Rise of Australia

Chapter 945: Island Country Three Points
Looking at Andri leaving with a smile on his face, Ijiro felt very complicated.

Although a temporary agreement was reached with Australasia to prevent the island nation from experiencing another massive bombing that could destroy its cities, this path meant that not only would they withdraw from the race for Pacific hegemony, but even their future fate would be controlled by Australasia.

But if you think about it carefully, perhaps this is the only option for the island country at present.

Compared to Inoue Jiro, who has complicated feelings, Murakami Sanan, who does not have so many feelings for his government, seems much more free and easy.

Even because of this conversation with Andri, Murakami Sanan saw more opportunities and developed greater ambitions.

On September 1937, 9, the Australasian Air Force dropped surrender letters to a large number of island cities, including where the island troops were stationed.

In addition, Australasia did not shy away from stating the bombing of the island country's capital, and announced that the island country's government and the so-called island country's emperor were also involved in the bombing.

The impact on the islanders was huge; they were shocked, angry and in disbelief.

But soon, many island countries' armies found that they could not contact the island countries' governments and the Army Department, which was absolutely impossible for the island countries before.

Without the central control of the government and the Army Department, how can this war be fought?
Gradually, some island countries' armies began to cease fire and wait and see the current situation.

These ceasefire troops are basically the island country's Type C divisions, and there are even many Type D divisions that the island country has just mobilized.

These soldiers have only been in the army for a short time, so they will certainly not fight to the death for a government that may have already perished.

If there are those who give up resistance, there will naturally be those who resist firmly.

Compared with Type C and Type D divisions, the loyalty of Type A and Type B divisions is much higher.

Even though they knew that the island government was likely to have encountered an accident, these troops still stuck to their mission.

Australasia naturally has good ways to deal with these stubborn troops.

Of course it is not an atomic bomb. The island country's Type A and Type B divisions together have a size of only a few hundred thousand people, and are scattered in many regions of the island country.

Using atomic bombs is not cost-effective, but there is a weapon that is suitable for dealing with them, which is the new type of bomb mentioned earlier.

This bomb has only one advantage, which is that it can cause greater damage to ground troops.

Now that the war with the island country has come to an end, Australasia has produced countless new bombs, and consuming some of them appropriately can be considered as clearing the inventory.

On the other hand, with the help of the Australasian Intelligence Organization, Ijiro's party was officially established.

With financial support, a large number of media in the island nation reported on the Island Peace Federation established by Jiro Ino, and also emphasized the party rules set by Jiro Ino, which is to pursue peace and avoid war as much as possible.

Although such pursuit is very abrupt in the current island country, it did quickly attract the peace-loving factions within the island country.

Yes, there are peace-loving people among the island countries at present, and their number is quite large.

Even if the island nation has extreme fanatics, it cannot prevent the existence of people who oppose the war.

Most of the people on the island who are currently more opposed to the war are farmers or handicraftsmen.

Why? Because when the island nation recruited soldiers, farmers and handicraftsmen were the largest groups.

The workers in the factory also have tasks to do, so it is naturally impossible for them to give up their work and rush to the battlefield.

In this way, the only people who can be abandoned are actually those engaged in agriculture.

It just so happens that the island nation's peasant group is the largest among all the population, which also leads to the fact that there are still a large number of people in the island nation who oppose the war, even in the military.

Before, because the government and the emperor of the island country were still in place, these people did not dare to express their ideas at all.

They could only be forced to obey the government's mobilization orders and sacrifice their lives for the war.

But after losing contact with the island government, these people naturally jumped out.

With the support of the Australasian intelligence department, Jiro Io and San'an Murakami quickly ran the so-called Peace Federation successfully, and in just a few days it became the most famous anti-war organization in the northern part of the island.

As the news of the destruction of the capital was confirmed, chaos broke out across the island.

The first was Jiro Ino's Peace Federation, which recruited many island countries' troops in Hokkaido and quickly became the most powerful armed force among the island countries' civilian organizations.

Under the leadership of outstanding military academy graduate Murakami San'an, the Island Nations Peace Federation announced an armed resistance, starting from Sapporo, to establish a new island nation that yearns for peace.

On September 1937, 9, the Democratic Federation of the Island Nations was established, Jiro Inoue became the President of the Democratic Federation, and Miyasu Murakami became the Minister of Defense and Minister of the Army.

On the day the Democratic Federation of the Island was established, a large number of letters of surrender were distributed by plane to Asahikawa, another city in Hokkaido.

Originally, the size of the island nation's army stationed in Hokkaido was the smallest among the four islands. In addition, most of the troops were Type C and Type D divisions, so Asahikawa's army surrendered quickly.

Without any effort, Jiro Inoue had already taken control of most of Hokkaido and instantly became the largest separatist force on the island.

This is not the end yet. Murakami Sanan is not the only one who has ambitions in the island nation.

In Shizuoka, west of the island's capital, lived the younger brother of the island's emperor. After confirming that Kyoto had been completely destroyed and no one from the island's royal family had survived, his ambitions became apparent.

Because according to the island country's emperor's succession law, he is currently the first-in-line heir to the island country's emperor.

Therefore, the younger brother of the island emperor publicly declared in Shizuoka that he would inherit the throne and become the new emperor of the island country.

Because it is close to the capital of the island nation, a considerable number of troops are stationed here. The new brother of the island nation's emperor successfully gained the support of the Shizuoka garrison by virtue of his positions as Minister of Defense and Minister of the Army.

When Jiro Inoue announced the establishment of the Democratic Federation of the Island Country, the younger brother of the island country's emperor also announced his succession to the throne and declared Jiro Inoue's Democratic Federation illegal.

This is not the limit of the island nation's division and separatism. In the Goryeo Peninsula, not far from the mainland of the island nation, because the capital of the colony, Nancheng, was bombed, the current Beicheng has become the second largest city in the Goryeo Peninsula.

After learning that the island government and the island emperor had been killed in the bombing of Australasia, the local Goryeo Army decided to break away from the control of the island country and re-establish a country belonging to the Goryeo people.

On September 1937, 9, Lee Han, a Korean officer in the Korean Army, successfully gained the support of most Koreans and announced the reconstruction of the Kingdom of Korea and the complete independence of the Kingdom of Korea. In less than a week, the island nation was successfully split into three separatist forces. This also brought Australasia's war against the island nation to a new level.

From this moment on, Australasia no longer needs to send soldiers to fight against the island country. It only needs to invest a small amount of funds and weapons and equipment in the three separatist forces of the island country to determine the separatist situation of the island country.

On September 1937, 9, Jiro Izumo announced the surrender to Australasia on behalf of the Democratic Federation of the Island Nations, and stated that the islanders should not be consumed in this meaningless war.

On September 9, the newly established Kingdom of Goryeo cleared the island nation's troops from its territory and sent officials to contact Australasia.

On September 9, Australasia invited the three divided parties to go to Iwo Jima to negotiate peace and strive to end the war as soon as possible.

The invitation from Australasia received a positive response from the Democratic Federation. As for the remaining Kingdom of Goryeo and the new emperor of the island nation, they had to agree to go to Ryukyu at this time.

Amid the attention of the whole world and the expectations of the media, the war peace talks between Australasia and the three parties officially began on September 1937, 9.

Because Britain and France were busy with the war in Europe, and there were only two protagonists in this war, Australasia did not invite Britain and France to participate in the peace talks.

Britain and France naturally understood that the Pacific Ocean was Australasia's base. Seeing that Australasia had not invited them to participate in the peace talks, they would naturally not be foolish enough to come forward on their own.

On the morning of September 9, the peace talks officially began.

Representing Australasia was Deputy Foreign Minister Craig Ferguson.

At the outset, Minister Craig Ferguson laid out Australasia's demands for land cessions, substantial reparations and restrictive treaties.

First, the island nation ceded many of its territories in the Pacific, such as Iwo Jima, Marcus Island and other islands and archipelagos, to Australasia.

Secondly, the island countries need to pay Australasia a total of 120 billion Australian dollars in war reparations and an additional 30 billion Australian dollars in post-war recovery funds.

总共赔偿共计150亿澳元，分50年还清。其中前5年支付总赔款的十五分之一，也就是每年赔偿2亿澳元。后45年每年需要赔偿3.1亿澳元。

If the compensation is in arrears, interest will be charged at 15% of the arrears, with no upper limit.

This also means that no matter which year the island nation defaults on compensation, the interest they face will be at least 3000 million Australian dollars per year.

The two conditions shocked the three separatist forces in the island nation. Even Jiro Izumi, who had been prepared for this, could not help but worry about the future of the island nation.

But it was obvious that the island nation had no choice at this time. Especially after it was split into three separatist forces, the relationship between them was not very good, let alone expecting them to unite as one to resist Australasia.

However, the compensation was eventually reduced to 120 billion Australian dollars. Although it was 30 billion less, the average annual compensation received by Australasia was as high as 2.4 million Australian dollars, which was considered a severe exploitation of the island nation.

It can be predicted that before the island nation pays off the A$120 billion in compensation, its economy will be greatly restricted, and it will be impossible to restore its strength as a great power.

However, the good news is that because the island nation has now split into three forces, the total compensation value of 120 billion Australian dollars will be divided into three parts.

Because of the different responsibilities of each country in the war, the proportion of compensation was also different. The least was the Kingdom of Goryeo, which was once a colony. They only had to pay 25 billion Australian dollars, which was only about one-fifth of the total compensation.

The island government where the new emperor of the island nation was located paid the most compensation. Who let them claim to have inherited the emperor and the original government? Naturally, the responsibility for the war should also be placed on their heads.

The government of the new island emperor bore 55% of the total reparations, which totaled approximately A$50 billion over 66 years.

The island nation's democratic federal government established by Jiro Inoue only needs to pay the remaining 29 billion Australian dollars, which is relatively small compared to the island nation's imperial government.

What's more important is that the three separatist forces can repay through the value of food, weapons and equipment, industrial production lines and mineral resources, not just Australian dollars.

They can also repay their compensation in another way by selling domestic road toll rights, industry operating licenses, etc.

Moreover, they have 50 years to slowly accumulate wealth. Although the compensation of 120 billion Australian dollars is a lot, it is definitely not at the level of asking for too much.

This is a figure carefully calculated by Australia. Although the current population of the island nation has dropped below 7000 million, it is definitely above 6000 million.

If we add the population of the Korean Peninsula, the total population of the island nation is still close to 50 million. For these nearly 120 million people, it is not difficult to repay billion Australian dollars in years, and they can even do it with a little squeeze.

But it is definitely not a small amount. Based on Australasia's current annual income, this compensation is about 20 times Australasia's current annual income, which is enough to do a lot of things.

The seemingly powerful Pacific Fleet only cost Australasia a few hundred million Australian dollars.

This also means that as long as the several separatist forces in the island country pay compensation on time every year, the fiscal budget of the Australasian government can increase by more than 30%.

This is vital to the economic development and industrial growth of Australasia. After all, the more you invest, the faster the growth of each industry will be.

At the end of the talks, the issue of restrictions on island countries was discussed.

However, because the island nation has been divided into three countries, the restrictions will become more complicated.

Among the three separatist forces, the one that currently has the closest relationship with Australasia is the Democratic Federation of Islands established by Jiro Iku.

Compared to the island government established by the island emperor's brother, this democratic federation composed of peace-loving people is in the interests of Australasia.

However, Arthur also wanted to see civil war on the island at this time.

Only when a civil war breaks out will the people of the island temporarily forget the harm caused to them by the atomic bomb in Australasia.

After the civil war is over, the overall strength of the island country will be weaker, and the people will be afraid of war because of the large number of casualties caused by the war.

In this way, even if there are still islanders who resent the damage caused by the atomic bomb in Australasia, they can only obey the trend.

As for whether the civil war will bring heavy casualties to the islanders, this is not something Arthur and Australasia should consider.

To be honest, the island nation still has a population of more than 6000 million, so consuming a few million is not a problem at all.

Moreover, most of those currently participating in the war are radical war advocates. The more of these war advocates who die, the better. This will be beneficial to Australasia's further control over the island country.

(End of this chapter)