The meeting between the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters and the British military delegation ended. Ishihara had no intention of staying here to chat with anyone, so he stood up and walked out. Lieutenant General Hamilton just asked the Chief of Staff Headquarters, Lieutenant General Kanaya Norizan, to give him a copy of the completed meeting

Record, seeing Ishihara walking straight out, he quickly called out to Ishihara, "General, please stay."

Ishihara stopped, turned to General Hamilton, and heard General Hamilton ask: "General, do you think that when China formulated its strategy, it had no intention of snatching colonies from Britain?"

Ishihara decisively replied: "Not at all. But if Britain is defeated, China will most likely ask Britain to recognize their free business rights in the areas under their control before returning the colonies."

Faced with such a clear and decisive answer, Lieutenant General Hamilton's originally prepared further questions were completely useless. He looked at Ishihara awkwardly for a moment and could only say: "Thank you." M..

Ishihara bowed his head slightly in greeting, and then continued to walk out. After exiting the gate of the General Staff Headquarters, the door of a car parked at the door opened. Okamura came out and waved to Ishihara. Ishihara entered the car without saying much.

Nagata left the conference room earlier than Ishihara and was already sitting in the car. When Ishihara and Okamura were seated, he ordered the driver: "Go to Erye Pavilion." Then he turned to Ishihara, "Ishihara-kun, it's only been more than a year."

Over time, your strategic views have become more profound."

Ishihara smiled bitterly, "But this can't change the previous situation." This refers to the war between Northeast China and Japan, and is also the sadness of the three generals in the car. The three people in the car were each thinking about some things, and they were thinking about something along the way.

Jingran didn't even speak.

The car stopped at the entrance of Erye Pavilion. When the waiter saw the three people, he quickly led them in and arranged a quiet place for them to chat. After sitting down this time, Nagata said: "Ishihara-kun, some of the things that happened before were just because of our political opinions.

No. But I have always admired Ishihara-kun’s strategic ability."

Since Nagata took such a stance, Ishihara calmly replied: "Ishihara-kun, I know."

"Ishihara-kun, the British military delegation is part of the British delegation this time. The British sent a quite large delegation to visit Japan this time. What Ishihara-kun said today will definitely have a great impact on the British delegation.

Big impact.”

Ishihara joked: "It seems that Nagata-kun is worried that the British will suspect that Japan does not want to ally with Britain again because of what I said."

Nagata looked calm and didn't take these words seriously at all. Of course he knew that Ishihara was a pro-China faction, but there have always been pro-China factions in Japan. If there are more Ishiharas, there will be no more, and if there are less Ishiharas, there will be less. The most important thing at this time is

Japan's future, if pro-China can really help Japan, pro-China will not be a problem.

Okamura Neiji was not so determined in his heart. He asked: "Ishihara-kun, if the outcome of the Sino-British war is already determined, can't Japan benefit from it?"

Ishihara replied: "Since Nagata-kun is talking about a large diplomatic team, the Minister of Foreign Affairs should be negotiating with Britain at this time about the price of rebuilding the alliance. Okamura-kun, what was the core of the last Anglo-Japanese alliance? I want to come to Okamura

You should be very clear. I don’t think Britain can provide conditions that can really help Japan.”

Okamura was silent. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance Treaty was signed three times in total, and the most important one was actually the first time.

The First Alliance Treaty was signed in London on January 30, 1902. There were six articles in the treaty, and there were two core contents. The first article was to combat Russian expansion in China and Korea. The second article was that if the Allies

When fighting two or more other countries, the other side should provide military assistance, and it must also consult with the allies when making peace.

These two lines delineated the bottom line, allowing the Anglo-Japanese alliance to identify a common enemy and the bottom line military alliance obligations of both parties.

Nagata knew that Okamura's strategic ability was worse than that of Ishihara. From Okamura's words just now, it can be heard that Okamura did not fully understand the basis of these two covenants, so he explained briefly: "Okamura-kun, China can indeed

Considered an enemy of Britain and Japan. But where did China expand?"

Okamura almost said 'Myanmar', but he immediately felt that what Nagata was talking about was definitely not Myanmar, so Okamura was silent for a moment and said, "Please give me some advice, Nagata-kun."

"He Jun's purpose in launching this war is to get all countries to accept China's diplomatic principles. The Chinese government will never recognize the benefits that countries have gained from China through the war. But China is not prepared to change its surrounding sphere of influence. In other words, China

What is important is the integrity of sovereignty and the legal recognition of all countries. If based on such principles, all countries recognize He Jun's regime, there will be no loss to each country. If He Jun's diplomatic principles are regarded as China's outward expansion,

If we want to stop China's expansion, what kind of military action should we take?"

After listening to Nagata's analysis, Okamura followed this logic and quickly came to a conclusion. If he wanted to thwart China's expansion, he could only attack China's mainland.

And Nagata continued: "This is what Britain wants the Empire to do."

Just as he said this, the chef of the French restaurant Erye Pavilion had already brought out the dishes. A waiter wearing a suit, waistcoat and bow tie carried a tray and delivered the dishes to the table of three people. Ishihara was not polite and picked up the knife and fork.

I started eating. After almost a whole day of meetings, Ishihara was really hungry.

After eating until he no longer felt hungry, Ishihara asked: "Nagata-kun, you are highly valued by your superiors. I wonder how receptive the Prime Minister is to the British proposal?"

After Nagata attended the cabinet meeting, he was very disdainful of the ideas above. He couldn't help but sigh: "Ishihara-kun, the Prime Minister's understanding of strategy is inferior to yours."

At this time, Ishihara was tearing off a small piece of bread, dipping it in the Provence fish soup and putting it into his mouth. Hearing Nagata complain, Ishihara smiled and could probably guess what the current prime minister would think, and it was nothing more than how to use it.

Seeking profits from the current situation. Ishihara is not surprised. Today's Japan is either a person who is actually passive but thinks he can seize opportunities. Or he is a short-sighted fanatic who thinks he is righteous because of limited knowledge.

It is precisely because such insects are entrenched in positions of power that they are unable to take a new path.

After swallowing the bread, Ishihara sighed: "In Japan, the people who really understand strategy are all in this Futeye Pavilion.

Okamura felt that Ishihara's words were too full. However, Ishihara did not brag that he was the only one who understood strategy, and Ishihara was indeed qualified to brag like this. However, Okamura inevitably had some lucky expectations in his heart, so he asked: "Is it true that France is the only one who understands strategy?"

Aren’t you worried about China taking action against them?”

Nagata shook his head, "If China embarks on the strategy of fighting for colonies, as the Chinese saying goes, it will be easy to pick up the weak. At this time, China should attack Indochina first. I believe that China must have a lot of secret negotiations with France now."

Ishihara saw that Nagata looked at him when he answered Okamura's question and sneered: "There is no need for secret negotiations. France will understand China's intentions when it sees China sending troops to Myanmar. China has long made their diplomatic principles very clear.

France must understand the key points. Currently, no country has taken the initiative to establish diplomatic relations with China, but is just waiting and watching temporarily. Once Britain is defeated, countries will take action."

Although Okamura admitted that his strategic level was not as good as Ishihara's, he was not convinced because he had a different temper with Ishihara.

Seeing that Nagata had the same opinion at this time, he could only admit that Britain was indeed likely to lose the war. Thinking that the world's most powerful country was actually internally strong and weak, Okamura sighed and continued to eat, hoping to use delicious food to relieve his unhappiness.

Nagata took a sip of white wine to calm his mood. Unlike Ishihara, who was kicked out to a department with no real power like the Army New Technology Training Bureau, as the director of Japan's General Mobilization Bureau, Nagata was able to get information at home and abroad as soon as possible.

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As far as Nagata knows, the British until now believe that the Burma area of ​​British India was attacked by the Chinese army, which made the situation somewhat passive. The British have seen the Sino-Japanese war and the Chinese Air Force's suicide attack planes, and have not

They underestimate the Chinese army. So they are mobilizing troops to prepare for a counterattack after the rainy season.

If he had not experienced the Sino-Japanese War, Nagata Tetsuyama would think that this was a completely common sense response. But Nagata had experienced the Sino-Japanese War, the same unexpected surprise attack, the same offensive that seemed to have to be stopped. If

If the future trend is like the Sino-Japanese War, the British will counterattack and suffer heavy losses, and will eventually be exhausted to the point of having to cease the war.

However, the senior leaders of the Japanese Army and Japan who had suffered heavy losses did not think so. Nagata had to remind these guys that at the end of 1922, He Rui challenged Japan, which was prospering after the European War. At that time, He Rui only had a corner of China.

, with a population of 30 million. No one could have imagined that the Northeast government would take the initiative and win. Now He Rui has unified China and controls a population of 480 million on 11 million square kilometers.

This is already a terrifying force.

As a Japanese diplomatic attaché, Nagata spent a long time in Europe. He remembered Hegel saying that the only lesson humans learn from history is that humans never learn lessons. But from the time they are born, what Japanese idiots see is deeds.
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