Chapter 236: Japan's new prime minister

The major newspapers of the Republic of China published Guo Yu's speech when he left, but it did not attract attention, people just thought that Guo Yu was traveling, but two days later, the Republic of China government officially appointed Guo Yu's retainers, Wu Erzhu, deputy commander of the Huafu Army, as the governor of Jiangsu, and Guo Yu's secretary Mu Sheng became the governor of Jiangsu.

Guo Yu's speech was taken out and interpreted again, and at this time, he saw the content that he couldn't understand, Guo Yu's so-called departure turned out to be really leaving the Republic of China, leaving the good foundation in the Republic of China to his retainers, and leaving by himself.

At this time, people can't help but guess where Guo Yu left. Some people say that they went to the United States, where it is said that Guo Yu has a large number of industries, no less than in the Republic of China. Some people also said that they went to Nanyang, it is said that Guo Yu has his own big farm in Nanyang, didn't Guo Yu say that he would open up a new battlefield, it is very likely that he is talking about Nanyang, at this time, the outside world has speculated and said different things.

However, Guo Yu did not let these people wait too long, and a few days later, the first thing Guo Yu did when he landed on Kalimantan Island was to use guò radio waves to tell the whole world that in South Sea Borneo, the Kingdom of Nanhua, King Guo Yu.

At the same time as the founding of the country was announced, the first order issued by Guo Yu was that the Kingdom of Nanhua declared war on Japan.

The people of the world were shocked that a newly-born country, which did not even know whether it could gain a firm foothold, dared to declare war directly on another country while announcing the founding of the country, and that Japan, which was not weak, knew that Japan's ranking in the world's military strength in recent years was not low, especially in Asia, and it had firmly occupied the first place, and no one could ignore it.

And this Nanhua kingdom actually declared war on Japan, I don't know if it is the ignorant who are fearless. It still has arrogant strength, no matter what, the world is amazed.

The British Times reported that a wealthy Chinese businessman, led a group of his subordinates, dared to declare the establishment of a state in Borneo. Is this a ridiculous farce, but it is said that this rich merchant has a certain military power and has his own sea fleet, but what kind of power can a rich merchant have, it is a Dutch colony, it is the Dutch tobacco and spice producing area, will the Dutch watch this new power rise, we can only say that the stupid Chinese did a ridiculous thing.

The Daily Telegraph writes in the newspaper. In Southeast Asia, the British Empire has interests that exist, and we must be vigilant against these new forces, no matter how weak they are, we must not relax our vigilance, and hope that the government will respond positively to ensure that the interests of the Empire in Southeast Asia are not infringed upon.

Mainstream newspapers in the United States and France. The matter has been reported, but it has not attracted widespread attention. After all, on a desolate island in the far east, many people don't know where Borneo is, and who cares about such things.

And the most concerned about this matter is Japan and the Netherlands, after all, one of them is the de facto owner of Borneo. One is the object of Guo Yu's declaration of war, so he is naturally the most concerned about this matter and reacts the most fiercely.

For Guo Yu, Japan was still a little jealous, and the Second Fleet was annihilated in Shanghai. Since the information they received and the rescue at sea, the few Navy soldiers of the Second Fleet described that the Second Fleet was indeed attacked at the beginning, but under the first round of sneak attacks, the fleet lost three or four cruisers, which also proved that Guo Yu's fleet was very powerful.

After the Second Fleet began to organize a counterattack, it could not find any trace of the enemy, and then the fleet was attacked by fish again, and suffered heavy losses, according to various signs, Guo Yu's fleet has the ability to launch fish at a long distance, and the hit rate is very high.

And according to the reports of the living soldiers, Guo Yu's fleet used a cannonball with a flaming tail, and the power of the cannonball was so great that it was able to destroy a battleship with only one or two such shells, which was a terrible weapon.

In the army, Guo Yu also has more than 100,000 soldiers, and intelligence shows that the combat effectiveness of these armies is not weak, at least much stronger than those soldiers in the Republic of China, after all, there are still many Japanese instructors in the army of the Republic of China, and these people also have a detailed assessment of the army of the Republic of China.

Although the Japanese army is much stronger than the army of the Republic of China, if it really fights, it may not be able to do it like Guo Yu, in a short period of time, to defeat several flanking attacks, and quickly counterattack, the enemy is defeated and retreated, although the current Japanese army, although strong, but has not yet reached the level during World War II.

At this time, at the official residence of the Japanese prime minister, the new prime minister, Masashi Terauchi, was convening his cabinet members to discuss the matter of dealing with Guo Yujian's declaration of war against Japan, as well as Japan's future relations with the Republic of China, whether to continue to declare war on the Republic of China, or take this opportunity to revoke the declaration of war and seek benefits instead.

I want to say here that Prime Minister Okuma Shigenobu, who has been deflated many times at the hands of Guo Yu, has been honorably dismissed from class, carrying a name that is on his back, and was ruthlessly pushed off the throne of prime minister, and even his own political forces in Japan have been purged, and Okuma Shigenobu's name has become synonymous with failure and incompetence in Japan, and in the rest of his life, he can only die in depression and cannot turn over.

And the newly appointed Terauchi Masatsuki, who was originally the Japanese governor in Korea, he was also the first governor in Korea, and served as the governor for six years, and was later favored by Yamaguchi Aritomo, and Okuma Shigenobu Cabinet, there were many heavy mistakes, under the operation of the Senate and other political parties, Okuma Shigenobu was removed, and Terauchi Masanoshi stood on the seat of the Japanese Prime Minister.

Terauchi Masashi has a relatively famous son who later committed numerous crimes in China, that is, Terauchi Shouichi.

The current Japanese government, Prime Minister Masatoshi Terauchi, a member of the new cabinet, the Minister of Internal Affairs is Goto Shinpei, who was the governor of Taiwan and the president of the Manchurian Railway, the Minister of Finance is the president of the Bank of Korea, the temple's close friend Katsuta is the chief accountant, the foreign minister is the ambassador to Russia, the advocate of the Japan-Russia alliance, Ichiro Honno, the army and navy have not been replaced for the time being, the army has reached Kenichi Oshima, and the Minister of the Navy Yuzaburo Kato. Minister of Justice Matsumuro Chi, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture and Sports, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Ryohei Nakakoji, Minister of Communications Kenjiro Tada, Cabinet Secretary Hideo Kodamama, and Director of the Legislative Affairs Bureau Hideyoshi Arimatsu.

Because it was the first time that he encountered such a heavy thing after the new cabinet was formed, Terauchi Masaki called all the cabinet members to the meeting, one is to deepen the understanding of the cabinet and try his best to run in the new cabinet, and then he doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of Okuma Shigenobu in the matter of Guo Yu.

In Japanese politics, stepping down is not terrible, as long as the connections are there, there is always a chance to rise again, even in the cabinet of other prime ministers, being a minister and becoming a cabinet member, you can continue the life of the politician and continue to bring glory and benefits to the family and yourself, but if the reputation is stinky, just like Okuma Shigenobu, there is indeed no chance to turn over, because no prime minister will use you.

"I convened everyone here today, mainly to discuss the matter of Guo Yu's announcement of the founding of the country in Nanyang, I think everyone here is no stranger to Guo Yu, I will not go into detail here, I just want to tell you a little, don't despise this person, because Japan has been late to him and suffered a big loss, and he is enough to attract our attention."

"Guo Yu announced the establishment of the state on Kalimantan Island, that is, Borneo, and on the day of the founding of the country, he announced a declaration of war against Japan, which is a provocation to the authority of the Great Japanese Empire, and it must not be tolerated, so we have to discuss a countermeasure to deal with this matter."

Terauchi Masashi glanced at the cabinet members who were doing it, many of these people entered the cabinet under their own promotion, so their loyalty to themselves is still very high, except for the Minister of War and the Minister of the Navy, of course, they are members of the Senate.

"Many countries in Nanyang are colonies of Britain and France, so do these European countries allow Guo Yu to build a country there?" Questions were raised.

Interior Minister Goto Shinpei said, "We have received news that Guo Yu used a medicine to blackmail Britain, France and other countries not to prevent him from founding the country, and we only know that the name of this medicine is 'sulfonamide', and we don't know anything else, but we have informed the intelligence personnel that they must get this medicine and information in order to know the inside story." ”

At this time, the Minister of the Navy, Yuzaburo Kato, said, "A few months ago, the Second Fleet of the Empire was attacked by Guo Yu's fleet, and the Imperial Navy suffered heavy losses. ”

Kenichi Oshima also said, "Well, now the empire does not have the ability to start a full-scale war with the Republic of China, the army is only 500,000 people, and it has to divide troops into colonies such as Wanwan and Korea, so it is not realistic to invade China in an all-round way, after all, China is too big, with our current strength, it cannot be swallowed, that is just our long-term plan, not something that can be implemented now." ”

"Now that Guo Yu is going to Nanyang, it really gives us a chance, as long as we concentrate our forces, I think it will not be difficult to take down Guo Yu, after all, his troops are not so much."

The master of the Great Tibetan Xiang Katsuda interjected: "Borneo is the territory of the Dutch, will the Dutch swallow their anger and let Guo Yu occupy their colony, I think we can contact the Dutch, jointly send troops, strengthen our momentum, increase the strength to fight the enemy, the Netherlands is our natural ally, the Netherlands will definitely go into the water." ”

Terauchi Masatsuki nodded and said, "We can indeed take advantage of this to attract the Netherlands to send troops together, and after occupying the South Seas, we can also justifiably obtain a colony in Borneo, after all, Borneo is not small, and that big island is twice the size of our Japanese mainland, and it is rich in materials, which is exactly what the empire needs." (To be continued......) R1292