"Oh?" Listening to Tsuboi's words, Ito Hirobumi was taken aback, "Then why did the Imperial Navy fail?" ”

"The Imperial Navy loses mainly in weaponry, Your Excellency." Tsuboi replied in a loud voice, "Of course, there are also strategic mistakes. ”

"Our ships are older than the Qianguo Navy." Xiyuan Temple Gongwang interjected at this time, "But the gap is not very big, right?" What's more, there are still two ironclad ships in the Imperial Navy......"

"Nope! Your Excellency, Chancellor! The gap is huge! Tsuboi Kozo said excitedly, "The two ironclad ships of the Imperial Navy are very old ships, and their speed is very slow!" And their cannons, albeit of a large caliber, are backward breech guns! Not only is the launch speed extremely slow, but also the power is not good, it is difficult to hit the enemy ship in battle, and even if it does, it will not be able to cause fatal damage to the enemy ship! Although they have strong iron armor, this is only good for defense, not for attack! ”

"On the other hand, the Qianguo Navy is equipped with all the new cruisers that have just been launched, and the speed is almost twice that of the Imperial Navy! And it is also equipped with advanced breech guns, which not only fire fast, but also very powerful! Although the protection of the Qianguo warships is not as good as ours, they can dodge with high speed! Moreover, the number of warships of the Qianguo surpassed that of the Imperial Navy, so no matter how heroic the officers and men of the navy were, they could not defeat the enemy! Tsuboi Kozo looked at Hirobumi Ito and Konozo Saionji, "We are now facing the situation of the Qianguo Navy, which is similar to when the 'black ship sailed'!" ”

Hearing that Tsuboi Kozo used "the black ship is sailing" to compare the situation on both sides of the Battle of Moss Bay, Ito Hirobumi and Saionji Gongwang all changed their faces.

"How can the gap be so big?" Hirobumi Ito gasped.

"That's just the way it is!" Tsuboi Kozo said, "If Your Excellency doesn't believe me, when you go to Qianguo, you will understand when you see the Qianguo warship with your own eyes!" ”

"I see......" Ito sighed and nodded.

"From now on, the pace of building the Navy must be accelerated immediately." Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said categorically, "Even if it is to cut down on food and clothing, we must add new warships to the navy!" Otherwise, Japan will perish! ”

"Yes." Ito Hirobumi remembered Aritomo Yamaguchi, who originally held the power of the navy and army, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, "The importance of the navy is fundamentally incomparable to the army for Japan!" It's just a pity that we're only realizing this now! ”

"In addition, the Imperial Navy did not concentrate its superior forces and form a powerful fleet, but divided into two teams to fight, and as a result, the Qianguo Navy was given a chance to break through!" Kozo Tsuboi continued, "This is an unforgivable sin! ”

Although Tsuboi Kozo said it passionately, he was still very sensible and did not name who was responsible for the destruction of the main force of the Japanese Navy.

Although he didn't say it, the three people he talked about knew in their hearts who it was.

"The navy not only lacks advanced ships, but also lacks a competent commander." The public of Xiyuan Temple sighed as if he was playing a round, "These are all things we need to pay attention to in the future." ”

As the coast approached, Hirobumi Ito, Konozo Saionji, and Kozo Tsuboi stopped talking.

The "Settsu" quickly docked, and Ito Hirobumi and Saionji Kobo went ashore and went straight to the palace for an audience. When the two got into the carriage and drove down the street, seeing the circus signboard and tents, Ito Hirobumi remembered the Kiratsu sisters who were far away in Kagoshima, and somehow suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart.

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Attached: "Lin Wenzheng's Public Collection: Diary":

"On April 6, 9076 (the second year of Qianguo Guangxu, the ninth year of Meiji in Japan), it was sunny and spring was blooming."

“…… Mr. Chunmu has been returning to Beijing for more than a month, and Mr. Nanzhou and Yu Duo have letters and telegrams. ”

"Today, I led the students of the sea school to the Katori House to practice at night, and accepted the two concubines under his command, there are twists and turns, I don't want to remember it, Gai Qing'er and Sui'er can occasionally watch it, there will be turmoil......"

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At this time, it was the middle of the night, the moon and stars were scarce, and the four fields were empty. People were already asleep, and the streets were silent, with the occasional dog barking or two.

Suddenly, in the moonlight, two light figures flashed.

Under the cover of darkness, two night walkers hurried through the residential area, whether they were running on the ground, or flying over the walls, or jumping on the rooftops, silently, like ghosts.

If someone looks down at the walking route of the two from the sky, they will be surprised to find that the two night walkers are walking in a straight line.

In this straight line, no matter what obstacle arises, the two night walkers can cross without making the slightest sound.

Obviously, the two of them are going to complete the shortest route as fast as possible.

After a short time, the two arrived at the Satsuma Naval Academy.

Although it was late at night, the naval academy was still guarded by people on duty, and patrols armed with guns and swords passed by from time to time.

The two night walkers came to a high wall, looked at each other, nodded, and climbed up the wall like geckos with their hands and feet, and leaped into the courtyard.

The courtyard was empty, and the teaching building in the distance was also dark, except for the light in the duty room, there was no light at all elsewhere.

The two night walkers ran quickly across the playground to the bottom of the teaching building, avoiding the window of the duty room, and climbed quickly up along the Western-style stone fence of the balcony to a window.

The two cautiously poked in, looked into the room, and after making sure that no one was inside, they began to prepare to open the window.

At this time, the window was closed tightly, and it could not be opened from the outside, but it seemed that it could not help the two night walkers, only to see one of them take out a thin curved wire, stretch out through the gap in the window frame, gently provoke a few times, and then pull outward, and the window suddenly opened a small crack.

A night walker held on to the window with his hand, gently pulled the window open slowly, and the window opened, and during the time the window was opened, all the movements of the two night walkers did not make the slightest sound.

The two of them quickly climbed into the room one after the other, and closed the window with gentle movements. Then one person came to a large Western-style desk and began to lock the office drawer with wire, while the other went straight to the filing cabinet and unlocked the door with wire. The two of them seemed very familiar with the situation in the office, and judging from their familiar movements, it seemed that it was not the first time they had come here.

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