And the Japanese ** finally breathed a sigh of relief, anyway, at least Tokyo is safe for the time being, and at this time 2 divisions rushed to reinforce, so that the army reinforcing Tokyo reached 4 divisions, plus the original garrison troops in Tokyo, and now the total strength of the guards in Tokyo has reached 10 divisions.

When the People's Army retreated, Yamayama Tomotomo breathed a sigh of relief and said to Ito Hirobumi: "Ito-kun, this time I finally blocked the KPA attack. ”

Ito Hirobumi also nodded and sighed: "Shanxian-kun, it's really not easy!" Although Ito Hirobumi was a civilian official, he had also participated in the military at the time of the fall, so he was not a layman, and it was a critical moment for Japan's survival, so he also accompanied his friends and friends in Yama County for two days and two nights without closing his eyes, but Bi Jing of the People's Army was retired, and his spirit was still able to withstand it at this time.

At this time, Shan Shan Youpeng said: "When the 45th Division arrives there, immediately send someone to give an order, ordering them to be stationed on the spot, and even retreat a certain distance, but they must not rush forward, and wait for the order of the headquarters." ”

It turned out that Yamayama Youpeng knew very well in his heart that the Japanese army did not really defeat the People's Army, and it was only because the 45th Division threatened the retreat of the People's Army that the People's Army had to take the initiative to retreat, but if the People's Army defeated the 45th Division, it could make a comeback at any time, so the top priority now is to ensure that the 45th Division maintains its deterrent to the People's Army。

However, the combat effectiveness of the KPA should not be underestimated, and if it were to engage in a head-on battle, the 45th Division would by no means be an opponent of the KPA, and it would have to immediately set up its positions, hold on to it, and hold on for a few more days, and the Tokyo side would also have ample time to organize and mobilize troops, launch a counterattack, and form a flanking attack on the KPA together with the 45th Division, so that there was a great hope that the KPA could be defeated. In the battle of Bi Jing in the past few days, the casualties of the Japanese army are not small, and if you want to launch a counterattack, it will take some time to reorganize your troops, and when you counterattack, you must also ensure the safety of Tokyo, after all, it is not possible to deal with the People's Army at all.

Just when Yamaprefecture Youpeng was thinking about how to counterattack the People's Army, Ito Hirobumi said: "Yamaprefecture-kun, let's go into the palace together to report the good news to the emperor, and let the emperor issue an edict to announce this victory." ”

Yama Prefecture Youpeng was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that Ito Hirobumi's intention was to take the initiative of the People's Army to retreat this time, boasting that the Japanese army had defeated the People's Army's attack and won a victory. Although Yama Prefecture felt that it was a little difficult to do so, he also knew that the current Japan really needed all victories to really boost the morale and confidence of the troops and residents of Tokyo, and now was a good opportunity, because in any case, the People's Army had indeed retreated, so it could be regarded as a victory. On the other hand, it is also to appease the Meiji Emperor, after all, the Emperor was once so frightened that he was about to run away, and now it is time to let the Emperor rest assured.

Thinking of this, Yama Prefecture Youpeng also nodded and said, "Okay, Ito-kun, I'll go to the palace with you." ”

Sure enough, after the two entered the palace to report to the emperor the news of the victory against the People's Army, Emperor Meiji was also in high spirits, and the heart that had been hanging was finally able to let go now. Therefore, Emperor Meiji issued an edict on the spot, announcing the victory of the Japanese army in defeating the People's Army, and commended the armies that resisted the attack of the People's Army, and of course commended Katsura Taro, Yama Prefecture Aritomo, Ito Hirobumi, Terauchi Masatsu and others, and also said that a group of middle- and lower-ranking officers and soldiers who had shown bravery in the battle would be commended. However, Yamayama Youpeng resigned on the grounds that although the People's Army had been defeated, it had not yet withdrawn and there was a high possibility of a comeback, so it was not appropriate to celebrate the victory with great fanfare at this time.

However, despite this, after the emperor announced the victory, the morale of the troops and residents in the Tokyo area was greatly boosted, and the tense atmosphere that had been in place for several days was finally swept away, and the atmosphere in the Japanese ** and the War Department was also eased a lot.

Moreover, at this very moment, another division rushed to Tokyo to reinforce the troops, so that the Tokyo area could also concentrate the strength of 10 divisions and regiments, which was a new force, and it also made the confidence of Yamaguchi Yutomo explode, and he was ready to immediately carry out a counterattack against the KPA.

But only one day later, Youpeng in Shanxian County received news that the 45th Division had been defeated by the People's Army, with more than 5,000 casualties. It turned out that after the KPA retreated from the battlefield of attacking the valley, it immediately launched an attack on the 45th Division, and Bi Jing's division was too much of a threat to the rear of the KPA.

Due to the backward means of communication in this era, the 45th Division had not received the order of the command at this time, and the position was stationed on the spot, and the result was an unexpected encounter with the People's Army, and the two sides immediately launched a fierce battle, the 45th Division was established after the East China ** participated in the war, and the combat effectiveness was inferior to the 37th Division, which was the opponent of the People's Army, and was immediately defeated by the People's Army, and retreated more than 40 kilometers backwards, and could no longer pose a threat to the People's Army for the time being. However, due to communication problems, the Tokyo command received the news only a day later.

Moreover, less than two hours after Yama Prefecture Youpeng received the news that the 45th Division had been defeated by the KPA, the KPA's naval attack also came, and the KPA dispatched a fleet composed of two battleships and two armored cruisers as the core to launch an attack on Tokyo Bay.

Although Japan selectively reported on the war, only announcing the naval offensive to defeat the KPA fleet, and concealing the news that the 45th Division was defeated by the KPA, Yama Prefecture Youpeng still gave up the battle plan to counterattack the KPA, after all, without the containment of the 45th Division, Yamaguchi Youpeng also lost confidence in taking the initiative to attack and defeat the KPA, and did not dare to take risks, and now Japan has no capital to take risks. However, the Japanese army is still quite sure that it will hold Tokyo.

Moreover, Yama County Youpeng still worked out a new battle plan, that is, to wait for the KPA to launch another attack on Shougu, so that the Japanese army would garrison the position while sending troops around the flank and rear of the KPA to threaten the rear of the KPA, so that it would still be a two-front attack, striving to defeat the KPA, or forcing the KPA to take the initiative to retreat from the sea.

However, Yama Prefecture Youpeng and his company waited for five days, and the People's Army did not attack Tokyo again, and during this time, one more division rushed to Tokyo to reinforce it, bringing the total strength of the Japanese army in the Tokyo area to 12 divisions, and the army that Yama Yama Aritomo could directly command had 11 divisions. There were many troops, and the confidence of Youpeng in Yama County was also a lot, so he decided to try to launch an attack on the People's Army, but it turned out that Ishioka was just an empty city, and the People's Army obviously gave up Ishioka, so the Japanese soldiers regained Ishioka without bloodshed.

After the report was reported by Aritomo in the prefecture, he immediately sensed that the situation was different, so he immediately sent people to the Mito area to inquire about the news of the KPA, but it turned out that the KPA had already evacuated Mito a day earlier.

Knowing the news that the People's Army had retreated, the Japanese army was very excited, although it was only a short 10 days, the residents of Tokyo, **, and the imperial family were under tremendous pressure, and the threat was finally completely lifted, in any case, Japan won the final victory in defending Tokyo, and the tension was immediately vented, and many people took to the streets to shout and celebrate, and the emperor even planned to hold a grand celebration to celebrate this victory,

However, Yamaguchi Aritomo was the only one who felt that there was something wrong with this battle, because in retrospect, there were many irrationalities in this war, and it was common sense that after the KPA landed in Mito, it would either establish a firm foothold in Mito as a long-term plan, or attack Tokyo immediately and achieve a quick victory.

As a result, the KPA did nothing, and only attacked Ishioka on the third day of landing. It would have been forgivable if the attack on Ishioka had been delayed due to the landing of the army in Minkai, but after the KPA captured Ishioka, it did not immediately march and continue the attack on Tokyo, but instead stopped and went back to attack Naka, Ibaraki Town, and other places around Mito, and stopped for several days before launching another attack. Although the capture of Nako, Ibaraki Town and other places can be said to protect the surrounding area of Mito, but that is a tactic that is sure to be entrenched in Mito, and the KPA should do this from the beginning of the landing, instead of attacking Ishioka first and then going back to hold on to it, not to mention that after the KPA captures Ishioka, it can almost directly launch an attack on Tokyo, as long as Tokyo is taken, then the fleet can sail into Tokyo Bay and join the landing army, and there is no need to care about Mito's gains and losses, so this way of using troops is too incomprehensible.

In addition, after nearly 10 days of delay, the KPA launched another attack on Tokyo, but the number of troops invested was less than 30,000, and you must know that the KPA landed in Japan this time, invested a total of about 100,000 troops, and delayed for so many days, but only gathered less than 30,000 troops to finally attack Tokyo. If the KPA had been able to gather about 50,000 troops and attack Tokyo from two fronts, Tokyo would have been lost long ago.

It's just that due to the urgency of the war before, Yama Prefecture Youpeng only thought about how to hold Tokyo and didn't notice these unreasonable places, and now that the People's Army has withdrawn, Yama County Youpeng calmed down and thought about it carefully, and found that there were too many doubts in it.

So what exactly did the People's Army plan to do in this raid on Tokyo? Aritomo Yamaguchi could not help but fall into deep thought.

At this time, someone hurried to report to Aritomo in Yamaprefecture that Kyoto had been lost. Yama Prefecture Youpeng's head "buzzed", and then he realized that the real intention of the People's Army was Kyoto, not Tokyo at all.