The allied forces pursuing the Third Field Army pursued them all the way to the Ural Mountains, and they could no longer pursue them, and the main forces of the Imperial Chinese Army retreating from Ufa City had already set up fortifications in the gorges of the Ural Mountains and the surrounding mountains, firmly sealing the passage to the east of the Ural Mountains.

When the pursuing force of the coalition army chased after them, they were immediately attacked by the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, which attacked the fortifications of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire several times in the canyon and the surrounding mountains, and found that it was impossible to break through the fortifications of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire in a short time.

So the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, German Army General Paul? Feng? Hindenburg, helplessly ordered the pursuing troops to stop the attack on the Ural Mountains, and the coalition troops retreated into the city of Zwutoust at the foot of the Ural Mountains for rest, looking at the perfect fortification group established by the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains, Hindenburg knew that although he still had more than 3 million combat troops in his hands, it was impossible to catch up with the Chinese Imperial Army retreating from Ufa City, and as for the counterattack on the area east of the Ural Mountains, it also needed to be considered in the long run.

In this battle, the Allied and Allied forces mobilized more than 7 million army troops, tens of thousands of artillery pieces, thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, and the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire also gathered more than 2 million troops, tens of thousands of artillery pieces, thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, and more than 1,300 fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire also participated in the battle.

After less than a month of fierce fighting, the coalition forces were eventually killed by more than 3.5 million and hundreds of thousands wounded. Tens of thousands of artillery pieces and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed in the fighting.

At such a high cost, all seven of the Entente and Central Powers claimed victory in the Battle of Ufa. After all, the troops of the Chinese Empire returned from the city of Ufa and were driven back east of the Ural Mountains by the coalition forces.

On the Chinese Empire's side, the number of casualties in the Battle of Ufa eventually exceeded 480,000. The number of wounded was more than 100,000, and more than 3,000 large and small artillery pieces, nearly 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and hundreds of warplanes were lost, although the losses were less than those of the Entente and the Central Powers, but the battle plan to capture Ufa City before the war was not realized, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a defeat, so the Chinese Empire did not refute the victory claimed by the Entente and the Central Powers, but mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources and began to build a railway line from Novosibirsk City to the Ural Mountains.

The leaders of the Entente and the Central Powers knew about the Battle of Ufa. According to the losses of both sides, the coalition forces not only could not be regarded as a victory, but a defeat with heavy casualties, but the Entente and the seven countries of the Central Powers needed this victory, so the propaganda of the great victory in Ufa City spread lively all over the world, and the Entente and the Central Powers claimed to have annihilated more than 2 million troops of the Chinese Empire, and their own losses of more than 1 million.

In order to highlight the victory in the battle of Ufa, and also to look better in publicity. The Entente and the Central Powers unanimously reduced the losses by several times and multiplied the results by several times, and there are really people who believe it.

In the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Emperor Meiji summoned Prime Minister Nishionji Konobo, Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Tomoto, War Minister Katsura Taro, and Navy Minister Togo Heihachiro to the Imperial Palace. Discuss the war between the Chinese Empire and the Allied and Allied Powers.

In fact, Emperor Meiji couldn't sit still when he heard that the Chinese Empire had lost more than 2 million army troops in Ufa City, didn't this give the Great Japanese Empire a chance to take revenge? You must know that the army of the Chinese Empire was expanded. It's only 5 or 6 million, and now there are more than 2 million fewer in one battle. The military strength of the Chinese Empire suddenly declined considerably, and the Chinese Empire continued to face attacks from the Entente and Central Powers. What would have happened if the Empire of Japan had joined the war at this time?

When I think of this, Emperor Meiji's heart is like a grass has grown, and this grass is still growing wildly.

Emperor Meiji looked at the four important ministers of Japan and said, "Everyone should know what happened today when the emperor summoned everyone. ”

Prime Minister Xiyuan Temple Gongwang nodded first and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, it should be for the battle of Ufa City that the Chinese Empire has just concluded with the Entente and the Allied Powers. ”

Emperor Meiji nodded and said, "Yes, it's for the just-concluded Battle of Ufa City, everyone knows the result of the Battle of Ufa City, right?" ”

Saionji Gongwang said with a smile: "Amaterasu blesses, the Chinese Imperial Army, which was finally overwhelming on the Russian battlefield, suffered a crushing defeat in Ufa City, losing more than 2 million troops. ”

Emperor Meiji smiled and said, "It is indeed good news, this emperor is eager to double the losses of the Chinese Empire!" Hahaha, this time that Lin Daxin should cry, with a loss of more than 2 million, how many army does they have in the Chinese Empire, and if there are 2 more battles like this, the entire army of the Chinese Empire will have to die! ”

War Minister Katsura Taro said at this time: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the defeat of the Chinese Empire in the Battle of Ufa City is likely to be a turning point in this war, in the face of the Entente and the Central Powers 7 European powers, especially this time the loss of more than 2 million land forces, the Chinese Empire will definitely have a weak back, and the minister thinks that this is an opportunity for our Great Japanese Empire!" ”

Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Yubayashi raised his eyebrows upward, and then asked urgently, "Opportunity?" Could it be that Katsura Taro means that we, the Great Japanese Empire, are also going to be involved in this war? ”

Katsura Taro's words, after Emperor Meiji heard it, his eyes couldn't help but suddenly light up, it seems that not only he has thoughts about joining this war, to be honest, Emperor Meiji's hatred for the Chinese Empire is really deeper than the sea, if he can fall into the hole for the Chinese Empire at this time, Emperor Meiji is absolutely willing, which is why he found the 4 Japanese important ministers to the palace today, and he also hopes that Japan can declare war on the current Chinese Empire and take what Japan lost before. Ten times and a hundred times more from the Chinese Empire.

Katsura Taro nodded at Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Yubayashi, and then a look of excitement appeared on his face. He said to Emperor Meiji: "Your Majesty, now the Chinese Empire has suffered such a crushing defeat. It is the best time for our Great Japanese Empire to take revenge, and as long as we join this war at this time, we will definitely take a ride on the Allies and the Entente! ”

Emperor Meiji had not yet spoken, but the Minister of the Navy, Heihachiro Togo, said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the minister does not think that joining this war at this time is a good time for our Great Japanese Empire, our Great Japanese Empire has just begun to build 6 Fuso-class dreadnought battleships, and 3 Amagi-class dreadnought battleships will also need to be put into service until April and May of 1910, if we join this war now, the powerful naval fleet of the Chinese Empire." It will directly press on the head of our combined fleet of the Great Japanese Navy, with the 11 dreadnought battleships and other types of warships that we currently have, our navy cannot even guarantee the safety of our Great Japanese Empire mainland, and the minister believes that we should continue to wait, there is information that does not show that the Entente and the Allied Powers are studying the formation of a second naval joint expeditionary fleet, and after the Allied and Allied navies defeat the main naval force of the Chinese Empire, it is the best time for our Great Japanese Empire to enter the war. ”

Emperor Meiji listened to Heihachiro Togo's words and frowned. He also knew that although the navy of the Chinese Empire had gone through a huge naval battle with the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers, the losses of the navy of the Chinese Empire in the naval battle were not too great, and the strength still existed, which was not something that the current Japanese navy could oppose. However, this was the abandonment of this God-given opportunity, and Emperor Meiji was really unwilling.

Katsura Taro said loudly, "Togo-kun, you are too conservative this time. Our Imperial Japanese Dynasty built a large number of forts in many port cities, equipped with a large number of large-caliber coastal defense guns. Our combined fleet of the Navy only needs to cooperate with the shore defense artillery, and it can definitely resist the fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy. Moreover, the army of the Chinese Empire lost more than 2 million elite troops this time, which is an opportunity for our Great Japanese Army. ”

Emperor Meiji nodded secretly, if you add shore defense artillery to block the navy of the Chinese Empire, there should be no problem in attacking Japanese port cities.

Emperor Meiji turned to Prime Minister Saionji and asked, "Prime Minister, what is your opinion on this matter?" ”

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang pondered for a moment, and asked Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Yurin: "Yoshimoto-kun, is the news that the Chinese Empire lost more than 2 million elite troops in Ufa City this time accurate?" After all, the loss of more than 2 million troops in the Imperial Chinese Army was only a unilateral statement by the Entente and the Central Powers. ”

Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Yubayashi said: "This news is indeed jointly propagated by the seven countries of the Entente and the Central Powers, but the Chinese Empire has not denied it, I think the loss of the Chinese Imperial Army is not more than 2 million, but it is not far away, otherwise it is impossible for the army of the Chinese Empire to give up the occupied land and directly retreat to the area east of the Ural Mountains." ”

Prime Minister Saionji nodded and then said to Emperor Meiji: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the minister thinks that our Empire of Japan can contact the Entente and the Allies to see what their opinions are on our Empire of Japan joining this war, and we can also contact the Americans, you must know that the conflict of interests between the Americans and the Chinese Empire in the Pacific Ocean is very serious, otherwise the Americans will not be able to support our Empire of Japan again and again, Not long ago, they even took out $140 million to buy the treasury bonds of our Great Japanese Empire, and directly gave us $20 million in free aid to the Great Japanese Empire, because the Americans hoped that our Great Japanese Empire would contain the power of the Chinese Empire in the Pacific Ocean. ”

Emperor Meiji excitedly said: "If there are Americans who also join in, then the Chinese Empire will definitely be finished!" Prime Minister, as you say, you can first contact the Americans to see if the Americans also want to join the war at this time, and then contact the Entente and the Allies to see what they think about our Imperial Japan's entry into this war. ”

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang smiled and said: "And we can put forward some conditions to the Entente and the Allied Powers, such as asking them to provide new anti-aircraft guns and new anti-aircraft machine gun technology, even their advanced fighters, and other technologies we need, and we can also reach out to ask for some free aid or loans, I believe that the Entente and the Allied Powers will definitely welcome our Empire of Japan to join this war, and they will be willing to pay some price for this." ”

Heihachiro Togo said at this time: "If the Americans are also willing to join this war, then it is a good choice for our Empire of Japan to join this war, after all, the United States has a strong navy, and at that time, there will be no navy of the Entente and the Allies, and it is enough to resist the navy of the Chinese Empire by relying only on the combined fleet of our Imperial Japanese Navy and the strength of the US Navy." ”

Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Tomobayashi continued: "If the Americans can also join this war, then there is no need to say anything, our Japanese Empire must also declare war on the Chinese Empire, and we must not miss this opportunity!" But if the Americans are unwilling to get involved in this war, will we, the Empire of Japan, still have to declare war? ”

"Declare war! Even if the Americans don't join, our Great Japanese Empire will still declare war on the Chinese Empire this time! As Katsura Taro said, this is a good opportunity for our Great Japanese Empire, and it is the best time for us to recover our homeland. Now that the Chinese Empire has been wiped out by the Entente and the Central Powers by more than 2 million elite army forces at once, this is an opportunity for Amaterasu to give us the Great Japanese Empire to take revenge. Emperor Meiji suddenly stood up and said loudly.

War Minister Katsura Taro immediately shouted excitedly, "Your Majesty the Emperor is wise! If war is not declared on the Chinese Empire at this time, when will we wait for the Great Japanese Empire! ”

Prime Minister Saionji Kobo, Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Tomoto, and Navy Minister Heihachiro Togo looked at each other and shouted to Emperor Meiji in unison, "Your Majesty the Emperor is wise! ”

Since Emperor Meiji has made his attitude clear, then they just have other ideas, and they won't say any more, otherwise they will definitely not be comfortable finding themselves. (To be continued.) )