When the Japanese army broke through, it was bombarded by heavy artillery and lost more than 20,000 people, but it had to retreat to Taipei to continue to defend. After this breakthrough, the morale of the Japanese army suddenly plummeted, and they could no longer raise their morale to fight. And the commander of the Japanese army, Kawakami Caoliu, also sighed, obviously not having any idea about the capture of Taiwan this time. And now Kawakami Caoroku is hoping to end this war as well as possible, and then he can return to China. As for how he was punished after returning to China, he admitted it himself. This time I came to Taiwan, it was a complete mistake.

As for the combined fleet of the Navy, they all left in disgrace, and then reported the situation in the country to the guò carrier pigeon. They claim to have encountered a female Kraken and are unable to support the army. The Navy also lost three warships, which was a huge loss for the Combined Fleet, which had only twelve warships. Therefore, they can't afford to lose, and the next thing is to let the country take care of it, anyway, their navy is not waiting.

"If it weren't for your navy, we would have been able to open up supply lines a long time ago! Your navy was actually sunk by an inexplicable 'Kraken' and three warships, what a rice bucket! War Minister Oyama Iwa immediately spewed at Admiral Minister Saigo.

But Saigo is also a veteran, so naturally he must scold in turn: "Our navy is a rice bucket, what about your army?" More than 100,000 troops were surrounded by 60,000 people, and they were unable to break through, which caused our navy to come to support. But when this kind of thing happens, our navy has also lost three warships and paid four or five hundred sailors' lives, where are we going? Therefore, in this attack on Taiwan, our navy will not wait. Unless there's a way to deal with that banshee, we're not going to wait! The warships of our navy are very expensive. One costs millions of silver dollars, and we can't afford it. ”

"Bastard, if you don't open up the supply line, then our army of more than 100,000 will be miserable! Do you want to watch more than 100,000 soldiers of our army being defeated by the Chinese people? Dashan Yan said angrily.

"Alright, you can stop scolding!" Emperor Meiji said angrily.

And then the two stopped. This time, they scolded and didn't want to take responsibility. Because this time Taiwan may not be able to take it at all, it is natural that someone will have to take responsibility. The army wants to shift the responsibility to the navy, but the navy naturally does not do it, and it will definitely take the back. The navy was really wronged, and it actually lost three warships in one trip, and a third of the twelve warships of the combined fleet disappeared at once. Moreover, two of them are large warships with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons, which makes them feel very distressed. Without these three warships, the actual combat effectiveness of the combined fleet is already four-fifths less. And the total tonnage of the Japanese Navy has already begun to decline. How could they be willing to go to Taiwan again? If a few ships were sunk by that "banshee" again, the Japanese combined fleet would have to be removed.

"Will we be able to fight this war in the Great Japanese Empire? Prime Minister Ito, tell me about it! Emperor Meiji asked.

And Ito Hirobumi said helplessly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this war against Taiwan, I think we should stop here!" Now that we, the Great Japanese Empire, can no longer continue to fight, otherwise we may not be able to stand it. ”

"What? Taiwan was bought with the blood of our army. How can you just give up? If it weren't for the soldiers of our Great Japanese Empire fighting on the front line, how could this land be defeated? The land that our Japanese soldiers shed their blood and sacrificed in exchange. It must not be discarded like this! If anyone discardes, he is a sinner of our Yamato nation. Dashan Yan said angrily.

But Ito Hirobumi immediately asked in the opposite direction: "What do you martial artists know?" You fought well in the front, but these guns and ammunition cost money. Every bullet costs us money to buy production, and we have spent countless riches in order to defeat China, and the wealth accumulated over decades has been gradually swallowed up. And we still owe money to the Western countries. These are things to be paid back slowly. If we don't pay it back, then what will the Western powers think of us? We are not qualified to default yet. Moreover, the country is in ruins, the people's livelihood is withering, and it is impossible to survive at all. Now our country's finances are on the verge of collapse. Danger can happen at any time! ”

"What about the war reparations of the Chi Na people? Can't the war reparations of the people of China continue to be used as a continuation of the war? Oyama asked.

And Ito Hirobumi immediately said: "This is what I hope will end here, we have no money, and if we continue to overdraw our financial resources, then our country will collapse." At that time, let's not talk about the indemnity of the china people, I'm afraid they will take the opportunity to clean us up. We might as well end the war now, so that we can force the people of China to continue to pay reparations. Moreover, the Navy lost three battleships, and we had to replenish them as much as possible. The pensions of the fallen soldiers are also a lot of wealth! ”

"But then we can't get an inch of land? We paid with blood, we paid so much, and we were annihilated by the people of China with three divisions, did we just give up? Three divisions and regiments, I don't know how many of our outstanding people of the Yamato nation have died like this, do you just admit it? Dashan Yan said through gritted teeth.

It has been accumulated for decades, decades of hard work, decades of hard work, decades of Meiji Restoration, and gambling with the fortunes of the country, and finally achieved such results. At that time, the Manchus were forced to cede Liaodong, but they returned it to China under the intervention of the three countries. And now they want to seize Taiwan, but Taiwan is even tougher than Liaodong, this is simply a speechless answer. Seeing that the fat is about to reach the mouth, it just flies, which is obviously unacceptable to many people. Now, in this Sino-Japanese War, they originally hoped to be able to open up their territory, but now they have actually fallen into this result, and not an inch of land has been able to "open up the territory", so Japan has gambled on its national fortune, and in the end it has only obtained a reparation that is tasteless and abandoned.

And Ito's meaning is obvious, while Japan has not collapsed now, then simply continue to force China to pay reparations. If Japan collapsed, then the Manchus would not be fools, and they would naturally continue to rely on this account. Therefore, we must continue to force the Manchu government to pay money while the country is not collapsing now, otherwise Japan will be very unsafe in the future. Now that Japan is on the verge of collapse, if it is not possible to use the money from the Manchu Qing Dynasty as an injection of capital, then Japan's economy will collapse, and it will be really dangerous at that time.

At that time, the Manchu court would not choose to continue to pay reparations to the Japanese, after all, the Manchus certainly knew that they would not be able to pay reparations to a country that was already in chaos. The Manchu court knew very well that treaties were meant to be torn up. Therefore, Japan must maintain its own strength, and if it cannot maintain its strength, then they will not be able to suppress the Manchus and let the Manchus continue to pay them reparations. If their strength is not enough, then don't expect the Manchus to continue to pay reparations, they all know this deeply.

"No, we absolutely can't lose Taiwan, no!" Dashan Yan said angrily.

And Ito Hirobumi immediately said: "If your army can defeat the army of the Chinese people in Taiwan, then I didn't say it." ”

And Dashan Yan was speechless, because this situation was simply impossible. If the Japanese army can defeat the army in Taiwan, then I am afraid they will not have to make noise here. So now they are really helpless, they can't fight and can't fight, both the navy and the army have suffered huge losses, of course they can't continue to fight. So, now they can only talk about it here, and it's not interesting at all. If they can scold Wang Guorui's army to death, then they will naturally not be stingy with two sentences. But these swearing words didn't mean anything at all, so he had nothing to say at all.

"Is this the end of this time? I am not reconciled, I am absolutely unwilling, Taiwan was fought down by the soldiers of our Great Japanese Empire, and I am absolutely unwilling to lose it like this! You have to come up with a way for me to make Taiwan belong to our Empire of Japan. Taiwan is the territory that our Imperial Japanese Army fought down with blood and sacrifice, and it cannot be lost for such a plain reason. Moreover, I want that branch commander Wang Guorui to die, and I want to kill him alive! Emperor Meiji shouted.

Emperor Meiji absolutely didn't dare to believe it, he worked hard for decades, but he ended up like this, which of course made him unwilling. However, Taiwan has now become a nightmare for the Japanese, with more than 100,000 troops annihilated in Taiwan, and many members of the navy have been sacrificed, and three warships have been sunk in this way. As for the next, they borrowed a lot of money from Westerners, but they were not able to develop even an inch of land, which made Emperor Meiji very angry. You know, he's been waiting for this day for years. Originally, he couldn't get Liaodong, which was enough to disappoint him, but now he can't even get Taiwan, so what is the point of him fighting this Sino-Japanese War?

"Do any of you continue to retake Taiwan for me?" Emperor Meiji asked.

And Ito Hirobumi said helplessly: "I think we can try it and let the central court of the people of China take the initiative to make them surrender!" ”

"What?"

Everyone was shocked by Ito Hirobumi's whimsical idea, because Taiwan would surrender because of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's words? (To be continued......)