Chapter 1117 Military restrictions on Japan

[Update time]  2012-05-31  01:48:00  [Word count]  3018

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After Seoul's defeat, the subsequent negotiation process has become much faster and easier.

The Japanese representatives completely lost their spirits, and even though they signed the previous two agreements, the Chinese team's offensive in North Korea remained unabated at all. The pressure on all sides was increasing day by day. They had no other way except to agree to the conditions proposed by China as much as possible.

Before the end of August, under high pressure, the Japanese peace agreement signed the latter two agreements with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and also signed the bound full-text agreement.

In the latter two agreements, the treaty on military restriction focused on the development of the Japanese Navy and Army.

The two fleets that Japan currently owns, the First Fleet and the Southern Qing Fleet, all of which are more than 3,500 tons of cruisers, were sold to China. Of course, before the signing of the agreement, China attempted to emphasize the use of these warships as spoils, but after Japan's arguments, it was finally changed to "transfer", that is, to offset the 20 million US dollars that needed to be paid for the first period of the war compensation at a depreciation price.

The reason why the Japanese delegation was willing to take action against the Imperial Navy was that on the one hand, Nishiyuanji Gongwang hoped to take this opportunity to completely defeat the military faction. On the other hand, this huge fleet has become a serious financial burden for the Japanese Empire. Not to mention that it did not play much role in the entire Sino-Japanese War, even if the post-war construction recovery has become a major burden.

It is not difficult to imagine that even if these two fleets are protected today for the dignity of Bushido, it will not take long for Japan's Tripitaka Province to split the warships in exchange for necessary treasury funds and at the same time reduce the "unnecessary" fiscal deficit.

The war has ended, and keeping these warships has no effect at all. What's more, China really wants to continue attacking Japan, even if these two fleets are available, it will be useless.

Therefore, whether it is public or private, or other reasons, these two fleets will eventually be dealt with. Instead of waiting until the impact is achieved, it is better to directly offset some of the war compensation at this time.

In the military restriction treaty, China did not ask for Japan's battleships, but chose all cruisers.

This was the decision made by Wu Shaoting after a meeting with the Navy of the Ministry of Defense of the National X, because he had predicted that when China's second-generation fighter jets were successfully put into mass production, the bulky and slow battleships would inevitably be eliminated. What's more, the price of a battleship can be worth several cruisers, and the maintenance cost of cruisers is much less than that of battleships.

In history, the Japanese Navy Department had a fierce political struggle due to the development of aircraft carriers and battleships. In order to win the naval funds to invest in projects of their own wishes, the two factions were almost in a bloody battle.

It was precisely in order to prevent this internalization that Wu Shaoting formulated the development path of the Chinese Navy with the power of the head of state. He decided to focus on the development of carrier-based aviation technology, and matched with high-motorized ship types of battleships and armored cruisers to form a naval formation escorted by cruisers and mainly firepower to strike the air force.

From then on, the Chinese Navy will focus on developing aviation battleships. After all, this time, obtaining warships from Japan is enough to support the Second World War. It has to be said that a protracted war is indeed very expensive, but once the final victory is achieved, all efforts will be rewarded several times.

Regarding this "Military Restriction Treaty", the content of the agreement was busy for three days before it was finally confirmed.

Because the Chinese representatives have to level the name of the warships handed over to China by the Japanese fleet and the actual price that these warships can be converted. For this reason, they specially hired advisors from Germany, the United States, Switzerland and Argentina to notarize the value of these warships. Not only that, in order to worry about the sentiment of the Japanese Navy, the additional terms of the agreement specifically stipulate that warships will only be considered delivery after they successfully enter the Chinese naval dock, and any accidents on the way must be held accountable for the Japanese side.

As for the warships selected by China, they basically didn't care about the specific ship type in the future, as long as they meet the tonnage.

The two "Kingang-class" combat cruisers of the First Fleet, the Kingang and Hiei; the two "Samo-class" protective cruisers, the Satsuma and the Anyun, the Tsushima, the Xingao and the Waizumi of the Nanqing Fleet. Not only that, they also carried out production in 1912, and were intermittent until most of the processes were completed in 1915, but eventually, due to funding issues, several new warships were not equipped with weapons, namely the battlecruiser of the Itsuki Island, the Uji cruiser and the Kasuki heavy torpedo destroyer.

There are exactly ten warships in total. Although the Itsujima and Uji are not equipped with weapons systems, with China's current industrial technology, they can be transported back to China and installed on their own.

According to the registered tonnage of these ten warships, a total of 63,500 tons. After the warships were sent back to the country, the total tonnage of the Chinese naval army, including some of the warships of the Japanese Second Fleet captured before, seemed to have exceeded 150,000 tons. Compared with the national naval tonnage counted in 1912, it was 16 times more than the national naval tonnage counted in 1912.

Although China has been stepping up its training of naval talents, facing such a huge number of warships all at once, it feels like they are not enough to make ends meet. But it doesn’t matter, even if they park the warships in the dock, they will wait for the right talents to come to control them one day.

As for the handover of warships, it is necessary to prepare for one month and transport it in one month after the official armistice between China and Japan. It is expected that it will actually arrive in late October. Of course, all this is an ideal prediction. After all, whether the Japanese Navy will hand over the warships easily is still a question, but I believe that it will only delay for a period of time at most, and what should be handed over will eventually be handed over.

On August 27, the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty was officially concluded. The two sides' North Korean troops were limited to stop exchanging fire at 7 o'clock in the morning. All Japanese troops surrendered to the Chinese team, and then rushed to the port city in southern North Korea to gather, waiting for the troops to receive them and return to China.

The Chinese team demanded to follow the pace of the Japanese army's retreat and regain all towns in southern North Korea.

The First Northern Army was dispatched to various cities and counties as a unit to maintain social order and public order. At the same time, the Frontier Staff of Pyongyang issued a notice on the people's safety, requiring all Chinese troops to strictly discipline themselves and never disturb the people. Once any trouble occurs, they will be severely punished regardless of the severity of the seriousness.

North Korea's temporary zhèng  fu also issued a notice with roughly the same content, requiring all counties and cities to set up temporary government offices, try their best to cooperate with the maintenance activities of the Chinese side, and gradually carry out people's livelihood restoration work.

With a series of war aftermath measures from formulation to promulgation to implementation, the Sino-Japanese War has come to an end.

The First North Army has not withdrawn from North Korea for the time being, but the commanders of the three eastern provinces have sent people to coordinate with North Korea. In order to prevent any further changes, the Chinese team will continue to stay in North Korea for two months. After November, in addition to sending some soldiers to the military bases that North Korea has leased to China, the rest of the soldiers will return to China one after another.

North Korea temporarily hopes that the Chinese team can continue to stay for a while. After all, it will take a long time for the Japanese army to evacuate from North Korea. Not only that, after all, many places have been in chaos after the destruction of war. The current strength of the North Korean army is simply not enough to maintain order across the country.

In early September, Wu Shaoting specially rushed from Kunming to Guangzhou, accompanied by Shang Wentai, who had been staying in Kunming, and Ruan Lingzhi, the queen of Vietnam who went north from Hue to China. This time he set out to Guangzhou to meet North Korea King Li Xi. As the head of state of China, he had never officially met Li Xi before, so he naturally could not seem unfamiliar. In addition, a summit of China, North Korea, Vietnam and Liuzhou will be held in Guangzhou, and an important news will be announced to the public.

The Guangzhou Four-Country Summit was very low-key from the beginning. After all, the country was still immersed in the joy of the end of the Sino-Japanese War. Because the preparations for this meeting were relatively hasty and the preparations for the early stages of the meeting were lacking, the meeting itself did not cause much reaction.

Wu Shaoting didn't want to make this meeting a big deal. In his opinion, the most important thing was the content of the meeting. When the outside world began to report on some results announced by the meeting, he believed that it would soon attract the attention of sensitive people and soon cause a sensation in countries around the world.

On the afternoon of September 3, Wu Shaoting and others arrived in Guangzhou, and he went to Li Xi for a separate meeting. Li Xi naturally looked grateful. As soon as he met, he said thanks to the friendly countries of China for their efforts to help North Korea restore the country, and said again what they had said to Cai E before. Wu Shaoting just said some official words, such as China and North Korea advance and retreat together, and sincerely hope that North Korea will recover from the war as soon as possible, and China and North Korea work together to face the future.

Afterwards, he arranged for Li Xi to meet with the Queen of Vietnam, Ryukyu Crown Jun and others. The three parties just said hello first and did not talk about anything related to the overall situation of the country.

That night, Wu Shaoting did not go to the Wu Mansion, but came to the Zhang family villa and met his two wives who had not seen each other for several months. At the same time, he visited his father-in-law Zhang Zhi. After dinner, he decided to stay here for a night of rest. After all, he had not met his wife for so long. Even though national affairs are important, the details of the family cannot be ignored. Since he came to Guangzhou today, he naturally had to seize any opportunity to get together with his family.

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