Chapter 195: The Aircraft Carrier Launched
In the past half a month, the pressure on Okuma's cabinet has been very great, and almost every few days there will be bad news coming back from the front, either the shortage of materials or the heavy casualties of support. The domestic economy of Fuso was even more chaotic, prices continued to rise but not fall, the public was very dissatisfied, and the public support of the Okuma cabinet deteriorated.
When the Fuso army all withdrew from the three eastern provinces, and North Korea was occupied by half of the Chinese army, the news was exposed by the newspapers, the people were instantly angry, they are now paying high taxes, and they also donated a lot of money to the army, but they did not expect this result in exchange, even the army is not the opponent of China, the people began to turn over the old accounts, and the former prime minister Yamamoto Gonbei was dug up.
Immediately afterwards, a series of things broke out, including the cooperation between Huaxia and Katsura Taro's cabinet, as well as the fact that the navy and the military department planned the war in the three eastern provinces were exposed, and the people were full of resentment against the military department and the navy, who made the war so passive now.
At first glance, the booming and busy crowds in Fuso seem to be the same as before the war, but this is only a superficial phenomenon, since the annihilation of a fleet in Fuso by China and the declaration of war by both sides, Fuso's economy has been running around the war. Because of the blockade of China and the scruple of Yingfa and other countries about China, even if Fusang received support from the United States, it was simply unable to support the war and stabilize the country.
With the defeat of the war, the shortage of materials, especially the shortage of daily necessities and mineral resources, caused the crisis in Fuso to increase day by day, and the enthusiasm of the people at the beginning of the war was gone, and more and more doubts, panics, and even anti-war feelings began to breed.
At this time, the total number of troops invested in the three eastern provinces of Fuso exceeded one million, and the number of troops lost was as high as hundreds of thousands, but the Fuso army was still recruiting. This time, Fusang mobilized more troops than during the war with Tsarist Russia, but it did not get any benefits, but lost Lü Shun and Duwan, and even the interests of the three eastern provinces were confiscated by Huaxia, and the people felt that this was simply a shame.
"The navy will attack and regain the glory of the Great Fuso Navy!"
"Swear to break the blockade of China and die with the China Navy!"
"The cowardly navy, even the Chinese navy is afraid, shame!"
The people of Fuso became more and more dissatisfied with the "inaction" of the navy, believing that it was precisely because the navy had been cowering at home and not attacking the navy that led to the loss of Lüshun and Duwan and the blockade of Fuso, so a large number of people marched on the streets to demand that the navy attack and break through the blockade of China.
Countless people marched on the streets, and there were all kinds of demands, but most of them demanded that the navy break through the Chinese blockade, as if the root cause of today's qiē was the Chinese naval blockade and the "inaction" of their own navy.
The navy, which wants to cry without tears, is so angry that the submarines who are afraid of China do not dare to go out, but they are not understood by the people, it is really too aggrieved, how have they been like this since the First Sino-Japanese War!
In view of the pressure from the people, Shigenobu Okuma had to come out in person to express to the people that the Shina submarine was powerful, and the reason why the navy did not go to war was that the empire had developed weapons that could deal with the submarine force in China, and as soon as the weapons were manufactured, they would immediately go to war and destroy the Shina navy.
Shigenobu Okuma's words did not convince the people, and in their opinion, it was a kind of shirk by the government, so why did they not say it all the time, nor did they say what kind of weapon it was, isn't this fooling people?
In the face of this, the Okuma cabinet insisted that it was the secret weapon of the empire, and it could not be exposed so quickly for the people of China to know, that this weapon did exist and was already in production, and would soon be put into battle.
Most of the people believed this, believing that as long as the new weapons were produced after a while, they would definitely be able to defeat the Chinese empire and restore its former glory. A small number of people insisted on seeing weapons, but after some of the leaders were taken away in the name of Shina spies, they dispersed, and no one wanted to be caught as spies and suffer.
Just an hour after the Fusang government announced that it had a new weapon, the Huaxia Imperial Daily exposed all the so-called new weapons of Fusang, and even published some of them, ridiculing Fusang's new weapons as very powerful and able to "restrain Huaxia's submarines", saying that Huaxia also has new weapons, and that Fuso will be punished by the empire if it does not surrender, and Huaxia's new weapons are a hundred times more powerful than Fusang.
The information on Fuso's submarine mines and submarines published by the Imperial Daily was given by the CIA, and the new weapons in China were requested by the government in order to make Fuso's country even more chaotic.
Sure enough, as soon as the news of the Huaxia Imperial Daily came out, the entire Fusang government was shocked, because many of the above numbers were true, and even the manufacturing methods were the same, which was incredible.
"Check, there are traitors at the top of the empire, these weapons are not accessible to the people of China at all, I want to see who is a traitor?" Okuma Shigenobu was furious, no wonder the front line has been losing, it turns out that people have long understood the actions of the empire, and it is strange if they do not lose.
Everyone at the top of the Fuso government is in danger, after all, no top government is clean, and they are afraid of finding out what is unfavorable to them.
Soon the news also spread to Fuso, and at first there were not many people who believed this, but with the collective silence of the government, the people also knew that something was wrong. Then the media broke out that a government official admitted that the numbers were true, and the people were not calm, and the Prime Minister's Office was surrounded by angry people, who demanded that the Prime Minister come out and give an explanation.
The daily newspaper of the Chinese Empire was simply slapping the Fusang government and the people in the face, and as soon as the government said that the new weapons were secret and could not be exposed, the people immediately posted the number of new weapons, and the face was crackling.
Okuma Shigenobu reappeared in front of the people and said angrily: "We have to say very seriously that it is true, and I solemnly apologize to everyone on behalf of the government, because we are not strict in our management, and we have leaked the number to the people of Shina, but we are investigating with all our might, and I believe that the traitor will be released soon." We firmly believe that it is precisely because of the emergence of traitors that the people of China have always been aware of the plans of the Empire, and the army of the Empire has lost one after another on the front line, which is the greatest shame of the Empire for thousands of years, and hundreds of thousands of unjustly killed Imperial warriors will not let go of the traitors! ”
Okuma can be said to blame all the blame on the traitors, and he also vaguely suggests that the previous cabinet was not well managed, because the defeat in the war had already begun in the previous one.
"Your Excellency, the new weapons of the Empire have been learned by the Chinese people, so can these new weapons still restrain the submarines of the Chinese people? Why didn't the empire know anything about the new weapons of the Chinese people, and what should the empire do to resist the new weapons of the Chinese people? A reporter from Dongjing Daily News asked.
Okuma Shigenobu just glanced at this and said: "The government will increase investment in the modification of new weapons and research new weapons, what I want to say is that the military industrial capacity of the people of China is not comparable to that of the empire, they may just be scaring us, the weapons that can really deal with the new weapons of the empire are still on the drawings, after all, they are the sick men of East Asia, and the number of educated people in the country is less than one-third of the empire!" ”
"There are more than these two new weapons in the Empire, you have to trust the Imperial Government, not the cunning Shina people. Whether they have new weapons or not is a question, and everyone must support the government to wait patiently for the final result! ”
"Your Excellency, why can you tell us how much we will spend on our military this year?"
"State secrets, no comment! That's all I have to say, I'm going back to work, let's all disperse! After saying that, Shigenobu Okuma turned around and walked into the Prime Minister's Office, regardless of whether the people outside dispersed.
"Prime Minister......
"Stepping on the !!"
A neat and powerful footsteps sounded, a large group of soldiers ran quickly, and the people consciously took a few steps back when they saw that it was the army, and the people in front of the soldiers instantly gave way to a road.
The soldiers walked quickly through the crowd and marched in front of the crowd with weapons and shields to stop them, and a large number of them went home with amusement.
What happened in Fusang and Huaxia also attracted the attention of various countries, and Britain, France, and Miso contacted Fuso to ask for the sharing of submarine and sinking mine technology, but only the United States obtained it, and Britain and France were directly refused. The helpless Yingfa turned around and wanted to buy the complete number from the Chinese Empire, but was also rejected because Germany had made a move.
Compared with Fusang technology, countries want to know more about what China's new weapons are, and their spies in China are active, and you must know that China's new weapons will cause new trends every time. Just like tanks, submarines, and airplanes have caused a new trend, countries have spent money on the research of these weapons, and the flesh hurts.
The Tianjin Shipyard has been surrounded by the National Defense Force since the dissolution of the Beiyang government, and no one is allowed to enter or go out without consent, and the radius of ten miles is classified as a military forbidden land. The waters outside the shipyard are patrolled by warships of the Huaxia Fleet, and no unofficial merchant ships are allowed to enter, even if they are official, they need the consent of their superiors and certificates to enter.
Inside a huge sealed dock, Qin Yu and a group of high-ranking naval officials stood on a high platform and watched the naval soldiers line up onto a huge "warship".
"Your Majesty, Tiantai No. 1 has been preliminarily completed, only the production of waterfowl seaplanes has been slow, and there are only fifteen so far, just enough to equip the Tiantai No. 1 aircraft carrier. Tiantai-1 will be launched today, and then tested, and once it is correct, it will be put into battle immediately. Sa Bingzhen, who was standing next to Qin Yu, said excitedly.
This Tiantai No. 1 aircraft carrier was previously requested by Qin Yu to be transformed with a freighter, according to the later British in World War I
The first aircraft carrier was remodeled, which only had the function of carrying fighters and had no ability to attack, and belonged to the most primitive aircraft carrier. With Qin Yu's drawings, and then gathering the manpower and material resources of the entire Chinese Empire to transform, the construction began a year ago, and then dragged here to continue the transformation, and finally launched a year later.
Qin Yu shook his head and said: "This is not the best aircraft carrier, but it is enough to deal with it at this stage, and when the second is also launched, the Pacific Ocean will be the world of the empire!" ”
ps: I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and ask for mooncakes!!