On the night of April 29, 1910, Wang Shizhen, the Imperial Prime Minister, Tang Shaoyi, the Imperial Foreign Minister, Xu Shichang, the Imperial Military Minister, and Yang Shiqi, the emperor's core think tank, gathered together and planned to spend the whole night discussing the war against Japan. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the military department and the prime minister's office have long been preparing for war against Japan, the war between countries is far more difficult than imagined, and there are many problems that need to be solved one by one, and the difference with the Sino-Russian war is that these two wars are completely different types, although the Chinese Empire defeated Russia, which was more powerful than Japan, but under the premise of not being fully prepared, it still did not have full confidence to defeat Japan.

The most fundamental reason lies in the nature of these two wars and the problem of geographical location.

In the emperor's study, the whole room was quiet at the moment, except for the heavy gasps, originally everyone just thought that this war with Japan was just for a shame, just like fighting Russia, not only to get back what belongs to them, but also to ask the other party to pay interest, but also to let them fall into civil strife, and never threaten the possibility of the empire.

But as the emperor told the true purpose of this war, it made a kind of people frown tightly, it was not difficult to fight Japan, but the difficult thing was the goal proposed by the emperor. And this goal is not other small countries in Southeast Asia, so it is still difficult to achieve this goal.

Moreover, if you are not careful, there is a good chance that the empire will sink into it, just like the Boer War nine years ago. Wasn't it the same as the three years that the Boers were dragged out of the war by the lack of guns and ammunition? Didn't Britain still set off a wave of anti-war public opinion?

Although it is unlikely that the empire will stir up anti-war public opinion in the short term, because the benefits brought to them by the Sino-Russian war are too great, and the people of the empire have been blinded during this period, and they see the benefits of defeating their opponents. But once the war is protracted and more and more soldiers die on the battlefield, at that time, there will definitely be all kinds of anti-war public opinion in the country, and at that time, where should the empire go?

For example, if the purpose of this war is only to contain Japan, or to occupy some territory of Japan, then it is completely possible to just occupy Kyushu Island, and then use Kyushu Island as an advance base, where to station troops, and then the navy attacks the coastal cities of the other three islands, forcing Japan to concentrate on dealing with the Chinese army on Kyushu Island, this plan does not require much energy, and it is also very simple.

They can even let the Koreans take the lead, to attract the attention of the Japanese troops on the shore, and then the Chinese army will land and attack from other places, all kinds of methods, no matter which plan is adopted, they have a ninety percent chance of victory.

But the problem now is that the purpose of the war proposed by Emperor Wang Sirui is not to occupy a certain part of the Japanese mainland, but to fight a war of annihilation with Japan.

Annihilation, is this kind of war so easy to fight? Japan has a population of nearly 40 million, which is one-tenth of the total population of the Chinese, but the war of annihilation means that the army will fight with 40 million people, and some other things will inevitably happen in the ashes of the war, such as a group of civilians with various weapons to attack the army, yes, they did make a means of attack, but what they held in their hands may be wooden sticks, agricultural tools, but this is indeed an attack, the troops cannot have any reaction, then in the eyes of some people, This became the Chinese Army's massacre of Japanese civilians, which in turn would demonize China's image internationally.

Is the Chinese empire afraid of this smear? I'm afraid that the international image is gone, and any action in various countries in the future will not be so smooth, and they may encounter all kinds of problems, even if they are victorious countries, they will not be able to convince people from the heart.

However, there is almost no experience in the war of national annihilation in history to give them a reference, so how to make a choice, how to destroy Japan without discrediting the international image of the Chinese Empire, has become a headache for the bigwigs of the Chinese Empire.

"Massacres can exist, but slaughter is definitely not the goal, and it is also very easy to be caught, so my suggestion is to kill a representative group of people, appease a group of people who are swaying from side to side, and suppress those who are ready to move." Xu Shichang said.

The more civilians killed, the greater the resistance the army will suffer in Japan, as the Minister of the Imperial Army, Xu Shichang naturally wants to achieve the greatest victory at the minimum cost, if the massacre can make Japan lose within a month, and does not have a negative impact on the army, then Xu Shichang will not hesitate to write to the emperor, requesting the transfer of 3 million troops to land in Japan to participate in the massacre.

But this situation is obviously impossible to happen, so Xu Shichang chose a more pertinent method, killing those who should be killed, co-opting those who should be co-opted, suppressing those who have not yet acted, and forcing them to choose their own path, whether to die or live, they choose by themselves.

"The massacre will have a great impact on the diplomacy of the Empire, especially the current situation of the Empire, and if such negative news breaks out, it will be a severe test for the future diplomacy of the Empire. Therefore, I suggest that if the army does not have absolute certainty of confidentiality, it should not launch a massacre lightly. Tang Shaoyi also said, unlike Xu Shichang, the position he stands in is a diplomatic position, any negative news will have an impact on a country's diplomacy, even if other countries are subject to the residual power of the empire and dare not rebel, but deep down they will not take the initiative to cooperate with them, which will bring confusion to future diplomacy.

"Sometimes, the massacre represents a political attitude, it represents a strong political color, and it is also a double-edged sword that hurts the enemy and hurts oneself. Bare. Naked massacres must not cause an international sensation. Wang Shizhen also spoke immediately.

On this issue, Wang Sirui is also a little difficult to choose, in his heart, he hates to kill all the Japanese, because in his memory, the Japanese have done too many things that are sorry for China, and have committed too many crimes, although those things have not happened so far, but the Lushun Massacre has already happened.

It is precisely because of the obsession in his heart that Wang Sirui did not hesitate to choose to fight a war of annihilation with Japan, taking advantage of the fact that the great powers were caught in World War I to solve the big trouble of Japan.

However, the future development of the empire will not be limited to one Asia, let alone one Japan, Wang Sirui is inspired to develop the empire into a world hegemon-level country, so too many negative effects are absolutely not okay. This is also a point that makes Wang Sirui very entangled.

"Perhaps, we can solve it in another way." Yang Shiqi suddenly opened his mouth and said, he hated Japan no less than anyone else, and deep down, he also supported the massacre of Japan, but at present, the empire is in a period of straight rise, and it cannot withstand the destruction of this kind of negative news.

But as a think tank, how can you not have a sensitive head? These high-level officials are fans of the authorities, but Yang Shiqi sees it very clearly, and for him, this problem is not difficult.

"There are two solutions, one is to let them solve it themselves, the empire only needs to spend some money to support a force in Japan, and the area we occupy will be handed over to them, and those prisoners of war, or when they need to be slaughtered, they can be left to solve it, so that no matter what problems happen afterwards, it has nothing to do with us. But there are drawbacks to this approach, such as the fact that we don't know everyone's background and true thoughts, and if we give the order to kill, they don't carry it out, or they choose to leak the news, it will still affect us. Again, if they deliberately let go of some middle and high-level people during the massacre, they will still pose a great threat to us in the future.

The second option is to form a coalition of the three countries of China and North Korea, and the Japanese did this kind of thing during the occupation of Korea and the Ryukyus, and if the massacre were left to the two countries, I think they would still be happy to accept it, and we don't have to worry too much. Yang Shiqi told the two plans.

Yang Shiqi's plan made everyone's eyes light up, and they couldn't help but clap their hands secretly, what other method is more suitable than this? The Ryukyus don't need to think about it for the time being, but North Korea has ten divisions of the army, plus there is an army of the Royal Army garrison there, there is no need to worry about the security of North Korea, although the Korean king Li Xi did not show superhuman leadership, but at least it can stabilize North Korea, and the North Koreans are also happy to do so, with the military protection of the country, they can live a happy life without asking anything.

"The matter of supporting the local forces must be done, and the affairs of the coalition army must also be prepared, and the military headquarters will prepare to contact the king of Joseon, so that he can prepare five divisions of troops to cooperate with the empire, and find a loyal person as soon as possible, this matter must be done quickly. Tomorrow will officially declare war on Japan, and within a week, all Japanese in China must assemble in Tianjin and wait for their departure. In addition, the officials and people stationed in Japan were ordered to evacuate Japan as soon as possible. The shipyards were to repair the damaged ships as much as possible within a week, and after a week, the landing plan was carried out as usual. In the end, Wang Sirui made the final decision.

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