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    Why?  Why?  Why!

    The diplomats from the Far East left their things behind and hurried to Nanjing and Port Arthur while repeatedly asking their subordinates or themselves.  Why did you do it without any warning?  What exactly is the deal between Japan and the Poor Party?  Why choose the dangerous mainland China?  Why did China and Japan fight over a not-so-important border crossing ship on the Yellow Sea?  !  Not to mention Britain and the United States, which have their own interests, even distant Moscow is asking these questions. For Lenin and others who are likely to face pressure from Poland and China, the outbreak of war between China and Japan is of course the most willing to see.

    Misty  Far East in the last month of 1919 was full of fog.  With more than two million Chinese National Defense Forces mobilized from south to north, and even reserve mobilization orders issued, the possibility of a full-scale war between China and Japan has become increasingly high.

    The most unlucky person at this moment is undoubtedly Prime Minister Tanaka.

    The officials in the Prime Minister's Office were walking in a hurry, and everyone looked solemn and solemn.  Tanaka Yiichi was even more restless. He never expected that Yang Qiu, who was still fighting in the northwest in the autumn, would suddenly point his finger at Japan. He never expected that the weak Chinese Navy would be so determined to invest two battlecruisers in one go.  A complete fleet intercepts the pass-through ship!  Amaterasu, God above, dispatched the entire fleet to intercept a break-in ship It's hard to say whether it will be worth the gas money, right?

    What¡¯s worse is that the ships and prisoners fell into the hands of China. The secret deal between Japan and the Poor Party will definitely be exposed to the world in a few days. By then, I¡¯m afraid even the allies will not be able to speak for themselves, right?  Tanaka Yiichi became more and more confused the more he thought about it.  Although the Paris Peace Conference failed to achieve many wishes, the return of the four British battlecruisers greatly increased the popularity of the Prime Minister. Before he had time to experience the political joy, he was now being thrown into the background by the sound of gunfire on the Yellow Sea.  Ice sea.

    What an unjust death If we lose this time, we will probably give up the position of prime minister.  So he could only grit his teeth.  Focusing on the navy that caused the trouble: "Marine Prime Minister Kato. How is the situation now?"

    This weak questioning tone made Yamanashi Hanzo, who was the Prime Minister of the land next to him, very angry. Last time the army caused trouble, the whole country protested, but now the navy talks down when it gets into trouble.  Do you really think that the army collapsed after the death of Shanxian Youpeng?  So he snorted heavily in his nose.  Kato Yusaburo, who is the Prime Minister of the Navy, glared. The situation was urgent and he did not want to be acquainted with these "groommen". He frowned: "The situation of the Hiei is slightly better. It has returned to Sasebo under the protection of a destroyer. The Kongo is in very bad condition.  , had lost most of its power, and was flooded so seriously that Colonel Nozaki Kojuro had to divert to Incheon Port for temporary refuge. According to our estimates, it will cost at least 8 million national currency to repair the two ships."

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    Makino, who loves tea, showed his appearance and sprayed a sip of tea on the floor. His eyelids were twitching and he almost wanted to slap himself!  What is this concept?  Even if the Japanese currency depreciated after the last Sino-Japanese war, the cost of building a Nagato-class battleship would only be around 50 million.  Because the King Kong class was built early, the cost of a single ship was less than 20 million. Now it costs 8 million just to repair it?  Yamanashi Hanzo jumped up: "Hey! This is a military meeting. This is not the time for your navy to cry for poverty!"

    Kato Yusaburo continued to ignore him. In fact, the navy really didn't lie this time.  Not to mention that the Kurama cost the Navy an important secondary battleship. The two damaged ships alone were quite troublesome.  The King Kong suffered too many losses.  Just the power system would require replacing the entire boiler.  The water intrusion caused a large number of cabins to be flooded, and the entire ship's electrical system was almost completely destroyed.  Three naval guns were also lost, and almost all rangefinders, chimneys, etc. had to be replaced with new ones. Although the Hiei was lighter, it was hit and flooded. The entire rear bridge was blown off, and one of the naval guns was damaged.  .  I still keep the money!  If the King Kong cannot be put on the slipway immediately and the internal water cannot be drained over time, the maintenance cost will at least double.  Continued: "We have learned that China's other two battlecruisers have sailed to the north, about 30 destroyers and 20 submarines have set sail, and two Joint Force-class battleships being renovated will be launched and delivered early next month. Their navy  We have already made offers to the four countries of Britain, France, the United States and Italy, hoping to urgently lease 4 battleships and build 4 more!"

    Four ships are built?  !  Tanaka Yiichi and everyone gasped.  Tomosaburo Kato's attack was obviously not over yet, and he continued: "Currently, the Chinese army has assembled in Sanduao, and about 13 10,000-ton ships are rushing there. We suspect that they will send an army to land in Taiwan within a few days.   Traces of submarines have been found outside the Port of Incheon. In addition, I would like to remind you that China took advantage of Russia's unprepared attack on Siberia and robbed 11 gunboats, 9 submarines and 3 large transport ships of the Russian Amur River Fleet.  , in addition to the transport ship that has been sent to Lushun, 11 gunboats and 9 submarines have been on standby at Sanjiangkou. Although the river is now frozen and unable to move, in the spring they can attack Huatai Island along the river. "

    ?????????????????????????????The King Kong was blocked by someone, and he shouted: "What are your navy doing? Do you want to watch China seize Taiwan and Huatai Island? You should send a fleet to support immediately and sink those transport ships!"

    As a civilized man, Kato Tomosaburo disdained to talk to the groom. He only said when he saw Tanaka Yiichi's eyes: "Prime Minister Tanaka, our navy currently does not have enough troops."

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    This is the second sip of tea that Nobuno Makino has spewed out. Will the navy have insufficient strength?  70% of the annual military expenditure is taken away by you!  Could it be that all the money was spent on the singing prostitutes?  Even such a democrat could no longer stand pretending to be poor and said, "Prime Minister Kato, now is the time to help each other in the same boat."

    Of course Tomosaburo Kato knows that we need to work together, but naval shipbuilding is also important. The Eighth-Eighth Fleet is still missing. How can we not ask for more funds for such a good opportunity?  Said: "The Nagato-class battleship will not be commissioned until two years later. The four battlecruisers of the British allies are being refitted and will not be available until January next year at the earliest. Kongo and Hiei will not be able to attack for half a year. Ikoma and Ibuki  They are all armored ships and cannot deal with China's battlecruisers, so now we only have 2 Hanoi-class, 2 Kongo-class and 2 Fuso-class ships, and the rest are old warships."

    "Six battleships are enough! Counting the two that are still being refitted, China only has 4 ships. Don't you think 6 ships still have confidence in your navy with 4 ships?" Hanzo Yamanashi continued to accuse.  This time Kato Tomosaburo got angry and stood up and shouted: "Yamanashi-kun, watch your tone! It's not your army's turn to interfere with our navy's affairs! Take care of North Korea and the North first, and hope that they won't come to our navy to ask for help."  .¡±

    The battle between land and sea is another battle between land and sea!

    Tanaka Yiichi had enough and shouted: "What a shame, what a shame! This is a life and death moment for the Empire of Japan, we need unity!"

    ¡°It¡¯s the Prime Minister after all. These two shouts made both the sea and the land shut up.  Yamanashi Hanzo deliberately turned his head, but Kato Yusaburo said seriously: "Prime Minister, I don't mean to lie. Do you know how many naval warships China has added in the past three years? As far as we know, in addition to 4 capital ships, they now  It also has 10 cruisers, 57 destroyers and about 30 submarines! By the way, there are also 2 reconnaissance aircraft carriers."

    "Wait, 30 submarines?! Is this true?" Makino stood up and said, "Didn't there only be 6 submarines in the last war? Why did so many appear all at once?" Even Yamanashi Hanzo  Turn around, 30 submarines?  Hmm, the Navy must be deliberately trying to bluff people into defrauding military funds.

    Kato Tomosaburo scratched his head. Is it very laborious to build a submarine of several hundred tons?  Ever since Yang Qiu introduced all submarine manufacturing technology and special steel technology from Germany before the war, construction has never stopped.  It was relatively slow at first due to technical and other reasons, but it has accelerated in the past two years.  With the benefits they gained from the European war and their technology, it would be polite not to build hundreds of them directly These guys really think submarines are battleships!  On its own side, the German submarines and manufacturing technology that Britain promised to transfer have not yet been obtained.

    6 ships killed the Navy, 30 ships Tanaka Yi trembled and almost died.

    Even the idea of ??asking the Army was gone, which made Yamanashi Hanzo extremely depressed, and took the initiative to say: "Prime Minister, the China Army has begun to mobilize troops towards North Korea and Huatai Island. Taiwan and Ryukyu must also strengthen their defense. Our Army  It is believed that reserves should be called up immediately and reinforcements should be sent to these places. It is best to form 10 more divisions"

    Tanaka Yiichi was completely out of mood to accuse the Army of its ambitions.  This battle was not what he wanted to fight at all, but the problem was that it was no longer possible not to fight now. The increasingly arrogant Yang Qiu had to be taught a lesson, so he took a deep breath and finally asked: "Kato-kun, do you have a battle plan?"

    Kato Yusaburo nodded and said: "We have enough destroyers to deal with submarines, and the number of battleships is also superior, so I think we have the opportunity to intercept the Bohai Strait or the Taiwan Strait, and then launch artillery attacks on the coast, trying to push the Chinese to negotiate.  Come to the table." All the navy was mobilized to ensure that it reached the negotiation table It can be seen that even the navy believes that the situation is not optimistic, and Yamanashi Hanzao even wants to pat his chest on this point without confidence.  300,000 troops have to defend North Korea, Taiwan and Huatai Island at the same time. What a joke.  Even if the reserves are called up now, it will be too late to wait until training is completed.

    Tanaka Yoshi glanced at the navy and then at the army and he really couldn't make up his mind. The chances of winning this battle were obviously not high, but if he compromised without even fighting, it is estimated that Japan could directly announce its withdrawal from the ranks of great powers, so it would be difficult this time.  It must be forced on us, at least until Britain and the United States intervene in mediation.  "I'm going to see Your Majesty." He stood up and looked at the setting sun outside. The dazzling sunlight made his head feel dizzy.

    After turning his head, he seemed to have aged a few years and said: "Makino-kun, please go to China once, hoping to buy some time for the army."

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