The advent of the telegraph, to a certain extent, shortened the distance between the worlds, and some of the things that happened in major cities and on the telegraph network could be quickly transmitted to all parts of the world, but compared with the previous Australia, Japan's side was really a small matter, in the eyes of the Entente.

The United States did not realize at all that this was the first battle of the Pacific War, and it is no wonder that the United States would be like this, the first war broke out in Guam, and the United States will also realize that China has launched a war against the Pacific Ocean, but it happened in Japan's Izu Islands, which is instead regarded as a war against Japan, although the United States is very strange why China will stretch the battle line so long, but for the United States, it is a good thing.

That's right, the Izu Islands can almost be seen as the first step to attack the Japanese mainland, but China did not only attack the Izu Islands, and at present, Japan's strength does not know about the Ogasawara Islands and the volcanic islands, and may have thought of it, but it was ignored for granted and not passed on to the United States.

At present, the world has been completely chaotic, Europe needless to say, the European war that began in 1913 has become more and more intense, it was only in France, and now it has increased the Apennines, and even the Balkans have begun to fight together, Germany first reformed the military system, other countries did not follow up, but they have made adjustments, the intensity of the war has increased a lot, the number of deaths has begun to rise wildly, the whole Europe has been stirred in, basically there is no end in sight, at least within 2 years, It won't end.

On the Asian side, Lan Fang and China entered the war, China even stationed in Australia, and also sent the emperor level, turning the United States upside down, and now almost all the major industrial countries in the world have joined the war process, including China and the United States, the two super manufacturing powers.

In the meantime, the news of Japan's attack is not at all inconspicuous, and even Britain and the United States still hold the intention of using Japan to consume China, although Japan is not a big country, nor is it a powerful country, but it has a population of 50 million, and it is a country that has initially industrialized and established a modern army.

Japan is looking forward to feedback the news, at least a little support, the final result, only some consolation messages, the money is almost nothing, the same is true, the United States has approved another 300,000 tons of scrap steel, of which the number of rails accounts for about half, a lot more than the previous waves of scrap steel, but the most urgent need of arms on the Japanese side, there are almost none, which makes Japan very hurt, no arms, what to use to start a war with China.

The attitude of Britain and the United States made Japan, which was already in despair, begin to have a different idea, and the undercurrent began to surge.

Japan's current situation is very critical, after taking control of the Ryukyu Islands and Izu Islands, the southern side of Japan has been completely blocked, and even Tokyo Bay is in danger, and the only way to the outside world is the northern route, if China wants, it can almost cut off Japan's external route.

What does it mean for Japan that an island country is cut off from a foreign channel, even if China does not attack, Japan will slowly decline, from an industrial country to a backward country.

Japan has always been relatively strong, they are not willing to fail, they have entered the world and the field, they are not willing to retreat, before, because of the support of Britain and the United States, they embarked on the road of confrontation with China, Japan is an island country, if you want to expand, if you want to be strong, you must have a piece of land, if you only rely on the island country without land, the development will be deformed, and it is easy to collapse.

The East Asia-Pacific is small, Japan, China, Korea, the three kingdoms are numerous, any one is strong, it represents the decline of the two foreign two, before China took a detour, weakened in modern times, then Japan has risen, the first to bear the brunt, Japan will deal with China, get Taiwan, Shandong, and even the three northeastern provinces, it is these lands that made history Japan have the strength to confront the United States during World War II, not to mention the result, just say the situation at that time, in the early days of the naval war, on the Pacific theater, Japan suppressed the United States, and the United States relied on its slow response to suppress Japan with various naval tactics, and it was only then that it won the Pacific War.

Japan has thought a lot about the reason why the Entente is still dead set on Britain even under the premise of being greatly weakened by China is that the Entente is the most powerful force in the world, and in Japan's view, the victory of the Entente is inevitable, and they must rely on the strong, and once they are judged to be strong, they will be liquidated.

But now, a powerful China has joined the camp of the allies, unlike Britain and the United States, which are far away in the world, Japan and China are separated by a water, and the ties in all aspects make Japan pay more attention to the overall situation of China, and therefore, Japan can be regarded as having some grasp of China's situation, and China is more powerful than the United States they know.

At this time, among the Japanese high-level, there is actually a debate, for example, how to look at it, when contacting the Entente, most of the high-level still tend to the Entente, after all, it is a habitual relationship, and now the Entente not only did not take out the strength to help them, but threw a little thing out of charity, which somewhat angered Japan, Japan joined the world system, and even became the existence of the great powers for many years, in international disputes, they took advantage of it, and suffered a lot of losses. The attitude of Britain and the United States is very clear, although there are such and such reasons, but they should not only come up with such a small thing, it is obvious that they are being used as cannon fodder.

Japan does not care about being used by others, entering the world chessboard, Japan has no choice, from the previous flag of joining the United Kingdom, to now, he has always played the role of a thug and a minion, and at present, Japan owes a large amount of debt, many of which are still owed during the Russo-Japanese War, as long as it can develop, these have nothing to do with Japan.

But now, the attitude of Britain and the United States is to push Japan into a point of no return, what is China, it is a world-class power, and the distance between China and Japan is only this narrow strait from Korea, even if it sends troops from Qingdao, it is not far to Japan, in this case, the problem of restraining China almost does not exist, as long as China wants to fight, it can land on the Japanese mainland at any time.

The attitude of Britain and the United States, Japan understands very well, is to make Japan a means to weaken China, or even to delay China, they do not think about how long Japan can resist, nor do they take into account what Japan will do in the future, with the kind of combat effectiveness that China has shown, this time may be 2 years, 1 year, or even half a year, Japan cannot see any hope for the future, without the strong support of Britain and the United States, Japan will not be able to unilaterally resist China.

China did not directly land on the main island of Japan, at most it only hit Izu, which gave Japan the right to choose, the high-level analysis of the situation, the British and American supporters, in the face of reality, suffered a huge blow, life and death, the high-level opinions were unified, since Britain and the United States did not have the slightest fancy to Japan, then join the Chinese camp, become China's minions, with the help of China, re-emerge, this has become the only choice, but also the most beneficial to Japan.

Japan is like this, accustomed to relying on the strong, after China shows the strength of the strong, it is inevitable that he will join, and even at this moment, it is a good thing to turn his back on the Entente and join China, at least, Japan has obtained a lot of direct benefits, that is, the former foreign debt, which can basically be turned away and denied.

From the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, until the previous war against China, Japan suffered a big loss, at that time owed Britain and France foreign debts will almost crush Japan, if it is not for the United States to help, Japan will be finished, the United States took over Japan's debts, to Japan direct support, at present, Japan's foreign borrowing, as high as 3.2 billion US dollars, there are many national debts to be repaid, together, a total of more than 6.5 billion US dollars, this is a lot of money, just the annual interest is a lot.

If the Sea of Japan is in the camp of the Entente, this money, he must repay, and must repay a considerable amount every year, maybe after a period of time, these creditor countries will be exempted from some because of income or interest reasons, but the total amount is still huge, even if it is to make money in business, it also needs to be repaid with profits, Japan in the history of World War I, is with the help of the relationship of World War I, in the windfall profits of war trade, all the debts and national debts repaid, and finally turned over in one fell swoop, becoming a creditor country, Since then, I have embarked on a different path.

If Japan can join the Chinese camp, get China's approval, and join the allies, then this money will not have to be repaid. This is a huge temptation, for a country, 100 million US dollars is nothing, but 1 billion US dollars, let alone 6.5 billion US dollars, before, Japan did not think about it, he knew very well that this is impossible, the strength of the Entente, if Japan East this idea, minutes by the Entente will teach Japan how to behave, under such a premise, the East will lose more, but now, China has joined the Allies, and taught the United States a hard lesson, although the Americans and the British are powerful, However, it is impossible to completely surpass China, where is there a powerful Germany in Europe, and in Asia, the distance between China and Britain and the United States is very far, and if they want to teach China a lesson, they may need to be more than twice as strong as China, and China's geographical location, even above the United States, is also the source of Japan's determination.

After making a decision, Japan's top leaders immediately sent envoys to China to mediate and strive to reach an agreement with China in a more decent manner. (To be continued.) )