In the early morning of May 6, 1910, in Weihai, Shandong, the 6th Marine Division and the 99th Division of the Army began to board the ships. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Even if they had participated in a major war before, and they themselves were affected to varying degrees, and even many warships had not had time to repair, but the situation of the war was urgent, and they had to go to sea again before they were completely repaired.

Immediately, within half a day, the news that the two divisions in Weihai had boarded the ship was transmitted to Japan, and when the news came, the Japanese top brass were shocked, but they had no choice but to order the Japanese troops who had just been transferred to Kyushu to step up their combat readiness.

In fact, Japan was also depressed at this time, and even now they can't understand why the Chinese Empire suddenly rose? There are still many people in the world who have offended the Chinese Empire, but why do they catch Japan and beat them to death? Although Russia had already suffered before them, the Japanese emperor was a little terrified at the thought that the enemy was about to land on the Japanese mainland.

Yes, scared.

If there was still a trace of illusion in the past, now the illusion of the Japanese has been completely shattered, and they have no room for illusion.

At four o'clock in the afternoon of May 5, Emperor Meiji, who had been suffering from uremia for four years, was tired again, and when he mobilized the Tokyo Guards Division to Kyushu, Emperor Meiji inspected the 1st Guards Division to Kyushu as a sign of encouragement. However, during the inspection, there was a sudden increase in protein in the urine and the condition worsened.

Since then, Emperor Meiji has rarely been seen, and even when some imperial councils are held, the Meiji Emperor has to hold meetings from his couch.

And Emperor Meiji also knew that his body was not as good as before, and after Ito Hirobumi was assassinated, Emperor Meiji's body was much more fragile, and now the combined fleet was defeated, and the army supporting Taiwan was broken in the sea, Taiwan is currently facing fierce attacks by the Chinese, if these stimuli are not enough, then coupled with China's imminent landing on the Japanese mainland, these stimuli have made the body of Emperor Meiji somewhat unbearable.

However, Emperor Meiji wanted to arrange the aftermath, but the Chinese refused to give him this opportunity.

In desperation, at the most recent imperial council, Emperor Meiji called Crown Prince Yoshihito, who was Chinese New Year's Eve, to the main hall, and Crown Prince Yoshihito presided over the meeting, and Emperor Meiji observed.

Emperor Meiji's behavior is actually obvious, and his physical condition is getting worse and worse, and it seems to be a matter of time before he hands over power to Crown Prince Yoshihito.

And Kahito is the only remaining son of Emperor Meiji, ranking third, it can be said that in the area of successor, Emperor Meiji has no choice at all. Historically, after the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912, it was not until 1915 that Kahito officially ascended the throne.

But now the situation is different, the 58-year-old Meiji Emperor is no longer able to handle the heavy workload, and the 31-year-old crown prince seems to be taking over the affairs of the state.

And this Imperial Meeting, just after the news that the Japanese spies in China had discovered that the troops had boarded the ship and departed was transmitted back to China, and the content of this meeting was also the topic that broke Japan's dream.

Originally, in order to avoid domestic shocks, the Meiji Emperor and a number of high-level officials did not intend to announce the results of the foreign campaign, but now, the war is about to burn to the Japanese mainland, at this time, they have no way to do any cover-up, and the most important problem is that the existing strength of the Japanese army is simply not enough to resist the enemy's attack, because there is a precedent for Russia, so this threat to Japan will probably be a war of annihilation.

Therefore, Japan did not dare to have the slightest carelessness at the moment, so the Imperial Council mainly discussed two things, the first thing is the mobilization of the whole people, because of the decision of Emperor Meiji in the early years, so Japan is actually not short of soldiers, most men under the age of 30 have received military training, as long as weapons are issued to them, and a little training, it is a force.

The second thing was to discuss how to deal with the crisis, and the news that Japan wanted to join the Entente or the Allies never received any response, which made the Japanese secretly resentful. However, they also guessed the reason why the two groups suppressed this matter, but who had the means?

Britain's attitude toward China has always been better than that toward Japan, and although they almost signed an Anglo-Japanese alliance treaty with each other, before that, there was a lot of opposition among the British people, and they hoped that Britain could sign an alliance treaty with China to jointly hold Japan hostage.

That's right, international affairs are so bloody that you never dare to imagine what will happen next?

The meeting ended in only two hours, and the final conclusion was that Kyushu Island would be turned into a meat grinder for the Chinese, and all the old and young people on the island would be evacuated to Honshu Island, and then all the combatants of appropriate age on Kyushu Island would be mobilized to join the army to resist the impending war of aggression.

The Japanese know very well that this time the Chinese come to invade the Japanese mainland, they will definitely not retreat easily, they will definitely be ashamed and avenge the blood and sea of deep hatred more than ten years ago, so Japan is also ready to fight to the death.

But so far, it is only mentally prepared for this kind of plan, in fact, because Japan's various resources are tilted towards the navy, and the army has received even fewer resources, and they have mobilized so many troops, they do not have enough weapons and equipment to distribute to them.

Therefore, Crown Prince Yoshihito proposed to temporarily cancel the expansion plan of the navy and devote all resources to the manufacture of army weapons, which was approved by Emperor Meiji, and finally ordered the halt of the expansion of the navy and the acceleration of army weapons manufacturing.

The Meiji Emperor and the Japanese top brass have already made the preparations that should be made, and now their only hope is that the troops deployed in the early stage can resist the landing of the Chinese and bring Japan as much time as possible to prepare. At the very least, it will be delayed until they have made enough weapons and equipment before going to full-scale war.

However, the situation at this time ended up being the opposite of the war of resistance in later generations, when the two countries were not prepared for the war, and now they are also unprepared.

The fleet departed at about ten o'clock in the morning, and if it had been at this time, it would have arrived in mainland Japan around the early morning of the 7th, and at the latest at ten o'clock in the morning, they would have arrived at any of the three predetermined landing sites. Judging from the geographical location and landing environment, Kagoshima is an excellent landing site, because there are not many islands on the outskirts of Kagoshima, and Japan cannot place shore guns on those islands to pose a threat to the fleet.

With the exception of Kagoshima, there are a large number of islands in the other two places, and once shore artillery is deployed there, it will have a crucial impact on the landing force.

Therefore, Japan has deployed the largest number of troops there in Kagoshima. As long as they can defeat their vanguard or destroy the troop fleet, Japan will have at least half a year to prepare.

Therefore, Japan's main task in this war is to take out the Chinese transport fleet, and fortunately, cable telegraph lines have been set up in Japan, no matter where the Chinese will attack, the other two places will get the news as soon as possible, and at that time, the warships located in the other two military ports will also come to attack the Chinese fleet, and let them taste the feeling of the transport ship being sunk.

Japan no longer has any naval power in China, and the same is true on the Korean side, and now in Korea, Japan has basically been driven out of the Korean border, and the Korean king Yi Xi is also preparing a grand banquet, and after the banquet, Li Xi will announce the decision to send troops to Japan.

After many years of serfdom turning over and becoming the master of the house, this feeling is still very cool, and Li Xi at this time is also full of energy, and at the same time, he is more determined to firmly follow the Chinese Empire.

In the end, it is Shangguo, although it has sunk for a while, but after being awakened, it can burst out with this kind of strong strength in just a few years, unless Li Xi is stupid to dare to go against the will of Shangguo, and for now, it is much better to follow the ass of Shangguo than North Korea to develop itself, except that the development speed is not as fast as Shangguo itself, Li Xi does not seem to find any fault.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the fleet arrived at the sea near Jeju Island, because it was already dark, so the fleet was equivalent to completely entering the world of freedom.

The fleet, which was supposed to turn east on Jeju Island, suddenly turned southeast and killed it directly towards the Ryukyu Sea. The number of Japanese troops stationed on Ryukyu Island is not large, and with the Japanese army scattered around the Ryukyus, there are only more than 20,000 people in the full battle so far, and almost half of them are unarmed and unarmed.

In order not to leak the news of the landing on Ryukyu Island in advance, after rescuing the Ryukyus king Shonori, he ordered Shonori to arrange a large number of local Ryukyu guides to find suitable landing sites, and then arrange a large number of guides in each field, as long as there are troops landing from there, they will assume the role of guides.

Shang Dian has been waiting for this moment for a long time, and there are still many people in the country who are loyal to him, and there are people who want to restore the country, so this matter is not troublesome.

At the same time, in Vladivostok to the north, a brigade of marines did not have time to rest, and as soon as they got off the train, they boarded a dozen cargo ships of various sizes in the port at night. (To be continued.) )