When the news about Taiwan's military expansion was announced again, it was immediately "obtained" by Genjiro Akashi, head of the Taiwan Section of the Second Department of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters, and he was immediately handed over to the top level of the Japanese military.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Taiwan is already preparing for further military expansion. Their army would probably expand to twenty divisions, about 300,000 men. The navy will form three major fleets, namely the Taiwan Strait Fleet, the Java Sea Fleet, and the Banda Sea Fleet. And if nothing else, the total tonnage of these three fleets will reach about 270,000 tons, which has become one of the top five fleets in the world, even surpassing the Germans and already following the ass of the Russians. Akashi Genjiro said.

The reason why Wang Guorui asked Akashi Genjiro to tell the Japanese side the news was because the news could not be concealed from people at all. Such a large-scale expansion of the army must have made many people know, after all, such a huge plan requires the cooperation of both the military and the government, and the action is definitely not small. I'm afraid that they will all be exposed, so since they can't hide it, it is still used to make a favor to Akashi Genjiro, let him report to the Japanese side, and then let the Japanese side prepare. At present, Wang Guorui has no intention of attacking Japan, after all, the domestic problems have not been solved, and it may be difficult to attack Japan if he is busy. What's more, Japan doesn't have any resources to obtain, which is also the reason why Wang Guorui doesn't want to clean up Japan for the time being. After all, if you go directly to clean up Japan, the final result will definitely be more than your own side gains. Only when the strength is strong in the future, then if you want to clean up Japan, it will be easy.

On the contrary, enough information can add a lot of political capital to Akashi Genjiro, and then allow him to be promoted continuously and grasp more power, so that he can be a traitor even more. At this stage, it is not yet an opportunity to enable the ace undercover agent of Genjiro Akashi. At this time, not only can you not use this hole card casually, but you must maintain this hole card. Let him continue to move upward, so as to ensure that once used in the future, it will be able to produce a lethal effect. It is very dangerous to abuse an undercover agent casually. Each use increases the risk of exposure, so Wang Guorui will not abuse it casually. On the contrary, he also has to use some information that does not say much, so that he can get a steady stream of promotion and development.

In fact, Japan does not feel surprised by Taiwan's military expansion. It would be strange if Taiwan did not expand its army! After all, Taiwan has already occupied Borneo, so if it wants to maintain such a huge piece of territory next, it will not be able to maintain it at all if it does not expand its army. And Japan is also collecting information on Taiwan's military expansion, after all, if they don't find out clearly, they may not be able to sleep well. And they didn't expect that Genjiro Akashi would now send back an actually appalling piece of information, which was terrifying.

Because of Taiwan's military expansion, if the army is expanded, Japan can still understand. However, Taiwan actually has to expand its navy, and even the three major fleets will be formed in the future. Among them, the Taiwan Strait Fleet and the Java Sea Fleet are very powerful, and the strength of any fleet is no less than that of the combined fleet of those years. And now that Japan's Combined Fleet is recovering, they thought that Taiwan's economic strength would simply not be able to support such a huge expansion of warships. Although in the past two years, the Japanese Combined Fleet has recovered quite a lot. And even more than the combined fleet of the past. But in the face of Taiwan's Sovereign-class battleship, Japan was very afraid of this and did not dare to provoke.

However, they believe that Taiwan should not expand its navy, after all, Taiwan's current navy is strong enough, not to mention that it cannot afford to expand its navy! But now they have found that this situation is completely wrong, not only has Taiwan expanded its navy, but it has simply expanded so arrogantly. From the beginning, it also began to aim for the formation of three major fleets. And the two fleets are more powerful than the combined fleet of the year, so they also feel terrified, because if Taiwan has such a powerful fleet, will Japan still be able to maintain it?

"Are you sure this information is true? If Taiwan really has such a powerful fleet. Then our empire ......," Emperor Meiji asked, gasping.

Emperor Meiji, of course, knew what was going on, when Japan invaded Taiwan, it was defeated by Taiwan and almost completely annihilated. However, if it were not for the fact that Taiwan did not have a navy, then perhaps Taiwan would have to counterattack Japan. But now if Taiwan has a strong navy. So what will they think? If Taiwan has a strong navy, will they turn to Japan for revenge next? When the time comes, what will happen to them, if the heart is compared to the heart, then Emperor Meiji will definitely not let Japan go. And it is precisely because of this idea that Japan is even more frightened. So. Now Emperor Meiji, even the Emperor of Japan, is known as the Emperor of Nakatsu, and it is impossible not to worry about this issue.

"Your Majesty, I think that our Imperial Japanese Empire should also continue to expand its navy, otherwise we will not be able to continue to fight Taiwan. Even, at that time, we had to face the result of being oppressed by the people of China again. Yuhiro Ito said.

And Ito, the head of the Navy's Command Department, immediately knew that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to expand the navy. In the past, although Taiwan had enough navy, it did not choose to attack Japan, but this time Taiwan actually has such a powerful navy, and Japan will have to follow it hard. If Japan can't follow suit, it will be very dangerous. Japan itself is narrow-minded in its heart, and naturally thinks that Taiwan is also so narrow-minded, and with such a powerful navy, it will inevitably retaliate against them. Therefore, they must and must follow the expansion of the navy, otherwise they will all die without a place to bury.

"But His Majesty, our domestic economy is already very dangerous, and if we continue to expand our navy, then we may ......," said a civilian official.

And everyone was silent again, because this time Japan was very tragic. They fought this Sino-Japanese War, and they did not grab a single piece of territory, but lost a lot of money to enter it. Although the Chinese mainland government has signed an agreement on reparations, we should never underestimate the cunning of those mainland government bureaucrats, although those mainland bureaucrats are not good in every way, but there is one thing that is still good, they have repeatedly delayed Japan's reparations, in short, it is like squeezing toothpaste. If Japan really wins against China, then they will definitely be very happy to pay reparations. But now that Japan has lost a war, those officials in Chinese mainland will definitely not be willing to pay reparations. Japan was defeated by Taiwan, and the mainland also took the opportunity to delay the payment of Japan's reparations. And no matter how Japan persecuted, those mainland officials were not in a hurry, and gave Japan little by little like squeezing toothpaste. The compensation that had already reached the delivery date was inexplicably delayed by some things.

And Japan has a toothache about this, and they have tried to threaten the mainland government to send troops again. However, in terms of resisting Japan, the mainland and Taiwan have reached an agreement, that is, if Japan dares to continue to invade China, then Taiwan will not sit idly by. At present, the mainland and Taiwan are both fighting and cooperating, and they are of one mind in resisting the aggressors. And Japan is also afraid of provoking Taiwan, so it does not dare to really send troops, and in this case, Japan's threat is very limited.

Therefore, in this situation where Japan was already a toothless tiger, the officials of the Manchu mainland also delayed vigorously and refused to pay Japan enough compensation. Anyway, those Manchu officials are so cunning, what can you do with him? As for the future, Japan will naturally not be able to achieve economic development because it does not have a large amount of capital injection. And now they are also very difficult, many people have begun to complain to the government, and the enthusiasm of all the people to serve the country by cutting back on food and clothing has been defeated. In the past, they were able to do this, because they all wanted to be able to benefit, but now they have fought a war, although they claim to be victorious, but they have not received anything at all, which makes many people think that it is a failure.

So this feeling of being splashed with cold water is really uncomfortable, so they all feel very depressed. Therefore, the enthusiasm of the Japanese people cannot be improved, and now they are all concerned about people's livelihood issues. However, Japan has no money to develop people's livelihood, and the people are still living in great difficulty, which is enough to make those people complain about the Japanese government.

"Ito? How do you say? Emperor Meiji asked.

As Prime Minister, Hirobumi Ito immediately said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, I think I'd better ask the Western countries what they are going to do." In the current era, it is no longer what we in the East can do what we want, and we have to ask foreigners what they think. If Taiwan is too strong, it will certainly not be in the interests of foreigners. ”

"The words of the prime minister are the words of the old man seeking the country! That's right, if a Taiwan is too powerful, this will definitely not be in the interests of those Westerners. If Taiwan is too powerful, I am afraid that it will also be a huge threat to Westerners. Therefore, I think the foreigners will not sit idly by, we might as well let the foreigners give us some money or loans, and then develop our navy. Emperor Meiji said.

Soon, Japan hurriedly sent this information to the British, and the British began to be shocked. (To be continued.) )