Tokyo, Japan!

Although the news of the surrender of the 2nd and 6th Divisions had not yet arrived, it seemed to be becoming more and more likely. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The last time the 2nd and 6th Divisions sent out the news, the two divisions were planning to fight the Royal Army to the death in Pyongyang in an attempt to hold back the Royal Army there.

But soon, the Royal Army crossed Pyongyang and swooped down directly to the south.

The useless North Korean puppet army was defeated and retreated for a while, losing one city after another. The Fourth Division was not very good, and the Fourth Division, which was too scattered in strength and was too lazy to prepare for battle, had already lost most of the land in its hands before it could react.

And now, the news that Tokyo knows here is still from the Fourth Division.

Although there is finally news from the front line, but this news is a bit too heavy for them, yes, the Royal Army has already hit the front line of Rensil County and Changning County, if it weren't for the fact that they also took into account the Japanese Navy, it is estimated that Ulsan would have been occupied long ago.

In other words, in just 20 days, Japan lost four-fifths of its territory in Korea, and now only two places, Busan and Gwangju, are still completely controlled by the Japanese.

Emperor Meiji couldn't help but angrily smash a set of antique tea sets, that was his favorite set of tea sets, and he would feel distressed for a while if he accidentally put it down on weekdays, but this time, he had forgotten his beloved tea set.

Korea, the Korea that the Japanese Empire spent so much effort and lost so many things to guess is now gone, and it was lost in twenty days.

At present, only Taiwan is left among Japan's overseas colonies.

Fortunately, Taiwan is separated from the mainland by a sea, and the mainland hardly has any naval strength, so Taiwan is quite stable at present.

In addition, some benevolent policies implemented by Japan after the full occupation of Taiwan have basically been recognized by the Taiwan people in recent years, so the resistance of the Taiwan people to Japan is getting smaller and smaller, and many resistance forces have gradually gone down the mountain to join Japan.

Although the Japanese side hated these rebel forces to the core, for the sake of long-term rule, Japan did not hold these rebels responsible, but let them go home and help them survive.

It is precisely because of this series of benevolent government measures, and because Japan also uses the idea of building a native country in Taiwan to build Taiwan, so the Taiwanese people's recognition of Japan has become higher and higher in recent years.

Similarly, Japan's plan for Northeast China in later generations actually drew on Taiwan's ruling experience. According to post-war statistics, the average proportion of Taiwanese in the most elite and brutal divisions of the Japanese army was 32 percent, the highest was 47 percent, and the lowest was 23 percent.

Taiwan has now become the only fig leaf for Japan, an East Asian power, but North Korea, the Japanese obviously have no intention of giving up so easily.

But the current result has left Emperor Meiji a little overwhelmed, he no longer knows what to do, let alone why things have developed into this situation.

Japan had apparently requested an armistice with the Chinese Empire, and had sought out the British as intermediaries. And Wang Sirui also agreed to the truce and gave a half-month deadline.

Indeed, since Wang Sirui gave a reply, until now, no more, no less, just half a month. The Royal Army's offensive did stop.

However, in the past half a month, the Japanese suffered heavy losses, not only losing a large number of troops, but also losing a large amount of land.

This made the Japanese extremely passive in the next negotiations, they already had little leverage, and they did not believe that the Chinese would return the land they had already received to the Japanese.

"Ladies and gentlemen, who can give me an explanation? Why did North Korea, which had been at peace with each other, suddenly break out into war? And why did we lose so quickly? What about my 2nd and 6th Divisions? Where the hell did they go? Why hasn't we heard from them until now? Emperor Meiji looked coldly at the ministers below, this time, Emperor Meiji was really angry.

In the past, Japanese soldiers always liked to cut first and then play, and the whole of Japan had to follow their pace to arrange the war, but in the past, the Japanese did benefit from this, so the Meiji Emperor did not deal with them harshly.

But what about this time? If this time is counted, the Japanese have already lost nearly four divisions in Korea, which is already a pain in the bones for the Japanese, and even in the next few years, Japan will no longer have the ability to start a new war.

It is ridiculous that Emperor Meiji has been planning how to fight back against the Chinese Empire recently, and now let alone a counterattack, it is difficult to guarantee even Japan's status in the international community.

That is, the Chinese Empire does not have a navy at present, and the Japanese can still occupy some advantages in the navy, but that is just that, who knows what moths the Chinese will make?

If Japan is unable to obtain new colonies in the near future, then all the materials need to be imported, and this cost alone will be difficult for the Japanese to bear.

Loan? Now the Japanese still owe a lot of loans to foreigners, and the Meiji Emperor still has a headache about how to repay this loan, as for the money from the Qing Dynasty a few years ago, it has long been spent by Japan.

"Your Majesty, this war was indeed provoked by the Chinese, and our intelligence department heard some news, so they told the army about this matter, and as a last resort, the army transferred a large number of troops to the north, intending to keep the enemy out of the country, but I did not expect that the Chinese were already so strong, and our army suffered heavy casualties for a time because of insufficient preparation and because it was attacked by the enemy." Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro took a deep breath and said.

In fact, who exactly started the war? Katsura Taro knows very well in his heart that it is the two guys Nakata and Tsui Tsuka, and Katsura Taro has already obtained accurate information, but so what?

If we tell the truth, it will be even more difficult for Emperor Meiji to accept that a war that they took the initiative to provoke, a war that they thought was sure to win, is now being fought like this?

But fortunately, Katsura Taro also got the news about China, they seem to have reached an agreement with the Korean king Yi Xi a long time ago, and it seems that both sides are intent on provoking a war, and this time Ke Taro just pushed this charge to Li Xi and China. He is very convinced that the Chinese may deny it, but the Koreans will not, because it is their territory, and once Li Xi comes forward to deny the war he provoked, it will be a huge blow to Li Xi's prestige in North Korea.

"As for the Second Division and the Sixth Division, we can't be sure for the time being, the Chinese Empire has not announced the news of the annihilation of the Second Division and the Sixth Division, nor has it announced the news of their surrender, so the minister thinks that the biggest possibility is that these two divisions have suffered heavy losses, so they have to hide." Katsura Taro continued.

"Hehe, two reinforced divisions, have to hide?" Emperor Meiji snorted coldly, disappointed, desperate, angry, and even the existing words simply cannot describe the mood of Emperor Meiji at this moment.

Yes, because of the failures, there are ready-made examples of the 3rd and 5th Divisions there, and Emperor Meiji also knew very well in his heart that their enemy was no longer the cowardly Manchu Qing of the year.

That's why Emperor Meiji strengthened the 2nd Division and the 6th Division, which had 12,000 more troops than the regular establishment, plus the assistance of the Fourth Division and the help of 100,000 Korean puppet troops.

But the result? There was no news of the two divisions, and what was even worse was that the Chinese Empire had actually invested two new weapons, one was artillery that could go straight up and down, and even a soldier could run away with it, and the other was a thrown shell, although the power was much smaller, but the casualties caused by this weapon to the Japanese were not few.

And what about the Japanese in the face of the development of the enemy? What are they doing? When he thought of the battle between his army and navy, Emperor Meiji had a headache.

"The new ships that the Navy plans to build, which have not yet started, will all be suspended, and all resources will be transferred to the Army. Within a year I will see every squadron of infantry equipped with a heavy machine gun, every squadron of infantry equipped with at least one cannon of that kind that can be thrown straight up and down, every soldier must be equipped with that kind of bomb, and within a year the total number of the Imperial Army will be increased to 500,000. Emperor Meiji ordered.

Now the time has come to have to make a choice, although Emperor Meiji also knew very well that Japan's strength is brought by the navy, and Japan is an island country, and if the navy is not good, then the whole country is already in danger.

However, the defeat of the army made Emperor Meiji realize that the country only had a strong navy was far from enough, and if the army's equipment was not good, it would not be able to hold the land it had occupied, which would be a greater blow to Japan.

Originally, Japan was able to obtain a steady stream of steel from Pingxiang Iron Mine, but since the establishment of the Chinese Empire, Japan could only secretly obtain some iron ore rough from there, which could not meet Japan's needs at all, and even, because of the problem of raw materials, the iron mill could not produce at full capacity.

"Your Majesty, there is still a big gap between the navy and the great powers, once the construction of the navy is stopped, the gap between us and the great powers will become bigger and bigger, and the Chinese Empire is vast and rich, once they decide to develop the navy, it is possible to surpass us in just a few years, and the consequences are unimaginable." The Minister of the Navy hurriedly persuaded.

"I've decided on ......"

"Your Majesty, the news just came that more than 16,000 people from the 2nd Division and the rest of the 6th Division had surrendered in Pyongyang half a month ago, and the Chinese Empire asked us to redeem these more than 16,000 surrendered soldiers with money."

'Poof......'

After hearing the news, Emperor Meiji spat blood violently and fainted instantly. (To be continued.) )