Chapter 470: The Attitude of the Great Powers (Part 1)
During World War II, although Japan's industrial and military strength was not as good as that of the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany, Britain, and France, it was still among the best in the world. However, because the navy occupied most of the production capacity, the equipment level of the Japanese army was always insufficient, and it was even worse in the later stages of World War II.
Even the quantity cannot be guaranteed
, so much so that after the Soviet Union's million-strong Red Army swept through the Northeast, they were shocked to find that the Kwantung Army, the number one main force of the Japanese Army, had a large number of weapons and equipment taken away to support the Pacific battlefield. There were actually many soldiers who did not even have the most basic rifles.
And had to use a bamboo gun to make up for it
But now the number of Japs that have been annihilated is greater than the total losses in the entire eight years of history (including the Allied results). It stands to reason that the shortage of weapons in the Japanese Army should be more serious, but even those who have just put on Japs skins
Within a few days, the child soldiers also got their own weapons. As for why the Japanese Army was able to obtain a sufficient supply of weapons, Hu Weidong knew the answer without asking, because the weapons of these child soldiers were clearly American.
In fact, Hu Weidong had noticed before that the United States began to secretly support Japan. However, at that time, the United States' aid was basically financial support such as loans and orders. At most, it provided some technical support such as military wires and semi-finished products such as aircraft engines, but
It has never directly sold finished weapons to Japan. From this point of view, as the Japanese army suffered a devastating defeat, the Americans not only did not give up their support for Japan, but also increased their support. Hu Weidong could not help but be wary of this.
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Representatives of the United States stationed in the liberated areas have always defended Hu Weidong that their various cooperation with Japan were only to deal with the Soviet Union. Hu Weidong, who did not want to fall out with the Americans prematurely, reluctantly accepted this statement at the time. But now, the Americans are completely
Say one thing and do another. The current Japanese Army has been completely defeated by the People's Liberation Army and has no strength to confront the Soviet Union. Moreover, as the People's Liberation Army sweeps across the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese Army wants to fight the Soviet Red Army in the future.
There is not much chance. Under this current situation, if the United States provides naval weapons to Japan, it can also be said to allow them to use the advantages of the navy to contain the Soviet Union; it can give army weapons to the Japanese (Hu Weidong knows very well that Japan has basically no
If the international payment capacity has been reduced, the United States will either directly donate these weapons or provide loans to purchase them. In essence, they are gifts). Obviously, it is not to deal with the Soviet Union, but to deal with, or at least contain, China.
Hu Weidong had foreseen long ago that because the Soviet Union was far more powerful in this time and space than at the same time in history, the United States needed to support a country in the Far East that had irreconcilable conflicts with the Soviet Union to contain the Soviet Union. China and Japan both met this condition. But unlike in history,
Britain chose the victor in the Sino-Japanese War. Unlike Japan, the United States chose the loser in the war this time [
Thinking of this, Hu Weidong quickly shook his head and said secretly, "No. Even if Japan was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War, the British would support Japan, not China, because China has terrible development potential that can be compared with the entire Europe. There is no
A world hegemon would be stupid enough to support a future rival. In this way, the attitude of the Americans is understandable. Ideology is only one aspect. The more important reason is that we have developed too fast in the past few years. If the United States is the future
President, it is still possible
Ignoring China's potential risks, or clearly seeing it but being unable to implement a tougher policy against China because of pressure from large conglomerates. But now the person sitting on the throne of the US president is the lame Roosevelt. He has that vision and the ability to
To a large extent, it has the prestige and ability to resist the interference of major financial groups and their agents. As the pioneer of the road to American hegemony, Roosevelt will never allow the emergence of a dominant superpower in the Old Continent (Eurasia), such as the Soviet Union.
, the same is true for Germany, and the same is true for China.”
However, Hu Weidong soon discovered that he had taken the problem too seriously. After all, the United States is a business empire, and the pursuit of interests is the first consideration of the U.S. government. Of course, we cannot ignore possible wexes many years later, but the immediate interests cannot be easily given up.
, the U.S. economy has begun a strong recovery after receiving a large number of orders from China.
Su, Americans who have tasted the sweetness will not completely turn against China unless they have to. Although Roosevelt saw China's huge development potential, he also noticed that China's industrialization has just started. If he wants to go to the United States, there is no way.
It will take another half a century to say that. It is true to prepare for a rainy day, but if you go too far, you will end up eating because of choking.
Therefore, the purpose of the U.S. government's support for Japan is not to completely become an enemy of Red China, but just to prevent Chinese troops from landing on the Japanese islands. Roosevelt saw clearly that although according to the development momentum in the past two years, China's industrial total
It won't take long for China's output value and output of major industrial products to surpass Japan and become the first in Asia. However, the foundation is still very weak. Perhaps within a few years, China's development will be due to the lessons learned.
However, once China can really counterattack and annex Japan, it will gain tens of millions of people who have received at least basic education, including high-quality scientific and technological personnel and modern
Corporate managers, coupled with China's comprehensive national strength comparable to that of second-tier powers, may become the second Soviet Union in just ten years. This is something Roosevelt and the U.S. government would never want to see.
And it must be noted that in the eyes of Westerners, China and Japan have the same culture and race, so it should not be difficult to integrate them. In addition, communist ideology is inherently the nemesis of nationalist ideas. Therefore, Roosevelt and his senior think tanks generally believed that China
It is not difficult to completely digest and integrate Japan after occupying it, but it is not the case. What's more, if it really annexes Japan, which has a large population and needs to import a lot of food, China's own food security will also be seriously affected.
, this is not a trivial matter that can be ignored for the Chinese people who have not yet escaped from hunger. Therefore, even if the People's Liberation Army really attacks the Japanese island, it will never choose to directly incorporate it into the Chinese territory, although even if it only rolls
China will still benefit a lot from Japan's high-end talents, but its weak foundation will be difficult to change. It will be difficult for China to become the second Soviet Union within ten or twenty years, let alone ten years. But the problem is that the West, including Americans,