Tsar Nicholas II, who had vowed to fight the Chinese Empire to the end, immediately became depressed because Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire withdrew from the war, and accepted the advice of two confidant ministers, and agreed to send negotiators to contact the Chinese Empire and reach an armistice with the Chinese Empire as soon as possible to avoid a more tragic fate for Russia.

And in this war, among the opponents of the Chinese Empire, another country that did not give in, that is, Japan, which was mobilizing the whole people to resist the landing of the Chinese Imperial Army, after the four Allied countries signed an armistice agreement with the Chinese Empire, the whole of Japan was suddenly not calm, and fear spread in the hearts of all the Japanese, and this fear came from the mustard gas of the Chinese Empire.

In the imperial palace in Tokyo, Japan, Emperor Meiji, Prime Minister Saionji Konozo, Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Yubayashi, War Minister Katsura Taro and Navy Minister Togo Heihachiro gathered together to discuss Japan's next strategy after the Allies withdrew from the war.

Emperor Meiji said in a hoarse voice: "Let's talk about it, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire have all signed an armistice and choose to make peace with the Chinese Empire, what should our Great Japanese Empire do next?" If the Chinese Empire were to wage a gas war against our Empire of Japan, what could we do to restrain it? ”

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang immediately smiled bitterly and said to Emperor Meiji: "Your Majesty the Emperor, according to the information received, this time the Chinese Empire used poison gas against the five-nation coalition army. It is called mustard gas, and it is very terrifying. The Germans had also used this poison gas on the troops of the Chinese Empire, but the amount of mustard gas possessed by the Chinese Empire. Far beyond Germany, in the Ural Mountains on the front line of the 5-nation coalition army, more than 600,000 people died from this poison gas in a short period of time, and more 5-nation coalition officers and soldiers were damaged to varying degrees, lost their combat effectiveness, so that they were easily captured by the army of the Chinese Empire, which is also the reason why the four countries of the Allied countries would rather cede land and pay reparations, but also withdraw from this war, this mustard gas is too terrifying. Poisoning can occur on contact with the skin, unless you wear a full-body protective suit to avoid being poisoned by mustard gas. ”

Emperor Meiji hesitated for a moment and said: "Can we let the troops of the Great Japanese Empire be equipped with full-body protective clothing as soon as possible, if the troops of the Chinese Empire use mustard gas to launch a gas war against the port cities of our Great Japanese Empire during the operation of landing on the mainland of our Great Japanese Empire, we must find a way to resist the poisonous gas warfare of the Chinese Empire." ”

At this time, Minister of War Katsura Taro said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty the Emperor, our Great Japanese Empire itself cannot even produce gas masks. At present, some of the gas masks that the army is equipped with are all imported from foreign countries, not to mention the full-body protective clothing with higher technical requirements. The minister believed that it was unrealistic to equip the army units of the Empire of Japan with full-body protective clothing on a large scale, after all, full-body protective clothing. And the price of gas masks is not cheap, our Great Japanese Empire has not been able to produce it ourselves, and now our Army units of the Great Japanese Empire can only adopt some local methods. to defend against poison gas attacks by the Chinese Empire, such as having soldiers wear raincoats and rain boots. Cover your mouth and nose with a wet towel, but these methods do not completely protect against mustard gas. ”

Emperor Meiji sighed and asked, "What about the poison gas that our Great Japanese Empire has?" Can it pose a greater threat to the armies of the Chinese Empire? ”

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang said helplessly: "Your Majesty the Emperor." Don't think about what threat our Imperial Japanese Empire's poison gas can pose to the Chinese Empire's army, our Imperial Japan currently only has chlorine gas, a kind of poisonous gas that can be used in war, our Imperial Japanese Empire can't even make chlorine shells, we can only use cylinders to release chlorine gas, in the face of the Chinese Imperial Army with a gas mask in hand, our Imperial Japan's poison gas attack, can not achieve any substantive effect at all. ”

Emperor Meiji said in frustration: "Then what should we do now in the Great Japanese Empire?" Can we only wait for the Chinese Empire to launch a dehumanizing poison gas attack on our homeland of the Great Japanese Empire? ”

Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Tomobayashi said uncertainly: "Maybe the Chinese Empire will not carry out poison gas warfare on the mainland of our Great Japanese Empire, and their emperor has not declared that the Chinese Empire will not be the first to use poison gas warfare?" As long as we in the Imperial Japanese Empire do not use poison gas to attack the Chinese Imperial Army when it lands on the Japanese mainland, I think that the Chinese Imperial Army will not carry out poison gas warfare against our Imperial Japanese Army units, after all, that would be tantamount to slapping the Chinese Imperial Emperor Lin Daxin in the face. ”

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang sighed and said: "We can only hope that the army of the Chinese Empire will not release mustard gas on the coastal cities of our Great Japanese Empire, otherwise our Great Japanese Empire will have millions of soldiers, and it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army." ”

The Japanese Army has 96 standing heavy divisions, 40 standing light divisions, and 100 garrison brigades, which has about 5 million troops.

However, now the mustard gas of the Chinese Empire has made the Japanese clearly realize that no matter how many troops Japan organizes, it only needs the army of the Chinese Empire to fire some mustard gas shells to poison thousands of officers and soldiers of the Japanese Army, and then the army of the Chinese Empire can easily achieve victory.

After a pause, Saionji Gongwang continued to say to Emperor Meiji: "Your Majesty the Emperor, now that Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire have all ceded land to the Chinese Empire and withdrawn from this war, then only our Great Japanese Empire and Russia are still holding on, in this case, there is no need to consider winning this war, and the minister is worried that the Russians will choose to negotiate an armistice with the Chinese Empire when they see the power of the Chinese Empire's gas warfare." In order to get rid of the damage that this war continues to bring to Russia, wait until Russia also withdraws from this war. The situation of our Great Japanese Empire is even more difficult, that is, the army of the Chinese Empire does not use mustard gas and other poisonous gases. It is only necessary to transfer more than a dozen main forces of the Russian battlefield to the direction of our Great Japanese Empire, and it will not be easy for our Great Japanese Empire to deal with it, after all, the number of regular troops of the Chinese Empire is already the first in the world, and so many troops will crush our Great Japanese Empire if they press on the head of our Great Japanese Empire. ”

Emperor Meiji understood what Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang meant, this is to make Japan beg for peace with the Chinese Empire, but the Meiji Emperor has always hated the Chinese Empire higher than the sky and the sea deeper. Hearing that Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang was so clear that he wanted to surrender, he was not angry, but turned his head to the Minister of the Navy, Togo Heihachiro, and asked: "Togo-kun, can the remaining forces of our Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, with the numerous shore defense guns in various ports, prevent the Chinese Imperial Army from landing on the mainland of our Great Japanese Empire?" ”

Hearing Emperor Meiji's question, Heihachiro Togo couldn't help but smile bitterly, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, which was quite powerful at the beginning, now has 3 Amagi-class dreadnought battleships and 3 Kumano-class all-steel battleships left. As well as 4 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 11 destroyers, 24 torpedo boats and 8 submarines, such a little power is not enough to even stuff the teeth of the Imperial Chinese Navy, that is, to add shore defense guns in various ports. It was also impossible to hold off the landing force covered by the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Heihachiro Togo said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, although our Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Yokohama, it has already hurt the roots. But as long as His Majesty the Emperor gives the order, our Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy will definitely fight to the last man. Nor will the armies of the Chinese Empire set foot on the lands of our Great Japanese Empire. ”

Emperor Meiji nodded, he understood what Heihachiro Togo meant. If you want to use naval and shore defense artillery to block the landing of the Chinese Imperial Army on the Japanese mainland, don't fantasize, the strength of the Chinese Imperial Navy is too strong, and only a conventional attack is enough to destroy any Japanese port, maybe as long as the port of Tokyo is an exception, after all, the Japanese have built 26 large and small batteries in the port of Tokyo, especially 6 large and strong large batteries.

However, it was impossible for the Japanese to control the troops of the Chinese Empire, so they directly chose to land in the port of Tokyo, and as long as the troops of the Chinese Empire successfully landed in one of the three Japanese islands, then the coastal defense forces of the other ports of the Japanese island would have no effect.

Emperor Meiji was silent for a moment and asked Prime Minister Saionji Kotozo: "If the Japanese Empire goes to the Chinese Empire to negotiate an armistice now, can the Chinese Empire talk to us?" You must know that there is an irreconcilable hatred between our Great Japanese Empire and the Chinese Empire, will the Chinese Empire take this opportunity to have the intention of destroying our Great Japanese Empire? ”

Hearing Emperor Meiji's question, Japan's four important ministers couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, after all, the mustard gas of the Chinese Empire was like a dark cloud, floating on Japan's head all the time, which weakened the Japanese people's will to fight a lot, including these four Japanese ministers, who were also afraid that the army of the Chinese Empire would carry out a poison gas attack on Japan, and no one wanted to taste the taste of mustard gas.

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang immediately said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the army of the Chinese Empire is now only arranged around our Great Japanese Empire, and has not launched a landing operation on the mainland of our Great Japanese Empire, although there is a five-nation coalition of forces, it also shows that the Chinese Empire attaches great importance to the millions of army units of our Great Japanese Empire, and the Chinese Empire also understands that if we want to land on the mainland of our Great Japanese Empire, what kind of price will be paid, and I believe that as long as we pay a certain price, the war with the Chinese Empire will definitely end, You must know that behind the series of victories of the Chinese Empire, it is not so easy, the various materials consumed by the Chinese Empire in this war are absolutely astronomical, even a strong country like the Chinese Empire has to grit its teeth and persevere, no one wants to fight all the time! ”

Emperor Meiji said in a mournful voice: "I didn't expect that this emperor confidently joined this war against the Chinese Empire, and as a result, we had to endure humiliation and bear the burden of humiliation, if it weren't for the terrible mustard gas of the Chinese Empire, this emperor would definitely lead all the soldiers and civilians of our Great Japanese Empire to fight with the Chinese Empire to the end!" ”

War Minister Katsura Taro said comfortingly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this is really a helpless thing, the mustard gas possessed by the Chinese Empire is too terrifying, our Great Japanese Empire is hard to resist, it is very likely to lead us to hundreds of thousands, even millions, or even tens of millions of casualties, now that our Great Japanese Empire has temporarily retreated, there will definitely be a chance in the future to seek justice from the Chinese Empire." ”

Emperor Meiji waved his hand and said with a gloomy face: "I'm tired, as for the matter of sending negotiators to contact the Chinese Empire, you can discuss it!" Remember, we must not lose a single bit of the land of the Great Japanese Empire! In addition, the finances of our Great Japanese Empire have been running deficits, and the war reparations must be as small as possible, preferably no more than 10 million yen -- well, not more than 5 million yen. ”

After saying that, Emperor Meiji didn't wait for the 4 important ministers to speak again, and directly turned around and left the room, leaving behind 4 Japanese important ministers who looked at each other, and even European powers like Britain, France and Germany have ceded land and paid reparations to the Chinese Empire, what kind of big tail wolf can Japan be, not cede the land, and not pay huge war reparations, can the Chinese Empire promise to end the war?

5 million yen, at the current exchange rate between the pound and the yen, is not even 500,000 pounds, with the greedy character of Lin Daxin, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, can it be satisfied? Obviously impossible!

Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Tomobayashi reluctantly said to Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang: "Prime Minister, what should we do next?" His Majesty the Emperor did not allow the cession of land, and did not allow the Chinese Empire to pay huge war reparations, so how could we possibly reach an armistice agreement with the Chinese Empire? ”

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang thought for a moment and said: "Let's talk with the Chinese Empire first, as for what can be achieved in the end, I believe His Majesty the Emperor will also understand, at this time, our Great Japanese Empire has reached the verge of very danger, His Majesty the Emperor also understands, otherwise we will not agree to our armistice negotiations with the Chinese Empire, alas, as long as the Chinese Empire can sign an armistice agreement, it is completely worth paying a certain price." (To be continued.) )

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