In any case, the two bigwigs in contemporary Japanese politics finally reached a consensus on stopping the war and negotiating with East China, so the two also went their separate ways, Yamayama Aritomo went to persuade the army officers to accept the reality, while Ito Hirobumi frequently met with the ambassadors of Britain, France, the United States and Germany to Japan.

Although Ito Hirobumi was very annoyed that Britain and France negotiated with East China privately and put Japan aside, but now Japan still needs the support of Britain and France to pass the negotiation with East China, and after talking with Miyamoto Naotaku, it also makes Ito Hirobumi's understanding of the general trend of the world clearer, although Japan does need the help of Britain and France, but Britain and France also need Japan to balance the expansion of East China in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

On the other hand, although the United States and Germany are not participants in this war, the United States has strong economic strength and has many interests of its own in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and it also does not want to see East China become the leading force in this region, so Japan can also win the support of the United States.

Although Germany has no say in East Asia and Southeast Asia, it is one of the world's leading powers, and the relationship with East China has always been good, of course, the relationship between Japan and Germany is not bad, the Japanese Army is to learn from the establishment of the German Army, before the Russo-Japanese War, Japan also had a custom armored cruiser in Germany, and it is also an option to ask Germany to mediate.

Although Britain and France used the resolution of the Congress as a reason to prevaricate Japan and defend their negotiations with East China, they also knew that they were at a loss, and both countries also knew that after the end of the war, East China would inevitably rise in Asia, and both countries needed Japan to contain and balance East China in Asia, but now both countries are working with East China Negotiations, and after the end of the negotiations, the cabinets of the two countries will resign, and the country is facing the situation of reorganizing the cabinets, so it is impossible to make more commitments to Japan, so it can only be suggested that Japan also hold negotiations with East China as soon as possible, stop the war first, restore peace, and reaffirm the support of the two countries for Japan.

Although the United States and Germany will not offend East China because of Japan, they are also willing to provide Japan with necessary help, and the United States also needs Japan to balance East China, and Germany has just obtained two small colonies from the Netherlands, which is considered to be returning to the Asia-Pacific region, and Japan is also an Asian power, and it is necessary for Germany to have good relations with Japan, so both countries have also expressed their willingness to help Japan, mediation, and post-war reconstruction, loans, and so on.

After receiving the commitment of Britain, France, the United States, and Germany, Ito Hirobumi was also slightly relieved, in any case, Japan was not abandoned after all, and he also had a little confidence in Japan's post-war reconstruction.

However, as a companion of the 5 countries of the expeditionary force, Ito Hirobumi also considered pulling the last companion Russia and negotiating with East China, although because of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian ambassador had been evacuated from Japan, but through Britain and France, Japan could still get in touch with Russia, but Ito Hirobumi did not consider pulling Russia at all, but was bent on preemptively negotiating with East China before Russia, so that Russia would be the last, so that Japan still had hope to reduce a little loss.

But Ito Hirobumi's side is going well, but Yamaguchi Aritomo's side is struggling, in the War Department, there is no such thing as negotiation and compromise, and can only shout "Fight to the end, swear to fight to the death, be loyal to the jade, and serve the country with seven lives" Such slogans, no matter who advocates negotiating with East China at this time, will be attacked by a group, even if it is a high-ranking official, there have been several pairs in the army, junior officers, In the siege of the middle and high-ranking officers who advocated negotiations, 12 people were wounded and sick, and there were two shooting incidents, but fortunately no one was killed. Friends and friends in Shan County are also a little big-headed, and they secretly regret in their hearts whether they have gone too far in the army.

At this time, Britain and France completed negotiations with East China in only 10 days, France paid 60 million pounds in reparations, Britain was 28 million pounds, plus about 18 square kilometers of land in Kalimantan.

When Ito Evan learned about it, his heart was quite heavy, Britain and France actually paid 60 million pounds in compensation, so how much should Japan compensate? When Portsmouth negotiated, East China only offered 50 million pounds, and if it had accepted it at that time, Japan's losses would have been much less.

But now it's too late to regret it, the top priority is to hold negotiations with East China ** as soon as possible, stop the war, and it is to get ahead of Russia, fortunately, the situation in Japan's hands, Russia is still stable, and there is no intention to immediately hold negotiations with East China**, and has repeatedly expressed Russia's tough position, which makes Ito Hirobumi a little relieved, if Russia is also seeking to negotiate with East China ** at this time, it will be even more headache.

However, Ito Hirobumi did not dare to be careless any longer, didn't Britain and France resolutely say that they would never compromise? As a result, they turned their faces when they turned their faces? Who dares to guarantee that Russia will not make a sudden reversal. In short, Japan must hold negotiations with East China as soon as possible, but the problem now is that Japan is blocked in the country, and even Yama Prefecture has no choice.

Hirobumi Ito came up with a solution, that is, to use foreign attitudes to suppress the hardliners at home, so he asked Komura Shotaro to call a cabinet meeting in the name of reporting the results of communication with the ambassadors of various countries, hoping to let the hardliners see that other countries want to see Japan and East China hold negotiations, but unfortunately the hardliners simply do not eat hard and soft, and they are rigid to the end, and even the cabinet meeting cannot be held.

At this moment, I saw two people hurriedly walking in from outside the conference room, handing a folder to Prime Minister Katsura Taro, and then withdrew. And when Katsura Taro opened the folder, he couldn't help but change his face. He handed the folder to Aritomo and Hirobumi Ito to read it before saying, "I just received urgent news that the Shina army has landed in Mito, so today's cabinet meeting will be stopped immediately, and the War Department will immediately study the response plan. ”

After Katsura Taro finished speaking, there was another big chaos in the conference room, Mito is located about 100 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, and the People's Army landed in Mito, and the goal is self-evident, so it is naturally aimed at Tokyo.

In fact, after the Battle of the Noto Peninsula, because Japan was unable to prevent the KPA from landing and raiding operations, Japan could only strengthen the defense of the Tokyo area.

Japan has deployed a total of 6 divisions around the Tokyo area, accounting for more than one-third of the current Japanese regular army. Moreover, among these 6 divisions, 4 divisions were established after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, which was originally intended to be used as a reserve force for the Japanese army to participate in the war, but East China participated in the war and cut off Japan's shipping lines, so these 4 divisions did not go to China to participate in the war, but stayed in Japan. Because these four divisions were established earlier, the training was relatively sufficient, and the weapons were relatively complete, and a certain number of artillery were also assembled, among the 16 divisions and regiments in Japan at present, they are considered to be relatively well-assembled, the soldiers are more fully trained, and the quality is higher, and the other two divisions are also formed after participating in the war in East China, which can be regarded as Japan's newly built divisions, the army that was established earlier, and the training time is longer than that of other new divisions and regiments, so these six divisions and regiments are now the most elite troops in Japan.

The defense of Tokyo is divided into two layers, of which four divisions are arranged in an area of about 50-60 kilometers around the east, west, and north of the Tokyo area, which is the first layer of defense in the Tokyo area, also known as the outer defense line, and the other two divisions are arranged in a place of 20-30 kilometers around Tokyo, which is the second layer of defense in the Tokyo area, also known as the inner ring defense line. There was also a division that was deployed along the coast of Tokyo Bay in the southern part of the Tokyo area in case the KPA landed in Tokyo Bay.

In addition, a large number of artillery batteries were placed along the coast of Tokyo Bay, equipped with artillery removed from shore defenses in other places, and the two remaining armored cruisers of the Japanese Combined Fleet were also stationed in Tokyo Bay to strengthen the defense of Tokyo Bay. It can be said that Japan's defense of Tokyo did take a lot of painstaking work.

However, the KPA's surprise landing operations were basically concentrated on the western coast of Japan, and basically did not land on the eastern coast, so they did not pose a threat to the Tokyo area, and some people thought that it was a bit of a waste to deploy so many troops in the Tokyo area, and it was better to send a part of it to attack the Noto Peninsula and defeat the KPA that landed.

However, the Japanese War Department did not dare to be careless in the slightest, because after all, Tokyo was no better than other cities, and if Tokyo suffered the slightest loss, it would be quite fatal to Japan. And although the KPA has not threatened the Tokyo area, it does not mean that the KPA does not have this ability, perhaps it is just waiting for Japan to carelessly transfer troops stationed in Tokyo, and now it is really here. And it must have been a bad one, because at this time, Britain, France and the Netherlands had all surrendered to East China, paid a huge amount of indemnity to East China, and a large amount of land, so now the morale of the People's Army is flourishing, and it is estimated that it intends to take the opportunity to complete its work in one battle and force Japan to surrender to East China.

On the one hand, since the People's Army entered the war, it has won successive battles, while the Japanese army has been defeated like a mountain, and although the War Department has vigorously preached the viewpoint that "East China has stolen Japan's victory" to cover up its own defeat, some Japanese people with some brains know that the People's Army is indeed an army with strong combat effectiveness, and even under completely fair circumstances, the Japanese army has no certainty of defeating the People's Army.

On the other hand, the army defending Tokyo can only be regarded as the elite of the Japanese army at present, but in terms of military quality, actual combat experience, and weaponry, this Japanese army actually has serious shortcomings, and it is far from the five divisions and regiments of the Japanese army currently stationed on the Korean Peninsula, and more quickly compared with the People's Army, which has been in battle for a long time.