Hirofumi Ito naturally doesn't know that this kind of bacteriological weapon, which will only appear in a few decades, can allow bacteria to lie dormant in the human body for a long time, and it will not destroy the human immune system, but will only make people suffer from high fever, rashes, itching, and diarrhea.

This process, the general surname lasts two to three months, but this is only for ordinary people, if it is an old, weak, sick and disabled person, it will not be able to withstand the torture, maybe ten days to die.

If you use Houttuynia cordata and other drugs to inject during this period, it can also effectively relieve the pain, but it cannot be cured, with the invasion of bacteria and the accumulation of time, bacteria will develop immunity, Houttuynia cordata and other drugs will gradually become ineffective, only antibiotics can do.

But how can there be antibiotics these days? Unless it's about the same in a few decades.

Of course, Wang Jundao has already asked researchers to develop antibiotics, and set up a special organization to jointly produce antibiotics that kill this cholera bacterium in conjunction with a newly established pharmaceutical company under the Yanhuang Group, but Wang Jundao will not be able to come up with it in a short time.

He will wait until this cholera has spread to the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries, and let China artificially infect a few or dozens of cases, before setting up a special research institute, and when the time comes, he will announce that he has invented an antibiotic specifically to restrain this bacterium.

Of course, Emperor Meiji could not have known about Wang Jundao's intentions, he only knew that cholera was difficult to solve, and he said resolutely with a gloomy face: "What we need to do now is to study a cure while controlling the spread of cholera." ”

The Minister of the Interior, Kensumi Suematsu, said: "Your Majesty, will the 1st Division and the newly formed 18th Division, which are about to go to Northeast China, continue to operate?" ”

Emperor Meiji didn't speak, and the Minister of War Kodama Gentaro hurriedly said: "The military order has been issued, how can there be any reason not to act?" ”

The Minister of the Interior, Suematsu Kencheng, looked at him slightly, and said: "The first division is the Tokyo division, it is very likely that there are already people in the army infected with cholera, once the army lands in China, then cholera will inevitably spread throughout the army, with China's medical conditions, how to find treatment drugs?" ”

Navy Minister Gonbei Yamamoto was more sensible, and naturally thought of this terrible result, he agreed with the Minister of the Interior, and said to Emperor Meiji: "Your Majesty, I also think that we should not attack now, Tokyo is the hometown of the soldiers of the 1st Division, if cholera spreads throughout Tokyo, then the soldiers will inevitably worry about their relatives, how can they fight in China with peace of mind?" ”

Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito also nodded and said: "Your Majesty, now our first task is to ensure the peace of Tokyo, and the duty of the First Division is to defend Tokyo. Once cholera spreads throughout Tokyo, and even to the surrounding areas of Tokyo, the entire political situation, economy, and industry will be severely hit and damaged, so our top priority now is to ensure the safety of Tokyo. ””

Emperor Meiji still did not speak, but was simply lost in thought.

War Minister Gentaro Kodama still advocated the continuation of the war, and a few months ago, the Fifth Division was completely lost on the battlefield in China, from the commander of the major general division to the ordinary soldiers, nearly 30,000 people, and not a single one of them returned to the war alive.

Kodama Gentaro is very clear that a powerful army is rising in China itself, which can be seen from the annihilation of the Eight-Nation Alliance, if this can not take this opportunity to destroy it, then once this army called the Dragon and Tiger Army is completely rooted in the hearts of the people in China, then it will be impossible to defeat the [***] team.

Taking a step back, even if the instinct can defeat the [***] team, it will inevitably experience a long-term battle, and with the national strength of the company, it is simply not enough to support a long-term war.

At present, there are four divisions and regiments of troops invested in Korea and northeast China, and the troops of more than 100,000 people are almost unable to support the logistics of the local area, and if the war drags on any longer, the economy of the country is likely to stagnate, and if China cannot be defeated, the economy of the country is likely to regress as a result.

So he resolutely fought the main battle: "Your Majesty, I have received news that China is having a force called the Dragon and Tiger Army rising, this army has defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance more than two months ago, and completely destroyed our Fifth Division, they have now controlled China's Zhili, Shandong, Henan Province, if we don't continue to attack now, do not defeat China, then all our previous efforts will be irreparable, and now we have made an agreement with Russia to increase troops in Northeast China, and wait until the weather in Northeast China warms up in March, We will begin to vigorously attack Northeast China, and if we do not increase our troops at this time, we will lose trust with our allies. ”

Since Wang Jundao led the Dragon and Tiger Army to recover Tianjin and drove Yuan Shikai to Northwest Xinjiang Province, the news of the surrender of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army has been transmitted back to Russia, Britain, France, the United States, Germany and other countries, but the reactions of various countries when they receive the news of the defeat of the coalition forces are very different.

Britain did not suffer much losses in China, and chose to remain silent for the time being, not to attack, and not to negotiate peace, probably because it thought that this war against China had kicked a hard plate, and felt that China was not easy to deal with, and the most important thing was that there were other battlefields in China, and it was not easy to fight on two fronts and long-range, and wanted to wait until the end of the South African war to deal with China with one mind.

France and Britain advanced and retreated together, and the losses in this war were not large, so naturally there was no action.

As for Germany, due to Wadsey's relatively high status in Germany and his capture by Wang Jundao, considering that his country seems to be restricted by Britain, France, Russia and other countries in Europe, it seems that he intends to negotiate peace with China, but he has not sent envoys for the time being, and he is probably waiting to see if China can really rise, if it really rises, and even the book cannot defeat it, then they are happy to become allies with China, because Germany's position in Europe is too embarrassing, and if they want to develop, they must look for foreign aid to break Britain, French constraints, otherwise Germany would always be limited by England and France.

The United States has always liked to do things to pick up bargains, Britain, France, and Germany have not moved, and of course they will not move, and the predators of the United States are very happy to see China fighting with Russia and Russia, and they will reap the benefits of it, anyway, they do not believe that China or China has the ability to cross the Pacific Ocean and attack the mainland of the United States.

As for Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries, in fact, they are all following Britain, France, the United States and Germany to pick up the cheap, without Britain, France, the United States and Germany to take the lead, with their own strength in the Far East, whether it is the army or the navy, it is impossible to compete with China, even France, because the development of the navy in the past few decades has gone astray, its strength is relatively weak, and it does not dare to openly let its fleet in the Far East confront China.

As a result, Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries have also temporarily chosen to remain silent about China, which is beyond the reach of the whip.

In the end, only Russia and Yuben, who had already conquered most of the northeast of China, were left, and for them, it was impossible to spit out the land they occupied, so they insisted on the main battle.

More than a month ago, the two countries reached a strategic alliance, agreeing not to divide China for the time being, but to use the territory of northeastern China occupied by each of them as the boundary, intending to distribute the benefits according to their own efforts, losses, and merits after China has been completely defeated.

Since Russia already has a full 180,000 troops in northeast China, while the army in Korea is only 100,000, the two countries agreed that they could add another 60,000 to 80,000 troops to northeast China, so that the armies of the two countries in northeast China would be basically equal.

Over the past month or so, the 18th and 19th Divisions have been organized into 50,000 recruits who have been trained for more than five months, and it has been decided to use the 19th Division to hold on to Tokyo and the 1st Division and the 18th Division to be reinforced, and to send troops to northeast China (originally there were only 17 standing divisions).

However, all the high-level officials of Yuben never imagined that when Yuben was increasing his troops in China, there would be an outbreak of cholera.

No one would have thought that this was the cholera that Wang Jundao had created for him, because there was no precedent for artificially making bacteriological weapons in this era, and who could imagine that someone could create cholera? That's risking cholera yourself!

Is this providential?

Emperor Meiji couldn't help but think of this, of course, such thoughts were only fleeting, and he was now thinking about the words of the Minister of War and the words of Hirobumi Ito.

After thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Meiji said to the Minister of War, Gentaro Kodama: "Can you guarantee that the soldiers will continue to fight in China after learning that cholera is spreading in their homeland?" Can you guarantee that every soldier is free of cholera? Also, if cholera spreads to the military, can you guarantee that they will still be able to fight? ”

"This ......"

War Minister Gentaro Kodama was silent, and Emperor Meiji continued: "All you think about is that Motomoto wins, but what if Motomoto loses?" Not only would we lose the lives of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of soldiers, but we would also be able to plunge the whole of Tokyo into cholera, and the whole of Tokyo would have fallen into panic. ”

Kodama Gentaro stopped talking, he already knew Emperor Meiji's decision, paused, he gritted his teeth, suppressed the unwillingness in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "In the afternoon, I will order the soldiers to stop boarding the ship, be checked, and if there is a person infected with cholera, isolate it immediately." ”

Emperor Meiji nodded and said, "Transfer all the first divisions back to Tokyo, their duty is to defend Tokyo, and now Tokyo is in trouble, and they need to come back, and also, send a message to Russia, saying that there is a big cholera in Tokyo, and that there will be no additional troops in China for the time being." ”

Gentaro Kodama said in a deep voice, "Yes, Your Majesty." (To be continued.) )