"The Japanese refused to let our troops land on their territory, this is a bottom line for their negotiations!" Edward Stadingnius reported to Roosevelt.

Because of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and then declaring war, Secretary of State Hull was very disgusted with negotiating with the Japanese, and Edward, who was about to take over as the next secretary of state, became the main representative in the negotiations with the Japanese.

"What they need is our assurances that they will loosen their oil controls and not set foot in the Ryukyu Islands and the Hindlands. As for those Chinese in their native country, they will solve it themselves! Edward continued.

"The Japanese can't stop the offensive of the Chinese!" Truman rumored from the sidelines, "We need to attack the Japanese mainland immediately!" ”

"But we still want to recover the Philippines, and our current strength is not enough to start a war with Japan and China at the same time." Marshall retorted, "Besides, if our relationship with China becomes bad, I am afraid that the war situation in Europe will also be affected." Let's not forget that the relationship between the Germans and the Chinese has always been very good! ”

"The best way would be for us to temporarily cease the war with the Japanese and accept a preliminary plan that was mutually acceptable. Let the Japanese and Huaxia consume each other first. Leahy said from the side.

"But the British won't agree!" Hull spread his hands.

It was a matter of local security, and the Japanese made a lot of determination this time. In the new round of negotiations between Japan and the United States, they decided to cede the Philippines and the Northern Mariana Islands, and even the Irian Island and the Marshall Islands, which still occupy some areas of stubborn resistance, to give up all of them, and only the Caroline Islands remained, while the US team needed to stop at the Ryukyu Islands and the Austra Islands, and also opened up various strategic resources such as oil, rubber, and grain to Japan, and may even need to open up some arms and ammunition trade.

After China controlled most of Southeast Asia and regained Sakhalin, the Japanese had cut off their oil sources, and their half-year stocks could only last for two months after such a long period of depletion, if they needed to deal with the war. It can only be used for a month. This is also one reason why the Japanese are eager to make peace with the Americans.

In addition, after the Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asia were blocked, there was a shortage of domestic labor, and agriculture was sluggish for the past two years, and now there is not enough food to eat.

The Japanese can't hold their breath anymore.

After China declared war on Japan, the Germans deliberately favored China, so that even the trade of neutral countries was cut off, and they had a lot of plundered wealth that they could not spend.

This time. No matter how arrogant the Japanese are, they also understand that they cannot stand up to the two great powers, the United States and China. Faced with the proximity threat of China, they chose to compromise with the United States.

As long as the Americans let go of the blockade, they would quickly recover and resist the attack of the Chinese. When the spoils of war have been digested, it's not too late to expand outward.

It should be said that until now, the gains of plundering are greater than their losses, and the Japanese still earned. Even if those islands in the distance are abandoned. The same is true. Their fleet can be drawn out and dealt with Huaxia with all their might.

There's a place, though. The Japanese are still reluctant to let go, and that is India.

The Japanese conquered India and gained more than Southeast Asia, which had no time to rob the Chinese.

After all, the Chinese had Huaxia behind them, and the Japanese were still scruples at the time, but when they wanted to start, they found that they couldn't move. And the essence of wealth in Southeast Asia as a whole, except for those that had been transported to the European colonial overlords, was mostly concentrated in the hands of the Chinese.

And when it came to India, the Japanese were not welcome. The property of the British was also confiscated, the property of the Indians was also confiscated, and the things in temples and mausoleums were not spared. Even the docile Asans who occupied the territory felt that the Japanese were too greedy, and even more exaggerated than the British.

India's bountiful wealth and large population are creating new wealth all the time. As long as India is in hand. It will be enough to support the fragile finances of the Japanese and provide a steady stream of impetus for their future re-emergence.

This is something that the Japanese do not want to let go. And they are sure that they will continue to hold on to that half of India.

Unlike the archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, there is no need to face the increasingly powerful naval threat of the Americans. And the level of the Americans' army still makes the Japanese look down on it.

To this day, the Japanese still control almost a third of Irian Island, so that the Americans cannot swallow it.

And even if the Americans want to come over from this side of the Pacific. The Chinese who are stuck in the Strait of Malacca will not necessarily agree.

The Japanese have also been pondering the relationship between China, the United States, and Japan.

They believe that Huaxia, whose ambitions are also expanding, is also unwilling to let casual Americans get involved in this generation, just as they are relieved to cede the Northern Mariana Islands, and will not worry too much about the Americans not keeping their promises and continuing to move forward.

Of course, they would not believe in the benevolence and promise of the Americans, but at least the Americans would be more than willing to sit back and enjoy the benefits of the fishermen until the Japanese could resist the continued attack of the Chinese.

And the Chinese attack on India, the Japanese were just as confident that they would hold it.

The demographic advantage of the Chinese people is no longer obvious in front of the Indians, and the dedicated Ah San puppet army is better used than the Chinese puppet army.

The survival status of those low-level Asans is already too bad to be worse, and only if Japan is willing to give a little charity, it will have a steady stream of cannon fodder, which is enough to fill the gap in any external strength.

The war continues on the India-Myanmar border, where both sides have filled with more than a million cannon fodder, but the war has been tug-of-war in the jungle for hundreds of kilometers.

Comparing the equipment and strength of the elite troops in China, and those indigenous troops with heavy thunder and little rain, the elite Japanese have already seen Huaxia's intentions. Although the Chinese side has the advantage and is pressing step by step, at this speed, if it hits the Ganges at this speed, I am afraid that the Japanese have already passed the crisis, and may even have pulled the whole situation back.

Coupled with the cannon fodder power of the Indians, the Japanese, who accelerated the production and equipment of new weapons and equipment, and perhaps even received a little support from the Americans, were confident that they could stop the ambitions of the Chinese against India.

And the British, who are too busy to take care of themselves, are not strong enough to attack India, and the Americans, who also covet India, will support the British is another story.

"British? Let's wait until all the European problems are settled! Leahy smiled.

As soon as the war in Europe is over, all problems will no longer be a problem, and the Americans who have withdrawn their hands alone will have a firm grasp of both the Chinese and the Japanese. What matters now is to separate the alliance between China and Germany.

"Maybe three more months." Roosevelt, who had just consulted a doctor and learned that his physical condition was not a big problem for the time being, carefully calculated in his mind the time for his physical recovery, the time of the year-end election, and the overall situation in Europe, and finally relieved:

"Then let the Japanese fight first!"

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On September 18, 44, when the Chinese people were just celebrating the humiliation of 13 years ago when the Chinese army had captured all of Hokkaido and washed away the shame of 13 years ago, Japan and the United States had just signed a temporary peace treaty on Indianapolis in the waters near the large reef of Minamitorishima.

The term is only three months, and there is no long-term contract as the Japanese imagined, but it is enough to make the Japanese breathe a sigh of relief.

"Three months is enough to urge the Japanese and Huaxia to have a complete break!" Edward, who signed the Secret Pact, later defended himself in his memoirs.

Previously, he was the director of the Lend-Lease Administration, in charge of industrial raw materials and transportation, and then he needed his cooperation to extract some of the materials from the Concession Act for the next step, or more precisely, to perform.

The American Army then performed valiantly in the Philippines, recovering the lost territory one after another, and it was a complete reconquest without casualties, and a number of Japanese soldiers who had previously carried the pseudo-army mark were included in the war merit file.

On the islands of the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese were also withdrawing step by step, the main force was unharmed, and they often plundered the Americans' supplies, transport ships loaded with oil, food, and even weapons, and even the ships were captured by the Japanese intact.

What's even more ridiculous is that there are also American oil tankers that have been lost on their own initiative and taken prisoners near the Japanese mainland. Of course, the Japanese were also much merciful, and in addition to withholding the fuel, they did not hurt anyone, and even returned the ship.

The war between Japan and the United States continued, but apart from the thunder of guns and cannons, there was no fierce bloody rainfall.

The classic scene that was later recorded as "no war on the Eastern Front" is constantly being staged.

The American GIs even felt the ease of the war and could go to bubble girls casually.

However, as the Japanese gradually returned to Japan with the main forces of the navy and army, the war in Japan became more intense.

Although China had already occupied Hokkaido, there were more and more Japanese warships in the Tsugaru Strait.

Although the Chinese army had already invaded Xiaguan and erected the Chinese national flag and the five-star flag of the vanguard army used by the Chinese National Defense Force on the Chunfan Tower, where Li Hongzhang signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" that year, there were also more Japanese warships braving the bombardment of the vanguard artillery to attack the Guanmen Strait, and even Japanese planes attacked the vanguard artillery with its muzzle raised every day.

More and more Japanese fighters are flying in the skies of their homeland again, and they are desperately challenging the Chinese fighters.

"Fight, fight, who's afraid of whom!" Meng Xiang, who was a little late and learned the news of the secret agreement between Japan and the United States, smiled disapprovingly. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )