After the two met, Abe Shoutaro first bowed respectfully to Li Sanjie and said, "Mr. Commissioner, I don't know what is the matter with you inviting me to come?"

But when he straightened his waist, he saw Li Sanjie sitting still, his face sinking like water, and Abe Shoutaro not only "Geden" in his heart. Usually when they meet, Li Sanjie will always be polite, Bi Jing This is at the level of national diplomacy, and the surface etiquette still has to be taught, not to mention the other party's attitude is apologetic, and he doesn't smile when he stretches out his hand. But this time it was clearly not better.

Sure enough, Li Sanjie's voice did not carry any emotion, and said, "Consul Abe, please sit down." ”

After Abe Shoutaro sat down, Li Sanjie said: "Consul Abe, you should know from the recent news that Japan participated in a terrorist attack that we suffered during our disaster seeking operation in Anhui, and we lodged a solemn protest to Japan, and asked Japan** to explain this, apologize to our country, compensate for the loss, and promise that similar things will not happen again." ”

Abe Shoutaro smiled awkwardly and said stiffly: "Mr. Commissioner, I wonder if there is any misunderstanding here, this matter has nothing to do with our country." ”

Li Sanjie shook his head and said: "Consul Abe, I did not want to discuss the truth of this matter with Mr. Consul today, because we have conclusive evidence that Japan was indeed involved in this terrorist attack and played an important role in this terrorist attack. As he spoke, Li Sanjie got up and took a folder from his desk, handed it to Abe Shoutaro, and said, "The relevant information is here, Mr. Consul can take a serious look at it after he goes back, but we will not distinguish the authenticity of these materials with the Japanese side." ”

Abe Shoutaro smiled bitterly, took the folder, but did not open it, and said: "Mr. Commissioner, I didn't mean to question your information just now, in fact, after I saw the relevant news, I immediately inquired about it in China, only to know that this incident was an unauthorized action of the Intelligence Department of the War Department, and it was not an order of the Japanese **, nor does it represent the attitude of the Japanese **, I hope Mr. Commissioner can understand." ”

Li Sanjie said: "Consul Abe, we don't want to interfere in Japan's internal affairs, it doesn't matter whether this incident is Japan's ** attitude, even if it is an unauthorized action of the Intelligence Department of the War Department, it is also Japan's internal affairs, and the object of our negotiations and protests is only Japan's." ”

Abe Shoutaro nodded and said, "I understand, the opinion of East China's **, I will truthfully convey it to my country's **." ”

Li Sanjie said: "There is another matter, I want to inform Mr. Consul that in 7 days, my country's navy will conduct a large-scale naval military exercise in the East China Sea. ”

Abe Shoutaro made a sudden mistake in his heart, knowing that this is East China's ** threat of force, if Japan's response can not satisfy East China**, the contradictions between the two sides will inevitably intensify, and it is not impossible for Japan to have a war at that time, and this is the situation that Japan has been avoiding, so I can't help but want to scold those people in the military department, they are too bold and reckless, and now they will almost make the situation out of control. Forget it, first tell the attitude of East China ** to the country, and let the country find a way. So Abe Shoutaro also immediately got up and said goodbye.

At the same time, the Admiralty also submitted to the Military Commission a plan for conducting military exercises at sea and the fleet to be dispatched.

In fact, Wang Hailong, commander-in-chief of the navy's fleet, was very interested in this naval trip, because although the navy played an important role in the Far East war and also made great contributions, since the successful negotiations between East China and Japan at the end of last year, the navy has not had much to do, and the main thing is to sum up the war in the Far East, train soldiers, and evaluate the captured warships.

Although the fleet's training and exercises have never stopped, the exercise is not a formal war, and it also makes Wang Hailong, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, very unhappy, and although this time it is also an exercise, the sea area of the exercise is southwest of Japan's Kyushu Island, which is basically at the doorstep of Japan, and there is still a certain element of demonstration, which is also very much to Wang Hailong's appetite, and he is going to scare Japan. In addition, there is a certain possibility that this exercise will turn into a real war, so Wang Hailong decided to personally lead the team to carry out this operation.

Now the Japanese Combined Fleet has just had two cutting-edge battleships Katori and Kashima into the ranks, these two battleships are after the start of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan ordered two additional battleships from the United Kingdom, based on the latest British Edward VII class battleships at that time, but in the choice of main guns, did not use the configuration of the first and second main guns of the Edward VII class, but the traditional weapon configuration of two main guns at the beginning and the end, but the overall combat effectiveness is still after the six battleships customized by Japan in the United Kingdom.

However, due to the long construction period of the battleship, it was not until May 1907 that it was handed over to Japan, and it was not returned to Japan until July of that year, and it was immediately incorporated into the Combined Fleet, which finally changed the situation that the Combined Fleet did not have battleships, and the Katori was designated as the flagship of the Combined Fleet.

Although these two warships have just returned to Japan after going to the ocean, theoretically they will have to go through at least one month of routine maintenance, and they will have to conduct a period of training and run-in with the fleet, and it will take at least half a year to form combat effectiveness, but it is difficult to say when it is spread to the Japanese, at the end of World War II in the old time and space, the Shinano aircraft carrier transformed from the third ship of the Yamato-class was included in the war before it was completely completed. What's more, these two warships have already been completed and delivered, so they should not be underestimated.

At this time, the battleships Cadre General and Mo Ye, which had made great contributions in the Far East War, had already been docked for overhaul and could not be dispatched within two months, but two battleships that had been captured and repaired, the Discord and the Mars, had been completed and incorporated into the sequence of the People's Army Navy, and were named Heyang and Xingyang respectively, so there are still six battleships available to the People's Army Navy; in addition, two armored cruisers have been repaired, namely the French Kleber and the Russian Warrior, which are named Kehai, The Yonghai, along with several other warships, has also completed repairs and entered service.

Among the five modern warships that crossed, two Type 053H3 Xiangyang and Huaihua ships have been decommissioned, while the Kunming, Yueyang, and Sanya warships are still in service. Because the Xiangyang and Huaihua warships are the oldest and most backward among the five modern warships, they have almost reached the end of their service life, while the hulls of the Kunming, Yueyang, and Sanya warships are relatively new, and the equipment is more advanced, and they can support it for a few more years.

The retired Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship will dismantle all kinds of equipment and valuable parts on the ship, and seal them for future research use, and after the dismantling is completed, the hull will be retained and transported to the land to build a memorial hall for preservation, and this memorial hall is in principle only allowed to enter the veterans to visit, and the Kunming, Yueyang, and Sanya ships will also be treated in this way after they are decommissioned.

In addition, there are four large and medium-sized warships that are now under construction, namely two Jinan-class armored cruisers and two Qingzhou-class protective cruisers, which are also in the five-year shipbuilding plan, and it is also the last batch of construction of these two types of warships. Of course, it will take at least one year for these warships to enter service, and now they will not be able to catch up.

After the Admiralty's recognition and study, it was decided that the naval exercise would not use modern warships, but would use all warships of the current era, including six battleships, including Weiyang, Boyang, Feiyang, Shiyang, Heyang, and Xingyang; six armored cruisers, the Chitu, Jueying, Tuohai, Kaihai, Baohai, and Jinhai, two cruiser detachments, and four destroyer detachments, totaling 36 warships, and 16 logistical transport ships, which was also the largest fleet dispatched in East China after the Far East War.

The duration of the entire military exercise is 12 days, and depending on the actual situation at that time, it can be followed for another three days, and in the event of war with Japan, Qingdao will send another transport ship to support the fleet to ensure that the fleet maintains its combat effectiveness.

Of course, the navy's dispatch was not accomplished overnight, and the various preparations were quite complicated and complicated, and could not be completed in one or two days, so when Li Sanjie summoned Abe Shotaro, he told him that the military exercise would be carried out seven days later.

After receiving the order from the Central Military Commission to occupy Anhui Province by force, Luo Yue joined the 11th Field Army of the Central Military Region, which had been ordered to rush to participate in the war, and then launched an operation.

Although the Military Commission formulated a plan for Luo Yue to occupy Anhui Province, Luo Yue did not want to proceed step by step according to this plan, after all, he had been in Anhui for a long time, and he had a clear understanding of the situation here, so it can be said that the whole of Anhui will see that except for the Anqing Department where the governor's yamen is located, there will be basically no resistance in other places, it can be said that as soon as the People's Army arrives, the local officials will open the city and surrender, and now that their troops are sufficient, they are not as overstretched as they are dealing with the Red Lotus Sect, so they can divide their troops and attack together, and take the entire Anhui Province in the shortest possible time。

So Luo Yue ordered the 11th Brigade of the 12th Field Army to be responsible for garrisoning Yingzhou Mansion and Liuhe Prefecture, and placing the prisoners of the Red Lotus Sect, and the 25th Division was dispersed into regiments to enter Luzhou Mansion, Fengyang Mansion, Sizhou Mansion and other places respectively, and he led the 19th Division and the regiment of the Marine Corps he brought to directly attack Anqing Mansion, and ordered Shanghai to transfer two fleets to participate in the battle.