The terrifying airship of North Manchuria, which was airdropped over Japan for 20 days, did not even drop a bullet casing except for leaflets. The Japanese monarchs were very afraid of the Manchurian army, but in the face of the leaflet offensive, they felt even more desperate. Meiji's succession to the throne is indeed a bit problematic, and the Manchurian leaflets say that they have noses and eyes, and there are many people who mistakenly believe the rumors. After more than 20 days of fermentation, the Japanese people's hearts have been chaotic, and it is not easy to unite as one.

Now Meiji's life is very miserable, he lives in torment every day, and the Manchurians who declared war without going to war are like boots upstairs, tormenting him all the time. The leaflets thrown by the Manchurians made Meiji even more painful, and he always felt that everyone looked at him strangely, that is, the legendary suspicious ghost. Meiji now especially wants to rush out of the palace, and then tell the world that Daddy Xiaoming Emperor is indeed an unnatural death, and he is indeed involved in it, but he is Muren! It's not a at all. He is the orthodox heir of the Japanese imperial family, and the reason why there is a huge contrast between words and deeds is entirely because he has been pretending to be a grandson before succeeding to the throne.

Meiji was very depressed, but now Saigo Takamori and others were really in no mood to comfort him, and everyone was busy preparing for war. Saigo Takamori's battle plan was to focus on the defense of Honshu, resist in various places, and strive to delay the Manchurian army and win foreign mediation to end the war. Because the Manchurian Army has not launched an offensive, Saigo also chose not to move the enemy, and the Japanese army only tense and solidified the defense, and did not launch any temptation. Saigo Takamori's plan was very steady, and he also held the hope of avoiding war in 10,000, which was a strategy of the old Cheng to seek the country, but it caused dissatisfaction among many people, including Tokugawa Yoshiki, who is now a small force.

At the time of the Manchurian War, Tokugawa Yoshiki, Matsudaira Yoho and other sinners of the previous dynasty had already revived, but their real power was not great, and their power was not as strong as before. After the Meiji government began to completely abolish the feudal prefectures and reduce the privileges of the samurai, Tokugawa Yoshiki and others suddenly came back to life. Dissatisfied with the current situation, the samurai who had been abandoned by the government and had a difficult life suddenly regarded the Tokugawa shogun as their leader, and even the lords of the southwestern feudal domains pleaded with the shogun one after another, and once again gathered under the command of Tokugawa Yoshiki. Tokugawa Yoshiki is no longer the general of the expedition, but Japan's strongest armed group has once again gathered under his command.

Tokugawa Yoshiki knew more about Kokoko than Saigo Takamori, and he was also very aware of the situation of the king of a country, so he knew that since Manchuria declared war, it would never retreat without a fight. Saigo Takamori's decision to maintain the peace situation for the time being and not to provoke himself not only did not win the understanding of the Manchurians, but instead put the Japanese army in a passive position. Moreover, although the Manchurian Army did not open fire, their war deployment has been in full swing. Several routes, including Pusan-Honshu, Dalian-Nagasaki, and Vladivostok-Hokkaido, were all extremely busy, and the Manchurian Army was frantically increasing troops to 13 garrison ports, including Nagasaki, Yokosuka, Kure, Sayshiburg, Yokohama, Osaka, and Sendai, and transporting all kinds of war materials.

Tokugawa knew better than anyone else that the Manchurians had not started the war for a long time, firstly, because they wanted to break the hearts of the Japanese people through leaflets, and secondly, they were delaying the delivery of supplies and soldiers. When the Manchurian Army has completed the deployment of war and the deployment of materials, they will inevitably go to war, and the starting point of the war will be in the hinterland of Japan. These thirteen ports were located in all directions of Japan, and if the Manchurians had stockpiled enough supplies in these ports, they could immediately attack Tokyo from all directions, or even directly to the territory of Japan.

"We must do something, and let the Manchurians transport troops and supplies like this, and the war will start at the gate of the palace!" At the Meiji Imperial Council, Tokugawa Yoshiki and others were rarely invited to participate, and it was rare to have a chance to go directly to the Imperial Front, so Tokugawa Keiki shouted loudly regardless of etiquette.

Saigo Takamori adheres to the interests of the samurai group, and in recent years, because the government has continued to suppress the samurai class, he has gone very close to Tokugawa Yoshiki, and Tokugawa Yoshiki has no need to trouble him at all. But this time Tokugawa Keiki couldn't help it, and Tokugawa Keiki, who loved the motherland deeply, was really anxious. The government's military decision-making was full of luck, and the battle plan was too negative, how could Tokugawa Yoshiki not be in a hurry.

"It's not that we don't want to do it, it's that we can't do anything!" Emperor Meiji still had to maintain the majesty of his emperor, so he didn't say a word behind the curtain, and Saigo Takamori replied very aggrievedly.

Tokugawa Keiki's talent is far inferior to Saigo Takamori, and what he can see, Saigo Takamori naturally sees it. There is only one reason why Saigo Takamori still implements such a negative plan, and that is helplessness. In the face of the Manchurians' redeployment, the Japanese army had only two feasible plans. One was to attack and seize the ports and make the Manchurians lose their strongholds, but this was simply a. Not to mention that a large number of Manchurian troops have been stationed in various ports, with strong troops and sophisticated equipment, even when there were only 800 people stationed in the original, it was difficult for the Japanese army to capture these ports. Taking the initiative to attack these ports before the Manchurians launched an offensive would not only make no sense, but would also disrupt the Japanese defense plan. The second is to send a fleet to attack and disrupt the Manchurian army's transportation lines, which has the most direct effect, not only to prevent the Manchurian army from continuing to increase its troops, but also to trap the enemy who has already landed. It's a pity that the Fuso is still being overhauled, and there is only one Ryusho available in Japan. But the Longxiang was a wooden cruiser, and going to sea to attack the Manchurian fleet was completely to send him to death. Even if the Fuso was repaired, how could the Japanese army, with only two warships, intercept the enemy coming from all directions?

"Saigo, do something! I can understand your difficulties, but if you don't do it now, I won't even have a chance to do it in the future. Even if it is to die, even if it is a meaningless sacrifice, as long as we do it, we can slow down the Manchurian Army and strive for more opportunities in the future! "Tokugawa Keiki's attitude is very simple, doing it is better than not doing it. Even if the Manchurian Army was allowed to transport one less shipment of goods, or to arrive one day late, the pressure on the Japanese army in the future would be a little less. The sea already belongs to the enemy, and it is useless to keep the ships of the Fuso, rather than being blocked in the harbor, it is better to let them die on the way to the charge.

"Years of hard work!" Saigo understood what Tokugawa Keiki meant, but he couldn't bear it in his heart, Japan had poured too much effort into the navy.

"If you don't have a choice, let them face death with glory like a samurai!" Tokugawa Yoshiki is the head of the samurai, and none of the samurai take human life seriously, cutting their own abdomen is like playing, not to mention letting others die. And being able to die fighting for the country is also the greatest honor of a samurai.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, what Shogun Tokugawa said is indeed the most reasonable. The main body of the Fusang has been renovated, please give your Majesty a decree to allow the soldiers of the Fusang and Longxiang to go on the expedition! Saigo Takamori saluted Emperor Meiji and asked for a fight.

Tokugawa Yoshiki now only has the name of the new government to participate in politics, and he is no longer a general, but samurai such as Saigo Takamori are still used to calling him a general. Matsudaira Rongbao and a group of other people are called so because they never forget the glory of the shogunate era, and it is difficult to say what the purpose of Saigo Takamori is. Emperor Meiji was very disgusted with the title of Tokugawa Shogun, but he was not easy to criticize, and Tokugawa Keiki is not easy to provoke today. In the face of a guy like Saigo Takamori, Emperor Meiji is even more difficult to say.

"May the soldiers have a long martial arts!" Emperor Meiji was not a man of great strategy, he also relied on his ministers to govern the country and the army, and now Saigo Takamori and Tokugawa Yoshiki both advocated war, and Meiji naturally had to agree.

The emperor agreed to go to war, and the combined fleet with only two ships would not rush out like a madman, and the specific strategy would have to be studied. Saigo Takamori and Tokugawa Yoshiki gathered admirals such as Kaikatsushu, Ito Yuhiro, and Togo Heihachiro to discuss how to fight. The Manchurian Army was transporting troops and supplies to Japan from all directions, and it was simply unrealistic for the Combined Fleet to intercept and harass them all, so it could only choose one of these routes.

"The route from Busan to Nagasaki and Hiroshima seems to be the most suitable. This route has the largest volume, the results of the interception will be maximized, and it is close to many ports in the western part of our country, and once it encounters a counterattack by the Manchurian escort fleet, the combined fleet can quickly return to its home port to protect itself. After much deliberation, Kaikatsushu and Heihachiro Togo agreed that war in the Tsushima Strait would be the most advantageous.

"Your choice must be right! But don't be too obsessed with the results, and make self-preservation the first priority. Our purpose is not to annihilate the Manchurian army, but to harass and delay them, and the longer it is delayed, the better it will be for the imperial state! Tokugawa Yoshiki was not interested in fighting anywhere, as long as the navy could fight, and of course he was equally reluctant to destroy the navy.

The final background of the combined fleet was very shabby, but it was not enough to let the two ships of the fleet go to sea, and Hai Shengzhou did his best to gather five more warships. The five new warships, led by the Saikyo Maru, should not be called ships in the strict sense, but rather boats. All five small ships are under 1,000 tons in tonnage, and are completely unable to carry out ocean-going missions, and can only patrol near the sea or in inland waterways. This time it was a raid mission, and there was no need to go too far to the sea, although there was also a great risk of capsizing, so they could only fight.

The plan had been decided, and there was nothing to prepare, so the combined fleet took all its belongings, lit a fire and anchored to its own glorious demise. The officers completed their final prayers in the Buddhist temple, and the sailors went to the customs streets and gambling houses to vent their emotions that they were going to sacrifice themselves for the country. In the port of Tokyo Bay, the 800 Manchurian troops cowered in their own defense line and did not make any move, watching the Japanese crying and bidding farewell to their relatives and fleet very indifferently, and did not make any reaction.

Ito himself led the fleet on an expedition and soon reached the Tsushima Strait, where he soon discovered a large number of Manchurian convoys, and then he discovered the Manchurian convoys that had surrounded him. With no planned surprise and no chance to escape, the Japanese Combined Fleet had to face its final battle as soon as it went into battle. The last naval battle between China and Japan began in the Tsushima Strait.