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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 251 Japanese Cabinet Emergency Meeting

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    Obviously, the questions raised by Wang Geng on behalf of China were unexpected to the Allied Powers and Japan, but they were reasonable. There were calls from both the Chinese government and the public to regain the lost territory. The Japanese were involved in the South Manchuria Railway, Kanto State,  Life in Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao is really difficult.

    If the Allied Powers seek for China and Japan to influence the situation in Russia on the Eastern Front, and thus pull the German bull away from the Western Front, then it will be extremely important for China and Japan to put aside their past grievances without delay.

    The question is, is China ready?  Is Japan ready?  Is the world ready?

    On April 26, 1918, the day after Germany suspended its spring offensive on the Western Front, the headlines of the world's major news media were not that the German army had stopped its offensive or that the Allies had defeated the German attack again, but that China had officially sent  The Japanese government has made representations, hoping that the two countries will negotiate on issues left over from history and resolve them in a package.

    There was a huge quarrel at the emergency cabinet meeting convened by Prime Minister Terauchi at the Prime Minister's residence in Tokyo. Army Minister Kenichi Oshima banged the table and roared, threatening to mobilize 20 divisions to land in China to provide some supervision for the Chinese war participation in Beijing Nanyuan who did not know the heights of the sky and the earth.  Look at the color.

    Other cabinet members also pointed the finger at former Foreign Minister Ichiro Honno, who was absent from the emergency cabinet meeting. He had contracted the Spanish flu earlier and was hospitalized for recuperation. When he heard that China had raised the issue of territorial negotiation, in order to shoulder the responsibility of the Foreign Minister, he directly reported it to Prime Minister Terauchi.  Submitted his resignation.

    If it weren¡¯t for the shield of penicillin, in Wang Geng¡¯s previous life, Hirano Ichiro would have died from the Spanish flu. Today, penicillin has saved countless lives, including this spokesperson for China¡¯s interests in the eyes of the Japanese cabinet.

    "Gentlemen! It is obvious to all that Mr. Hirano has made contributions to the country. For this reason, he fell ill in the hospital due to overwork. I think it is meaningless to blame the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Hirano and the Minister to China Hayashi Gonsuke. Without them  With the mediation, the 1.6 million square kilometers in the eastern part of the Western Siberian Plain will never fall into Japanese hands!" The person who spoke was Hirano Ichiro's successor, the new Foreign Minister Goto Shinpei.

    Baron Shinpei Goto was originally the Minister of Internal Affairs in the temple cabinet. He was born in 1857 in Shiogama Village, Tanzawa County, Mutsu Kuni.  A retainer of the Sendai clan who stayed behind in the family? Goto Mi Takao, who had served as the first president of the Manchuria Railway and served as Minister of Communications and Minister of Internal Affairs in many cabinets. At this time, the position of the Minister of the Interior was changed by the temple to the position of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to put out the fire.

    The original position of Minister of Internal Affairs was given to the fifty-year-old Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Rentaro Mizuno.

    "What else are we discussing? With the nationwide mobilization, the Imperial Army and Navy are here. Japan must not be blackmailed by that Chinese King Geng. At worst, there will be another Japan-China war like the original Russo-Japanese War!" It was the Navy who shouted in agreement with the Minister of War.  Minister Tomosaburo Kato.

    The Japanese Navy has apparently become an escort fleet recently, transporting food and military supplies from Japan to Vladivostok all day long to meet the needs of the troops dispatched to Western Siberia. The so-called heroes have no place to play, and the Chinese Navy is basically negligible after the Sino-Japanese War. Therefore, this guy  I wish my navy could show off its skills!

    "Nationalist sentiment is rising in China. If you threaten force rashly, it may not end well at that time. You all need to think twice before taking action!" The speaker was Chief Planner Katsuda, Minister of Tibet, who borrowed 400 million days from this guy.  Yuan is given to the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications. This guy never wants to see the two sides fighting each other. How will this bad debt be settled then?

    If you win, you can say anything. The question is, can you definitely win?  It¡¯s not like the Siberian Expedition Force has never seen the power of China¡¯s participating armies. In addition to Japan¡¯s superior navy, its air force and army are far from being opponents of the Chinese.

    Oshima Kenichi is a boastful pig. Now the firepower of a division of the Japanese Army is less than half that of a reorganized division of the Chinese participating army. They have 20 reorganized divisions eyeing north of the Yellow River. The Japanese standing division is said to have 20  , the total number is fifteen or six, how to fight?  Do you really want to mobilize the whole country to fight an all-out war with China?

    Can the Allies agree?  Can the United States agree? Can the United Kingdom agree?  You know how to sing a high note without even using your brain!

    More than one person had the same thoughts and concerns as Minister Tibet. Within a year, the Japanese army actually lagged behind the Chinese participating armies. Your navy is strong, but they don't fight naval battles with you at all. They directly use artillery bombardment and aircraft bombing.  Log in, log in, it¡¯s okay if you don¡¯t get on, but if you get on, you won¡¯t be able to get down!

    "Baga, Katsuda, you were defeated by the sugar-coated bullets of the Chinese just like Hirano. You must have taken kickbacks from the Chinese! Zhengjin Bank has shares in several of Wang Geng's companies. You guys  You are trying to support the enemy. How can a guy like you deserve to be a Japanese!" The Minister of War stared at him with a menacing look!

    "Oshima, please stop it! If we want to fight, how sure are you?to win?  Are the 20 standing divisions on hand enough now?  !  How many more divisions need to be mobilized?  Are there enough weapons, equipment and ammunition?  What about the goal and time setting of the war!  Does the Army General Staff Headquarters have a plan?  How long will the food reserves be enough?  What about shells and bullets?  "Prime Minister Masaki Terauchi repeatedly questioned his Minister of War!

    "This happened suddenly. The Army General Staff Headquarters has not had time to discuss this issue. However, the Imperial Army will never agree to accept the Chinese conditions. The South Manchuria Railway, Guandong Prefecture, Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao will never agree to give up now! This  This territory was obtained by the imperialists after a bloody battle, how can we just give it back to the Chinese!¡±

    The Minister of War was breathing heavily, with sweat on his forehead. Although Japan had been planning to use China as its imaginary enemy for so many years, since China got close to the thick legs of the United States last year, the cabinet's foreign policy has begun to be inconsistent, and it has never been hostile to China.  Suppression turned to co-optation, and Japanese underwriters made a lot of money from procurement contracts for China's railways and highways and mining machinery, and Japanese banks also got a share of the large companies that Wang Geng continued to build.

    In the past year, the Japanese government and the public have become extremely dependent on China. They even have to discuss matters with the Americans, and sometimes ask the Chinese to help mediate. The construction of the Japanese Army this year is obviously far behind China.  Join the Army, Air Force?  Japan has almost no air force, and the Chinese Air Force has almost 500 aircraft. It is said that the Nanyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Factory has begun test flying the FR-18 aircraft copied and developed by the Chinese themselves!

    "Oshima, if China uses military means to take back the South Manchuria Railway, Kanto Prefecture, Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao, will the Imperial Army be able to defend these places?! You must give the cabinet a clear answer!" Masaki Terauchi was also furious.  Sooner or later, there would be a showdown over the above-mentioned place. He was mentally prepared for this, but he didn't expect that Wang Geng was so unreasonable. He said that he would fall out with him now?

    "If the Imperial Army and Navy can win a conflict, even if it's just a local one, they can force the Chinese to sit down and negotiate, instead of being so aggressive and directly saying that they plan to take back those places!" Prime Minister Terauchi obviously never thought about it at this moment.  Fight a total war with China.

    With the full support of the United States, China's participating armies are expanding at an indescribable speed, and the entire steel and petrochemical military industry system has also taken shape. China does not develop a navy that wastes lives and money, so the demand for steel is not that great, and China  The construction of the aviation force of the participating armies was obviously ahead of Japan.

    Unless the United States, Britain and France all stand by and watch, the empire may be able to fight China, but any attempt to conquer Manchuria and China is just wishful thinking. Damn it, at worst, the cabinet will resign, and whoever wants to fight will fight!  Anyway, I, Masaki Terauchi, would never do such a stupid thing!

    "That won't work. The Imperial Army must expand at least 20 divisions, otherwise it will never work with outnumbered enemies!" Army Minister Kenichi Oshima gasped, but he told the truth!

    "The Imperial Navy can guarantee the completion of landing operations anywhere along the coast of China, but it will still have to rely on the efforts of Army colleagues after landing." Navy Minister Kato Yuzaburo's voice was high, but his confidence was weak.

    "If a conflict breaks out between China and Japan, what will happen if Western Siberia dispatches troops? China will definitely cut off the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the empire will not be able to supply Taro Utsunomiya's three divisions in Siberia. Will Western Siberia fall? That's almost the same.  Half of Japan¡¯s mainland territory!¡± Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Zhong Xiaolulian frowned!

    ¡°This makes sense. Do we want to lose the 1.6 million square kilometers of territory in Western Siberia that we finally obtained because of the South Manchuria Railway, Kanto Prefecture, Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao, which do not add up to 10,000 square kilometers of Chinese territory?  "The person speaking was Communications Minister Kenjiro Tian!

    "It's not just these four places, there's Taiwan! Don't think that just because the Chinese don't mention this, it means they've forgotten it!" the Navy Minister said coldly!
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