The purge of the Soviet Union spread the word of the gods, and the Chinese delegates had heard some news. However, there has been a unified demand within the BJP that the matter will not be discussed openly. This does not mean that Chen Ke or the Central Committee of the People's Party approve of Uncle Tieren's approach. The People's Party attaches the most importance to the canonical punishment of the Ming Dynasty. In particular, the protection of the rights of the people as enshrined in the Constitution. No matter how much the BJP dislikes those who oppose the BJP, everyone knows verbally: "Opposition to the BJP is not a crime, it is just a personal opinion." ”

Uncle Tie Man's steely wrist really scared the comrades of the People's Party out of a cold sweat. The People's Party also talks about steely discipline, but those who can't stand this discipline can leave. Up to now, targeted rectification operations have been carried out at regular intervals, but there have been no targeted killings targeting a certain person or group of people. There is no such thing as being accused of being a counter-revolutionary just because he is an accomplice of XXX. Of course, this has something to do with the strict observance of the party committee system within the People's Party, and if the party committee's decision is wrong, those who agree will be punished together. There is no such thing as someone being treated specially.

This practice has certainly caused many bureaucratic problems, and there are also personnel struggles caused by passing the buck. However, these do not lead to mass killings of certain factions. After all, the People's Party also has a unit called the "People's Internal Affairs Committee", and these secret police agencies are a kind of bottom line for maintaining justice. As a deterrent to the bureaucracy and as a game, these institutions have done a great job.

No matter how much there was talk within the People's Party, or how some people with bad intentions reacted violently, the Chinese side was still reluctant to comment on the affairs of the Soviet comrades. The result of wanting to interfere only aroused the senseless suspicion of the Soviet comrades, and the idiom "Zhizi suspects his neighbor" has been said for thousands of years, which is to educate everyone not to stick a cold ass with a hot face. Self-righteousness is the fast track to digging one's own grave.

It's just that there is no shortage of people in this world who take finding trouble as communication, which is more of a norm at the national level. The Chinese side has repeatedly stated its position, but the foreign guys are still trying to probe more. The head of the Chinese delegation could only implicitly ask, "Why didn't the Soviet Union be invited to this meeting?" ”

Neither the host country, the United States, nor any other country can answer this question. In fact, they did not want to invite the Soviet Union, and inviting the Soviet Union was tantamount to asking for trouble. The world's major capitalist countries are quite dissatisfied with the Soviet Union, a communist country close at hand, much more than China, a pink business partner. It was clearly not appropriate to allow the USSR to participate in such an important naval conference.

Ultimately, the conference will move on to the main topic, with countries discussing a new treaty on the limitation of the navy. Theoretically, countries want to be able to limit naval armaments. Expectations for this are particularly strong in the UK. At the meeting, the Chinese representative earnestly put forward China's proposal, "On the treaty on the limitation of the navy, China is willing to work with all countries in the world to safeguard world peace." As a sign of sincerity, we are willing to raise the tonnage of our Navy to the same level as that of Britain and the United States. China is a peace-loving country, and our country once said thousands of years ago that if you are belligerent, you will die. Therefore, China is willing to dedicate its strength to fight all aggressors. ”

This brazen attitude shocked all the participating countries except Japan, and the Chinese's reasons for calling for an increase in the naval share were so righteous that for a time the countries could not even think of a reason for opposing it.

After a while, as the delegates of various countries stared at the Chinese delegates like monsters, the American delegates stammered a little and asked, "Why doesn't China promote peace by reducing its naval armaments?" ”

The Chinese representative still looked like an angel of justice, and he said seriously: "We are only asking for an increase in the ratio, but we don't think there is any need to talk about tonnage." If countries feel that this tonnage is not enough to protect their own security, then can we increase the tonnage of all the countries that are signatories to the treaty? Double, triple, five, tenfold as it is now, it doesn't matter. It's negotiable! ”

Such a strong statement tells all countries without ambiguity that China is ready to play the game of shipbuilding competition with other countries. If other countries do not accept China's demand to increase the proportion of their navy, China will never give in.

China's intransigence immediately provoked a backlash, and in the days that followed, the Soviet problem was thrown out of the clouds, and all countries were making various moves around China's attitude.

Naturally, the British side tried to convince the Japanese representatives that they would be able to renew cooperation with the British. The British representative even bluntly said: "If China continues like this, we in Britain will mobilize the Mediterranean Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet to the Pacific Ocean." ”

If Britain does not say this, it is very likely that the Japanese side will not be able to make up its mind. The British attitude was so tough that the Japanese side immediately made a decision -- to put the British in the water anyway.

If China is under tremendous external pressure, it will naturally try to be friendly to Japan when it can be friendly. If China really can't withstand the pressure, Japan can also sell China in exchange for benefits. Of course, if China really wants to attack Britain, there is no better time than when the British fleet gathers in the Pacific. During the "Sino-Japanese joint exercise," the Japanese representatives were deeply impressed by the strong combat effectiveness displayed by the Chinese Navy.

Therefore, when the US representative negotiated with the Japanese representative, the Japanese representative conveyed Britain's attitude to the American side verbatim. Originally, the representative of the United States did not have much confidence in persuading Japan to cooperate with the United States. After all, the Anglo-Japanese alliance has not been suspended, and in terms of distance, China and Japan are closer, and it will be more convenient for the two countries to unite once they are united. Having learned of the tough attitude of the British, the American representatives immediately changed their attitude. "Are you sure the British attitude is not a joke?" The representative of the United States asked.

What Americans are most afraid of is not China, let alone Japan, or even the Soviet Union, but Britain is what the United States is most afraid of. Immediately after Germany defeated France, it began to try to make peace with England. The United States is a dead support for Churchill, and it is better to have a hardline attitude towards Churchill than to its own son. It was as if Britain sent its navy to destroy the French fleet immediately after the surrender of France. What the Americans feared most at that time was that Britain and Germany had really made peace, and then Britain, France, and Germany would join forces to attack the United States. At that time, the American Navy was frantically planning how to fight the British fleet.

After listening to the words of the Japanese representative, the US representative suddenly felt that if the gaffe really developed into a life-and-death naval war between Britain and China, it would be extremely good news for the United States. In the eyes of the United States, no matter how good China is, its naval power is also limited. If Britain could not penetrate China's homeland, then the war between the two sides would be a full-scale war of attrition at sea. The Japanese navy had been weakened to a considerable extent, and China and Britain would engage in another full-scale naval battle to exhaust these two sea forces. While the United States, which is sitting on the hill and watching the tiger fight, is unscathed, the absolute proportion of the navy's strength in this world is naturally rising. The American delegates suddenly had a desire for the Chinese and British navies to go to war now.

No matter how strong the Chinese army is, or as the message from the Pacific Fleet has returned, China has a strong air force. Neither of these arms can cross the vast Pacific Ocean and reach the continental United States. Any Sino-British war of attrition is good news for the United States.

The attitude of the Americans changed because of the change of the British, and the French were also very bad with the British. As for Italy, the British Mediterranean Fleet was the object of the greatest hatred of the Italians, and the Italians would naturally be happy if this fleet left the Mediterranean for the far Pacific. If this Mediterranean fleet is sunk by the Chinese in the Pacific Ocean, I am afraid that the Italians will cheer and praise the Chinese Navy for Italy.

The only one who really supported Britain was the Netherlands, who did not want Britain to lose the war in China. But they hoped that Britain would deal a heavy blow to China in the Pacific and help the Dutch recapture Borneo and other places that had been taken by China.

As a result, before countries knew it, China seemed to be the target of public criticism, but all countries tried every means to make China and Britain directly conflict. All countries have unequivocally supported Britain, and intentionally or unintentionally pushed Britain to the front line of direct confrontation with China, or even war.

The British, of course, are cunning and treacherous, and as soon as the wind of negotiation changes, the British feel that something is wrong. Britain just wants to scare China, not really want to take out China. Britain is now the world leader and has global interests, and the British naval fleet has to master the main points everywhere. For the sake of the Western Pacific, a hellish place to fight with China, the British are not so stupid. With this kind of strength, Britain might as well guard against the scheming United States, suppress Italy in the Mediterranean, and Germany in the middle of the move.

Since the Chinese have a tough attitude, the countries want to put Britain on the fire. Then the British immediately began to sell their teammates, and the British representatives immediately softened their figures and began to seriously discuss with China the question of how many troops were needed to maintain world peace. The negotiations began with the hard-line attitude of the Chinese representatives, and after a big circle, they returned to the hard-line attitude of the Chinese representatives.

However, Britain is the world leader after all, and the cruel things that should be said still have to be said, "If China wants to build a battleship, then we will add a battleship." ”

"Oh?" The Chinese representative looked at the British representative with contempt like a little doll, "Does the British side need us to provide you with a detailed list?" We just ask for the same proportion of the Navy as the British, and we don't care how many warships there are on the British side. ”

The consistent attitude of the Chinese delegates made it really impossible to negotiate at this point. In the end, the United States had no choice but to propose an adjournment of the meeting, which lasted for half a year. The second meeting took place in June 1938.