In fact, Ren Chao didn't take these little devils seriously at all, Japan is just a small island country, with barren land and a shortage of resources. If Japan had not won the First Sino-Japanese War by chance, there would have been no possibility of Japan's rise at all. And in this time and space, Ren Chao was born and defeated Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War. Not only did Japan not receive a single cent of war reparations, but the treasury accumulated over decades was depleted because of the First Sino-Japanese War. In the past few years, although Japan has been indignant and has gradually recovered its national strength, the Chinese Empire is not at the same level at all.

The Japanese thought that Huaxia had not issued a military mobilization order, so they mistakenly believed that Huaxia had no intention of directly participating in the war. I don't know that in terms of China's strong national strength at this time, there is no need to carry out any all-army mobilization to deal with a small Japan.

At this time, the Japanese Army had a total of eight standing divisions and regiments, and the total strength was only a little over 100,000. The North China Military Region of the Chinese Empire alone had more than 300,000 troops. Speaking of the navy, although the Japanese Combined Fleet at this time purchased a number of warships with limited clothing, the total tonnage was only about 60,000 tons, while the total tonnage of the North Sea Fleet of the Chinese Empire alone exceeded 200,000 tons. Moreover, at present, Japan's largest warship is only an ironclad ship with a displacement of six or seven thousand tons, and its combat effectiveness is only a little stronger than that of the original Dingyuan ship in terms of firepower and speed, while the North Sea Fleet only has six battleships of tens of thousands of tons. With such a huge disparity in strength, the Japanese had no chance of winning at all. Therefore, Ren Chao did not need to order the mobilization of the whole army at all, but secretly ordered several divisions of the Northeast Military Region and the North China Military Region, as well as the Korean and Ryukyu garrisons, to secretly prepare for war.

In August 1902, the main forces of the Combined Japanese Fleet and the main forces of the Korean Fleet met in the Tsushima Strait.

The DPRK fleet is a naval fleet built by the DPRK government with the vigorous support of Ren Chao, and after several years of development, it has more than 30 large and small warships, but most of them are small ships. The total tonnage is about 40,000 tons, and the flagship Daehan is an ironclad ship with a displacement of more than 7,000 tons. It was weaker than the Japanese Combined Fleet.

The Battle of Asahi and Tsushima ended with the defeat of the Korean fleet, in which two cruisers and three destroyers were sunk. And the Japanese side also paid the price of three main warships, although the victory, but it was only a miserable victory.

On the day of the outbreak of the Battle of Tsushima, the Chinese Emperor Ren Chao officially issued an edict declaring war on Japan. At the same time, the main force of the Third Detachment of the North Sea Fleet stationed in the Ryukyus had already been ordered to go north. At the same time, the main forces of the North Sea Fleet in Arthur and Qingdao also rushed to the waters of Japan.

After the Battle of Tsushima, the Japanese Combined Fleet did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but returned directly. Because the losses of the Japanese fleet in this battle were not small. The Japanese Combined Fleet was preparing to return to the naval base in Sasebo for replenishment before fighting the Korean fleet again.

In the command room of the Mikasa, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, the commander of the Combined Fleet at this time, Vice Admiral Arijinoyoshi had a sad face. This Mikasa was not the famous Mikasa-class battleship of later generations, but an ironclad ship with a displacement of only more than 7,000 tons, which was much smaller than the Mikasa battleships in history. But it was such a battleship, and it was still squeezed out of between the teeth by the Japanese. After all, in this time and space, the Japanese did not win the First Sino-Japanese War, and without huge war reparations, they naturally had no money to build large battleships. However, the little devil has always had a strong sense of crisis. Especially seeing the continuous strength of the Chinese Empire. The Japanese are even more afraid, and in the past two years, Japan's national strength has gradually recovered, and last year, the Japanese raised funds. Finally, enough money was saved to customize two battleships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons in Britain. But these two battleships are still under construction.

Although even with such two huge ships, the Japanese Combined Fleet is not able to compete with the powerful Huaxia Navy, but it is still much better than now. Youdi Zhiyun sighed helplessly. At present, there is no one in the Japanese government who advocates such a war with no chance of winning, and the Koreans and Japan will naturally not look at it, although Korea at this time is no longer what it used to be. However, there is still a certain gap compared to Japan. But behind the Koreans stood a powerful Chinese Empire, and for Japan, the now powerful Chinese Empire, like a mountain, was something that the Japanese simply could not shake. The Japanese knew that it would be a matter of time before China entered the war with the Koreans, and the Japanese did not want to fight at all, but they could not help but fight, because the initiative in the war was not in the hands of the Japanese at all, and the Japanese were also forced to fight.

Although the Japanese have started a war with the Koreans, the Japanese government's envoy in Beijing has been going to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China three times a day in the hope of ending the war as much as possible, but the Chinese government has always ignored this.

"Order the fleet to be on alert!" Youdi Zhiyun ordered in a deep voice, Youdi Zhiyun still doesn't know, just a few hours ago, the Huaxia Empire finally made a clear statement and declared war on Japan! However, with years of experience, you suddenly feel that danger is slowly approaching you.

"Hay!" The adjutant replied respectfully.

As the fleet sailed on the calm sea, there seemed to be no accidents, and the worries of the land seemed to be unnecessary. Because at this time the fleet was not far from the Sasebo military port.

At this moment, a naval officer suddenly walked in and said loudly, "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the urgent telegram that has just been received in the country that the Chinese Empire has officially declared war on our Great Japanese Empire!" ”

"Nani!" Although Youdi Zhiyun had been mentally prepared, when he heard the news, he was still a little shocked, snatched the telegram, read it carefully, and couldn't help but scold, "Bagaya Road!" These hateful Chinese people are really too deceitful! ”

The entire command room immediately fell into silence, and they were about to return to the Sasebo Military Port, and these Japanese sailors could finally breathe a sigh of relief and relax for a while, but this news was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, which blew up the heads of the Japanese!

"The Chinese Empire is so arrogant and unreasonable, our Great Japanese Empire will never tolerate such provocative acts, and our heroic Imperial Japanese Army will definitely make the Chinese people pay for today's decision! The Great Japanese Empire will win! Youdi Zhiyun felt that it was very necessary to shout a few slogans at this time to boost morale, so he raised his arms and shouted.

"Victory!" The Japanese mechanically shouted slogans.

"Boom!" A violent explosion caused the Japanese slogans to stop abruptly, and the Mikasa battleship suddenly shook at this time. (To be continued......)

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