"Extra! Extra! The crown prince and the prince of Lukuni were assassinated in Otsu City......"

"Extra! Otsu City Police Assassinate Crown Prince Lu ......! ”

It was nearly evening, and the newsboys running through the streets of Tokyo, waving the undried newspapers in their hands with frightened faces, their voices were filled with fear, and the shouts were even trembling, but the newspaper office printed an urgent number, but they could not help but shout, and the shouts of the newsboys made the people on the streets fall into panic.

"Ahh It's over! ”

The frightened people bought the newspaper and looked at the big black letters on the newspaper that read, "The crown prince and the prince of Lu have been assassinated!" The dazzling black letters, like thunder, exploded in people's minds,

The crown prince and prince of Lu Kingdom were killed!

Killed by the Japanese!

No one thought that the policeman was a hero, on the contrary, almost everyone decided that Japan was over, as if Japan was about to die. At least it's not far from perdition.

The crown prince and prince of Lu Guo were assassinated! How could the people of Lu not retaliate?

Suddenly there was a cry in the streets, as if it was for Japan's many disasters and the fate of Japan.

The noise and fear of the city also spread to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, which was also shrouded in a dark cloud, although the palace was surrounded by the breath of spring like the Japanese archipelago at this time, but now the invisible clouds shrouded the palace tightly, and even made people feel suffocated.

The Senkusa Hall, which mimics a Western-style palace, is where the Imperial Council is held, but the Emperor Meiji of Japan is listening to the cabinet discussions in a distraught manner, wearing a Western-style military uniform. At this time, it restrained his body. Obviously, the temperature is pleasant at this time. But Meiji felt that the air was full of stuffiness, and the heat made him restless.

Although the spring was strong, it failed to melt the clouds in the hearts of the self-proclaimed descendants of Amaterasu.

The crown prince and prince of Lu Guo were assassinated!

In one day, Crown Prince Nikolai and Prince George were assassinated by a Japanese policeman. And now, this is unavoidable, what awaits Japan?

It would be Lucia's merciless revenge. There is no room for revenge!

How to deal with this?

For this reason, almost as soon as the news was received, the cabinet immediately began to discuss, and in the endless bickering, everyone still did not say a single reason.

The crown prince and the prince were assassinated, how did Japan extinguish Lucia's thunderous wrath?

Compared to Lucia, a Western powerhouse, Japan's strength is as weak as an underage child, and it only needs a slight push to completely knock Japan to the ground. Meiji would never have had a trace of doubt.

"The priority now is not to discuss how to deal with Lucia, but how to eliminate Lucia's anger!"

As soon as Ito Hirobumi's words were spoken. was reprimanded loudly by Shan County Youpeng.

"Is it possible? Now it is the crown prince and the prince who have been assassinated, not beaten, Your Majesty, what we must consider now is to immediately expand the army to meet Lucia's revenge! ”

As a soldier, Yamaguchi Aritomo's mind is very simple, that is, to strengthen the military at any cost, and only in this way can Japan be protected.

"Now all the diplomatic representations, begging for forgiveness, what is the opinion? If we do not strengthen our armaments and prepare for the invasion of Lucia, then what awaits Japan will undoubtedly be ruined! ”

"Strengthen the armament, Your Excellency, if this is really done, then there is no room for recovery!"

Ito loudly retorted, saying that in his opinion, the current build-up of armaments was simply stimulating Lucia to invade Japan and retaliate against Japan.

"The most important thing for Japan to do now is to beg for Lucia's forgiveness at any cost, and there is no other way!"

After Ito made this point, he turned his gaze to Foreign Minister Shuzo Aoki and asked loudly.

"In the past few years, our relationship with Britain has become closer and closer, Aoki, you look at it and immediately collude with the British side, and try to get Britain to mediate this matter, I believe that Lucia will definitely give Britain face!"

"What if Lucia's offer made us cede land, like Hokkaido, or even a large area of land on the island of Kyushu or Honshu? And we have to pay a large amount of compensation, Ito-kun, you sue me, when the time comes, will we refuse or accept! ”

Yama Prefecture Youpeng's words made Ito stunned, and the whole person suddenly fell silent, yes, will you refuse or accept it when the time comes? The reason why he has been affected by "dew-phobia" for many years is precisely based on the understanding of Russian ambition and strength, even if Lucia gives up revenge, they will demand huge reparations and land, and at that time, how should Japan respond?

Refuse?

Can Japan afford to refuse?

If it is accepted, then from then on, Japan will completely lose the possibility of becoming rich and powerful, and the cession of territory and the huge reparations will exhaust Japan, and even the complete collapse of the upside-down government.

"When the time comes, Britain, Britain should be on our side......"

When this sentence was spoken, Ito himself did not have much confidence, and now that the crown prince and the crown prince were killed by the Japanese police, Britain may be able to prevent the military retaliation of the country, but if Japan does not pay a huge amount of reparations and cede land as a price, what is the point of Britain's mediation? What's more, the royal families of European countries are relatives themselves, and now that Lu Guo has died two princes, and they are also the sons and nephews of the royal families of European countries, in this case, how can Britain risk the world and fully support Japan?

"What if Britain does not uphold justice for Japan?"

At the time of the two "big guys", Masayoshi Matsukata, who had just been appointed prime minister for only six days, was flooded with bitterness, one was a county that had just resigned from the post of prime minister and had always controlled the military circles and political circles, and the other was the president of the Senate, neither of whom he could control, and as the prime minister, he was now reduced to a supporting role.

"Your Majesty, now you can only actively apologize to Lu Guo and strive for Russia's forgiveness, and in the opinion of the minister, you should send the prince to personally represent your Majesty and apologize to Lucia!"

When Ito kicked the ball to His Majesty, Yama Aritomo stood up and spoke.

"It is important to actively apologize, to seek forgiveness, and to enlist the support of Britain, but if Japan is not prepared for war, lest Japan invade Japan on a large scale, our country will respond hastily and will not be able to defend ......."

At this moment, a palace attendant hurriedly walked in, apologized first, and then whispered something in Matsukata's ear, but Matsukata Masayoshi suddenly reprimanded in horror.

"Yaga! Why don't you know how to endure humiliation! ”

When everyone's surprised eyes came, Masayoshi Matsukata, who realized that he was out of shape, hurriedly got up and bowed to His Majesty and said:

"Majesty xià, God, Kobe......"

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Russian sailors who had gone ashore to play had already returned to the ship, and as soon as the sailors returned to the ship, they heard a shocking news -- Crown Prince Nicholas and Archduke George were assassinated by the Japanese!

"Take immediate revenge on them! Mr. Captain, I ask you to open fire on the port of Kobe immediately! ”

It was quietly confirmed, although the Greek crown prince Georgi, who was accompanying him, had not yet returned to the ship, but the news had been confirmed, and the Japanese newspaper had already sent out an additional number.

Prince Ukhtomsky almost immediately demanded that Captain Andreev fire on Kobe, and the accompanying doctors, artists, were even more indignant and demanded the shelling of Kobe in retaliation, as the leader of the Oriental faction, he also realized in his grief that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to turn the attention of the whole of Russia to the East.

"If we sink without saying anything, then the whole Russian Empire will be ashamed of us, and the shame of the emperor's assassination will become a stain that the Russian military will never be able to wash away!"

The attendant general, Balyatinsky, asked the captain to fire from a soldier's point of view.

"Your Excellency, we must take immediate revenge on these yellow-skinned monkeys!"

The agitated sailors shouted for revenge, which seemed to each of them to be a disgrace, they had failed to do their best to defend the crown prince, and it was even conceivable that when they returned to Russia, everyone would turn their reproachful eyes on them!

"Yes, this is a long-planned assassination, Your Excellency, open fire!"

Fire!

For Colonel Andreev, this was a very easy choice, however, now on this warship there is a prince, a squire general, and here there are also Japanese batteries. But in the face of the crowd of people, how can you refuse their request? The assassination of the crown prince and the Grand Duke also made him feel extremely humiliated.

Seeing Andreev's gaze on him, Prince Ukhtomsky immediately realized that his identity had embarrassed the fleet, so he spoke out loud.

"Mr. Captain, please don't worry about my identity, if I am destined to see God today, then, please let me and my friends on the warship die heroically like men, and not like cowards!"

Prince Ukhtomsky's words were immediately agreed by everyone, and Colonel Andreev was silent for a moment, then watched as everyone stood up and ordered the first mate beside him:

"The whole ship is in combat readiness, and the boilers are pressurized!"

After a pause, Andreev said in a calm and excited voice:

"When the pressurization is completed, go out to sea! We want to teach this group of yellow monkeys a good lesson today! ”

"Ulla!"

No one questioned the order, which was exactly what they needed, and to the cheers of the entourage and sailors, the sailors in the boiler room immediately scooped up the coal into the furnace compartment.

(Different history, different Oriental, from this day on, the Orient in the novel will be turned upside down!) Add more today, ask for a guaranteed monthly pass at the beginning of the month! (To be continued......)