is only one way left to the Japanese government. It is impossible to remain neutral. Without the support of the South China Sea Federation, Japan cannot withstand the pressure of Britain, France and the United States. However, the South China Sea Federation obviously does not intend to support Japan.
The Japanese government also doesn’t understand why the South China Sea Federation is so decisive against Japan alone. Australia and New Zealand both sent troops to occupy the territory of the South China Sea Federation, but after the war, the South China Sea Federation did not ask any questions about these two countries, as if they occupied
That never happened.
Therefore, the Japanese government could only pinch its nose and chose to cooperate with Britain, France and the United States to act as their bridgehead in Asia and jointly deal with the evil neighbor of the South China Sea Federation.
In fact, there were originally a group of figures in Japan's political and military circles who were firmly hostile to the South China Sea Federation. However, because Japan was continuously attacked by the Federation and was no longer able to fight the South China Sea Federation alone, the opinions of these people were rejected by most of the more rational ones.
opposition from Japanese politicians. However, now the opportunity has come, and Britain, France and the United States have given
An opportunity for Japan to make money. Although this opportunity is also a gamble for Japan, another group of Japanese politicians and soldiers who have been suppressed by other parties for a long time finally got the opportunity to realize their own ideas and took advantage of this opportunity.
The trend of state aid entered Japan's political arena and gradually took control of the Japanese government.
As soon as these Japanese hardliners came to power, the first thing they did was to defend against the attack of the South China Sea Federation. Now the Japanese Navy has been able to produce imitation submarines and destroyers on its own, but it is not based on the "Big Yellow Croaker" submarine of the South China Sea Federation purchased from the British.
The submarine is a replica, because the "Big Yellow Fish-class" submarine
The requirements for steel and welding level of the round shell are very high, and Japan cannot meet those requirements in terms of raw materials and technology. In desperation, the Japanese Navy had to purchase a few more ships that the United States received in World War I.
German submarines were researched and imitated, and two of them were ultimately successful.
These two Japanese imitation submarines are named Lu-21 and Lu-23. They are manufactured by Mitsubishi Corporation and the Kure Factory of the Japanese Navy respectively. The displacement of the Lu-21 is 1060 tons above water and 1300 tons underwater. The speed is above water.
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knots, 8 knots underwater; the range is 5,500 nautical miles above water and 80 nautical miles underwater; equipped with 6 533mm torpedo tubes, 12 bombs, a 76mm anti-aircraft gun and a 120mm naval gun; safely disembarked
The diving depth is 50 meters.
The Lu-23 type has a larger displacement than the 21 type, reaching 1,550 tons on the water and 2,400 tons underwater. The range reaches 20,000 nautical miles on the water and only 100 nautical miles underwater. The torpedo tubes are increased to 8, with 6 in the front and 2 in the rear.
Others are basically the same as Type 21.
Due to the lack of raw materials and technology, Japan's self-produced torpedo touch fuses were very unreliable and weak. The torpedoes often did not explode after hitting the ship. This made the Japanese navy very depressed, but the British and American navies at the time were equipped with
Torpedoes also have this problem, and they cannot help the Japanese Navy completely solve this problem.
In the past few years, the Japanese Navy secretly produced 8 Type 21 and Type 23 submarines, plus the few German submarines purchased from the United States, to form the Japanese Navy's own submarine force, and in northern Hokkaido
Haiyu has also been training for a long time, but has not experienced actual combat. (To be continued...)
