The blue waves rolled with white foam, straight to the shore swept in, the white foam slapped on the beach, will wash the white sampan on the beach, at the end of the beach, the smoke is still filled, on the half-human beachhead grass, a flagpole bent down, dozens of corpses in blue military uniforms are scattered between the sea and the grass, more than a dozen corpses in white military uniforms on the beach have been neatly arranged on the beachhead.

"Ulla! Ula ......"

On the beachhead filled with gunsmoke, thousands of Russian soldiers in white uniforms howled excitedly, accompanied by excited roars and gunshots continued to sound on the beach, and thousands of troops were constantly landing on this strange land from the sea.

Hundreds of meters away on the sea, dozens of merchant ships are moored, and the white figures on both sides of the merchant ships are constantly descending the climbing net to the sampan, and the guns of the warships around the fleet are pointing inland, and there are floating pontoons on the side of the warships, and the telephone lines are connected to the land, ready to provide support for the landing force on land, but an hour has passed, and the troops have not called at all.

"Immediately notify the dispatch of a communication ship to inform the country that the First Army has set foot in Hokkaido, and the troops are marching smoothly and have not met with strong resistance!"

On a merchant ship, the general, with the rank of general on his shoulder, triumphantly ordered to the attendant that on August 23, the day the Russian Imperial Army finally set foot on Japanese soil.

On the rough sea, a wave several meters high always makes it seem as if the wave is about to cover the heavens and the earth, and on this furious sea, a ship spewing soot from its chimney is slowly sailing. The ship, struggling in the waves, was littered with huge bullet marks. The fragments of the explosion tore the thin steel plates on the deck to shreds.

On deck. The bloodstains on the side of the gun emplacements seemed to remind people of what happened to this small warship, when the sea rushed to the deck, it always talked about the blood on the deck, but it could not wash away the grief in the hearts of the sailors.

"Yaga!"

In the captain's room, an angry roar burst out from Gua Sheng Waiji's throat, but behind the anger in his red eyes was full of unwillingness and helplessness, as if a bayonet was constantly stabbing him in the heart. The infinite pain consumed his whole being.

"Japan is finished! Japan is done ......"

Guabu Waiyoshi's lips murmured, he closed his eyes in pain, yes, Japan is finished, last night the Lu Guo detachment appeared in the Tsugaru Strait, shelling Hakodate, as in the past, in the face of the shelling of the Lu Guo fleet, Gua Sheng Waiyoshi, who commanded the gunboat "Akagi", chose to dodge, and his task was to ensure that the fleet transporting supplies could pass through the Tsugaru Strait. Instead of launching an attack on the fleet of the open country.

But no one thought that at the same time as the Lukoku detachment shelled Hakodate. Tens of thousands of Lu Guo and army appeared in the area of Kamikuni on the west side of the Toshima Peninsula on dozens of British, French, and German merchant ships, and the defense of the entire Hokkaido was then in a predicament -- the Seventh Division, which had just been formed with the Hokkaido Tuntian soldiers as the main force, was completely deployed in the northern part of Hokkaido, and the Lu Guo and the army, which had landed on Shun Lì, were completely like they were in a no-man's land.

Hokkaido is over!

Even if he was not an army officer and did not know much about land warfare, he also knew that the 7th Division, which had been cut off from the rear route, would soon be completely annihilated - the superior forces of the Lu Guo and the army would easily defeat the isolated 7th Division.

But it's not just Hokkaido that's finished, it's all about Japan! With the beginning of the land war, there was no hope for Japan to survive anymore! Just when the pessimistic feelings and Gua Sheng Waiji's heart were permeating, the voice reached his ears again.

"Your Excellency, Captain, it is only a matter of time before Japan falls!"

Staring at Guasheng Waiyoshi and putting a fried soybean in his mouth, Akiyama Shinyuki walked to the table covered with maps and took out a map of Japan, and said with a solemn expression.

"We thought that Lu Guo and the army would attack from north to south, so that we could leave enough time for us to slowly defend against their attack, but we forgot that Japan is an island country, and the Lu country and army, which have maritime superiority, can use the fleet to send the army to any coast suitable for landing, and we seem to have 23 divisions, but there is no meaning at all, these divisions are scattered all over Japan, how can we block the attack of Lu Guo and the army!"

Compared with the red-eyed and unwilling captain, Masayuki Akiyama, who was transferred to the "Chicheng" as deputy captain a month ago, seemed very calm, and for him, the war was actually doomed from the beginning.

"Bastard, you're spreading defeat rhetoric!"

Guasheng Waiji angrily scolded Akiyama, but his reprimand did not have much confidence, because he knew that it was the truth.

"This is a fact, now Japan has been abandoned by the whole world, the British, the Germans, the French, they all support the Lu people, without their support, how can the Lu country transport so many warships to the Far East? How can they land in Japan, the current Japan is not fighting with one country, but with the whole of Europe, the whole of the West, I really don't know what those guys in the Military Command Department think, we shout to leave Asia and join Europe, but we completely forget that our skin is yellow! ”

Akiyama Shinyuki's tone was full of deep dissatisfaction, it was dissatisfaction with the upper echelons, and in his opinion, the upper echelons were wrong from the beginning.

"In the past few years, we have been bewitched by some people in China, thinking that if Japan wants to be strong, it must occupy Korea and attack the Qing State, like Westerners, bite off a bite of meat from the Qing State, but we forget that Japan is an East Asian country, no matter how we renew and how we put on suits, we can't change our skin color, in the eyes of Westerners, we are still inferior colored people, and even because of our arrogance, the Qing Kingdom remains neutral, and when the catastrophe comes, We just went to Qingguo and talked to them about the same language and the same species, is it possible for others to help you? ”

Although he knew that even if the Qing Kingdom helped Japan, it would not be able to save Japan's destruction, Akiyama Shinyuki couldn't help but complain about the short-sightedness of the higher-ups.

"Lieutenant Akiyama, we are the Empire, the military!"

"The empire is already dooming!"

Faced with Guasheng Waiyoshi's reminder, Akiyama Shinyuki yelled.

"Those guys don't know at all that accepting the conditions of the Russians, Japan still has the possibility of survival, and there is still a chance to be rich and strong, but after refusing, for Japan, the only option is to become a colony of Westerners like India, what a rich country and strong army, it's just a joke......"

Shinichi Akiyama, who was frowning, said as he poured the fried soybeans into his mouth, and kept biting the soybeans, and continued with a "click" sound.

"Now that the Lukuni have occupied Hokkaido, with this attack base, they will soon attack the island of Honshu, in as little as one year, as slow as two years, and the large-scale war will end, and Tokyo may also be occupied, although there will be a small resistance, but it will not affect the overall situation......"

"Is there still a possibility of a truce?"

Gua Sheng Waiji asked rhetorically, but the answer was already in his heart, there was no possibility at all, the people of Lu Guo would never miss the opportunity to occupy Japan, Japan had missed the only opportunity.

"So, now, the question we need to think about is no longer how to defend Japan!"

As the small white bag filled with fried soybeans grew more and more shriveled, Mayuki Akiyama put the bag in his pocket and looked to the east.

"Instead, we should consider the issue of Japan's restoration!"

Japan's Restoration!

Perhaps for the others, they still had a glimmer of hope, but as early as the outbreak of the war, Akiyama Shinyuki had already predicted the outcome, and even because of this, he was "dispatched" to the gunboat "Chisei" for spreading "failed words", and now, with the landing of Lu Kuni and the army in Hokkaido, he no longer doubts his own judgment.

"Revenge? Is it really that strict? We, we have people who are desperate to die, if ......"

Gua Sheng Waiji tried to defend that in the newspapers, you can see the "death letters" written by the people everywhere, and there is a great determination to break thousands of jades.

"There is no meaning, the peasants with the katana cannot defeat the Lu country and the army, not to mention, for many years, the people have been afraid of the Westerners, many people have no courage when they mention the Westerners, what to talk about, the more fierce the resistance, the more people die! In two or three years, the war will end, and when the time comes, the Lu Kingdom will establish a governor's palace in Japan, and it will be over as soon as possible! So ......"

Staring at Guasheng Waiji, Akiyama Shinyuki said in a deep voice.

"We must now prepare in advance before we lose everything, and prepare for Japan's recovery!"

Waiyoshi, who had been convinced, met Akiyama Shinyuki's eyes and looked at him in surprise.

"Ready? How to prepare? ”

"Your Excellency Captain, we can't go back to Japan, even if we go back to Japan, it's nothing more than staying in the port, waiting to surrender to the Lu country and the army, we must go abroad and seek foreign support, under the occupation of the Lu country, relying only on Japan's own strength, it is impossible to restore the country!"

After saying this, Akiyama Mayuki thought of his friend Ziki, and thought of the "Tongwen Daily" that he had read there, and now the fate of Japan is just like the newspaper article stated - Japan in East Asia, which has deviated, will inevitably be destroyed by the invasion of Westerners, and now history is verifying the original prediction.

"Foreign? Who else will support us now? Akiyama, the whole of the West is ......"

"Why the West? Your Excellency, have you forgotten our previous lesson? If it weren't for that, Japan wouldn't be where it is today! Westerners will never help Japan! ”

After refuting the captain's words, Akiyama Mayuki said in a deep voice:

"Now the only one who can help Japan is Qing Guo! No, it would be more accurate to say that only with the help of China will it be possible for Japan to restore its country! ”

(Haha, finally, China has become the hope of East Asia, what Japan, it is already yesterday!) Ask for a commuter pass! Ask for support! (To be continued......)