The second volume is full of glory and splendor in the capital, and the spirit is full of energy in the foggy city. Chapter 339 Premiere (3)
This chapter's subtitle: Yuan Da Dog Head... No, it's the birth of Yuan Da Tian Gou
"Your Highness, may I ask why you came to England?"
"Dr. Yuan, I think you should know this too."
Yuan Yan suddenly smiled and said, "Yes, I know. Your Highness's trip is to promote friendship between Britain and Japan and to maintain the alliance between the two countries..."
"Your Highness has been in England for several weeks. Your country boasts outstanding diplomats and intelligence officers. You should be aware of the current British government's intentions and the views of both the ruling and opposition parties. So I won't elaborate further..."
"However, I came from the United States and can tell Your Highness some of the American perspectives. In the eyes of the Americans, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance is the most dangerous factor in their relations with the Far East and the Pacific."
"The US Navy Department believed that if the Anglo-Japanese Alliance continued to exist, the United States would have to have a naval force equivalent to the combined navies of Britain and Japan to maintain its security. This meant that the United States had to build the world's most powerful navy."
"I can also tell you, Your Highness, that the United States has sent a note to England stating that whether the United States recognizes Ireland's independence will depend on the relationship between Britain and Japan!"
"Your Highness, the current Anglo-Japanese Alliance doesn't just involve your country and England. The real problem lies in the conflict between your country and the United States..."
Although it may seem a bit hindsight, the outbreak of the Pacific War can be traced back to the "Twenty-One Demands" in 1915.
When the great powers competed for Serbia during the European War, the United States and Japan became the biggest rivals.
The Japanese wanted to "affirm the empire's rights and interests in the East", while the Americans believed that "the potential Chinese market is closer than ever."
Therefore, the United States was the only major power to oppose the Twenty-One Demands. President Wilson even sent a righteous telegram to the US ambassador to China, stating that the United States would be the defender of China's sovereignty.
However, the Serbs should know that the United States was defeated first in the matter of the Twenty-One Demands.
But they were not willing to give up, so in 1916, the United States and Japan started another struggle over the dispute between Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui in the government and parliament, which was the restoration of Zhang Xun.
In the end, Japan, which understood China better than the United States, made a clever move, and the pro-Japanese Octavian Duan won.
In 1917, the United States and Japan were forced to sit down at the negotiating table and signed a very strange diplomatic agreement - the Ishii-Lansing Agreement.
The agreement stipulates that the United States recognizes Japan's "special interests" in China; Japan agrees that the two countries have the right to "uphold" China's territorial integrity, as well as open doors and equal opportunities.
In other words, the two countries jointly safeguarded the "sovereignty" of a third country, which sounded quite funny. However, the Serbs at the time had a poor sense of humor, and the Beijing government never recognized it.
The Ishii-Lansing Agreement was signed in vain.
Anyway, the Americans are still upset about it. So this time they made a comeback.
"Your Highness, this time, the United States has learned its lesson. They know they can't defeat your host nation in the Far East, so they're cutting off the source of your trouble!"
After listening to this explanation, His Royal Highness Prince Digong couldn't help but stand in awe and immediately looked at Yuan Yanshu with a higher regard.
What are time travelers like Yuan Yanshu, who are knowledgeable but not specialized, best at?
Nonsense, this is naturally the trend of history!
To be honest, he is truly one of the world's top international political strategists...if we're not being modest, we can just remove the word "top".
What the huge Japanese Empire lacked was strategists with an international vision.
It is said that Ishiwara Kanji, who was known as Japan's first strategist, the first chief of staff of the Showa era, and the brain of the Japanese Kwantung Army, also declared that he wanted to start a war between Eastern and Western civilizations.
From a historical perspective, Hirohito was a man of ability, means, ambition, and the ability to discover talent.
During his trip to Europe, the thing that had the greatest impact on later generations was meeting the famous "Baden-Baden Alliance".
In October this year, General Okamura Yasuji, General Nagata Tetsuzan, and General Obata Toshishiro formed an alliance in Germany, vowing to defeat the forces of Choshu clan elder Tanaka Giichi and other core army figures in the army, and support the crown prince to ascend the throne.
In fact, there was a fourth person at the Baden-Baden gathering: Hideki Tojo. In Baden-Baden, he was just a small fry who lit cigarettes for Nagata Tetsuzan and stood guard at the door of the steam bath.
This is the symbol of the birth of the Showa warlords - the Three Birds Alliance. Later generations who study the Japanese army in World War II will mention this.
The Baden-Baden Alliance also included the military attaché Umezu Yoshijiro in Berlin, the military attaché Yamashita Tomoyuki in Bern , the military attaché Nakamura Kotaro in Copenhagen, the military attaché Nakajima Imago in Paris, the military attaché Shimomura Sadao in Cologne, Matsui Iwane in Harbin, and Isogai Rensuke in Beijing.
These eleven people were the core backbone of the Showa warlords that Japan relied on to launch the Second World War.
In the future, Hirohito used these young people as his base and gained the most important military power.
Not only that, he will also open a university in the palace in the future to train young officers with the ideas of Okawa Shumei, the "father of Japanese fascism", in an effort to take control of the army in his own hands.
He appointed Prince Kan'in Yasuhito and Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi to command the army and navy, raising the power of the imperial family's military to an unprecedented level.
However, this group of people, including Hirohito himself, are all idiots!
It's no secret that the training of Japanese military officers was problematic. The so-called Showa warlords all began their careers in military academies, where they were isolated from society and brainwashed by the samurai code.
The future Emperor Hirohito was also trained in this way, and his teacher was none other than the "Japanese Military God" Nogi Maresuke. Therefore, he was not only out of touch with reality but also lacked international political literacy.
Well, before Master Yuan, which Japanese could explain this matter so clearly?
He suddenly realized, "Oh, so that's how it is! Yuan Qing's talent is truly extraordinary."
Our Master Yuan quickly said modestly, "Your Highness, I am too kind. It is only a simple mistake."
In fact, he gave himself a thumbs up in his heart, this was exactly the effect he wanted.
That's right, he showed his "talent" in front of Hirohito without any "reservation", just to find a way to become this guy's boss... no, his think tank.
What are three-feathered birds? Are they as powerful as this big Tengu?
Prince Digong couldn't help but ask, "But what does the Anglo-Japanese Alliance have to do with what Yuan Qing did?"
"As for this relationship..." Yuan Yanshu said embarrassedly, "To be honest with you, Your Highness, there is no direct relationship."
"Um?!"
Hirohito thought, what have you been talking about for so long?
Yuan Yan suddenly spread his hands and said, "But Your Highness, this matter will not harm you or your country in any way."
"ah?!"
Hirohito thought again, how could there be no harm in this?
"Your Highness, please think carefully about the damage this incident will cause to you and your country."
"oh?!"
Hirohito thought about it again, and it seemed that the Empire of Japan and the Crown Prince had really suffered no loss in this matter...
