"But the actual situation was beyond our expectations, and the first one that surprised us was Cai Yi, who actually relied on an army of less than 10,000 people to fight a war with Yuan Shikai's army of 60,000 in Sichuan for more than three months. Not only was it not wiped out, but it grew bigger and stronger, and Zuihou drove the troops of the central government of China out of Sichuan. The next one that surprised us even more was Wang Zhenyu. It's really ashamed to say that neither the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, nor the Special High School or even the Black Dragon Society know where such a person came from. At the time of the Xinhai Revolution in China, he was just a pipe band in the local new army in China, equivalent to a squadron leader in the Imperial Army. However, it is said that this person was very bold, and when he was fighting in the Wuhan area, he actually dared to attack the baggage of the Qing army at night and succeeded. Later, when he returned to Hunan, he was out of the monitoring range of the imperial intelligence system, and when he came out again, it was in the Second Revolution, when only Xiangxi controlled him, and he successfully defeated Lu Rongting, the ruler of Guangxi, and Wang Zhengya, the ruler of Changde in Hunan. But then he and Cai Ye accepted Yuan Shikai's order to take up a post in Beijing, which caused the imperial intelligence officers to misjudge again. And when Cai Ye announced his crusade against Yuan, this person burst out with very terrifying military strength, and we only learned later that he took the opportunity of the European war to establish a cooperative relationship with the European countries of Luxembourg and Belgium, of which about 200,000 people of the Principality of Luxembourg emigrated to the area under its actual control. There are a large number of Jishu personnel in it, and according to the report of our special personnel who infiltrated Xiangxi, he also established an industrialized city and has a certain industrial strength. Therefore, in the war called the Protectorate War in China, his outbreak was the most terrifying, defeating Yuan Shikai's army of about 200,000 and taking the territory of the nine southern provinces. Later, he cooperated with Sun Wen and others to form a national government, which is something that everyone knows. Then came the events of the past year, this general named Wang Zhenyu was only twenty-seven years old, but he was the actual controller of the entire Nationalist Government and the supreme commander of the Youth Army. The Youth Army is now in Europe and defeated the German army of China, relying on this powerful force, after the death of Cai Yi, the general of China has completed the unification of the twelve southern provinces, which constitutes a great deterrent to the north and also poses a great threat to the interests of the empire in China. According to the latest report of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Zhenyushili, who is currently strongly supported by Britain, France, and the United States, has further strengthened his strength after obtaining partial reunification of China, independence of tariffs and no longer bearing reparations, and obtaining a large number of loans to participate in the war. And according to information revealed by our friends in the Nationalist Government, the whole of South China is carrying out a five-year jihua involving the field of industrial economy. If this Jihua can finally be realized, then in five years, the southern branch of this ancient central empire will greatly surpass the empire in terms of annual steel production alone, and the empire's current annual steel production is only 800,000 tons, which is a very dangerous thing. Ichiro Honno said in great detail, and after he finished speaking, he waited for everyone's reaction.

"Two million tons?" The first to express surprise was Admiral Yuzaburo Kato, Minister of the Navy, who was a little more sensitive to the sense of steel, unlike the Army.

Ichiro Motono nodded and said: "Yes, maybe even more, their current partner is the Luxembourg Albert company, but there is news that they are negotiating with the Bethlehem company in the United States, and it is estimated that they want to introduce a new jishu." ”

"Is there an update on the situation of the navy in South China? Is the tonnage still 30,000 tons?" Kato asked again after frowning.

Ichiro Motono bowed and said, "The navy in South China is a department that we know relatively well, but now we also find that many of our former friends are being transferred out of this department to form the so-called coast guard. They did not have a big jihua for the time being, but only introduced three cruisers of 8400 tons. ”

"Okay, let's not talk about these trivial matters, let's discuss how to deal with this rising behemoth in the South Branch, they should also have weaknesses!" Terauchi Masashi is not a navy, and he has no interest in tonnage or anything like half a dime.

Honno Ichiro nodded and said: "This is yes, they also have their own weaknesses, and there are two biggest weaknesses in South China, one is that they lack jishu personnel and advanced jishu for industrial construction, and this problem is precisely the most difficult to solve, because it is also very important to jishu and jishu personnel powers." The other is political, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' analysis suggests that we can start in this regard, and I have here a very detailed analysis of the internal relations of the National Government in South China. At this time, the report that was handed over yesterday can be given to you by the Prime Minister first. ”

Shoyi waved his hand and said, "Those here are the elites and pillars of the empire, you say it directly." ”

Ichiro Motono was really thick-skinned, nodded without half embarrassment and began to speak: "At present, the Nationalist Government of South China is a multi-party cooperation government, and its main factions are mainly the League led by Sun Wen, the Liberation Society led by Zhang Taiyan, and the progressive party headed by Xiong Xiling, Liang Qichao, and Tang Shaoyi. Among them, Xiong Sunwen's alliance is the largest but the most complex, the main ones who support them are the rich businessmen of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, and the supporters of the Guangfu Association are mainly the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols, and the biggest help from the progressive party comes from Wang Zhenyu. In addition to the three factions, there is also Wang Zhenyu's descendant youth department, but their energy is mainly focused on the ideological mobilization and education of young people and the military system. At present, within the Nationalist Government, Mr. Wang Jingwei of the League is a person who openly declares his opposition to Wang Zhenyu and advocates a peace movement. The League is the biggest challenger to Wang Zhenyu's status, but within the Nationalist Government, the Restoration Society and the Progressive Party seem to have formed a cooperative relationship, and they are also challenging the status of the League. According to the intelligence analysis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if Wang Zhenyu had not been in the middle, the so-called National Socialist Party would have been divided into three or more. After a collective study, the think tank of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that there are three things that the empire can do at present: the first is to instigate assistance to North China to attack South China, and whether it wins or loses, it will weaken Liliang in China; The second is that the empire should achieve substantial occupation in Manchuria as soon as possible, after all, no matter how powerful South China is, it cannot reach here, and the rich iron and coal resources in Manchuria are enough to ensure that the empire's industry rises a few steps; The third is to instigate the internal political struggle in South China, after all, many of them are known to us, and they are very operable, and once there is civil strife, South China will lose the possibility of rising. In fact, it is not terrible that China is stronger than the empire, this is a nation that is very good at infighting, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to seize the country from the hands of the Ming Dynasty, which is nothing more than that the Ming Dynasty was too infighting. As long as the empire can make the infighting in China continue to intensify, then in the future of Yujian, China will still be defeated by the empire again, and the empire's continental dream will eventually come true. ”

Hearing the three proposals of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the big people present who were originally shocked by the changes in Nanchina settled down a lot, and everyone scolded Ichiro Honno in their hearts for being a fool and didn't finish speaking in one breath, causing everyone to think that the empire's continental policy was about to be shattered.

Terauchi Masaki listened to these three strategies, and after thinking about it, there was really no more way, and he exchanged words with the other three party leaders in a low voice: "Then let's do it, since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs already has its own method, then let's prepare according to this method." However, it is related to the foundation of the Imperial Kingdom, and please be cautious in everything and serve the Emperor Bixia with all your heart. Thinking of Emperor Bixia Temple Masachi still couldn't help sighing, this Taisho Emperor didn't know if there was really a problem with his head, and yesterday he actually used it in front of the ministers of various countries to make a telescope with rolling paper, which made his old ministers very bad.

Just as he was thinking about announcing the dissolution, Lieutenant General Kenichi Oshima, Minister of War, suddenly bowed down and said, "Your Excellency, I listened to Foreign Minister Motono just now, and I am deeply worried. None of them are a one-size-fits-all approach. He believed that what the empire really wanted to do was to strengthen the empire's own military strength, which was the royal road and the right way. ”

"Yaga, Oshima-kun, you're peddling your army expansion jihua again, don't you know how difficult the empire's finances are right now? Do you know how barren the lives of the people are in order to support your repeated foreign wars? "The first person to come out to condemn was the Japanese Kuomintang's Inu Yangyi, who had a very limited favor for the Japanese Army, and was not politically an extreme right-winger, but a member of the Taisho ** movement.

Kenichi Oshima was furious when he heard this: "Yaga, you shameless politician, you dare to insult the samurai of Emperor Bixia. Where would the Great Japanese Empire be glorious today without the heroic expansion of our samurai, and as a samurai, I will duel with you......"

Inu Yangyi is naturally not afraid of playing with his life, so he immediately threw away Sven and said: "The empire is only developing slowly with you idiots who only know how to use force, and what is most lacking in this era is people who are willing to think, not your reckless people." ”

"Yaga, you are dead, I must kill you, a national thief, and be loyal to Emperor Bixia......"

The next scene was naturally chaotic, some helped to scold, and some persuaded others, but no one was killed by anyone, because the katana of Oshima who wanted to kill the shameless politician Kenichi was impossible to bring in. In short, the Zuihou discussion continued until late at night, and as for who won the debate, just look at Japan's subsequent policy changes.