I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Begging the Japanese is probably the most unacceptable and difficult thing in the world for Jiang Weiguo to do.

People have to bow their heads under the roof.

Although Jiang Weiguo hated the Japanese deeply, he had to bow his head now.

After the first phase of the Sino-Soviet battle, the generals of the Nanjing Army repeatedly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the Chinese and Soviet armies, and came to the following conclusions:

First, 70% to 80% of the Soviet army's military strength is borne by the German army. This is a fact that must be acknowledged. China and the Chinese military have little hope of winning. This conclusion is not that "increase the ambitions of others and destroy one's own prestige", but because China's foundation is indeed weak. Development, industry, economy, technology and other aspects are very weak. China is still an agricultural country in essence, while the Soviet Union is already a large industrial country and a powerful industrial country. The gap exists objectively. If China is given ten years of peace to carry out major construction , Great development, the gap in national and military strength between China and the Soviet Union will not be so wide.

The first protagonist of the Soviet war started by the Allied Powers was Germany, and the second was China. China took advantage of the fire to rob the Soviet Union;

Second, in terms of the quality of individual soldiers, the Soviet Army is far inferior to the Nanjing Army. Although the Soviet Army cannot be said to be a mob that is about to collapse at a touch, it is inferior to the Nanjing Army in terms of fighting spirit and fighting will. The Nanjing Army is tenacious, determined, hard-working, Excellent obedience and courage to sacrifice for the country, the Soviet army is not the case. The Soviet army is forced out of courage by the high-pressure system. Morale will be demoralized, morale will be low, and it will fall into collapse and even mass surrender.

Such things often occur on the battlefield: under a strong organization, the Soviet army is overwhelming and unstoppable. Once it is broken up (losing its overall organization), the Soviet army will immediately fall into a state of bewilderment.

This is actually a manifestation of the "collectivization system" of the Soviet Union. As a collective, the Soviet army is indeed very powerful. If the collective is broken into countless individuals, each individual is weak and weak.

As for combat skills such as shooting, bombing, and bayonet fighting, the Nanjing Army is also obviously superior to the Soviet Army. After retiring from the army, some grew into middle and high-level officers, but they were massacred and their heads fell to the ground one after another. As a result, the proportion of officers and soldiers in the Soviet army with actual combat experience was not high. The Far East War was the first large-scale foreign war of the Soviet Red Army. On the one hand, it exposed the various disadvantages and hidden dangers of the Soviet army. On the other hand, it also caused the Soviet army to lose many veterans. The subsequent large-scale expansion of the army caused millions of new recruits to be recruited into the Soviet army, which further led to the proportion of those with actual combat experience in the Soviet army. Diluted, in contrast to the Nanjing Army, the Nanjing Army is an army that came out of the war and has rich actual combat experience, which surpasses the Soviet Army.

Therefore, when it comes to the quality of individual soldiers, this is the strength and advantage of the Nanjing Army;

Third, in terms of tactical thinking, the Soviet Army is not as good as the Nanjing Army. The mass cleansing led to the death of a large number of high-level Soviet officers and killed many excellent and advanced military ideas. The Nanjing Army is different. Although the Nanjing Army also has this shortcoming (the division commander of the Nanjing Army , Army commanders are all old generals of the same generation as Chiang Kai-shek), but the young officers of the Nanjing Army are growing up, not being hit, but encouraged (this cannot be separated from the contribution of Jiang Weiguo), so the tactical thinking is also the same as that of the Nanjing Army advantages and disadvantages;

Fourth, in terms of the number of troops, this is the advantage of the Soviet army.

Although China's population is more than twice that of the Soviet Union, the number of Nanjing troops participating in the Soviet war was not as large as that of the Soviet army (although more than [-]% of the Soviet troops were fighting against the German army). Ammunition, the Nanjing Army cannot train millions of well-trained soldiers, so it concentrates on training hundreds of thousands of soldiers with ammunition, so as to train hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers whose quality is no less than that of veterans of the Japanese army's old divisions. Insufficient quality, almost hungry to increase the quantity, and a large number of recruits who have only received short-term training or even no formal training are added to the army and sent to the battlefield (this is very similar to the Chinese during the Sino-Japanese War in the original history. The Japanese army, the Chinese army greatly surpassed the Japanese army in number, but the quality of the soldiers was much inferior to the Japanese army); in terms of the number of troops, the Nanjing army had a quality advantage, while the Soviet army had a quantitative advantage;

Fifth, in terms of weapons and equipment, this is the biggest advantage of the Soviet army.

In terms of light weapons, the two sides are almost the same, and the gap is not big. Although China's military industry is not as large as the Soviet Union, the output of light weapons is still not small. In addition, German and Japanese aid, battlefield seizures, and the Nanjing Army has fewer troops than the Soviet Army. Therefore, The Nanjing Army is similar to or even a little higher than the Soviet Army in light weapons such as rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, grenades, and mortars, as well as light weapon ammunition. However, in terms of heavy weapons, the Nanjing Army is greatly inferior to the Soviet Army. , the most important thing is the large-caliber artillery (heavy artillery). The number of various types of artillery in the Nanjing Army is only about half of the Soviet Army, and the number of heavy artillery is only one-third or even a quarter of the Soviet Army (fortunately, the Soviet Army has more than [-]% of its military strength. Busy to deal with the German army, otherwise the number of heavy artillery of the Soviet army is at least seven times that of the Nanjing army), such a shortcoming caused the Nanjing army to be inferior to the Soviet army in terms of heavy firepower. Fortresses and bunker groups are the weaknesses of the Nanjing Army. Secondly, the Soviet Army can suppress the Nanjing Army with heavy firepower, causing the Nanjing Army to pay more casualties and losses. The Soviet Army can be said to be able to fight battles with ease. , the Soviet Army was under fire, and the defensive Nanjing Army was under great pressure. It fought defensive battles. In terms of artillery and tanks, the number of Soviet tanks exceeds that of the Nanjing Army (although most of the Soviet tanks are in Eastern Europe), but the quality is not as good as that of the Nanjing Army's tanks. This does not worry the Nanjing Army; in terms of aircraft, the number of Soviet aircraft does not account for The advantage (at present), the quality of the aircraft is even more inferior (at present), but even if the Nanjing Army has won the air supremacy, it will not be able to launch an air-to-ground strike against the Soviet Army with the greatest strength, because the Chinese Air Force lacks bombers, and the few bombers and Attack aircraft can only carry out concentrated and precise strikes, but cannot bombard the Soviet army indiscriminately.

If the Nanjing Army has a large number of bombers, the battle will naturally be much easier to fight.

"We need more and better artillery, especially heavy artillery, and more and better bombers!" Yang Jie concluded.

Artillery, bombers, and well-trained elite soldiers, these are the three things that the Nanjing Army lacks most at the moment, and the first two are the most troublesome.

Jiang Weiguo is devastated by this. The elite soldiers are fine and can be trained. Artillery (especially heavy artillery) and bombers are indeed very difficult. Let’s make them. and funds are used to manufacture artillery, which will inevitably lead to a decline in the production of light weapons); buy it, you can’t buy it, it is impossible for the United States, Britain and France to sell heavy artillery and bombers to Jiang Weiguo. They took advantage of the opportunity to slaughter people, and the quantity was very small. They sold dozens of doors and dozens of them. It was probably a substandard product that was eliminated by their own army. It was a drop in the bucket. If you want, Germany is willing to give it, but Germany's own armaments are also very tight, and they can't help China, and they are powerless; Italy's military industry is not much better than China, and its own supply exceeds demand, so how can it help China.

The only way for Jiang Weiguo and the Nanjing Army at the moment is to "beg" the Japanese.

Germany, China, Italy, and Japan are the four major members of the Allied Powers. Now the Soviet Union’s war has broken out. Germany, China, and Italy have all participated in the war, but Japan has not. Japan, like the United States, Britain, and France, is a neutral country watching from the sidelines. It is because of two reasons. First, Japan does not need to participate in the war. Japan’s responsibility within the allied countries is to seize the time, concentrate resources and funds to expand the Japanese navy. Fighting the Soviet Union is a matter for the army. Of course, Japan can have nothing to do with it. Second, It is because China does not need Japan to participate in the war. If Japan participates in the Soviet war, the Japanese army will naturally have the opportunity to expand its army. "Look at the fun". In addition, according to the internal agreement of the Allied countries, after Germany and China take down the Soviet Union, Japan can also share the spoils. China will also exchange China's occupied areas for Japan's current occupied areas in China, so Japan has nothing to gain. , The Japanese are naturally happy about this, anyway, the Chinese army is used as cannon fodder for the Japanese army to fight.

The Japanese are currently busy expanding their navy while watching the excitement. Compared with Germany and China, which are exhausted, Japan can be said to be happy and happy (there is another advantage of Japan not participating in the Soviet war, that is, if the Soviet war ends with the Soviet Union or the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain The French camp won and ended, and Japan never participated in the war, so it will not become a defeated country, and it will not be settled by the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France).

After implementing this "key development" route and working hard, the Japanese army can now be called "seriously biased". Its navy is getting stronger and stronger, and its army is stagnating or even sluggish. At this time, Japan's military expenditure is more than 80% assigned to the Navy.

According to the information obtained by Jiang Weiguo, the military strength of the Japanese army and navy at this time is as follows:

As for the Japanese Army, due to the two major disarmaments (the second disarmament of the Japanese Army was almost abolished due to the "Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet Incident", but the Sino-Soviet War officially broke out as scheduled, the Japanese Army carried out the second major disarmament as promised , In return, the Japanese Navy established seven marine brigades), the Japanese Army now has only 9 divisions, namely the Konoe, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th 18. The 2th divisions are all Class A divisions, each has 2 brigades, and each brigade has [-] infantry regiments.

Because of the small number and the large redundancy of ordnance materials, the Japanese Army also took the "elite route" and learned from the Nanjing Army and the German Army to start the process of mechanized construction. Each infantry regiment of the Japanese Army has 3 infantry brigades and 1 Artillery Squadron, at the same time, each division has added 1 chariot regiment and 1 search regiment to the original 1 engineering regiment, 1 cavalry regiment, 1 logistics regiment, and 1 artillery regiment. Squadrons (following the example of the Nanjing Army, the Japanese "searchers" are actually scouts of the Nanjing Army), and the artillery regiments directly under the Japanese divisions are actually equipped with heavy artillery (at the same time, each infantry regiment of the Japanese army also has Artillery squadrons are equipped with conventional infantry artillery, mountain artillery, field artillery and other medium-caliber artillery; as for mortars and grenade launchers, they are popularized to squadrons). , but firepower and combat effectiveness are greatly improved than before.

The Japanese Army now has 9 divisions, each with about 2.5 troops, and the total strength is about 25. In addition to other troops directly under the Japanese Army Ministry, the total strength of the Japanese Army at this time is about 30. Therefore, the 30 officers and soldiers of the Japanese Army are almost all veterans who have participated in actual combat. In addition, there has been no war for a long time and they have been training. Therefore, the 30 officers and soldiers of the Japanese Army are all elite soldiers, and their "quality" is equal to that of the Nanjing Army.

Among the 9 divisions of the Japanese Army, the Guards Division and the 1st Division are stationed in the five islands of Japan (including Sakhalin Island), the 3rd Division is divided into two and stationed in Tianjin and Shanghai, and the 5th Division The regiment is stationed on the Korean Peninsula, the 4th Division is stationed in the Taiwan Islands and the Ryukyu Islands, and the 2nd, 6th, 9th, and 18th Divisions are stationed in Liaobei, Jilin, and Heidong.

The artillery that the Nanjing Army lacks the most is owned by the Japanese Army. Although the output of the Japanese Army’s artillery has been greatly reduced after the Sino-Japanese Armistice, the number of losses has dropped sharply because of the absence of war. Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that the Japanese Army now has various types of artillery. Less than 1 (including mortars, excluding grenades), and at least 2000 large-caliber artillery (heavy artillery).

The expansion of the Japanese navy is in full swing. In the words of the top Japanese navy, "the Japanese navy has never been so free-handed" (one is because the Japanese army no longer competes with the Japanese navy for military expenses, and the other is that it has received great assistance from Germany, China, Italy and other countries. , and the third is to be recognized by the Japanese military and political high-level, including Emperor Hirohito), so the expansion of the Japanese Navy is like a runaway horse.

At this time, the Japanese Navy stopped building battleships and heavy cruisers, concentrated resources and funds to build aircraft carriers, and properly built light cruisers, destroyers, submarines and other types of ships to assist aircraft carrier operations, as well as the most important aircraft.

Since Japan is currently a neutral country and has not been at war with the United States, Britain and France, the expansion of the Japanese navy is still restricted by the "Washington Naval Treaty", but the number of aircraft is not limited by that treaty.

It is conservatively estimated that the Japanese Navy now has more than 4000 aircraft of various types (for comparison, the Japanese Army currently has only about 500 aircraft), of which there are about 1000 carrier-based aircraft and about 3000 land-based aircraft.

Of the Japanese Navy's vast fleet of aircraft, about two-fifths are fighter jets, and about three-fifths are bombers and torpedo attack aircraft.

What annoyed Jiang Weiguo was that the Nanjing army was jinglingly poor, while the Japanese army was utterly rich.

The artillery (especially heavy artillery) that the Nanjing Army lacks, the Japanese Army has, and it is more than enough to equip its existing troops, and the rest are sealed in warehouses; the bombers that the Nanjing Army lacks, the Japanese Navy has, but the Japanese Navy is plausible, They didn't need to participate in the Soviet war, and naturally they didn't need to dispatch bombers belonging to the Japanese Navy.

"Damn it!" Jiang Weiguo was annoyed, cowardly and helpless, "I'm really going to beg those fucking Japanese!"

Of course Jiang Weiguo was unwilling to humble himself in front of the Japanese, but he had no choice. He could not ignore the lack of heavy artillery and bombers in his army for the sake of his integrity and face.

In order to save his own army from bleeding, and to bring victory as soon as possible, Jiang Weiguo had to sacrifice his own personality to do this thing that he was extremely repulsed and unwilling to do.

On October 10, Jiang Weiguo flew to Tokyo to visit Japan. This was also his first visit to Japan.

Jiang Weiguo thought that he went to Japan and Tokyo for the first time in his life as a victor and an occupier, but he did not expect that he went to Japan and Tokyo as an "international beggar".

Although he was not a defeated or begging surrender, it still made Jiang Weiguo feel unprecedented humiliation.

It stands to reason that Jiang Weiguo was unwilling to go to Japan in such a capacity. He could choose to discuss this matter elsewhere, but he had to ask for others and he had to show sincerity, so he had to go to Japan and Tokyo in person. A trip, even if it makes him feel that life is worse than death, he must do it.

"I'm so fucking upset!" On the plane, Jiang Weiguo sighed helplessly and full of bitterness.

The autumn was crisp and cloudless. When the plane arrived in the sky above Tokyo, Jiang Weiguo could clearly see the city on the ground below that made countless Chinese people want to have a massacre here, and he became more and more helpless.

"I really hope that I am flying a strategic bomber with an atomic bomb in the ammunition bay!" He thought fiercely in his heart.

For Jiang Weiguo's trip to Japan, Chiang Kai-shek did not object to it, and he also supported it. Compared with Jiang Weiguo, Chiang Kai-shek did not have such an unforgettable hatred for Japan (in the original history, Chiang Kai-shek was threatened by the Japanese and Japan during the War of Resistance. The humiliation brought about by people is not present at present, so although Chiang Kai-shek is not pro-Japanese, he is not particularly anti-Japanese, and he is not as hostile to Japan as Chiang Wei-guo). People are completely settled after the autumn, but he thinks that China does not have that strength, and China and Japan have a real "goodwill", so this plan is dispensable to him. Seeing that the youngest son who has always been stubborn against Japan and hates Japan, he actually plans to He had no reason to object to his visit to Japan. On the one hand, it would allow Jiang Weiguo to go abroad, open his horizons, and become more mature politically. Chiang Kai-shek's anti-Japanese and hatred thoughts are a kind of "political immaturity"" Young people are full of vigor", because real politicians don't care about hatred, they only care about benefits, as long as they can get benefits, it doesn't matter if they turn enemies into friends with sworn enemies. Chiang Kai-shek hopes that Chiang Wei-guo will mature politically earlier On the other hand, it is to express the "goodwill and sincerity" of Chiang Kai-shek himself and the national government towards Japan, thereby strengthening Sino-Japanese relations. Chiang Kai-shek's idea is not to deliberately get close to Japan, but to more conveniently take back the land that is still occupied by Japan. Land, in addition, turning an enemy into a friend is always a good thing. If Japan can truly become China's friend, it is better than China continuing to fight or continue to hostile to Japan.

As for the Japanese, they were all surprised to learn that Jiang Weiguo, the "number one stubborn anti-Japanese element in China", was going to visit Japan. It was as if Zhuge Liang went to Soochow to pay homage to Soochow after Zhou Yu was pissed off. high-level psychology.

Although many people in the Japanese high-level wished that Jiang Weiguo would die earlier, they would not have the stupid idea of ​​killing him in Japan when he threw himself into the trap. Generally speaking, after extreme surprise and surprise, the Japanese high-level leaders shared There are three mentalities, one is indifference, ignoring Jiang Weiguo, and the other is a procedural welcome. After all, China and Japan are friendly countries and allies. The arrival of one of the top Chinese figures and the youngest son of China's supreme leader, Japan would definitely feel sorry for not welcoming them, and the third type is a warm welcome. The high-level Japanese with this mentality are all "pro-China faction" or "harmonious Chinese faction" (although these two factions currently support being friendly to China, but The essence is different. The "pro-China faction" wants to completely turn enemies into friends with China and unite to fight for world hegemony. The "harmonious Chinese faction" only intends to temporarily use China. magnificent).

When Jiang Weiguo's plane began to land at Atsugi Airport on the outskirts of Tokyo, he saw a huge crowd of people around the airport. It was obvious that he was welcomed by the Japanese "very warmly, very warmly".

"I killed so many Japanese, and the Japanese still welcome me so much!" Jiang Weiguo secretly wanted to laugh, and then he sighed again, "This time I came to Japan, it must not be a Hongmen banquet, but it is an out-and-out single-handedly attending the meeting! I hope these little Japanese are willing to 'lend Jingzhou' to Lao Tzu! Alas!"

In Jiang Weiguo's wild imagination, the plane landed smoothly on Atsugi Airport and stopped slowly.

After taking a deep breath, Jiang Weiguo pushed open the hatch and stepped onto the land of Japan.

Chapter 496 Visit to Japan (2)

With a feeling that cannot be described in words, Jiang Weiguo stood on the Atsugi Airport, standing on Japanese territory.

The Japanese welcomed Jiang Weiguo "enthusiastically and enthusiastically". There were huge crowds of people around the airport, but they were not ordinary people, they were all soldiers, and there were tens of thousands of them.

Jiang Weiguo figured it out after a little thought. After all, his "hands were covered with the blood of the Japanese." This time he came to Japan to visit, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no accidents. There are countless Japanese who want to end Jiang Weiguo's life. Those who oppose the Japan-China alliance, advocate Japan's continued invasion of China, and hate Jiang Weiguo's high-level Japanese military or Japanese government officials, or those simple-minded and fanatical radical extremists in the military and civilians, I am afraid that they all want to take advantage of this opportunity that Jiang Weiguo threw himself into the net. At this time, the Japanese who control Japan's military and political power are naturally unwilling to die in Japan. It also opened up territories for Japan."

Death, the Japanese are eager for Jiang Weiguo to die, but not now, let alone die in Japan now.

Jiang Weiguo's death now is undoubtedly not only a "great loss for the Chinese people" but also a "great loss for the Japanese people". Therefore, the Japanese authorities must protect Jiang Weiguo, a rare guest, and transfer half of the guards to the airport to protect Jiang Weiguo. The other half of the Guards Division was transferred into the city of Tokyo to implement martial law, and at the same time, it also used the "mighty military appearance of the imperial army" to give Jiang Weiguo a moderate, if not a small, disarming prestige.

For Jiang Weiguo, who had killed countless Japanese soldiers, the Japanese's disarming power naturally didn't work. He turned a blind eye to it after getting off the plane, and even stood there, waiting for the group of Japanese military and political high-level officials at the airport to come and greet him in person.

Jiang Weiguo did ask for something from others, and he really needed to be more polite, but he would not be servile.

"How unreasonable!" Lieutenant General Umezu Yoshijiro, the Japanese Army Minister who came to greet Jiang Weiguo with a cold face and reluctantly, suddenly became furious, "This Jiang Weiguo is simply defiant! He is so arrogant and domineering when he came to Japan! Really see No one in Japan can do it?" He looked at the Minister of the Navy and Admiral Kawako Shiro beside him, and asked angrily, "Oikawa-kun, look..."

There were six high-ranking Japanese military officials who greeted Jiang Weiguo: Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro, Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi, Army Minister Lieutenant General Umezu Yoshijiro, Navy Minister and Admiral Kawako Shiro, Navy Combined Fleet Commander Lieutenant General Yamamoto 56, and the Speaker of the Privy Council and Chief of the Emperor's Bodyguard Suzuki Kantaro.

After seeing Jiang Weiguo get off the plane, Fumma Konoe obviously couldn't hold back his excitement. His ability to cultivate energy obviously needs to be improved. It stands to reason that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. Although he has little real power, he has a high status. On diplomatic occasions, he should "be both graceful and magnanimous", not to lose his identity, and to be a bit more generous, waiting for the other party to come to him, but he couldn't wait to meet Jiang Weiguo after he walked out of the plane door. It's overexcited.

Konoe Fumimaro took the initiative to greet Jiang Weiguo. With him at the beginning, Shigemitsu Aoi naturally followed quickly, followed by Yamamoto 56, Suzuki Kantaro, and Umezu Yoshijiro who were obviously unwilling. He looked at Oikawa Koshiro beside him, hoping that the other party could "Shared the same hatred" with himself, but Oikawa Koshiro followed after hesitating a little, so Umezu Yoshijiro had to follow.

"Mr. Xiao Jiang, welcome!" Konoe Wenmao had a radiant smile all over his face.

"Prime Minister Konoe, please greet me personally, thank you!" Jiang Weiguo smiled. He was not polite, but he knew to be polite. Spitting on the Japanese on such occasions is not a patriotic act, but a disgrace to the country. .

"Welcome! Welcome to Japan!" Shigemitsu Aoi, Yamamoto 56, Suzuki Kantaro, and Kawakoshiro all welcomed Jiang Weiguo with smiles, while Umezu Yoshijiro kept a cold face and said nothing.

Jiang Weiguo looked at the six Japanese high-level officials at the scene calmly, and quickly got a bottom line in his mind.

Konoe Fumimaro's face is a kind of "excessive joy" and even a carefree smile that does not seem to be a city, Shigemitsu Aoi's face is a warm and more sincere smile, Suzuki Kantaro's face is a kind and polite smile, Yamamoto 56 The smile on his face has a friendly meaning of "meeting a friend". The smile on Oikawa Koshiro's face is only polite and has no other meaning. As for Umezu Yoshijiro, he doesn't even bother to show a fake smile or even disdain to show it .

The six Japanese looked different, and each had a different mentality.

Konoe Fumimaro became prime minister before the Sino-Japanese War broke out, but he was very painful at that time. He was completely a puppet of the military, mainly the Japanese Army, and had to succumb to the Japanese Army's despotic power. God apologizes for laughing, on the one hand, he has to be responsible for wiping the ass of those arrogant soldiers, cleaning up the mess, and even taking the blame, which made him physically and mentally exhausted, and he suffered a lot of accusations. However, after the Sino-Japanese peace talks and armistice, Emperor Hirohito had a great dislike for the high-level officials who strongly supported the invasion of China before the war because Japan suffered unprecedented casualties and heavy losses during the war. He thought he was a "sighted person" and got the praise of Hirohito, so he regained his position as prime minister. Not only that, the Japanese army that originally forced him every day was greatly reduced in power and influence because of the Sino-Japanese War, and the Japanese navy's As a result, the power, influence, and right to speak have greatly surpassed the Japanese navy. The Japanese navy is not as aggressive as the Japanese army. After several years of ups and downs, Konoe Fumimaro changed his mind and firmly became a "Hehua faction" or even a "Pro-China faction" because he believed that "Japan and China will continue to be hostile to Japan (and himself) ) is of no benefit”, and on the one hand he got rid of the coercion of the Japanese army, on the other hand he got the respect of Emperor Hirohito and the full support of the Japanese navy, and he became more and more the core task in Japanese politics and the celebrity around the emperor.

As the saying goes, people are refreshed on happy occasions, Konoe Fumimaro is naturally full of spring breeze at this time, and his welcome to Jiang Weiguo is also from the bottom of his heart, because he has tasted the sweetness at this time and firmly promotes "Japan-China alliance, Japan-China cooperation, and Japan-China goodwill". It can be said that Jiang Weiguo's visit to Japan was beyond expectations and was overjoyed.

Konoe Fumimaro believes that the general trend of Japan-China relations in the future is to turn enemies into friends. Only by unswervingly following this path can it bring benefits to Japan and himself.

This is Konoe Fumimaro's political thought and ruling philosophy at this time.

The situation of Shigemitsu Aoi is the same as that of Konoe Fumimaro. He has always been a "pro-China faction" and a "pro-American and British faction" (without Jiang Weiguo's changes to history, Shigemitsu Aoi's thinking is also like this), and at the same time he advocates being tough on the Soviet Union ( This led to the Soviet Union listing Shigemitsu Aoi as a war criminal after Japan's defeat in the original history, but sixteen famous American and British diplomats defended and interceded for him), so at this time, Shigemitsu Aoi belonged to the "pro-China" group among the Japanese high-level He advocated that "Japan unite with Germany and China to defeat the Soviet Union", but did not support "Japan unite with Germany and China to start a war against the United States and Britain".

Undoubtedly, Shigemitsu Aoi is definitely at home in the political situation in Japan at this time, and is constantly being reused. At this time, he is Japan's foreign minister. After all, Japan's current diplomatic affairs are centered on Japan, China, and Japan and Germany. Japan naturally needs A pro-China and pro-German diplomat.

Oikawa Koshiro is one of the high-level "pro-German faction" in the Japanese Navy. Yamamoto 56 used to be a "pro-American and British faction" in the Japanese Navy, but now he has transformed into a "pro-German faction".

Suzuki Kantaro is a veteran of the Japanese military and political circles, and he is also respected by Emperor Hirohito. He is equivalent to Emperor Hirohito's personal representative at this time. It can be seen that Emperor Hirohito is also concerned about Jiang Weiguo's visit to Japan this time.

It is worth mentioning that Suzuki Kantaro was a senior officer of the Japanese Navy before he entered politics and held the rank of admiral of the navy.

Among the six high-ranking Japanese people present at the scene, Konoe Fumimaro and Shigemitsu Aoi were not completely government civil servants. Among the remaining four people, the Navy Minister and Kawako Shiro were generals, the combined fleet commander Yamamoto 56 was a lieutenant general, and Suzuki Kantaro was a lieutenant general. Admiral of the Navy, Umezu Yoshijiro, the Minister of the Army who is on an equal footing with Oikawa Koshiro, is a lieutenant general, "one and a half admirals, one vice admiral, and one lieutenant general." The voice and influence of the Japanese navy have greatly surpassed that of the Japanese army.

In the warm welcome language, Konoe Fummaro took the initiative to extend his hand to Jiang Weiguo. Jiang Weiguo smiled and shook hands with Konoe Fummaro slightly, and then shook hands with Shigemitsu Aoi and Suzuki Kantaro politely.

Jiang Weiguo is a lieutenant general in the Chinese army, so he had no reason to salute the Japanese soldiers. Oikawa Koshiro, Yamamoto 56, and Umezu Yoshijiro at the scene knew the delicate relationship. None of them saluted Jiang Weiguo, and Jiang Weiguo did not take the initiative to salute, but Yamamoto 56 took the initiative to salute Jiang Weiguo. Jiang Weiguo held out his hand.

"Mr. Jiang, welcome to Japan!" Yamamoto 56 smiled.

Jiang Weiguo smiled, and shook hands with Yamamoto 56 neither light nor heavy.