To tell the truth, from a purely defensive point of view, based on the information in Wang's hand, it is far easier to build an airplane than a warship. However, the absence of warships is obviously very detrimental to the maintenance of China's maritime interests, and counting on Beiyang, Li Hongzhang, and the Qing court, Wang Yi's head has not been kicked by a donkey, so since he came back, he has not done wishful thinking in this regard.

Of course, Wang Yi will not give up the development of warships, and he will also not give up the development of aircraft. In the industrial room, there are nearly 30 people engaged in research in related fields in the two departments of materials and machinery alone, and the focus is on piston aero engines. This is a top-secret research project in the industrial room, and all researchers, whether they are foreign or in the country, can only leave the big business and leave the industrial room after the project is declassified. But after fifteen or sixteen years, don't think about it.

Today is September 25, 1877, and Wang Yi is standing in front of the huge world map in his office, his eyes fixed on Kagoshima, Japan.

"What is the gentleman looking at?" Qianjia grabbed Wang Yi's arm and said softly.

Wang Yiyi smiled and did not speak.

"Report!"

"Please come in!" Qian Jia let go of the hand she was holding, and after seeing that it was Wu Xiaoxiang and Long who came in, she gave a slight salute and exited the room.

Xiang Long took the lead in giving Wang and his entourage a military salute, and after Wang returned the salute, everyone took their seats.

"News back?" Wang Yi spoke first.

Wu Xiao got up and said, "I'm back!" ”

"Read!"

"Yes, Kagoshima, Japan, the Japanese government army broke through Kagoshima Castle Mountain on September 24, 1877, and Saigo Takamori, the leader of the Satsuma Domain, was shot in the shoulder and knee after launching a desperate charge, and he could not walk, and then ordered Beppu Shinsuke to cut off his own head, and the Japanese Southwest War ended."

The Southwest War of Japan was the aftermath of the Boshin War, which was caused by the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures by the Japanese emperor's government in the process of centralizing power, which damaged the interests of the nobles, especially the inability of many lower-class nobles to make a living, and finally reduced them to extreme poverty, which also increased the contradictions in Japan. In order to alleviate this contradiction, Saigo Takamori believed that the Korean War should be launched to lead the troubles to the east, so he was called the Korean Expedition faction. However, his ideas were opposed by the internal governance faction led by Okubo Ritsu. In fact, there is no difference between the two factions in essence, both want to start a war against the DPRK, but one faction advocates launching it immediately, while the other faction wants to solve domestic problems first.

On October 23, 1873, the Emperor adopted the opinion of the Imperial Minister, Iwakura Goshi, in the form of an edict, and overturned Saigo's proposal to conquer Korea.

Saigo Takamori returned to Kagoshima after leaving the wilderness, and a large number of officers and soldiers also resigned and returned. While he ostensibly ignores political affairs, he runs a private military academy.

By 1876, Japan had implemented policies such as abolishing the sword order and stopping the family rule, which caused countless rebellions among the nobles in various places. Later, students from private military schools fought with the government over the arsenal, and Saigo Takamori was forced to get involved, although he thought it was not a good time to send troops.

Although the war went through several twists and turns, the Satsuma Domain rebels were defeated, and Saigo Takamori was awarded the title, and the war ended.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Yiyi: "Three days later, a seminar on the Japanese Southwest War was held in the Time War Hall, and all the officers and cadets of the martial arts school base participated, and the chief officers stationed in various places also came back to participate, and the students of the Maritime Academy were also allowed to attend the meeting. The seminar will be presided over by your General Staff Department, and you will give a keynote speech, Wu Xiao. ”

"Yes!" Wu Xiao gave a military salute.

"Go back and prepare, it's the mule or the horse that comes out to slip away, don't embarrass me when the time comes."

Wu Xiao had a bitter gourd face, Xiang Long and the others secretly snickered, but Wang Yi looked at him squarely, so he also scolded: "You also go back to write a report, and hand it over to me the day after tomorrow!" Write down the wins and losses of the Southwest War to me clearly, if anyone fools me, I will let him understand what the three eyes of the prince are called! ”

The layout of the hall is a bit like the NBA arena of later generations, with a sand table in the center, and a stand hanging from it, which can be used to hang large maps and strategic situation maps.

"In addition to the disparity in manpower and material resources, the defeat of the Satsuma Army was also a problem of poor command. Especially at the beginning of the war, there were mistakes in its operational guidelines. If Saigo Takamori could occupy the ports of Nagasaki, Kokura, and Fukuoka before the arrival of government troops, as his son Saigo Kobei said, he would severely hinder the ability of government forces to send troops to Kyushu. Saigo Takamori was stubborn and attached too much importance to the gains and losses of one city and one place, so he wasted too much time under Kumamoto Castle......"

Wang Yi was also listening to the report in the venue, and he sat on the rostrum without much expression.

After Wu Xiao finished the report, it was time for discussion, and the chief officials from all over the country first expressed their opinions, and then asked Wu Xiao questions. The process was intense, and later even the students of the Maritime Academy got involved, but fortunately, they were very strict and did not get involved in personal emotions in the discussion and attack each other.

"They are all seeds, and with them, China will not repeat the tragic experience of later generations." Wang Yi thought to himself, and at the same time took notes in his hand from time to time, recording some names. Although there are no celebrities in later textbooks, Wang Yi believes that after training, these people will do better.

The discussion lasted for two hours before the room fell silent. Wu Xiao saw that everyone was no longer speaking, and then said, "Please ask the captain to speak!" ”

Wang Yi walked to the middle, and there was a small high platform similar to the one used by the press spokesmen in later generations, except that the microphone was replaced by a loudspeaker. Wang Yi first looked around, and after a while, he said: "Today's debate is very good, and the exchange of views did not make each other hate each other and become the target of mutual attacks. Everyone strives for it, and this is the style of my big businessman who seeks truth from facts. ”

I don't know who applauded in the audience, a typical sycophant.

However, at this time, Wang Yi changed his tone and continued: "For today's discussion, to be honest, I am very dissatisfied, everyone here has indeed analyzed the entire process of the Southwest War in Japan very thoroughly, and even the decisions of the Satsuma Army squad have been brought out for discussion. But each of you forgets a little bit, war is a continuation of politics. None of you have to analyze why this war broke out, what his reasons were, what his essence was, and what was the impact on Japan after the war, what was the impact on the Qing Dynasty, what was the impact on East Asia, what was the impact on us? ”

In the Time War Hall, all the team members were very quiet and concentrated, and only Wang Yi's voice echoed in the space.

"You have to remember that we have two enemies, one is Japan and the other is Tsarist Russia, remember, don't think about it, they are enemies!" Wang Yi said in a firm voice. "I won't say much about the effects of the Japanese War in the Southwest here, I want you to go back and think about it and give your own answers. A week later, it was handed in, and Wu Xiao was in charge of this matter. Students in the Maritime Academy can also write their own ideas, and you can give them to me when I go to the academy next week. ”

The crowd was amazed.

After the meeting was dismissed, three people walked out of the Shi Zhan Hall together, two of them were officer cadets from the martial arts academy base, and the other was a student of the maritime academy. Looking at the way they talked and laughed, it was obvious that they had known each other for a long time.

"Brother Changjin, sir's final remarks, you mentioned it to us before, why didn't you mention it in this debate?" The sturdy young man in the uniform of the insurance team officer asked at this time.

Another tall and thin man shook his head and said with a smile: "Shunde, it's not that I don't want to say it, I really haven't figured out the key yet." The impact on Japan, the impact on East Asia, the impact on the Qing Dynasty, and the impact on ourselves mentioned by the gentleman. Actually, I didn't think about it that much yesterday, I was just guessing about the impact of the end of the Southwest War on Japan, and I didn't know the gist of it. As for the remaining questions, to be honest, I would have ignored them if they hadn't been mentioned by Mr. ”

The young man from the Maritime Academy smiled at this time: "Hey, when did our elder brother also learn to be humble. ”

"White Gull, you don't have to be like that." The tall and thin man smiled, "How are you over there?" I heard that a big boat came to the school. ”

"Well, it's beautiful! The gentleman gave it a name, Blue Dream. The young man looked at his two companions and said, "It seems that I didn't join the insurance team like you at the beginning, but went to the maritime academy, and now it seems to be right!" Sir is full of yearning for the ocean! ”

"What I think is right is not that you entered the Maritime Academy, but that we left our hometown together and came to Yingkou!" The sturdy young man named Shunde said with a smile.

The other two laughed too. After saying a few more words, the leader of the Maritime Academy began to whistle and gather, and the three of them cherished each other.

Wang Yi sat on the wooden platform on the roof of his house, looked at the lights of the industrial room in the distance, and said secretly in his heart: "The Japanese have completed their own capitalist reforms, and after a few years of recuperation, they have begun to use their brains against North Korea!" If I could come back ten years earlier, I would definitely not let go of the opportunity of the Southwest War, but unfortunately I don't have this strength now! ”

When he was thinking wildly, a pair of small hands suddenly blindfolded Wang Yi's eyes and said, "Guess who I am?" ”

"Qianjia also plays like Yazhi."

As he spoke, Wang Yi took Tong Qianjia in front of him. This kind of blindfolded game was originally Shen Yazhi's favorite, and today Tong Qianjia saw that Wang Yi was not in a good mood, so she deliberately made him happy.

Qianjia wrinkled her little nose and said in a greasy voice: "I deliberately pretended to be deceived by others and refused once!" ”

"Okay, I was wrong, I will be deceived by you in the future. By the way, what about Yazhi? ”

"I'm clamoring to learn piano from my new music teacher, Miss Lisa!" Qianjia smiled, gentle and gentle.

"Oh? There is such a thing, let's go and open our eyes and see if Miss Shen can smash the piano in the end? Wang Yi deliberately sneered.