Chapter 474: Anxious Japan
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After the far branch of the hatred of the lonely ghost by the examination of the old ke
Nicholas II secretly sent diplomatic envoys to contact France, hoping to obtain more economic aid from France.
At the same time, it secretly agreed with Japan to carry out substantive cooperation on the issue of carving up Northeast China.
If necessary, Russia will send troops to Northeast China and Inner Mongolia to threaten Hainan from the ground.
At the same time, the Japanese cabinet is full of expectations about tensions in the East China Sea.
Sun Qiudi Yuanyang ball ghost received the feather battle
In recent years, Emperor Meiji's health has become weaker and weaker, and he feels that he has not long to live, and he hopes to rise again in his lifetime.
During this period, China's domestic politics underwent great changes, the Qing Emperor abdicated, all domestic forces were divided, and the situation in China was chaotic.
The knot is not far away, and Leng Xuefang Mo is tested for the Yang Secret Ball
This time, Hainan Wang Chenzhong announced the East China Sea exercise area, which angered Britain and the United States and other countries, and the situation deteriorated day by day.
The French are ready to act for their interests in China, and they seem to be brewing a military plan to send troops to the East China Sea.
Now, Japan and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia have secretly signed the "Japan-Russia Secret Treaty".
The current situation is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime historical opportunity for aggression against China. Therefore, Japan eagerly hopes that this naval battle in the East China Sea will heat up quickly.
Sun Kekedi's cold hatred is haunted by Yu
Emperor Meiji had ordered Katsura Taro to actively liaise with Britain and the United States and other countries, so that in the Western countries, if they vigorously advocated the domination of China by Chen Zhongruo, the king of Hainan, it would threaten the interests of the Western world, and try to promote the British and American naval fleets to quickly start a war against the Hainan army.
Japan's Foreign Minister Komura Shoutaro said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, although Britain and the United States and other countries have sent powerful fleets, their initial purpose is not really to start this war, but to deter the king of Hainan.
At present, Britain and the United States are still hotly arguing whether to go to war, and a group of people in their own country believe that once a war starts, the gains will outweigh the losses, and it is likely that they will lose more interests in the Far East. Under this voice, Britain and the United States seem to have a hint of withdrawing their troops. ”
Emperor Meiji coughed a few times and said, "Britain and the United States and other countries have always been unreliable, and we can't count on these guys at all."
The enemy is not far away, and the ghost is cold, and the ghost war is lonely
Mr. Komura Shotaro, your Ministry of Foreign Affairs has used some means to win over some media and parliamentarians from Britain and the United States, so that they can raise their voices and bring about this war as soon as possible. ”
Katsura Taro frowned and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, I think that we should deal with this issue from two sides at the same time, and in addition to building momentum from public opinion and making Britain and the United States decide to start a war in the East China Sea immediately, we in Japan should also take the initiative to do something." ”
Emperor Meiji didn't seem to quite understand what Katsura Taro meant: "Prime Minister Katsura Taro, what do you mean, we need to do something?" Could it be that our maritime fleet will attack the Hainan army first? ”
Katsura Taro laughed slyly and said: "There is always a reason for a war, Your Majesty the Emperor, I think we should create some incidents so that the whole world knows that it was the King of Hainan who provoked the war, and this requires an excuse, which is enough to make the British and American fleets have to be involved in this war." ”
Emperor Meiji, known as the fox Katsura Taro, had a smile on his face and said, "Prime Minister Katsura Taro, what bad idea did you come up with?" You always show your genius political wisdom when we are in awkwardness.
Say, I believe that you will be able to use your cleverness to urge these British and Yankees, who only know interests, to start a war against Hainan first, so that these British and American turtle sons will no longer be entangled in whether to go to war or not. ”
Katsura Taro said: "Foreign Minister Komura Shotaro, while building momentum in the West, we can use two merchant ships flying British and American flags in the East China Sea to enter the East China Sea exercise area of the Hainan Army.
I believe that the army of the king of Hainan will blow these two merchant ships to pieces at the first time, and we can take pictures of this magnificent scene and send it to the Western media by our Mr. Komura Shoutaro.
Your Majesty the Emperor, you will soon be in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo and soon hear the guns of the Battle of the East China Sea. ”
In the early morning of the second day, two merchant ships flying British and American flags, respectively, loaded with half a shipload of explosives, appeared on the surface of the East China Sea at 135 degrees east longitude and 28.7 degrees north latitude.
On Chongming Island, the Hainan Army's East China Sea Exercise General Headquarters received this information and immediately reported it to Marshal Chen Fangzheng, commander of the Navy.
Chen Fangzheng reported to Chen Zhong as soon as possible, and Chen Zhong pondered for a while and asked, "Are there only two ships?" ”
Chen Fangzheng said: "Yes, I suspect that there is fraud in this. ”
Chen Zhong said: "Order the reconnaissance submarine to do further verification around these two ships, and at the same time order the Hainan fleet in the nearby area to prepare for artillery bombardment!" ”
Five minutes later, Chen Zhong received a telegram directly from the reconnaissance submarine, which claimed that behind the two ships, there was a Japanese warship that was not flying the military flag, quietly following behind and approaching the exercise area of our troops.
Chen Fangzheng said: "This is obviously a conspiracy of the Japanese, and they want to use this to promote our army to go to war with Britain and the United States as soon as possible." ”
Chen Zhong sneered and said: "Order two attack submarines to quickly approach this Japanese warship, and after it enters our exercise area, directly sink it, and send a towing ship to consign this Japanese warship back, and at the same time order the Hainan Fleet to sink these two merchant ships flying British and American flags, and then publish the truth of this conspiracy to the world!" ”
At four o'clock in the morning, two merchant ships flying the British and American flags entered the exercise area and continued to approach Chinese mainland, while Japanese warships that did not fly the Japanese flag also quietly followed.
The reconnaissance submarine in front gave back information that the Japanese warship had entered the exercise area.
Chen Fangzheng ordered: "Sink this Japanese warship and send it back, and at the same time, order the Hainan Fleet to resolutely sink the two merchant ships flying the British and American flags!" ”
For a while, on the vast surface of the East China Sea, I remembered the sound of a violent explosion.
Emperor Meiji sat up and asked, "Has the Hainan army already opened fire?" Our reconnaissance ship, when will the photos be returned? ”
The intelligence department of the Japanese army sent a telegram, and Katsura Taro came to the conference hall of the palace as soon as possible, and said in frustration: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the two merchant ships flying the British and American flags have been sunk by the Hainan Fleet, and unfortunately, our reconnaissance ship is missing. ”