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The sound of the explosions that had been ringing all night gradually subsided, and the noisy running and siren whistles followed. Katsura Taro, on the sickbed, his face was as white as paper, his eyes were blank, and the terrible night seemed to have exhausted all his vitality, and he was chanting a word from beginning to end, Japan, Japan!

Since the Meiji era, countless Japanese people with lofty ideals have gone abroad to learn from the advanced European and American world in order to get rid of the natural unfavorable island environment, and they have been afraid of the Beiyang Fleet, so they have saved their money to build the first joint fleet.

At the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War, almost every far-sighted politician and soldier pinned his head to his trouser belt, and even after the departure of the fleet, he had already written a proclamation of defeat and a letter of attachment to the Central Empire again. But it turned out to be a victory! Japan has since gotten rid of Chapter 377 and looked at the shadow of the mainland! 250 million silver, Taiwan and Liaodong! It directly smashed the whole of Japan and brought unimaginable development opportunities to the country. Education for all, industrial development, expansion of the navy, strengthening of the army, etc.

Ito Hirobumi even said that Japan's prosperity and strength were based on the establishment of the Shimonoseki Treaty (Japanese name).

This was something that all visionary politicians understood, but it was only after the explosion last night that he realized that Japan's defeat also began in Shimonoseki. In retrospect, perhaps only Ito knows best that Japan is Japan after all, and that the lack of resources and the inherent disadvantages of depth prompted him to embark on an active and effective foreign policy on the mainland after the First Sino-Japanese War, helping to train students and fund education to imperceptibly export Japanese ideas. Thanks to his efforts, the Sino-Japanese War began to be forgotten in just a few years, and ten years later, Japan even replaced Europe and the United States as the most desirable country for Chinese students.

But, he's dead! Died in a despicable assassination!

The Ito era came to an abrupt end, although his descendants were still trying. But young Japanese people, who had been overwhelmed by two great victories, began to indulge, believing that they had entered the ranks of the world's great powers. began to despise the former Central Empire, and even wanted to gain the whole of China through another gambling victory even when he had already achieved great benefits in Manchuria! So the Xihuamen incident was planned. War has come, and a dazzling strongman has appeared in the Central Empire, which has been sleeping for decades!

"Anne. Can you help me out for a walk? Katsura Taro turned his head to look at the personal doctor, his words so weak and his movements so slow. Dr. Anai understood at once, nodded his head and asked his subordinates to help him up, and personally pushed him out of the hut in a wheelchair. Katsura Taro was stunned by the smell of burnt paste and gunsmoke, and only a few bare black charcoal sticks remained at the village snack shop on the street. The hostess sat in the mud with Mr. Murano's body in her arms, and her ten-year-old child sat on the side, her pants burned out of a large hole, revealing her blistered thighs and hissing in pain.

Katsura Taro, who is in a wheelchair, has a blank brain. He remembers it well. When I was a child, I stole Mr. Murano's snacks with my partner. was chased by him all the way out of the distance, and after being caught and reprimanded, he stuffed a piece of snack. As a descendant of the nobles of the Choshu Domain, he was not short of food, but he was not happy with this kind of fun. After Mr. Murano's death, his son inherited the small shop. At that time, I had already traveled to Germany, and I often came here to eat when I came back. But now it doesn't exist, and it is reduced to ashes along with Mr. Komurano, who is polite to him every time they meet.

The wheelchair continued to move forward, and after passing over a bare cherry blossom forest, a hellish sight appeared in front of everyone.

The whole street is gone! There was charcoal and ash as far as the eye could see.

"Japan, Japan!" Katsura Taro muttered softly, and the wise eyes of his youth gradually lost their lustre. In the background of the two victories of the weak and the strong, there is a generation of young people who have been arrogant, increasingly arrogant, short-lived, and arrogant. They forget the perseverance of their predecessors and forget to keep their feet on the ground. Regard chrysanthemums and swords as totems, always want to be comparable to their predecessors, make achievements and conquer Asia, and even conquer the whole world, but forget that this is Japan, a small country in Asia that lacks resources and food, and is still weak in the eyes of Europe and the United States.

A group of army soldiers with guns on their backs to maintain order but also spread confusion walked over, and they bowed together to the former prime minister who closed his eyes and "rested", but did not know that the eyes full of wisdom in the beautiful Guiyuan era could no longer be opened.

In front of the blood-spattered Prime Minister's Mansion, Junnobu Aoki and Kita Ichiki and others still stood stubbornly and proudly, their eyes retracted from the rising sun in the east, and twisted to Tanaka Yoshiichi in front of them like a hero: "Tanaka-kun, have you seen it?" Don't you believe we can do it?! Haha, we killed all those national thieves, and we woke up the people and the country with blood! Did you see that? Navy brothers, army brothers, have you seen that? Blood and sacrifice is what our generation should do, not cowardly betrayal of national interests, we are fearless and heroic soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire, some say that the tenacious spirit we had in the face of Lucia machine guns and bayonets ten years ago is gone, but now I can tell them that we have not lost our souls. ”

"Tanaka-kun! The rest is up to you, please lead the empire out of its shackles and back on the continent. For 50 million people, expand the living space for our children and grandchildren! The Great Japanese Empire, the martial arts were prosperous. In a frenzied cry of hysteria, Aoki flipped his wrist and pulled out a small revolver and aimed it at his temple.

At the same time as blood burst out of his head, Shan County Youpeng's car also stopped behind. He didn't seem to see the corpses and blood all over the ground, and he staggered through the glass and beckoned to Yoshitoshi Tanaka, his expression weak as Katsura Taro just now. Tanaka took one last look at Aoki, who was lying in a pool of blood, shook his head and got into the carriage, and asked with concern, "Elder Ge, your body." ”

"I'm fine, I'll take you to His Majesty the Emperor." Shan County Youpeng didn't understand what was going on, his body, which was fine before, suddenly seemed to be drained of all his strength, his eyes became blurry, the corners of his mouth began to feel bitter, and even his fingers became cold. But he still insisted, because there was still an important thing to do, that is, he had to establish his heir in front of Emperor Taisho while he still had the strength, only in this way could he ensure political stability and wait for Crown Prince Hirohito to grow up.

The sedan sped towards the palace, and it was a hellish sight all the way, and the whole city seemed to have been ravaged by a pack of three-headed dogs. No more passers-by, no more chaos. The saloon, protected by soldiers, soon arrived at the Chiyoda Imperial Palace. Tanaka took the lead in getting out of the car and opened the door, bent over and raised his hands flat to prepare to help Aritomo get out of the car. But after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement, and when he raised his head again and looked inward, the only old man who had been in Japanese politics for decades and had been in power after Ito Hirobumi was motionless.

At that moment, Yoshitoshi Tanaka was cold with one hand and foot!

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Japan, Tokyo, riots!

Be the three hottest words of the whole of May! No one thought it was a coup d'état, because the fanatical young soldiers did not want to form a regime on their own, and their purpose was only to eliminate those who advocated the signing of the "Eight Articles of the People's Republic of China" and temporarily retreated, and to get closer to the democrats in Europe and the United States.

The night of 510 briefly focused the world's attention on the sky over the Northeast Pacific Ocean once again, and countless politicians were stunned by the mania of the young generation of Japan! In order to achieve victory, this paranoid people can invent the pig rush tactic of treating death as nothing and filling the enemy with life. After a defeat that was not too serious in the eyes of the West. No one could have imagined that the young Japanese people, who had become accustomed to being the boss of Asia for 20 years, felt that their status was in jeopardy, and after discovering that their dream of liberating Asia and realizing the common prosperity of Asia was beginning to be shattered, they would choose to use fanaticism to bring the country to the edge of the cliff. Awaken the steps of conquest with blood and life! What kind of nation is this? What kind of Japan it is! What makes Europe even more sleepless is when a democrat bigwig is included in the death list, when Katsura Taro and Yama Prefecture Aritomo suddenly die of myocardial infarction. Japan as a whole could not find a suitable leader, and hopes of integrating Japan into the European model were dashed.

Yamamoto and the navy were also embroiled in the Siemens corruption scandal, and even if they openly rejected all army factions from power, it would be impossible for the people who wanted peace and security to allow the corrupt criminals to form a government. Shigenobu Okuma has already returned to his hometown, and has refused all invitations to form a cabinet and decided to spend the rest of the year in peace. Although Yoshiichi Tanaka arrived at the Imperial Palace, Emperor Taisho only thought that he was the "bodyguard" of Aritomo Yamagu. Kiyoura Keigo has always wanted to become prime minister, after he almost got his wish a few years ago, he lost his bonds. How can you be willing to let the juniors climb to the head.

After the signing of the Eight Articles of the People's Republic of China, the Entente rejoiced, because the Far East was already peaceful. But the night of 510 was like a resounding slap in the face to tell them that the surging undercurrents in the Far East are even more terrifying! Compared with the long wrestling before Xiyuan Temple came to power, this political struggle is more difficult and more tragic! Who will win? Where is Japan headed? Who will contain China, which is gradually waking up? How to ensure the balance of the Far East? Will the five army divisions promised by the Saionji cabinet reach the Western Front, which is in dire need of troops? Will the navy of the Choshu Domain, which is in dire need of strength to balance the Choshu Domain, send the Kongo-class to Europe? How should Britain uphold the Sino-Japanese alliance? Was the young Asian newcomer laughing when he learned of the storm?

"I'm sorry."

In his Nanjing mansion, Yang Qiu frowned at the visiting Wall Street Journal reporter: "Because I see that the democratic forces are disappearing in Japan, and I see the dangerous radical militarism spreading!" There is a serious threat to peace in Asia and to the Pacific as a whole. I can't imagine what it would be like when a powerful navy that could sweep across the Northeast and Southwest Pacific gets out of control. This is a catastrophe at a time when the whole world is doing everything to end the war in Europe! ”

Will Wall Street publish this speech as it is? How many hypocrisy, democracy fighters, etc., will critics wear on their heads? Yang Qiu didn't care! Both Yoshiichi Tanaka and Tetsuyama Nagata are too young and inexperienced compared to them in the parallel world, and it will take a long time to stand out in the seniority and hierarchy of Japanese society.

China, which has just emerged from its misery and is far from socializing reforms, will need time. It is foreseeable that after the loss of a generation of heroes, the Japanese political scene will fall into chaos for a long time after the huge fault line. The night of 510 is like the British and French powers before the war for Japan, after this catastrophe, unless they provoke a full-scale war in the next few years, there will never be any conflict between China and Japan! Because as long as you are not crazy, you must shrink strategically. The Korean issue will be retreated step by step, the number of Japanese warships at sea will be reduced, and when Europe is in full swing, a huge power vacuum will finally appear in the northeast and southwest Pacific Ocean!

Hou Yi did not shoot all the sun, because he understood that the world still needs sunlight, and there are also people who need Japan not to sink. Standing in front of the large world map in the core war room of the General Staff, Yang Qiu's fingers drew a circle in the blank space between North Korea and the Strait of Malacca, and then slowly turned his gaze to the hot Europe.

It was the first time he was able to sit down and patiently examine the changed world war...... (To be continued)!!