Tokyo, Japan.

In winter, Tokyo looks bleak and cold, and the sky is covered with inky gray clouds, giving people a gray and oppressive feeling.

The north wind whispered in the streets of Tokyo with the cold of winter, and the housewives, students, and small traders who hurried through couldn't help but tighten their thick cotton clothes, look up at the dark and gloomy sky from time to time, exhale a white breath softly, and then speed up the pace of their steps.

In such gloomy and cold weather, the Japanese Diet building and the Japanese Prime Minister's residence were boiling over, and countless Japanese people angrily surrounded them, condemning and protesting the cabinet's compromise and concession to China.

After the Western colonial powers led by Britain were forced to make concessions to Wang Mo, acknowledging China's abrogation of the "Jiaoao-Macao Lend-Lease Treaty" and returning the actual control of customs to China, the Japanese high-level had to give up the idea of continuing to expand the Shandong War after discussion, and soon evacuated all Japanese troops from Shandong.

However, after the true situation of the Shandong War reached the Japanese people, the Japanese people, who were eager for the Japanese Imperial Army to sweep through the Chinese army and split and occupy Shandong, China, were immediately angry.

Since winning the Russo-Japanese War, coupled with the propaganda of the Japanese hawks, the Japanese people have long regarded Japan as the number one power in Asia, and no one can accept that the Japanese army was defeated by the decaying and backward Chinese army in their eyes.

Countless Japanese youths gathered in front of the National Assembly Building and the Prime Minister's official residence in anger, frantically attacking the cabinet's decision to withdraw troops and clamoring for a decisive battle with the Chinese.

"The Great Japanese Empire must not bow to the lowly Shina people!"

"Continue to increase the number of troops in China and completely defeat the decadent and backward China army!"

"War, we must continue to use war to teach the people of China a hard lesson, so that they can understand the invincibility of our Imperial Japanese Army!"

Hundreds of young Japanese people waved their fists, shouted slogans, and stormed the wall of people pulled up by a large number of officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Stand by the window on the second floor of the Capitol. Yama Prefecture Youpeng looked at the countless angry Japanese young people below, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The fact that these Japanese young people have reacted so radically is largely due to the long-term campaign and propaganda of hard-line hawks such as the Yama Prefecture faction, and they did not expect that one day they themselves would be angrily attacked by these Japanese youths who should be under their control.

"Your Excellency, why should we agree with the opinion of the Cabinet. Withdrawal of troops from China? As long as you wish, Your Excellency, I believe that the Cabinet will never be able to pass the motion to withdraw troops. Satoru Nakamura, the governor of the Tokyo garrison, couldn't help but say that he was as unhappy with the cabinet's decision to withdraw the troops as the angry young people below.

Over the years, the power of the military department, especially the power of the faction in the county district, has grown day by day. As long as there are friends in the county who are willing, it may not be possible to completely control the cabinet, but it is definitely possible to suppress the cabinet and prevent the passage of a certain bill.

Therefore. Nakamura was very puzzled why Aritomo Yamaguchi did not stop the cabinet from passing the bill to withdraw troops.

Youpeng shook his head slightly, and said: "The opinion of the cabinet is not unreasonable, if we continue to fight, we may not win, but it is very likely that we will fall into the quagmire of war and drag down the domestic economy that has just begun to recover." ”

"It may not win, this is all the cowardly nonsense of the cabinet!" Nakamura Satoru subconsciously said, "The people of Shina only won a few times by luck. As long as I mobilize on a large scale in the Japanese Empire, the army of China is only a small part of the country. How could it be possible to resist my Imperial Japanese Army? ”

In fact, this statement is not false, in this battle of Shandong, Japan did not use all its war strength. If Japan carries out a nationwide war mobilization, relying on Japan's current industrial strength, and continuously organizes an army to go to Shandong, it will not be easy for Wang Mo to resist.

Of course. The result is likely to be a lose-lose situation, with Wang Mo at most leading his army to retreat and shrink to inland provinces such as Sichuan, while Japan is very likely to collapse its domestic economy as a result of the war.

It is true that Shan County Youpeng is a strong hawk, but he is also a wise and calm person, otherwise he would not be able to sit in today's position. Nature understands this.

"Nakamura-kun, with a large-scale war mobilization, we can defeat the Shina people, but it will make no sense, and it will cost us the great opportunity to rise in Asia as a European war. Looking a little further, in the Far East, Germany's colonies were not limited to Jiaozhou Bay in China. Youpeng said in a deep voice with some rebuke, he didn't want to be surrounded by brave and reckless men, although the entire Shanshan faction has become more and more fanatical militarism.

By Yama Prefecture Youpeng such a point, Nakamura Satoru suddenly came to his senses and said: "Your Excellency the Duke means that we will first seize the other colonies of the Germans in the Far East and develop the strength of our Great Japanese Empire, and then turn around and deal with the Shina people?" ”

Yama Prefecture Youpeng nodded and said, "That's right, if we don't take advantage of the opportunity of the European war to seize the German colonial stronghold in the Pacific, I'm afraid that even our allies may not want to see the Japanese Empire grow strong rapidly." ”

Japan's top leaders understand that although Britain and Japan are allies, Britain is nothing more than a watchdog in the Far East, and it wants to use Japan to control the situation in the Far East and avoid a backlash due to excessive growth in strength.

To put it so clearly, it would be a fool for Nakamura to not understand it anymore.

Nakamura Jue, who wanted to understand, immediately bowed ninety degrees to Yama Prefecture Youpeng and said, "Your Excellency, I misunderstood you, please forgive me!" ”

Youpeng of Shan County smiled slightly and waved his hand to show that he didn't care.

Soon after, Japan took advantage of the opportunity of Britain ordering Japan to track down the German Far East Fleet originally stationed in Jiaozhou Bay, and in the name of "striking at the German fleet base," the 1st and 2nd Southern Detachments of the Japanese Navy marched straight to the Pacific Ocean and seized a large number of German colonies in the Pacific Ocean, including the Marshall Islands, the Carolingian Islands, and the Mariana Islands, and successfully opened the door to expansion and plunder of resources in the South Pacific.

Therefore, although Japan's colonial action in Shandong was thwarted because of Wang Mo's intervention, Japan still took advantage of the great opportunity of the European war to quickly become stronger

Nanjing, Jiangsu.

Although the north wind desperately poured the cold into the city of Nanjing, since the defeat of the Anglo-Japanese alliance by the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army, the city has gone against the normal season, and there is no trace of the gloom and coldness that winter should have.

More than half a month has passed, and the citizens of Nanjing are still hot and jubilant. The topic of the Battle of Tsingtao seems to never go out of style, and it is talked about over and over again in the teahouse restaurant.

Especially today, the whole city of Nanjing is even more boiling, and almost all the citizens of Nanjing are extremely excited.

There is only one reason, and that is that Wang Mowang, who led the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army to win the national war, recover Qingdao, and at the same time regain control of China's customs, arrived in Nanjing today.

"Outside, outside, the hero of the country, Young Marshal Wang, will arrive in Nanjing today!"

"Outside the number, outside the number, hundreds of senior military and political officials in Nanjing gathered at Xiaguan Wharf to welcome Young Marshal Wang's triumphant return!"

"Outside, outside, thousands of citizens in Nanjing rushed to gather at Xiaguan Wharf, just to see the demeanor of Wang Shaoshuai!"

One after another newsboys grabbed the urgently printed number in their small hands and tried hard to sell it in the streets and alleys of Nanjing, and one after another Nanjing citizens heard this sound and walked out of their homes one after another, and without hesitation, they paid for a number outside, and after a cursory glance, they walked in the direction where the Xiaguan wharf was located.

For Wang Mo, who has never seen with his own eyes, the citizens of Nanjing are full of admiration and curiosity, and everyone wants to see with their own eyes what this young young marshal who has repeatedly defeated foreigners and defended the country's sovereignty and interests is like.

The young students who worshiped Wang Mo in various schools spontaneously organized a welcoming procession and gathered near the Xiaguan Wharf with banners welcoming the triumphant return of Wang Shaoshuai.

Tens of thousands of people crowded around the Xiaguan Wharf, and almost all the high-ranking military and political officials in Nanjing had arrived, which made the Fourth Division of the Sichuan Army, which was in charge of the defense of Nanjing, extremely nervous, and had to mobilize a large number of troops to pull out one guard after another at the Xiaguan Wharf, for fear that something would go wrong.

"The people of the city government, the people of the bullshit city government! Remember it all to Lao Tzu, no matter who it is, as long as it is not on the list that we have passed the review before, it is not allowed to be put in now! Ge Changchun, commander of the Fourth Division of the Sichuan Army, was very busy, and he not only transferred more than 3,000 soldiers from a regiment of the Fourth Division to exercise military control over the entire Xiaguan wharf area, but also transferred nearly 1,000 Nanjing tax soldiers and policemen to set up a heavy cordon on the periphery.

I can't help Ge Changchun not be nervous, the Hankou assassination case is still vivid, and such a thing is absolutely not allowed to appear again, whether it is the commander or the people below them.

The young marshal has just thwarted the Oriental operation to seize Qingdao, and it is difficult to say that these Oriental pirates will not take the opportunity to play yin, you must know that they now hate the young marshal to the core.

Thinking of this, Ge Changchun ordered again in a loud voice: "The young marshal's ship is about to arrive in an hour, everyone cheer up Lao Tzu!" Sharpshooter, take your position right away, and report any suspicious person as soon as you find it! ”

With Ge Changchun's order, the heavily armed troops on the various cordons quickly entered a state of fighting at any time, and dozens of sharpshooters drawn from the army were in position at the commanding heights around the dock area, carefully searching and screening the suspicious elements in the crowd through the optical scopes on the sniper rifles.

Despite being stopped by a large number of military and police on the periphery of the Xiaguan Wharf, thousands of Nanjing citizens were still enthusiastic, and many even prepared fireworks to welcome them.

The surrounding area of the entire Xiaguan wharf area is full of people, crowded with people, and a large area of black pressure.

With so many people gathered here, it was inevitable that there would be a mixture of rats, including several groups of rats trying to stab.

Tan Ping, the leader of the Nanjing Action Group of the Secret Service Division, was dressed as a coolie in coarse linen clothes, and he was extremely inconspicuous in the crowd.

At this time, a special service officer dressed in the same coarse linen clothes came to Tan Ping's side and reported in a low voice: "Team leader, I have found the traces of the Orientals." (To be continued......)