While Tachibana was pondering the strategy of the Japanese Navy, Yasumasa Fukushima was also pondering the strategy of the Japanese Navy in the Governor's Mansion of Lushun.

Fukushima Yasumasa is not alone in pondering the Japanese naval strategy, with him to discuss this matter also Nishizawa Kimio, a diplomat-turned-politician, now Fukushima Yasumasa can be completely trusted by this politician, since Lushun was attacked by the Chinese Air Force and caused heavy losses to the first squadron of the Japanese Navy, the atmosphere in the Kanto Governor's Office has become strange, and many of the staff of the Governor's Office have been transferred to Dalian by a letter of order from the Japanese government. The people who were going to return to Japan and replace them were selected from the Kwantung Army Command, and these people had always turned a blind eye to Fukushima Yasumasa, an intelligence officer-turned-"governor." It is conceivable that it is impossible for Fukushima Yasumasa to have a trustworthy conversation with them at this time. On the contrary, it is Kimio Nishizawa, an equally down-and-out politician, who shares the same language and the same state of mind as Fukushima Yasumasa.

Now that Port Arthur has been tightly sealed off by China's submarine forces, the waterways and moorings are covered with mines from the Chinese Navy, and although Fukushima Yasumasa has sent the First Squadron to carry out several minesweeping missions in the past few days, it has not been successful. In the process of minesweeping, the minesweepers were not only attacked by Chinese submarines, but also became victims of those new mines; in just two days of minesweeping operations, the Japanese Navy's First Squadron lost four ships, and now there are no minesweepers that can be used in Port Arthur, and the minesweeping operations can no longer be carried out.

What's worse is that the Chinese Air Force has always been a big threat, as evidenced by the wreckage of those light ships in Port Arthur, which Fukushima Yasumasa does not need to be particularly reminded of, and the Japanese government is also very clear, during which many telegrams were sent to give instructions on air defense matters, but on the other hand, the Japanese government also clearly told Fukushima Yasuma that at least until the end of the Anju campaign in Korea, the anti-aircraft guns of the 6th Army could not be transported to Arthur, because in the Anzhou battlefield, the Chinese Air Force was also the great enemy of the Japanese 6th Army, so, The problem of air defense in Lushun is still very serious at present, and relying on those machine guns, it will not be able to resist the Chinese bombers in any case, and the few old planes of the Japanese army in Lushun will not be able to take to the air to fight.

In such a situation, Fukushima Yasushi is helpless, and he also believes that even if the veterans of the Japanese 6th Army and Navy sit in Lushun, I am afraid that they will be at a loss, so they can only be like him, and send telegrams to Japan again and again asking for help, asking the Japanese government to make up its mind as soon as possible, either to solve the war problem through diplomatic action, or to immediately send reinforcements and weapons to Lushun to fight the squadron to the end.

In this situation, China is likely not to accept international mediation now, unless Japan makes major concessions, but the Japanese government is obviously impossible to give up its interests in China under the turbulent situation at home, therefore, it is too early to talk about peace, at present, Fukushima Yasumasa needs to pay the most attention to this war

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Relying on the current Japanese Kwantung Army alone, it is absolutely impossible to hold the Liaodong Peninsula and Lushun, and if Japan's domestic reinforcements cannot arrive for a long time, then the fall of Lushun is imminent, and this is by no means "pessimistic" This is a fact, just the day before yesterday, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Heihachiro Togo, sent a telegram from West Korea Bay to tell Fukushima Yasumasa. The Japanese army that broke through from Xiuyan at Dagushan was less than 500 people, in other words, the more than 15,000 people of the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Xiuyan direction were almost completely wiped out, which is probably the biggest defeat suffered by the Japanese 6th Army since the Meiji Restoration, for this, Fukushima Yasumasa is to blame, Tachibana Koichiro is also to blame, and the reason why the Kwantung Army commander is in a hurry to go to the Gaihei front line today is precisely to make up for the mistake, although this fault is not caused by Major General Lihua Koichiro, But as long as he still holds the post of commander of the Kwantung Army, then he must give an account to the Japanese government and military.

Tachibana Koichiro boarded the train after leaving a suicide note, Fukushima Yasumasa understood, he was only afraid that he would be more than lucky, the offensive of the Chinese 6th Army was extremely fierce, and the strength of the troops and weapons were all on the Chinese side, with the current strength of the Japanese Kwantung Army, it was absolutely impossible to hold Gaiping, at most it was to delay the time, and strive to control as much strategic space as possible before the reinforcements in Japan arrived, and grasp the strategic initiative.

But if the Japanese reinforcements could not arrive at Lushun as soon as possible, then Tachibana Koichiro's lone battle would be meaningless, and once Gaiping was lost, the Chinese 6th Army could quickly attack south along the South Manchurian Railway and rush to Jinzhou in one go. And the narrow Isthmus of Jinzhou is obviously impossible to stop the footsteps of the squadron, they will soon attack under the city of Arthur, and then set up artillery to bombard the Japanese army in Arthur, just like the Japanese army did to the Russian ** team back then, to catch turtles in an urn, when the time comes, the strategic pattern in the Far East will change drastically, and what chain reaction will occur after that, it is not something that Fukushima Yasumasa can speculate.

The Japanese government did send reinforcements to reinforce the Japanese troops on the Liaodong Peninsula at the first opportunity, but the problem was that the reinforcements were advancing from the Korean Peninsula from Route 6 to the Yalu River, and they were stubbornly resisted by a modernized Korean army in Anju, and they could not rush through at all. If you can't cross the Yalu River, you can't copy the back path of the Chinese attacking forces.

Although Fukushima Yasumasa did not know the origin of the "Goryeo Independence Army" that suddenly appeared in Anju, he was very clear about one thing. Under the current situation, if it wants to hold Lushun, the Japanese government must send reinforcements from the sea to reinforce the Liaodong Peninsula, and once the Japanese government decides to carry out the Deng-6 operation, it cannot do without the assistance of the navy, and there is no escort from the naval fleet. Japanese troop carriers sailing on the Yellow Sea were targets for movement on the sea, and Chinese submarines and bombers could easily send the Japanese 6th Army on board the troop carriers to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish.

On the one hand, they are also aware of the importance of Arthur, and on the other hand, they have many worries about the current implementation of the Deng-6 operation, and they have never had a definite plan for the Deng-6 operation.

There is a plan for the Deng-6 operation that will be realized. 6 operations in Huayuankou and 6 operations in Moth Wodeng. This is the proud work of the Japanese 6th Army and the Navy in those years, but the problem is that the feudal dynasty has changed, and now the Chinese Air Force has changed the battlefield from a plane to a three-dimensional, and China's Air Force combat aircraft are enough to dominate the Liaodong Peninsula, whether it is a plane from Shandong in the south, or a plane from Liaoning in the north, it can easily attack the Japanese 6th Army on the beachhead, and China's submarines are by no means ornaments. The Navy does not yet have effective means of countermeasures.

It is precisely for the above reasons that the Japanese Navy is not clear on the issue of cooperating with the 6 th Army in the 6 th Army, and there are also many differences in the Japanese Government on this issue; facts have proven that "air supremacy" is becoming more and more important, and the Japanese Navy has suffered a big loss in the face of the air superiority of the Chinese Air Force, and some people in the Japanese Government do not dare to take risks with naval ships anymore, but on the other hand, they are unwilling to give up their interests in China, and this is also a problem of intertwined contradictions. The Japanese government and the Japanese Navy are still quarreling over the Kawasto-6 Liaodong Peninsula. It seems that it will take some time to make a decision

But Fukushima Yasumasa knew that Lushun did not have much time to hesitate, and the sooner the Deng-6 operation was implemented, the longer it would take to hold Lushun. Fukushima Yasumasa hopes to turn this war into a protracted and long-term war that will bring down China. Of course, he also knows very well in his heart that this kind of play is also dangerous for Japan, Japan's domestic economic situation is very bad, and it simply cannot support a long-term war of attrition similar to the Russo-Japanese War, but under the current situation, it is impossible to achieve a war decision, as for the dispatch of the navy to cover the 6th Army to the southeast coastal area of 6 China, encircling Wei to save Zhao, that is even more unrealistic, not to mention that it is impossible for the squadron not to be prepared for this, that is, public opinion in Japan will not support this practice.

"Your Excellency, in my opinion, if the Combined Fleet can't cover the 6th Army as soon as possible to carry out the Deng6 operation, the fall of Arthur is only a matter of time, in case Lushun is occupied by the squadron, then the Northeast Asia strategy that the empire has painstakingly managed will be completely bankrupt, at that time, even if we survive the war, the angry Japanese people will not let us go, and the empire may also decline completely, and China is likely to replace Japan to rule East Asia."

Nishizawa's words were somewhat alarmist, but Fukushima Yasumasa didn't feel how harsh they were now, and one of the reasons why he asked Nishizawa to discuss naval strategy with him was to listen to contrary words, and this kind of words could not be heard from the mouths of the staff officers of the Kwantung Army.

"Nishizawa-kun, I partially agree with your opinion. In my opinion, the most important thing at present is to help the imperial government make up its mind to send troops to reinforce Lushun quickly, since the imperial Mao Jing has now entered a state of national mobilization, the number of soldiers is not a problem, the key is the attitude of the navy. After the setback of Arthur, the navy seems to have a bit of a cup. They were worried that they would be intercepted by the Chinese Air Force and Navy submarines at the 6th Field, so some high-ranking naval figures opposed the reinforcement of the Liaodong Peninsula by sea, and they still wanted to make a detour in the direction of Shenyang through North Korea, but now it seems that the implementation of this strategy is also very difficult, as long as a breakthrough cannot be achieved in the direction of Anzhou, it is impossible for the imperial ** team to reinforce the Liaodong Peninsula from the 6th Road. ”

Fukushima Yasumasa had something to say, and Nishizawa certainly knew that he was accusing Togo Heihachiro, who was strongly opposed to the reinforcement of the Japanese army on the Liaodong Peninsula by sea. Heihachiro Togo was a veteran of the Navy. Moreover, he was also the hero of the Russo-Japanese naval battle against Tsushima, and his words of "Oriental Nelson" carried a lot of weight in the navy and government, after all, Japan is an island country, and the navy is the foundation of the country's survival, and the Japanese combined fleet really does not dare to take risks easily until it is not clear about the full strength of the Chinese air force and submarine forces.

The Deng-6 operation has always been a tactical operation that can only be carried out after the sea supremacy has been fully mastered. But now, does the Japanese Combined Fleet have mastered the supremacy of the Yellow Sea? On the surface, the surface ships of the Chinese Navy have indeed disappeared due to the appearance of the Combined Fleet, but in reality, China's military power is still showing its significance in the skies and beneath the surface of the Yellow Sea, and the Japanese Navy is unable to effectively strike at them.

Yasumasa Fukushima believes that this Chinese idiom is a good expression of the current predicament of the Japanese government and navy, which is obviously the most powerful naval fleet in the Far East, but is frightened and suspicious by two new weapons that have just been tested in actual combat.

Fukushima Yasumasa fully understands the worries of the Japanese Navy's top brass, because in the past few days, he has been receiving telegrams from China, and now. In the Yellow Sea, there are several ocean-going submarines of the Chinese Navy, which are unscrupulously attacking Japanese merchant ships and even sinking Japanese warships, which not only causes damage to the Japanese economy, but also makes the navy's top brass about submarines deeper, and the Japanese Navy's military command department has even planned to send people to Lushun to salvage the Chinese inshore submarine that sank in the harbor. Study how Chinese submarines differ from those equipped with Japanese.

"Your Excellency, in my opinion, if the 6th Army advances in several ways and attacks Anzhou, it will soon be able to break through the Anzhou defense line, and once the Anzhou direction breaks through, the reinforcements can quickly cross the Yalu River, go straight to Shenyang, and disrupt the deployment of the squadron." Kimio Nishizawa gave his opinion.

"Nishizawa-kun, you forgot an important fact. That is, Gaipin will hold on for a few days at most. And once Gai Ping is broken through by the squadron, then the fall of Lushun is imminent. At that time, even if the Japanese 6th Army can take Shenyang, what is the use? ”

Fukushima Yasumasa shook his head, he didn't agree with Nishizawa Kimio's optimism, in fact, Togo Heihachiro also thought so, he thought that as long as Anzhou was taken, the Japanese army would be able to conquer Shenyang in one go and force China to submit, but that was just a delusion, Fukushima Yasumasa knew too well the style of China's "mad president", and he even doubted that once the Japanese army conquered Shenyang. I'm afraid that the squadron will turn around and surround Shenyang, and then swallow some of today's elite divisions in one bite.

Just as Fukushima Yasumasa and Nishizawa were at a loss, a naval staff officer walked into the office with a telegram in his hand.

"Your Excellency! This is a telegram just taken from the base camp, and now that the government and the cabinet have reached an agreement, it has been decided to immediately start implementing the battle plan for Deng 6, and I hope that Your Excellency will be prepared. Welcome reinforcements. ”

"Really?"

Fukushima Yasumasa breathed a sigh of relief, took the telegram and read it carefully, and then frowned again.

According to the contents of the telegram, the main reason that prompted the Japanese Government to make up its mind to reinforce Lushun by sea was China's submarines; since this morning, there have been five submarine attacks on the eastern Pacific coast of Taiwan Island, and four Japanese light warships have been sunk, and Chinese submarines have also surfaced, and together with a Chinese surface warship force that has come from nowhere, they have bombarded Keelung Harbor with naval guns, destroying many ships loaded with sugar and timber. This of the Chinese Navy. The action caused great panic, and the stock market in Tokyo collapsed. When the Japanese detachment heard the news and rushed to Keelung Harbor for reinforcements, the Chinese surface ship force and submarines were gone, and the Japanese Government suspected that the Chinese fleet was heading for the Ryukyu Islands.

In order to counter Chinese submarines and restore confidence in the financial markets, the Japanese government decided to split the Combined Fleet into more sub-fleets and warbands, which were sent to various commercial routes in batches to protect Japan's foreign trade. And before that, the Japanese government also decided. A sea reinforcement of the Japanese forces on the Liaodong Peninsula. A total of five elite divisions will be escorted by the Combined Fleet to the Liaodong Peninsula to carry out the Deng-6 operation, and once the Deng-6 is completed, the Combined Fleet will disperse its forces to escort merchant ships.

Mr. Fukushima was not too excited about the news, which further heightened his concerns. Once the forces of the Combined Fleet are dispersed, how can the Japanese 6th Army ensure the follow-up Deng-6 operation? Is it really necessary to cross the Yalu River from the Korean Peninsula?

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