After arranging the affairs of the navy, Wu Haoxuan took a special train from Bincheng and returned to Yanjing. After becoming the crown prince of the empire, his security level was raised again. Before, when Wu Haoxuan traveled, he just hung two carriages behind ordinary trains. Now, there is a train that belongs to him.

Wu Haoxuan's special train is specially customized, and the chassis and armor are specially protected to resist the fire of small-caliber shells and heavy machine gun bullets. Of course, if the enemy planted a large amount of explosives directly on the railway, it is estimated that it will not be able to resist it. However, there is a military intelligence bureau and a security service, and if someone really blows it up in this way, it is that he deserves to die.

After the Imperial Navy won this battle, the situation in the entire Far East had been completely changed. The Chinese Navy has already gained sea supremacy in the Far East, albeit only temporarily. However, this was enough for the empire to win a big victory. Next, the Japanese will definitely not be reconciled. China and Japan will have a struggle for sea supremacy in the Far East. And what Wu Haoxuan wants to do is to use this war to weaken Japan's strength as much as possible and make Japan lose more. In this way, in the future struggle for sea supremacy, the empire will occupy a greater advantage.

After the Japanese won the First Sino-Japanese War, they extorted a sum of money from China, and since then they have taken off. Since the Japanese have already set such an example, Wu Haoxuan will definitely not let the Japanese go so easily. If you don't slaughter them severely, it will be really hard to eliminate the hatred in his heart!

"The Japanese extorted 230 million taels of silver from China during the Sino-Japanese War, equivalent to 60 million pounds. This time, the empire had to extort 200 million pounds from the Japanese. In this way, we can make up for the original loss! On the special train back to Yanjing, Wu Haoxuan thought secretly. Of course. He also knew that it would be impossible for the Japanese to come up with so much war reparations. If the Japanese had so much money, they would not have been limited in their military strength because of financial constraints.

However, as long as the empire can hold the lifeblood of the Japanese. I am not afraid that they will not accept the conditions of the empire. If the Japanese don't have so much money, they can completely offset it with industrial equipment. In particular, Japan's shipbuilding equipment has been accumulated by the Japanese for decades. If all of them can be shipped back to China, it will certainly be able to greatly increase China's shipbuilding strength. At the same time, it can also deal a devastating blow to Japan's shipbuilding industry, and it will not be so easy for Japan to continue to compete with China for sea supremacy in the Far East.

On the afternoon of February 5, Wu Haoxuan returned to Yanjing. At this moment, the whole Yanjing has become a sea of joy. People took to the streets spontaneously. Celebrate the Imperial Navy's victory. In particular, those ordinary people whose family members died in the First Sino-Japanese War wept even more. The Empire has finally avenged their family, how can this not make them excited and happy?

After returning to Yanjing, Wu Haoxuan first met with the cabinet ministers, who congratulated the imperial navy on its great victory. Wu Haoxuan asked the cabinet not to take it lightly because of this victory, and to be prepared for the continuation of the war.

At the same time, Wu Haoxuan also told Prime Minister Yang Du and Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi. Prepare the conditions that you will need to make when you negotiate with the Japanese. Wu Haoxuan has only one principle, that is, how to weaken the strength of the Japanese to the greatest extent. Then what kind of conditions are mentioned.

In addition, Wu Haoxuan also went to the palace to meet Emperor Wu Xingquan. Wu Xingquan is still very satisfied with his current life. Although he, the emperor, has no real power. However, he can also not worry about state affairs. Single-minded pleasure is enough. Wu Xingquan was originally a person with no ambitions. Now that Wu Haoxuan is doing all the major national affairs, it is too late for him to be happy.

Wu Xingquan was also very worried about the war between the Chinese Empire and the Japanese Empire. However, after learning that the Imperial Navy had achieved an unprecedented victory, he had nothing to worry about. The Imperial Navy has been victorious. Then, the final victory is naturally within reach. The Imperial Army had defeated the Japanese Army a few years earlier, and it was unlikely that it would not be an opponent of the Japanese in a few years.

Wu Xingquan did not show a demand for power, which made Wu Haoxuan very satisfied. At the very least, he can carry out his plans with confidence. Wu Haoxuan knows Wu Xingquan's character, greedy for pleasure, and likes women. As long as he is satisfied in this regard, then he has nothing else to pursue. This also makes Wu Haoxuan not worry about hurting the feelings between father and son for the sake of power.

After dealing with these things, Wu Haoxuan returned to the palace to accompany his wife and children. During this time, he stayed in Lushun Military Port all the time, and spent a short time with his family. Wu Haoxuan also felt that he owed his family too much. However, for the sake of the great cause in his heart, he could only do this.

The next day, Wu Haoxuan went to the General Staff. The navy had won and was already enforcing a blockade operation against Japan. Then, the army must also make a statement in the future.

Although Wu Haoxuan wants to deal a heavy blow to Japan by blackmailing Japan during the negotiations, he does not need to think about it to know that the Japanese will not give up. So, in order to inflict further heavy losses on the Japanese, to let the Japanese know that if the war continued, they would pay a greater price, and thus had to accept the conditions of the empire. Therefore, the Imperial Army must also take action.

When Wu Haoxuan arrived at the General Staff Headquarters, General Shi Tianhan, deputy chief of the General Staff and chief of operations, and General Shi Deshan, commander of the Yalu River defense line, were already waiting for him. Now the battlefield where the Imperial Army was able to launch an offensive against the Japanese Army was nowhere else but the Korean Peninsula.

Of course, Wu Haoxuan also hopes to land on the Japanese mainland and destroy them. However, to launch a large-scale landing operation, the empire does not have the strength for the time being. Sending hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of troops to the Japanese mainland would require a large number of ships. The Reich is powerless in this regard for the time being. Therefore, we can only further accumulate strength. Wait until the strength is sufficient, and then launch a landing operation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Imperial Navy has been victorious, so in this war, the Empire is already invincible. In order to further weaken the power of the Japanese, I hope that the army will be able to completely annihilate the Japanese army entrenched in Korea. Wu Haoxuan said.

"Your Highness, the Japanese army entrenched in Korea has ten divisions. They were all the divisions that we destroyed in the last war. However, in order to restore the strength of these forces, the Japanese almost always joined these forces with the main forces drawn from within the country. If we can eat up the more than 200,000 Japanese entrenched in Korea in one fell swoop, then the Japanese Army will certainly lose its strength. Admiral Shi Deshan said with a smile. As the commander of the defense line of the Yalu River, if he wanted to launch an attack on the Japanese and Korean forces, he would definitely be in command of this war. It made him very excited.

"According to the latest information we have received, the Japanese are frantically transporting troops and war materials to Korea after the naval defeat. It is said that the Japanese planned to send five more divisions to Korea, bringing the number of troops in Korea to about 370,000. Admiral Shi Tianhan said.

Wu Haoxuan couldn't help frowning, if the Japanese sent five more divisions to Korea, then the strength of the Korean army would be greatly increased. In order to annihilate these hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, the empire must also invest more strength and pay a greater price.

Perhaps seeing Wu Haoxuan's worries, Admiral Shi Tianhan said, "Your Highness, I think this is a good thing. In the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese lost more than 200,000 troops. In particular, the low-level officers suffered a lot of battle losses, which greatly affected the strength of the Japanese Army. In the last war, we also wiped out more than 100,000 Japanese troops, and once again inflicted heavy losses on them. The Japanese Army, now entrenched on the Korean Peninsula, can be regarded as the last elite unit of the Japanese Army. If we can annihilate all these hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in one fell swoop, the elite of the Japanese army will be completely lost. When the time comes, the Japanese Army will fall from a world-class strong army to a second-rate or even third-rate. If we want to destroy Japan in the future, we will inevitably launch a landing operation in Japan. It would be better to wipe out these elite Japanese land forces on the Korean Peninsula than to run into them in Japan in the future. ”

Wu Haoxuan's eyes suddenly lit up, this was indeed a good opportunity to eliminate the main force of the Japanese Army. If the empire wants to completely eliminate the threat of Japan, it must completely destroy the country. Therefore, it was inevitable to land in Japan and launch an operation. Now that as many elites of the Japanese Army are eliminated as possible, the pressure on landing operations in the future will be much less.

"Then let these Japanese troops arrive on the Korean Peninsula, and then we will cut off the connection between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. On the naval side, I'll say hello to them. However, the General Staff had to come up with a plan to completely annihilate the more than 300,000 Japanese troops entrenched in Korea. Wu Haoxuan said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Shi Tianhan nodded.

The Imperial Army is currently on the defense line of the Yalu River, with only a few hundred thousand men. Relying on these armies to defend the Yalu River, there is no problem. But in order to cross the Yalu River and annihilate hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, the Imperial Army would have to drop more troops. (To be continued.) )

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