On the eve of Qin Zhiyuan's accession to the throne, Lan Fang's freighter was suddenly illegally inspected and even directly seized by the Japanese, which immediately caused an uproar in Lan Fang. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After receiving Henry's telegram, the two destroyers of the Vladivostok detachment immediately started and went to the sea area where the incident occurred to try to rescue them, but when they arrived, they did not find the "Minnan".

Naturally, the Japanese would not stay where they were and wait to provoke the Vladivostok detachment, and by this time the "Minnan" had already been taken by Japanese warships to Japanese ports and seized.

Although the commander of the destroyer was unwilling, he could not go directly to the Japanese military port to rescue the "Minnan". So I had no choice but to report.

Coconut City, the royal palace.

Qin Zhiyuan held a pre-imperial meeting, which was attended by Huang Bohan, Qin Zhisheng, and Foch.

“…… That's basically how things go by, let's talk about it, how do we deal with it. Qin Zhiyuan reported the situation.

In order to take care of Foch, Qin Zhiyuan still uses French, which can be understood by everyone present.

The Japanese seized the "Minnan" for no reason, and the provocation was very strong, and at this time it depends on Lan Fang's response, and a careless accident will lead to war.

And for now, Lan Fang is obviously not ready for war.

"Little Japan is going crazy, although our ship will pass through the Tsushima Strait, and little Japan can threaten our shipping lanes at any time, but in the Strait of Malacca, there are countless ships of little Japan that have to pass through every day, if we target Japanese cargo ships in the Strait of Malacca, then the Japanese will lose even more, don't the Japanese know this?" Huang Bohan spoke first.

Although Huang Bohan is the prime minister, he is still a businessman at heart, and it is okay to handle domestic affairs with a businessman's way of thinking, but if he uses a businessman's way of thinking to handle international relations, it will be a disaster.

So for the behavior of the Japanese, Huang Bohan really can't figure it out.

"The Japanese have a tradition of going down to the top, and since the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese have always launched a coup d'état from the bottom up, could this be the behavior of some individual people?" Qin Zhisheng knows more about Japan.

At present, in Lanfang, Qin Zhiyuan is the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces in Lanfang, and Qin Zhisheng is the chief of the general staff of the three armed forces.

Since he is shouldering the important task of staff, Qin Zhisheng must strengthen his own capabilities, Japan is the next stage of Qin Zhiyuan's strategic target, Qin Zhisheng has long had an in-depth understanding of Japan, so he has a deep understanding of Japan's situation.

"It is not necessarily the behavior of a few people, there is now a mess in Japan, and the calls for the emperor to abdicate are endless, and the Japanese are probably deliberately provoking contradictions with us in order to divert domestic attention, so as to arouse the common hatred and resentment in Japan." Qin Zhiyuan's temperament became more and more calm.

Responding to emergencies is the most test of the country's leaders' ability to govern, if they are at a loss, then they will inevitably lose ground, and only by being calm and relaxed can they face it calmly.

Qin Zhiyuan is in the process of progressing towards "calm and relaxed".

"If this is the case, then we should expose the conspiracy of Little Japan, let the whole world understand the intentions of the Japanese, and use the pressure of public opinion to force the Japanese to release the people and the ship. In that case, we will occupy the moral high ground, we can have a psychological advantage, we can condescend to deal with the Japanese, and at the same time, we should order the relevant departments to increase the subversion of the Japanese government, at least let Japan continue to be chaotic. Huang Bohan prefers to solve problems diplomatically.

Although Qin Zhiyuan has pointed out that Japan is Lan Fang's opponent in the next stage, if it is not for being forced to helpless, Huang Bohan is not willing to start a war.

Huang Bohan belongs to the civilian clique, and the military attache clique is naturally opposed, if Lan Fang and Japan go to war, then the military will have the upper hand, maybe there will be military management, then the civilian clique will be in power, at least if Lan Fang wants to prepare for the war, it will inevitably increase military spending, which will affect Lan Fang's ongoing construction.

Of course, if Qin Zhiyuan is determined to go to war, Huang Bohan will also implement it unconditionally, if he really wants to go to war, it will be a war related to the fortunes of the country, and Huang Bohan will not hold back no matter what.

At this point, Huang Bohan has enough awareness.

"They detain our ship, we will also detain him, and they detain us one, we will detain them ten, for the Japanese, we must stand up and not retreat, otherwise these people will definitely gain an inch, and the tragedy of the Qing Empire will repeat itself in us." Qin Zhisheng tends to use violence to solve problems.

If you think about it carefully, if sooner or later there must be a battle between Lan Fang and the Japanese, then this battle is better than late.

Lanfang's current shortcoming is the basic military industry.

Although Lan Fang's stall is large, it has not yet achieved results, and even the raw materials used in the production of bullets and shells need to be imported, which is not much in peacetime, but if it enters a state of war, more aspects must be considered.

Although the British shouted that they wanted to contact the Japanese with "allies", they had not yet made a final decision, if Lan Fang and Japan went to war, it was not ruled out that the British would stab Lan Fang in the back, after all, most of Lan Fang's current imported materials have to be imported from Europe, if there is a problem in Europe, Lan Fang may face the dilemma of poor supply.

However, this situation belongs to the most extreme kind, because at the same time that the British and the Japanese entered into an alliance, the French are also allies of the Lanfang people, and because of France's advantage in the Mediterranean direction, if Lanfang and Japan go to war, France will definitely stand on the side of Lanfang, and at this time there is a big question mark about how much the British can help the Japanese.

In this way, it is indeed better to fight early than late.

Because while the Japanese use Lanfang to divert domestic attention and enhance domestic cohesion, Lanfang can also use the contradictions with the Japanese to increase Lanfang's cohesion.

"There must be retaliation, but we also have to consider the degree of retaliation, if we detain ten Japanese boats, then the Japanese may blockade the Tsushima Strait, and we can't block the Strait of Malacca now, in this regard, we have no advantage." Huang Bohan was worried.

From the map, one side of the Strait of Malacca belongs to the British, and the other side belongs to the Lanfang people, and the Strait of Malacca is an extremely busy shipping lane, almost all countries in the world will use the Strait of Malacca to contact East Asia, so it is very difficult to blockade, and the impact is not good.

The Tsushima Strait is different, the current Korean occupation is by Japan, and the two countries are considering merging into one, and most of the ships that currently pass through the Tsushima Strait belong to Lanfang, which makes the Japanese blockade of the Tsushima Strait simpler and less impactful than Lanfang's blockade of the Strait of Malacca.

"How many supplies are being stockpiled in Northern Territory now?" Qin Zhiyuan first understood how many family backgrounds.

Just after the Northern Expeditionary Corps occupied the Northern Territory, Lan Fang began to hoard supplies in the Northern Territory, bullets, artillery shells, aerial bombs, aviation fuel, and even food and clothing, no matter what the materials were, as long as the Northern Territory could use them, all of them had to be hoarded.

"In the past few months, we have used hundreds of freighters, one of which has hoarded supplies in Northern Xinjiang, and so far, the relevant military materials have probably been hoarded nearly one million tons, of which weapons and ammunition account for the vast majority. If we start a war with Little Japan now, according to the usual strength of our army, it will probably only last for a month. Qin Zhisheng's expression was not worried.

This is the disadvantage of the Foreign Legion's consistent large-scale spending, even if it is a small-scale battle, it must first be prepared for half an hour of firepower, and it is no wonder that the consumption of materials is not large.

If you think about it carefully, since the day the Foreign Legion was born, the logistical supply has always been sufficient, because the Entente countries paid for it, and the Foreign Legion has never worried about logistical problems, resulting in the Foreign Legion now fighting with superior firepower to crush.

It's a very enjoyable battle, but at the same time, the cost is amazing.

"When the General Staff draws up a combat plan in the future, it must take into account our existing capabilities, and we cannot always take the attrition of fighting in Europe as a reference, although then our firepower intensity will be reduced, but the Japanese are not as durable as the Germans, whether it is the level of equipment or the level of training, the Japanese and the Germans cannot be compared, as long as it is enough, there is no need to waste lavishly." Qin Zhiyuan made a request.

"Wait, you mean to go to war with the Japanese?" Foch finally came to his senses.

Foch is currently Lanfang's general adviser to the three armed forces, a very special position, and because of Foch's own prestige, he actually has the right to speak in the Lanfang military on a par with Qin Zhisheng.

"With this plan, of course we will not take the initiative to provoke a war, but if the Japanese must provoke a war, we will not back down, and Lanfang will never back down." Qin Zhiyuan made a loud noise.

Lan Fang will not back down!

Qin Zhiyuan was ready to take this as Lan Fang's principle.

"No, no, no...... Now is not the right time to go to war, and the current Lan Fang does not have the ability to defeat the Japanese. In the war in Europe, Lan Fang's army did show potential, if Lan Fang and Japan's territory border, then I believe that Lan Fang at least has the strength to compete with the Japanese, but now the problem is that Lan Fang and Japan do not border, so Lan Fang's powerful army may not even be useful, and the threat of the Japanese naval fleet must be taken into account, which should not be underestimated. Foch had a solemn expression.

In terms of personal status, Foch is now the first person in the military circles in the world, there is no doubt about it.

But at the same time, Foch is also a representative of the old soldiers, although Foch is not averse to new weapons such as tanks, machine guns, and airplanes, but he does not have a deep understanding of the value of these new weapons.

In Foch's concept, Lanfang lacked effective countermeasures against Japanese warships, so Foch was not optimistic about Lanfang and Japan going to war now.

"The Japanese fleet is indeed strong, Lan Fang only has one battleship now, but the Japanese have six, and they are even stepping up construction, but if there is a war, it does not mean that Lan Fang has no ability to fight back. The Japanese did not even have a radio system installed on their warships, which would make communication between their warships poor, and Lan Fang also had a large number of submarines that could pose a huge threat to the Japanese. At the same time, Lanfang also has the most powerful bomber force in the world, and the Japanese battleships can only be a tragedy when facing bombers! Qin Zhiyuan asserted.

Qin Zhiyuan was going to the Aircraft Research Institute after the meeting was dismissed to supervise the progress of the torpedo machine research and development team.

"Tragedy? Not necessarily! Foch was stubborn.

Foch didn't finish this sentence, if Lan Fang and Japan went to war, then tragedy would definitely occur.

However, Foch felt that "tragedy" was not necessarily certain to happen to the Japanese.

(To be continued.) )