Chapter 881: The King of Japan
In the hottest season of the year in India, Emperor Liu's car finally arrived in India. Even with an aircraft carrier formation, Liu Xian did not dare to cross the Atlantic Ocean and land in St. Petersburg, Russia. He led a large fleet from the Panama Canal back to the relative safety of the Pacific Ocean, during which time he was ambushed by five British submarines. The British rose directly from the aircraft carrier formation in a fearless posture and fired torpedoes as fast as possible, trying to give the old emperor a retaliatory blow as much as possible.
In five assault battles, the British lost twelve submarines, severely damaged a Chinese light cruiser, sank a thousand-ton patrol ship and three small runabouts of three or four hundred tons. The latter is a new addition to the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier group. After a series of battles, China felt that there were still many loopholes in its aircraft carrier defense circle, so it produced a number of high-speed speedboats, each of which was equivalent to a torpedo boat with torpedoes removed, or a shrunken patrol ship, with a tonnage of no more than 500 tons, but the speed could generally exceed 35 knots, and the maximum speed could reach 40 knots per hour, which was completely crazy in the early 20th century. It is also because the power plant occupies too much space and tonnage, and the hull structure of these small runabouts is not strong, and the support is at the level of river gunboats. Equipped with 150 naval guns and a certain amount of anti-aircraft fire, it can also be used to lay mines.
Their role is not artillery warfare and attack power, but for the patrol soldiers in the aircraft carrier formation, or follow the light cruisers, destroyers, patrol ships, or separate formations, constantly interspersed and cruise between the gaps of the aircraft carrier formation, to prevent the surprise attack of local submarines to the greatest extent, and at the same time need to have the courage to rush up to be a 'shield' when necessary.
This time the fleet was subjected to five British submarine attacks before entering the Panama Canal. Two of the three shipwrecks were sacrificed to defend the torpedoes of the large-tonnage warship.
In addition to this, two destroyers and a 10,000-ton supply ship were damaged in the Chinese naval cluster.
The loss of personnel exceeded 300 people. Whether it's a thousand-ton patrol ship or a smaller runabout. When it comes to submarine fish, all of them are vulnerable. Regardless of whether it is the former or the latter, it has not taken more than 15 minutes from the bullet to the complete sinking. Only a handful of the sailors on board were rescued in time.
After entering the Panama Canal, the fleet was completely stable and would no longer be ambushed by enemy submarines. The old emperor and his grandson, arguably the next emperor of China, met in Panama City with the ruling class of two hardcore younger brothers of Mexico and Panama.
The old emperor didn't talk about the specific contents, and the Chinese government communicated with the two countries about those things. Liu Xian, who is almost 80 years old, no longer wants to work hard. After the bilateral meeting, it was completely 'homely talk', and Liu Xian was very satisfied to see the new generation or the next generation of young people from the upper ruling class of the two countries, many of whom could speak a few words of Chinese, and even gnaw on a few words to give him a few words. That's influence!
Liu believes that without a time and space of his own, the upper-class successors of Mexico and Panama must have spoken American English to their knees and lick Uncle Sam's toes, and now they are trying to learn to speak Chinese. Everything speaks for itself!
The fleet came out of the west end of the canal and then traveled north along the west coast of North America to Los Angeles, where it crossed the Pacific Ocean with a large number of convoys carrying soldiers. Not once did the British submarine run into it. Liu Xian's battleship was a 16,000-ton battle cruiser, with thousands of miles of waves and stable as a mountain. Without the attack of the British, the tense nerves of the old emperor soon became relaxed. The smiles on people's faces are also much happier.
In the process of those five fleet attacks, he was very tormented in his heart. Where can the submarines of the British hide from him, just to train the anti-submarine capabilities of the aircraft carrier formation. After accumulating experience for the anti-submarine of the Grand Fleet, he endured it and did not send it. However, the death of more than 300 officers and soldiers made him feel very uncomfortable.
It's not the feeling of 'I don't kill Beren, but I die for me.'" It's the feeling of being a 'helper' yourself. Liu Xian felt that his decision was too cold-blooded and ruthless.
People who have fought all their lives are depressed because of the deaths and injuries of more than 300 people. The old emperor is really old. Someone who is almost 80 years old.
The peaceful days of the Pacific Ocean made the old emperor feel comfortable, especially after arriving in Hawaii. His favorite grandson, Liu Mengyao's only son, took the family to entertain his grandfather at the villa in Hawaii.
Hawaii's tourism industry has improved dramatically, just as it was in China's senses in the past, Hawaii's tourism is now very high, and the entire service class is almost always serving the upper class. Most of the people who come here to play and relax are from rich backgrounds and have good financial resources.
Liu Mengyao was zoning land in Hawaii early, and when Hawaii's tourism industry was developing, it also built a 'big manor' of beach + amusement park + wharf + hotel, and the reception was the highest in the entire Hawaii tourism industry. But because of her identity and the Chinese's favorite 'face' reasons, this place, which has been managed by her son for several years, has been rich and very prosperous.
The old emperor didn't think that there was anything wrong with his grandson not developing in military and political affairs. If possible, he wants the royal descendants to be as financially motivated as possible. Unfortunately, a great man like him cannot 'dominate' the minds of all.
Even among the vast number of people, there is a large proportion of people who hold the view of the supremacy of imperial power. The royal family also has a wide range of supporters at all levels, especially in the military. Therefore, when the sons of the old emperor were in the country, the sons of his daughters, many people chose to plunge into military politics, some of them wanted to follow the second wave of feudal feudal states to go out, but more people were still because of 'protecting imperial power'. Liu Xian also gave up preaching, so let time educate them. For a royal family that has reached the extreme of power, it is indeed not possible to completely calm down and accept the reality in one or two generations and thirty-four years.
The Grand Fleet had hundreds of transport ships, carrying the elite of the Wehrmacht in the first batch of seven divisions. I didn't bring much of my weapons, and a considerable amount of equipment was left behind in the North American feudal states. The group will land in Kuwait. Emperor Liu first had to beat the Italians and Austria-Hungary severely. Then in poor Russia, fight the Germans, if the war goes well. In the second half of next year, the smoke will be able to dissipate from above the earth.
China has accomplished its strategic goals. Partitioned India, occupied Australia, wiped out the United States, and at the same time left a little leeway for the British in Canada and India. In the next European war, Liu Xian thought that he only needed to give Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Imperials a pain on land, and maybe the French and British would also intervene in the Ottoman theater, so that the whole of Europe could see China's invincibility, and I believe that the Europeans would not continue to fight.
Then the war can be over.
Liu Xian can return to China to enjoy his old age. Spend the last period of your life.
The fleet departed from Hawaii and arrived in Japan, where it was another warm hospitality. Because of the great achievements made by the Japanese in the Ottoman battlefield, China has successively handed over three island [groups] in Southeast Asia, namely Tanimbar Islands (5,200 square kilometers), Buru Island (9,500 square kilometers), and Sumba Island (14,000 square kilometers). Just as China also set aside a large area in the northern part of the Southern Heavenly Kingdom [Siam's Homeland] for the Southern Heavenly Kingdom, these two countries that made great contributions to the Ottoman theater of war were given valuable land. These lands were not colonies of the Europeans, but theirs. The Japanese still do not see any signs of reunification between the north and the south, the south has had a very good life over the years, and the north has also greatly alleviated its domestic predicament because of its kneeling to China.
Because of the North American War. A large number of ships passed between the Japanese archipelago, and the benefits were previously enjoyed by the southwest government, and the port service industry on Kyushu Island was extremely developed, and a large number of ordinary Japanese people lived because of the endless Chinese cargo ships. Now Tokyo Japan has also entered this circle. For North Japan, that's a benefit.
Then there was the industry that completely liberated northern Japan. China also did not want the inferior products produced by the Japanese, but chose to tie Japanese companies to its own production chain, turning Japan's industrial power into its own downstream parts producer. The Japanese accepted this 'olive branch' without hesitation. A large number of enterprises have found a new way to live. The revitalization of industry is the most important part of the alleviation of social contradictions in Tokyo and Japan in recent years.
And finally, there's food.
After 1900, China completely solved the problem of feeding the population. The migration of a large number of people and the large-scale development of Northeast China and other places. For a time, the grain trade of the Nguyen Dynasty and the Southern Heavenly Kingdom to China was greatly reduced. But China's living conditions have improved, and a large number of newborns are rapidly filling the vacancy of immigrants.
According to statistics from the Bureau of Population and Resources. China's native population had fallen to 250 million when it was the smallest [not counting Central Asia and the South Seas], but by 1915, it was still not counting Central Asia and the South Seas, and the result of the national population was more than 360 million.
And because grain prices continue to fall, there are more and more acres of farmland planted with cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beet, rape and other cash crops. If the grain is not valuable, then plant something valuable.
In the same land, one acre of grain can harvest less than 1,000 pieces a year, and if you plant cotton and soybeans, you can have 1,500 a year, so the people will plant cotton and soybeans. After decades of peace in China, wars and displacements have long since left the people, famine no longer appears, and the victory of foreign wars one after another has made the people of the whole country not think that there will be enough Chinese grain to eat.
As a result, the grain exports of the Nguyen Dynasty and the Southern Heavenly Kingdom entered a steady recovery stage after a few years of weakness. Even the addition of Myanmar rice to the market has not interfered with the overall trend.
But there isn't enough food in Japan. Especially in Tokyo Japan, and even in the whole of Japan before the partition, being able to eat rice with an open belly every day is the dream life of countless ordinary people. The reason why the reputation of Southwest Japan has gradually changed from rebellious to better than that of Tokyo Japan is that their submission to China has allowed Southwest Japan to join the big trade circle dominated by China. The grain trade is only one of them, but it has solved the biggest dream of tens of millions of Japanese civilians in southwestern Japan.
Now Tokyo and Japan are also kneeling, and then the food prices of the whole of northern Japan have taken a big plunge in a row. Compared with the price of Mi Sao Lianlian back then, it is really a flying stream of 3,000 feet.
As long as the belly is secured, the people will have the security of life, the people's hearts will be stable, and the society will be stable. Although all this was obtained by the Japanese soldiers sacrificing their lives in the rain of bullets, it is also the most instinctive demand of human beings. And all this is given by China.
Without China's permission, brave Japanese athletes would have no chance of spilling their blood if they wanted to throw their heads and spill their blood.
It is the same death to find the Chinese, but that kind of death will not change the current 'stable life' of North and South Japan.
Emperor Meiji was already hung in 1915. He was succeeded by his second son, Keihito, who was also the de facto eldest son of Meiji. His eldest brother, Zhirui Zhaoyanzun, died on the day he was born.
Historically, it should have been Kahito, the Taisho Emperor who was a bit of an idiot.
Liu Xian didn't know if it was an accident or a human factor. Emperor Meiji did not have only one idiot son in his life, but all but this son died. It's hard to pinpoint the details.
Jiaren, who was born in 1877 in the Western calendar, is now 42 years old, middle-aged, and in good health, but he can't see the demeanor of Renjun. After the death of Meiji, the charismatic emperor, Yoshihito removed the title of emperor and he is now the king of Japan. As a result, the Japanese royal family has lost its power, and its appeal among the people has been greatly weakened.
Now the power of Tokyo Japan is completely in the hands of a group of elders.
It should be said that the decentralization of power by the Chinese imperial family has brought a huge impact to East Asian countries, and the stronger China is, the greater this impact will become. This is true of Korea, of the Nguyen Dynasty, of North and South Japan, of Nepal, and even of the freak country of the Nam Heavenly Kingdom.
Everything belongs to the trend of the big time.
In Japan, the power of Emperor Meiji was originally held up by these 'reformers'. The power of the government is also firmly in the hands of these 'reformers', and even though the young and handsome men who were in the prime of life are now in their seventies and eighties, the power structure has not changed.
Emperor Meiji was the "living god" who took the initiative to hold up the "god of the world" by the "people of the Restoration", and the "people of the Restoration" did not dare to destroy this image, and both sides had the indispensable needs of each other, so the Emperor Meiji himself still had a lot of rights. But when it came to his son, the title of emperor became king, and the god became a man.
In the face of the lack of resistance from the political elders, Kahito did not support Kahito even with the power of the imperial family, which occupied a part of the power of both the military and political governments in Tokyo. Jiaren, who was completely abandoned by the power class, can only end up like this.
traveled thousands of miles from Tokyo to Kyushu, and was respectful in front of the old emperor...... (To be continued.) )