560: Crown Prince Kashihito is stunned
"This group of liars, Chinese are all liars......" Crown Prince Jiaren threw the ceramic teacup in his hand to the ground with anger on his face, and the ceramic teacup cracked in response, making a dull sound, and the tea inside splashed everywhere, but it still couldn't hide Jiaren's anger. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Emperor Meiji's health is getting worse day by day, and no one knows how many days there are left. The imperial doctor did his best, but Emperor Meiji's condition still didn't improve. The emperor's health is no longer good, so it becomes a matter of course for the crown prince to supervise the country.
And Kahito is obviously a filial prince, he doesn't want Emperor Meiji to die so early, so he secretly greeted those ministers, and if there is anything in the future, come to him first, as much as possible not to provoke Emperor Meiji.
A few days ago, after Emperor Meiji attended his last imperial meeting, he became bedridden and even needed the support of his attendants to get out of bed. Nowadays, no one dares to tell Emperor Meiji the news, because Emperor Meiji only had diabetes at first, and after consulting the 1st Guards Division, his condition began to worsen, and he was diagnosed with uremia half a month ago.
Historically, this event occurred in the spring of 1912, but in this world, the international situation and Japan's own position have changed greatly.
If Emperor Shuji opened a chapter in Japan's move towards a great power, then Emperor Taisho led Japan to the germ of militarism, and Emperor Taisho did bring many changes to Japan, and even laid a solid foundation for Japan in the future. However, in this era, Emperor Meiji's Meiji Restoration was originally successful, but it was gradually beaten back to its prototype under the suppression of the Chinese Empire.
Although Crown Prince Kahito has the intention to change this situation, and he also has this plan, Crown Prince Kahito has a fatal bruise, Kahito has been weak and sickly since childhood, and has suffered from meningitis and left sequelae, which laid the foundation for Kahito's future fate.
The fundamental reason for the atmosphere of Crown Prince Yoshihito was because of the war, and the Japanese side originally spent a lot of money to find out the news that the Chinese Empire was going to land on Kyushu Island and deploy a large number of troops in the coastal cities of China in response, which was later confirmed by Japanese spies.
They even saw with their own eyes the troops of two divisions in Weihai boarding the troop carriers and leaving the port under the escort of the fleet, while the Chinese fleet, which was supposed to appear in the area of the landing ground near Kyushu Island on the morning of the 7th, was never heard from until the night of the 7th, and there was no movement on the side of Kyushu Island until the night of the 7th.
As for the question of whether the Chinese fleet will be wrecked or lost on the sea, they don't bother to think about it at all, and even if they think about it with their butts, they can guess that it is impossible.
So where did the troops of the two divisions that had already boarded and departed go? Two divisions, that is, more than 40,000 troops, may not be able to break through the defenses that Japan has arranged, but they can cause great problems for Japan, if they do not land at the predetermined landing ground, then Japan will fall into a total passivity.
With these two divisions of the enemy entrenched on the Japanese mainland, it would be possible to open up a safer landing ground for the follow-up troops, and if they could not be eliminated in a short time, then more and more enemies would await them.
However, until noon on the 8th, Crown Prince Yoshihito and senior Japanese officials did not receive any war reports from Kyushu, and the guards patrolling the coastal area did not find anything abnormal. And according to the calculation of time, even if the Chinese fleet is lost, then they should almost arrive in Japan at this time.
Until the night of the 8th, that is, at this moment, the crown prince Yoshihito still did not wait for the battle report from Kyushu Island, but he unexpectedly received a battle report from Hokkaido, and about a brigade of enemy troops landed in Hokkaido in the early morning of the 7th.
On the Hokkaido side, because of the lack of troops, although the signs of the enemy's landing were found at the first time, they could not stop their landing because of the lack of troops.
Although they achieved good results, they faced the Japanese army, which was even outnumbered by their own and did not have any advantage, and finally had no choice but to lose.
At the same time as receiving the battle report, Kahito also received a telegram from the 31st Division stationed in Hokkaido, saying that they would concentrate all their forces to expel the enemy as soon as possible and defend the security of the Japanese mainland to the death. (The plot needs to make changes to the location and time of the formation of historical Japanese divisions.) )
Hokkaido has a total of two divisions that have been formed, namely the permanent 7th Division and the 31st Division later formed, of which the 7th Division is formed in Asahikawa, and the 31st Division is also formed in Asahikawa, but the 7th Division has been transferred to Kyushu Island for defensive operations before this, so the 31st Division that was formed relatively late and has slightly weaker combat effectiveness is left to garrison.
In addition to the 31st Division, Hokkaido also has the 47th Division and the 52nd Division, and the entire territory of Hokkaido has a population of only a few hundred thousand, and the 80,000-strong army is basically considered to be a soldier of the whole people. However, the 47th and 52nd Divisions have only just begun to be reorganized, and they have only just been transferred to the past, and they have not yet officially begun conscription and training.
A brigade armed to the teeth of the enemy, the 31st Division will take at least two days just to gather troops, and in two days, what will happen to the number of enemy troops? China has deployed an army of infantry in Vladivostok, and according to the distance from Vladivostok, two days is enough time for them to send two more brigades over, and then three brigades, 30,000 people, even if calculated according to two brigades of 20,000 people, the 31st Division is only more than 20,000 people, with the same strength to attack the enemy, if it was before, they still had a little confidence, but now, confidence has long been exhausted.
There was nothing wrong with the 31st Division's approach, and it was not their problem, but the problem of Japan's entire strategy. What about landing on Kyushu Island? Two-thirds of Japan's troops were deployed on Kyushu Island for Mao, but you secretly landed in Hokkaido? What about good integrity? Chinese are so dishonest, in the end they still let people play?
The Chinese landed in Hokkaido, but why did his mother let the troops swim ashore? What about your landing craft? And what about your landing ship? Or is it that the troops that landed in Hokkaido were not the ones that set out from Weihai at all.
Well, in terms of time and numbers, it seems to prove that they are indeed not the two divisions that set off from Weihai, but where did those two divisions go? Did you go around and plan to land from Hokkaido?
As soon as he thought of this, Crown Prince Jiaren only felt that it was dark in front of him, and his whole body suddenly fell to the ground, losing all consciousness.
If those two divisions really landed in Hokkaido, the consequences would be really terrible, and the strength of two and a half divisions suddenly appeared in Hokkaido, and the 31st Division would not be their opponent at all, and it would be killed by the enemy even before the assembly was completed.
There is no doubt that after losing most of the warships of the Combined Fleet and a large number of troop carriers, Japan has lost the ability to land operations, and perhaps the Japanese can still do it by landing only one battalion of troops at a time like the Chinese, but that will have no effect at all, and the troops of this battalion can only send warmth and heads to the enemy when they go ashore.
Crown Prince Yoshihito fainted suddenly, making Katsura Taro and others below impatient, and a cold sweat broke out all over his body, Crown Prince Yoshihito has been weak and sick since he was a child, and his health has always been terrible, and at this time Emperor Meiji's body is not good, in case Crown Prince Yoshihito also falls, then Japan will really be finished.
Yoshihito's eldest son, Emperor Meiji's grandson Hirohito, is only nine years old this year, and is now studying at the 'Imperial Family' Academy, which means that the current emperor's grandson Hirohito is a guy who hasn't even graduated from elementary school, and he can't support a Japan at such a young age.
Crown Prince Yoshihito's coma made Katsura Taro and the others can't help but scratch a cold sweat in their hearts, and while hurriedly asking people to call the imperial doctor, they are urgently discussing, no way, military affairs are not something they can call the shots, although they look glamorous on the surface, but the actual power of Japan is still in the hands of the emperor.
Although Katsura Taro and the others couldn't bear to disturb the seriously ill Emperor Meiji, the battle situation waited for no one, so after thinking twice, Katsura Taro and the others hurriedly met with Emperor Meiji and asked Emperor Meiji to make up his mind.
As for Crown Prince Katsuhito, he was exonerated by Katsura Taro and others on the grounds that he was infected with the wind and cold, and at this time they didn't dare to tell Emperor Meiji about Kahito being stunned, what if the Emperor kicked his feet and fart in anger?
Emperor Meiji could only be very helpless about this matter, and his troops were deceived to the south, but the enemy landed from the north and caught Japan off guard, but even if Japan knew about their plan, it was still unable to solve this problem with insufficient troops.
Therefore, Emperor Meiji's decision was to order Katsura Taro and others to mobilize the two divisions closest to Hokkaido to Hokkaido to participate in the battle, and to speed up the process of organizing the rest of the troops to cope with the increasingly serious war situation.
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