Damn, did this guy take the wrong medicine Seeing Inoue walking in with a smile, Ito Hirobumi frowned and thought in his heart.

There is so much bad news that sometimes it is a very surprising thing to hear a good news. Sure enough, before Ito Hirobumi could fully react, Inoue Shinyo's excited voice had already come.

"Your Excellency, good news."

There is no good news Now Inoue Xin told himself that the Liaodong fleet was blown down by the wind, just like the fleet of the Yuan Dynasty back then, and all his 100,000 troops were knocked out into the sea by a kamikaze, which was the biggest good news, but Ito Hirobumi knew that this thing could only be prayed for, but it could not become a reality.

Inoue Shin saw that Ito Hirobumi didn't care, and walked up to Ito Hirobumi gently, Inoue Shin handed the telegram in his hand to Ito Hirobumi: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, the Chinese ambassador to the United States has sent a message that the fleet has left San Francisco at noon today, and is on its way to Sasebo, accompanied by two American cruisers. ”

Squeak. Hirobumi Ito, who was sitting in a chair, suddenly jumped up from his chair when he heard this, and looked at Inoue Shin with a look of surprise. After estimating that the answer was not on his face, Ito Hirobumi pulled the telegram from the table with a speed like a rocket and looked at it carefully,

Hirobumi Ito, who finished reading the telegram, slapped the telegram in his hand with a loud bang. After a while, Ito Hirofumi, who took a deep breath, let out a long sigh: "Okay. Good, good, good. ”

A few good words came out. Hirofumi Ito's gloomy you, all of a sudden, showed a rare smile.

No wonder Ito Hirofumi is not so happy, since this period of time, he has been tortured by the Liaodong Navy and is about to go crazy, no, it should be that he is about to go crazy by the Tsarist Russian Navy. Seeing that his combined fleet was losing strength again and again, not only was not one of the Liaobei Ocean Naval Divisions that was to be placed in the place of death for themselves and death, but just the day before yesterday, another Yinsen-class armored cruiser launched by the Fuzhou Shipping Administration Bureau had been ordered to move north and join the Beiyang Naval Division. When I heard the news, I heard the news. He himself was so angry that he didn't eat for a long time.

I can't figure out why the warships in Liaodong are launched now, and it's as easy as the cubs, basically one is launched in ten months.

Inoue Shin on the side saw that Ito Hirobumi had calmed down from his excitement, so he stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister, what should we do now?" ”

What to do? Ito Hirobumi really didn't think about this matter, for a period of time, he has been dealing with some domestic political party crusades and the withdrawal of Vladivostok troops has been unable to pull out, in addition, the United States some time ago as a neutral country said that it would wait until the end of the war with Liaodong to let the fleet leave, and now, only a few days, the United States agreed again, and did not send any official documents to itself at all, this is a sudden outbreak of things.

However, Ito Hirobumi and Inoue have worked together for so many years, and after a little thought, he knows that Inoue has already thought about the next step. Therefore, nodding slightly, Ito Hirofumi asked lightly, "What do you think of Inoue-kun?" ”

Inoue did have an idea, and when he received this telegram, Inoue already had a plan, but this plan had some adventures, or rather, some coastal cities sacrificed to buy time, to buy time for the fleet returning from the United States, and return to Sasebo. Inoue didn't dare to say this, he was afraid that Ito Hirobumi would not agree, or rather, he was worried that the emperor would not agree. However, now that I see Ito Hirobumi and ask him, I can only say.

Taking a deep breath, Inoue Shin stepped forward: "Prime Minister, my opinion is that the combined fleet will not go to sea at the moment. ”

Weng Ito Hirofumi is not a stupid person, as soon as Inoue Shin's words came out, he understood what he meant.

That is, let the Combined Fleet that was patrolling outside withdraw to Sasebo, rely on the shore defense batteries, preserve its strength, and wait for the fleet to return from the United States.

It's really a good way, the question is, once the combined fleet is withdrawn to Sasebo, what will Liaodong do if it launches an attack on itself, is it just watching the enterprises and factories in the coastal ports being blown up or what,

I'm afraid that when the time comes, don't say that the local government will not let you go, even the people and those businessmen will be able to scold themselves to death.

"Prime Minister, in extraordinary times, we have to make certain sacrifices." Seeing that Ito Hirobumi was silent, Inoue Shin stepped forward and said. Seeing Hirobumi Ito raise his head, Inoue Shin stepped forward again and said, "Prime Minister"

"I'll go meet the emperor right away. He had to do it. After Ito finished speaking, he stood up, grabbed his black hat from the side, turned around and walked out. Go to the Royal Palace.

Lushun Command, thump. Liu Jun slammed the telegram that Zhong Lin had just sent from his hand on the table.

"His Americans are just announcing their personal vendettas." Liu Jun, who threw down the telegram, walked to the map in a few steps and looked at it a few times, then pointed to the outline of the map of the United States and shouted loudly.

Zhong Lin and Zheng Yiqian on the side didn't say anything, they could only stand quietly on the side, but from the expressions of the two of them, they saw the same kind of anger.

The United States did go a little too far this time. Let the Japanese fleet leave and forget it. What does it mean to send two cruisers together, this is clear, that is, not to let the Liaodong fleet intercept and attack this fleet halfway, after all, no one is at war with the United States now.

"I'm so angry." Liu Jun, who gritted his teeth, returned to his position, grabbed the tea next to him and poured it into his mouth.

"Alright, don't be angry." Zheng Yiqian, who was on the side, saw that Liu Jun's cup was empty, and quickly poured it for him and said softly.

If you are not angry, how can you not be angry, Liu Jun looked at Zheng Yiqian with a puzzled expression.

"You teamed up with Hawaii to drive the United States back to a far place, and let him fetch water in a bamboo basket, and it's not a big deal for people to make a little mess for you now."

That's right, too. Hearing Zheng Yiqian say this, Liu Jun nodded.

If I hadn't intervened in Hawaii at the beginning, I'm afraid that Hawaii would have been the United States a long time ago, and where would it have its own share, and now its Pacific Fleet has begun to take shape, and it is also a fleet that can go sideways in Hawaii. I have to say that I spent a lot of effort to snatch it from the United States, and if I have to say so, I really shouldn't be angry