"In other words, the entire First Army was severely defeated under a small Jiulian City? So now new troop support is needed? Is that so? Ito Hirofumi glanced at Oyama Iwa, and then said flatly.

"Disappointing the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor!" Dashan Yan said with a guilty face. The first army of Yama County Youpeng did not fight down, and then began to march to Liaodong, and the second army came over to carry out the vigilance mission against Russia and Germany, during which the Japanese and German sides had several battles, and the result ended in a great defeat for Japan, and the exchange ratio especially fell to a shameful level, and the best performance of the Japanese army was to play a 4 for 1! And realizing that the Japanese were at such a level, and the main direction of attack was not the blue army here, they did not immediately withdraw from Jiulian City, but continued to stand up against each other!

In short, the current situation is that the Japanese will never be able to attack, and several attacks by the Russians have not worked. The Germans were limited in strength and unable to attack, and the two sides were in such a stalemate! But the stalemate is not a thing, most of the strength of Dashanyan's second army has been contained, Lushun, how do you fight?

"Alright, stand down. This is no longer something you can solve, do your own thing, protect the safety of the flanks of Yamasan-kun, and leave the rest to us" Ito Hirobumi waved his hand to signal that Oyama Iwa could go, and after the latter withdrew, only Ito Hirobumi, Saionji Konobo, and Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu were left in the house!

"The cost of this war is a bit beyond our imagination! We've indulged those soldiers too much! The trouble they have brought us is a serious threat to the safety of the Empire! Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said.

"Let's talk about these things later, let's solve the problems we are facing first, we have so many enemies, so many that even the British are not willing to help us, and the British feel that it is too much to pay." There was a hint of frustration in Mutsu Munemitsu's flat tone, in addition to Britain being able to release some goodwill, the Americans were also willing to deal with Japan in the face of money, and the rest of the big countries were hostile to Japan! And Russia and Germany directly intervened in this war!

"It's not that serious, it goes without saying that the Russians are our mortal enemies, but the Germans are more angry! They had no core interests in the Far East, there was no reason enough to pay too much, and they looked forward to the submission and compensation of the empire. It's something that can be fought for! "Hirobumi Ito is not pessimistic.

"How else do you give in? We paid a full £1.5 million in compensation! The so-called culprit is also dead! They still won't let us go? Do they have to open the door to the Germans to behave recklessly, as in the case of the Black Ship Incident, that they are satisfied? Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said excitedly.

"It is not so that we just have to make the Germans realize that the Far East will be in the hands of the Reich more in the hands of Germany than in the hands of the Russians, that Germany has no territorial claims to the Far East, they just want to make money!" Ito Hirobumi is worthy of being a rare genius in Japan, he is very keenly aware of the core of the contradiction between Germany and Japan, the Germans think that they have lost face, and they are worried that their interests in the Far East will be affected, so they have carried out limited intervention in the Qing-Japanese War to knock Japan.

So Ito Hirobumi is trying to downplay the concerns of the Germans, isn't it just for economic gain? The Japanese could buy industrial products, chemical products and even munitions from Germany. At the same time, it is doing some low-profile handling in diplomacy, and the German government, which has both face and substance, will naturally gradually dilute its hostility towards Japan.

"It seems so easy to you." What Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said was a little unpredictable.

"Nor is it simple, the weakening of the hostility of the German central government towards Japan does not completely change the situation we find ourselves in, and Germany's national situation is different from that of Japan, which is composed of several states, each of which has a great deal of autonomy. Although their influence on German foreign policy is limited, some of their actions still affect the situation in the Far East! ”

"You're talking about the Kingdom of Bavaria, right? To give an area of just over 70,000 square kilometers and a population of less than 8 million to a country that almost monopolizes the supply of hardened armor for the world's navies, and their rapid-fire artillery technology is even sought after by old arms factories such as Krupp and Skoda. And those machine guns and semi-automatic rifles. It is no exaggeration to say that Bavaria is small, but industry, especially the military industry, occupies a certain position in the whole of Europe, coupled with independence, some of their actions will directly affect the Far East! Mutsu Somitsu suddenly realized.

"Actually, this time, it was not the German government that we offended the most, but the Bavarian prince! The prince was on board when the navy launched that reckless operation! He is much stronger than Nicholas II, and if there is revenge, he will take revenge! Ruthless! Ito nodded slightly.

"This prince is a little arrogant, for his own personal grudges, he actually used the power of the country to take revenge, he is completely a feudal lord, this kind of person is not suitable to run a country!" Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said.

"It's not a personal grudge, it's a profit! The order of the Russians made it necessary for the prince to support the Russian operation in the Far East, and only if Russia was at war with us could his battleships and guns sell better! Bavarian products are a big pain for us! "Mutsu Munemitsu finally understood!

Bavaria's main product is munitions, how can munitions sell well? Naturally, there should be war, and in the war to prove the superiority of his weapons, and now this prince is doing this, using battle after battle as an advertisement! Let the gold rubles of the Russians flow into the wallets of the Kingdom of Bavaria! The Japanese Navy has already proved the strength of the Munich-class armored cruisers with the loss of several battleships, and the Japanese Army has been beaten to the ground by the Bavarian Army, the Russians don't buy the Bavarian ones, who do they buy?!

"So you mean, let the empire buy this for the prince with yen? But it seems that it is too late now, and relations between Germany and Russia will not break down all at once, and even if we want to buy equipment from Germany, it will not be possible to ship it over. Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said.

"It's a long process, and the time to take effect will be very slow, but we have to do it, the army and navy generals have admired German equipment for a long time, and Dashan Yan is a staunch German. This is not just a diplomatic issue, but also a military one! Even if diplomatic relations remain unchanged, our army can still benefit from German munitions! Hirobumi Ito said.

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