In fact, Japan's Taisho Emperor and Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma are really crazy, and President Yuan Shikai of the Republic of China is not doing much, and you can't tolerate a small southeastern military law that dares to stretch out its claws to the Japanese Empire!

Taisho convened an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma, Minister of Land (Minister of War) Nosuke Okaichi, Minister of the Navy (Minister of the Navy) Rokuro Yashiro, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finance and Finance.

Suddenly, the Imperial Council was noisy, and Shigenobu Okuma, who suggested that the navy go south, became the target of public criticism, and scolding and criticism poured to Shigenobu Okuma.

"Your Majesty, if you want to stabilize the situation on the Liaodong Peninsula, you must increase the number of troops in the country, otherwise it will be difficult to block the offensive of the Northeast South Route Army with Lushun's tens of thousands of troops, and Lushun will only be afraid that it will not be protected at that time!"

Lu Xianggang Ichinosuke said.

"Isn't there tens of thousands of imperial troops in Shandong?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the army of Shandong can't move, otherwise the previous efforts will be in vain, and the army of Goryeo can't move, and now the East Route Army in the northeast of China is also eyeing the border of Goryeo, Goryeo is the bridgehead of the empire's mainland plan, if reinforcements are sent, the Goryeo garrison is not afraid of the thief army, but the mining of Goryeo will be affected!"

"Most of the planned troops in the country have already been dispatched, what should be done for now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, for today's plan, the only way to expand the army!"

"Expansion? Okaichi-kun, do you know the current financial situation in Japan? Although we have won the war against Russia, we have not been able to recover our finances so far, and the domestic vassals are also reviving, and the navy accounts for the majority of the country's finances. ”

Before Okaichi had finished speaking, the finance minister in charge of the country's finances had already spoken.

"Then, according to the meaning of the prime minister, how can we defeat the bandit army in the northeast of China?"

"Okaichi-kun's statement is a big mistake, it is the duty of a soldier to defeat the enemy, but your Excellency, as the Minister of the Imperial Army, came to ask me? Didn't you ask for a fish in the blind edge of the wood? ”

"You 。。。。。。"

Okaichi has yet to refute, and Taisho has already spoken slowly.

"Gentlemen, this time we are convening everyone to solve the current predicament, not to quarrel in front of the palace."

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!"

The ministers of the palace hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Didn't the Navy go south? Since we can't frighten the warlords of China, then we will cut off the shipping between China and Nanyang according to the original plan, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty, by no means! Although the imperial navy is strong, it cannot completely block the sea lanes, and the European and American empires will also intervene, and according to the report of the imperial intelligence officers in China, the warlords of China also have a large navy, which is naturally inferior to the imperial navy, but the empire's maritime merchant ships are difficult to resist. ”

The sea minister Hachiyo Rokuro hurriedly persuaded him.

"And the air force of the warlords of China should not be underestimated, the previous collisions with the warlords of China were at a disadvantage of the imperial aircraft, Britain, France and Germany even bought fighters from the warlords of China, and the empire's fighter technology has lagged behind China, and the empire still needs to increase investment and develop better aircraft."

"If the empire goes to the North Ocean. What about the government pressure test? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the southeastern warlords of China surrender to Beiyang on the surface, but in fact they don't take Beiyang in their eyes at all, and I'm afraid that putting pressure on Beiyang will not have much effect!"

Okaichi Nosuke also added that Taisho has one head and two big, and he hasn't thought of a way to save the Liaodong Peninsula, and the problems have come one after another.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, do you just watch the people of China run rampant in the northeast? Okuma-kun, the navy went south as your suggestion, and as the prime minister, you have no solution? ”

"Your Majesty forgives your sins, the old minister deserves to die! The old minister underestimated the strength and determination of the warlords of China! ”

Okuma Shigenobu hurriedly kowtowed and pleaded guilty.

"You're damned, but I'm asking for the solution, not whether you're damned!"

"Yes! Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is too late to expand the army now, and secondly, the empire's finances are not allowed, so the empire can put pressure on the warlords of China diplomatically, and the Russians still have a lot of interests in the northeast of China. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister agrees with the Prime Minister's proposal!"

"Weichen seconded!"

Seeing that there was no good way out, everyone quickly agreed to Okuma Shigenobu's suggestion, anyway, when something happened then, it was Okuma Shigenobu who would take responsibility, maybe he could covet the position of prime minister.

Okuma Shigenobu is also hard to speak, His Majesty is already a little dissatisfied with himself because of his previous advice, and now he asks himself by name, do you dare not answer?

Chen Xuan didn't know how the Japanese would deal with him, but a naval encounter broke out on the sea in the South Seas.

Xia had a batch of grain to be sent to the country, because the quantity was too large, so more than a dozen warships were sent to escort it, because they were afraid of the Japanese interception, so they set off from the port of Lanfang Island overnight, and they did not expect to set off in less than two days, and they encountered a small fleet of the Japanese army.

It was night when the two sides met, and the radar technology at this time was not yet mature, and it was not used on the ship, and the black lights did not know who was who, and when the searchlights of the two sides saw each other, it was too late to retreat.

The Japanese had more experience in naval warfare than the Xia navy, and were the first to attack.

And the Xia Navy did not show weakness, while arranging for cargo ships to escape while counterattacking, and then asked for help to the rear, because it was night, both sides did not know how many ships the other side had, and a big melee began.

The Japanese army has more experience in naval warfare than the Xia country, and the quasi-head is also more than the Xia country, but the warships of the Xia country have only been in service in the past two years, the firepower is stronger than the Japanese army, and the rate of fire is faster than the Japanese army.

Yan Fu happened to lead the fleet to train in the Nanyang, and after receiving the telegram from the escort fleet asking for help, he did not dare to delay, and led the Nanyang Fleet to pour out, and the Japanese fleet belonged to the Third Fleet, and after receiving the request for help, he also rushed to the accident point.

If you can see it from above, you will see that the fleet is divided into three regiments, one is that the two armies are fighting, and the remaining two large fleets are rushing to reinforcements.

The commander of the escort fleet is called Xue Kai, a native of Kuala Lumpur in Nanyang, who returned from British overseas and joined the Nanyang Navy two years ago to be responsible for this escort mission.

After a short period of panic, Xue Kai began to arrange the formation, and in the darkness he didn't know how many Japanese fleets there were, so he quickly distanced the fleet from the Japanese army.

However, the two sides were worried that the other side did not have many ships and missed the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so although the distance was widened, no one escaped, so the two sides were shooting back and forth on the vast sea.

The cargo fleet was out of danger, and the Xia Navy gradually calmed down, the results of the usual training were finally shown, and the accuracy of the artillery bombardment was greatly improved, and finally the Japanese attack was blocked, and the attack of the Japanese began to return fire in an orderly manner, but the distance between the two sides was too far, the shelling lasted for a long time, and the losses on both sides were not very large.

The scuffle lasted until dawn, and the two sides finally saw each other clearly, it turned out that everyone was about the same strength, and no one was willing to retreat at this time.

The Japanese army is an old navy, run away? I can't afford to lose this man!

And Xue Kai is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, not to mention that his own ships are more advanced than the other party, so he has no idea of escaping.

As the sky gradually cleared, the two sides were also clear at a glance, Xue Kai began to rearrange the troops, encircled and suppressed the enemy, the battle became more and more intense, and his own losses gradually increased.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese reinforcements finally arrived, and the sea was densely covered.

Xue Kai didn't dare to continue fighting, escorting the seriously injured ship south, the Japanese army was in hot pursuit, Xue Kai's fleet was also constantly damaged, and even a frigate was sunk, and a violent explosion broke out on the sunken ship, igniting a raging fire, Xue Kai knew that it was his colleagues who did not want to leave the ship to the Japanese, so he chose to die.

There was no time to be sentimental, Xue Kai continued to order the fleet to go south.

Just when Xue Kai was about to despair, the roar of an airplane came from the sky.

Xue Kai looked up, the seagull logo on the tail of the plane was shining in the sun, it was an aircraft belonging to the navy, and the army's flying tiger logo was different, the navy is an airplane is a seagull logo with wings spreading, boom. The fryer is a dolphin logo.

The addition of more than a dozen fighters could not change the outcome of the war, but it finally relieved Xue Kai's fleet, and since the fighters arrived, it meant that their reinforcements were not far away.

The fleet of the Xia Kingdom also cheered for the rest of his life.

Xue Kai did not dare to be careless, and continued to command the fleet to move south, and continued to fire artillery to block the approach of the Japanese ships.

Suddenly, a Japanese ship suddenly opened horizontally, and a violent explosion sounded on the ship, and at the same time a fire ignited, apparently Xia Guo's artillery bombardment hit the arsenal of the Japanese ship, and the air wave of the violent explosion suddenly pushed the ship away from its original position and tilted.

The soldiers of Xia Guo were even more excited, fought all night, and finally had their own results.

At this time, Yan Fu's Nanyang fleet finally arrived and protected Xue Kai's fleet, with more than 200 ships on both sides, the sound of artillery bombardment shook the heavens and the earth, and the battleships constantly changed formations under the command of the flagship.

Yan Fu's flagship has a German advisory group, constantly making suggestions according to the battle situation of the two armies for Yan Fu's reference, and at this time Yan Fu did not have the slightest old age, his eyes exuded a breathtaking light, and he calmly adjusted his tactics.

He clearly knew that the Chinese people all over the world were watching him.

Since the First Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese have been unable to organize such a large-scale naval battle, if they fail, I don't know how many years it will take to recover, and the blow to the national morale will be fatal!