Since entering 1944, President Roosevelt's physical condition has been deteriorating day by day. After entering 1945, he miraculously improved, but after this stimulation, he fell completely ill all of a sudden.
Roosevelt's complete inability to govern gave Vice President Solomon the opportunity to take charge of the White House. This was the main reason for the conclusion of the "Melbourne Secret Treaty".
The "Melbourne Secret Treaty" can be called the biggest stain in the history of the United States. Who could have imagined that two countries that were fighting to the death could reach an agreement in the blink of an eye and turn from enemies into allies.
Yes, there are never eternal friends and enemies between countries. Only eternal interests determine the relationship between countries. But don’t forget that Japan is a country that has successfully made hundreds of thousands more widows in the United States. This may be just the reason. The reason why the U.S. government is only willing to conclude a secret agreement with Japan is because there has never been a ventilated wall in this world.
The Chinese government took the greatest credit for the emergence of the "Melbourne Compact". Ouyang Yun and his partners would never have imagined that it was precisely because of the aggressiveness of the Chinese army in Japan, Northeast China and Southeast Asia that Koizumi Toshiichiro felt that he would be wiped out. He came up with this incredible method because of the danger.
In the Battle of Shepperton, the Japanese army was able to turn defeat into victory. This was something Koizumi Toshiichiro had not expected. When the relevant telegram came, the little Japanese was full of doubts at first. After it was confirmed, if it were not for the lame leg, he almost Didn't jump directly to the roof.
"A great victory." "The ancient Xian Yijun is so great." "A miracle, a miracle, isn't it?" The little devil sighed three times in a row. Then, when his eyes glanced at the number of prisoners of war on the telegram, , his eyes lit up, and an incredible idea appeared in his mind.
According to the Japanese army's usual practice, these 150,000 white pigs (the Japanese name for Western prisoners of war) will be the best labor force for the Japanese army to build fortifications and even mines. If nothing unexpected happens, these 150,000 American and Australian prisoners of war will eventually It would be considered lucky to survive one-third of the time. With the "Bataan Death March" as a precedent, Americans would never doubt this.
It is for this reason that when the U.S. government received a signal of goodwill from Koizumi Minichiro, they simply could not refuse it.
Roosevelt was so ill that no one knew who he was, and God knew whether he would wake up. In this way, Solomon's hope of becoming a regular official was greatly increased. For him, it seemed to be an urgent matter to establish prestige and make people forget about Roosevelt. At this time, Japan extended an olive branch, even if In order to keep his position as president, he had no choice but to take over.
The United States is known as a human rights society and has always attached great importance to human life, especially the lives of Americans. Nearly 150,000 prisoners of war involve nearly 150,000 American families. This is definitely not a small number. Not only Solomon cannot ignore it, but also American politicians and The generals also cannot ignore it.
Three days after the Battle of Shepparton, Koizumi's privileged representatives and representatives of the U.S. government met secretly in Melbourne. Koizumi attached great importance to the peace talks. According to his request, his privileged representatives threw out a U.S. government at the beginning. The representative offered a bait that he could not refuse, saying, "We can return all prisoners of war to your country."
The U.S. representative was not stupid, and immediately asked what conditions were needed. The U.S. representative thought that the Japanese might just want to blackmail money or military resources, and even if the Japanese proposed that U.S. troops must withdraw from Australia, at Solomon's request, the U.S. representative Will continue to talk.
Representative Koizumi put it rather tactfully at the beginning, saying: "The conditions are very simple. Your two countries must give up their hostile attitude."
This Japanese request was unexpected by the U.S. government. After the Battle of Shepparton, the Japanese army had actually taken the absolute initiative in the Australian War. According to the calculations of the retired generals at the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff,
The US military will no longer be able to interfere in the Australian war for a long period of time, and Australia is likely to become Japan's new colony.
The U.S. representative was unable to respond to Representative Koizumi's conditions. The latter immediately reported it to the White House, which held an emergency meeting under the chairmanship of Solomon. Then American politicians and generals immediately divided into two groups with completely different attitudes.
The politicians thought they could consider it, that is, they could continue talking. However, the generals believed that this was against the original intention of the United States to send troops to Australia, and it also failed the American soldiers who had died in the battle, so they firmly opposed it. The ball was finally kicked to Solomon, and it was about the fifteenth anniversary of the war.
Solomon did not dare to make random decisions about the life and death of thousands of people, so he proposed to leave it to the parliament for discussion.
In doing so, Solomon actually meant to shirk responsibility. For the same reason, members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate did not dare to reach a conclusion on this matter. The hesitation of the U.S. government made Koizumi strengthen his own ideas, so,
When Representative Koizumi and the U.S. representative sat together again, the leadership of the negotiations had actually been taken by the Japanese side.
The negotiations lasted for about five weeks. In the end, because Japan threatened to give up treatment of wounded American prisoners of war due to insufficient medicine, the United States was anxious and had no choice but to agree to Japan's request. In doing so, the United States hit the target.
Koizumi's trap contained 150,000 hostages. Representative Koizumi quickly put forward a new condition, requiring the U.S. government to resume exporting oil, steel and other military supplies to Japan.
When Japan's new conditions reached the White House, Solomon was so angry that he dropped the phone. But this was just the beginning. When Representative Koizumi intensified his demands for an alliance between the two countries, the Americans were completely angered, including Acting President Solomon.
Down to ordinary congressmen, they all slammed the table and scolded Japan for being shameless.
What Koizumi did was indeed shameless, but the Americans had their eggs in their hands and had no choice at all.
Therefore, when Representative Koizumi proposed to jointly govern Southeast Asia with the United States and was willing to give up the occupation of New Guinea and the Philippines, the U.S. government actually had no possibility of refusing.
Koizumi's move can be said to have hit the sore foot of the United States again. Why is the United States willing to pay so much in Asia? In the final analysis, it is to maintain national interests, that is, the interests of those big capitalists. From another perspective, the United States has already paid so much in Asia, but
The rewards are far away, which has caused extreme dissatisfaction among the big capitalists. At this time, Japan is willing to give up Australia and even New Guinea and the Philippines, which not only satisfies the vanity of American politicians and generals to a certain extent, but also
This made those big capitalists see the hope of recovering costs and even making a fortune. In this way, even if Solomon did not want to agree, he could only choose to sign because of the pressure of those big capitalists.