Tokyo, Japan!

Japan has not had a good time lately, and since the defeat of Korea, Japan has not only lost a large part of its Korean territory, but now it can only rely on the help of the navy to stay in the Korean cities near the coast. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the then Prime Minister Katsura Taro,Because of this, he was forced to resign,The first time,Someone helped Katsura Taro to hold the cylinder,But this time,Even Yama Prefecture Aritomo is difficult to help Katsura Taro,Although the Japanese emperor still trusts Katsura Taro very much,But the people's anger is too great。

Therefore, after Katsura Taro stepped down, Saionji Konobu took over from Katsura Taro and reformed a new cabinet.

However, the life of Saionji Gongwang is even more difficult than that of Katsura Taro.

First of all, after the defeat of Korea, Japan needed to pay a large amount of reparations to the Chinese Empire, but how could Japan have so much money to compensate them? Originally, I wanted to be in arrears for a period of time, and then I dragged it and didn't pay it back. But who would have thought that the damned Chinese would make a request for industrial equipment as a compensation payment, even if the British strongly objected, but in the end it could only end in vain.

In this battle, the British did not participate, so in the follow-up negotiations, the British did not have any say, plus at that time, in order to rush to end the war, so as to pull the Chinese Empire to the north, the British also set a bottom line for the Chinese.

In this way, within a year, the Chinese emptied almost one-third of Japan's industrial facilities, which made the Japanese very sloppy, but there was nothing they could do.

If this were all there was to it, Japan would have survived, but it would have taken at least 10 years to return to its pre-war level.

After all, they have lost a lot of industrial equipment and nearly 100,000 elite troops, and it is not easy to replenish them. Coupled with the attribute bonus of the Japanese who are afraid of the strong and bullying the weak, the Chinese Empire defeated the Japanese army twice in a row, which also made the Japanese people begin to have a subtle fear of the Chinese Empire.

After the first noon, the Japanese looked at the Chinese like ants, and no one looked at them in their eyes. But ten years later, the Chinese basically changed the situation with only two wars. Although it did not change the thinking of all Japanese, at least when it was proposed to fight the Chinese, the public would be suspicious and even directly opposed.

No way, the Japanese are like this, you can't treat him as a person, the better you treat him, the more he thinks you are a bully, but you treat him like a dog, but he treats you like a father, I have to admit that there is only Japan in the world, a strange country that likes to be abused, although India is similar, but the nature of the two is still very different.

Since coming to power, Saionji and his cabinet members have worked day and night to restore Japan's economy and industry.

Thanks to the efforts of the Saionji Konobu Cabinet, it did work well, and through a series of measures, with the help of the British, it was now only five years before Japan was able to return to its pre-war level.

But no one thought that at this critical moment, the Chinese Empire would be dishonest again.

As a result, after receiving the news, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang could only rush into the palace with his cabinet members, on the one hand, to report the news to the emperor, and on the other hand, to get the emperor to agree to strengthen the construction of the navy, so as not to be overtaken by the Chinese Empire.

Emperor Meiji rubbed his temples in pain, and in recent years, he had not had a good day, even more so than in the early days of the overthrow of the shogunate and the beginning of the reforms.

First, the army was defeated, and then it finally stabilized for a while, and then there was another moth in the world.

"Saito-kun, how are those two battleships of the Chinese performing?" Emperor Meiji asked helplessly, and at the same time kept crying in his heart, do you really want to pay for the bird cloth? In order to ensure the development of the country, the Japanese emperor even personally thrifted his own expenses, and lived a coarse meal on weekdays, but the opponent did not give him any chance at all, which was very bad and desperate.

Minister of the Navy Minoru Saito stood up, he didn't know much about the two battleships of the Chinese Empire, after all, they just returned to Port Arthur yesterday, although there are photos leaked, but the photos have not yet been delivered to him, and now the only news that Saito Minoru knows is still transmitted by the British, and the British side also has only one sentence, the Chinese battleships should be more advanced than the British dreadnought battleships.

Although I don't know much, all I need to know is the news.

"Your Majesty, according to the British, those two battleships of the Chinese should be more advanced than their newest dreadnought battleship, and if the two sides fight, the British will not be their opponents. And because of the lack of intelligence, at present we only know that these two warships were built with the help of the Americans, and the others do not know much. Minoru Saito slightly exaggerated some of the words of the British, but Minoru Saito didn't know that this was in fact the case.

If those battleships had been refitted in the later stages, their firepower would have been even more terrifying than when the United States had delivered them to them, and to put it mildly, one of their battleships would have been easy against two Japanese battleships.

There is no way, who will make the firepower and armor of the house completely suppressed? There is only one standard for the construction of the world's navy, that is, theoretically, the armor of one's own warship can withstand the attack of one's own naval guns, although later battlecruisers broke this convention, but the end of battlecruisers is not very good.

"Oh? Isn't even the British Dreadnought their opponent? Emperor Meiji frowned violently, although he had already thought that the result might not be too good, but the gap was too big, right? It's unimaginable.

"Yes, because the British also do not know the specific data of that battleship, but on the face of it, he definitely has the strength to overpower the British. Moreover, there seem to be some similar voices coming out from the American side, and it is said that there are rumors within the American leadership that no battleship in the world is its opponent, and the United States will upgrade it based on this battleship and mass-produce the next class of battleships. Minoru Saito said honestly, of course, these are not his nonsense, but the news from Japan's spy agents in the United States, and even the US Congress has been waiting to approve the appropriation, and now it is only up to the Navy to come up with a specific improvement plan.

Anyway, they already have the construction technology, and it is not impossible to jump over and build the next generation directly, besides, the United States has a big business, and the industrial level is above Japan, so it is still easy for them to build a few battleships.

Of course, there is another reason: in half a year, the US Great White Fleet will visit Japan to declare the United States' maritime power, and more importantly, the purpose of the Great White Fleet's trip is to deter the Japanese Navy, compared with the scale of the Americans' more than 20 battleships, the Japanese naval fleet is still a little too inadequate.

"What will happen if our two armies face each other?" Emperor Meiji continued to ask, he didn't know much about the navy, but he also knew very well that the Japanese Empire was currently relying on this naval fleet to support it.

Once the naval fleet is gone, or is completely suppressed by the enemy, then Japan will lose not only Korea, but also Taiwan, Ryukyu and other places, and then Japan will return to twenty years ago, blockaded on this small island alone.

"Your Majesty, the Great Japanese Navy has the ability to defeat the Chinese fleet, but after all, the equipment gap between the two sides is too big, and all of them are the latest warships, so in the end, the Great Japanese Navy may win a miserable victory." Minoru Saito first affirmed that the Japanese Navy would be able to win, and then expressed his concerns.

And this choice of Minoru Saito is undoubtedly the best choice for himself, because no matter whether he is defeated or victorious, what will be the final result? He has already said that the final decision is in the hands of the emperor. Of course, as for the defeat, this Saito Minoru has not thought about it, after all, the total tonnage of the navy in their hands is more than twice that of the Chinese, how can it be defeated in this case?

Emperor Meiji looked at Minoru Saito quietly, secretly angry in his heart, this guy made it clear that he wanted to force himself to make a decision, and on this issue, Emperor Meiji couldn't help but make a decision.

But the problem is that Japan simply does not have the ability to build those Dreadnought-class battleships now, and the cost is too high, and the subsequent maintenance costs are even higher.

The army has not yet recovered, and if the navy takes away the resources again, the contradictions between the army and the navy will be even deeper, but the army is very uncompetitive and has suffered defeats one after another, so that Emperor Meiji has no choice but to give the army more resources.

After all, the navy paid more when the reparations were paid before, and the army lost the war, and the navy helped them keep some cities.

Hey, it's a headache to think about these things!

"It seems that the time has come for the Navy to strengthen its strength! First go and negotiate with the British to see if we can build a more powerful battleship for us, and in addition, we must work our own side to build another battleship ourselves, and two battleships are basically enough to deal with the latest battleships of the Chinese. "Although it was a headache, Emperor Meiji had to make a decision, and similarly, the navy was strengthened, and the army had to compensate for it.

Emperor Meiji turned to look at the Minister of War Terauchi Masatakeshi and said: "Terauchi-kun, reorganize those few broken divisions as soon as possible, and also make a certain strengthening in terms of machine guns, for the time being, let's configure it according to one machine gun for every two squadrons, and part of this money will be paid by the imperial family, and the other cabinets will find a way to solve it." Okay, that's all for today, I'm a little tired. (To be continued.) )