Chapter 2: Tokyo Allied Forces Headquarters
Just as Chinese mainland was silent during the New Year, the great powers held their highest-level summit in Paris, France. Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. President of the United States, Prime Minister of France, Emperor of Italy, Emperor of Tsarist Russia. Emperor Wilhelm of Germany did not go, but sent the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck, the Emperor of the Osun Empire, and others to Paris, France, to discuss how to deal with the rapidly rising Chinese Empire.
For the consensus of the Yellow Peril, the entire Western shijie fell into a huge panic. This panic forced the great powers to be more united, and they knew in their hearts that the contradictions between the great powers were contradictions between the great powers and the contradictions between the great and small interests, and that the rising Chinese Empire was an irreconcilable contradiction related to the survival of the nation. In view of the ongoing crisis, there is no room for the Great Powers to retreat. Now that the Chinese Empire is outrageously powerful, the West can only unite more to confront it.
As for the awakening of the Chinese empire in such a short period of time and becoming a roaring lion, not a single Western historian, military strategist, politician, economist, can say clearly. In view of the history of the Mongol armies sweeping through Europe, Asia and Africa, the great powers can only characterize the terrible Yellow Peril as about to destroy freedom, and they believe that the Chinese Empire is even more terrible than the Mongols, and that this terrible plague god must be destroyed.
This time, the Oxian Empire joined the Paris League for the first time, and the U.S. Congress passed the War Act in full and decided to send troops to East Asia. The Americans lobbied the American continent and decided to form an Allied Army of the Americas to enter the war. The first batch of U.S. government troops to go abroad was 50,000, and the Allied Forces of the Americas were: Mexico sent 30,000 troops. Brazil sent 20,000 troops, and Argentina sent 10,000 troops. Other small countries are a total of 10,000 people. The United States decided to give full support to Japan and used Japan as the first bastion against the Chinese Empire in East Asia.
According to the analysis. The great powers unanimously agreed that in the current state, the army of the Chinese Empire has advanced weapons and equipment and strong offensive power, so defense is the main strategic goal at present. The powers agreed to impose a complete blockade on Chinese mainland. Exchange time for space, use protracted wars to drag down the Chinese Empire, and then strangle it. The great powers made up their minds. To use the means of war, zuihou to dismember the Chinese Empire, to divide the Chinese Empire into several small countries, will never pose a threat to the West.
This time the Paris League. The great powers took into account when fighting in Chinese mainland. Although there are many coalition forces, they are scattered and even fighting separately. In view of this drawback, the heads of state headed by the United Kingdom discussed and carefully divided labor. The Japanese army mainly defended the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan. The Americas-led Allied forces of the Americas entered Japan and used the natural barrier of the sea to establish a solid line of defense, making Japan's defense line in East Asia impregnable.
Britain due to the large number of colonies. It requires a large number of troops, so its army units are stretched to the limit. The British focused on defending the Indian continent. Therefore, the British land forces were mainly concentrated in India. In addition, the main combat liliang of the British was concentrated at sea, so the British had to reach 70 percent of the allied forces in terms of ships and combat liliang at sea.
The French suffered heavy losses in Chinese mainland, causing a lot of complaints in France. In this regard, the main task of the French is to defend Annam, and another task of the French is to fully support the Russian army in the operation.
Russia also suffered heavy losses in Chinese mainland, but this loss was not painful for the Russians. Although the Russian tsar carried out a national mobilization, under the current conditions, Russia did not have the ability to attack on a large scale. Therefore, Russia concentrated about 3 million troops, mainly to defend Outer Mongolia, including Lake Baikal, Irkusko region to the east of the Green Mountains, and Xinjiang region, where the Russian army also garrisoned 200,000 troops.
Germany, the Austrian Empire, and Italy each sent 100,000 troops, a total of 300,000 troops, into Central Asia to assist in the defense. When conditions are ripe in the future, they can enter Chinese mainland from the west to counterattack. Other small countries have limited troop contributions, and the traditional maritime powers of Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands mainly send their navies to fight. As the saying goes, someone has to pay for it, and those who can't afford it have to pay.
In mid-April, the Japanese archipelago is in full bloom with cherry blossoms, and Tokyo Bay is bathed in a warm spring breeze. As far as the eye can see, the clear blue waters of Tokyo Bay are filled with large and small coalition warships. At this time, a large British warship slowly docked and docked on the military dock in Tokyo Bay. This large battleship with a displacement of 6,000 tons, called the cruiser Britannia, is a new type of warship launched by Britain at the beginning of the year, and its main gun caliber reaches 300 mm, and it is now the flagship of the Allied Navy.
At the beginning of the year, the coalition formed the Pacific Fleet and concentrated more than 400 warships. They are stationed in North Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii and other regions, and implement a complete blockade of Chinese mainland at sea. At the same time, Britain and the United States launched their war machines in full swing and began to build new warships on a large scale. Driven by this, other maritime powers have also embarked on the construction of new warships. According to the needs of modern warfare, the Western powers began to build all-steel warships with all their might, with only one goal, that is, to deal with the most terrible enemy of the Chinese Empire.
The sun is shining and the spring breeze is warm. The stars will be twinkling on the pier, and it is clear that these people are waiting to greet the guests. The huge battleship docked at the dock, military music sounded, and a group of people with twinkling stars appeared on the spiral staircase of the battleship. A general walking in front of him, with a tall body and a straight marshal's uniform, he was wearing white gloves and waving frequently, with a calm demeanor. The marshal was the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, the Englishman John Rhino. He is about 50 years old, and although the mustache on his lips is a little hairy, it is very neat and shows the majesty of this person.
He was followed by the Chief of Staff of the Coalition Forces, the American Bill, who looked sinister and cunning with thin cheeks, deep-set eyes, and a hooked nose. Due to the full participation of the Americans in the war, their huge economic power became an important liliang of the coalition forces, so the headquarters of the coalition forces had a seat for the Americans. In addition, among the generals who greeted them on the dock were the deputy commander of the coalition forces, General Alexander of the Russian, and the deputy commander of the coalition forces, the Frenchman General Guba. This time, the headquarters of the coalition forces set up a new staff advisory group of the headquarters, which included Germans, Italians, and people from the Osun Empire. For the first time, the Japanese appeared in the crowd at the headquarters. The Japanese man's name is Okazaki, and he has a short stature. He was the chief of staff of the Japanese Army Headquarters.
The welcome scene was a bit dull, and the guests who came and the people who greeted each other were a little mixed with each other. After all, it is the shadow of continuous failures that makes everyone feel uncomfortable. It stands to reason that Han Ruowei, who replaced McMahon as commander of the coalition forces, should have made an impassioned inaugural speech, which is a normal example. Because of the failure, not to mention that he himself is not in this mood, everyone in the headquarters is probably not in this mood. The scene of the meeting was tacitly understood by everyone. It's just a courtesy greeting to each other.
Soon, the group walked into the headquarters of the coalition forces in downtown Tokyo. All the generals in the hall were seated. Han Ruowei looked around and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Everyone, I can't talk about being ordered in danger, for the safety of the West. I am willing to take this responsibility and work with you to fulfill this responsibility and to deal with the dangerous enemy together.
"I don't want to judge my ex, and I don't want to overestimate myself. I don't want to comment on the failure of Chinese mainland. Before I came, I attended the Paris League, and the allies were united like never before. This is more important than anything else. Failure is not to be feared. What is terrible is to lose faith, as long as we have faith, God will be on our side, and we can achieve the victory of zuihou. ”
"Once again, the League of Paris has united us as a staunch ally of the Coalition, the United States of America, to enter the war in full force by passing the War Act. Needless to say, the United States has a strong economy. We will be a strong backing, and we will get the most powerful support. Our new ally, the Osun Empire, joins the warband. To make the Liliang of the coalition forces stronger than ever, our slogan is to fight for freedom shijie. Before I came, I had an in-depth understanding of the reasons for the failure in Chinese mainland, only two points, the pride of the army and the fact that we do not know the opponent. Ladies and gentlemen, in just three months, hundreds of thousands of troops have been eaten, which has no precedent in human military history, just as Napoleon said, China's sleeping lion has woken up. ”
Han Ruowei continued: "At this Paris Alliance, we have formulated a long-term strategy, which is to use war methods to drag down this fierce enemy, and then a strategic counteroffensive to destroy the Chinese Empire and dismember him in one fell swoop. You should be soberly aware that this newly-born Chinese empire has surpassed us in individual weapons and equipment, surpassed us in military strategy, and has huge population resources and war resources, so we are still in the strategic defense stage for a long time. ”
Han Ruowei continued: "Some people may ask, we have a strong navy, weishenme does not launch a landing operation?" Recently, I received information that an all-steel torpedo boat had appeared in the Imperial Chinese Navy, and it had reached a speed of 28 knots. What does this torpedo boat say about the absence of a noticeable chimney? This shows that our enemy has mastered the internal combustion engine jishu. And the internal combustion engine is still in the shiyan stage. Guys, what a terrible thing this is. Our enemy has mastered all-steel torpedo boats powered by internal combustion engines, do we still have any chance of launching a landing operation? ”
Han Ruowei continued: "Everyone, I am not destroying my own prestige and increasing the popularity of others, and this is the harsh reality. Our military experts predict that the internal combustion engine Jishu will be the Jishu of the next century, and that future warships will use the internal combustion engine Jishu, which will be faster, have a longer range, and have stronger continuous combat capabilities. Excuse me, our enemies are developing at a rapid pace with incredible magic. Our opponents are like magic, and how many more things do we not know? ”
"To sum up, accurate intelligence is involved here, and it can be said that ignorance of the enemy is the main reason for our defeat. Therefore, intelligence work is the top priority, and we must work requesting reports. The Chinese have a proverb that says that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles, so we must use the same method to fight back against the enemy. According to my judgment, the Chinese army will soon launch an attack on the Korean Peninsula, and I will immediately go to the Korean Peninsula to inspect it. ”
Okazaki has a five-short figure, and he tries to hold his head as high as possible to make the altitude a piece higher. He walked up to the military map and said, "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the current Japanese army is ???????。 "Han Ruowei is a pragmatic soldier, he has done his homework before he came, so his posture is very low-key. He knew very well in his heart that given the powerful attack power of the Chinese army, the Korean Peninsula could not be defended at all. If you can really resist the Japanese army, that's the best.
If you can't resist it, it's not much of a threat. The sea is a natural barrier, and the defense of the Japanese archipelago is the safest. However, if the Korean Peninsula is abandoned, it will never be possible. Because the Korean Peninsula is related to the safety of Japan and the morale of the allied forces, the purpose of using the Japanese army's stubborn defense on the Korean Peninsula is also to slow down the pace of the Chinese army and gain time to form a solid defensive front in the Japanese archipelago.
Before coming, Han Ruowei reached a consensus with the high-level leaders of the great powers that the Korean Peninsula could be abandoned, but the Japanese archipelago could not afford to lose. However, Han Ruowei could not explain this meaning to the Japanese, because the Japanese had invested a lot of manpower and material resources on the Korean Peninsula and were ready to defend stubbornly. Japan has been peeking into the Korean Peninsula for a long time, and the Japanese will never give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Han Ruowei's visit to the Korean Peninsula is also a signal to the outside world that he will stick to the Korean Peninsula at any cost. Han Ruowei did not expect that as soon as he set foot on the soil of the Korean Peninsula, the Chinese army greeted him in a unique way, and a large-scale offensive began to be staged (to be continued......
PS: In the face of the crisis, what will the great powers do?