You must know that in Japan, all kinds of rules are very strict, and this is the Imperial Prime Minister's Office, and now it is the highest level of cabinet meeting, and the people under him will not have the courage to disturb the process of the cabinet meeting.

Terauchi Masayi frowned when he heard the knock on the door, and said in a low voice, "Come in." ”

The one who opened the door and came in was the secretary of Terauchi Masaki, who still had a slightly panicked expression on his face at this time, and Terauchi Masaki frowned even more when he saw it.

"What's so flustered?" Terauchi Masayi said in a stern tone.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I have just received a telegram from the Hua Fujun of Nanhua Guo, because the matter is too serious and urgent," the secretary said with some trepidation.

Sent by the Huafu Army of Nanhua Kingdom, at this time, the sworn enemy of the empire actually sent a telegram, and Terauchi Zhengyi was also shocked in his heart, and quickly interrupted the secretary's apologetic words and said, "Hurry up and show me the telegram." ”

"Yes," and then the secretary attacked and handed a telegram to Terauchi Masaki, and the other cabinet members also looked at the paper in Terauchi's hand curiously, and their curiosity was aroused.

The content of the telegram is not long, and Terauchi Masashi only glanced at it after a few glances, but after reading it, his face turned pale, and anyone knows that there is nothing good about the content of the telegram.

"Bastard, it is extremely arrogant to dare to ask the empire to surrender to the tiny Nanhua Kingdom," the furious Terauchi Masaki scolded and then asked his secretary, "When did you receive the telegram, and how did you receive it?" ”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the message has just been received, and it has been reported to you directly without delay, and the message has been received in the form of a clear-code telegram." The secretary replied.

"Telegram, that doesn't mean everyone knows about it." Terauchi Zhengyi thought about this, it seems that it is impossible to keep it secret, Hua Fujun's hand is really vicious, those European newspapers don't know how to write it, and the empire has no ability to control those European newspapers.

Since yesterday, the news of the Huafu Army's attack on the Imperial Navy has been circulating on the streets of Tokyo, but it has been suppressed by the government, and now it seems that it cannot be suppressed, and the empire will fall into chaos.

"Your Excellency, what did the telegram say?" Foreign Minister Ichiro Motono asked.

Terauchi handed the telegram to Ichiro Honno, and several cabinet members gathered around to read the telegram, the content of which was very simple, but the wording was merciless, which made several cabinet members present feel angry after reading it.

The main content is that the Huafu Fleet of the South China Kingdom completely annihilated the Japanese Combined Fleet yesterday, annihilating 22 Japanese Navy battleships and 43 destroyers, the Japanese Navy no longer exists, and now it can only be trapped on an isolated island, the Huafu Army has occupied the port of Yokosuka, the first military port of Japan, and directly threatens the Japanese main island and the capital Tokyo by force, and the Huafu Army has launched a fierce battle with the Japanese 1st and 4th Divisions, and the Huafu Army has annihilated more than 15,000 enemy personnel with a small loss, so that the 1st and 4th Divisions are unable to fight anymore and can only hold on to the same place and wait for reinforcements. Although the number of Huafu troops was several times smaller than that of the Japanese army, it was easy to eliminate the incompetent Japanese army.

The Japanese Government should have seen the capabilities of the Huafu Army, and hoped that the Japanese Government would not put up a stubborn resistance and make a wise choice as soon as possible, and that surrender was the only way out.

The payment is the commander-in-chief of the Huafu Army: Guo Yu

The faces of the cabinet members have now turned to the iron blue of the same as that of Terauchi Masatsuki, Japan has been changing with each passing day in recent decades, the national power has gradually become stronger, and it has won several battles in the face of the powerful Russian Empire, and later snatched the interests of Shandong from Germany, occupied Qingdao, and stood on the head of the high Chinese country, which can be described as unbeatable.

The successive victories brought about a burst of self-confidence, and now all of a sudden, a Guo Yu came out, like a demon, making the empire deflated everywhere, annihilating the empire's proudest navy, and also knocking the empire's confidence into the dust, and also stepped on two feet fiercely, and now he came up and spit on his face, how can he not make these adults angry.

Now that there has been a commotion in Japan, there is no way to cover it, and there is no way to cover it.

The streets immediately became uneasy, all kinds of rumors spread, food prices rose, and people were panicked, saying that the Chinese people had come to fight, and the empire had no navy to protect itself, and only relied on an army of four or five hundred thousand, how could it be the opponent of the Chinese country with a population of hundreds of millions.

Some people's minds have also become lively, and Japan is not without opposing voices, and various forces have begun to emerge to see if there is an opportunity to make some profits from it.

The cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods began to emerge, and the most miserable were the fart people, who could only cower at home, trembling and praying that the war would not befall them, and there was no other way.

There are various versions of the bombing of Tokyo and the fire that caused it, some say that the whole of Tokyo was burned down and hundreds of thousands of people died, some say that the government is now unable to support it and is ready to abandon the victims, and some people say that His Majesty the Emperor is seriously ill and is now on his deathbed, and he is no longer able to rule the country.

Anyway, there are all kinds of rumors, and they spread very quickly, and the hearts of the Japanese are concerned about this war, and no one can produce with peace of mind, and social turmoil is just around the corner.

What Guo Yu wants is such an effect, he just wants to make Japan chaotic, the more chaotic the better, so that the Japanese government will be overwhelmed and increase the pressure on them, and in the end, when everyone who is pressed can't breathe, Guo Yu will win.

Now that the Huafu fleet is all stopped in Yokosuka, it has no effect, Japan has no warships that can be used, and there is no longer a threat to the survival of the Huafu fleet, so Guo Yu is ready to divide his troops, one group stays in Yokosuka, and enters Tokyo Bay, bombing Tokyo at close range, and the other group goes to Kure Port, Sasebo, Nagasaki and other naval bases to bomb and destroy Japan's naval incubators, so that Japan has no ability to produce its own warships in a short period of time, Guo Yu is ready to break his life.

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not without reason, it was a military industrial base that Japan focused on building, although it was not as important as it was in the later stage at this time, but it had already taken shape and wanted to develop in that direction, so it also became one of the objects of Guo Yu's care.

There are a number of large shipyards built in Kure Port, Sasebo, Nagasaki and other naval bases, although the current scale is not the same as that of later generations, but it has already taken shape, Guo Yu's idea of these shipyards is to grab what can be used, destroy what is useless, and leave not a seed for Japan.

Now the Japanese cabinet members are as big as a fight, and the troubles are one after another, Guo Yu's proposal to surrender is not in their consideration now, and what they want to think about now is how to prevent the Huafu army from bombing and destroying Tokyo and other cities again, yesterday's Tokyo alone, the losses will make Japan somewhat unbearable, if as the telegram said, the Huafu army begins to bomb other cities, Japan's losses are too great, and the empire's economy is likely to regress to the level before the Meiji Restoration, or even lower.

In recent years, Japan's main development direction has been to build cities and military forces, especially naval forces, and several large military ports are now completely exposed to enemy artillery fire without the protection of their own fleets, and there is no protection at all.

The members of the cabinet knew that as an adversary with brains, they would be the first to attack these military facilities, but now that they were powerless to protect them, they felt really aggrieved in their hearts.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now we have to think about the future of the Empire, the warships of the Combined Fleet have been lost, the enemy's fleet threatens the security of the Empire at any time, our trade mainly comes from sea, if the enemy chokes our access to the sea and the main route, the Empire will be trapped on the island, unable to develop, do you have any ideas?" Masaki said in a low tone.

Losses are inevitable, what we need to do now is to make the losses as small as possible, if Japan wants to develop in the future, it cannot do without shipping, and now it is threatened by the enemy from time to time, and no one can stand it.

"Now the enemy's navy, we don't have any way, but I think we can start from the outside." Yuzaburo Kato said.

In this group of people, Kato Yuzaburo, who was originally the Minister of the Navy, is considered a powerful figure, even after His Excellency Taiwei Shigenobu came to power, he did not replace him as the Minister of the Navy, but now his fleet is gone, and the Japanese Navy is now dying, as the Minister of the Navy, the most uncomfortable thing is Kato Yuzaburo.

"First, ask for the help of Britain, France and the United States to stop South China, South China is rising rapidly, developing rapidly, and it is so strong, I think Western countries do not want to see such a monster appear in Asia, and will find ways to curb their growth.

Second, we still have an army in Korea and China, so we have the DPRK troops gather in the direction of China, and make a posture of attacking China's mainland and fighting to the death with it, threatening China's security, so as to threaten South China and demand its withdrawal.

Thirdly, to expose the fact that the Huafu army was bombing the civilian areas of the empire, we have many reporters from European newspapers here, and they have their hands to spread the cruelty of the enemy, so that the pressure of public opinion will prevent the Huafu army from daring to bomb the imperial cities, so that we will be much more relaxed.

Fourth, the empire is recruiting troops and expanding the army, and now that the navy has failed, if the empire wants to protect itself, it must strengthen the strength of the army, save itself first, and wait for us to recover, thinking about the development of the navy," said Kato Yuzaburo with a deep sigh.

In fact, having said so much, Kato Yusaburo's main purpose is to find a way to save himself first, try not to cause greater losses, what's the matter, come over this level and talk about it, as for defeating Huafujun, he really can't think of a way now.

In fact, as a soldier and a naval minister, saying such things has already damaged his image as a soldier, but what effective response can the empire do now. R1152