The Japanese army suffered a crushing defeat on the Korean Peninsula, the Korean army lost more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, and nearly half of the main force was completely annihilated.

For thousands of years, Japan has been greatly influenced by Chinese culture, and it can be said that Japanese culture is completely derived from China. It's just that the Japanese have always been an immature wolf, and when China was strong, they bowed down and learned China's advanced culture and technology. But when China declined, they turned into the most vicious enemy, trying in vain to tear off a piece of fat from China's body. However, the Japanese are, after all, nothing more than islanders of a small country, lacking foresight. This was supposed to be Japan's chance to take off completely. But it was reversed by Wu Haoxuan, which also made the Japanese begin to regain their fear of the central powers.

The Japanese War Department, Minister of War Masashi Terauchi, and Director of Education Katsura Taro, were completely speechless after receiving a telegram asking for help from Marshal Oyama Iwa, the commander of the Korean Army. In a telegram, Marshal Daesan Am claimed that the Korean army had suffered heavy losses. Nearly half of the main force was annihilated, and the morale of the remaining troops was also greatly affected, and they needed more reinforcements with troops and weapons and ammunition.

"Terauchi-kun, what should we do now? The North Korean army is in danger. If the people continue to launch a large-scale attack, Marshal Oyama Iwa will not be able to resist them at all. The entire Korean Peninsula will fall. The remaining 100,000 troops, I'm afraid they will all be shattered. Katsura Taro's face was ugly. He also did not expect that the North Korean army would be defeated so quickly and so badly. Originally, they thought that the 370,000 Korean troops could hold out for a long time. Even if it can't defeat the Chinese Army. But there should be no problem in resisting the attack of the Chinese army.

"Gui-kun, the navy of the Chinese people has blocked both the Korean Peninsula and the Sea of Japan, and we will not be able to provide support to the Korean Peninsula at all." Masaki Terauchi shook his head. Although, the Japanese army has always been at odds with the navy. However, after the annihilation of the main forces of the Japanese Navy. It was only then that they felt the importance of the Navy. Without naval escort, the Japanese Army was completely isolated.

"How many warships are there in the navy of the Chinese people? The Tsushima Strait is not wide, but the Sea of Japan is so vast. Won't we be able to bypass the naval blockade of the Chinese and send our troops to the Korean Peninsula? Katsura Taro said with some dissatisfaction.

Terauchi Masaki shook his head: "We've already tried. However, less than two of the ten transports sent arrived on the Korean Peninsula, and the remaining eight were sunk or captured by the Chinese, which is too high. The army simply can't hold it up. ”

Katsura Taro was completely speechless, and the loss rate of up to eighty percent was really unacceptable. If this loss ratio is calculated, the hundreds of thousands of troops on the Korean Peninsula will be enough to drag them all down.

"Damn, are we just going to accept the blackmail of the Shina? If we agree to their terms, Japan will be finished. Katsura Taro scolded viciously. The demands put forward by the Chinese Empire were too harsh. Such conditions are simply unacceptable to them. As long as Japan still has the ambition to become a great power. It would be impossible for them to accept such conditions.

Masaki Terauchi was also silent, now Japan. Indeed, the most dangerous juncture has been reached.

"Terauchi-kun, let's go meet the adults and listen to their opinions." Katsura Taro said.

Terauchi Masatsuki nodded, there is only one adult in Katsura Taro's mouth, and that is the Japanese patriarch Aritomo Yamaguchi, who is also after the death of Ito Hirobumi. Japan's oldest veteran. In Japanese political circles, it has great influence. The Army, in particular, is very influenced by Youpeng in Shanxi.

Terauchi Masatsuki and Katsura Taro took a carriage to the mansion of Aritomo in Yamaprefecture. Along the way, I saw that the streets were depressed. In addition to the rice store, the grain store is still doing thriving business. Japan's economy has been hit hard.

The blockade of Japan by the Chinese Navy continued, which dealt a heavy blow to Japan's foreign trade, and industrial goods could not be sold, but could only accumulate in warehouses. Countless factories close down every day. If this continues, Japan's economy will surely go bankrupt. The price of grain sold in rice stores and grain stores is rising every day, which makes it impossible for those poor Japanese to buy enough food at all, and many people can only go hungry, and even some people have already starved to death.

"Damn the Shina people, if it weren't for them, Japan wouldn't have fallen to this point." Katsura Taro lowered the curtain of the carriage and said viciously.

Masaki Terauchi lowered his head and did not speak. There are Chinese reasons why Japan has fallen into this position. But, fundamentally, this is because of Japan's own ambitions. If it weren't for their ambition to invade China and become a world-class power, everything would not have turned out like this. It can be said that the Japanese are entirely to blame.

The two soon arrived at Youpeng in Shanxian County, although Youpeng in Shanxian was not young, his hair was already gray. However, the spirit is still very good.

"My lord, the current situation is very bad for us, the North Korean army is in danger, and Marshal Dashan Am is probably also in danger." Katsura Taro said directly.

"Alas, it seems that the number of qi is not exhausted! This time, I hurt Oyama-kun. Shan County Youpeng sighed. Originally, Oyama Iwa served as the chief of staff of the Japanese Army, but the Korean Army now concentrates more than half of the elite troops of the Japanese Army. Therefore, Yamayama Youpeng proposed that Dashan Rock go and concurrently serve as the commander of the Korean Army. However, now that the North Korean army has lost the battle again, this will undoubtedly ruin the reputation of Daeshanyan!

"My lord, what shall we do now? If we don't think about it, the North Korean army will be completely finished. We will also completely lose North Korea. Masaki Terauchi said.

Youpeng pondered for a few seconds, and then said: "We really don't have any chance of winning this war. The more it drags on, the worse it will be for us. So, we had better end the war sooner rather than later. ”

Although, this will cost Japan a lot of money. However, it is better than letting Japan shed its blood and die completely.

"My lord, the conditions of the people of China are very harsh." Katsura Taro reminded.

"The people of China can ask for a sky-high price, and we can pay it back on the ground. Through other methods, an agreement can always be reached step by step. The biggest problem is whether or not the people of China will negotiate with us now. After all, if the war doesn't last a day, we will pay a lot more losses. If the people of China are determined to bring Japan to an end, they can completely continue the blockade for a long time. Shan County Youpeng said. If Japan had such an opportunity, then they would definitely not agree to peace talks, and it would not be best to directly destroy the enemy completely?

Masaki Terauchi and Katsura Taro both nodded.

"However, the attitude of other political forces may be different from ours." Katsura Taro said.

Japan's domestic political forces are also mistaken and complicated. The two largest forces are undoubtedly the military forces representing the army and navy, and the Constitutional Political Friendship Association, which is the head of Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang. In addition, there are those who represent the interests of businessmen, those who represent other forces, and so on.

"Someone, go and inform Elder Matsukata Justice and Elder Inoue Xin to come to me, I have something important to discuss with them." Shan County Youpeng said. Masayoshi Matsukata and Shin Inoue are also Japanese veterans, representing the interests of other factions, and they also have a great influence in Japanese politics.

"Hey, sir."

Katsura Taro and Terauchi Masatsuki both nodded their heads again and again, they knew that this was Yama Prefecture Youtomo was going to make a move. When the crisis in Japan has passed, the Army will undoubtedly once again take control.

"My lord, what about the navy?" Masaki Terauchi asked.

"The navy's warships have all been lost, and they have lost a lot of strength, what qualifications do they have to fight against us?" Katsura Taro said disdainfully.

"Gui Jun, that's not what I said. The strength of the navy was also important to the Empire of Japan. Without the navy, we would simply not have been able to defeat the China. Terauchi retorted.

Katsura Taro wanted to refute again, but he didn't know what to say.

On the contrary, there are friends in Shanxian County, and he glanced approvingly at Zhengyi in the temple.

"Invite both Yamamoto-kun and Togo-kun. For the Empire of Japan to become a true world power, it needed not only a strong army, but also a strong navy. Shan County Youpeng said.

"Hey!" Masaki Terauchi and Katsura Taro both hurriedly said.

Soon, Masayoshi Matsukata and Inoue Shin came to the mansion of Aritomo in Yamaguchi, both of them were worried, and they also knew that the situation in Japan was indeed very critical now, which could be called the most dangerous time since the Meiji Restoration in Japan.

Subsequently, Gonbei Yamamoto and Heihachiro Togo also came. The two of them were the most influential people in the Japanese Navy. It's just that because the patriarch of the navy, Saigo Congmichi, has long since died, there are no more naval people among the senators. Therefore, the Japanese Navy is far inferior to the Army in terms of political influence. But even so, the influence of the Japanese Navy cannot be underestimated.

Although, the Emperor of Japan is the nominal ruler of Japan. However, in fact, it was the elders and other important ministers who were the de facto rulers of Japan. As long as they agreed, even the emperor could not oppose it. These few people are enough to decide the future of Japan. With the situation facing Japan so critical, the patriarchs could no longer sit still. (To be continued.) )