Wang Jun said: "How can we publish the evidence? Send the prisoners ashore?"

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "Of course it won't work, but we can notify the Japanese reporters and let them go to sea and come to our warship to take pictures and visit." ”

Wang Jun said: "Will Japanese journalists do such things that are not good for their own country?"

Qin Zheng said: "Won't we go to foreign reporters? I'm afraid that there are quite a few foreign reporters in Japan, so let the consulate notify them overnight, and I believe that reporters will not miss such a big news." ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "Judging from the content of the confession, this attack was an action spontaneously organized by Japan's non-governmental extremist organizations, and it has nothing to do with the Japanese government. The government still hopes to ease relations with us, but if the attack is reported by reporters, our relations with Japan will not only not be eased, but I am afraid that they will be intensified. ”

Xia Bohai shook his head and said: "Whether it is a decision or a plan, it is not immutable, but it is necessary to make changes according to the development of the current situation. Moreover, after the easing of relations between me and Japan, it is indeed beneficial to us, and we can temporarily obtain a good external environment, so that we can first resolve the domestic incident with peace of mind, but judging from the current situation, it is basically impossible to ease relations with Japan, first of all, there is such a big thing, this current Japanese government will definitely step down, and the hostile attitude of the Japanese people towards us will not be resolved in a short period of time, so the new Japanese government will be able to resolve After the government came to power, with this lesson from the past, it may not dare to easily improve relations with us, but on the contrary, it is more likely that it will pander to the will of the people and adopt a hostile attitude toward us; even if the development of the current situation is already like this, of course there is no need for us to give face to the Japanese, so it is better to poke things out, at least so that we can have an advantage in public opinion. ”

Gao Shi said: "If you want to wait for reporters to come to the warship for interviews, then at least wait until the afternoon, or even tomorrow, what about the safety of the fleet?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "The safety of the fleet can still be guaranteed, and now the fleet has changed its berthing position, so there is basically no problem with the safety tonight, and there will be no major problems during the day, as long as you leave the Japanese waters before dark." ”

At this time, Li Sanjie said: "How to proceed in diplomacy, do you need to protest to Japan again?"

Xia Bohai said: "Of course, after dawn, when it is normal working hours, I will send a letter of protest to Japan, and the wording should be as harsh as possible. In addition, tomorrow, the Executive Yuan will officially announce the news at a regular press conference. ”

Li Sanjie said: "Okay." ”

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This night attack was planned by a civil society, although it was supported by army intelligence officers, but it was also a private act, without any official support, and the five fishing boats were all destroyed, so after dawn, except for the community basically confirmed that the night attack failed, and the participants were lucky, the other personnel did not know that there was such a thing.

So at 10 o'clock in the morning, when Yamamoto Gonbei received a letter of protest from the East China Government for the first time, he didn't expect another accident at all. Although the letter of protest from the East China Government was very harsh, demanding that Japan be responsible for all the consequences, the fleet would leave Japanese waters this afternoon and return to Qingdao. And Yamamoto Gonbei said to the consul of the East China Government that Japan still needs to investigate and confirm this incident in order to give the East China Government a clear statement, in his heart Yamamoto Gonbei is very clear, this matter will not be false, after all, what is the temperament of the Japanese people, Yamamoto Gonbei is not clear, and the reason why it is necessary to investigate and confirm is just to delay time, so as to negotiate with other members of the cabinet to deal with it.

After sending off the consul in Japan from the East China Government, Gonbei Yamamoto summoned cabinet members for a meeting on the one hand, and sent a telegram to the Nagasaki Prefecture and the naval garrison on the other hand, asking them to quickly find out the truth of the incident and arrest the relevant perpetrators to prevent this kind of thing from happening again.

After all the cabinet members arrived, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first reported to Gonbei Yamamoto that the news it had just received was that the East China Government officially announced at a daily news conference held in Qingdao that at about 12 o'clock yesterday evening, a group of Japanese terrorists drove five fishing boats loaded with gunpowder in an attempt to attack the visiting fleet of the East China Government, but three were sunk by the fleet, two were captured, 12 people were captured, and about 50 kilograms of gunpowder were found on one of the ships. At present, the captured ships, personnel, and gunpowder are all on the warships of the East China Government, and after the warships return to Qingdao, these evidences will be officially released to the world.

After hearing this, the cabinet members were also silent, because everyone knew what this incident meant, the fleet of the East China Government was invited by the Japanese government to visit, even if the Nagasaki incident was related to the soldiers of the East China government, at most it was to investigate the responsibility of the soldiers who caused the incident, and it would not have anything to do with the entire fleet, and the incident of attacking the fleet was unreasonable for Japan no matter what it was, not to mention that the Nagasaki incident was fundamentally related to the East China government The government has nothing to do with it, so once this matter is announced to the world, the face of the Japanese government will be completely wiped out.

Although some people have come up with ideas, they simply don't admit it, anyway, the East China government is now empty and unfounded, even if the fleet returns to Qingdao and publishes the evidence to the world, you can also insist that some of the evidence is forged by the East China government, in short, it is a piece, and it is resolutely not admitted. Some people also suggested that it would be better to announce that five Japanese fishing boats were missing today, so that others could think that the East China government had seized a few Japanese fishing boats and forged evidence. But the problem is not that others believe what Japan says, after all, those who see it will naturally discern whether it is true or false, so it is useless to count on these little tricks.

So some people suggested that they should simply not do anything, anyway, this time they have already offended the East China Government, so it is better to send a fleet to wipe out the fleet of the East China Government, so that all the evidence will be destroyed, no matter what the East China Government says, it is empty, and no one will believe it without evidence.

Yamamoto Gonbei listened to it with a big head, what kind of bad idea is this, it is really useful on the whole, but not everyone's suggestions are unreliable, and some people propose that at this time, it is better to quickly release the captured American soldiers, and apologize to the United States, so that the American fleet can leave Japan as soon as possible, so as not to have anything else.

Although this proposal has been complained and criticized by many people, believing that it is too weak and too damaging to the dignity of Japan, Yamamoto Gonbei knows in his heart that this is the best solution at present, and Bi Jing's current Japan does not have strong capital. In the Nagasaki incident, after the night attack, Japan was bound to offend the East China government, and Japan's public opinion did not allow Japan to improve its relations with the East China government in a short period of time. If the U.S. fleet continues to remain in Japan, something may happen again, and if the U.S. fleet really loses something, the United States will definitely turn against Japan. Send the American fleet away as soon as possible, and then settle the matter at home behind closed doors.

Of course, releasing the captured American soldiers at this time and apologizing to the United States will certainly put the cabinet under tremendous pressure and even be criticized by domestic public opinion, but there is really no other good way, otherwise Japan will only suffer greater losses. And after all, this generation of Japanese politicians is not as crazy as the people of the Showa era, and there are certain ideals and sense of responsibility, not to mention that Yamamoto Gonbei also knows that although he has not yet sat on the prime minister's throne, he has also sat on the head, after all, there are so many things, and they are all major events, he will definitely not be able to serve as prime minister, so Yamamoto Gonbei is also ready to resign, and after dealing with this matter, he will resign as prime minister.

As for the explanation of the night attack on the East China government, it can be temporarily delayed for a few more days on the grounds of investigation, and the US affairs will be settled first; if the East China government releases the evidence, it will not admit it, and anyway, it has already offended the East China government, and the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

Therefore, after the meeting, Gonbei Yamamoto immediately ordered the Nagasaki police station, ordering them to immediately release the captured American soldiers and apologize to the US fleet; he also summoned the US ambassador to Japan, and formally expressed Japan's apologies to the ambassador, acknowledging that the Nagasaki incident was the fault of the Japanese side, and that Japan was willing to make compensation; of course, Japan also tactfully proposed that the current situation in Japan was no longer suitable for the US fleet to continue to stay, so it suggested that the US fleet leave Japan first and continue its round-the-world voyage, and the two sides would negotiate the matter of compensation slowly; at the same time, they also expressed that they did not want the Nagasaki incident to affect the relations between Japan and the United States。

After listening to this, the US ambassador also felt that Yamamoto's proposal was reasonable, and the current situation in Japan was indeed not suitable for the US fleet to continue to stay, anyway, the mission of visiting Japan had ended, and Japan had also admitted its mistake in the Nagasaki incident, which could be regarded as a diplomatic victory, so it was better to leave Japan as soon as possible, and it was indeed to avoid further accidents.