Chapter 204: The Ogasawara Islands are in hand
After recovering the Ryukyu Islands, Huaxia did not continue to attack in the direction of Kagoshima, but prepared to establish a naval base in the Ryukyu Islands, making the Ryukyu Islands the most important export from the Chinese Pacific.
The government of the Chinese Empire immediately officially declared that the Ryukyu Islands were the territory of the Chinese Empire, and no longer set up vassal states, and were unified under the management of the central government.
The Imperial Daily even bluntly said that Shang Shun Shangdian and others have been assimilated by Fuso and are no longer suitable to become the royal family of the Ryukyu Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands have been a vassal state of China since ancient times, so the Empire's decision is very clear and reasonable, and only the Chinese Empire can save and lead the people of the Ryukyus.
The Chinese people have no objection to this, in their opinion, the empire can take back the Ryukyu Islands from Fuso, which is of course the territory of the empire, Shang Shun's behavior is even more, no one dares to come out to speak for the Shang family, whoever dares to do this will not only offend the imperial government, but also make the people dissatisfied, and they will inevitably block them with rotten eggs and rotten vegetables.
The people of Fuso caused an uproar after learning that the Ryukyu Islands were occupied by China, and the Ryukyu Islands were equivalent to the gateway to Fuso. In addition, the Fuso Navy turned a blind eye to the affairs of the Ryukyu Islands and allowed the Chinese Navy to capture the Ryukyus, and the Ryukyu fell into the hands of the Chinese.
At this time, the city of Vladivostok was breached, and the news of the loss of the entire Vladivostok area was also exposed in the newspapers, and the dissatisfaction of the people of Fuso reached a terrifying peak, and groups of people marched on the streets, demanding that the colors be repaid to Huaxia and regain the glory belonging to the Fuso Empire.
In addition, the Red Party of Fuso was in action, high taxes and high-intensity workload, and the shortage of materials led to soaring prices, which made the workers and peasants more and more trust in the Red Party of Fuso, and the strength of the Red Party of Fuso rose for a while, and the Fuso Empire behind it quietly shipped weapons to them.
"Against war, love peace!" slogans also appeared, a large number of workers and peasants joined the march, and the Fuso Red Party began to show its strength.
The army's continuous failure led to the death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and countless families lost their laborers, but Fusang did not send the pension funds, and the Fuso people, who had lost a large number of sons, began to embarrass the Fuso government, and ran to the government every day to ask for an answer.
At this time, where did Fuso have the funds to issue any pensions, because they refused to buy the Ogasawara Islands, they only got less than 200 million rice yuan from the United States, which was not enough to maintain the war costs.
The successive defeats of the army caused all the materials invested by Fusang to be destroyed or confiscated, and the losses were severe! Coupled with the Navy's investment in a series of weapons research and production, Fuso no longer has any remaining funds, the treasury is empty, and even the supplies that have been stored for several years have been taken out, but to no avail.
The domestic economy is even more in shambles, and the rate of price rise is like that of an airplane, rising by more than 20 times, and the monthly wages of workers cannot even buy half a month's worth of rice, which shows the rapid rise in prices.
As long as they win the decisive battle in Korea and take Korea back, then they will have plenty of time to develop their navy, and the navy will eventually be able to break the blockade of China and make all countries invest in them again.
"Bastard, the Ryukyu Islands are the territory of the Great Fuso Empire, not the territory of China, what a shameless China!" Okuma Shigenobu was very angry when he heard that Huaxia had declared Ryukyu his territory, and even if Ryukyu fell into the hands of China, it would be the territory of Fuso, not to mention that the Ryukyu royal family was still in their hands, and Ryukyu should be Fuso.
"Go and tell the rice country, we agreed to sell the Ogasawara Islands to them, but the price is really 500 million rice yuan and 300 million rice yuan of various materials, if they want to sell them to them, I see how the people of China will react!"
Shigenobu Okuma was forced to sell the Ogasawara Islands, which had been eyed by the rice people for a long time, in exchange for funds and supplies to continue to support the Empire's war.
On the other hand, the news that the Ryukyu Islands were recovered by China did not surprise the expectations of various countries, the powerful Chinese navy would sooner or later strike at Fuso again, the Ryukyu Islands were just the beginning, they were always concerned about the new weapons that Huaxia said, and the life or death of Fuso was no longer important to them. Fuso, which was blockaded by China, almost cut off trade with the outside world, and among China and Fuso, countries were more optimistic about the thriving China than the reckless Fusang.
Of course, there is an exception to this in these countries, that is, the United States, which secretly supports Fuso, in principle, because it does not want Fuso's strength to fall too much, and China has threatened the interests of the United States in the Pacific, and the Ryukyu Islands are even more uneasy after being occupied by China.
After thinking for a while, Wilson felt that buying the Ogasawara Islands at this time would offend China, but this would be beneficial to the future layout of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, and with the Ogasawara Islands, the United States Navy in the Pacific Ocean could form a large encirclement of Ogasawara-Guam-Luzon, trapping the Chinese Empire tightly in it and restricting the development of the Chinese Navy in the Pacific.
Wilson did not plan to inform the domestic giants to discuss, because the relationship between Huaxia and the Jews was very good, and it was inevitable that the Jews would leak the news to the Huaxia Empire, so that the Huaxia Navy would dispatch in advance and occupy the Ogasawara Islands first.
The U.S. Pacific Fleet, which had been anchored in Hawaii, began to sort, with five battleships and nearly ten small warships rushing toward the Ogasawara Islands. The Pacific Fleet of the United States was originally only three battleships and a few small warships, but when the rise of the Chinese Navy, the United States, which felt threatened, increased the strength of the Pacific Fleet, and also decided to build five battleships and put them into the Pacific Fleet, and now most of the five battleships have been completed.
Wilson did not know that the Huaxia Navy had already advanced towards the Ogasawara Islands and was approaching there. The strength of the Huaxia Fleet was not much inferior to that of the Pacific Fleet of the United States, one Queen Elizabeth-class battleship 'Xianyang' and two Dreadnoughts' Ryukyu and 'Duwan', plus several armored cruisers. The battleships of the United States are generally Illinois-class or the same class of battleships, and their performance is not comparable to that of the Huaxia warships, and the five battleships together are not the opponents of the Huaxia fleet, but more than a dozen small warships play a threatening role in the armored cruisers of the Huaxia.
After arriving at the Ogasawara Islands, the Huaxia fleet immediately launched an attack, and directly bombed away the military defense facilities previously built by the Fuso Navy on the main island, and several warships bombarded the main island, and the Fuso soldiers on the island obviously did not expect the Huaxia Fleet to come here, and they were completely stunned.
At this time, the Ogasawara Islands did not have a single warship of the Fuso Navy, and they were left to the slaughter of the Huaxia Fleet, and there were not many garrisons on it, so it didn't take long for the Ogasawara Islands to fall into the hands of the Huaxia Fleet, and the Huaxia Navy took full control of this place after landing.
When the Pacific Fleet of the United States came to the Ogasawara Islands, they found that the flag of the Chinese Empire had been planted there, and several large battleships were rushing towards them, and the entire Pacific Fleet was stunned.
At this time, the battleships of the United States were still more than 10,000 tons of tonnage, and they suddenly found that several battleships of the Huaxia fleet were larger than themselves, and there was one that was twice as large as theirs, which made them feel huge pressure and suddenly didn't know what to do.
On the "Nebraska", Captain 02 Reginald Nicholson frowned and was very hesitant to continue the mission to snatch back the Ogasawara Islands, but soon he shook his head and denied it, if it caused a war between the two countries, then he would be finished, but he was unwilling to go back like this, he knew the importance of the Ogasawara Islands, so he wanted to discuss it with the Huaxia Fleet.
"The Mi fleet in front, please evacuate here immediately, this is already the territory and territorial waters of the Huaxia Empire, you enter our territorial waters without consent, and you still have a fleet of such a size, if you don't leave, it will be a provocation to the Huaxia Empire, and we have the right to destroy you!" Please leave here as soon as you hear it! ”
"What are the Chinese people saying, who will translate?" Nicholson couldn't understand what the Huaxia fleet was saying because he didn't know Chinese.
A soldier ran up to him and said, "Report to the captain, the Huaxia people said that this is their territory and territorial waters, let us evacuate here immediately, otherwise it will be regarded as a provocation to the Huaxia Empire, and they have the right to destroy us!" ”
"What, when did this place become the territory of Huaxia, isn't it from Fusang, and Fusang has already sold this place to us Mi not long ago, you tell them all this!"
"Captain, they said that Huaxia and Fusang are hostile countries, and the occupation of this place by them is their territory, as for the domestic deal with Fusang, it has not been announced, they are lying to them, they let us leave quickly, otherwise you are welcome!"
"What about the captain, are we going to go to war with the Huaxia Empire?" Several officers looked at the huge battleship in front of them and swallowed.
"Captain, there is a message from China for us to retreat immediately, the Huaxia government announced the occupation of the Ogasawara Islands not long ago, and we must retreat."
Nicholson originally thought that he would scare the Huaxia fleet by bringing out the deal between the United States and Fuso, but who knows that people would not buy it at all, and they don't know when the Huaxia fleet occupied the Ogasawara Islands, and the Chinese government has announced the occupation of the Ogasawara Islands, but the United States broke out the deal with Fuso, which is one step behind others and completely untenable.
"Retreat!"
With Nicholson's order, the Pacific Fleet of the United States came and went in a hurry, without taking a cloud with it.