Chapter 628: Landing in Japan (10)

The emperor was furious, and the cabinet members suddenly became nervous, although the emperor actually did not have any substantive power, even if there were members of the imperial family who joined the army and even held senior positions in the army, it was only a symbolic significance, the actual power of Japanese politics was still firmly controlled by the feudal group, but after all, the emperor was a spiritual symbol of Japan, and since the Meiji era, the Japanese government has also deliberately carried out the propaganda of the emperor in deification to unite the hearts of the Japanese people, so the emperor's prestige in Japan and Gansu is extremely high, and he also has great influence on the Japanese government。 Moreover, the Japanese Government and the military have responsibilities that cannot be shirked at this point, and the emperor's anger is justified, and it is entirely possible to dismiss several ministers from their posts because of this.

As a result, several bigwigs in the Japanese political arena finally gave up the contradiction for the time being and worked together again to deal with the current crisis. Of course, it is no longer possible to cooperate now, because the People's Army has penetrated more than 100 kilometers into the hinterland of the island and endangered nearly 10 cities, and according to the report, the People's Army is not simply occupying and destroying, but is still systematically taking the Japanese prisoner to China, Japan is originally a small country with a small population of widows, and this war has already greatly damaged Japan's national strength, and if it loses a large number of people, even if the war ends, it will be difficult for Japan to recover its vitality, and of course this is very likely to be the goal of the East China Government.

Once the goal is unified, the efficiency of the Japanese government is still quite high, first of all, of course, it is necessary to make a difference in the military, and the Minister of War Terauchi Masatsuki is not entangled with the navy, and decides on the spot to immediately send two divisions and regiments, and one day later, they will be stationed in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures respectively, first to block the expansion of the KPA, to limit the activities of the KPA to the Noto Peninsula, and then to gather more troops, which is expected to reach 6-8 divisions and regiments, and annihilate the KPA.

Originally, in order to prepare for the arrival of the British and French expeditionary forces, Japan planned to form 16 to 18 divisions in the country, and the first batch of 10 divisions had already been reorganized.

In addition, the Navy also made a suggestion that it could find an opportunity to dispatch ships to the northeastern tip of the Noto Peninsula to launch an attack from behind the KPA and coordinate a frontal attack. This suggestion aroused the interest of the Army, which thought that it could be re-studied as a backup plan.

In addition to the military, the Japanese Government believes that it is necessary to win more international sympathy and isolate the East China Government; now Britain and France have been completely antagonized to the East China Government, and only the United States and Germany have a large amount of weight, and Austria-Hungary and Italy also have a certain weight, so the Japanese Government believes that the work of winning international sympathy will be mainly concentrated on these four countries.

Although Germany has always had a good relationship with the East China government, the two countries have not yet formed an alliance after all, and there is not even a formal document on state cooperation, and Japan and Germany have maintained a good relationship, and the army is basically learning from Germany, so it is still possible for Japan to win Germany's help.

Therefore, Japanese Foreign Minister Komura Shoutaro immediately made an appointment with the ambassador of the United States, Germany, Austria and Italy to Japan, and told them that Japan is now a victim and hopes that all countries can uphold justice for Japan and put pressure on the East China Government, but Germany, Austria and Italy all said that this is a war between Japan and the East China Government, and all countries have expressed their neutral attitude, so it is inconvenient to intervene, so they can only do nothing to help. Only the United States expressed sympathy for Japan and promised Japan that it would negotiate with the East China Government.

Although the US Government foresaw that the East China Government would do its best to inflict heavy damage on Japan and Russia before the British and French expeditionary forces arrived in the Far East, so as to weaken the help of the expeditionary force, they all believed that the East China Government's war against Japan should be in the direction of the Korean Peninsula and seize the opportunity to occupy the Korean Peninsula, but they did not expect to directly attack the Japanese mainland.

However, when reviewing again, the United States found that the East China Government's strategy was far more clever than that of the Korean Peninsula, because the Japanese army had only five divisions on the Korean Peninsula, and the shipping line was cut off by the People's Army, so even if the People's Army annihilated these five divisions and completely occupied the Korean Peninsula, the blow to Japan was actually limited, not to mention that since the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan had been operating on the Korean Peninsula for more than 10 years, and although the East China Government had also supported a group of South Korean reincarnators, Bi Jing was too late and had not yet formed a climate, so it would not be of much help to the People's Army at present。 Moreover, in order not to push the South Korean people to the Japanese side, the use of military forces on the Korean Peninsula must consider taking proper care of the interests of the South Korean people.

When landing in Japan, the KPA had much more choice, and if it could fight too much, if it could not be defeated, it would withdraw to the sea by boat and find the next landing site, so that it could advance and retreat freely. Moreover, the East China government has not occupied Japan for a long time, so of course, it does not need to take into account the feelings of the Japanese people, and can destroy it at will, and these damages will be a loss to Japan. This not only weakened Japan's war capability and dealt a blow to the British and French expeditionary forces, but also took a longer time for Japan to recover its national strength after the war ended.

Once it is difficult for Japan to provide sufficient help to the British and French expeditionary forces, it will be difficult for the expeditionary force to completely defeat the East China government on the battlefield, and at most it can only have a certain advantage at sea, and it is difficult to pose a substantial threat to the East China government on land, so the two sides are likely to shake hands and make peace after a long period of confrontation, and finally settle it through negotiations, and the gains of the East China government at the negotiating table will not be lower than the Portsmouth negotiations, but compared with the Portsmouth negotiations, Japan and Russia have been greatly weakened, so the recovery time of both countries after the war will be extendedIt will be difficult for the East China Government to pose a sufficient threat to the East China Government for a long time, and in the Far East, a situation will be formed in which the East China Government will dominate.

But this is not the outcome that the United States wants to see. Although the isolationist sentiment in the United States was still very serious at this time, the political elites represented by US President Ocido Roosevelt knew that the United States must not remain isolated in this way, and that it must go to the whole world and participate in world competition, and the Far East in Asia will be the first step in the United States' foreign expansion, but the rise of the East China government will undoubtedly make the United States' expansion in Asia meet a powerful opponent.

However, although the United States is now strong in national strength, its military construction has not kept up, and there is still a strong market for isolationism at home, so although some people in the military advocate joining the expeditionary force and waging war against the East China government, the US political base is still cautious at this time and has not easily given up its neutral stance.

However, the current situation does not allow the United States to take action, so President Roosevelt and his staff, After consultations, the advisers made three resolutions on action: First, to make diplomatic representations with the East China Government, to express the United States' concern about the situation in the Far East, and to exert pressure on the East China Government; although Roosevelt knew that this was of little use, at least to show the East China Government the attitude of the United States would make the East China Government a little scruples, and in addition, it would also show goodwill to Japan; second, in addition to military support, it would do its best to provide support to Japan, enhance Japan's war capability, and make the war more difficult for the East China Government; and third, if Japan was defeated in the war, the United States would do its best to support Japan after the war, so that Japan could restore its national strength and military strength as soon as possible, so as to contain the East China Government。

As a result, Will Jackson, the US consul in East China, immediately went to the Foreign Affairs Committee and made representations to the East China Government after receiving Washington's order, on the grounds that the East China Government's act of expanding the scale of the war by burning the flames of war to the Japanese mainland was an act of expanding the scale of the war, further worsening the situation in the Far East, and making it more uncertain, which would seriously affect the commercial interests of the United States in the Far East.

So a day later, Li Sanjie replied to Will Jackson on behalf of the East China Government, saying that since Japan and Russia can start a war on China's territory, then the East China Government has the right to wage war on the territory of Russia and Japan, and this has nothing to do with the scale of the war, and Britain and France have done more than the East China Government to expand the scale of the war, so the US Government is the wrong object of negotiations.

However, Japan was very grateful for the actions of the United States, and the ambassador to the United States, Kentaro Kaneko, held frequent talks with President Roosevelt, and the two sides finally agreed that the US government would provide Japan with a guarantee and a low-interest loan of $100 million to purchase American goods, but would not directly provide Japan with currency, but would exchange it for American goods, except for arms. After the end of the war, the United States will also carry out extensive economic cooperation with Japan in an effort to restore Japan's national strength at an early date.

Although the United States is limited to a neutral position and cannot provide arms to Japan, the supplies are also urgently needed by the Japanese Government; after all, there is a great shortage of all kinds of livelihood in Japan at present, and the social crisis is very serious, and if it can obtain daily necessities worth $100 million, of course, it can stabilize the domestic situation, and this is also very important to Japan. And arms and weapons can be purchased from Britain and France, and to be honest, Japan still doesn't look down on arms produced by the United States!

As far as the United States is concerned, it has not suffered a loss, and the loan has to be repaid, although the interest rate is not high, but the base is large, so it is also quite considerable, and the loan is all used to purchase American materials, and also promote domestic consumption in the United States, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone and achieve a win-win situation. As a result, Kentaro Kaneko also quickly signed an agreement with the United States on the first batch of loans for supplies.