The Battle of the Sea of Sulu was over, the United States was crying and fainting in the toilet, the Russians were shattered with their glasses on the ground, and the British were first depressed and then said they didn't care. Prince Ruprecht is behind the scenes. So what are the Japanese doing? First of all, it must be affirmed that more than 99 percent of the Japanese were caught in a carnival, even when they knew that the Qing Kingdom was preparing for peace talks!

After all, what kind of thing is Qing Guo? It's just a rotten and backward country. The gold content is too low. Even many Japanese people think that it is completely an insult to Japan that a Qing-Japanese war can be fought for such a long time! But this time it was different, the mighty Japanese Navy cleanly took out the navies of 2 powerful countries at once!

One is the United States, which has had a holiday with Japan before. One is Russia, which is now having a holiday with Japan! The Japanese have not forgotten what these two countries did during the Qing-Japan peace talks. (Well, under political needs, the Americans are the same as Russia under the propaganda of the Japanese government) Now they have directly beaten up two countries, and the whole of Japan is very happy!

But few people have thought about what Japan should do next. Of course, in the eyes of the vast majority of Japanese, the next step is to gradually occupy the Philippines and put an end to it. Do you still need to think about what to do next? But in reality? The Japanese high-tops, who had just won a decisive naval victory, were not having an easy time now!

"To be honest, even when I first occupied Manila Bay, I never imagined such a terrible engagement with the U.S. and Russian fleets. From the bottom of my heart, I was still afraid, and it was only when I saw the army in Manila Bay under attack that I made up my mind. ”

The Japanese fleet went to Hong Kong and Taipei for maintenance and replenishment, while Shikiki Kayama took Heihachiro Togo to Ryukyu to report the situation to the Japanese high-level.

"And now? Are you still afraid? Hirofumi Ito said calmly.

"If only from my point of view, I'm not afraid at all! Because there is no such thing as a rival to the Combined Fleet in the entire Pacific Ocean! There was a hint of pride in Kayama's words. But what worries me is that after the end of this war, even if we get the Philippines, will our strategic situation deteriorate even more? Russia is our enemy, and the United States will be an enemy! ”

"It's very good that you can think of that, it shows that you have a strategic vision. And what I'm worried about now is this, the current military strength of the Americans is not terrible, what is terrible is the national strength and war potential of the United States! After this stimulation, the military strength of the Americans will definitely be greatly improved! Hirobumi Ito nodded and said.

"So is the government going to reconcile with the United States?" Shiki Kayama's second sentence immediately lowered his height in the eyes of Hirobumi Ito from 1.72 meters to 1.27 meters!

"How does this TM reconcile? The Japanese withdrew from the Philippines? If you knew this was the case, why bother fighting this battle? Co-occupation with the Americans? Equally impossible! Not a single stratum in Japan will agree, let alone the Americans. Hirobumi Ito said in his heart. And his face turned cloudy.

"If this is the case, then the only way is to make it impossible for the United States to enter the Far East forever! Completely cut off the dirty hands of the Americans into the Far East! Facing the iron-faced Hirofumi Ito, Shiki Kayama was not afraid, but directly stated the fundamental purpose of the trip. Shiki Kayama knew that there was no possibility of reconciliation between the United States and Japan, but he was worried that the high-level would have illusions, so he decided to test it, and the results of the trial showed that the situation was not bad, and he could finally share some ideas!

"The war is not over, the naval battle of the Sea of Sulu only gave the empire a head start but it does not mean that the dust has settled, the Americans still have three battleships and some cruisers on their homeland, and they are also running around to get new warships! With the financial resources and strength of the Americans, it will not be difficult at all to build another navy with the Russians that is stronger than Dewey's fleet. ”

"Even if the Americans give up the Philippines for the time being, it does not mean that we can rest easy, on the contrary, if we are not careful, the whole empire will fall into a situation from which we will never recover! The support of the British, while important, was not enough for a guard of honor. This can be seen from the intervention of the three countries on the issue of returning Liao, the British will not offend more than two major powers at the same time for the sake of the empire, so the only way can only rely on ourselves! Heihachiro Togo on the side also added.

"I sense a very dangerous signal from your words! You are going to continue to expand the war," the slightly hoarse voice of the Duke of Xiyuan Temple sounded on the side.

"We." Facing the high-ranking Saion Temple, both Kayama Shikiki and Togo Heihachiro were a little nervous.

"It's better for the military to interfere less in politics, your brains can't handle those troublesome things." Looking at the slightly nervous admiral, Saionji softened his tone and continued, "Tell me what you think, maybe I can give some advice to the emperor and the government." ”

"The conflict and confrontation between us and the United States in Honolulu has been going on for a long time, and this is an opportunity to understand that as long as Honolulu can fall into the hands of the Empire, then if it is built into a fortress, the Americans will never be able to set foot in the Western Pacific!" Shiki Kayama said.

Does Japan have an idea about Hawaii? That's for sure! Otherwise, why did Japan go to Hawaii in the 80s to play confrontation with the Americans? The Japanese didn't just think about it, they did some planning, otherwise what would the treaty signed between Japan and the Queen of Hawaii be worth? How do you explain that Japanese immigrants make up 40% of Hawaii's population?

Historically, the 1897 standoff over the Hawaiian government's refusal to allow Japanese immigrants to enter the country lasted until the end of the Spanish-American War. In the end, the Japanese returned to China and the United States paid some compensation. Since then, the Americans have succeeded in turning Honolulu into a state of the United States by winning the Spanish-American War, thus completely breaking the Japanese mind, but now, the situation is different!

It turned out that the Japanese were afraid of the strength of the Americans and did not dare to rob openly. What now? The Japanese felt that the Americans' military strength was no more than that, and after easily beating them down, then they would definitely have to grab this piece of fat that was already coveted by Japan! What's in Honolulu right now? As soon as the Japanese warship arrived, they sent 2,000 soldiers and with the cooperation of the Japanese overseas Chinese, it was done! It's a big bargain!

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