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Huge seaplanes flew over Tokyo, the capital of Japan, to show the strength of the German Empire's future allies – the world's largest aircraft, with 12 powerful engines capable of flying at speeds of more than 200 kilometers per hour. This aircraft in 1928 could well be described as an "industrial miracle". Its appearance immediately attracted countless eyes, and even Emperor Showa, accompanied by the Privy Counsellor, Admiral Minoru Saito, ascended to the balcony of the Akasaka Imperial Palace, which was a Western-style palace.

"It's big, bigger than the Soviet planes that hit on May 10, isn't it?" Emperor Showa had been to Germany a few years earlier, and he had also met with a group of young military attachés in European countries. At that time, Germany was at its most miserable time after the defeat of the war, but it still made the emperor feel the strength of German industry. Germany's automobiles, railways, airplanes, and the Ruhr region's sprawling factories are far from being comparable to Japan's.

"Yes, Your Majesty." As an old man, Saito, who had served as a military attache in the United States and participated in the Naval Disarmament Conference, was a gentle and down-to-earth admiral and a supporter of the "treaty faction" (advocating compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty and opposing blind build-up).

"In fact the bombers used by the Soviets to threaten us were also ......supplied by the Germans," Admiral Minoru Saito told the Emperor in a mild tone, "Our military attaché in Germany reported that the Germans supplied the Soviet Union with at least 200 (this number was expanded) J.28 on the basis of export in pieces, and these aircraft were actually bomber-type. ”

"200!" The Emperor gasped, now Japan did not have a single fighter against such Soviet bombers, if there were 200 of them. Could this Soviet Union really not be able to provoke?

"But this is a violation of the Treaty of Versailles." The Emperor muttered under his breath.

"Yes, Your Majesty," said Minoru Saito, "but no one will pursue it." ”

"Why?"

"Because the current situation in Europe is very complicated, the Entente is already torn apart. Britain and Germany have close relations, and Italy has also benefited from 'in-kind reparations'. Therefore, they will support Germany, while the United States will be isolated and unwilling to interfere too much in Europe. Poland, on the other hand, was also seeking to improve relations with Germany because of the simultaneous rise of the Soviet Union and Germany in order to avoid a war on three fronts (and a Baltic one). Under these circumstances, France was not in a position to hold Germany alone for breach of the treaty. And France itself has a force that seeks to improve relations with Germany......"

The Emperor asked: "So, if we start military cooperation with the Germans, Britain and the United States will not interfere?" ”

"The U.S. might ask," Minoru Saito replied. "But what can they do with Germany? What about Japan? ”

……

At this time, Hersman was also looking down on Tokyo from the air. The city is dotted with beautiful parks and old temples, as well as a few palatial palaces, and the rest is a vast expanse of slums, low, matchbox-like wooden houses and new Western-style buildings that were not newly built, but restored after the great earthquake a few years ago.

The earthquake and the previous intervention in Siberia hit Japan's economy hard, but Japan was a hard-working country that was ahead of their Asian neighbors on the path to industrialization. After several years of hard work, it has recovered.

But at this moment, the country suddenly found itself once again standing at an important turning point in history.

"General. Our allies are at a juncture that will determine the future and fate of our country. As the plane headed for Yokosuka Naval Port, Hersman withdrew his gaze from Tokyo's messy and dilapidated downtown area and looked at Carl. Haushofer.

"Either they choose to go south or they choose to go west!" "Their neighbor, China, already has a really strong regime in time," Hirschman pondered. It will be a government capable of uniting 200 million people. If Japan chooses to move westward, then it must do it immediately, otherwise it will lose the opportunity.

If they choose to go south, then they will have to maintain good relations with the new government in China. And their choice is also very important to us! ”

"The Nationalist Government of Wuhan......" Karl. Haushofer shook his head slightly. "It's a nuisance!"

The Wuhan Nationalist Government was indeed troublesome, and during the Northern Expedition many radical policies were very annoying to the Great Powers. In addition, because the concessions of Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen, Jiujiang, and Wuhan had a direct conflict with the foreign powers, and some of the concessions were recovered, which also attracted the intervention of the foreign powers. Only Japan has this ability, and they also sent troops to Shanghai and Xuzhou! At the same time, the southern coast of China was blocked, and merchant ships entering and leaving the country were inspected to prevent the import of arms.

But now and "Carl. The Soviet fleet of the "Marx" and the "Paris Commune" came with as many as thirty-two transport ships, and it is estimated that they were all fully loaded with munitions! If these 32 ships of arms were allowed to fall into the hands of the Wuhan government, it would be very difficult for Japan to intervene. That's why Japan offered to intercept the Soviet fleet, but the appearance of the "TB Express" made them cowardly. It's 1928 after all, not 1941, and Japan isn't that crazy yet.

However, once Japan misses the "historical opportunity" in front of it, it may never be able to invade China! After the Northern Expedition was frustrated, the Wuhan Nationalist Government announced that it would launch a 10-year land reform campaign in its own jurisdiction, which is basically the area south of the Huai River, excluding Sichuan, Yunnan-Guizhou, and Shanghai, with the goal of realizing that "the tiller has his land."

Once "the tiller has his land", the Wuhan government's control and mobilization power over the people will be greatly enhanced! At that time, the Wuhan government will be an unshakable enemy!

"They're a nuisance!" Hersman smiled and nodded, "A big trouble with a population of 200 million!" If the Japanese have not made up their minds to fight a national war in recent years. Then they can only give up westward and choose to go south. So this big trouble is actually a good thing for us. ”

Hersmann, of course, hoped that Japan would give up the conquest of China as soon as possible so that they could concentrate on going south -- if the September 18 incident brought huge gains to Japan, their gains in the eight-year war of aggression against China would definitely be a huge negative number. And in this time and space, if the Japanese still want to start a war on September 18, 1931, it is very likely that they will fall directly into a big pit that they can never get out of again.

"So Japan has to make a choice by 1938?" Cal. Haushofer understood what Hersmann meant.

If the Wuhan Nationalist government were given another 10 years, they would not only complete the land reform, but also build an industrial system capable of sustaining millions of light infantry – a government that could complete the land reform with an iron fist.

Because China still had more than 2 billion ounces of silver in China at that time, the government could collect a huge amount of silver coins after completing a currency reform, enough to buy hundreds of millions of dollars (equivalent to 420 million marks) worth of machinery and equipment from abroad.

At that time, it will be impossible for Japan to conquer China, and the current Wuhan government still has foreign aid like the Soviet Union......

At this time, Hersman felt a sudden shock of the plane, and he looked out the window, and the plane was already taxiing on the sea surface of Yokohama Port. Soon, he will be meeting his Japanese friends.

"No, we can't let them drag on until 1930 to make a choice!" Hersman looked at the Western buildings and dozens of large and small ships in the port of Yokosuka, and said lightly, "I want them to make a choice within a few days!" If they want to conquer China, then I will leave Japan immediately...... Let the Japanese fall into the quagmire of China, and I don't care about their Asian affairs!

If they give up on conquering China, then I will have the Heinkel Company (an aircraft company established in 1922 that is not comparable in size to Fokker and Junker, but Hersmann decided to support Heinkel) to work with Japan and teach them to build advanced fighters and bombers. ”

In effect, Hersmann's policy was to force the Japanese to abandon their westward march – the Nationalist government of Chiang Kee resisted the Japanese for eight years. Now that it has been replaced by the Wuhan government's millions of land reform soldiers, there will be no Pacific War if the Japanese want to fall into it. What else do Germany and Japan work with?

Without Japan's help, it would have been much more difficult for Hirschmann to defeat US imperialism

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