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Britain, France, the United States, Germany and other countries promised to come forward to mediate the war between Japan and the Lanfang Kingdom, especially the British ambassador to Shangjing, and also organized several ambassadorial-level talks, so that the Japanese government saw hope, Japan and Britain are allies, Britain certainly does not want Japan's strength to suffer too much blow, for this reason, the Japanese ambassador even put forward a demand for reparations, and asked the Lanfang Kingdom to withdraw from Taiwan Island and the Ryukyu Islands. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and this is true. Just after the Lanfang Kingdom stopped bombing the coast of Japan, Japan still thought that the Lanfang Kingdom was affected by international mediation and made a gesture of goodwill, but I didn't expect that a few days later, the Lanfang Kingdom sent more than 100,000 troops to quickly occupy Jiuzhou Island, which was empty, which made Japan disillusioned.

Now that all the troops of the entire Japanese country add up, there are no more than 100,000, how can they fight with the Lanfang Kingdom? Moreover, the weapons and equipment of the Lanfang Kingdom Army are much stronger than those of the Japanese Army, and there is no way to fight this war.

But if you want to mediate, the Lanfang Kingdom won't give this opportunity at all, and until now, you don't know what the bottom line of the Lanfang Kingdom government is, whether to occupy the whole of Japan or only Jiuzhou Island? No one dares to jump to conclusions.

The Lanfang Kingdom has blocked the coast, and there is a strong navy, which is not at all something that Japan can contend with, and the four divisions stationed in Korea and the northeast of the Great Qing Kingdom cannot be withdrawn for the time being, and the entire domestic army is empty, so it can only be expanded again to protect Honshu, and all other armies that can be mobilized are transferred to Honshu. As long as Honshu is not lost, Japan still has a chance to counterattack.

Although the prime minister and others oppose the withdrawal of troops from Hokkaido, then the Ranfang army will easily occupy Hokkaido, and then only Honshu will be left, and the Ranfang Kingdom will be attacked from the north and south, and Japan will be even more uncomfortable.

The Minister of War's opinion is that even if the 7th Division is not transferred back, it will be difficult to hold Hokkaido, so it is better to concentrate all the forces and fight the Lanfang Kingdom to the end, otherwise, the forces will be too scattered and easy to be broken by each one, and it will not be able to cause big losses to the Lanfang Army at all, and give the Lanfang Army war merits in vain.

Emperor Meiji adopted the advice of the Minister of War.

Counting the Japanese National Company Guards Division, there are a total of 17 divisions, 1 division is stationed in Taiwan, 3 divisions are stationed in Korea, 1 division is stationed in the Qing Dynasty, and 6 divisions are buried at the bottom of the sea, and there are still 6 divisions left, including the 4th Division with scumbag combat effectiveness, and the divisions stationed abroad and lost are all divisions with the strongest combat effectiveness, which has reduced the strength of the entire Japanese Army by two-thirds and reduced its combat effectiveness even more.

As for the navy, it doesn't dare to go to war at all now, there are still 2 battleships left, the Shikishima-class battleships are stationed in the Sasebo Military Port, before the war with the Lanfang Kingdom, Sasebo was blocked by mines, and now Sasebo is occupied by the Lanfang Kingdom, and the Shikishima-class battleships have been captured by the Lanfang Kingdom; As for the battleship Fuji, it was stationed in Tokyo, but it was difficult to support it alone, and it did not dare to go out of Tokyo Bay at all, not to mention that the Uraga waterway had been blocked by mines, and even if there was no blockade, it did not dare to compete with the Ranfang-class battleships stationed in the Izu Islands.

The major chaebols also feel the danger, they are one with the Japanese government, and if the Japanese government is finished, they will not have a good life. This time, there was no government mobilization, and the major chaebols took the initiative to open factories and began to produce guns, ammunition, military uniforms, etc., to support the government's military expansion.

For the people, the Japanese high-level has always only regarded them as a tool for profit, especially around Tokyo, under the propaganda and influence of the government, it is believed that the Lanfang Kingdom will only sneak attack, and the strength is not strong, as long as the people of the whole country unite and defeat the Lanfang Kingdom, they can get a large number of war reparations, and the Japanese people can live a good life, so after the government conscription notice was issued, eligible young people from all over the country enthusiastically signed up to join the army.

The Japanese government also has 70 million taels of silver borrowed and sponsored by enterprises, which is just right to build an army, buy arms, and rebuild the seven divisions that have been shattered. Now we can't import heavy weapons, so we can only make do with the old weapons that have been sealed up by the divisions and regiments. It's just that Jiuzhou Island, a place that can provide excellent soldiers, has reduced the quality of this conscription a lot.

At the same time that the Japanese Government is organizing the expansion of its armed forces, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also actively engaged in the hope that Britain, France, Germany, the United States, and other countries will give active mediation, and this time it will not mention compensation and the recovery of Taiwan Island and the Ryukyu Islands, but only hope that the troops of the Lanfang Kingdom will withdraw from Jiuzhou Island.

The German ambassador took a gloating approach.

The Russian ambassador felt that the occupation of Jiuzhou by the Lanfang Kingdom weakened the strength of the Japanese, and the interests of the Japanese in the Far East would not pose a threat in the future.

Britain, France, and the United States felt that things were getting more and more out of control, and they hurriedly joined forces to meet Hua Guoqiang, but Hua Guoqiang still meant the same thing, a truce is okay, but Japan must first show sincerity, so that we can see the actual action of Japan's repentance.

The more Hua Guoqiang said this, the more people had no bottom, and they didn't know what the bottom line of the Lanfang Kingdom was, and last time it could be attributed to the fact that the Japanese demanded reparations and withdrew from the island of Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands that made the Lanfang Kingdom feel dissatisfied, and now it is still this attitude, is it still going to occupy more land in Japan? What is the sincerity and practical actions demanded by the Lanfang Kingdom?

The U.S. ambassador couldn't hold his breath anymore, and directly asked Hua Guoqiang how Japan could cook to stop the war, and hoped that the Lanfang Kingdom would put forward negotiation conditions.

In order to delay time, Hua Guoqiang had to say that he would report to the king, and the king would give his opinion.

After receiving the information, the intelligence personnel in Tokyo quickly reported it to the Ministry of Intelligence, and soon the information reached Zhang Wei.

Hua Guoqiang also reported the attitude of Britain, France, the United States and other countries to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei called Hua Guoqiang back, delaying time, and when he couldn't drag it on, he announced that he would let Japan surrender unconditionally, and then talk slowly to buy time.

Zhang Wei decided to wait for the 7th Division to withdraw from Hokkaido, and then occupy Hokkaido, South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.

Li Zhaoshui meant that it would be much easier to destroy the 7th Division in Hokkaido than to wait for the Japanese to concentrate their forces.

Zhang Wei explained: "It's just to let them gather, and then I will have a way to catch them all." ”

"Your Majesty, when Japan concentrates the existing army, plus the newly formed 7 divisions, there will be 13 divisions and regiments in the Tokyo area, with a scale of 200,000 people, and it will be difficult to catch them all."

"You don't have to worry about this, I know it. Two days ago, I was still thinking about whether to occupy Hokkaido or directly march into Korea, but now I have decided to take Hokkaido, South Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands first, and attack Japan from both the north and the south. You should ask the General Staff of the Northern Theater to come up with a battle plan as soon as possible and occupy Hokkaido as soon as possible, and you must not miss the opportunity. (To be continued.) )