Chapter 245: The Future Pacific Controversy

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"Dashuai, Beijing has called and said that Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito has officially rejected our conditions during the negotiations this morning. m/// However, Britain and France are noncommittal about the actions we are about to take to punish Japan! Wang Wei reported to Wang Yuze. At the same time, a telegram from Beijing was handed over to Wang Yuze.

Wang Yuze took the telegram and browsed it. He was still very satisfied with Liang Xingrong's conditions for dealing with Japan. The main six requirements are basically in line with his intentions. In particular, in terms of war reparations, he originally thought that he would be able to get a maximum of 100 million pounds from the Japanese, but he did not expect that the final figure proposed would be 200 million pounds. 200 million pounds sterling, that is, 800 million taels of silver, is the 800 million yuan of Huayuan that is now used in western Sichuan. The battleships built in western Sichuan are only 3 million, and 800 million yuan is enough for western Sichuan to build a world-class army and navy.

"Humph! Little Japan is shameless. Wang Wei, call Chief of Staff Xiong and Minister Zhang of the Admiralty to come and see me! Wang Yuze said. Since the Japanese refused the demand, the only way to force them to accept this condition was to use force. And China's navy, which is now off the coast of Japan, is ready to attack Japan at any time. It was only because of the sincerity of the negotiations that all Chinese navies stopped shelling Japanese coastal cities.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to invite them right away!" Wang Wei said.

Soon, Xiong Wu and Zhang Cheng rushed to Wang Yuze's study. With the end of the war, the army has begun to adjust the deployment of the whole country, and the navy is preparing for the next batch of shipbuilding plans. As China cuts off a large piece of meat from Japan, both the navy and the army will certainly get a lot of benefits. However, the strength of the army is already in the millions, and this strength is enough before the outbreak of a large-scale war, and what the General Staff Headquarters has to do now is to divide the defense area and form a group army according to the defense area. At the same time, the armament of further powerful units and the training of soldiers have been stepped up, so that the army has a more powerful combat capability. On the naval side, after the completion of the second batch of heavy cruisers and the fourth batch of light cruisers, dozens of destroyers will be built to patrol China's vast sea areas. At the same time, the design of capital ships and cruisers of the next class began. In particular, China's previous battleships were all imported from Germany and Britain, and it was difficult to design and build them on their own. However, even if there are many difficulties, they must be overcome. Without the ability to build powerful capital ships on its own, China will never be able to become a true world power.

"Dashuai, is it because Beijing has made progress in the negotiations that he is looking for us so urgently?" Xiong Wu said. Although they have been busy with military affairs recently, they are also very concerned about the Sino-Japanese negotiations in Beijing. Wang Yuze once promised that all the war reparations obtained through negotiations with Japan would be used to develop armaments and improve the treatment of soldiers.

"There has been some progress. Prime Minister Liang put forward six specific demands: First, Japan admits defeat and apologizes to China! Second, Japan compensated China for the war reparations and the losses of the country and people by 200 million pounds! Thirdly, Japan ceded the Togara Islands, Osumi Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Hachijojima and other islands to China! Fourth, Japan must return the Ryukyu King Shotai, who has always been a vassal state of China and will not allow Japan to occupy it. Fifth, the Japanese army withdrew from the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula. Sixth, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Osaka, Nagoya, and Yokohama should be opened as treaty ports, where the Chinese want extraterritoriality. Prime Minister Liang: They have agreed on these conditions with the foreign powers, but in the morning negotiations, Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito officially rejected our demands! Wang Yuze said.

"What? Don't these little Japan admit defeat yet? Marshal, I will build yì troops to act immediately and eliminate all the more than 200,000 Japanese troops in Liaodong and Korea! Xiong Wu said immediately. Although there were still more than 200,000 Japanese troops, they were no match for the Chinese Army at all due to lack of food and clothing, and no ammunition supply. In the previous battle of Shanhaiguan, their ammunition reserves had already been almost depleted. The current Japanese army is, completely, in the eyes of the army generals, a piece of fat that represents the merits of the war!

"Marshal, the Navy is ready. Now the coastal cities in southern Japan have almost been destroyed by us. If it weren't for the sincerity of the negotiations, we would have launched an attack on Tokyo Bay long ago. Marshal, as long as you give the order, the navy will immediately knock on the door of Tokyo Bay, bombard Tokyo, and blow up the emperor of little Japan to death! Secretary of the Navy Zhang Cheng also said. Although the Japanese army has been deploying the defense of Tokyo Bay these days, the defense of the Japanese Navy is very weak after the loss of the Combined Fleet. Even Yokosuka, Japan's largest naval base, could not withstand an attack by the Chinese navy.

"Good. Order the Army and Navy to start the operation tomorrow. The army encircled and annihilated the Japanese army on the Liaodong Peninsula and Korea, and the navy attacked Tokyo Bay, so that little Japan knew how powerful we were. By the way, during the shelling of Tokyo, special shells can be used! Wang Yuze said.

"Yes, Dashuai!" Zhang Cheng nodded. The so-called special shells are high-explosive shells with some phosphorus powder, and after the thing explodes, it will throw flames around, and this flame, once it touches the body, cannot be extinguished, and can only be burned alive. For a city like Tokyo, where most houses are made of wood, it's also the best tool for arson. As for what consequences the Japanese will suffer, this is not taken into account at all.

After Xiong Wu and Zhang Cheng accepted the order, they immediately went down to deploy. After the two of them left, Wang Yuze fell into deep thought. After this war, Japan will be greatly weakened, and even with the support of the great powers, it may be a few years before it becomes a threat to China. And China can benefit from the time of the past few years and vigorously develop. Now the second industry has begun, Sichuan has begun to apply electricity on a large scale, the development of internal combustion engines, has also made a breakthrough development, China will use the second industry **, rapid development. With China's huge market and investment in technology, it will not necessarily lose out to the United States.

If China wants to rise, the United States is undoubtedly the biggest enemy, and even if the United States does not pose a threat to China now, it is because the United States has not focused its main efforts on military expansion and foreign expansion. Once China rises, in order to compete for the interests of the Pacific, China will inevitably have a serious conflict of interest with the United States.

Wang Yuze came to the world map hanging on the wall, and his eyes fell on the vast Pacific Ocean. The South China Sea to the east, in the Spanish colony of the Philippines. Further east, the Spanish colonies of Guam and the Mariana Islands. Further northeast, there are the Hawaiian Islands. It's less than 4,000 kilometers from the continental United States. If there is to be a threat to the United States, it is necessary to take Hawaii. Wang Yuze's mind began to think, he remembered that the last queen of Hawaii was forced to abdicate last year, and the current Hawaii, under the rule of the Republic of Hawaii controlled by the Americans, will not merge with the United States until 9 years old to become the 50th state of the United States. So, in the meantime, is China going to do something to wrest Hawaii from the United States and lay a nail in the middle of the Pacific? In this case, if the United States wants to compete with China for interests in the Pacific, it must first conquer China's base in Hawaii. However, it is difficult to say whether it is right or wrong to prematurely stimulate the United States and shift its energy from economic development to military development. As for the Philippines, Guam, and the Mariana Islands, after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, China took advantage of the situation to take these places from Spain.

To accomplish this, it is necessary to have a strong navy. Then, in the next few years, the navy will become the target of China's key development.

On the afternoon of 2 June, the Japanese side was also informed of the conditions put forward by the Chinese side in the Sino-Japanese talks. Japan's Meiji Emperor fainted on the spot, and War Minister Oyama Iwa accused Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito and Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu of losing power and humiliating the country. Subsequently, he and the Minister of the Navy, Saigo, blamed each other again, and a fierce quarrel broke out.

In the end, however, they all agreed that they would reject the harsh conditions put forward by the Chinese side and would never compromise with China.

They did not know that at this time, the huge fleet of the Chinese Navy had already begun to advance towards Tokyo Bay. The "Xikang" and other warships also returned to the team after completing their support for the Shanhaiguan Army, so that the Chinese Navy's combat strength was once again strengthened, and they would launch a fatal blow against Japan.

"How long will it take to get to Tokyo Bay?" On the bridge of the "Sichuan", Deng Shichang asked. Even though he pretended to be calm, some trembling voices still revealed the excitement in his heart. Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, the capital of Japan. They're going to bombard Tokyo, and that's a great honor for them!

"Commander, we have already crossed the Izu Peninsula, and at the current speed, we will be able to reach Tokyo Bay in six hours." The captain of the "Sichuan" replied.

"Hmmm! I'll go take a break and call me when I get there! In addition, the fleet was ordered to prepare itself against the attack of Japanese torpedo boats. Attack Tokyo Bay after dawn tomorrow morning! Deng Shichang ordered.

"Yes!"

In the Japanese Navy, there are only a few dozen torpedo boats left that pose a certain threat to the Chinese Navy, but as long as the Chinese Navy pays attention to its precautions, it can also deal with them lightly!

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