Chapter 617: The United States Pulls Back

Ito agreed with Ono's words, but less than two minutes after clenching his fists, Ito's smiling face suddenly turned pale.

He suddenly remembered that although Japan had already purchased warships, there was a huge problem with time.

Whether the Liaodong Navy will give itself this time to let the fleet sail back to Japan is the most important thing.

Hey, I hope Amaterasu can help me, Ito shook his head helplessly, and looked at the sky in the distance again in a daze.

At the Lushun Headquarters, a light rain drove the scorching sun into the thick clouds, and Liu Jun, who had been bullied by the scorching sun for several days, finally picked up a stool for the first time and sat outside the house, closing his eyes and breathing in the sea breeze with a slight salty smell of seawater. From time to time, he would open his mouth, pick fruit from the side and throw it into his stomach.

"Head." The sound of a wolf howl made Liu Jun open his eyes dissatisfied. At a glance, he handed it over, and Zhong Lin was picking up a telegram and running towards him.

"What's wrong, what's wrong, look at you running sweaty." Zheng Yiqian, who was on the side, stepped forward and asked.

"I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I just received news from the American station that the warship ordered by Japan in the United States has left the port at noon today."

Your uncle, as soon as Liu Jun heard this, he suddenly stood up from his chair and took the telegram from Zhong Lin's hand with a snap.

"Head, what kind of nerve did the United States have this time, it was still in negotiations a few days ago, and yesterday it signed an agreement with Japan, agreeing that Japan would use 10 years of tariffs as collateral. What the hell is this called? Seeing that Liu Jun was reading the telegram, Zhong Lin stepped forward and said.

"Paralyzed." Scolding resentfully, Liu Jun raised his foot and walked towards the map hanging in the office.

This grandson of the United States, this is stabbing Lao Tzu in the back. Looking at the telegram in his hand, Liu Jun gritted his teeth angrily in his heart.

Japan did not object to the purchase of warships in the United States, after all, it was Zhong Lin who asked Zhong Lin to do the news to the Americans at the beginning.

At the beginning, his plan was to use the Beiyang Naval Division to wipe out the home fleet of the Combined Fleet, and then send a part of the navy to the sea to find this fleet from the United States and destroy it. But now, the situation has changed, and the Army does not want the fleet to return to Japan quickly.

Quite simply, the army of Tsarist Russia, a pig friend, will not participate in this war against Japan.

Originally, in the agreement, Tsarist Russia was going to send 200,000 troops, but now, this large army is blocked by more than 100,000 Japanese troops in Siberia and cannot move forward, which results in the concentration of troops fighting against Japan on its own territory and Germany.

Indirectly, the pressure on the navy will increase, and when the time comes, it will have to escort the army and deal with the Japanese fleet, which will be a tremendous pressure.

If it is said that it is good for the combined fleet to come out for a decisive battle, but once Sasebo's navy is not out of the harbor, it will be difficult and difficult.

Although Sasebo does not have the superiority of the port of Weihai, it is also a naval base that Japan has operated for so many years, not to mention the others, as far as the shore defense fort is more awesome than Tokyo.

Of course, if the combined fleet does not come out at that time, it can attack by force, but this loss may be rushed upward. That kind of result is something I don't want to see.

"He's better than that." Liu Jun, who hadn't spoken dirty for a long time, slapped the telegram on the table and sat down in a chair.

See, today is definitely the craziest day for the Japanese. In his resentment, Liu Jun raised his head sharply after thinking of this with a sad face: "How long does it take for Li He to arrive?" ”

Zhong Lin on the side lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Head, I will arrive in Lushun tomorrow morning at the latest." ”

"Tell the Admiralty that Li He will come to see me as soon as he arrives."

"Okay," Zhong Lin nodded, turned and walked out.

Zheng Yiqian, who was on the side, saw Zhong Lin walk out, so she walked to Liu Jun and sat down, from the words just now, Zheng Yiqian estimated that Liu Jun wanted the navy to attack Japan in advance, but she couldn't be sure, so she raised her head and looked at Liu Jun: "You want the navy to be dispatched." ”

Looking at Zheng Yiqian's expression of wanting to know the answer, Liu Jun nodded, acknowledging his thoughts: "Yes, the warships purchased by Japan in the United States have already left, and I have to destroy the combined fleet of Sasebo before this batch of warships arrives in Japan, and then I can spare time to launch an attack on this foreign fleet." Saying this, Liu Jun lowered his head and thought for a while, and added: "Only in this way can I get the army to dispatch, otherwise, the army will not have strong fire support at that time." ”

Understood, Zheng Yiqian nodded, she knew that Liu Jun was still worried that the army would suffer huge losses when it landed, so she had to do this, let the navy destroy the combined fleet first. Solve this trouble.

Tokyo, Prime Minister's Office, ever since he learned that Liu Jun was gathering senior officers, Ito Hirobumi's heart has always felt that there is a huge stone pressing on him, and this biggest stone is that Liu Jun summoned Li He.

Hirobumi Ito knew very well that Japan is an island country, surrounded by sea water, which is a flaw and at the same time a huge protective layer.

No matter which country wants to attack itself, it has to cross the sea, and the main tool for this is the boat.

If it was the meeting held by himself and the base camp and the emperor that Japan was going to fight alone with Liaodong, then the navies of the two sides would be evenly matched, however, the plan was not as good as the change, and he never dreamed that Liu Jun, the sinister villain, would not know what reason he used to unite Germany and Tsarist Russia to start a war against himself.

This made the original plan suddenly chaotic, he had to face three strong enemies to start a war, although at present, Germany did not fight with itself, but it does not mean that the German army has no combat effectiveness, you know, the teacher of the Liaodong Army, there is the shadow of Germany, and Tsarist Russia, although it has been beaten by itself has no strength to fight back, but until now, Tsarist Russia has not surrendered, this is a troublesome matter.

Navy, his own navy can no longer compete with the Beiyang Naval Division, let alone the current three fleets, Ito Hirobumi sighed in his heart. Helplessly sat in the chair in a daze.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Ito Hirobumi looked up to see that the person who came in was actually Inoue Shin, and from his face, Ito Hirobumi saw a kind of joy and excitement.

Is there something good happening? Seeing Inoue's expression, Ito Hirobumi thought in his heart.